European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q terror training the prisoner experience pages 2,3 q shooting with a camera. Pages 14,15 Inba s bulls warriors name new coaches Page 21 the St and Jiries authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces vol. 45, no. 38 sunday May 25, 1986 i  Ond sunday q 8693 a hands across America Day hailed Reagan wishes Good Luck to gesture of Good Washington a president Reagan saturday wished Good Luck to the millions who will join him in hands across America describing the Effort to form a nationwide human Chain As an ancient gesture of Good will and Friendship for the poor and homeless. My family and i plan to join in the line As it passes through the White House grounds Reagan said in his weekly radio address. Hands across America represents a nationwide Effort to help the poor and homeless who live in our country the president said. Tomorrow millions will join in that ancient gesture of Good will and Friendship the linking of hands in a demonstration of concern for the less Fortu  to All those participating Good Luck he added. I can wish you nothing finer than the satisfaction of knowing that you have Given of yourselves to help  spokesman Larry up cakes announced Friday that the president decided after a family meeting to participate in the nationwide linking of hands. The White House had said earlier he would not participate in the sunday fund Raiser. Reagan s older daughter Maureen said the presi Dent was a Little surprised to find out that he had been invited to participate because he somehow did t know that Donna Brazile the District of Columbia director of hands across America said Reagan was invited a month ago in a letter sent to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with the see hands on Page 28 astronaut honoured Lorna on Zuni widow of the late Chal Lenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka acknowledges receipt of the University of Colorado medal awarded posthumously to the astronaut a 1969 Colorado University graduate. The medal was awarded Friday at commencement exercises on Campus at Boulder Colo. Pro syrian sources say moslem to free ., French captives Beirut Lebanon up a number of american and French hostages held in Lebanon by moslem fundamentalists will be freed soon pro syrian publications said saturday. The reports which some political sources saw As a possible breakthrough in the Long hostage crisis could not be independently confirmed. The pro syrian Al St Tiara Magazine in an in sourced report saturday said three american and three French hostages will be freed soon. The pro syrian As Safir newspaper in a separate report said four frenchmen would be released in the next two Days. Neither of them gave further details. Five americans and nine frenchmen were kidnapped in moslem West Beirut Over the past two years. Two of them an american and a French Man were reportedly executed by their Cap tors the pro iranian islamic jihad organization. Their bodies however have not been found. The pro syrian newspaper said four of the eight French hostages will be freed within two Days and the rest a week later. S. Africa retaliates ousts  Attache Johannesburg South Africa up South Africa retaliating for the ouster of its top military adviser in Washington saturday ordered the expulsion of the senior  Defense attache. A foreign ministry spokesman in Cape town said col. Robert Mastic will be forced to leave South Africa As a direct Conse Quence of the  State department s order expelling the South african defense attache. As a result of the decision of the  Government to expel Brig. Alexander pot Gaiter from the .a., the South african government has informed the  Embassy in Cape town of its intention to expel the senior  Defense attache col. Robert Mastic the spokesman  pot Citer was ordered to leave washing ton in the Wake of Cross Border raids by South african troops against suspected bases of the outlawed african National Congress in Botswana Zambia and Zimbabwe. Navy moves to equalize Shore sea duty by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington although More sailors will be needed to Man new ships in the near future recent retention rates Are High enough to allow Navy personnel officials to begin equalizing the sea Shore ratio in Many jobs. The goal we re working toward is three years at sea and three years ashore said capt. Bob Dougherty chief of the manpower program and systems support Branch of the Navy military personnel Center. He said personnel officials now have More options regarding the Structure of the sea Shore ratio in Many ratings because re Tention rates in the past few years have risen. Experience is hard to come by Doug Herty said. A the late 70s we had no experience on the ships because of the retention problem. That s Why the sea Shore ratio got Way out of whack. Now that we have the experience level we can tweak the system the Way we want it. Before we were just trying to make our  the Navy has a plan to Cut More than 1,400 no Shore duty billets for sailors in is Shore intensive enlisted ratings and give them to sailors who have endured Long duty Tours at sea. A spokesman said the plan is in the formative  Shore intensive describes ratings in which the bulk of the slots arc located on Shore bases. Sea intensive ratings Are those with the bulk located on ships. We d like to have All ratings go three three but that won t be possible Doug Herty said. Air traffic controllers for example will always have More billets ashore than at sea. Musicians you Don t have bands at sea. Medical corps men in peacetime you want corpsman see Navy on Page 28