European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes belgians upset soviet soccer Roundup. Page 25 Ira warns . Officials Page 2 Gao questions Navy Home porting Page 4 Alaska towns May prohibit alcohol Page 5 Ray Floyd wins . Open Page 21 vol. 45, no. 61 tuesday june 17, 1986can 500, 0 8693 a Afghanistan Admi r new Delhi up Afghanistan admitted sunday that its civil War it worsening and expanding and announced a drive to eliminate draft exemptions for College students. Mint workers arid High so related Story on Page 5 new draft Reg us mrs which also include a aimed at were detailed in acc set radio broadcast thai said inc divisions were contained in a de Cree approved june 14 by the ruling pol lib ii mail or Zsidi a decree on i View of the worsening Arii _ _ dimensions of the undeclared War i country the broadcast said. It said the revisions were intended to bring about the Complete and absolute eradication of tic official afghan Media use the term bandits 10 describe moslem rebel fighting to topple the communist govern ment installed by the soviet Union after a december 1979 invasion. There Are an estimated 115,000 soviet troops helping afghan government forces Battle the guerrillas who Are backed with Capone shipped through Pakistan by he United states. They Alsofrom Iran. West Currii in Tarnce reports have de scribed the afr Muy estimated a around 40,0 and Rife with desertions. Have surrounded High schools see afghan on Page eight More killed during search for missing plane Calgary Alberta a a Ca Nadian forces plane crashed in Western Alberta s mountains killing All eight aboard in the second fatal air Accident during a nine Day search for a missing Light aircraft officials said sunday. The three military fliers and five civil ians who died in saturday s crash were looking for an aircraft with two aboard that disappeared june 6. Three other people looking for the missing plane died june 6 when their single engine plane smashed into the Granite face of my. Lougheed near the British Columbia Borer. A twin engine de Havilland twin Otter one of 13 planes taking part in the search saturday crashed about 40 mile Southwest of Here about two hours after taking off from Calgary said maj. Wally West a Canadian forces spokesman. The plane which can carry up to 20passengers, had been flying at about 550 feet said West. Hikers who heard the plane hit inc ground said the Sty was Clear and the weather excellent. We were at the Summit of Baldy pass Trail and were looking North when we heard this a Bam said Tom Little of Lethbridge Alberta. We turned around and saw this Bijj plume of Black smoke rising Over a Ridge about a mile away from the crash ignited a Small Forest fire which firefighters in a helicopter and on the ground extinguished saturday s civilian victims were volunteers with civil air Rescue emergency services. They were the is Rel 10 die in the Agency s 10-year history said Richardc Oylin executive director of the Spon Soring Alberta aviation Council. High winds and heavy Rains later pre vented medical examiners from reaching the scene. West said military personnel would re sume the search for the missing Light air Craft when weather permits but the civil service was holding off a decision on whether to Send its people Back into the at authorities identified the military men killed in the crash saturday As capt. Wayne plur Barce cant. Ted Kates and sgt. Brian Burkill All from Edmonton. Military officials identified the dead civilian searchers All from Calgary As Carl Grant 44, David Hall 40, Charles Masur 69, Jerome Schindler and Pat Ricia Mclean. The missing Light aircraft carried wild life biologist Orval pall 34, of Calgary and Pilot Ken Wolff 26, of Ponoka of Berta. Papal confirmation Sis photo try Rob i Leonard Scott Keller 15, receives the sacrament of confirmation from Pope John Paul ii in Vatican City ceremonies. He is the son of Navy civilian Charles idler Frith Arm around Scott of the Natal support activity at Naples Italy. Fifty other americans from is. Military communities in Italy were among 155 people confirmed by Pope John Paul on sunday. Story on Page 3. China to launch 2 satellites for . Firm peking a a new Vork company has signed an agreement for China to launch two communications satellites in the next two years. Teresa id. Of new York and the China great Wall Industry corp., an affiliate of the astronautics min Isery signed the agreement saturday night in peking the Deal was announced sunday. One satellite is to be launched in the last Quarter of 1987, and the other in 1988, both from a launch site in Southern China ten sat said. L meanwhile China s official Xinhua news Agency Rel ported sunday thai Hughes aircraft co was proposing that a satellite launching ground be set up on a Lla Owaiian Island and that chinese rocket carriers and launching technology be used to launch american civilian satellites from the site in cooperation with Hughes. Xinhua quoted Paul Visher whom the Agency identified As the president of Hughes. But Lee title u Hughes spokesman in los Angeles said the Xinhua report was incorrect. He issued a statement by the Hughes president Donald White thai said our people Are exploring Many possibilities but to discuss Ahcin further would be pure speculation. There have been no proposals by i anyone of authority at Hughes aircraft co. Concerning tilt vice president of corporate communications Aid Visher works for the Hughes firm but he did nol see China on Page 28
