European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Marcos denies involvement in uprising Page 2 o Waldhelm sworn in As austrian president Page 3 d there s nothing Farb about this history Buff daily Magazine the is of ropes author Iii unofficial publication to Thi vol.45. No. 82 wednesday july 9. 1966 d 8693 a Rickover Dies . He Adjui g. Kicko to Washington a . Hyman o. Rickover the Sally Engineer who refused to go by the Bookend goaded the Navy into the nuclear Era died tues Day. He was 86. The Navy in a Brier statement said thai Rickover died this morning at approximately 8 43 . At his Home in Arlington  sources who asked not to be identified said thai Rickover had died of apparently natural causes and that the Pentagon had been notified of his death by his wife. He had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in july 1985. In a Navy career thai spanned six decades Rickover a russian emigre became one or the pre eminent military Leaden of his time despite a style that enrage the Pentagon brass and the defense Industry. Congress revered him and twice awarded him its Gold medal for exceptional Public service. No other citizen except Zachary Taylor had been honoured More than once. For 30 of his 60 years on Active duty before presi Dent Reagan forced him to retire on his 82nd birthday in 1982, Rickover was skipper of a Navy within a Navy the no Clear Navy. Former president Carter who once said Rickover had been a greater influence on him than anyone except his parents tuesday called the retired Admiral one of America s greatest citizens and  Rickover was a tiny tidy Man who was As demand ing of himself As he was of others suffering neither fools nor superiors indeed he often pronounced them one and the same in the end. The Pentagon sounded a sour note eve after his retirement. Navy Secretary John Lehman publicly censured him far accepting $67,628 in i hover the years from the general dynamics corp., which built the nuclear submarines and ships bom on Rickover s drawing boards. Tuesday. Lehman lauded Rickover As a dedicate officer of historic  when Rickover who had suffered heart attacks in1961 and 1974, was admitted to Bethesda naval hos Pital on july 4, 1985, with a stroke sen. William prox mire d-wis., suggested the ailment was brought on possibly by being dragged through the mud by the very see Rickover on Page 28 earthquake rods Southern California Palm Springs Calif. Api the strongest earthquake to hit Southern California in is years Shook a wide Region Early tuesday  shattering windows and knocking out Power to 100,000 customers but there were no imme Diate reports of injuries or heavy damage. The 2 21 . Earthquake measured 6.0 on the Rich Ter scale and was entered 12 Miles Northwest of Palm Springs said Dennis Meredith of the California Institute of technology. Palm Springs is 110 Miles East of downtown los Angeles. It i a big one Meredith  Washington . Geological Survey spokesman Don Finley said the epicentre of the quake was about40 Miles East of san Bernardino in mountains near the Edge of the Mojave  reports said there was some damage in the Pic Antral area he  quake was the strongest to hit Southern califor Nia since feb. 9,1971, when a quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale collapsed a Sylmar Hospital killing three people. The quake caused $550 million damage in the los Angeles area. A quake measuring 6 on the open ended scale can cause severe damage. Tuesday s quake was Felt from san Diego 100 Miles South of downtown los Angeles to the san Fernando Valley 120 Miles North. Radio stations in Lake Hatasu ariz., and Las vegas nev.,reported that the quake was fell there As Well. A lot of people were just pouring out of my apartment Complex into the parking lot and the Street to get away from the budding said Jack Kowalec assistant City Edi Tor of the desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs. There Wasa Little bit of panic a Little bit of  Gene Aker night copy editor at the newspaper said the quake shattered a window in the building. The quake initially knocked out Power to 10,000 to15,000 households when it damaged a Southern Cali fornia Edison co. Substation in desert hot Springs said spokeswoman Becky Sordelet. The Load was automatically picked up by an electrical system belonging to the metropolitan water District she said but at about 4 ., the Toad grew too Large and those circuits shut  result was � blackout throughout Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley Region. The lights began to come Back on around 5 .rocks rolled across All four lanes of stale Highway 111, the main Road into the desert resort from the  1 it wheel truck had a minor Accident at the slide site probably when it hit a Rock but no one was injured said Highway patrol officer Brian Green. The quake buckled part of stale Highway 62 in Morongo Valley while another slide hit state Highway 74 in the san Jacinto mountains he  fire that caused 130,000 damage to a Glass company in Cathedra City just South of Palm Springs May have been started by a quake caused electrical Short circuit said Cape. Dan Proctor of the Riverside county fire department. Reagan urges Congress to keep budget Promise Washington up president Reagan responding to the supreme court s rejection of a key provision of the Gramm Rudman balanced budget Law is urging Congress to keep it Promise and work to Cut the Federal deficit Reagan insisted monday that the High court ruling on Gramm Rudman should change Little but forces con grew to make the difficult choices on budget priorities. The court ruled unconstitutional the provision empowering the comptroller general an officer of the legislative ranch to order automatic spending cuts id stay within deficit targets if Congress and the administration fail to do so. The court ruled that that Section infringed on executive Power. Congress faces its first set of difficult choices when it returns jury 14 from Atwo week Independence Day recess. Under Gramm Rudman ii 1,7 billion in budget cuts were made in March for the current fiscal year. The court also invalidated those cuts but the justices stayed their decision for 60 Days. House speaker Thomas o Neill d-mass., said Congress will begin next week on legislation implementing the March i across the Board  the cuts must be approved by sept 5, or the affected agencies get their Money Back. . Do far Gold Advance on most european Marfe efs London Orpi the us. Dollar closed higher tuesday on All major european Money markets. Gold also was  London the u.5. Currency ended the Day slightly stronger at$1.5335 to the Pound Sterling. Mon Day s dose was $1.5345 to the  Dollar closed in Frankfurt at 2.1735 Marks up from monday s close of 2.1694. Sales of German Marks to . Personnel will be at the rate of 2.16 wednesday. See other conversion rates on Page 27. In Tokyo the Dollar recovered fro monday s Post world War ii Low of 159.25 yen prompted in part by prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone s sweep ing election Victory sunday. The Dollar gained 1.40 yen to Closeal 160.65 yen. It later made More gains in London to reach 160.75. Everyone was up to their ears inshore Dollar positions and when the Dollar began to Rise Many people had to buy dollars to cover their positions one dealer in Frankfurt said. Gold closed in London at 1347,25per ounce up $2.50 from monday close of 1344,75. Silver closed in Lon Don Al $5.13 per ounce up 7 cents from the previous $5.06 close. Nil crocks Down on drug abusers sports Page 2 1 i