European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday july 17,1986 nuts hrs is soviets return to Earth after 1 25 Days in space Moscow a cosmonauts Leonid Kwiim and Vladimir Soloveva returned to Earth wednesday after More than four months in Span. The official news Agency Tass said the two cosmonauts landed Northeast of the City of Arka Lyk in Central Kazakhstan about 1,800 Miles cast of Moscow. Both men were reeling Fine after their 1 25-Day Mission Tass said. Kizim and Soloveva left Earth on March 1 3 in the soyuz to 5 Craft. It brought them tint 10 the new soviet space station the Mir then to an older orbiting station the salyut 7, Back to the Mir and finally to Earth. Together with medical researcher olog Askov Kizim and Soloveva spent 237 Days in the salyut 7 in 1984, Selling a record for continuous Lime in space. Shuttle Pilot s widow files $15 million suit Washington a the Chael i. Smith the Pilot of the challenger has tiled a is s Mil claim alleging that the Nalio and space  t a catastrophic Accident the claim hied by s i shuttle negligence aeronautics have known Kely  i widow Jane a executor of his estate is lie first by a member of the families of the Sej i astronauts who were killed. Ii alleges Asj fiust under the Federal tort claims act that of win negligent and As a result an Accident oco wred during which Smith died said Edward Vrankic Deputy general counsel for the space under ederal regulations Nasa has Simom Hylo decide How in want to handle the Taiin Frankle said adding if we do nothing Insi nth people can go to  suit also can be filed if Nasa denies theim. Hostage s sister seeks help in getting to Syria Athens Greece up Peggy say sister of an american journalist held hostage in Leb anon wednesday asked the greek government s help in obtaining a visa to Syria a government spokesman said. Spokesman Antonis Kourtis said say sister of Ift year old associated press Bureau chief in Bei rut Lebanon Terry Anderson made the request during a netting with ambassador Kmitas Georgiou Secretary Genera of the ministry of foreign affairs. Say Hopes to travel to Syria which is the main foreign Power broker in Lebanon to seek its help in pressuring moslem extremist kidnappers to release her brother and others believed held hostage by the islamic jihad or holy War White House rules out ban on underground nuke tests Washington a the Reagan administration in Advance of upcoming talks with the soviet Union on underground nuclear tests wednesday ruled out a ban and said it will concentrate on Means to verify thai limits on S.C. tests Are being adhered to. . Officials said in London wednesday that the main . Goal in the meeting will be to tighten proce dures for verifying the underground tests now permitted. A comprehensive test ban remains a Long term objective of the United slates the White House said. But in the meantime the United Stales has to re Lyon nuclear deterrents to ensure International Security White House spokesman Edward de Jerrian said. He said Banning weapons tests could be considered when we have Broad deep and verifiable arms reductions substantially improved verification capabilities expanded Confidence building measures and greater balance in conventional  earlier a senior . Official said the . Strategy Wilt be to seek soviet acceptance of not highly intrusive monitoring of soviet lest Sites with sophisticated equipment that would not require the american observers to be on location. He said an agreement on verification could prompt president Reagan to seek Senate ratification of the 1974 treaty that limited underground explosions toil Kilotons. While Gorbachev has pressed for a ban on under ground Lens Reagan administration officials including Kenneth l. Adlman the director of the arms control and disarmament Agency say underground tests Are necessary to ensure . Nuclear weapons Are Safe and  the senior official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the big Issue in arms talks with the soviets is whether they would agree to drastic reductions in offensive nuclear missiles. Rejecting soviet complaints of a . Delay the offi Cial said the United slates would reply to the latest soviet disarmament proposals later this summer and not wait for the reopening of negotiations in Geneva Switzerland in september. The official said administration officials were irritated by soviet accusations of . Fool dragging. He said that s what hurts the process and leads the cynics to say they re not serious. The complaints were voiced in Moscow monday by Mikhail s. Gorbachev the soviet Leader and later by Cennady i. Gerasimov a foreign ministry spokes Man. Despite the discord and a Snag in preparations for a Reagan Gorbachev Summit the two sides have agreed to meet this summer to discuss nuclear testing and the 1979 strategic Aims limitation treaty. The White House spokesman announced wednesday . Acceptance of a soviet proposal for a meeting in july 22 in Geneva on Reagan s decision to abandon limits on Long Range weapons set by the 1979 strategic arms limitation treaty. Southeast gets respite from heat by the associated Pitta storms carried drenching Rains and cooler tempera lures to parts of Dixie where weeks of hot dry weather have withered crops forced restrictions on water use and killed 10 people but forecasters say the Relief wont last. Severe thunderstorms tuesday evening dropped Hail and More than 3 inches of rain on Wilmington n.c., within 90 minutes and nearly i i inches on Savannah ga., in six hours the National weather serv ice said. That la help in the Short term said Bill Barlow of the National severe storms forecast Center in Kansas City to. But since the rain was localized it s not going to make that much  the 63-Mph winds in the Wilmington storm flipped Over one Small plane damaged others and ripped off the corrugated Metal roof of a hangar Al new Hanover county Airport said Tom Oswald a weather service specialist at the Airport. Up to 5,000 Wilmington Resi Dences lost Power said David Hester of the Carolina Power & Light co. The Savannah storm also carried 63-Mph winds through the Northeast Georgia City and by Early wednesday the temperature dipped to 78, 20 degrees cooler than tuesday s High. Tuesday was the first Day since july 7 that no High temperature records were set in the Southeast Barlow said. Temperatures were mostly in the 90s and high80s in Georgia Southeastern Tennessee and the Carol Nas although Hunter fab near Savannah had a 100 degree Reading the official High in the 48 contiguous tales. The weekend heat stroke deaths of three it Derby peo ple raised the number of heat related fatalities i Georgia to five. Two heat related deaths have been reported in North Carolina and one each in sout Carolina Virginia and Louisiana. The heat and the monthlong drought also have killed hundreds of thousands of chickens forced water use restriction in 73 towns in Georgia an Many communities in the Carolines and Tennessee and withered crops. Sen. Strom Thurmond r-s.c., tuesday urged the Federal department of agriculture to expedite action to declare pats of South Carolina natural disaster areas to enable Farmer to qualify for Low interest Loans. In Tennessee reduced water Levels in lakes Ait spawning a bumper crop of algae and weeds that could taint water supplies officials said. Areas of Middle Tennessee thai draw water from old Hickory Lake have reported problems with water Quality said Elmo Lunn water management director for the state health and environment department people Are saying it s got a Strong Musty smell audit tastes Grassy Lunn said. But it s not harmful or  the heat wave has resulted in unusual ways of keep ing Cool. Officials in de Kalb county near Atlanta opened Anair conditioned shelter for end Eric people to Cool off and a Teflon ga., radio nation ii playing 30 minutes of Christmas music a Day. It s just a beat Lac heat thing said Waif Secre tary Dorris Yancy. The phones ring solid when we Lake  raids from Page 1 president Reagan signed a directive de Claring drug trafficking a threat to . National Security. Bolivian impoverished landlocked country of 6.4 million produces half the cocaine that reaches . And european markets according to the drug enforce ment administration. President Victor Paz Estensoro told the associated press recently that co Caine brings in $600 million a year Ille Gally to his South american country compared to $500 million for All Legal exports if we do not address this problem decisively said Paz Euen Usoro the Day could Cork when the economic Power thai traffickers Wield could re sult in their governing the country including via democratic  Santa Cruz dailies reported tuesday that the . Helicopters will Fly Ameri can support personnel to a secret Jungle base in the Beni Region Northeast of Lapaz from there bolivian authorities say. Bolivia s special anti drug squad will begin its raids on cocaine processing plants in Beni an area the size of new Jersey and Capare where in january a group of the .-Traincd anti narcotics police escaped after being surrounded by armed coca Farmers. About so of the police officers known As leopards Are expected to take part in the operation which could last up to two months raid a . Embassy official. A top official in Washington who spoke on condition he not be identified said the copters will serve As chauffeurs the army in t conducting the operation. They be been told to Fly the to  the pilots have been ordered to shoot Back if fired upon said one . Official in Bolivia also speaking on condition of anonymity. Most of the . Military personnel Are based in Panama with the Southern command and Are expected to arrive within Days to assist in the Campaign that police and the drug enforcement administration Hope will disrupt Bolivia a s giant cocaine Industry. Three . Air Force Cia transport planes delivered the helicopters which Are armed with ,30-mm Caliper machine guns and carry up to 11 passengers o Santa Cruz. A giant c-130 Hercules transport car Rier also brought provisions into la Paz,. Officials said according to Jane s All the world aircraft the Sikorsky Blackhawk also Are equipped with bulletproof fuel tanks can cruise Al 184 Mph and Are especially Well suited for Landing in Advent conditions Beni is the country s principal Center of Clandestine cocaine processing. Most of Bolivia s pure cocaine de Rived from the coca Plant is shipped to Colombia where in is then distributed to the United slates and Europe Bolivia with the lowest per capita Gross National product in South am Erica has bad More than 100 coups mainly by the military since in became Independent from Spain in 182s. The country ii the time of Texas an California combined