European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday August 13. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 cuts in education programs will go for anti drug funds Washington not education department programs would be Cut Back to provide funds for the Reagan administration s proposed is do million pro Gram to combat drug use by schoolchildren official said monday. The drug prevention program is expected to be announced this week. Administration officials said the announcement had been delayed in part because other reluctance of the office of management and budget to create new programs at a time when the office believe the budget deficit demands restraint. But education department officials who along with republicans in Congress have been pushing for legis lation to authorize an anti drug Campaign said that in View of the seriousness of the drug problem in the nation s schools they would agree to finance the plan through cuts in other areas. The administration has recently come under pres sure from republicans in Congress to develop legis lation quickly so they would have an alternative to a comprehensive j2 billion to 13 billion anti drug pro Gram that is being shaped by the democratic leadership. As part of the democratic initiative several drug education Bills with varying costs have been introduced. One he drug abuse education and Preven Tion act of 1986, Calls for spending s350 million annually. Jay Butler press Secretary to tic committee said the program would be financed with new funds we Don twant this program to jeopardize any existing education programs because not enough Money is being spent on education anyway Bulle said. Education department officials said that although they would advise financing the drug program through cuts in other portions of the department s budget the recognized that Congress was Likely to appropriate new Money. The education department s $ is billion budget rep resents about 7 percent of total spending on education in the United states most of the Federal funds Are for student Aid for higher education and for Aid to Handi capped and student. Under legislation thai education Secretary William j. Bennett has recommended to the while House Money for preventing drug use by schoolchildren would be awarded to the slates in proportion to their school age populations department officials said. Bhopal theory surprises India new York not the government of India said monday that it had not been told by the Union Carbide corp. That he company suspected an individual of sabotaging its Bhopal chemical Plant. The Indian government said Carbide might have committed an obstruction of Justice if in withheld such information from Indian authorities. Talmin Ahmad a High ranking official of the Indian consulate in new York said his government s investigation has found no evidence of sabotage for any reason. Including by a disgruntled employee. Carbide statements must be viewed with suspicion. It May just be a ploy Ahmad said. They Haven t offered a shred of Carbide officials said sunday that they now suspect a single disgruntled employee of adding a Large amount of water to a tank of toxic Methyl is Cyanate a Pesti cide ingredient. The resulting reaction and leak cause the deaths of More than 2,000 people in the Central Indian City on dec. 2-3, 1984. Fri chief praises reduction of terrorist incidents in . New York not William h. Webster director of the Federal Bureau of investigation said Mon Day that by applying lawful techniques the Bureau has been extraordinarily successful in reducing Inci dents of terrorism in the United states in the last six Yean. Those principles can be applied on the International stage he said. Webster cited better intelligence effective Law enforcement increased Domestic and International cooperation and a better informed Public As reasons for the decrease. While there were 100 incidents of Domestic terrorism in the United states in 1978, he said that dropped to 13 incidents in 1984i and Only i last year when 23 such incidents were prevented. He did not indicate what those incidents were or which groups or Webster individuals were involved. The Active use of informants undercover agents and court ordered electronic surveillance also has contributed to the Bureau s Success especially in bringing terrorist to Justice he made his remarks while participating in an american bar association convention panel on Tenor ism that brought together Reagan administration officials National Security Legal and intelligence experts and journalists. In contrast to the decrease in Domestic acts of terrorism Charles Allen head of counter terrorism for the Central intelligence Agency told the panel that beyond any doubt the number of International terrorist attacks has increased in reveal years. In 1934, he said there were almost 800 recorded incidents of terrorism worldwide against 500 incidents in the Early 1980s. In an Effort to combat terrorism the Cia and other intelligence agencies have doubled analytical and operational resources in the last two years Allen said add ing that increased sharing of intelligence with allies has increased the Agency s ability to track terrorist operations disrupt financial and Supply lines and pre empt terrorist attacks. The Cia alone and in conjunction with Allied intelligence organizations he said is also working actively to penetrate terrorist networks mount operations to Bow seeds of suspicion among the cadres and among the leaders As Well As looking for new technical capabilities to Deal with what he called an unconventional Allen said the selective use of Force has upped the Ante for state supported terrorism adding that such incidents had significantly decreased since the Ameri can bombing raid on Libya in april. Grabbers Back in contested Waters Anchorage Alaska up three . Crab Bing boats under the Protection of a coast guard Cut Ler resumed monday to Waters from which they had been driven by soviet patrol vessels Only to find a soviet trawler fishing the area the coast guard said. But soviet patrol boats that chased the Seattle based crabbing boat Katie k. Out of the area on aug. 6, finn flares and demanding that she Stop did not reappear coast guard spokesman Glenn Rosenholm said. The coast guard Cutter Midgett escorted the Katie k and two other crabbing boats the Aleutian Mariner and lie Alaska trader to the site to retrieve 150 crab Pou abandoned during the flight. The soviet trawler was 400 Yards away in the same disputed Waters claimed by both the soviet Union and the United states. The soviet icebreaker was 30 Miles Northwest an was spotted by a coast guard c-130 transport plane conducting surveillance flights Over the area while the fishermen pulled up their crab pots. The midget had orders to get Between any soviet vessels and the . Crabbing boats said Doug Humes an aide to sen. Frank Murkowski a Alaska. The midget planned to leave the disputed territory despite feelings by some fishermen that they should have coast guard Protection while working in Waters claimed by the United Stales. Lightning set fires raging in Western states by United press International hundreds of lightning caused fires burning some 265,000 acres of forests Range land and Brush raged out of control in tour slain monday with new bla5 cropping up almost As soon As old ones were extinguished. The Forest service reported 300 to 400 new fires i Eastern Oregon alone and officials in Idaho where 160,000 acres were burning said 200 separate fires were reported including a 9,000-Acrc Blaze which forced More than 75 people to flee Homes 15 mile Northwest of Boise they returned to their Homes Early monday. Two 50,000-Acrc fires burned out of control in Southern Idaho. Rancher Laurie Lanahan said one burned within a Quarter mile of her ranch near Emmett about 35 Miles Southwest of Boise but she turned on sprinkler around her Bam and used shovels bulldozers and wet blankets to fight the flames. In Oregon where lightning strikes began aug. 1. The Bureau of land management said 80,000 acres had been charred and he figure was growing. Most of the damage was in Southeast Oregon where cattle were being moved to safer areas. In Northeast Oregon a 6.400-Acrc Blaze in the wat Lowa Whitman National Forest was being brought under control but a new round of thunderstorms caused 100 More smaller fires. In Utah three Range fires consumed More than 22,000 acres and continued to bum out of control. The largest scorched More than 8,000 acres about 75 Miles Southwest of Salt Lake City. Several smaller fires on both sides of the town of Jericho in Central Utah Wen contained but the blk said a 3,000-acre Blaze continued to Rush across a de Sert Range in the Little Sahara recreation area. Montana reported 190 fires All but two of the involving less than 100 acres. The largest had covered 500 acres in hidden Valley on the Flathead Indian reservation in Northwestern Montana. Group claims Waldheim tie to nazis found Washington up researchers found a secret nazi War document on which Kurt Waldheim made notes modifying intelligence assessments an proving his Job was More than just a clerks the world jewish Congress said monday. The document which the jewish group said was the first nazi intelligence document located bearing Waldheim s Handwritten notes would appear to contradict Waldheim s claim that be never served As a German intelligence officer. Dated Jan. 18, 1944, the document is marked secret com Mand business with instructions it be coded and sent to the head quarters of the High command of the German army in the Balkans the Congress said. At the High command head quarters Waldheim initiated the intelligence report indicating he had received it and added supplementary remarks at the Bottom of the Page which he again initiated stressing that greek resistance was less formidable than the report said. Waldheim former . Secretary general and now president of Austria has acknowledged serving in the Balkans but maintains he was Only a clerk and knew nothing of the German deportation of thousands of jews to death Camps. In his notations Waldheim dismissed the document s evaluation that of the 40,000 greek lighters Only 10,000 were poorly armed. Strength of reserves with 40,000 men possible but cannot be counted on As combatants As weapons Are lacking. Also with regard to the 30,000 described. A sufficiently Waldheim
