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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, August 18, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga2 the stars and stripes monday August 1b, 1986 talks break off Chicago up United air lines said Friday thai negotiating problems Wilh it air line pilots association Are holding up efforts by the nation s largest air Carrier to acquire Frontier amines for j146 million. Talks Between United and Heair line pilots association broke off Friday after the airline rejected the Union s latest proposal the Union said. We urgently wanted to acquire Frontier and All or us 4,700 pm  said David l print a senior vice president for hum i i resources and United s chief negotiator with the pilots erectors not Liq Orleans i up pm Finis court Frid fouled that the dire is of lhej4 Louisiana not Personalty expo s indebted Gralap it built and oper lil Swem . Circuit Ower officials Illk uiil4.1 world exl responsible fosness to the " ate Dohrn in so flying the Coua flt appeals a w ruling that sex i. Not liable to  the Monorail. Cutter lingers Anchorage Alaska up1 a coast guard Cutter that chased a japanese crabbing boat through disputed Bering sea Waters and into so Viet territory lingered in the area sat urday keeping the vessel under surveillance. Stale department spokesman an Drew Parker revealed Friday thai the 385-foot Cutter Ridgell chased i Fehoko Maru no. 31 for several hours in the Bering sea wednesday an finally gave up the Pursuit when the japanese beat was 10 Miles inside soviet Waters in an area under jurisdictional dispute. Coast Gurd it. Fulton Greg said Friday evening the Ridgell is certainly remaining in the general area where the russians and Ameri cans have played a game of cat and mouse for he past week. Pentagon lists drop in weapons costs by nor 1 Black Washington tit estimated Cost of . Primary weapon profess declined by $323 million in the first  of the year thanks primarily to Cawell Ationo an air Force radar detection syst cd the Pentagon said Friday. It in a congressionally mandated repo the Pentagon said in now expects the _ weapon programs that form the heart of president Reagan s military buildup to Cost j763.6 billion to Complete. That is Down $323 million from a de Cember 1985 estimate of 1763.94 billion. The Pentagon said the decline was primarily attributed to the cancellation of the precision location strike system production  that program involved development and production of new electronic sear that could be placed on High flying tr-1 reconnaissance jets and used to pinpoint enemy radar installations by Locking their radio emissions. The program plagued by prob mrs i developing its computer in Milfs was cancelled by the air Force according to the will pull out of the i men of j688.9  to Complete i air Force Fier an invest t will be Suffi ent of one pro Hng subsequent 1374,2 million. The latest port also lists savings i three  the Navy s my 50 Lora feb the defense satellite com Mun lion system and a new integrated or data transmission system to to Type system production is s co taling $53.6 million. Those savings arc mostly due to refinement of estimates based on work done to Date and a reduction in support costs. The various savings however were offset to some extent by increases in the Hectel Cost of two new weapons the Jiran port plane and the  weapon a new Type of . Of tie report indicates Ihmi match costs Quiring 211 a 7s her san $33.5 Mil lioi%534.s2 billion Jmie the owl of  of or new bombs has climbcdm.3 my Rilo j2.4  chaff Tiff die c-17 was attributed to i rellion in fiscal 1986 fund ing by Coo Cpd a a month delay in the Start Inilisi Rodu lion pending anew a ram Revin Hia year. The air for raid the first of which is being oped by Mcdonner Dpuglas wont or service until sept ilk 1992 in tcadofaprih992. The increase for the senso Fulcd weapon was attributed loan indent Cost analysis last May that inf More realistic development estimate the air Force said. The latest weapon estimates Are contained in a quarterly study known As the selected acquisition report. The reports designed to provide Only a Broad Guage of How Well the Pentagon is doing i managing its weapons buying. For exam pie the reports do not reflect any change to a program unless there Are major schedule delays or an increase of at least5 percent in the Cost nor do they specify when the last year of buying for each weapon is scheduled. Toothy trophy great while Shir thawing off in Teeth in . Tie monster tie second great Lehr caught off Mon Tauk in the  Muhar pooled by Tom la hts Center. In Black Cap and shot i pall Gutter nun White Cap. Canada says if w/7/ take no action smuggled in sri lankan Ottawa  Jie Canadia government admitting Ute last month that a group of or refugees would be smuggled in says"., will Lake no action against the group but would consider prosecuting the Captain of the ship that brought them. Canadian officials told reporters Friday they received an Anonymous tip about the smuggling operation is Days before the 15isri lankan refugees were found adrift in two lifeboats on the Atlantic off the East coast of Newfoundland. Al the same time a polices Ioner in Hamburg Laid he bad refugees sailed on a vessclj0ni Ger Many and not India Jujj exclaimed. Denis Tessier a so Sirian with the external affairs ometry said Canada s Consul  received  by Telephone on july 25 advise Tum or the plan of the   easier said the official in turn told Hamburg police and officials in  immigration ministry spokesman told United press International that Ca in officials took no action because Biff authorities fell there  the refugees  fou women andjjrtpm3rkm authorities they Javed a ship  7fet adrift several Day and before they were onday by passing fishermen. On thursday they left St. Johns Newfoundland for Montreal and Toron to to join other tamils who invite them into their Homes after learning of their plight the refugees said they were fleeing religious persecution in in Lanka from the majority Buddhist sinhalese who control the government of the Island nation off India s Southeast coast. Sandra Nicol a spokeswoman for the immigration Minista Jurf Dawb. Mid the  not Send the Refu sri Lanka. He Canadian government May also consider prosecuting owners of the ship that transported the refugees to Canad and the Captain Nicol said. Hamburg police commissioner Dieter heering Lold a news conference Friday the soil Ancans left the port of Brake on in Weser River about 20 Miles touch Bremerhaven at 6 30 . July a go foot vessel named the he said to a was broken with the arrest thursday tsp i lankan in Hamburg who had in i passenger list with them. Heering said the 155paid the Captain of the Auriga 5,000 Mark or j2.500, for the trip foil of about 700,000 Marks 01 Aquino warned of Power grab risk Manila Philippines a a com Mittee warned president Corazon Aquino of a High risk that supporters of Ferdi Nande Marcos May try to grab Power Dur r the a the newspaper said the warning Wasin a report submitted to Aquino on thursday by a six member commission created to investigate the july 6 attempt by Arturo Tolen Leno with the support of some military officers to install himself As president in Marcos absence. Tolentino was Marcos running mate the fraud tainted feb. 7 election. Mar who was president of the Philippines for two decades left the country for Hawaii in the Wake of a civilian backed Mil itary rebellion in Laie february the chronicle quoted the committee report As saying that the july 6 incident at the Manila hotel was designed Pri Marily to Embarrass Aquino but was so planned and structured that depending on the response of the military u could readily Haw been transposed to an actual takeover or coup d  the committee said Aquino s scheduled tips to Indonesia and Singapore Liis month and to the United states in septem Ber poise a Billj risk of another Simitar if not More serious Manila hotel Type Inci Dent according to the chronicle. But Aquino said in a television Broad cast wednesday thai it would be extremely difficult for anyone to grab Power while she was away. The government dropped rebellion charges against the military officers who joined Tolentino when they swore Alle Giance to Aquino s government. Totem to refused to take the oath and the government then compromised by requiring an oath to the Republic and acknowledgement of the existence of Aquino a government Tolentino has not taken he Compro  
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