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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday August 24,1988 soviets building base for typhoon submarines Oslo Norway a the soviet Union is building a new base for its enormous typhoon submarines As part of its fortification of the arc tic Kola Peninsula the norwegian foreign affairs Institute Tupi reported. Tupi researchers said pictures provided by a . Civilian satellite confirmed that the submarine base is under construction. They said he base includes a 2,960-fool Dock with seven parallel piers suitable for the typhoon the world s biggest sub. The landsat satellite pictures also indicate that part of the base is inside rocks and thai the base is protected by missiles they reported. The study also said the pictures confirmed the existence of a Large Airfield in he Southern re Gion of the Peninsula near the shag i River Nonh of Kan Balaksha. Sex philippine envoy to the Vatican arrested Rome a the former philippine ambassador to the Vatican was arrested Friday after police said they seized automatic weapons cattle Prodi and tear Gas canisters at his Rome residence. Bienvenido Tan Loco. A close associate of former president Ferdinand e. Marcos was charged wit illegal Possession of arms said to acc chief Marcel to Monarca. Tantoco was relieved of his Post in March after Marcos was ousted. Five members of his household staff All filipinos also were arrested on the same charges. California airline going out of business Oakland Calif. Up tra Samerica airlines announced Friday it will discontinue flight operations effective sept. 30, and will sell its 24 aircraft. We came to the decision with great reluctance bul with the realization we really had no other Choice tra Samerica chief executive officer Howard k. Howard said in making the  year the Oakland based airline lost $6 million. It listed losses of $11.2 million for the first six months of 1986. Salvadoran officials rebels to resume talks san Salvador e Salvador up salvadoran government officials and leftist rebels agreed in Mexico City to hold a third round of peace talks on sept. 19 to negotiate an end to the 7-year-old civil War a source close to the talks said late Friday the third round of talks Between both sides will be held sept. 19 in the Village of Csori in san Miguel province 90 Miles East of san Sal Vador said the source. The source told United press International the Accord on a third round of negotiations still roust be ratified by leaders of the two sides but the agreement is already a  sexual affirmative action opposed by White House Washington not the Reagan administration is urging the supreme court to strike Down the first affirmative action preference for women that the court Ever has agreed to review. In a Brief filed thursday night the Justice depart ment argues that it is unlawful for an employer 10 prefer women Over men in hiring promotions or Lay offs unless the plan is narrowly tailored 10 redress previous specific incidents of discrimination against women by that employer. Neither race based nor sex based preferences can be used solely to achieve some numerical proportion or balance of races or gender in a work Force or to make up for the Mere history of discrimination in the society or Community the department which is not a party to the suit argues in its Brief. It said these arguments Are supported by three supreme court decisions earlier this year on racial affirmative action. The Brief acknowledged however that those decisions had rejected the administration s group members or women who were not personally victims of employment discrimination. But lie Brief said the court s decisions also had held that affirmative action preferences should be the a Eplion not the Rule and must be narrowly tailored to remedy past discrimination with As Little Advent effect As possible on innocent persons. The administration s Brief supported an Appeal in t lawsuit by Paul e. Johnson a Veteran employee who asserted that a less qualified woman had been promoted to a position As & Road dispatcher ahead of Bun in 1979 under the affirmative action plan of Sanu Clara county Calif a Federal District court found that Johnson was a victim of illegal sex discrimination. The Federal appellate court overturned that ruling and Johnson appealed to the supreme court. The Justice department Brief confirmed earlier indication that while the administration Bat chanced its tactics in recognition of the court s rejection of ill most sweeping Legal argument Agai Eit racial and sex i Host s Nuu Raj i Elezi. Militant Blacks battling apart Heid have accused Buth Fezi or cooperating with the government Kwa Zulu the zulus Homeland ii self governing but not Independent  
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