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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes monday september a 1986 Reagan stumping for Senate hopefuls Santa Barbara Calif. A president Rea Gan ending a three week vacation at his ranch plunged sunday into the Battle to retain Republican con Rol of the Senate. On his Way Back to Washington the president was helping out to Republican congressmen who Are Given a fighting Chance to capture Senate seals now held by democrats. Reagan was to be the featured attraction sunday at a  million los Angeles fund raising dinner for  Zschau who is challenging democratic sen. Alan Cranston. Reagan returns to Washington on monday after a Stop in route in Denver to help rep Ken Kramer raise 1750,000 for his Senate Campaign. Kramer and democratic rep. Tim Wilh Are in a close race for the scat held by sen. Gary Hart who passed up a bid fur a third term in order to concentrate on another try for the presidency in 1988. Republicans captured control of the Senate in the Reagan led landslide of 1980. Entering the 1986 elections the gop margin is 53-47, but the republicans must defend 22 scats compared to Only 12 for the democrats. California and Colorado arc among four states where republicans think they have a Good Chance to capture Senate seals now held by democrats. The others slates Are Louisiana and Missouri where demo cratic senators Are not running for re election. The democrats Are taking aim at Many of the i republicans who were elected for the first time in 1980 and who now Are running without Benefit of Reagan Al the top of the ticket. While House aides say the president has helped cop candidates raise $30 million Tor their 1986 campaigns. Reagan expect 10 Campaign one Day a week in sep tember and two Days a week in october. A Cal week hell be in Louisiana and Alabama. After the events for Zschau and Kramer Reagan is expected to shift the emphasis of his campaigning from fund raising to appeals to his supporters to keep the Senate in Republican hands. Although Cranston is one of the most Liberal Mem Bers of the Senate he also has maintained Strong lies to California s business Community and is one of his party s Premier fund raisers. In three earlier Senate campaigns Cranston easily Defeated conservative Republican opponents. In 1980 the senator carried the state by an even greater margin than voters gave Reagan. Republicans Hope that Zschau a los Altos business Man and political moderate who has differed with Reagan on some issues will have a broader Appeal than the conservatives who challenged Cranston in the Pas i. The two term congressman has a 100 percent rating from he . Chamber of Commerce and is a Strong supporter of Reagan s economic program. He has differed with the president on such issues As abortion and affirmative action. After voting against sending military Aid q the contras in Nicaragua Zschau changed his position and on the most recent House vote supported the administration. Congress returning to crowded Agenda Washington a Congress returns this week to Bujin a Busy pre election schedule with the Senate considering the nomination of chief Justice designate William Rehnquist and the House voting on a comprehensive drug Bill. The drug legislation estimated 10 Cost More than $2.3 billion Over several years was conceived with bipartisan support and should pass easily. The Rich Nuisl nomination however has generated a bitter controversy from the outset with supporters extolling his brilliance during is years As an associate Justice and opponents portraying him As Loo extreme. Related Story Page senators also will consider the nomination of Anto Nin Scalia As one of eight associate justices of the supreme court. Although he is a conservative As is Rehnquist his nomination has generated virtually no controversy. In other action expected this week As lawmakers end a three week recess a special House Senate budget committee is scheduled to meet wednesday on Congress failure sofar to meet its deficit reduction targets. The panel will review a report by the congressional budget office and inc office of management and budget thai projected next year s deficit at 1163.4 billion is 9.4 Bil lion above the target. John Greslo president Reagan s nominee to be National archivist faces Lough questioning tuesday and wednesday Al a Senate governmental affair committee hearing. More than a dozen major schol arly associations say Greslo now Deputy chairman of the National endowment for the humanities is a political appointee who lacks qualifications for the Job. The drug Bill the Handiwork of 11 House commit tees will attempt to give Federal state and local governments the Money and hardware needed to fight the War on drugs. The new weapons include the most sophisticated boats planes radars and communications system available thousands of new enforcement personnel More prison cells and an increase in prosecutors and Laws hat would give . Attorneys More tools to use against violators. The Bill would use five approaches foreign and Domestic crop eradication interception of shipments bound for the United states from abroad increase enforcement new education programs and rehabilitation. Victims of rom Page 1 government of Pakistan saying thai it is  like minded countries to work  terrorism. In Uganda a then Leader Moa mar Qadhafi saturday Demi that Libya was involved in the hijacking Sod called the incident a atrocity Puih fluted. He told reporters at a Slat news conference in Entebbe Ugat that there was no justification in their asking about any libyan involvement in the hijacking. They the hijackers should be kept alive so thai we know who they Are their motive and Why they committed such an atrocity the up quoted Qadhafi As saying. Agents of the Fri Are in Germany to interview american survivors of Hijack ing the a reported sunday. The agents Are conducting the inter views As pan of their probe of the Hijack ing the sources told the a speaking on condition that Ibey nol be further Ridenti v Sis Pinou t y i emn i a Mir. Us. Ambassador Richard but left and state department of tidal Michael Newlyn. That is the Normal procedure. If you Are going to investigate the Hijack ing you need to talk to the people who were on the plane a source Lold Theap. We have absolutely no comment on i desc reports said Robert Heath a ,embassy spokesman in Bonn. Pakistani officials meanwhile issued Eon Ricking statements about the Fate of he four hijackers All believed to be palestinians. Some said Alt four survived. Others said one was killed and three Vived one of whom was wounded. The gunmen wearing the Ugi mks of Airport Security workers Uip the air Craft with nearly 400 map aboard Earl Friday. They initial nenian ded to be flown to Cyprus a move to gain the Freedom Oupe Tinian terrorists jailed thir., hijacking ended 17 Houn later i the Light went out inside the air it and the hijackers fired at passengers and hurled grenades. The commandos gained control of the aircraft half an our alter the shooting began. Our american military planes filled la. Hijack specialists were on their Byo Karachi before hijackers opened firc Llhee passengers and Paki Stani  the plane a pakistani Offidani jul saturday. The a reported some that five Security personnel at the Owhi Airport have been suspended on shh tips of negligence in the hijacking am jetliner. Senior officials of the Security fore announced that two officers and three troopers of the Karachi Airport detachment were suspended. The five had been assigned to guard the Gale through which the hijackers drove the Van said the officials who spoke to the a on condition of anonymity. The head of the Airport Security Force at Karachi International Airport  rail who said be was with the commander of the commando Force said the Rescue was not a failure. I think it was a partial Success but there Are 17 dead he told up. Rafi also said the fou a Kors were alive one after und Spring Margery. Rain told up Fine men claimed he was a Mealiff the Arab  the four one Aid he was a Mese one a palestinian one a and one from Bahrain Trad icing his earlier reports that Tani Security forces stormed the plane just after the shooting broke out Friday night air Force Marsha Kun hid Anwar Mirza said it took the full com Mando team 25 minutes to gel into the aircraft. They wailed for a ladder alter the first commando scrambled up an emergency slide which ran with blood from the wounded. Rafi said the full Rescue took 25 min utes from Start to finish but the first few commandos reached the aircraft in six minutes. The aircraft Carrier Forrestal con ducted routine operations in the Mediterranean West of Italy on saturday after petting to sea a Day earlier in response to the hijacking a Pentagon source said. He said the Forrestal was ordered Fri Day to Cut Short a port Call to Naples Italy As a precaution in Case its Jet fight ers were needed to intercept the Airliner sports in Brief few York up Martina Nav Java blasted Czechoslovakia s Helena 6-2 in the . Open final Iran her third open title i four the  player spotted Sutkova a 3-1 Icaza Barje opening set be fore roaring Back ton Yin seven straight games. Navratilova broke the 6-foot-2 Sutkova s serve three consecutive limes earlier Story on Page 21  
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