European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday september 11,19b6 Rogers warns allies on defense spending Sandeford Norway a amid Gen. Ber Nard a Rogers. Nato s top military commander in Europe urged the european nato nations wednes Day 10 keep up defense spending to avoid a reduction of . Troops on this Side of the Atlantic and 10 Mucci a growing Sovil military threat. It s going to be expensive Rogers said of sustain ing nato defense efforts. Bin it is cheap in contrast with the he told a news conference thai nato s West euro Pean nations cannot expect the United Stales to keep 324,600 troops in Europe if i hair governments do not share adequately in nato s defense efforts. We can not expect thai to continue forever.,. We might find a moment arising of a Bill being introduced in the . Congress and passed mandating a . Troop withdrawal from Europe he said. Rogers who is nato s supreme Allied commander in Europe was in Southern Norway to observe a series of exercises aimed at a rapid reinforcement of this country in limes of War. Norway bans the stationing of Allied troops in peacetime. News briefs lebanese Lions club top official kidnapped Beirut Lebanon a three gunmen kidnapped the lop official of the International Lions club in Lebanon and Jordan wednesday a Day after an american educator was abducted in moslem West Beirut on his Way to play Golf. Police identified wednesday s Kidnap victim As Victor Keno a Christian lebanese of syrian origin. He was abducted at gunpoint at 9 3$ . Near the French embassy compound in West Beirut authorities said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility Keno is head of 39 Lions clubs in Lebanon and Jordan the official said. Lions clubs form a worldwide Charity society. On tuesday four gunmen abducted Frank Herbert Reed. 53. Of Maiden mass., director of the private lebanese International school in West Beirut. Drivers in Britain face new traffic offence rules London a the government has announced a new system Tor dealing with driving offences designed la Cul Dawn Ine number of traffic cases that end up in coun. The Home office he government Agency responsible for Britain s Drivers said tuesday that effective oct. I Drivers who Speed fail to Wear Seal belts or drive defective vehicles will be instantly assessed a fixed Fine and Given 28 Days to pay it. Al he same Lime tougher enforcement pow ers will be brought in to ensure that motorists pay heir fines. Minor traffic cases will Only end up in court if motorists want to fight them. More serious cases will continue to be prosecuted in the courts. The new fixed penalty arrangement applies Only to England and Wales. Scotland has its own similar system. Delta Western reach agreement on merger new York. Up Delta air lines inc. And Western air lines inc. Tuesday announced they have reached a merger agreement in which Delta would acquire Western for j12.50 & share or about i860 million in Cash and stocks. The carriers said Western will initially be operated As a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta but in is expected that the operations of the iwo airlines will be consolidated within a year after completion of the transaction. The route systems of the two companies fit together ideally Delta chairman David c. Garrelt said in a company statement. Delta based in Atlanta is the nation s sixth largest airline. It serves about 100 . Cities in 35 states and the District of Columbia and nine cities in seven foreign countries. Western based in los Angeles is the nation s ninth largest. He said one area the european allies must make improvements in is their defense against ss-21, ss-22 and ss-23 soviet tactical ballistic missiles. Nato strategists say that in recent years the soviet Union has deployed these Shorter Range missiles farther West toward the nato Boundary. Rogers said it was imperative that nato allies de ploy a european tactical ballistic missile defense. He said the United states is prepared to share in the costs of such a system. But referring to the Prospect of trans Atlantic political problems he added it won t Wash for the United Stales to sell an anti tactical Ballis tic missiles system to he said that in the Wake of the april strikes against libyan cities by . Air Force planes which strained trans Atlantic relations. Anti european feelings in the United Stales have been considerable i have found greater anti european feelings in America than i have Ever seen since i came Here to Europe seven years ago Rogers said. He said such a climate encourages sentiments in Congress to reduce . Forces in Western Europe. It is one of the big concerns 1 have he said. And in could happen overnight through an amendment to n Bill in the . Rogers visited troops from several Allied nation taking part in Large scale air land and sea Maneu vers in nato s Northern flank. He said Norway Denmark and Northern West Ger Many face a growing soviet naval buildup in the Bailie sea and on the Kola Peninsula just East of the soviet Union s Arctic Border with Norway. This buildup he added threatens nato s ability to keep open the Northern reaches of the North Atlantic an area the Alliance must hold if it is to succeed in reinforcing its Northern flank. Of particular concern Lonato is the Kola Peninsula Home of the largest soviet Fleet which each year exercises farther South in the Atlantic Ocean. The area is also the Home base of up to nine motorized infantry divisions a naval brigade and an air assault brigade. Nato officials say the soviets can deploy 100,000 troops from the Kola Peninsula into inc North Atlantic off Norway. Of ing of 3 Ca de vengeance for try to assess Nafe Pinochet Santiago Chile a three men linked to the marxist left were abducted and killed in what a civil rights activist called apparent death squad vengeance for an assassination attempt against president Augusto Pinochet. The government wednesday shut Down the Santiago office of the italian International news Agency Ansa accusing in of disseminating biased and false inform it was the second Banning of an International news Agency under a new stale of siege. The fatal shootings of a Well known journalist a schoolteacher and a machinist were reported tuesday As tens of thousands of marchers roared their approval for the 70-Yeawrtd Pinochet and for his vow to crack Down on opposition. Relatives said gunmen dragged All three victims from their Homes within hours of the sunday evening grenade and rocket ambush that killed five body guards in Pinochet s motorcade. None was considered a suspect in the attack these seem to be revenge killings except there in no apparent logic in the selection of the targets. They Are leftists who seem to have been chosen indiscriminately said Luis Hermosillo a lawyer for the roman Catholic rights Agency Solidarity. The lawyer spoke in an interview during a Wake for Jose Carrasco the foreign news editor of a Magazine who was dragged Barefoot from his Home and shot 13 times in the Back of the head. The other victims were identified As Gaston Vidar Rau Guzara a schoolteacher who was shot 16 times and Felipe Segundo Rivera a government employed machinist shot eight times. Meanwhile the military government1 chief spokes Man Francisco Cuadra said at least 40 members of the communist backed Manuel Rodriguez t am Otic front were involved in the assassination a empt Sun Day. No suspects have been found. Cuadra said the manhunt focused on Cesar Bunster 28, son of a former chilean ambassador to London who moved in upper class circles after returning Here from England in March. Primaries from Page 1 future from being a matter of Chance to a matter of in Maryland s 2nd District Kathleen Kennedy Townsend daughter of the late Robert f. Kennedy won the democratic nomination to oppose first term gop rep. Helen Delich Bentick. Townsend the first female member of the Kennedy family to seek office and the first of her generation to win Defeated Linda b. Robinson a Follower of Politi Cal extremist Lyndon Larouche jr., and Morris c. Durham an Engineer with the state aviation administration. This Campaign started Small. Some 9f the experts said we did i stand a Chance she said. Now the experts Are taking another on tuesday Townsend s brother Joseph p. Kennedy ii will seek the democratic nomination in the Massachusetts congressional District once represented by their late Uncle John f. Kennedy. Abzug an outspoken feminist who served three terms in Congress from Manhattan in the 1970s, claimed Victory As she held a slim Lead Over three rivals in suburban Westchester county s 20lh District. I be won some and i be lost some and believe me. Winning is belter said Abzug who failed in past bids for Senate and new York mayor. With 97 percent of precincts reporting Abzug had 36 percent or 9,243 votes. Her closest opponent Orel Teicher had 34, percent or 8,774 votes. Teisher won the nomination in 1984 and Tost the election to Republican rep. Joseph Dioguardi. The Victory for Belaga in Connecticut was especially Sweet because the stale gop had endorsed one of her two rivals former state sen. Richard Bozzuto. Belaga the Deputy House majority Leader said she would Campaign on her absolute commitment thai the people of this state deserve belter than democratic gov. Wil Liam o Neill. Briaga won 38,748 votes or 41 percent Pozzulo had 33,641 votes or 36 percent and former stale sen. Gerald Labriola had 21,647 votes or 23 percent. Here Are results of other major races tuesday Arizona Evan Mecham a Glendale Auto dealer won a surprising Victory Over House majority Leader Burton Barr for the gop nomination for governor. Veteran democratic rep. Morris Udall easily Over came a primary Challenge and won renomination forthe Seal he has held since 1961. District of Columbia mayor Marion Barry coasted to renomination in the democratic Pri Mary. His Republican opponent will be Carol Schwartz a member of the City Council Maryland Baltimore mayor William Donald Schaefer Defeated attorney general Stephen Sach in a four Way race for the democratic nomination to succeed Hughes. Stale lawmaker Thomas a Mooney was unopposed in the Republican primary. Minnesota former slate rep. Cal Ludeman won the gop nomination for governor. New Hampshire former Massachusetts gov. Endicott Peabody won the democratic nomination to oppose gop sen. Warren Rudman. Republican Cov. John Sununu easily won renomination and will face Paul me Sehera an attorney who won the democratic spot on the ballot Rhode Island democrats chose Bruce Sund Tun a millionaire political newcomer to face go gov. Edward d. I Prele. Wisconsin de Garvey a former official of the National football league players association Defeated Malthew Flynn for a Chance to oppose gop sen. Rob in Kasien democratic gov. Anthony Earl was Renc mated easily while state rep. Tommy Thompson won the gop spot on the fall ballot. Kevin Honan my the youngest of the americans held hostage in Iran was unopposed in his bid to oppose democratic Kep. David obey in the 7th congressional District race
