European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Pitburg unit adopts Forest Page 2 d duty on sub tender is family affair Page 8 d sunday s pro football results sports the a and stripes authorized unofficial publication fan the . Ahmed porch vol. 45. No. 151 tuesday september 16, 1986 i dim i a d 8693 a Reagan opens War on drugs Cas for fess More funds Washington up president Reagan begin Ning a crusade against drugs signed an executive order monday that directs Federal Agency leaders to develop their own plans and criteria for testing workers in sensitive government jobs. The president also announced he is sending to con Gress a legislative package that would increase funding fora drug free America by 1900 million. Reagan revealed details of the War on drugs he announced in a joint nationally televised address with wife Nancy sunday night. He said Federal funding in his drug free America act of 1986" would be increased by $900 million bringing the combined government Effort to fight drug abuse in the United states to s3.2 billion. The president s order fell Short of confirming re ports that there would be widespread mandatory test ing of employees in sensitive jobs affecting National Security and safely. He said the order would authorize the use of drug testing programs As a diagnostic tool to identify drug use in certain circumstances and among certain employees. He said that under the plan the head of an Agency must establish a testing program for employees in sensitive positions based on the Agency s Mission the employees duties and potential consequences of the employees drug use to Public health and safety or to National Security the legislative proposals arc Lough on drug pushers and Call for the death Penally for murder related to Large scale continuing drug operations. It also requires mandatory punishment for simple Possession of con trolled drugs and raises the penalty for those who involve minors in drug trafficking. The House anti drug Bill passed last week also Calls for the death Penally in cases relating to murder. The legislation would make it possible for the head see drugs on Page 28 bomb blasts Paris police Headquarters Paris us l a bomb exploded monday in a crowded police Headquarters room killing one person and injuring 51 employees and civilians in the filth terrorist incident in Paris in 11 Days. The committee of Solidarity with Arab and Middle Eastern political prisoners claimed responsibility for the bombing in a Telephone Call to a Western news Agency in Beirut officials said. The bombing came after police rounded up 20 people of lebanese descent after the bombing at a restaurant sunday. A police officer was lolled and two people were seriously injured in Hal blast. Authorities said monday s bomb apparently had been in a bag left near a service window inside the crowded Drivers permit room on the ground floor of police Headquarters in Central Paris. The blast ripped through the room at 1 50 p.m., sending Glass and debris flying and prompting a Stampede of panicked people from the building near notre Dame said 51 people were injured four of them seriously. The casually toll included ii employees and 20 custom ers. They were taken to six hospitals. It was the second bomb explosion in see bomb on Page 28 France s visa Rule causing confusion by Linda White travel editor the visa requirement for travellers entering France has caused some confusion but a Border police official said monday that . Military personnel travelling with military Idi notification cards and leave orders will be exempt from the visa requirement. The guard added however that family members of . Military personnel will be required to have the visa. The French government has said Hal the visa requirement will begin tuesday and that for the first 15 Days travellers will be Able to get visas at the Airport and at Border crossing Points. The chief of the police station at the Highway Border crossing Between Ger Many and France near Strasbourg said travellers will have about a two week Grace period before they Are required to have a visa to enter the country. He said that 18 Days would be allowed for Visi tors to find out about the new require ment and get visas. The official who asked not to be identified said that after the Grace period visitors will have to obtain visas from a French consulate or embassy. In a move Hal look tourists Consul ates and airlines by Surprise sunday French prime minister Jacques Chirac ordered All foreigners exc Cpl i Host from the 11 european economic Community countries and Switzerland to obtain visas before entering France. His announcement came in response to a recent wave of terrorist bombings. The government first announced that the visa requirement would begin Mon ses visa on Page 28 a Paris bomb expert surveys the damage from the blast under a crowded restaurant. Stripes raising Price to 25 cents the Price of the stars and stripes will increase to 25 cents on sept. 25. Home delivery subscriptions will go from $4.50 a month to 17.50 begin Ning oct. 10. The paper has Cost is cents since 1973. The stars and stripes Sells for less than Cost As do All stateside papers. Where commercial papers make up their losses with advertising income. The Stan and stripes is supported mainly from the bookstores that it operates throughout Neucom. Other in come is provided by limited insert advertising and by the paper s Job printing services. The fall of the Dollar against other world currencies has raised the Cost of producing the paper to the Point where the Price increase is necessary More than 55 percent of the papers expenses Are paid in foreign Curren cies. The Price increase was recommended by european stars and stripes management endorsed by the paper s fund Council and approved by Gen. Richard l. Lawson. Deputy commander. Use com. Since the 1973 Price increase. The stare and stripes has been Able to hold the line by cutting staff and by making the paper the first in Europe to enter the electronic editing age and when the Dollar was stronger it was Able to add two major in see of lace on Page 28
