European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday september 17,1986 news update Daniloff returns Moscow a newsman Nicholas turned to work in Day for the first to jailed on cup mondays ago. He said go on to try it related Story " Danilof embassy Banff re  c he was charges 16dilations will ivc his Case,4. Lived at the  conditional re for Tovo prison on the custody of charge i Richard Combs. Lease for Friday Ait aug a year old  & world report told outside the embassy Haike monday to the Kab secret fee colonel bundling his Case. Toxic Cloud cause Douala Cameroon up members or a . Geological team said sunday they have ruled out volcanic eruption As the cause of a Cloud of tone Gas that killed 1,746people in Northwestern Cameroon aug. 21. A member of the team John Lockwood said samples of plants around Lake nos would be taken Back to the United states for in Tensive studies to Analyse the types of gases that belched from the vol Canic Lake. There was much speculation that maybe this was a volcanic eruption and that maybe Lai Anyos would erupt again lock Wood told state run radio Camer Oon monitored in Douala. But the tragic events or last aug. 21 were not related to a vol Cano. They were related to a very significant release or Large amounts of Gas that had Bee stored in the Waters of Lake nos Lockwood said. Temperatures u my 40 my to 51 71 act i h u w u egg s 74 917 71j in Upton mph Curf Jean weal it Ellov g s n to Gnu Quot d Biff to or m Bodum per d4audy Pihun a Deaudin pm Cloudy r selective service nominee expected to spark Cuiji Washington upts  has chosen sir proc Taiji whist a Tower William Clink Cato former investigative chief Ai the general services administration As director of the selective service system sen. Strom Thurmond , announced  appointment is bound to provoke controversy during Senate confirmation hearings because Clinkscales a native of Anderson s.c., has been sharply criticized by numerous Federal investigators. Some have accused him of  Gas administrator Terrene recently stripped Clinkscales on responsibilities As associate administrator for policy and manager birr systems at the Gas and Ardery dam transferred Toa Post As Deputy Jam Mistrater of the Agency s philae Jymia office. Longtime  him with exposing Mil Lions of Llars in waste and fraud at the government s landlord and procurement Agency. The senator has lobbied to derail that Transfer. In the interim Clinkscales drawn a $72,000 salary while hold Janis . A los is a Marl peat integrity and Coll we Abs served Hii nation Well Over Rammy years he has worked for in be Toni Thunn Ondajon a Stal me i Anat freaked that president"1hnsjpllosen him to head the is Revice system and in doing so is a Citow edging his contributions in helping to eliminate waste and fraud in the  critics of Clinkscales including numerous Agency investigators nationwide have asserted that his removal from atop level Gas Job was Long overdue. Federal sources said Fri agents checking his background have received numerous allegations of misconduct including unsubstantiated charges that links calms has been involved in illegal wiretaps of in the Agency. Linkscales has denied any improprieties. Clinkscales a former army countering Tylli Genic officer was chief of investigations for Gas s inspector general s of fice during the Carter administration. He said on National television in the 1970sthai he was responsible for uncovering corruption that led to 130 Federal indict its. A prosecutors who oversaw those a whaler told United press inter National unit Kyound referring initial tips. Clinks Akmad Little involvement in the invest ligation Fri kickbacks an inflated contracts than a taxpayers millions of dollars. Following Hii removal As ions chief by Gas inspector Kurt Muel Tenborg Clinkscales publicly asserted he was to whistle Blower who had been wrongfully demoted. Congress told . Defense spending in 85 almost equated that of soviets Washington up for lire Tim Lime since 1971, the United states spent nearly As much on defense As the soviets did last year newly declassified Cia testimony to Congress showed Mon Day. Testimony by the Central intelligence Agency and the defense intelligence Agency also claimed any soviet response to a . Star wars plan Likely would put pressure on other aspects of Sovie defense. The . Analysis of soviet defens and economic activities came in the re lease of a slightly sanitized version of testimony Given by officials of the two intelligence agencies to the joint eco nomic committee in mid March. The analysis said the cumulative cos of All soviet defense activities since 1965 has been about 10 percent higher . Defense spending and the cumulative Dollar value of soviet activities be tween 1975 and 1985 outpaced . Spending by 25 percent. But the report showed president Rea Gan s military buildup brought defense spending nearly up to the soviet level last year. In 198 5, for the first Lime since 1971,the Dollar costs of soviet activities did not substantially exceed . Outlays said a report prepared for the committee by Douglas Maceachin the Cia s director of soviet analysis. An accompanying Chart showed wide swings in . Spending from a Viet Nam War High of about $235 billion in 1984 dollars to a Low of Aboul $143 Bil lion in 1976. That Rose to about $235 billion again by 1985. The soviet figure began at about $145billion in 1965 and steadily Rose without any wide swings until it hit about $240billion in 1985. Between 1975 and 1984, Maceachin said total soviet defense spending was about 1500 billion higher than . De sense spending. It is a matter of them reaching a very High level and sustaining it at a Low growth rate while the United states has Pilot of postal plane Dies in Amsterdam crash Hoof Dorp. Netherlands a the Pilot of a British postal plane died sunday when his aircraft crashed As i attempted to land at Amsterdam s Sci Phol Airport police  Pilot identified As 28-year-old Clive stubbing from Harston England was the Only occupant of the three engine dn-3 to islander plane and there were no other casualties according to Hoof Dorp police spokesman Jan Vanderweiden. The plane was on its final approach after a mail and newspaper run from Stansted an Airport North of London Van Der Wei Den said. Been chasing that level he said. Maceachin also testified that the soviet Union probably has refocused some of its technical efforts in response to to strategic defense initiative program. The ski nicknamed Star wars see sways to Knock out nuclear missiles. Responding to any . Program he said would require substantial increase in  Cia and Dia officials who testified atthe closed hearing also said soviet arms control proposals appear designed to let Moscow proceed with the strategic modernization it has programmed through1990. But. In lire Long Lerm the witnesses said a comprehensive agreement that cuts weapons Levels and prevents or de lays ski deployment would save Mot cow material and labor. The officials also said soviet arms de liveries to foreign countries in 1985 to laced almost $9 billion Down about 20percent from 1984. They also claimed the percentage of soviet Gross National product devoted to military need his risen from Between 12 percent and 14percent in 1970 to Between is percent and 17 percent now. Almost All the testimony Given by thecia and Dia witnesses was included in the report released monday but at least seven tables on  items As annual so Viet weapons production and Export were left Blank for Security reasons. Attacks in Munich Frankfurt reported i ill Ali ii in ii ii ii nil believe planted by terrorists Wentin Day at a building housing a a and an aircraft company s Headquarters and saboteurs felled High tension wire monday near Frankfurt authorities said. Police Aid no one was injured in the two attacks which were not linked. The bomb exploded at 1 45  about $120,000 five Story building Hou Liaison office for Munuz Hirthe Pana via aircraft co Jorfi produces the Tornado Juta Momber. Investigators said  was the apparent tar attack. Aboul 160 Miles away in Helnut Adl authorities said saboteurs later sawed i a High tension Mast which fell i Othen Causin the bomb Al my damaged the Colof full a a f Germany s office for the Protection of the could tuition the coun  Agency. In addition 10 Ella Camj . Andanto targets German Mui Tanu have begun bombing the offices of companies producing weapons and officials said an attack on the Zanavia office would be in line with the Telephone Call to the i t night Porter warned that the blast would take place. The caller said bomb threat i spell Pmj a the Porter then broke the connection to phone the police. Is prosecutor Kurt Rebmann a uck on terrorists and Taid their  company of fice. Police offered a information leading to the array responsible for planting the bomb also caused some damage to nearby Post office