European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 30, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 terrorism baffles ., report says Washington a despite reams of rhetoric and multimillion Dollar budgets the United so alas has no effective strategy to Cope with he increasing threat of terrorism and guerrilla warfare according to a Pentagon study. The report says the  Effort to protect its interests around the world is hampered by bureaucratic infighting and the inability of  Leaders and agencies to comprehend inc nature of this Type of  the report was prepared Over the past year by a joint team from the army and air Force. There Are no plans to publicly release the document although a copy was made available to the associated press while the authors were military the report also looked Ai civilian agencies such As the state depart ment and the Central intelligence Agency. To c report said it is intended As a Star Point for the  Government to understand inc problem and r was t designed to recommend those few relevant fixes that would Settle this bothersome problem once and for All. As such the project is not a blueprint but a  More and More the study noted  Interests around the world Are being threatened Hylow intensity conflicts a term used to include terrorism and guerrilla warfare of the Type being waged in Central America inc Mideast and the Philippines. As a nation we do nol understand Low intensity conflict the study concluded. We respond without Unity of Effort we execute our activities poorly and we Lack the ability to sustain opera  America s vast and powerful military machine was built to fight a nuclear War or a Large scale conventional War particularly in Western Europe but it was nol structured to Cope with the current situation which the report notes is neither War nor  a Central feature of he Reagan administration s foreign policy has been to strike Back at terrorists who hit  Citizens such As the bombing raid on Libya earlier this year. The administration is also supporting guerrilla groups around the world who Are lighting soviet backed forces particularly in Central America and Afghanistan. But there is no Overall policy the report says warn ing that a comprehensive civil military strategy must be developed to defend our interests threatened by the series of Low intensity conflicts around the  it must be crafted in comprehensive terms not focused on a single conflict or on a single department. It must integrate All the National resources at our disposal military and non military lethal and non la that it said. Many recent  A Foru have been hampered by failures the study noted. Examples cited were the october 1983 deaths of 241  Servicemen from a Sui cide terrorist attack in Lebanon inter Scricc rivalries that marred the 1983 invasion of Grenada and the disastrous 1980 Mission to Rescue american hostages held in Iran. Our current defense posture reflects our inability to understand the form and substance of this direct Chal Lenge to our interests the report said. Our tick of understanding is manifested in a Lack of Unity of Effort Lack of doctrine training organizations and Materiel in execute operations and tack of a sustaining support system. Short of War we have no strategy or comprehensive plan to address inc Chal Lenges a political  critics say special operations forces Are scattered among the Lour services and resented by mainstream military officials who have no training in unconventional warfare Vermont to decide in november Hunt resumes on state equal rights amendment Monti Elie i. A in a re play of one of the hottest political issues of the last decade. Vermont voters will decide nov. 4 whether to add an equal rights amendment to the state Constitution. The arguments arc familiar support ers say the 31-word amendment is Sim ply an Issue of Equality while opponents link it to Gay and abortion rights and destruction of the family. Supporters say a Victory in Vermont will help resurrect the Federal Era which filed in 1982 after a 10-year fight. Anli Era forces insist Vermont will be the last  the amendment reads Equality of rights under the Law shall not be denied or abridged by the state of Vermont or any of its political subdivisions on account of the sex of inc  the most important thing about this Campaign is to say thai gender is not going to be the determining Factor in Vermont s  said Beth Fouhy director of the 52-group Vermont coalition for the Era. Counters Phyllis Schlafly National director of the conservative Eagle forum and a committed foe of the Era it s really dead if it s Defeated in  she and others who oppose the amendment say its passage would further the cause of abortion and Gay rights. Eleanor Smeal president of the National organization for women said the conditions Are right for an Era Victory in Vermont there s no presidential Campaign overshadowing it top state official publicly support it and the stale s Small size encourages a grassroots Effort. In addition now and other women s groups have abandoned the hands off approach 10 a slate Era such As they look in Maine where the amendment met defeat in 1984. Sixteen states have an equal rights provision some dating from the 1920s. The last three states 10 consider the Vermont Hass. M population 530,000 1984 voter registration 319,962 March. 19b6 major industries manufacturing tourism agriculture mining major manufacture machine tools furniture Scales books computer components major crops apples Maple syrup silage com Hay unemployment rate 3.9% july 1986 average annual pay $16,023 1985 no party registration Chicago Tribune graphic sources slate of Vermont. World almanac  Bureau of Zubor statistics amendment Defeated it. Massachusetts in 1976 was the last to pass an Era and Vermont is the Only one considering it this year. The amendment is an economic Issue Smeal said pointing to Pennsylvania s Era. Whose wording is identical to ver Mont s i a re mini. There she said women have fared better in divorce settlements since an Era passed in 1971. Era opponents have tried to link the amendment with contracting inc deadly disease aids a Cor Section Smeal called outrageous. Supporters Label As scare tactics other assertions of Era opponents including claims that an Era will Force taxpayers to fund abortions. Amendment supporters say that Point is moot because a Vermont court recently upheld the right of women receiving medicaid to have Stalc i named medically necessary abortions. The stale has said it will nol Appeal inc decision. The slate s leading politicians. Demo crat and Republican support the Amend ment. The democratic party reaffirmed its support at the state convention this month while the republicans under pressure from conservative Elm in r of inc party watered Down their Era Plank. What an equal rights amendment will or will not do for the citizens of Vermont nearly has been overshadowed by other issues Money Campaign disclosures air time and in tics. Money and whether it is coming from Vermont s 530,000 residents or from out of state conservative organizations is at the heart of the debate. The most recent Campaign disclosures show the primary group opposing the Era the Vermont Era information committee has raised �83,760. All but $154 of $25,000 in itemized contributions was donated from non residents. Fouhy s coalition has raised $ 134,550, with about $11,000 of that coming from Oul of state contributions of More than Sio. For 2 marines lost in crash Beaufort . Api the coast guard decided to renew the Hunt for two marines missing since their fighter Jet collided last tuesday with another Marine fighter off the Georgia coast. We received some Contact from some senators and congressmen in the Texas area and we have resumed searching i. Jennifer Yount duly officer for the coast guard in Miami said sunday. The search for 1st it. Charles k. Casl Leberry jr., 26, of Lake Jackson Texas the Pilot and radar officer maj. Christo Pher j. Brammer 37, of Cortez colo., would continue for about 48 hours said rep. Tom delay a Texas. The coast guard called off. The search on Friday saying the men were declared lost at sea and presumed dead. Castle Berry and Brammer were on a training Mission when their f-4 phantom and another f-4 collided about 70 Miles Southeast of the Marine corps air station at Beaufort their Home base. The Crew members in the other f-4 were picked up by a fishing vessel about 20 minutes after the collision. They were treated at the Beaufort naval Hospital and released. The initial search covered More than 3,400 Square Miles and involved More than 50 coast guard Marine air Force and Navy forces. No Trace of the old aviators was found. An inquiry into the cause of the Acci Dent is continuing Bugda said. Nepal Peak plunge Katmandu. Nepal up a Frenchman fell 200 Yards to his death trying to scale one of the world s highest Peak the ministry of tourism said Sun Day. Benoit Grison 23, a Mountain guide fell on sept. 23 As a 13-member French team was scaling Annapurna the spokesman of the ministry said. Delegates attend new Jersey festival lust for laughs Asbury Park . A hundreds of Clown turned the Boardwalk into the big top As they went about the very serious business of learning to make people laugh. The occasion was the fifth annual Garden state Clown festival where the red nosed delegates with floppy shoes attended seminars to gel lips on makeup costumes and slapstick. Most of us Lake for granted the fact that clowns know these skills said Fred Collins a festival Organ Izer. But these Are things that have to be Learned. He explained that every time a pie in the face Rou Tine Falls Flat clowns everywhere suffer. We produce this event because we Don t want peo ple to have a bad taste in the Mouth after watching a Clown Collins said. Collins advertised the festival in a clowns Trade Magazine. The ads attracted about 300 clowns. Most of those who attended sunday s Clown festival Are part timers who make merry and Money on the weekends by performing at birthday parties and grand openings. The rest of the week the clowns work As lawyers housewives accountants doctors and engineers col Lins said. Some such As fudge t. Clown 38, bring heir humor to nursing Homes and Nursery schools. What 1 like most about being a Clown is that i can make a group of people or just one person laugh and forget about their problems said fudge who out of costume is Maryann Greco a Mother of three. To  an old person laugh and just forget about those aches and pains is Nice. It gives me a Good feeling