European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside strikes n what to do if your vacation goes wrong daily Magazine d investor Icahn makes Friendly bid for us Page 5 d Seattle beats san Diego in monday night football Page 21 ripes he Thomits unofficial Public Jitiam Foi vol. 45, no. 173 wednesday october 8, 1986 j iwo a d 8693 a crippled soviet sub sinks soviet sub sinks inthe Atlantic Ocean apr up by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington a nuclear pow ered nuclear armed soviet submarine apparently doomed from the moment inexperienced a fire and explosion last Fri Day morning was abandoned by its Crew and Sank Early monday in the Western Atlantic Octan. The soviet news Agency Tass which reported earlier that three men had been killed in the initial tire announced Mon Day that the submarine had gone Down. It said he Crew had been evacuated an that there was no further loss of lift. The Pentagon said it had no reason o doubt that statement. The vessel Sank in Waters 16.000 fee deep about 1,060 nautical Miles to the East of Cape Hatteras n.c., or roughly 600 Miles cast of  soviet merchant ship which earlier attempted to Tow the vessel collected survivors and remained in the area on monday the Pentagon  ranking . Military officers said the sinking poses no threat to the environment even though the submarine was carried up i ballistic  warheads atop one or those mis Siles could very Well have been blow into the sea and Sank when the submarine experienced a fire and explosion while submerged on Friday said vice adm. Powell f. Carter jr., staff director for the joint chiefs of staff. The other warheads have undoubtedly see sub on Pago 28 powered by two nuclear reactors and tie to 16 nuclear lipped ss-n-6 Nicaragua says it captured . Adviser Managua Nicaragua Dpi government troops shot Down a plane supplying .-backed con Ira rebels apparently killing three crewmen and Cap Turing a fourth who said he was a . Military adviser the defense ministry said monday. Related glory and photo Page 5. The ministry said the captured Man identified him self As Eugen Haf enuf 35, a . Military adviser stationed in Al Salvador. It also said the three casual ties apparently were americans. In Washington Mai. Eugenia Thornton a Pentagon spokeswoman said she had no report on the plane incident no confirmation that it had occurred and no identification of any individuals who might have been aboard such a  also questioned whether Haf enuf was a , military adviser. I Don t believe he s one fours she said. The slate department declined to comment on the of planning to conduct officer cutback Washington a the dense department has reluctantly be an planning Hof to slash the num Ber of Active duty officers in the a services by up to6.200 men and won Yover the Nill year. We object to the  we re convince that Well probably a to Dot least 2 percent in fiscal 1987," said Chapa a Fox assistant Secretary of defense for personnel. 1 the House and Senate reaches in their am orig dictated reductions in the we think there s such a auctions becoming Law right now in planning  the Issue of whether officer heavy has been i Yean because of a Contilo officer ratio. There Are about 2.1, Active duty in the anr300,000 of them Are current ratio for the of listed personnel to Evi decade that ratio dropping Down below 6-to-l is what see cutbacks on Page 28 nicaraguan statement and a spokesman for the .embassy in san Salvador said the embassy was aware of he report but would have no comment. However Abc s nigh line reported Early tues Day that . Assistant Secretary of stale Elliott ashrams flatly denied that the plane could have been . Military aircraft because Congress has prohibited such Aid to the contras. Nicaragua said infantry units of the sandinista peo ple s army using soviet made ground to air missiles shot the plane Down at 12 45 . Sunday is mile North of san Carlos near Nicaragua s Border with Costa Rica in the Rio san Juan province. The plane violated National airspace the statement  defense ministry said 50,000 Rifle cartridges grenades and dozens of rides and boots were recovered from the  intruding aircraft was hit by our Anli air de sense when it tried to carry out a Supply Mission to mercenary forces that operate from abroad against our country the defense ministry said. Mercenary Force is the government s Terra for anti sandinista rebels who Are fighting to overthrow the leftist regime. It said officials have preliminarily confirmed the deaths of three occupants of the plane and quoted the captured Man As identifying them As . Citizens. It also quoted the captive As saying that he i a . Military adviser in Al Salvador. Officials and a Small group of journalists were try Anglo reach the site but bad weather prevented helicopters from reaching the area and details remained sketchy a defense ministry spokesman said. Congress has approved $100 million in new Aid tothe contras to support their military Effort to oust the sandinista who Rose to Power after a 1979 revolution overthrew dictator Anastasio Sonza. Adopted different a Bills but both have Force Cox said ass ability of the re t important to Start service Are becoming too died by egress for some ing decline the enlisted jillion men an women on forces and slight More than leers. According a co the. Services combined\5.9 in officer the lowest to in a rooftop Stampede stranded cattle await Rescue from the roof of loaded House in Scott in. The Ploub in org 250 tint were released from ill act inter i Utle Bun Whin Floo Diutch threatened nuni ged to swim to nitty. The a Ter was higher when they Clarab Tonto the Roe of the Porth. Reb cd photo Page 7.