European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 23o the stars and stripes wednesday. October 29,1686 soviet View on ban Correct official says Washington not a senior while House official said monday that he would not quarrel with the soviet Contention that president Reagan had endorsed Mikhail s. Gorbachev s proposal for Banning All offensive strategic forces by 1996, and not just ballistic mis Siles. The official who is familiar with de tails of the Iceland talks said the presi Dent s comments fell far Short of a for Mal agreement and the talks ended without time to get Down to the nuts and bolls of such a ban. The soviet Union never contended that there had been formal  news briefs Gorbachev in a broadcast speech wednesday said the president did Al beit without special enthusiasm consent to the elimination or All strategic Offen Sive  the while House official who sup ports the president and who spoke on condition thai his name not be used offered for the first time the possibility that Reagan might not have reflected he concern of his advisers about the dangers inherent in agreeing to a sweeping ban on All strategic offensive forces. The advisers had cautioned him to limit a ban to ballistic missiles so As to prevent he soviet Union from capitalizing on its advantage in conventional forces. This was the latest and most explicit in a series of admissions by the Whitehouse that the soviet Side had been quoting Reagan More or less correctly. The initial american inclination was to avoid comment on the soviet charges that the United slates was providing a distorted version of the Iceland meeting. This was consistent with the administration s two track policy by which for its own reasons it expressed indignation at publication of the soviet version but privately sought to preserve its credibility with the russians. The White House official s comment came As other officials acknowledged that the record of the meeting tended to support the soviet Contention that Rea Gan agreed at least preliminarily that an Overall arms Accord could include a ban on All offensive strategic arms. The United states said originally that it had called for a ban on ballistic mis Siles of All ranges and did not depart from that formal proposal. Although the Overall Accord fell apart Over the Issue of the United slates1 space based missile defense program the question of what was agreed to had be come an Issue. Blind terrorist sentenced to life by israeli court Lod Israel a a Blind palestinian who had been freed from prison in a 1985 Exchange was sentenced to life imprisonment monday after being convicted of masterminding several terrorist attacks in  Man Allah Eldin i Bazian was sentenced by an israeli military court. The prosecutor said i Bazian was the Leader of a seven Man guerrilla group that killed an israeli woman and a British tourist in april and wounded a visitor from Germany earlier this year. Each attack occurred in mainly Ahab East , 22, of Jerusalem was blinded while preparing a bomb in 1979. He served two years in prison for suspected guerrilla activity and after his release he became Active in the Abu Moussa splinter faction of the Palestine liberation organization the prosecutor said. France Germany agree on East West relations Frankfurt a the leaders of France and West Germany met monday and agreed Here arc Good chances for East West arms control agreements following the superpower sum Mil in Iceland a West German spokesman said. French president Francois Mitterrand and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl meeting at a French German Summit in Frankfurt said they were optimistic about East West relations govern ment spokesman Friedhelm Ost told reporters. Guerrilla Leader killed in Ecuador gun Battle Quito Ecuador a the Leader of the Alfaro Vive Urban guerrilla group was slain in a shootout with police on the outskirts of Quito the government announced monday. Interior minister Luis rotates said Ricardo Ranuro Jarrin was killed sunday night when reopened fire on three detectives who had ordered hint to halt. Robles said Jarrin was walking in a Middle class residential area. He said three men with Jarrin also fired on the detectives who were inside an unmarked police car but escaped. Robles said Jarrin armed with it snub nosed revolver was struck eight times and died in route to a Hospital. Iran says it downed Jet Iraq Calls claim silly Nicosia Cyprus communal rallies including one held by Marcos loyalists Over the weekend. Marcos also a quoted As saying be feared civil War will erupt in the Philippines if voters reject a Drift Constitution expected to be offered in a plebiscite in january. He predicted the Aquino government will me Force if necessary to have the Constitution ratified the Newt Papen said. Pope from Page 1 midday the participants marched through the it Epstone streets until arriving outside the Basilica of so , in a Piazza used As a parking lot for buses representatives of each religion offered a separate  As a Chilly Raia began to fall the religious Lead in went to the refectory of the franciscan monastery alongside the Basilica. They ate together monday eve. Ding from a menu that offered Tevenal Choice carefully calculated to respect the variety of diet. Senior Vatican officials said that never before hit such an array of religious figures participated in a Iio Jle event at to time did All of the participants instead the Pope coined the phrase Pray to describe Bow they were won nipping separately