European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes n just waiting or the mail Page 3 d new Silver Dollar makes its debut Page 5 d chargers coach quits after seventh straight loss Page 2 vol. 4b, no. 196 authorized unofficial publication Foft the . Armed Force Friday october 31, 1986 d 8693 a commissaries to give away . Beef to gis Dod civilians by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington eight million pounds of Choice . Beef that will Start appearing in commissaries in Europe next month will be Given away free to service members and their families defense department officials in id thursday civilian employees with commissary privileges also Are in i i tied to the free after Pentagon lawyers examined the Law making the beef available defense officials concluded the meat must be distributed free said air Force maj. Jay Jordan. The Pentagon had planned to sell the meal in the 20 largest commissaries in Europe at the same Price As thai of Bee bought in Europe. Jordan who oversees inc program forthe Pentagon said logistics experts have been Labouring in Days of meetings to de cide How he Giveaway will work. Indications Are that the system will focus on the ration cards carried by serv and their families. A ration would be four to Sis pounds of Steak or roast and hamburger. The weight of rations might vary but their Dollar value would be equal under the plan. How Many rations shoppers would be allowed and whether they would be permitted to pick up their allotment All at once were among the questions inc sex Perls were sorting out Jordan said. The Pentagon plans an announcement in the next couple of Days with the de tails. The 8 million pounds is being divided among the number of commissary patrons in Europe Jordan said. A ration might be a roast plus two pounds of hamburger or a Steak and three pounds of hamburger. But the value would be the the first containers of the beef Are aboard ships on the Atlantic Jordan said. The first deliveries to commissaries Are due about nov. 15. The first deliveries will be As planned earlier to the largest commissaries he said. Later deliveries to smaller commis Saries will assure that scr Icem embers throughout the theater have an equal Opportunity to obtain the meat he said. Families have More ration cards than single service members Jordan observed and some service members living in bar Racks May not be Able to use the meat. But logistics staffers Are working to develop a system that will be fair he said. Pentagon officials met for the past two see beef or Page 28 saudis dismiss Sheik Yamani As Oil minister Riyadh saudi Arabia a saudi Arabia thursday ousted its Oil minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani after .1 Quarter of a Century in office. Analysts predicted a realignment Ino Pec s balance of Power and prices fluctuated on world Pilro Irum markets. The official saudi pros Agency in a Lersch statement issued by lore Dawn gave no reason for Imam s dismissal but said he had j been replaced by planning min ister Clisham Nazca a or considered a key min ister in this kingdom of 11 Mil lion people is thought to have close lies to the Royal family. He was the first saudi representative on the organisation of Petroleum exporting countries Board of governors in i961, and was Deputy Oil minister under Yamani for several years in the 1960s. Saudi Arabia is the world s largest Oil exporter. Oil analysts said Yamani s dismissal could cause a Short term decline in Oil prices because of uncertainty about the new the Netherlands heating Oil prices on the Rotter dam spot Market fell slightly thursday morning but recovered by Early afternoon to about 114 to si5 pet sea Yamani on Page 28 Yamani presidential helping hand president Reagan raises the Arm of sen. James Abd nor r-s.d., who is running in a dead heal against democratic rep. Thomas Daschle Reagan on the last of a series at political trips to suites where his popularity is High but hat of fellow republicans is Low also Stem Ltd in Ems Villa ind., wednesday and was in Colorado Springs colo., thursday. See related Story on Page 4. Britain extends falklands no fishing zone Buenos Aires Argentina a Britain greatly expanded fishing limits around the Falkland islands to 200 Nau tical Miles prompting Argentina to can cel i scheduled discharge of military con scripts and to create a special military committee. Britain retook the islands from Argen Tine occupation forces after a 10-week Bat the that ruled about 1,000 men in 1982. It decided wednesday to extend its fishing Lone around the islands from three to 200 nautical Miles 230 mile citing in part what it called Argentina s aggressive patrolling of the disputed Waters. The falklands Are about 300 Miles off the Southern Argentine coast and the new fishing zone intrudes on Argentina s claim that its territorial Waters extend 200 Miles into the South Atlantic president Raul Alfonsin retired the British move As a provocation and an encroachment on Argentine sovereignty saying the action would cause serious tensions and conflicts with consequences As yet defense minister Horacio Jaunarena told foreign reporters the armed forces were not placed on Alert but that naval vessels remained under orders to patrol the country s 200-mile offshore zone. It s our zone. The boats Are carrying out their Normal patrols he said. We Are not trying to provoke any incident that could cause Britain to complain of Argentine aggression. The minister said he ordered that a discharge of conscripts scheduled for the end of this month be suspended to keep the armed forces at a slate of readiness. We have maintained 100 percent of the conscripts he said but added that redid not know How Many people were involved. British foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe announcing the new zone to the House of commons said Britain might use armed Force in appropriate Circum stances to protect its rights. Falkland cars have complained that the Waters stacks of squid Hake and Blue Whiting Are endangered by overfishing from soviet polish and japanese vessels among others. Britain has declared a 50-mile zone around the islands off limits to Argen Tine vessels since the War. Argentine trawlers periodically have complained of being harassed by British military planes when they approached the limit
