European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 19, 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 5 Weinberger defends Star wars says . Will never Trade it for arms pact by Norman Black a military writer Washington defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger said monday the United Stales will never Trade Star wars or balanced conventional strength in Europe for a new arms control Accord with the soviet Union. In an address to a symposium on nato sponsored by he Institute for foreign policy analysis. Weinberg or said the United states and its european allies desire deep reductions in offensive ballistic nuclear missiles but must continue to improve heir conventional strength. In any event we can never leave the equation of deterrence unbalanced by taking out some effective deterrents without replacing them with other deter rents he said. Earlier. Weinberger met with West German defense minister Manfred Ocmer who is in Washington for consultations with american officials. Woerner told reporters after the meeting that the allies could not match soviet bloc conventional strength if All nuclear weapons were eliminated the More we limit and restrain nuclear possibilities the More important it becomes to Correct that conventional imbalance preferably by arms control and disarmament he said. Weinberger said president Reagan had focused his talks with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev during the recent Iceland Summit on the elimination of intercontinental ballistic missiles and praised Reagan for Refus ing to Bow to soviet demands to curtail research on the anti missile defense system. Weinberger said that while nuclear weapons help protesters arrested for blockading Energy dept. Office Nevada test site by the associated press nearly zoo anti nuclear demonstrators including actor Munnin Sheen were arrested monday As they tried to keep workers from entering Energy department Headquarters in Wasl in ton and a nuclear lest site in Nevada. Washington police said they a a sled 140, while 59 protesters n porn cd arrested at the site 65 Miles Nonini Wisl of Las vegas where the nation s nuclear weapons arc tested. Most of those arrested in Washington on a charge of  or preventing people from using Public areas were re leased on $50 Bond the Nevada protesters were released on their own Rico Gnu Ance pending arraignments next month. Al the Nevada test site some 100 pro testers tried to Block buses carrying work ers but work went on As usual said Energy department spokesman Jim Boyer. Sheen was arrested when he stepped across a cattle guard on the Road leading to the test site Gate. Ill come again i la be arrested again Sheen said later i be been to a number of demonstrations before but Only twice arrested and it scares me. I m afraid for my own physical safety of course and for the rest of the people. It must he non violent and it must be  the last major demonstration at he test site was sept. 30, when some 500 physicians and anti nuclear activists turned out id protest the continuation of the nation s testing program. In that demonstration 139 people were arrested. Department employees were finally Able to begin entering the building about 10 . Pentagon papers Milhor Daniel a Ilsberg joins blockade of Energy department. Compensate for smaller conventional armies he would prefer to stress the vital importance of improving conventional  in other words continued soviet blocking of deep nuclear arms reductions  not relieve us of doing More on the non nuclear Side he said. In responding to the deficiencies in nato s non nuclear forces min ister to cmdr and i and the other nato ministers have achieved an unprecedented degree of agreement on the Challenge ahead and he use of cooperative re search development and production programs to make More efficient use of All nato nations re  Weinberger concluded by asserting that Dis agreements which frequently erupt within nato Over approaches to arms control Are to be expected and in the end Are healthy signs of a Strong  Many doubt Reagan told truth on Iran los Angeles a americans Are deeply sceptical of president Rea Gan s explanations of recent dealings with Iran with Only about one in five believing his statements have been essentially True according to a new poll by the los Angeles times. More than 40 percent of those questioned Over the weekend said several of Reagan s statements have been Only technically  and one fourth or More said his statements were essentially  Reagan said in a speech on nov 14 that he had approved a secret Effort to establish contacts with elements in the iranian government and admitted that Small amounts of arms had been ship Ped to Iran As a result. But he denied that the arms were a Trade for the release of american hostages. Respondents to the poll of 1,480 adults across the country were asked if a series of Reagan s statements were essentially truthful technically True but in reality misleading or essentially  of his statement that the United Stales did not Trade weapons for hostages 14 per cent said it was essentially True 49 percent said it was technically True and 30 percent said it was essentially false. Of his statement that the United states stands behind its policy of not negotiating with terrorists 22 percent said it was essentially True 44 percent said it was technically True and 19 percent said it was essentially false. On Reagan s Overall handling of his duties 58 percent approved 35 percent disapproved and 7 percent did t know. Leavenworth installing chopper stopper device Sands of time in the stars and stripes Leavenworth Kan. A a device guards have nicknamed a chop per stopper is being installed at the maximum Security Federal prison in Leavenworth to prevent helicopter escapes officials said monday. Kathryn Morse a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of prisons in Washington d.c., said Leavenworth is one of about 20 prisons which have or Are in stalling such deterrents following highly publicized escapes using Helicon lets. Jeff Duncan executive assistant to the Warden at Leavenworth said work on the pole and wire device began earlier this year however he declined