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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 thesta ,40 stripes Friday november 21,1986some contras have begun training in . By Norman Black or writer Washington a Small cadre of nicaraguan cont rebels began receive in of flatly Inin iof Mesido the United Suta about two Weda to in yet Aneth to indication that direct american Aid has begun to flow administration sources said thursday. The source who Insi aed on anon in raid they were not to Liberty to div the location of the mining tile or Diminu specifics of the training one official agreed it we fair to As sume the Contra guerrillas were receiving instruction in the me of specific weapons As Wett at on War fighting tac . But this source added that did not mean . Military personnel were dispensing the training. The into Melon could just As easily be drawn from outside contractors or the Cia the official Akl the Washington port meanwhile quoted unidentified sonnet thursday assaying the first milling class included about 70 guerrillas. The disclosure of the Mart of training followed reports earlier this week that . Military equipment had been flown to Honduras Tor Transfer to the Contr guerrillas. Transfers of equipment and supplies Are apparently not moving fail enough however to suit Contra Leaden. Adolfo Calero head of cont Force estimated at 11,000 fighters complained about the slow Pace of deliveries during meeting with us. Officials on wednesday sources at the state department said thursday. At the Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims flatly refused to Disevo Contra training noting Only thai Congress had approved the resumption of training and arms ibid Rentt by patting a 1100 Mil lion Aid package sought by president Reagan. I Don t believe that Ihil is a subject that we would talk about Here suns said noting the defense department Hadnot been assigned the responsibility for overseeing the Aid package. That responsibility has been assigned by the administration to the Cia and state department. Calero told the Post the training for each group of Contos would last a total of about so weeks and the process would be repeated throughout the net year. Calero also said most of the men no receiving instruction were officers who will Beust nicked in the works the total aspects of troop  the Post quoted its sources As laying the training Sites would skely be changed periodically and could include us. Roll buy bases or Sites that look similar to military Sites but belong to the  . Military support and training of the Contrat had been prohibited Over the last two years until Congress formally approved tin new Aid package last month. The Reagan administration had hoped to offer military training to the gue Rouaa at Bates located in Central America. Bui neighbouring countries such As Costa Rica Al Salvador and Honduras balk Edat that idea fearing retaliation from Nicaragua s leftist Sandinia government school District bars teachers from smoking Savannah of. A teachers and other employees of Chatham county schools won t be permitted to smoke on school property beginning july 1, 1987. The school Board approved the ban wednes Day. I realize How difficult it will be for some teachers not to smoke said Board member Ann Crowder. But Given Bow bad the evidence is showing that smoking is bad for your  Don t think we can m Good conscience condone  last month the Board banned smoking by Stu dents and visitors to school property. Woman pleads guilty in religious cure Case grand rapids Mich. Up a woman who claims the can cure ailments by placing a Polaroid photo of the sufferer in a Small Box and Reading vibrations has pleaded guilty to practice ing Medicine without a License. Louisa wheeler1 defense lawyer contended Dur ing a preliminary bearing in july that the Rad Ionics treatments his client otters Are protected trader constitutional provisions governing free exercise of religion because they Are an amplification of a religious Type of mental conveyance prosecutors argued that although Wheeler. 42,docs not pose at a physician she charges for her services and claims the procedure can ram at Ness and thus it working As an unlicensed physician. Improved regulation of seafood sought Washington a a nutrition group saying the health benefits of eating fish Are being offset by the risk of contamination launched on wednesday a quest to set up a new Federal inspection program for  study released by the group said americans attracted 10 fish in growing numbers because itis a healthy source of protein Are at the same time at increasing risk from bacterial viral an toxic contamination because it 11 among the least regulated foods. Cutting Bock often foils to help smokers study finds Boston a smoke who Cut Back lend cigarette prove their health a study Nas found. Our advice is that if they can the Best i to do is quit entirely said or. Peyton Jacob id. A coauthor of the study. The next Best thing Uto Cut Down the number of cigarettes and if they could switch to an Ultra Kew yield  Domestic Oil Supply drop could harm . Security report says Washington a weak prices for Oil and the resulting decline in Domestic production could jeopardize los. National Security in the event of a Mili tary mobilization according to a report Given to a Cabinet level group. However . Officials have been sceptical when the argument of National Security has been raised say ing it masks a plea for economic Relief from a financially ailing Industry. The National defense Council foundation a conservative study group has in omitted a paper a Keg the mobilization argument for review by the Cabinet group headed by Deputy Energy Secretary Wiff Iam f. Mtr Knuthe foundation s Energy expert Milt Popolous at tacks the conclusions of a Pentagon study in Marc that the United states could get enough non Middle East Oil to handle the 30 percent increase in demand that mobilization would bring even with heavy curtail ment of civilian use. That study assumes . Production in the lower 48stales would remain at the current 8.8 Mitton barrels a Day alaskan production could increase by half a nil lion barrels the strategic Petroleum Reserve could Supply 2.7 million barrels fat six months and imports could Rise to almost 1 0 minion bands from the current 7 million the flaw according la Popolous is that . Production is Likely to decline soon to 6 million barrels Day. Low prices Are leading companies to Cut exploration and abandon marginal welts. The Cabinet review announced at a september Cam ing bombarded by pain speech by president Reagan i requests from parts of the Oil Industry Ford. Martin a former National Security Council aide did not respond to a request for an interview. But he said in september i can Tell Yon of countless numbers of times when people who could t make it in the marketplace invoked the National Security argument. So i m a real careful watchdog on that the Independent Petroleum association of Ameri Ca after much wrangling among members came out recently for a Tariff on imported Oil As did american Petroleum Institute chairman George Keller. The Petroleum marketers association of America opposed it saying government authority to set a minimum Price also can be used to set a maximum Price. Pane reportedly will recommend 55 percent pay hike for Congress Washington a a presidential commis Sion will recommend pay raises of 46 percent for cab inet secretaries and 55 percent for members of con Gress and director of agencies such As the Cia and Fri according to a report published Friday. The president s quadrennial commission on executive legislative and judicial salaries in its dec. Is report will ask the president to include the raises in his 1988 budget according to unnamed administration sources cited by the Washington times. Under a draft version of the report Federal employees ranking with Cabinet in cretans would have their annual salaries boosted to As much As $130,000 from their current $88,000, the newspaper said. Members of Congress Deputy Cabinet secretaries and Agency directors would have their pay raised from 177,400 to about s 120,000, the newspaper said. Employees such As director of the census Bureau would have salaries raised to about $100,000 per year from $70,800, the newspaper said. The commission s report could affect directly the pay of some 3,000 of the government s highest ranked employees including about 1,700 Federal judges and judicial officers the newspaper said. In addition some 7,000 Tower ranked employees also would receive pay raises became their salaries Are tied to those under the  commission s Juris diction the times said. Overall the commission would recommend raises of 30 percent according to an  aide to sen. William proxy narc d-wis., cited by the newspaper. The Goven Uneas 2.1 million other employee an scheduled to recurve 3 percent raises in january. If the president submits the commission s report to Congress the raise could Lake effect  rejected by both the House and the Senate with in 30 Days. Romper room animal train recalled Washington a the romper roam Ani Mal train is being recalled because Small parts could pose a choking danger to children the Federal consumer product safety commission has announced electro plastics inc. Of Newark no is recalling the Loy because it contains three Small balls which could be dangerous to Young children the commission said. About 5,600 of the trains were sold primarily in pal Hmark and rite Aid stores in slates East of Ali Mississippi. They Cost about iz.40, involved is the romper room animal train no,h732r, the Agency Sabit is about us inches Lotus with an Orange engine Green car with two tigers being each other and purple car with two elephants it cog each other. A string is attached to the engine for pulling and the engine and can each have Knafl Fate and White Bath which can be easily detached the Agency said. Consumers should discard the trains or return than to the retailer fora refund the safety Cortri Iottini said  
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