European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday january 11,1987 Strauss accuses Ftp of arrogance Bonn up Franz Josef Strauss conservative minister president or the slate or Bavaria saturday accused the Liberal free democratic party of dumb arrogance if it thinks in can prevent him from becoming a Federal Cabinet min ister after the Jan. 25 National election. The Ftp cannot decide who will be minister. The question will be decided by my party friends my family myself and of course the delegation of my partying Bonn said Strauss Leader of the conservative bavarian Wing of Chancellor Helmut Kohl s coalition government. The free democratic party campaigning to meet the minimum i percent vote that would a qualify it for rep Iscon Talipan in the Federal legislature is the Junior partner in the Kohl moderate conservative coalition it is a sign of dumb arrogance if the Ftp believes in can prevent me from becoming a Cabinet minister. In is also a sign of a thoroughly miserable style which is once again being practice he said stepping up the political feud be tween him and the liberals. Strauss 71, who was an unsuccessful candidate for Chancellor in 1980, has served in several top government posts including minister of defense and min ister of finance. His comments made la the Well a sonntag newspaper were triggered by a recent Coll by the free democrats for voter support to prevent the Christian democrats including Strauss conserva Tive bavarian Wing the Christian social Union from gelling an absolute majority of votes Jan. 25. If the Kohl Strauss party attained such a majority the free Democrat the perennial partner in successive coalitions with the Christian Democrat and their social democratic opponents would toe blocked from participating in a coalition. The free democrats argue thai if they Are knocked from their share of Power the next government formed by Kohl s party which is far ahead in current pub Lic opinion surveys would lurch sharply to the right. Ski from Page 1 and j3 33,4 billion for fiscal 1989. The budget seeks spending increases of 3 percent annually after in Flat Ion Ovi the previous year. Weinberger s stale of the military re port Hii sixth largely reiterates the administration s Basic strategies and de sense concepts that sen. Sam Nunn d ga., is expected to focus on when the Secretary testifies monday before the Senate armed services committee. Nunn is the committee s new chairman. As in previous years Weinberge painted a grim picture of the soviet threat to the United slates the major driving Force behind the massive . Military budget. To meet the threat of Small scale War Sand terrorism that Weinberger termed the next most Likely Challenge to . National interests after the soviets the Pentagon earmarked $2.5 billion for Spe Cial operations forces next year a sub Stantial increase Over the 1440 million for those forces in fiscal 1981, the administration s first nine months. If the United Stales fails to combat terrorist acts in coordination with its allies Weinberger wrote these forms of aggression will remain the most Likely and the most enduring threats to our  although the Pentagon s anti satellite missile has been delayed by a congressional ban on testing the weapon against objects in space. Weinberger said re search and development will continue next year and in fiscal 1989 we will begin producing the  further congressional restrictions Onasan testing will however needlessly delay attaining an operational capability with the system he said. He said modernization of the . Nuclear Arsenal appears sufficient to main Tain a robust deterrent to a soviet nuclear attack on the United Stales and our  the United states has deployed nearly 100 nuclear lipped cruise missiles on submarines and surface ships and a 20 percent More nuclear weapons for retaliation against a nuclear attack than it had seven years ago chiefly because of the deployment of c-4 missiles aboard indent submarines last year he said. Storm from Page 1 and littered median strips throughout the slate. In Ohio a series of nearly a dozen Acci dents Friday evening closed southbound lanes of interstate 75 just South of Lima for More than three hour said Highway patrol dispatcher Wendy Hauvn Stem. A the storm moved Northeast toward Canada another system developed along uie mid Atlantic const posing a threat to Interior sections of Southern new England and new York where a Winter storm watch was posted for saturday night. On the Hack Edge of the storm Yates Center kan., received 11 inches of Snow Friday and Emporia and Solina each got 7 inches said weather service meteorologist Steve Kays. Schools were closed Friday across mis Souri in South Central Kansas and Illinois police in Missouri reported three traffic deaths thai they blamed on Slick roads and collisions that killed three people in Illinois were blamed on the heavy wet Snow there. Kansas police reported two traffic deaths blamed on the weather one a schoolgirl who slipped under the wheels of a school bus that had just dropped her off police in Iowa blamed one traffic death on die weather. A car on a Scenic mad near Nondorf Germany has Little Feu Oft try traffic. Records fall As bitter cold ices Over Northern Europe by the associated pro a cold wave that has gripped Northern Europe since new year Day gave Helsinki its lowest recorded temperature in More than a Century saturday delayed trains in Finland and Sweden and caused polish and soviet officials to warn of Power cuts. At least two More deaths were reported a swedish train Engineer killed in wreck tentatively blamed on Frozen switches and a pole who froze to death i Woods. The soviet press reported Friday a total of 4g weather related deaths since Jan. I. In the finnish capital of Helsinki the temperature dipped to 29 below Zero during the night the lowest Reading since record keeping began in 1881, the meteorological Institute said. The previous record 27 below Zero was measured in 1940. Swedes caught in their severest cold spell in decades set Power consumption records and a government official warned saturday that electricity May be rationed. Delays of up to 12 hours were reported on Long distance trains and commuters in Stockholm Sweden raged against metropolitan traffic authorities As trains arrived late or not at All. Inhabitants of Southeastern swede were warned to stay indoors As Snow and winds up to 90 Mph hit the Baltic coast and a weather station at Lake Slor Sjon in Sweden s Northwestern Jam land prov Ince reported 44 below Zero Early sat urday. In Moscow where the temperature dipped 10 minus 12 Friday and remained Well below Zero saturday newspapers carried reports warning citizens not to create fire hazards with jury rigged heat ers and asking them to conserve electricity because the Energy output plans Hadnot envisioned such cold. The soviet labor newspaper trud said that if electricity demand exceed the amounts planned we will not be Able to maintain service in  the Tass news Agency commented in report from the siberian City of Yakutsk that Winters there Are always harsh but the present Winter is worse than All pre Vious  Tass said that since dec. 2d, the temperature in he Yakutsk area frequently has hit minus 76. In Poland residents faced Snow blocked roads stalled cars and cancelled buses Grams and trains the official Media reported. Army and militia troops were helping to remove Snow from dogged roads in East Ern provinces state radio said. Scattered Power outages were reported and the largest residential District in the Central City of Lodz was without heat. Power breakdowns were attributed loan overburdened Energy Supply system be cause of the severe cold. In Many households family life concentrates around electrical healers and other sources of heat the official Pap news Agency said. Temperatures saturday ranged from minus 8 in Southern and Central Polandro minus 19 in Western regions. Casey from Page 1 gone to the contras they took appropriate action. They reported their concern to the National Security Council several times in october and director Casey recommended that the White House coun Sel review the  most importantly there is no Indi cation whatsoever the Cia was involved in any diversion of funds lha the Cia Misund its funds or violated any  two select congressional committee Sand a special prosecutor arc investigating president Reagan s policy of sending arms to Iran in 1985-86 in an Effort to improve relations with the islamic government and win the release of american hostages in Lebanon. The Abc report was based on a leaked copy of a draft Senate intelligence com Mittee report on the affair. Casey reportedly told congressional investigators thai Roy Furmark a new York businessman approached him on oct. 7, 1986, about the problems of a Syndicate of middlemen who raised up to $20 million to finance the secret arms sales to Iran. Casey was warned that the Canadian and american businessmen would blow the lid on the operation including the apparent diversion offends to the Nicara uan centres unless they were paid $10 million with held by Iran in a dispute Over the qual Ity of some weapons. Casey then reportedly called Poindexter to report what he said was his first indication of the Contra scam