European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes n Koch angered by beat Myerson invoking fifth amendment Page 5 d is Reagan revolution a Success pages 14-15 d College top 20 basketball results see sports the is and Lopes author cd unofficial publication vol. 45. No. 26? monday. January 12, 1987 d 8693 a . Military must stay Strong despite deficit Congress told by Norman Black a military writer Washington the United Stiles has regained much of the military strength it lost in he 1970$, but those gains cannot be sacrificed to reducing the deficit defense Secretary Caspar of. Weinberger declared saturday. Weinberger in an annual report to Congress on he nation s military pos Ture described the budget hike proposed for the Pentagon in fiscal 1988 As Pru Dent and the emphasis on Star wars research and the modernization of nuclear weapons As  he also promised to strengthen special forces and improve Industry s ability to mobilize in a crisis and warned that the Pentagon is prepared to begin producing Anli Stellite asat missiles in 1989 even if a congressional ban on testing remained i place. He also cited drug trafficking for the first time As a major threat to National Security acknowledged that the. Navy and air Force Are still having trouble retaining submariners and pilots and pleaded for increased Levels of economic and military assistance to allies. In the foreward to his report however Weinberger focused on the Broad theme that has Long marked his appeals to con Gress no matter How Large the deficit the Pentagon s budget must be Large enough to meet today s threats. In recent years some in the Congress and elsewhere have focused so sharply on reducing the Federal deficit that they have mistakenly perceived the defense budget primarily As their most favored target for budget cutting Weinberger wrote. Such thinking fails to compre Hend either the real purposes of our de sense spending plan or the size and scope of the threat to our Freedom posed by the soviets steadily increasing Offen Sive Mili tar  the fiscal 1988 request Tor a 7.7 per cent increase in military spending to 1312 billion is modest and necessary to regain the momentum of our mod Era Zavion program and protect the in vestments we Nave already made in our fut ure Security he argued Weinberger s 353-Page report was re leased saturday. He is scheduled to testify monday before the Senate armed services committee in his fim capital see defense on Page 28 Ortega signs suspends new Constitution Managua Nicaragua a president Daniel or Tega signed a new Constitution Friday but quickly re imposed a state of emergency voiding Many civil Nihls guaranteed in the Constitution because of continue North american  related Story Page 9, speaking before thousands of people gathered in the Plaza of the revolution for the signing ceremony of Tega said of his sandinista government we do not wish to have to maintain the National state of emergency but we Are forced to do  the state of emergency in Ellel since 1982, had been automatically nullified with the signing of the Constitution. But the state run voice of Nicaragua radio announced Friday night that Ortega decreed anew National state of emergency. Ortega had vowed earlier to immediately reinstate the stale of emergency because of the War being fought by .-Backcd Nicaragua rebels known As contras against his left Wing government in Washington slate department spokeswoman Phyllis Tauey said the new Constitution is merely a mask Tor Otal control of Nicaragua by the sandinista party. Ii provides the Legal justification for the consolidation of one party totalitarian Rule a Nicaragua. As with the soviet Constitution the key Factor is toe use those in Power make of it. Past sandinista behaviour would indicate that those provisions would be manipulated suspended or simply ignored by the sandinista consolidation. The civil rights of those who oppose sandinista policies have not been  is no reason to think they will be in the future. Unfortunately the new Constitution offers Little Hope Tor a process of National reconciliation that can bring an end to the civil  the 202-article document Ibe nation s 1 it Constitution replaced the statute of rights and guarantees of nicaraguans which weal into effect when the Sand Appow i no Cartun president Daniel Ortega holds up the new i Constitution shortly lifter signing it. To Nicias toppled the rightist regime of the late president Anastasio Somoza. The Constitution approved nov. 19 by the National Assembly after two Yean of work promises Freedom of expression and religion prohibits imprisonment with out court order and ensures the right to strike. It also promises political pluralism a mixed Economy and International non alignment. Most civil liberties were suspended under the state  ordered because of the War against the contras. I in Washington meanwhile the leading nicaraguan 1irebel group has told the Justice department that it i financed its Washington operations last year with Money from unknown foreign sources. The statement from the United nicaraguan opposition the political umbrella group for most rebel forces comes As congressional investigators Are looking into allegations that iranian arms sales profits controlled by fired while House aide it. Col. Oliver l North might have gone to the contras. In a filing last week with the Justice department s foreign agent registration office. Uno said it paid it office expenses Over a six month period ending nov. 14 with s91,608 provided through three deposits May 9, aug. 11 and nov. 6 from foreign  the sworn Uno declaration signed last monday bits Washington representative Ernesto Palazio added sources of Uno support unknown to registrant which is listed As Uno. The group has said it has no knowledge of any Money Given to the contras from Wen Pons sales to ran. Although the filing refers to unknown sources of Money two nicaraguans involved in the rebel movement said a source of Ine expense Money was conservative fund Raiser Carl Spitz Channell. The two nicaraguans Iwho spoke on condition they not be identified said Chan-1 null transferred the Money through a Bank in Costa Rica. I warnings posted As snowstorm moves East by the associated press a storm blamed for at least 15 deaths spread Snow from the great lakes into the Northeast saturday after dumping up to a foot of Snow on the Plains and mid West where some travellers were stranded overnight. Winter storm warnings were posted for much of Feasley new York state ver Mont Southern new Hampshire an southwestern Maine with s to 12 inches of now predicted. Storm watches were issued for much of the rest of new eng land. A band of Snow sped across new York state saturday leaving 6 inches North of Albany and causing numerous minor traffic accidents but the main Norm approaching across the great lakes an another storm off the Atlantic coot were expected to merge and drop 8 to 12 inches on the Region by sunday. People have to get used to driving onit again said Daniel a. Ladendorf a department of transportation spokes Man in Indianapolis where More than 200 traffic accidents were reported in just nine hours Friday. Numerous minor traffic accidents also were reported saturday across pans of new England where Concord n.h., had nearly 3 inches of Snow by midday. Parts of Pennsylvania got i to 5 inches but it turned to freezing rain and rain in the afternoon. The storm which left up to 1b inches of Snow in southwestern Colorado s Sanjuan mountains earlier in the week was blamed for four traffic deaths in Michi Gan three each in Illinois and Missouri two each in Indiana and Kansas and one in Iowa. More Light Snow fell saturday across ans of Arkansas Kansas Missouri and Tennessee. In the Northern Indiana town of walk Erton a search continued saturday by tool and horseback for a woman in her70s who had wandered away from a nursing Home wearing Only a Nightgown and a Robe. Police dispatcher cookie Salyer said 8 inches of Snow had fallen inthe area and the weather had grounded a air search Friday. More than 100 motorists were stranded late Friday and Early saturday at a truck Stop along interstate 70 in Bra Zil jnd., about 15 Miles East of Terre haute which got 11 inches of Snow. A bits broke Down this morning and they just made it out of Here a Little while ago said Kim Quill Jam a cashier at the truck Slop. We be been very very  re just blown  ten to 11 inches of Snow had piled up by saturday in Belleville in the Southern pan of Illinois and at Morris Southwest see storms on Page 28