European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes wednesday. January 14,1987 sex official urges . Troop cuts in Europe Washington we the United Stales should withdraw some of its troops from Europe is part of a . Defense strategy that would reflect changes in the world Over the past four decades former National Security advise Zbigniew a Newinski said tuesday. Brzezinski told the Senate armed services committee thai up to 100,000 of the 350,000 american troops stationed in Western Europe should be transferred to the Central come which is designed to protect . Interests in the Oil Rich persian Gulf area. The comments by Brzczinski National Security adviser to former president car Ter came As part of a review of . Mili tary strategy by he committee. Brzczinski advocated a number of changes that he said reflect changes in . Strategic conditions. The . Must address a perilous strategic position he said. ". Conventional forces Are weakest where the United Stales is most vulnerable along the southwestern eurasian strategic America is strangest where its allies have the greatest capacity for doing More on i hair own Beh Alrand where the risk of a .-soviet clash is lowest along the far was icon eurasian strategic from he said. Consequently the United states should undertake a gradual and certainly Only partial reduction in he level of american forces in Europe he said. A total of perhaps 100,000 troops could be gradually withdrawn. That would leave perhaps 250,000 . Troops deployed in Europe a number that rep resents a Clear deterrent to the soviet Send substantial commitment to the de sense of the Money saved could be used to buy More air planes and improve the capacity to Jui cily ferry . Troops to global hot spots while the troops themselves should be shifted to the Central come Brzczinski said. The Central come is the successor to the rapid deployment Force created by Carter to Back up his pledge to use .military Force to keep open the persian Gulf Oil lanes so Western Nati Otu would not have their Energy sources Cut off while the Reagan administration de sense policies have built up the Central come military Leaden of the unit admit they would be hard pressed to move troops quickly to the persian Gulf area because of a shortage of planes and ships. Sex instructor wins fraud suit against to groups Washington a a Federal court jury tues any awarded nearly $138,000 to a former transcendental meditation instructor who charged the movement falsely promised he could learn to Fly. After deliberating nearly six hours since monday the jury found two transcendental meditation organizations liable for fraud and negligence. But jurors refused to award punitive damages to plaintiff Robert Kropinski who alleged in his $9 Mil lion lawsuit that he suffered psychological and emotional harm from Iris 11-year association Wilh transcendental meditation or to. The jury found the world plan executive Council United states which runs to programs and the maharishi International University in Fairfield Iowa were liable for fraud and negligence. Kropinski accused the movement of making false scientific claims that to would reduce stress improve his memory reverse the aging process and promote Good he ally and world Peart. Jurors in the monthlong trial before . District judge Oliver Gasch have heard testimony about Kropinski s unsuccessful attempt to learn How to Fly by using techniques of so called , despite claims that to students could self Tevi Ianc and manipulate the physical world through enhanced consciousness the lawsuit said students Learned Only to hop with the legs folded in the Lotus the movement s founder Mil Marishi Mahesh Yogi was originally named As a defendant in the lawsuit. But the guru was dismissed from the Case because lawyers were unable to find him in Switzerland Orindia to serve him with court papers. Kropinski stilled last month he was subjected to fear and intimidation when he tried to withdraw from the movement. To the twice daily practice of repeating a one word chant called a mantra became Papular in the 1960s when a number of celebrities including the beatles rave led to India to study with the guru. Married 80 years a Phola Salvalore a in 104 years old ind his wife provi Denzil 96, have Belr Pic lure taken on their 80th wedding anniversary in los Angeles. Records show they Are the oldest and longest mar ried couple in California. Single woman Over 30? Don t worry study says Washington up Don t be Lieve the line that women who get through College and their 30th birthday face a slim 1-m-s Chance of getting mar ried the census Bureau advises nearly two thirds of them will end up at the altar. The Bureau released a report monday devoting 14 pages and an equal number of charts to debunking the widely publicized study of last year that suggested America s Oyer-30 single women Are doomed to spinster Hood. The truth according to demographer Jeanne Moorman is that More than 90 percent of the women born since 1945arc Likely to be married about the same rate As that for their mothers and grand mothers. Moorman concluded the Only differ ence is that women today Are lending to delay marriage a trend that also tits Wilh the growing tendency during the Century to attend College and graduate school. And for the first Lime Moorma wrote women who attend College Are More Likely to get married than those who Slop Wilh a High school diploma. The census Bureau study challenges much gloomier assessment of marriage prospects done by researchers Neil Ben Nett David Bloom and Patricia Craig of Yale University. Their findings burst into Public attention last year with Cove stories in magazines such As Newsweek and people. The Vale researchers reported that while College educated women who had not been married by age 30 had a dim 20 percent Chance of wearing a wedding band before age 65. The Odds fell to just 5 percent at age 35, and 2.6 percent by age 40, they said. In contrast the new analysis of marriage birth and education Rales found that a 30-year-old unmarried woman in 1985 who spent four years in College enjoyed a 58 percent to 66 percent likelihood of marriage by age 65. For an unmarried High school graduate of the same age the likelihood was 47 percent to 56 percent. A 35-year-old woman had a 32 percent to 41 percent Chance of being married for the first Lime regardless of whether she held a High school or College diploma the census Bureau said. At 40, the Odd diminished to about one in four for High school graduates and one in five for col lege educated women. Moorman could not immediately be reached for comment on Why the study clashed with earlier research. A census Bureau worker who helped in the study also declined comment saying the department was planning a written response aimed at the work by Bennett Bloom and Craig. Airborne troops confined during gun theft probe Fayetteville. . Jap hundreds ofs2nd airborne div paratroopers remained locked in their Barracks tuesday while military authorities investigated the apparent theft of two sub machine guns fort Bragg officials say. Eighty sin soldiers of the 82nd airborne have been confined to quarters at fort Bragg since Friday and 400 to 500 More were locked in bionday As the inquiry continued said maj. Mike Nason the division s spokesman. We think the weapons were stolen but we Don t know by whom Mason said. Because of that the s2nd has a procedure operation search and investigate in which All parties having to do with the loss arc kept available on a prose in for duty status unti an explanation is army spokesmen said i he hand held ,45-Eatiber m3 guns apparently were taken from two ms5i tanks during a mobilization Drill last week in South Carolina. Those detained since Friday include 57 soldiers from co a 3rd in of the 73rd army regt of the 82nd airborne div. Twenty nine soldiers from co a 407lhsupply and service in also Are being held. They in clude officers warrant officers and enlisted men Mason said. Members of the 1st in Solh Parachute inf regl were confined to their Barracks monday afternoon suspects were being Given polygraph tests Naso said. Everyone is suspect just by heir proximity to the missing items he said. It s difficult to pin Down one company or one battalion because All were involved in the operation maj. Ken Smith a Public affairs officer with the 18lh airborne corps said relatives of the confined soldiers were allowed to visit during the weekend to make it As painless As maximum punishment for conviction in larceny of government firearms is dishonourable discharge five years imprisonment and forfeiture of All pay and Bene fits he said
