European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday january 17,1987 news updates Carlsson under fire Stockholm Sweden up swedish defense minister Koine cuts son me under fire from fati out Navy Friday for ridiculing demands by aval officers for More we hip in their frustrated hum for soviet submarine. Al the Center of the latest verbal Tor Between swedish politicians Sari military officers it whether this Neutral nation squeezed be tween the superpower blocs needs More Misi Ife carrying corvettes she s60 million min flagship of the swedish Navy. Big pile of to a Metal Jun far the Navy officer to Snow off with from the cant in s Bridge is nothing 10 vane Money  car Loon Laid social democratic government newspapers thursday. The Navy hat demanded an apology. Chernobyl safety Moscow a Ait International atomic Energy Agency offi. Cial Friday said keys needed to by pan safety systems at chernobyl Are now in scaled blocks to prevent human error from causing another Accident there Morris Rosen head of the Vienna. Austria based Agency s Divi Sion of atomic safety told a mos cow news conference thai during 9 visit to the ukrainian Power plan earlier this week off Iwaji shewed him and the Agency s director Gen eral Hans Btty safety measure Uken since the disaster. Temperatures european weather . Lifting ban on exporting drilling equipment to .s.r. Washington a the Reagan administration in a major relaxation of Export controls announced thursday it was lifting a 9-Yearold ban on the Sale of non strategic Oil and Gas drilling equip ment to the soviet Union the move was hailed by Industry officials As offering i much needed twos to hard pressed Oil held drilling companies. The soviet Union is the largest Market Tor drilling equipment outside the United Stales. Commerce Secretary Malcolm bal Drige did the action was being taken despite our dissatisfaction with soviet human rights  the Carter administration imposed the controls in 1978 for foreign policy purpose to protest soviet human rights violations including the jailing of soviet dissident Anatoly 8, Suharansky who last year was permitted to emigrate to Israel Baldrige said the controls had lost their Impact because of the widespread availability of the equipment from for eign suppliers while having a debilitating effect on our Oil and Gas  the equipment at Issue including drilling rigs bits blow out presenters and mud systems Are not viewed As having direct military applications. A ban on Export to the soviet Union and other Eon bloc nations of military and sensitive High technology equipment remain in place Baldrige said and he said All other so called for eign policy Export controls would continue on non strategic materials As Well including a ban on shipments of . Products to Libya. These controls Are subject to renewal each Ian. 20. Last year . Exports to the soviet Union were valued at s2.4 billion White imports were valued at $440 million. Alexander b. Trowbridge president of the National association of manufacturers praised the decision which he said would Aid an Industry which really needs the  the decision came As administration officials put together a package of competitiveness proposals designed to be highlighted by president Reagan in his state of the Union message to a joint House Senate session on Jan. 27. The proposals Are designed to help make . Industry More productive and to ease a Trade deficit that reached a re Cord s170 billion last year. The control on Oil and Gas equipment and technology Are the list remaining major non Mit Iury foreign policy controls on exports to the soviet Union. In recent weeks administration officials have sought to improve Trade with the soviets although they have in toe pest insisted any new conces ribs would Nave to be followed by human right Progress in the soviet Union the soviet Union which is engaged inexpensive Oil and Gas exploration his tie largest Market for dulling equipment outside the United states. New soviet exploration to be Arctic Ocean a farther increasing the demand for such equip ment. . Concerns had controlled about 35 percent of the Market before lie ban said sen Lloyd Benison a twas in the last five Yean the Market value of the 10 largest . Oil Field companies has dropped by 73 percent over4,000 jobs have been lost in this Industry in Texas atone he said. Storm in West blamed for 2 deaths blows freight train off tracks in Utah by us audited  a fierce Western storm blamed for a least two deaths dumped up to More loan 4 feet of Snow of Colorado an blew a freight train off the tracks in Utah before marching into the Plains Friday winds up to 65 Mph from the Rockies to California grounded air Force f-16fighter jets at Hilt fab in Utah and knocked out Power to More than 1,000people in new Mexico. Snow feel Friday in Western Kansas Northwest Texas and the Oklahoma pan handle and freezing rain Felt in Centra land Southwest Oklahoma and Nebraska. Winter storm warnings of Snow Drift ing new temperatures in the single dig its and wind chills Down to 40 below were posted in Colorado. An additional 2 to 4 inches of Snow were forecast for the Southeastern part of the state with More it higher elevations. Winter storm warnings also were pos Ted in new Mexico and Arizona travel ers advisories were in effect in parts of Wyoming Nevada Utah Arizona new Mexico Oklahoma Missouri and Texas. In Antar Itlo Texas where the temperature dropped to 17 and the wind chill Index was at in below Zero overnight 3 inches of Snow fell Between Midnight and s . In Wyoming winds gusting to 30 Mph Early Friday made it feel like 60 degree below Zero East of Laramie and produced wind chills of 20 to 40 below Zero else where the weather service said. By thursday the storm had dumped 53 inches of Snow Southwest of Rye in Southern Colorado and 48 inches i Gardner colo., the weather service said. Other snowfall amounts in Colorado included 20 inches at Colorado City is inches at Colorado Springs and 8 Inch sat Denver. A Man died when his four wheel drive vehicle went off a Snow covered Road in Jefferson county West of Denver stat police said. At Denver s Staple Lon International Airport flights ran one to two hours be Hind schedule thursday and about 70nighu were cancelled said Airport spokesman Richard Boulware. In Utah High winds knocked 16 can of a 110-car Union Pacific freight train off the tracks in Centerville North of Salt Lake City about 4 30 . In new Mexico the wind blew n roof off an Albuquerque House Rod downed Power lines knocking out Power to 1,000 10 1,500 customers thursday night the wind was blamed for the death of a 46-year-old Man who was crushed thursday when gusts knocked Over a Brick Wall he was dismantling at an abandoned Bouse according to police. In Phoenix Ariz Snow fell for Only the second Lime in six Yean thursday melting is it bit the ground. The Las Snow was in december 1985, Iran Deal Hurt Reagan poll says Washington a the Iran Contra controversy has damaged the Public perception of president Reagan although Only one fifth of the american Public is following the complicated Story closely according to a poll released thursday the poll said 46 percent of americans say Reagan is generally not believable 38 percent say he is holding Back information on the Iran affair to protect him self and others. All told 61 percent gave Reagan an Overall Job rating of very favourable or mostly favourable compared with 83 per cent in july 1983 and 69 percent in june 198s. The Gallup poll also said the Public s perception of the news Media has be come less favourable. Only 19 percent held a very favor Able opinion of their daily newspaper Down from 28 percent six months ago the poll showed. And the very favourable Index for television has dropped from 30 percent in july 1986 to 19 percent. Congress also has seen its image tar Nish a the lawmakers favo ability rating Hai dropped from 67 percent in june 1985 to 5s percent. The Gallup Survey was based on Tele phone interviews with 1,500 adults from dec. 27 to Jan. 4. The margin of error is 3 percent. Paper reports Cia agent recalled Washington up the Cia re called in station chief in Costa Rica last week for helping a private air Force Fly weapons to nicaraguan rebels while . Military Aid to the Comras was banned the los Angeles times reported Friday. Quoting administration and co ogres Lional sources the times said the Cia told the Senate intelligence committee this week that it recalled in chief officer from the . Embassy in san Jose Costa Rica because of unauthorized contacts with private benefactors who were aiding the rebels. The station chief whose name was not revealed is believed to have relayed Mes sages Between Contra groups in Cosu Rickand members of the private air Force oper ated by retired air Force maj. Gen Rich Aid so ind that was airlifting weapons to the rebels the newspaper said the station chief reportedly relayed to Washington the contra1 requests for guns and told them when the ostensibly private Airdrop were to be  spokeswoman Kilby a Genoa said she could not comment on the recall of the station chief but said the Feacy has complied with All congressional restrictions on assistance to the