European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d agreement proposed in impasse Over German plates for ,.,Page 2 q military members enjoy southern1 livlng.,.dally Magazine o royals Pitcher Dennis Leonard announces retirement Page 21 the Esters tripes authorized unofficial publication feb Fol . Mid val4s.no.290 wednesday february 4, 1987 0 8693 a Buchanan resigns position arms expert Perle May quit Washington a Patrick j. Buchanan president Reagan s chief of communications and Pugna Cious Champion of conservative politics has resigned effective March i it was announced tuesday. Hit resignation is the second announced in two Days by us White House following the replacement of wit Ham Casey by Robert Gates As director of the Cia. White House spokesman Martin Fitzwater also acknowledged there is open speculation around town that Richiard Perle one of the administration s most influential policymakers on arms control is poised to resign As Ai is am Secretary of defense. However Fiu Wilcer said the while House has not received a letter of resignation or any official word that he is leaving. There was no immediate announcement of a Succes it for Buchanan. Fitzwalter said Buchanan who recently said he would not run for president in 1988, Felt he could Tetter influence the issues and politics of 1988 an the direction of the conservative movement and the Republican party by speaking and writing from a Van Tage Point outside the White  before joining the while House in february 1985, buc swim wrote it newspaper column and was a television comments or. Reagan in a statement relayed by Fitzwater said Pat s communications skills and his commitment to Patrick j. Buchanan conservative political beliefs have been an important part of my administration Tor he last two years. I will miss his leadership and his support bul i count on his voice to remain a Beacon for our political  Buchanan s resignation from the j 77,400 Job has been rumoured for months. He has persistently urge the White House to take a hard line on issues and frequently has found himself overridden. Fitzwater said that with to years remaining Tor he administration. Buchanan Felt he was leaving enough time for a successor to be named and to get into the Job Buchanan has been the White House s leading voice for conservatism and a determined defender of the president an irishman s heart is never at peace unless he sin the Middle of a Light and i think there s something o it he observed in a recent interview. The White House recently disassociated he president from some of Buchanan s controversial remarks such ashis suggestion that Laws can be broken if he cause is justified. He raised that idea in defending Oliver  was fired from the National Security Council staff for engineering the diversion of profits from iranian arms sales to Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Buchanan has also waged War with leading Republic see Buchanan on Page 28 falling Dollar called no cure for deficits from press dispatches Washington the United sum would be making a mistake to rely Lovely on the falling Dollar to ease Mas live Trade and budget deficits and should immediately adopt policies to do the Job. Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker said monday. In bochum Germany Swiss National Bank vice president Marcus Lusser tues Day warned against a further decline of the . Dollar and endorsed intervention by Central Banks to stabilize currency markets. Saks of German Marks to is. Personnel for personal use will be Al the me of 1.78 wednesday bated on a Price fix ing and allowance for Standard charges. See other conversion Rales on Page 27, related Story Page 9. In remarks monday before the joint economic committee Volcker said the plummeting Dollar would Hurt chances for sustained economic growth by sparking inflation and discouraging for eign investment. He also said persuading trading partners o stimulate their economies and lift Trade barriers would help the United states alleviate its deficits. The main goal of . Economic policy should be to ease the structural imbalances represented in the twin deficits even if such action slows near term growth Volcker said. Deal with the imbalances that s what see Dollar on Page 28 hostages moved Wate feared arrested Beirut. Lebanon up the kidnappers of three americans and an Indian bom . Resident declared a military Alert monday and said the hostages had been moved to Safe areas in Case of a its. Attack on Lebanon. The hostages Are Alann Steen 46 John Turner in his 60s robot Polhill 52 and Indian bom . Resi Dent alien or. Milf Ileshwa Singh they were kidnapped Jan. 24 from the private Sci nil University College by four gunmen posing As policemen. Thirteen other foreigners have been Kidnap Ped in moslem West Beirut since Jan. 12. In Damascus shiite moslem amal militia chief Nabi Beni said after meeting i h syrian vice president Abdel Halim Haddam and druse warlord Walid Jumblatt that he believes Church of England envoy Terry Waite has been arrested and is being held captive Jumblatt s militia provided Protection for Waite until he left his escorts Jan. 20 to meet he islamic jihad kidnappers in a bid to get hostages released. Waite has no been heard from since. In a statement sent to a Western news Agency and the an Nahar newspaper the islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine said its. Four hostages would be killed on feb. 9 unless Israel frees 400 Arab prisoners. The extremist group said it had moved the four men see hostages on Page 28 Neo nazi terror suspect extradited to Germany Frankfurt up a Neo nazi wanted on suspicion of two car bomb attacks on american soldiers has been extradited from France the Federal prosecutor s office said tuesday. A spokesman said French authorities sent Edfried Epp a member of a banned Neo nazi organisation to Germany on Jan. 28 after he had served a two year prison term for membership in a Crimi Nal organization and using a forged pass port. Epp is suspected of planting bombs in automobiles of two american soldiers in december 1982, a specialist five in Busbach and an army Caplain in Darm Stadt were injured when the bombs went off. German police said he bombs Curc detonated by the weight of a person Sil Ting on the car seat. Epp also is suspected of complicity in to Bank robberies carried out by Neo nazis 10 finance the Purchase ofe Plo see suspect on Page 28 Kirk to succeed Donnelly As Leader of face i Safe shape. Belgium it. Gen. Wil Liam l. Kirk will assume command of Allied forces Central Europe and . Air Force Europe at Raro Sicin a Germany in april shape announced tuesday. Kirk 54, will also in promoted to general. He succeeds Gen. Charlesl Donnelly who Wilt retire in april after 2v Yean in his position. Kirk is commander of the tac air come i 9ih air Force and the . I viral come air forces at Shaw fab . Kit also has had assignments As commander Al the 49lh tac fight or wins at Holloman fab.  Pacific air for i Init color general at lie Lam fab Hawaii and Safe Deputy chief of staff for pc rations. Iff is a combat Pilot with More than 5,800 flying hours in Jet Fisher aircraft