European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes it s Winter time stripes Magazine d Reserve Call up under Way Page 3 d Randy Barmett s car Corner Page 13 o stars & stripes wins cup Page 17 authorized unofficial publication for vol. 45. No. 292 Friday february 6, 1987 Foi ii d 8693 a Weinberger prepares to reduce officers Rolls by Norman Black a military writer Washington defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has told Congressi Hill the Pentagon will comply reluctantly with orders to reduce the number of a live duly officers this year but will study inc Wisdom of such cuts Weinberger in a letter dated feb. 1 Toich House and Senate armed services committees said the four military serv ices would have to Cut roughly 3,100 officers from their Rolls Over the next eight months to comply with a congressional directive approved last year actually Weinberger continued the directive s effect will be More far reach ing because each of the services had planned an increase in officer strength this year. That Means the army air Force Marine corps and Navy will have to eliminate 5,259 officer slots from their plans by sept 30.that will leave the services with 305,708 officers by the end of the fiscal year next sept. To he said. Weinberger also said thai he has or dered each of the four services to accept a straight pro rata apportionment of the necessary reductions. That outcome had been widely anticipated within the Pentagon but had been see reduce on Page 24 eng Seib news Agency says Nicosia Cyprus a Wall so ret journal reporter Gerald f. Seib who had been detained in Iran and accused of spying was ordered expelled wednes Day inc official iranian Dews Agency re ported. The islamic Republic monitored inn Al flip cd an in saying Seib would ave Iran thursday. The Agency did not in a previous quoted an unidentified ministry official As pelted Jay Seib would be into his Case there was no immediate explanation for the contradiction Between inc two dispatches. Both articles quoted officials As saying Seib would be tarred permanently from Iran. In Arij expel _ Seib s brother Pau it  Home in Hays kan., that relate were upbeat Ana elated but also re served because we Don t take anything for granted until the Wall so ret journal tells us he s definitely been  i reporters who visited Iran at the invitation of the iranian government last week. Irna said the reporters had been flail cd to file reports of new iranian " ithe War against Iraq. 10 Days when he was seized oui Summ saturday and accused of being a Sosea Seib on i i Bill needed Fonce Cruitt Senati urges Washington. Making Theta go Bill Perma nent is Absolu i imperative if the military services Are to con Tuorto attract High Quality ref Clits into the1990s, S.D.from Daschle d-s.d., old thew Nate vet Irb committee wednesday. Lyle testified in support of legislation trn would i the planned expiration Date of the Educ tonal am which is in the midst of a three meant Cost see go Bill on Page 24 Senate overrides Cean water veto Washington a president Reagan suffered a major Domestic spending defeat wednesday when the Senate completed a congressional override of his veto of popular $20 billion legislation to combat water pollution. The clean water Bill became Law following an 86-14 Senate Roll Call a Day after the House voted 401-26 to override the president s veto. Thirteen republicans and one Democrat  Exon of Nebraska voted to uphold the veto. See Senate on Page 24 lib fice the Pinna virtuoso whose Flash Coumis fists antics earned him the title of or Manship died wednesday Al the age of 67. Sec Siroj t pages Gas imposes smoking limits at Pentagon Washington a the top brass of the de sense department control 2.1 million Active duty personnel As Well As military operations around the  they Don t control the Pentagon building that serves As their  a result As of Friday it is harder to find a place to smoke a cigarette inside the huge military offic Complex. See related Storaci Page 6. The general services administration which is responsible for operating the Pentagon posted notices see Pentagon on Page 24 i.s., Spain fail cd acc a four Albund of talks led so Kover a reduction Frain ended wednes Madrid spiff Between Spain and of american troops Slat Day with no apparent i neither S.D.  new . Proposal o satisfy spa request in deaf her for a sub Stantial red Sokn in the i2.5do . A Fly a person net station Opffer under a 1953 treaty. Ammo S.D. Reginald Bartholomew the , said a comprehensive and see Accord on Page your