European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday february 7,1987 cosmonauts prepare for Docking Moscow a two soviet Cosmo nauts spent their first any in orbit Friday a signals were beamed from Earth to the Mir space platform to gel in ready to receive them radio Moscow said. The state run radio which broadcast hourly bulletins on the Mission said the Mir a new generation of soviet space nation launched last february was now operating on automatic Mode. Docking Between the Mir and the soyuz tm-2 capsule that carried minion commander Yuri Romanenko and flight Engineer Alexander Lav Eikin into orbit Early Friday was scheduled for saturday night through Early sunday it said. The Mir whose name Means peace in russian has been uninhabited since cosmonauts Leonid Kwiim and Vladimir Solo Vav resumed to Earth on july 16 Afler spending 125 Days in space. Then has been no official word an How Long the latest soviet space flight will last but radio Moscow referred to it Friday As an Orbital Mission of Many  press reports in january said Roma Nenko 43, and Lav Eikin 35, would be joined aboard the Mir station in july by a joint soviet syrian Crew thai is now undergoing training. Once aboard the Mir radio Moscow said Romanenko and Lav Eikin will spend the first few Days unloading equip ment from an unmanned Progress-27 rocket thai carried oxygen food fuel and supplies to the station fast month. Another rocket will then be launched to carry a module designed for astrophysical research to the Mir the radio said. The Mir intended As a foundation in the Kremlin s program to create permanently manned space laboratories Cir cling the Earth has six Docking ports to accommodate visiting spacecraft or Tab modules. The Tass news Agency said the Cosmo nauts also had prepared for medical an biological experiments in space but gave no details Romanenko who is on his third space flight and Lav Eikin a Rookie cosmonaut lifted offal 12 38 . From a launch pad at the Bai Konur cosm drome in the so Viet Republic of Kazakhstan. It was the first manned flight of a Cap sule from inc soyuz to series and Tass quoted Romanenko As saying in a Pra flight interview that the to series Ismore sophisticated than the previous ones. It is More reliable and in facilitates control operations for die  the first Model of the to series which replaces the old soyuz t series was tested in May 1986 with an unmanned flight and an automatic link up with the Mir station. The flight by Romanenko and Laver Kin was the soviets second manned space launch since the . Space pro Gram Wax Frozen following the Jan. 28,1986, explosion of the space shuttle challenger in which All seven astronauts aboard were killed. Rioting students win concessions in Spain Madrid Spain up the socialist government announced a youth training and Job scheme hours after students rioted near the prime minister s residence Friday authorities said. Students pelted rocks and garbage at riot police slaked outside the residence where the cab inet was holding its weekly meeting. Authorities said 20 people including 13 police were Hurt in three hours of running Battles Afler Radical students defied a ban on demonstrations and marched in downtown Madrid. The socialist government announced the Job creation and training plan for youths in an apparent attempt to quell six weeks of protests. A spokesman said he s6i6 million plan would affect 470,000 youths under 25 years of  Radical group the High school students coordinating committee called the March lop Otest inc government s refusal to meet de mands for lower fees at 30 Spanish state universities the abolition of entry examinations and a higher education budget for secondary schools. Former Cia chief Colby mugged near . Home Washington a former Cia director William Colby was attacked while walking near his Georgetown Home. District of Colum Bia police reported thursday. Colby was approached last Friday by four people who demanded Money and then knocked him to he ground when he said he had none according to police officer Walter Ferguson. Colby who was head of the Cia from 1973 to 1975, told the Washington Post he had escorted a Friend to a main Street to catch a bus and was walking Back to his House when he was approached by the muggers. 2 rescued 10 reported missing is fishing Boot sinks off Mexico san Diego a coast guard and Navy searchers hunted for As Many As 10 people missing in Waters off Baja California after a sport fishing boat apparently Sank about 150 Miles Southwest of Here officials said. A Man and a woman were rescued in Good condition thursday night they were among 12 people All americans believed aboard the san Diego based fish foot coast guard a Coly officer Charles Embleton said Friday from Long Beach. Jim Sims 28, of Riverside was found by mexican fishermen and taken ashore while Kathy Compton age and Hometown unknown was plucked from a i feral by a coast guard helicopter and treated for minor injuries Embleton said. The search for he others called off late thursday was to resume Friday. Officials said some of the boat in May have swum to Shore. The boat ran aground at 12 30 . Thursday on rocks 2 a Miles from the Mainland and about 4 Miles from Isla san Martin an Island where the fishermen took Sims who apparently was uninjured Embleton said. A distress signal was picked up at 3 40 . By coast guard Jelen route to la Paz Mexico Embleton said. Another aircraft sent to investigate spotted the woman waving from a life raft at 5 40 . They ran aground on rocks and according to Sims account he and about seven other people started swimming to the first visible land which was the Island he said. Over the course of their swimming he became separated from the others. He was grasping a big piece of plywood and he was eventually picked up by som mexican fishermen. He said. Let s look for my friends which they did but did t find anything at  a Navy helicopter arrived about 20 minutes after Sims was taken to the Island and he eventually was flown to son Diego. He s doing Fine Embleton said. Seib from Page 1 was involved in any kind of espionage is completely false said the Hays kan., native. I was in Iran As an invited reporter on a valid . Passport along wit More than 50 other reporters from around the world simply doing my  Seib had been in Iran 10 Days along with 56 other foreign reporter invited by Iran to report on the Iran Iraq War when he was detained. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency said at the time a spy of the zionist regime was arrested carrying a false passport and disguised As a journalist. Meanwhile Canada s foreign office said in had Bee advised a Canadian Engineer arrested . 2 on espionage charges would be released  an american telecommunications specialist and a British businessman also Are imprisoned in Iran on similar charges. The Canadian Philip Engs 29, was accused of pos Sessing secret document and taking pictures of top secret installations in Iran. Denys Tessier of the Canadian foreign office in Ottawa said the danish ambassador in Tehran who represents Canada s interests has been informed thai or. Engs will be released soon but we have no confirmation that he is now released. Jon Pallis 50, of Bethesda md., was arrested june 16, 19s6, after iraqi warplanes bombed the Assad bad telecommunications Center Southwest of Tehran. The iranians claimed Pallis working in Iran As a Consul Tant gave the Cia information on the Center that was passed to Iraq. John Cooper 51, a British businessman and part time financial journalist was arrested a year ago. He was charged with espionage. Prices from Page 1 Issue he said. New committee Mem Bers Are a Mil of republicans and democrats. There s certainly no Way to claim that democrats will support it and re publicans won t just because of party of  another committee staffer said it s unlikely another vote on the Bill would be much different from last year unless sub Stantial new facts on the Issue come tonight. It lost by 23 Voles he said. That s a lot More votes than there Are new senators this session. Unless a lot of people change their minds 1 Don t see much happening with this  the loss in committee last year Wasby a substantial margin said an aide to sen. John Glenn a Ohio although we have some new members on the armed services committee i d be inclined to think that it will fail again in commit  but Glenn favors restrictions on smoking and will encourage moves to Cut smoking in the military the aide said. As the newly named head of the Senate armed services subcommittee on Man Power and personnel Glenn might be Able to bring More influence to Bear on the Issue to push it Forward he said. If such a Bill were introduced in the House it would begin in the House armed services committee s morale welfare and recreation panel. It s unlikely that the panel led by rep. Dan Dan Iel a Democrat from the tobacco grow ing stale of Virginia would support such legislation said one committee staffer Bingaman s Bill would raise the Price of cigarettes in exchanges and commissaries to prevailing . Tobacco prices the senator s aide said. The increased profits from tobacco sales would then be slowed Back into a fund designed to promote health and fit Ness among service members and their families the aide said. He said Bingaman recognizes that the tobacco Industry Many service member and military organizations such As the association of the . Army will be opposed to the Bill. But the senator thinks cigarettes Are a killer he said. There Are almost twice As Many Young smokers in the Milita Ryas in the local Community and he s con Vinced that the major reasons Are Low prices and easy  the Pentagon s policy on smoking was jointly developed by health affaire and manpower officials. Or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs has opposed Cut rate prices for cigarettes. Chapman Cox assistant Secretary of defense for Force management and personnel backs Mayer a View opposed by Cox s predecessor Lawrence Korb. Kerb maintained Cut rate tobacco is an aspect of the military s Overall compensation package and Price has Little or no effect on consumer smoking habits. Many manpower officials under Cox share kerb s Contention. Last year. Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger chose the Middle ground opting for a general Campaign that plays up the negative aspects of smoking re moves All advertising and promotions of tobacco products and greatly tightens guidelines concerning smoking in the workplace. The military retail system which includes commissaries exchanges and ship s stores sold slightly More than i billion packs of cigarettes in fiscal 1985, Down from 1,4 billion packs in fiscal 1983. Military tobacco prices average about 35 percent less than tobacco prices in civilian stores