European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday february 8,1987 Weinberger Navy split on ship budget request Washington a the Navy said Friday itslop1 officers and Secretary of defense Caspar Wein Berger All agree on the need for two More aircraft carriers but a senator said there remains a difference Between Weinberger and the service Over the timing of the budget request. The dispute involves the defense budget sent to Ca Pitol Hill fast month by president Reagan for the fiscal year starting oct. I. The budget request includes $660 million As the Down payment for a pair of aircraft carriers which would Cost a total of $6.9 billion. They would enter the Fleet in the next decade replacing two older carriers and keeping the total Navy Carrier Force at 15. Weinberger when questioned last month by sen. Carl Levin d-mich., at a hearing of the Senate armed services committee said the service had not changed its plans about the timing of he Purchase. Levin said the Pentagon had told Congress last Yea that the new carriers would not need to be started unlit the next decade. Two top Navy officials in testimony to the armed services committee this week also supported the Bud gel request for the two carriers. However James Goodrich undersecretary of the service answered most definitely when Levin asked if the Navy had changed its mind in the past year and decided to seek the Money for the ships. And . Carlisle . Troll chief of naval operations told the panel that the necessary restructuring of Navy procurement plans was accomplished in recognition of the need to take action now in order to meet the nation s needs in the next  chiefs of Iran probe panels vow to coordinate activities Washington a leaders of congressional committees investigating the secret Sale of arms to Iran said Friday they Hope mat Public hearings can begin sometime in april in every respect we Wilt try to coordinate our activities and to share documents and information rep Lee Hamilton a ind chairman of the House commit tee told reporters after the meeting. We want very much to coordinate the investigation. We Don t wish to present to the Public a confused slate of affairs added sen. Daniel a Inouye Dha Waii who Heads the Senate committee. The revelation that the government secretly sold arms to Iran and thai some of the proceeds from the sales were diverted to nicaraguan rebels has become the biggest scandal of the Reagan administration. During Friday s meeting Inouye and Hamilton also agreed their panels would jointly interrogate certain witnesses and respond jointly to Reagan s offer tomake certain personal notes available to investigators. Hamilton said the Start of Public hearings depends on How much cooperation the panels get in their re quest for information but he said they Hope to begin the hearings in april Inouye said earlier estimates that the hearings might begin in Early March were too optimistic. We have been impressed that the work before us is of a greater magnitude than we first anticipated Inouye said. But he said he expects that extensive Pri vate preparation will make for More expeditious Public hearings. Inouye said the Senate committee still Aims to com plete its report by August or september. The House report is due by october. Waite from Page 1 lion was delivered Friday to a Western news Agency and the Independent newspaper an Nahar Ana was accompanied by photographs of missing american Joseph James Cicippio and abducted Frenchman Jean Louis Normandin. The group also holds Edward aus tin Tracy another american. The kidnappers threatened to kill Normandin if France Sells arms to Iraq. Two other groups claiming to hold . Hostages islamic jihad and islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine previously Nave threatened to kill their prisoners if the United states stages a military strike. At Beirut University College Friday. 400 students and parents staged a sit in to protest the Jan. 24 abduction of four professors three americans and a Indian. The wives of the four hostages were in the front Row of the protesters who began the sit in at 10 . Under a huge Banner that read grab your education an grab it  the kidnapped educators Are Alann so can 47, a native of Boston Jesse Turner 39, from Boise Idaho Robert Polhill s3. From new York City and Mithi Les War Singh 60, a native of India who is a resident of the United Stales. Islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine has claimed Respo Sibili / for their abduction and threat ened to kill All four by Midnight monday unless Israel frees 400 Arab prisoners and Finiw them to Syria aboard a red Cross plane Israel has rejected the demand. Write the personal emissary of archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie last was seen by reporters Jan. 20 when he left his West Beirut hotel to begin secret Talka with islamic jihad a pro iranian shiite moslem group holding american hostages Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland. Anderson 39, chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press was kidnapped March 16, 1985 and. Sutherland 35, acting Dean of agriculture at the american University of Beirut was kidnapped june 9,1985. Cicippio 56, acting comptroller at the american University of Beirut was kidnapped sell 12, 1986 Tracy 56, a self described writer was kidnapped the next month and Normandin 35, of France s Antenne-2 television network was kidnapped March a 1985. Nato from Page 1 greater part of the Burden for its defense Legure  respond that in the 1970s, the uni i portable he said. It s a combination of political ambiguity and Mili tary acceptability that everyone can buy Legure said the europeans Tike to think in terms of nuclear  but the superpower Reykjavik Summit and current talk of raising the nuclear threshold have europeans closely watching . Political developments. At the same Lime the coming Spring will bring in creased Calls from americans for Europe to Bear a Esaid unite states was not increasing its real spending on nato defense Legerc said. European countries also Point tothe non financial Burden of stationing . Troops on their  situation now is no cause to worry Legere said. Nato military planning has always been a cause of debate and nervousness among the allies is nothing new. "1 Sec no need to overhaul the nato strategy Legere said. It can accommodate about any Chang that needs to come  to allay the nervousness the . Must make in wishes known through processes and institutions with in the nato framework that the europeans know and Trust Legere said. News briefs search colled off for 9 missing in boat Accident san Diego a the cowl guard called off in air and sea search for victims of a fishing boat Accident after finding the body of just one of 10 men. The remaining nine were presume Dud. The search areas were saturated with vessels and aircraft. If there were people or debris to be found they would have been spoiled coast guard Petty officer Tom Honke said Friday night a Man and a woman were rescued after a wave swamped the 53-foot fish a fool thurs Day four Miles off the mexican coast town of Cabo san Quinlin the coast guard said. The coast guard retrieved the body of George Stinson 40, of Orange on Friday during search of a i s4-Squsrc-Roi c area of the Pacific. The search was called off it Duilcy Jim Sims 28, of Riverside who was picked up thursday by mexican fishermen told the coast guard he arid three others swam toward an Island 2vi mites away but the Swift current carried the others off. Cathy Compton 38, of san Diego the Boa it second Captain was rescued by a coast guard helicopter thursday night after More than seven hours of clinging to four life rafts pushed together. She was treated for leg injuries philippine rebels Stop Observance of cease fire Manila Philippines a communist rebels on the Philippines two largest islands on saturday declared an end to the 60-Day cease fire with he government White president Cora Ion Aquino led thousands of her countrymen Ina prayer for peace. The announcement by the National demo cratic front chapters in Northern Luzon and Northern Mindanao was preceded by it rebel Al tack on an army Camp in the Northern province of Walinga Pavao on Friday that led five sol Diers dead Ana five wounded plan for soviet Economy has sweeping changes Moscow up the soviet Union sat urday published a draft Law outlining sweeping changes in the Structure of the Economy including easing the rigid Central state control of Busi Nesses introducing a profit motive and giving workers a Chance to directly elect managers an Bosses. Regulations for joint ventures with foreign companies including those of the West were also set  Law embodies virtually All the major re forms called for by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev in Bis attempt to turn around the slumber ing and archaic Economy and instill a seme of Punde in employment in order o improve Quality and output. 10 French hostages held by somali rebels freed Addis Ababa Ethiopia a ten frenchmen who were held hostage nearly two weeks by somali rebels were freed saturday at it ceremony at an Addis Ababa hotel. The frenchmen smiling and looking healthy were turned Over by a representative of the ethiopian foreign ministry to French ambassador gone Bali and emissary demand wit Aux who was sent from Paris last week to negotiate their release. Neither the former hostages nor the govern ment officials made a statement. The frenchmen were taken from the ghion hotel to add ii Ababa s Airport where they boarded a French military pcs for the flight Home. The six women and four men Are members of the French humanitarian group Medici in tans Frontier i doctors without Borders. They were kidnapped Jan. 23 from the tug Waal refugee Camp in Northern Somalia near the ethiopian Border. The somali National movement claimed responsibility for the kidnappings saying they wanted 10 bring attention id their struggle against the government of president Mohamed Sia Barre