European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday february 12,1987 news briefs Reagan will not order Poindexter North to talk Washington a president Reagan has refused w order former aides John a poin Dix tar and Oliver North to appear before the Board Reagan named to review the National so. Purity Council s role in the Iran Contra affair the White House said tuesday night. Spokesman Martin Fitz Waitr said presidential counsel paler Wallison Lold former sen. John Tower a Texas. That commanding appearances by Poindexter and North before the panel would compel i he pair to testify against  Tower had written Reagan on feb. 4, asking the president to use his authority As commander in chief to order Poindexter a vice Admiral and North a Marine lieutenant colonel to testify to the three member panel. Both Poindexter and North have returned to Active military duly. Tainted milk powder kept at German military Sites Mei i in Germany a about 4.800 tons or a powdered milk product tainted by radiation from last year s nuclear Accident at Cher Nobyl were stored on Sci Ryan military ranges wednesday while officials argue Over what to do with it. Three Hundred anti nuclear demonstrators delayed rail transport of most of the whey powder by lying on the tracks at the Meppen station overnight a German Federal railways spokes Man said. Police carried the protesters away and the shipment of .1.000 tons of powder continued to the army Range outside Meppen a town in Northwestern Germany 12 Miles from the dutch Border. No arrests were reported. The milk product was sent to my Pawn from Cologne and Bremen where it had awaited ship Mentlo Egypt before that country cancelled the import contract last month. Trucks carrying food for refugees turned Back Beirut. Lebanon up the shiite mos Lem anal militia ignoring worldwide appeals wednesday turned Back Relief convoys before they arrived at a besieged palestinian refugee Camp where residents have had to eat dogs cats and rats to survive. Two trucks loaded with Rice flour and Pota toes wen1 stopped by the amal militia from entering the sprawling South Beirut Bour Al Baraj Neh refugee Camp Home for some 11,000 palestinians. The amal militia postponed the dispatch of Relief supplies because it said palestinian fighters wednesday had not first withdrawn from the strategic Hilltop Village of a Ghousheh 24 Miles South of Beirut. The ship la militia accused supporters of Yas ser Arafat Leader of the Palestine liberation organization of blocking a syrian libyan mediated agreement reached tuesday in Damascus. Under the pact both sides agreed that a cease fire wednesday in and around the Burn Al Bari Neh and shatilla Camps and a palestinian pull out from a Ghousheh should precede the Dis Patch of food supplies into the Camps. Officials vow to defend philippine Constitution Manila Philippines a president Cor Azon Aquino formally proclaimed the ratification of a new Constitution wednesday and led members of her government in an oath to de fend it. On tuesday troops battled communist rebels in the first clash since a cease fire ended two Days earlier. A military report said 18 people were killed including 12 civilians caught in the Cross fire. My fellow countrymen we have a const Itu Tion Aquino said in a speech wednesday Al the ceremonial Hall of the presidential Palace. S�splw10y Kin 001x90 iranians Anarch through la street1 of Frankfurt wednesday protesting the Ayatollah Khomeini s government. Marchers in Germany condemn Khomeini Frankfurt is an estimated 3,000 Irani ans carrying placards describing the Ayatollah Kho Meini us a terrorist and a Vampire marched in Frank Furt wednesday to Mark the eighth anniversary of the overthrow of Isiah Racza Pahlavi. Smaller marches marking the anniversary and pro testing the seven year Iran Iraq War were held in Bonn Munich and a few other cities police said. The March through Frankfurt s Busy noontime streets ended a few Yards from the heavily barricaded doors of the iranian consulate. Two dozen policemen backed up by a water Cannon vehicle manned blockades there. The crowd listened to speeches from a half dozen organizers chanted anti Khomeini slogans and released balloons carrying photos of the eldest son of the late Shah. Royalist groups consider him o be the True Leader of Iran. The marchers were heckled from Aboul half a Block away by a few pro Khomeini iranians who arc members fan islamic communist group. One organizer of the March said he was pleased Wilh the turnout noting it is sometimes difficult to unite people Over the politics of their Homeland once they have reached the relative Freedom of a foreign  Ayatollah pledges War until Victory Nicosia. Cyprus a Ayatollah Khomeini speaking publicly for the first time in More than 12 weeks declared tuesday that Iran demands War until Victory against Iraq. The speech by the 86-year-old patriarch delivered on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the islamic revolution that toppled Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi followed rumours thai he was in declining health. Khomeini spoke in a Strong and steady voice during the 17-Minule address which was broadcast by Tehran radio and was reported by the official islamic Republic news Agency monitored in Nicosia. He said Iran is battling for a divine cause in the 6 year old War against Iraq. Out he added thai his coun try s people have experienced bitter moments because of our spiritual  Iraq and Iran have been pounding each other s cities with air raids and artillery in the so called War of the cities in which thousands of civilians have been killed and wounded. Policy from Page 1 Lage of the option should begin planning now. Smith said the program is so new that base personnel offices probably won t receive official notice of it for a week to 10 Days. This newest wrinkle in efforts to reduce permanent change of station costs is one of a number of tour Extension options falling under the umbrella of us afe s Creek positive program. Other options Range from traditional tour extensions to the More exotic unspecified Dale of return from overseas. Smith also said the newly re instituted career Bach Elor program is being modified. Starting he career Bachelor program again last year automatically extended airmen in Europe designated As career bachelors for one year. Even those who were serving 36 months on a voluntary tour Extension were emended to 48 months. We Felt thai was t right Smith said. So All of those career bachelors who were extended from 36 to 48 months will have the Opportunity to Roll their derosback.1" Smith also said no involuntary extensions will be announced this year. Air Force leadership is committed to not making anyone stay Over Here longer than three years unless they want to he  the option of turning Down stateside assign ments could make problems for particularly undesirable locations initial indications arc thai complications caused by the program can be worked out. We want to Sec whether we can make the system work Smith said. Our history on this is one month now. We found that the assignments turned Back ran the  explained thai air Force members in Europe who already had assignments in hand have been con tatted and Given the option of turning Down those assignments in favor of an Extension. Based on the 512 airmen who took that option no one geographic area or career Field in the United states was singled out Smith  to and from overseas assignments accounts for 60 percent of All air Force moves Smith said. And Congress has ordered the air Force to Cut j95 million from its fiscal 1987 permanent change of station budget. Aboul 18,000 air Force members in Europe have a 1987 Date of return from overseas and of 95 percent polled on enc lion options Aboul 10 percent want to extend. But personnel officials Are counting on new programs such As the turn Down option and familiarity Wilh other programs to increase the number of Exten Sions. Of the 8,000 airmen Wilh the initial round of moves in 1988, More than 20 percent have opted to extend Smith said