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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday february 13,1987 the bings on the Beach sir Rudolph Bine. 85, Farmer director or the metro Politan opera and his wife Carol Douglass 47, relax on the Beach of he Caribbean Island of Angail in. The couple wed Jan. 9, had a ten out of sight since Jan. 11, when blog his ruled incompetent o handle his affaire because of alzheimer s disease. They were recently discovered in the British protectorate and visited by the chief immigration officer who said Bing appears to be in Good health and can stay As Long As he can support  reductions in . Aid hurting talks with Spain Shultz says Washington a talks on renewing the agreement on . Bases in Spain arc going badly be cause of cuts in . Aid. Secretary of stale George Shu la. Told Congress wednesday. Aid o Spain for the current fiscal year ending sept. 30 is Down by 73 percent he said. These reductions cannot help but raise fundamental doubts about . Dependability. They make the Job of ensuring our regular and unimpeded use of local bases and ports substantially More difficult. Over Lime they risk the Complete loss of these facilities to us Shulli said. On sept. 30, there a arc 9.227 american service peo ple in Spain most of them in the air Force. The Span ish govern men t say s it wants the number reduced. Last december Spanish sources quoted foreign minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez As urging reductions in . Personnel at Torreon and Zaragoza air bases so the United states could keep its important naval base Al Rota. The agreement on the bases is due for renewal in i9s8. When we have the kind of news to give the spaniards that 1 mentioned Here the cuts thai we be sustained our inability to provide the kind of assistance needed particularly the improvement of their Mili tary capability it should t be surprising that those discussions Are going very  Shultz said in Testi Mony before the House appropriations committee s defense subcommittee. And it s Clear that the spaniards Are not Al ail sure How much . Presence military presence they want to have Shultz said. He said the airfields and port facilities were very important to the United Stales and added it s no time to weaken our european allies and the capability of nato. We need to strengthen  Shultz also made a Strong plea for More . Aid to Turkey and Greece saying these Are countries that arc strategically located but Friendly to us. A Strong Turkey As part of nato. Is of great importance to us Shultz told the subcommittee. There it Turkey is with its Long Border with the soviet Union. There it is As a Bridge Between the mos Lem and the Western world. There it is As a country developing successfully a practice of democracy Shutlz said. There it is As a country finding its Way loan eco nomic system based on entrepreneurship and the mar Ket and you realize the Many ways in which Turkey is a Bridge and Turkey is a bulwark. And the same can be said about  world today Palace break in suspect ordered held for tests London up an unemployed Man accused of breaking into the grounds of Kensington Palace where Britain s future King and Queen Lay asleep was ordered held thursday for medical examination. Bela Mark a Lifler 27, of Reading England Lold hours ferry Road magistrates court through his Allor Ney he meant no harm and intended Only to draw Alt lion to inc plight of the country s Long term unemployed. But two police officers said Stifler was armed with a Hammer and a knife and attacked them when they discovered him prowling along the Palace s Boundary Walls Early wednesday. Shifter was charged Wilh being equipped for in Cal and two counts of assault causing bodily harm. Scorpion Farmer praised for Aid to chinese science peking a a Young Man who is getting Rich by raising poisonous scorpions for medicinal purposes was praised thursday for contributing to technological Progress. Zhou Jihu. 27, of Wuhan has made s27.000 since setting up his scorpion farm last year and he now employs 14 people the official Xinhua news Agency said. Zhou s scorpion raising techniques have become so renowned he has been Given $405,000 for a stale funded research project x i Nhuha said. Poisonous scorpions arc highly prize for making traditional chinese medicines to treat symptoms of rheumatism headaches and other pains. Drunken philippine Soldier kills 4 in shooting spree Manila Philippines up a Drunken guard assigned at the elite philippine military Academy went on a shooting rampage wednesday killing three sol Diers and a civilian before he surrendered a military statement  civilians also were wounded in the spree that left a bloody rail Between his Camp quarters and a nearby hotel in inc Mountain resort City of Baguio 130 Miles North of Manila shortly after Midnight. A report from the Academy s superintendent big. Gen. Rodolfo Dizon said army sol. Oscar Bencs had been drinking at a restaurant just outside inc elite raining Academy earlier in the night. It said Bencs brandished his .45-Calibcr pistol on campgrounds and was disarmed by his companions prompting him to return to his quarters Bencs emerged moments later Wilh an m-16 Rifle and opened fire killing two sergeants. He moved to he Camp Gale killed a Constable then left the Academy grounds for nearby mount or Cal hotel where he opened fire again Killins a civilian and wounding three others the report said. Chinese new year fireworks ignite blazes kill at least 17 peking a Al least 17 people were killed in major cities and provinces in fire caused by firecrackers shot off during the lunar new year s Holiday the people s daily Runmin Ribao said wednesday. The report said fire stations in peking Shanghai and Sis other major cities answered 3,040 alarms Between Jan. 28, the eve of the Holiday and feb. I. About 120 others were injured in fires Hal damaged property Worth about $946,000.in peking 28 people were badly injured by fire works explosions Wilh seven mostly children losing sight in at least one  report said Hal in the first hour of the new year the noise of firecrackers reached 107 decibels in some areas of the capital almost As loud As anti aircraft guns. Watchman kills mormon missionary in Portugal Lisbon Portugal up a night watchman chased four Young american mormon missionaries and shot one to deals in an incident police described As an attempted car theft. . Embassy and mormon Mission officials identified the dead youth As Roger Todd Hunt 19, of Las vegas nov hum came to Portugal last August on a two Var Mission fur his Church. To Shawy press Tiffin r Susan ijdi1 Lold United press International inc Circum stances surrounding the wednesday morn ing incident Are rather vague and . Consular officials Are seeking clarification from portuguese authorities. The incident happened at 1 15 . Wednesday in the Northern Lisbon sub Urb of que club. Hunt was a link Guy. About 5 feet 8 inches and i Don i think he d Brawl with a  mormon million spokes Man elder Robert Lucero told up. He said the three other Young . Missionaries involved in the incident did not Sec the shooting and were unavailable for comment because they arresting after the traumatic  Lucero ii. Of Lehi. Utah declined to provide further details or identify inc other missionaries. Police commissioner Virissimo mar tins id reporters Hunt was shot and killed As he struggled to disarm a night watchman who had detained him. Alerted by the sound of a window being broken Martins said the night watchman who was not identified Pur sued four men who fled from the parked car. Marlins said Hunt was shot and killed Sichik struggling to disarm Ibe guard As the two walked to a nearby police Sta Tion  
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