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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, March 19, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday. March 19,1987 Jan plans to a Witron porters turf fuday a he while Hou announced  Reagan will hold a Newt  night his tint formal meeting  since nov. 19. Presidential so Mdemu Arlen Fitzwalter old the 8 .  inc easm Oom of he White House would a available of Dio and television Broa Fesl As usual. A the or month gup Between new Confer Etc it they fond Longan since Reagan assumed office Injo Fuary 1981. The longest Span wat 5v july24, 984,,9, i British Soldier sentenced for ramming cars House Verden Germany a a 19-year-old British Soldier who stole an armoured personnel Carrier and rammed it into his sex Girlfriend s House was court Martiale tuesday and sentenced to Ihrck Yean in vouch custody. Robinson of the 2ilh Engineer regiment pleaded guilty to illegal Ute of a military vehicle damage to Public property and other charges said military spokeswoman Kate Tuesdale Robinson was convicted of breaking into a storage area dec 22 and stealing the personnel Carrier. He then drove it to nearby Osna Brueck hitting several cars along the Way and rammed it against the woman s House the former Girlfriend 9 German was not Home and no one was Hurt. Teesdale had no estimate of the properly damage. 3 israeli soldiers Hurt in Lebanon mortar attack Tel Aviv Israel a guerrillas fired mortar shells at israeli soldiers in Southern Leb anon on tuesday wounding three the military command announced. The shells landed about five Miles North of the israeli Border said military sources. They said two soldiers Wen lightly wounded by shrapnel and one suffered moderate wounds. The military command s announcement said the three were evacuated to an israeli Hospital and israeli troops returned fire. Reagan nominates Pihl Irmy s top arms Buye Washington a  has nominated Mai. Gen. Donald s. Off Anfora promotion Sod new assignment As pm army s lop military official Wilh Rispon sumy for buy ing weapons Pihrt Clagon said Jed Day. Assuming he Gnu Senate Jorni Malion Pihl would receive a thir alar ankh assume the title of Deputy chief of staff Joyc Pearch development and acquisition for the a Pony he would replace la Gen. Louis c. Wall for fat who was selected last month to mix vat found our and take Over the army Maiert come Pih Nyi 49-year-old native of san pc Kisco now co minds the 9ui inf i v at Foru Ewis. Wash. In  announcement Pentagon said Jar Force la. Gen. John l. Re Kilt would ret june i after More than 31 years in Active Defly. Pickin has been the director Oft  nuclear Agency since july 198s. No such Chor was announced. Moslem kidnappers delay killing of French hostage w w Beirut Lebanon a moslem kidnappers said tuesday they have put off killing French hostage Jean Louis nor Rundin for a week and demanded anew thai France spell out its policies on terrorism and sup plying arms to Iraq. Earlier tuesday a bomb exploded near  Beirut University College As the wives of four teachers abducted from the Campus Jan. 24 met with the com Mander of syrian troop to the capital. The blast in mos Lem West Beirut injured one person. In a statement delivered to the Independent Beirut newspaper an Nahar the revolutionary Justice organization said Normandin a 33-year-old lighting Engineer for France s Anlenne-2 television confessed to spying far i he French and israeli secret services. The three Page statement Handwritten in arabic said the decision to postpone killing him was a response to pleas from lebanese shiite moslem clergy men the hostage s family and secret pledges made by the French government to parties concerned we announce the postponement of the execution of the death sentence for Only one week beginning from the release of this statement it said during this week French delegates should be Dis patched to offer the necessary clarifications. This will cite read to improvement or the beginning of bloodletting Deaver from Paga 1 Tion 10 Stop the investigation Caver then appealed to the three member panel Al the . Court of appeals which issued an emergency stay blocking an indictment. In a one Page order the panel Laurence h. Sil Berman Stephen Williams and Douglas h. Ginsburg lifted the stay tuesday afternoon and ordered the dismissal of Deaver s lawsuit. The judges said they had no opinion on the merits of the constitutional Challenge. Thai seemed to invite Caver to renew the suit if he is indicted the dismissal of the suit had been expected courts Seldom interfere with criminal investigations until after they have produced an indictment. A similar lawsuit was recently filed by it. Col. Oliver l. North the former White House aide who is at the Center of a  s investigation of the Iran Contra affair. Thai suit was dismissed last week on grounds that in like Denver s suit was premature. In a related development. Justice department officials said they were still trying id persuade Seymour to accept a special Post within the department. The idea they explained was to guarantee that sey Mour could continue his investigation if his appoint ment As a court appointed special prosecutor is eventually found to be unconstitutional. The special prosecutor in the Iran Contr a Vesliga Tion Lawrence e. Walsh recently accepted a depart ment position for the same reason. Weinberger from Page 1 countries and the Alliance Weinberger said in Madrid after meetings with King Juan Carlos prime min ister Felipe Gonzalez and defense minister Narcis Serra. But Serra after seeing Weinberger offal the Airport told reporters the . And Spanish positions were As far apart As  Spanish press reports also said that negotiations to reduce the number of . Military personnel in Spain were deadlocked. The . Secretary brushed off reports that Washington was considering moving to another country 72 f-16 Jet fighters of the . Air Force s 40 is tactical Wing stationed at the joint use Torr Jon air base out Side Madrid if the negotiations with Spain broke Down. Gonzalez seeks a substantial reduction in the . Troops stationed at four joint use bases and seven communications installations. He had committed his government to seeking the reductions in pledges to the voters last March in return for their support to a referendum to keep Spain in nato. The . Agreement to deliver surplus equipment to Turkey is said to be one of he things thai persuaded Turkey to renew the defense pact despite the slashing of military assistance to $490 million this year from $739 million in 1986. Secretary of state George Shulto and turkish for eign minister Vahit Hal Foglu signed the Accord Mon Day in Washington. Turkey will ask Weinberger for speedy delivery of the surplus arms the turkish official said. From Page 1 months of 1986 Rose to a record 1. Percent from the previous record of $35,30 billion i to inc preceding july september Quarter in merchandise increased bylifbfffnuojjs.37  to this in Iii Mill i "1 billion in Transfer pay ments  Aid made during the Quarter. Figures were offset somewhat by $3.48 billion in net earnings on foreign investments by americans while foreigners now own More in american invest ments than americans own overseas the country still enjoys a slight surplus in earnings because the Rale of return on Many older american than foreigners Are _ was in debt to the rest of he 1107.44 billion at the end of 198s. The first year Hec Imti Fred the net debtor status. The new figures on the cum Iao uru suggest that debt soared during 1986 to Arouna Tami Jinn pm Ting the United slates far ahead of the Prev Tami Leader Brazil which owes $ 108 billion to foreigners philippine from Page 1 try s Premier Mountain resort said they saw seven seriously wounded officers at the main civilian Hospital. Other injured were being treated at the Academy clinic. The spokesman said none of the cadets appeared to have been Hurt because they were marching in formation and not near the grandstand when the blast occurred president Camion Aquino is scheduled to attend the graduation ceremony and there was no indication of a change in her plans. The bombing came one Day after the government issued a clarification saying armed groups backed by the military will be disbanded but not immediately As Aquino had ordered on monday. Some military commanders had expressed alarm at the monday statement from Aquino s office about the civilian paramilitary groups which have been denounced by human rights activists but help the army fight communist and moslem rebels. The statement said Aquino was ordering immedi ate Steps to disband All armed paramilitary groups including the civilian Home defense Force controlled by the military. The clarification said she a merely asking the government s defense and local government depart ments to draft an executive order by april 30 that eventually would achieve the ban on private armies and other armed groups provided for in the new Constitution. Aquino s military adviser retired Brig. Gen. Jose Magno said the Home defense unit the largest paramilitary group could not be disbanded immediately because it is still needed in the Field against the communist insurgency. He told reporters the 40,000-Mcmbcr militia Proba de of human rights abuses. It was established by for Mer president Ferdinand Marcos who fled the country in february 1986 after n civilian military uprising. Military sources say Gen. Fidel y. Ramos the armed forces chief opposes dissolving the militia White the country still faces a serious communist insure  military has been arming at least one other major paramilitary group. Arise masses to fight communist rebels in Davao City 600 mites South of a  week a senior government official told report ers acceptance of vigilante and paramilitary groups was a political Trade off Between Aquino and the military  
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