European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page s6 the stars and stripes sunday March 22,1967 february deficit imbalance is largest in "9 months Washington a the Federal govern mint s february deficit urged to 128.37 billion the biggest imbalance in nine months the trea sury department reported Friday. The deficit was 13.4 percent ahead of the february 1986 figure and marked the lint Lime this fiscal year that the monthly imbalance has failed to improve from a year earlier. For the fiscal year which began oct. I the spending has Outi ripped revenues by $93.92 billion Down 11.6 percent from the deficit in the same period last year. In the 1986 budget year the deficit was s220.7 billion and the administration has forecast a deficit this year of it 73.2 billion an improvement of 22 percent. Many private forecasters however believe the deficit will decline Only slightly from the 1986 record. 3 bodies washed ashore apparently ferry victims route Mande Netherlands up beachcombers saturday discovered three bodies washed ashore in Holland s Southern zealand province and police said they appeared to be victims of the Herald of free Enterprise ferry disaster. The bodies had not been identified but Are of three mature women one almost certainly a Crew member Mccland state police spokesman ton Muller said. One body was clothed in a uniform with a badge thai bore the words Townsend Thore san the British owner of the ill fated ferry he said. The three if confirmed As free Enterprise Vic Tims would bring the total bodies recovered since the disaster to 60, leaving an estimated 74 still missing and presumed trapped inside the submerged two thirds of the ship a Townsend Thor sen spokesman said. Carter Calls on Syria to help free hostages Damascus Syria a former president car Ter said saturday he expects syrian president Hafez Assad s government to share information with Washington on the Fate of . Hostages in Lebanon and exert influence to free them. Carter arrived with his wife Rosalynn on a three Day visit to Syria. The couple was greeted at the Airport by foreign minister Farouk Al Sharfal. The former president said he was pleased to be accorded such a Welcome despite the fact that he is in Syria on a private visit. Carter in Damascus for the second time since losing the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan said he expected to discuss every conceivable subject with Assad. We do not have an Agenda he said. I be always had in past meetings a very Frank and thorough Analy Sis of issues. We be discussed worldwide problems bilateral relations and issues of that kind Carter said he had no official role in asking Syria to intervene on behalf of the eight americans held hos Tage in Lebanon. Turning to Al Sharaa Carter said when and if there s information or influence that can be exerted please do so and i expect this to be the Case. These Are people innocent of any crime against anyone. And 1 know in the past when information has been available it s been shared with our  Twenty four foreigners including the eight Ameri cans Are missing in Lebanon believed held hostage by various groups in a kidnapping spree that began in 1981 also missing is anglican Church homage negotiator Terry Waite. Carter criticized Reagan s Middle East policy say ing that when he was president the Arab israeli conflict was a constant High  i Don t think that level of emphasis has been apparent in the past six years he said. Spring on High Plains opens Winter storm by the asic Ltd press a storm churned into the Northern High Plains on Friday bringing heavy snowfall and High winds to pans of Wyoming Colorado and Montana and forcing the closing of schools and highways. Although Friday was officially the first Day of Spring in the Northern hemisphere storm warnings or watches and livestock advisories were posted in a wide area stretching As far East As the Dakotas and Nebraska. Snow blown by High winds closed parts of three interstate highways As Well As Many schools in Wyom ing. Forecasters warned of near blizzard conditions in parts of Wyoming and Montana with snowfall of As much As 18 inches predicted. Winds of 60 Mph were clocked in parts of Wyoming and Colorado on Friday and forecasters said Over night winds could reach so Mph in the Colorado mountains and Foothills. The storm which had brought heavy Snow from Arizona to Montana on thursday forced Wyoming Cov. Mike Sullivan to postpone the first Day of his capita for a Day program when his plane could not land at Douglas. His plane landed at Loveland colo., where the Highway patrol picked him up and drove him Back to Cheyenne. Wyoming snowfall totals included 8 inches at Cas per 7 inches at Midwest and s inches at Glenrock. In Denver the storm brought a mixture of Hail Snow and heavy rain As commuters fought their Way to work Friday morning. Farther East the Crest of Nebraska s swollen Elk Hom River moved cast after the highest water in years forced sandbagging at Clearway or and Neligh. The worst is Over from Neligh upstream said Roy Osugi a hydrologist for the National weather service. They did experience a record  a new storm was already approaching the Central Pacific coast Region the weather service said forcing the posting of Winter storm warnings for Friday night and saturday for the mount Shasta area and Northern Sacramento Valley in California. It was unseasonably cold in parts of the West. The Low of 40 at Oakland. Calif., broke the record for the Dale of 42, set five years ago and the Low of Zero at Winnemucca nov., was the coldest Ever for that City so late in the season. Elsewhere Light Snow fell in new England while fair weather prevailed across much of the Central and East Ern United states. Marsh hails Egypt relationship Cairo Egypt a . Army Secretary John o. Marsh or. Said saturday the United states and Egypt Are bound by a strategic relationship that is getting stronger daily. Marsh spoke to reporters after meeting with presi Dent Hosni Mubarak immediately after arriving in Cairo for a one Day visit. He said he called on Mubarak to thank him for the great help and support that he has Given us Here in Egypt and to indicate to him our continued interest and efforts  the United Stales has been Egypt s principal arms supplier and economic Aid donor since Washington successfully mediated the 1979 israeli egyptian peace treaty. Assistance has exceeded $2 billion annually. Egypt has pledged military facilities to the United slates in a Middle East emergency. The two countries have held several joint military exercises since 1980. Marsh is on a Middle East tour that began in Israel on monday. He flew to Egypt s Sinai Peninsula Friday for an overnight visit with the . Contingent in the International military civilian Force policing the fron tier Between Egypt and Israel under the peace treaty. We thanked the president for his help and assist Ance there in the Sinai area and your country s Egypt s assistance in that area of the world Marsh said. This is a strategic relationship Between the United states and Egypt. It is one that is growing stronger each  Marsh who was accompanied at the meeting by defense minister Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala said he planned to visit some egyptian army unite on sunday. Slayers from Page 1 Gades was responsible. Officials said hundreds of policemen searched the Homes of terrorist suspects and sympathizers in Rome during the night but no arrests were reported. Anti terrorist agents in twos and threes were seen around government buildings and key intersections. Police were also searching cars at roadblocks around Rome officials said. Giorgeri was an Engineer in charge of buying and maintaining arms missiles and aircraft according to he defense ministry. Italian newspapers said he was known in military circles As Italy s top Star wars expert be cause he had been involved in italian efforts to seek re search contracts in the . Strategic defense initiative. The . Embassy issued a statement saturday condemning the barbarous act of  Premier designate Giulio Andreotti called it an evil act aimed at striking our society and the sys tem of International relations of which Italy has chosen to be  defense minister Giovanni Spadolini said the kill ing constitutes a new blow in the plan launched to destabilize the country a plan which will find on the part of the stale a firm and decisive  an autopsy showed that the general was shot five times. The general was in a chauffeur driven air Force car when two youths on a motorcycle their faces covered by the Shields of their White helmets pulled alongside and opened fire according to investigators. The Molo Cylc was later found about a half mile from the scene. About an hour after Friday s attack an Anonymous woman caller to the Milan office of the Rome newspaper la Republica said in a statement this evening we look care of Licio Giorgeri. The top Man in charge of constructing arms and air Force and space armaments. Fighting communist  terrorism experts said the fighting communist Union was a hard line splinter group of the leftist red brigades Many of whose members were arrested in the terrorist crackdown in the Early 1980s. Politicians expressed concern that the attack the second in five weeks marked a new resurgence of ital Ian terrorism. The red brigades claimed responsibility for the feb. 14 ambush of a mail truck in which two police were killed. Kampelman from Page 1 land recently took on new emphasis when soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev proposed reaching an agreement to eliminate medium Range nuclear missiles in Europe. The . Delegation headed by Kum Pylman responded with the proposed text of a treaty and the talks were extended through next week. But a . Official who requested anonymity said the Pace had slackened again and the soviets were expected to propose a Lext of heir own which would contribute to further delay. The official said he did nol expect an agreement to be concluded in the current round of talks. The next round is scheduled to begin april 23. With Kampelman Back at the bargaining lame. Well have 10  Terry Shrowder. A spokesman said on whether Kampelman will be Well enough to be there