European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday match 29, 1987 the stars and stripes february s Active duty Stre Najj of Page 9 n inc nation s military services  1o i lie previous month hut remained Well above the level reported a year ago the Pentagon sail thursday. As of feh. 28, the army Navy air Row he 2.172.  in ii   i figure. The Man Hohul Lii truly to ii decline in army personnel. The combined loin however remained Well above Reagan says Sov efs Mode switch at talks Washington a president Reagan accused inc soviet Union on Fri Day of backtracking in negotiations on curbing medium Range nuclear missiles and urged the soviets to come to terms on an equitable  the president issued a statement marking the close of another round or negotiations in Geneva Switzerland thursday on reducing the medium Range weapons Reagan criticized the soviets Tor reneging on an earlier commitment to in clude Shorter Range missiles in the medium Range treaty. The soviets have backtracked from this earlier position and arc now saying that the question of Shorter Range inf missiles should be taken out of the cur rent inf negotiations and be dealt with instead in separate negotiations Rea Gan said. This new soviet position on Shorter Range missiles would allow the soviet Union a continued monopoly of these systems and would leave them free to increase their existing Force he added. This clearly is not acceptable to us or our  he said the crucial Issue is whether the soviet Union will accept equal constraints on Shorter Range missiles in the context of a medium Range agreement or whether it will insist on maintaining superiority Over us in this important area and with this superiority the ability o undercut any inf medium Range mis Sile  Reagan said he was committed to achieving an equitable and verifiable treaty and he noted the United states recently put Forth a comprehensive realistic draft treaty for soviet consider  now is the time therefore for the soviet Union to live up to its previous commitments on inf and to come to terms on an equitable agreement Rea Gan said. In addition he said our own commitment to the Security of our friends and allies in Bath Europe and Asia All of whom have been threatened by soviet inf missile deployments remains As Strong As  Ethel Kennedy gets stung Palm Beach Fla. Ai j Ethel Kennedy 59, the widow of . Sen. Robert f. Kennedy went to a Hospital emergency room Early Friday after the was Slung by a jellyfish. Paramedics came to her oceanfront Home tote thurs Day night after her Ion. Christopher George Kennedy called for help. The Vii Ilo  untied la Ujj. For Xifre. In on a monthly Kwh each year primarily differences in the Low in int w non Iii. Kett it trials Al i have Lien alte cled by various Early out programs offered by inc services to Deal with budget cuts. According to the new assessment Iho army ended the Tirgary with 77s,k,1h men and women on Active duly Down by k.7 j4 compared to the january total. That decline was offset by increases reported by the other services. The Navy reported in increase off 111 duals bringing is Gebru airy total id 5s-uw. Shed the month with i ,77i arc la january while Theair Force grew by   i in of fih.362 on Active duty. 21/2 years and 24,800 Miles later. Pal Riu ran Lescht a French Ultra  aircraft a tout signals a Success shortly after he landed on the suburban Paris Saint Cloud horse race track. His Landing thursday came at the end of a round the world Lour hat took i a years ind tiered 24,800 Miles through 34 different countries. Navy states disagree Over n to stain environment Aua fits Washington of Cath Navy believes it is exempt from a environmental permits in the cd _ lion of strategic Home ports around country officials told a House subcommittee thursday. Rear adm. John Paul Jones jr., com Mander of the naval facilities engr come said the Navy has concluded it is not required to obtain a stale Shoreline Protection permit from Washington Slat to build a Home Pon at Everett. " the Navy had raised simile a cols surrounding inc Home Al top be built at Staten Island  applied for the  be ginning work there wed waiting ilium. Andrea Riniker of color of the Washington state Der Funni of ecology Tes tilled it Wasj a understanding the Shore line pern Wilvas . Bulj Baradet Benjamin f. Montoya of the Navy s Shore activities planning and programs division. Agreed. He said the Navy signed a of agreement to apply for Thul Perm hut Juji proceed Wilh Ouw a Junnis  d-mich., a lining the Law on permits in  free up work on " Perior department or nil also Crit d the Everett Wash to dispose of contaminated material by dredging in an open water disposal sit they said such disposal techniques arc still experimental and recommended moving the material to an Inland site. Also at inc Henring. Two lawyers involved in Home port lawsuits against the Navy charged a cover up of Legal and environmental problems surrounding the Slaten Island Home port. Attorneys Leonard m. Marks and James is Lane accused the Navy of ill Gally claiming it was exempt from inc slate environmental permits of failing to disclose thai its plan to build housing on Staten Island would destroy Freshwater wetlands and of refusing to discuss the Impact of nuclear weapons thai May be based at the Home port. Rather than Deal openly and disclose inc serious environmental impacts of its proposal the Navy has repeatedly concealed its plans from Public review and my Cal and attempted an end run the requirements of Federal and res said. Ting the plaintiffs in a Federal lawsuit Nim gang the adequacy of inc Navy s  Impact disclosures in inc Slaten isl Namine port Jones Ulm Montuya Deo Ned to re Spond to All the  of the litigation but Montoya said. We feel we Are in a lawful Mode. And we Are proceeding on Inai  soviet flights near Alaska prompt f-15 exercise the air farce Alaska sent f-15 fighter Jet on _ Mission farther North than any before officials said. The numb Crol us Mem or i Finly was some a but we wanted to do r be could project our forces an air Force official said. Wilh air Force b-52 Bon -5s practice intercepting in the i else code named cobblers last month in a single week f-l5nnfi seven soviet aircraft flying near the coast of Alaska. So far this year. Singleton said in four actual intercept missions f-15s have chased away of soviet military j by in their own . This is a dramatic increase Singleton said noting Alaska based no Hlor jets in Era Ted j4 soviet planes Las Scarand 30 in 19tts. Viets steered Clear of Cobbler free a and Ifni creeps during last week s train