European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes tuesday March 31,1937 turks of mediation greeks say no Brussels Belgium up Turkey has accepted nato Secretary general lord Carrington s offer to mediate in the dispute with Greece Over the Aegean but the Creek government prefers to seek solution through other channels a Carrington statement said monday. Carrington made his mediation ofte Friday after an emergency meeting of the nato Council at the level of ambassadors Over the Aegean crisis i have now Learned that the turkish government accepts my offer but thai the greek government while expressing thanks has decided that it prefers to Seeka solution through other channels car ringtone s statement  Olter of course remains on the table and i have Seal a farther message to Greece and Turkey appealing to both to continue to exercise the utmost restraint and to work toward a definitive solution of the dispute the statement  is in the vital interests of both Par tics and of the Alliance Ai a whole that this dispute should be settled peacefully As soon is possible Carrington said. Reagan says Clear account of Iran affair Given Washington a president Reagan drop Ping his earlier complaints about unanswered questions in the Iran Centra affair monday said there Nowise a Clear account of what look place and the govern ment can get on Wilh its  two years remaining in office Reagan said using football imagery we re not about to fall on the Ball an wait far the clock to run out instead we re going to have the greatest fourth Quarter in presidential  spoke at Constitution Hall to a cheering audience of hundreds of people appointed to top level government jobs. He was flanked on the stage by Mem Bers of his Cabinet. Thatcher seeks acts not words from soviets Moscow a British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told Mikhail Gorbachev monday that he can count on greater Trust from the West if he meets All human rights commitments an quickly withdraws soviet troops from  will reach our judgments not on intentions or on promises but on Dee Sand on results Thatcher said in a highly critical speech prepared for delivery at state banquet in the grand Kremlin Palace. The soviet Leader in the text of his dinner speech distributed by the soviet foreign ministry repeated the Kremlin position that the soviet Union is seeking a political solution to the bloody afghan conflict he also said the soviet leadership was ready to openly and loudly discuss human rights matters As Long As the topics include unemployment homelessness and discrimination in the West. If we re going to talk about human rights let s talk about nil rights especially those that touch millions of people Gorbachev said in his russian language remarks translated into English by tie associated press. Thatcher on the third Day other official visit to the soviet Union pressed the West s Case for arms control agreements starting with elimination of medium Range nuclear weapons from Europe along with restraints on Short Range rockets. In reply Gorbachev accused the West of weighing Down proposals for an agreement with a package of conditions and de mands on the soviet  the soviets have opposed linking the Issue of their Shorter Range tactical rockets in Czechoslovakia and East Germany with an Accord on the medium Range missiles deployed in Europe by both superpowers. The president referred to the Iran Contra episode As one of the More frustrating times of this or any and  now we be heard from the Tower Board and we have a Clear account of what look place instead Ofa barrage of speculation assumptions and  we can get on with the business that brought us her and institutionalize the improvements that we be made so that someone does t take us Back Down the spend-and-9pend,tax-and4axpathwewereonfbracenturyorsa.n a Day earlier he told reporters i am wailing for allow the investigations to bring up and bring out the truth of what did happen there because 1 Don t know any More than i be already told  investigation of the Iran Contra affair and particularly the alleged diversion of profits from arms sales to Contra rebels in Nicaragua have been Sty Mied by the refusal of key witnesses to  pledged to veto any tax increase and to make sure to ego Emmen lives by the deficit cuts imposed by the Gramm Kudman Law. He also repealed Calls for a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget and for presidential line item veto authority. In foreign policy Reagan said the nation must go Forward with its Star wars missile defense plan formally called the strategic defense initiative. . Expected to insist missile talks cover both Short and medium Ganges Bonn a . Negotiators at the Geneva. Switzerland arms talks will in Sist on linking an agreement on ridding Europe of medium Range nuclear mis Siles to further talks on snort Range weapons a Western source said monday the Well informed source who spoke Only on the condition he not be further identified also denied . Negotiator were trying to Block an agreement on recent soviet proposals to scrap medium Range missiles in Europe. On sunday the soviet communist party newspaper pravda charged the . Side was attempting to prevent Progress at Geneva by complicating talks on medium Range missiles with questions about Short Range weapons the Issue is important for the . Allies in Western Europe because the so Viet Union has More than 130 Short Range missiles in Europe and the Nat allies have none according to the source. Several West european leaders Nave warned in recent months about the Dan Ger of a Geneva agreement to rid Europe of medium Range weapons without settling the Short Range missile  the source emphasized that both sides at the Geneva talks would have to reach some agreement on Short Range mis Siles in enter for an Accord on medium Range rockets to be effective. He said that stipulation Wasa longtime .  source denied Fife pravda allegations which suggested the Short Range missile problem was a new matter brought to the bargaining table to complicate negotiations. This is not a new priority for us atall said the source. He noted president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed in principle at their Reykjavik Iceland Summit meeting last year that Short Range missiles also be addressed in an arms agreement the source added. He said among the issues to be worked out was whether . Perching ii missiles that Are stationed in  reconverted to Short Range missiles to counter soviet Short Range missiles deployed in Eastern Europe. Such a conversion is technically a Sim ple matter he said. The next .-soviet negotiating ses Sion is scheduled to begin to Geneva on april 23. Dollar from Page 1 at a Modem Era Low of 146.20yen, down2.80 from Friday s close. The Dollar which later hovered above 146 yen i european and . Trading also fell against All other major currencies. The London Stock Market plunge monday and in after hours trading the Dallstream computer showed a paperless of 8.8-billion pounds $14.08 Bil lion on share values the biggest everone Day fall. Analysts said the markets were upset by recent developments in the . Trade dispute with Japan particularly the heightened potential for accelerating inflation that would inevitably accompany Trade War. On Friday president Reagan contend ing that Japan has reneged on a major Trade agreement on computer chips announced stiff penalty duties on a wide array of Japa Nese products including television sets an pocket calculators he said the action would cover Smuch As $300 million in japanese exports to the United states and would in clude penalties of As much As 100 per cent on selected japanese  import prices would mean higher inflation inline United states which would mean higher interest rates. Meanwhile the japanese government monday asked the United states for an urgent meeting to discuss the two coun tries dispute. Johnson said one aggravating Factor was that Many institutions apparently bad kind of gotten Blind sided by the continuing string of successes in the Stock  Don t think people focused on the meaning of the decline of the Dollar or even the collapse against the yen and what it Means he said. The Way we might have to stabilize the Dollar is for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates which implies siphoning liquidity out of what has been a liquidity driven Stock Market Johnson said. In the credit markets in the unite states both Short term and Long term in Terest rates jumped sharply. The six month Treasury Bill climbed to 5,74 per cent from 5.68 percent late Friday an the 30-year Treasury Bond jumped to a yield of 7,78 percent from 7.64 percent late Friday. The . Dollar dropped again Mon Day in Europe the once of Gold was sharply higher. Mar from Page 1 being drawn into a Central air Force fund and redistributed As has been done in the past. Hickey said that would encourage local commanders to become More profit oriented in operating their mar system. We want to gel our managers into a business mind set so that when they have an activity that seems to be a Good idea they do the marketing and present a pro Gram that would brine enough people in to make it pay for  he said. In cases where there s not enough interest to make an activity self sustaining we May very Well dose it. It s a switch to More of a demand driven business approach which is what Congress wants us to do the task Force divided mar activities into fou categories to receive different Levels of appropriated fund support. Mission sustaining activities such a gyms and unit sports programs will continue to get full or nearly full appropriated fund support. Community activities such As recreation centers youth activities child care centers and swimming pools should get about 70 percent in appropriated fun subsidies Hickey said. Desirable Community activities such As clubs arts and crafts shops and Auto repair shops should gel about 3d percent in appropriated fund support. Business activities such As Golf courses and Bowling alleys should stand on their own with no direct appropriated fund  said one of his main concerns is that air Force personnel will look Only at the increases in Price Sand Lake a negative View of the mar overhaul. The fact is. Well come out of this in the fortunate position of preserving the whole mar system and making it work belter he said. These Are not unreasonable increases and More of the profits will go Back into the customer s own  army is considering two plans for revamping ils mar system. One would allow the army and air Force Exchange service to take Over the system and the other would create a separate mar  the major army commands favor the cafes plan. A derision is due by sept. 1.the Navy s review of its mar system which began in january is not completed