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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, April 29, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 29. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 . Advisers in Manila escape grenades Manila Philippines a grenades exploded monday evening inside a compound housing the head Quarter for  military advisers in suburban Manila a filipino Security announcement said. There were no reported injuries. Meanwhile the military said dissident troops called off plans to seize to garrisons in suburban Manila and troops remained on Alert for a new coup attempt before the May 11 congressional elections. Two or three men aboard a red jeep threw three grenades Al the joint United states military assistance group or jus mag located in suburban Quezon City it was reported. Two grenades landed outside the Supply room and the advisers Headquarters damaging the windows. A third grenade also was hurled Al the guard Post but did not explode unidentified men opened lire on the compound said a . Military official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Officers were out of the Headquarters when the explosions occurred at 7 . Dozens of philippine army troops were deployed around the compound shortly after the attack. A correspondent for the acc acc France or Csc Saipan Anonymous person telephoned the news Agency after the incident and claimed a group calling itself jihad holy War was responsible for the explosions. It was the first time a group has identified itself by that jus mag has 28 . Military advisers who super Vise disbursement of . Military Aid to the philippine armed forces. The attack came jul to chief of the National capital Region defense omd said coup plotters had called off their plan Sun Day night after the military leaked news of the conspire just hours after col. Emiliano Tern a i Cou Acy to local newspapers we arc now trying to look into several reports of a plan of some people to conduct disruptive activities All the Way up to and including the National Ciccion Ona May 1 1," Templo said. Our intelligence units arc Stillin the process of verifying these  High., schooners offering classmates Safe ride Champaign Iii. A High school students who gave up a night to offer intoxicated classmates a Sale ride Home got just one Call for help but it was one More than they expected heir supervisor fays. Just a single Call is realty Worth in Urbana High school teacher Marilee Martin said after Safe ride s first sat urday night. Under Safe ride volunteers fro High schools in the Champaign Urbana area of cast Central Illinois Are Dis patched by radio to drive fellow teens hone if they be had too much to drink. Five volunteers worked four hours starting Al 10 . Saturday using Burn Ham Hospital As their Headquarters we thought we d go two or three nights without any Calls until the kids started really becoming aware the service was there Martin said. She said she could reveal no details about the first Call for help because confidentiality is a key part citric program. About a dozen Champaign and Urbana youngsters Are involved in the pro Gram. They Hope Safe ride will continue and perhaps be expanded to cover Fri Day nights As Well. Not a whole lot of people at Centen Nial know about in yet said Volunteer Jabari Groves a Sophomore at Centenni Al High school. I m going to pass out fliers this week at school to get some More kids  the volunteers have raised 1400 of the $2,000 needed to buy citizens band radio equipment for dispatching Safe ride cars. The Hospital meanwhile is letting the students use its radio equip ment. Michigan educator new president of Princeton Princeton . A Princeton University has selected Harold t. Shapiro president of the University of Michi Gan As its new president. Shapiro is succeeds William , Shapiro had been prominently mentioned As a candidate along with a. Michael Spence Dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Harvard University. Princeton spokesman Justin Harmon said tuesday that a search committee recommended Shapiro and he was approved by trustees at the Ivy league school. Shapiro born in Montreal in june 8, 1935, is a naturalized . Citizen. He received master s and . Degree from Princeton in 1964. That same year Shapiro joined Michi Gan s economics department. He will be the i sch president of Princeton. Papal Lollipop a Kev Claer Germany teen samples a Lollipop Ullh a picture of Pope John Paul ii. The Pope will Stop in Kev Claer on his tour of Germany which begins thursday and the town is offering a Sweet remembrance of his visit. Pakistan seeks to lease . Surveillance planes Washington not Pakistan has made an urgent request to lease american radar aircraft to de fend against Border raids by warplanes based in Afghanistan administration officials said on monday dropping an earlier request to buy surveillance planes Pakistan said for the first Lime that it would be willing to lease them instead. This would require american military personnel to operate from pakistani territory according to the administration officials. Bui pakistani officials assured the Reagan administration that the planes would not Fly Over Afghanistan and that the americans would be Safe. By leasing the planes Pakistan also would avoid a fight in Congress where members opposed to Ameri can military Aid on the ground that Pakistan is devel Oping nuclear weapons would try to prevent the Sale. Stilt India which opposes Pakistan s gelling any planes for fear they might be used against India is expected to react negatively la any lease arrangement. Administration officials agree that Pakistan urgently needs an air defense system but said monday thai even if a decision was made immediately to lease the planes it would Lake several months to put a system in place. These officials said they were still studying the Paki Stani request and no decision had been made. The pakistani request came in a letter dated april16 from prime minister Mohammed Khan Junco la president Reagan. A copy was Given to sen. Gordon j. Humphrey r-n.h., during his recent visit to Pakistan. Although the letter has not yet been formally presented to Reagan a copy was forwarded to the stale depart ment. In his letter Junco said Here was an extremely urgent need for the american Early warning system planes and asked Reagan to consider leasing surveil Lance planes "01 soon As possible preferably within a month or  Pakistan would be willing to negotiate on joint american pakistani operation and maintenance of the planes until pakistani personnel were fully trained Junejo said. He added that the planes would be use along the Border with Afghanistan but safely away from areas subject to attack. We do not anticipate any danger to the safety of the aircraft or the Crew tie said. The pakistani request was prompted by increasing concern among pakistani officials Over an increase i raids by soviet and Afghani planes in recent months against civilians in pakistani Border towns. Hundreds have been killed and Matt than 1,000 wounded in the raids this your. The losses Are three times greater him in the same period last year in his letter Junco said the raids Hud Crau d a radically changed  he said inc attacks had led to accusations thai his government was failing to defend its territory and the lives and property of ils people in the absence of effective defensive  he said the accusations could erode Public support for his government. The prime minister also wrote that pakistanis blamed the presence of 3 million afghan refugees in Pakistan for the raids. When Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger visited Pakistan last october he pledged that the United Stales would try to provide carry warning radar Pla Neslo Pakistan As quickly As  Bui to lease Mili tary equipment Weinberger must certify that it exceeds american military needs which administration officials acknowledge could pose a problem in this Case. Junejo s idler did not say what Type of radar plane Pakistan wanted but pakistani officials have said the prefer the Boeing e-3a airborne warning and control system called Azacs the most sophisticated and expensive radar plane available. Pakistani officials had said Hoy wan cd to buy the planes to have Complete control Over their  the main obstacles to thai plan Waltl inc Cost the fact that the plants could not be produced and delivered fur several heirs and the need to overcome con Gressional Roisi Hicl. In 1980. The United Stales leased Azacs to saudi Arabia id Aid thai nation against possible air attack from Iran. The Reagan Dammi Mariion was Able to gel congressional approval to sell the planes to inc saudis in 1981, bul Only by a narrow vote  
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