European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday april 30,1987 Canada s female soldiers to get mock combat Drill Ottawa a the defense department tuesday said Canada will test the effectiveness of mixed gender fighting units by having female sol Diers participate in mock combat drills in the fall. The female soldiers will Lake part in combat drills with anti submarine fighter aircraft and tactical helicopter squadrons on destroyers and in armoured and artillery infantry units the de sense department said. The drills will use women now in the armed forces and others being recruited at Canadian forces centers. Currently about 9 percent of the 86,000 soldiers in the Canadian forces Are women the combat trials will determine which of the armed forces units now closed to women should be open to both sexes the department said. There arc six male Only occupations for officers and 27 for noncommissioned members. Gephardt amendment passes close House vote Washington up the House of representatives angry Over the rising Trade deficit and lost american jobs wednesday narrowly approved the controversial Gephardt Amend ment that would require sanctions against Lead ing . Trading partners who deny free entry . Products. It voted 218-214 for the amendment to a Trade Reform Bill offered by rep. Richard Gephardt d-mo., that would designate nations like Japan for Trade sanctions hours before Japan s in my minister Yasuhiro Nakasone arrived in Washington fora slate visit it marked a defeat for president Reagan who met with about 15 Wai Cring republicans before the vote. During the meeting Reagan warned Sherri that the Gephard amendment moves in precisely the wrong direction by closing our mar Bis rather than opening foreign Market Poland won t publish Walesa s autobiography Warsaw Poland a the polish government said tuesday it will not publish Soli Darity Leader Lech Walesa s autobiography which appeared this month in France. Jerzy Urban the chief government spokes Man Lold a news conference i can assure you that the government does not intend to publish or Walesa s  the polish government is not interested in such kinds of publications or in this writer Urban said. Walesa he 1983 Nobel peace prize Winner said he submitted the manuscript of the Book around inc beginning of the month to Znak an Independent roman Catholic publishing housein Krakow. The French language edition of the 604-Page Book titled a path of Hope,1" went on Sale Las thursday in France. Italy dissolves parliament after Fanfani loses vote Rome api italian president Francesco Corsiga dissolved parliament tuesday night after a bitter eight week political deadlock and the government scheduled general elections for june 14, a year ahead of schedule. Corsiga acted after Premier Amintore Fanfani a Christian Democrat lost a Confidence vote for his 10-Day-old minority government. Fanfani promptly submitted his resignation and was asked to stay on As caretaker Premier. Tune your stars and stripes Carrier will to calling soon. Please have your payment ready. , citizen in inca re reported killed bus Antras Managua Nicaragua a an american Volunteer working As a mechanical Engineer in a Small Village in Northern Nicaragua was killed by Nicaragua rebels tuesday moral no the government announced it was the first reported death of an american ing for the sandinista government in the Wade the leftist government and .-Backedjipknownascontras. The government said the  was Benja min Ernest under. 27, of Pat Fla ore., the son of David and Elisabeth Lind cd nicaraguan foreign fluster Miguel d Escoto sent a protest note Rosec Jerry of Statt George Schuliz. A member our organization to which Linder be longed said bps singled out by the rebels and executed Andi Scoto said he was kidnapped first. How Ever it Florat activist gave a conflicting account saying Bittl during a grenade and gunfire attack that tilled two nicaraguans. Ton. Stale department spokeswoman son arty said she had no information on the reports death. We re checking into them she said. According to nicaraguan officials. Linder died in la Cam Aleona a Village of about 100 families where he was working on the construction of a Small hydroelectric Plant. The Village in pm Olga province is 85 Miles Northeast of Managua. Linder was a member of the nicaraguan appropriate technology project of Nica a pro Nicaragua group based in Bellm Gham wash., said Tom voor nees a Nica member in a Telephone interview from his Home in Clinton Wash Voorhees said an unidentified nicaraguan official who supervised Linder Lold him Linder was shot exe cution style and singled  the government spokesman said Linder had been working As a Volunteer in Northern Nicaragua for the past two years. . Criticizes soviet missile proposal Washington the state department wednesday said a soviet proposal to eliminate Ger Man nuclear missiles As part of a weapons reduction treaty with the United Stales suggests a Lack of serious intent in completing the Accord. The 72 Pershing la missiles which have an Esti mated Range of up to 460 Miles Are under joint . And German control. Alexei Obukho a soviet negotiator said in Geneva Switzerland the missiles must go if there is a .-Soviel treaty to eliminate Shorter Range rockets from Europe the state department through spokesman Charles e. Redman stiffly resisted the proposal. He said the soviets had not raised the penning la missiles in pre Vious rounds of negotiations. For them to raise it now suggests a Lack of serious intent Redman said. The Geneva negotiations which resumed last week Deal with . And soviet medium and Shorter Range missiles in Europe and in Asia. The soviets presented their draft of a proposed treaty to eliminate hundreds of these nuclear weapons to us. Negotiators on Mon Day. The United slates provided the warheads for the Pershing la missiles in Germany and the weapons May not be fired without . Approval. Experts question whether the missiles could reach soviet territory from their bases in Germany. Redman said the Overall soviet treaty proposal seemed to reflect the understandings on missile reductions that president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev reached last october in Reykjavik Iceland. Probe from Page 1 port. He is to be fingerprinted and booked by the feb within three Days. Zornow told the judge prosecutors could prove having obtained the exempt status for the National endowment for the preservation of Liberty or. Chan Nel and others beginning in 1985 subverted its Pur poses and operated it to Arm the rebels. Zornow said Channel knew that in was improper to use a tax exempt organization for a non deductible purpose namely military  Zornow said Channel knew that the Likely result of the subversion was to encourage individual contributors  1 Channell said he had conspired with North and Richard Miller a Public relations executive. In a statement afterwards Walsh said today s guilty plea and or. Channell s agreement to cooperate is a significant step Forward in our continuing investigation of the Iran con Ira  outside the . Courthouse Walsh s assistants were asked whether North would eventually be charged with the same offence hat Channell pleaded guilty to. We re not prepared to do that at this time a assistant said. The prosecutors declined to identify the three employees who had also signed agreements to cooperate with Walsh s investigation. Funds from Page 1 tons will be inc last to be affected by the vacancies. Safe traditionally operates at about 96 percent of allotted personnel Smith said. Because that number was increasing this year to about 98 percent the reduced Manning program will leave the level at about 96 percent. Despite the Overall level remaining steady some areas will feel the shortage he said. Overseas Extension programs in Safe already have attracted 2,300 of the 18,000 air Force members who had been set to return to the United Stales in fiscal 1987. Options included indefinitely moving Back the Date of return. And those with a fiscal 1987 return have the option of previewing the upcoming assignment and turning it Back in. Air Force officials now arc consid ering whether to extend the Deros turnback program into next year Smith said. Some initiatives aimed at reducing moves have been tried and terminated. The revived career Bachelor program involuntarily extended for one year air Force members designated As career bachelors. Those who were on a voluntary 16-month tour faced four years in Europe with the Extension. That was dropped from the program Smith said. We were Able to Roll that program Back he said. As we get into this we Are going Back and trying to right the things that we determine Are wrong. Thai was  but problems caused by reduced funding for change of stations probably won t be going away soon. It s our undemanding Hal the pcs budget is going to be a critical item for the air Force in the foreseeable future Smith said. If from Page 1 under an intense lobbying Effort from leaders in All the services then the Secretary of defense plans to have the if include both regular and Reserve officers of Al grades Elton said. The army went through a period of expanding the size of its officer corps starting in 1980. With most of that increase in Field units arid at the company Grade proud of Luil growth and still maintain that it is in the Best interest of this  several members of Congress arc sympathetic to the army s position Elton said. We re hoping they la show us that by voting to at least have a moratorium on he reductions he said