European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and strides monday May 4,1987 nuke sub Fleet needed Canadian official says Ottawa a Canada needs a Fleet of nuclear powered submarines to defend its sovereignty in the Arctic and meet its naval commitments in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans said defense minister Perrin beat  said in an interview that the Cabinet has Given its approval to ail major aspects of a while paper containing proposals for a new Long term defense policy and that it would be made Public in june. He would not confirm any specific goals to be set out in the proposed policy. However he said Canada needs the Fleet of nuclear powered submarines. Tally said that if Canada had such vessels deployed hostile Powers would know that we have the capacity of meeting them there. They know that today we have not Only nuclear powered submarines have the ability to patrol under the Arctic ice pack and they would have much greater Range for patrols in the Atlantic and Pacific. In addition the presence of Canadian submarines would serve o enforce Canada s claim to sovereignty in Arctic Waters the United states has been reluctant to recognize the Northwest passage winding through Canada s arc tic islands at part of its internal Waters. It s a Choice there will be somebody s Navy in our Waters whose is it going to be Beatty said in the interview conducted thursday. The sunday new York times quoted Beatty As say ing that the proposal Beer he government involves 10 nuclear powered submarines. The report also Sai Canada now has on a three diesel powered Summa hug Gable armful a Pinna cancer victim Kara Smith 15, of Garden Grove Calif augg Tes Efti � Koa at  fwd Park at banns Heads la the state of Victoria Australia. The teen Ager s 11-Day visit to aral a Lii wis arranged by the  and Australia branches of them be a Wlsh foundation. Rines confined mainly to the Atlantic. The atomic powered submarines would Cost at least s5 billion about $3.8 billion in . Currency. Some critics suggest that the Cost could go much higher when the extra facilities for handling nuclear fuel and the Cost of new Dock facilities arc added. Beatly said the submarine1 would be armed wit conventional non nuclear weapons suited mainly loan anti submarine role. Critics notably Pic Canadian Center for arms control and disarmament suggest thai there Are other things Canada could spend its Money on and that nuclear powered submarines will not Era much to assert Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic. Beatty said that if it does t acquire nuclear pow ered submarines Canada has few options in defending the Arctic. If they Aren t purchased Canada will be left to rely on the United Stales for Arctic defense or simply leave the vast area undefended be said. A third option mining the Arctic Strait has been firm go As unrealistic and probably provocative be said. The while paper u also expected to change tie emphasis Ofca Aada s role in nato. Beatty and foreign minister Joe Clark have hinted that Canada might decide to withdraw from its 20-yearcommitment to go to the defense of Norway pre Ferring to concentrate on defending Germany. Canada has an armoured brigade group stationed permanently in Germany along with three squadrons of fighter aircraft some military analysts say it would be impossible to get to Norway in Lime to provide much help if conflict threatens. 40% fore refund offered by qe2 aboard Queen Elizabeth 2 a a 1,200 passengers aboard Britain s luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 have been offered a 40 percent Cash refund on their fares according to a spokesman for guard i he company that owns toe vessel. The offer was prompted by a torrent of complaint about faults during its current Maiden voyage to new York following major renovation work. Passengers paid up to $5,810 per person for the trip. Cunard chairman Alan Kennedy said passenger will receive the refunds by May 27. Kennedy who is aboard the qe2, added that he has written to each passenger offering apologies for the problems. I am very conscious of the inconvenience and Dis Comfort you suffered at the non availability of some of the ship s facilities his letter said. The 67,139-ton liner sailed from Southampton eng land on thursday after a 179-Day refit in the German port of Bremerhaven that Cost $147.2 million. No British ship Yard bad accepted the contract saying it could not do a Ejob within the timetable demanded by Cunard. However the German Yard bad its problem with Cunard s stringent schedule. Several British newspapers have reported thai More than to passengers cab ins weren t ready. Some showers telephones toilets and television receivers did t work. Aid meals were often served cold. The refund will go to every passenger not just those who suffered because Many a cities offered in the Bro Chure weren t available including the swimming pools Cinema and computer learning Center Cunard said the ship was scheduled to Dock in new York City on monday. Contras warn foreign volunteers Tegucigalpa Honduras api the largest Contra rebel group fighting to overthrow Nicaragua s leftist Send nsi3 government an saturday warned Alt foreign Volunteer workers to leave the Muiry 90011 As possible. The communique was issued in Honduras by the nicaraguan democratic Force following the death of Benjamin Linden the 27-year-old american was killed last week in the Northern part of Nicaragua under still in clarified Cir urn stances. The fun claimed that under a mechanical Engi Neer working on Rural electric development projects was killed in a fire Foht Between Contra rebels and sandinista militiamen. Nicara iian authorities claim under was singled out by the rebels in the Countryside and shot to death along with two militiamen. Under is the first of 200 american Volunteer work ers in Nicaragua to die and the seventh foreigner killed by the .-Supportcd contras since the War began five Yean ago. World Tibu a woman 60, stopped at embassy kills herself Bonn a a 60-year-old ethnic German woman immolated herself in front of die Ger Man embassy in Bucharest after romanian police prevented lick from entering the building. She died later in a Hospital the Bonn foreign ministry said. The German foreign ministry summoned Romania s ambassador to protest and demanded an official explanation from the communist government of the incident. The woman who was not identified in the foreign ministry statement had applied for a vipa u misrule to Germany shortly before be incident. The woman a member of Romania ethnic German minority was on her my to he Ger Man embassy in Romania capital when she was stopped by policemen Tad prevented from going into the building inc statement said chalice poses no peril of aids archbishops say London a Church of England Arch Bishops have told clergy there is no danger of catching aids by drinking from a communion chalice. But archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie and archbishop of York John Habgood said they advised simple hygienic precautions against infection in administering holy communion. A joint statement said the prelates issued guidelines on use of the communion chalice nod the risk of acquired immune deficiency syn drome to All 16,000 Church of England clergy men. There have teen scattered reports of Priestl refusing to use t shared chalice of communion wine because of fears the aids virus could be spread through Siva. But Runcie the anglicans a virtual Leader and Habgood the Church s second highest rank ing prelate said they had been assured by medi Cal authorities that although the virus has been found in saliva in cannot be transmitted through saliva. Russian Birch bark scrolls believed from 12th Century Moscow a Birch Baric Crous though to Dale from the 12th Century have been discovered in european Russia and constitute the old est historical documents Ever found in the soviet Union toss said saturday. The official soviet news Agency said the scrolls inscribed with lists of debtors were found in the town of Taraya Russa about 60 Miles outside Novgorod a russian City Between Moscow and Leningrad. Researchers from the soviet Institute of archaeology working at Taraya Russa found nine Long strips of Fine Birch bark Tasi said. Two of the strips were nearly 2 feel Long. Factory reportedly sent Iraq ammo machines Hamburg a the newsmagazine Der Spiegel said saturday that a state owned Ger Man factory has been exporting machines for making ammunition to both Iran and Iraq which Nave been at War since september 1980. It said the Fritz Werner to Plawker in Geisen Heiro near Wiesbaden delivered $27 million Worth of equipment to Iran in the first three months of 1986. At the same time the factory delivered equip ment Worth $90.500 to Iraq Der Spiegel said. It did no give More recent figures. The Magazine claimed that the deliveries Vio lated German Laws restricting exports of special equipment close in nature to War  neither government nor Fritz Werner officials were available for comment