European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes biking safely in Europe 13 d Mia talks resume in Vietnam. Page 2 d lakers sweep sonics. Page 21 d today s Dollar buys 1.78 Marks. Page 27 the stars and stripes authorized . Zublick tin for the . Aimed fokce5 vol. 46, no.-10 wednesday May 27, 1987 , / d 8693 a 2 . Diplomats Hurt in ambush near Cairo Cairo Egypt a unknown gun men Arn hushed a station Wagon on a Busy Highway South of Cairo tuesday slightly injuring two american Diplomat Riding Imide and then sped away . Emba officials said. A third american in the vehicle was unhurt. One embassy Security official at the scene said the attackers used a Shotgun. Egyptian Security sources said thai from10 in 15 shots May have been fired but they a. Soviet agreement to remove medium and Short Range nuclear missiles from Europe made the Issue of non nuclear defense even More important for nato. If arms control talks do come to re sults this will put an Edge on the need to improve our conventional capability he said la will Cost in the  implications for Western conventional defense of a possible superpower missile Accord were at the Center of discussion at the two-daj1 meeting Altenberg said. Weinberger who arrived in Brussels on monday raised the matter in a speech to Belgium s Royal defense col lege we need to continue improvements in the conventional area even As we explore ways to continue the arms reduce sea allies on Page 2b a photo . Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger right with us. Ambassador Alton pm at he nato defense ministers Meetin Gln Brussels Belgium on tuesday. 50,000 kick off Celebration for Constitution Philadelphia a the Summa Long party for the Constitution s 200th birthday opened with pomp and pageantry speeches and merrymaking by 50,000 people packed Between Liberty Bell Pavilion and Independence Hall. Former chief Justice Warren Burger watching from the Rostrum monday As 30,000 helium filled red White and Blue balloons soared into the sky snid i Don t know How they re going to equal it on sept 17." on thai Dale in 1787, delegates from 12 of the 13 original Stales signed the Constitution. The Celebration monday marked the Bicentennial of the opening of the Federal constitutional convention our months of often bitter arguments Over a document to replace the articles of confederation which had held the states together loosely during six Yiirs of Independence. Vice president George Bush and Burger who stepped Down from the supreme Conn to head inc National Bicentennial Observance formally opened the Celebration. While the concepts of the Constitution May have been commonplace for us it s important to affirm and reaffirm that our Constitution is special Bush told the crowd. It harnessed the tensions Between Liberty and authority and bestowed upon the generations that Fol Lowed a system that yields strengths in a manner to guarantee our Freedom Bush said. Because the document lives it has enhanced our freedoms and supported a system that seeks to unleash the god Given talents Oft very individual to grow and Prosper. The Energy that gives our Constitution life and mean ing comes from the american people Bush said. "1 for one am proud to live in the fairest the freest the most generous country on the face of the  the ceremony ended with a joint invocation from representatives of four religions. Our country was founded in Large measure by people seeking religious Freedom said rabbi Patrice Heller one by one came the Roll Call of the original 13 states then the crowd joined in singing the Star spangled  the Flag was raised up a 100-foot pole then brought Back Down Loha of staff in memory of the 37 sailors killed in the iraqi missile attack on the guided missile frigate Stark. The Clde City Fife and drum corps and actors in colonial costumes added historical flavor to the Cele bration which also featured 18th-Century crafts food Booths and a Soapbox for citizens to speak upon. Burger said he believed the people got a lift out of All the pomp pageantry and speeches. La will Start them  he said. It was pretty Tough Loicl this  Philadelphia mayor w. Wilson Goode the grandson of a slave called the 200lh anniversary an Opportunity to reflect on How we have come to this two Century Milestone and pointed out it took a civil War and an amendment to make the document mean we the peo ple As stated in its preamble