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Temperatures push for non nuke warfare plan gaining legislators support by William j. Bartma Washington Burn Washington a plan to Force the Pentagon to pay More attention to conventional warfare planning particularly in Europe is gaining support on Capitol Hill. An amendment establishing a conventional defense advisory Board within the Pentagon was attached to defense authorization legislation passed by the House last week. This week the Senate led by Sens. Strom Thurmond , and Carl Levin d-mich., began considering similar move. Ever since the end of the second world War a disproportionate amount of Sec Ninoo has been devoted to glamorous strategic nuclear systems at the expense of nuts and Bolis conventional defens matters such As Airlift heavy ground forces Scal Ift. And air superiority said rep. Charles Bennett a Fia who first proposed the advisory panel. The panel would examine and make recommendations concerning All conventional Force programs inducting adequacy of research and development pro Grams and equipment purchasing. Thurmond wants to place a similar pro vision in the Senate defense Bill but Levin remains unsure of the Best approach to attain his goal of strengthening . Conventional forces an aide said an aide to Bennett said that while the plan was developed before current East wot negotiations to remove nuclear weapon from Europe it blends Well with All this Zero option  we continue to make nuclear War More Likely by shortchanging those conventional forces in order to pay for Ever More redundant strategic forces both offensive and defensive. Levin said in a recent speech. Levin Naid that Over the next three Yean the Reagan administration wants to increase strategic forces funding by 37percent while increasing Convent Kraal forces funding by just Over 3 percent he said that in fiscal 1980, research and development for strategic Force was 16percent of the Tola defense budget for research and development for fiscal1988, the administration proposes that it take tip 35 percent of thai budget. I think our top defense priority i in improvement of our conventional forces Levin said. In a constrained budget environment we must in effect play Robin Hood. We must take fro the redundant and give to the under funded we must take from the nude Rand give to the  Navy installations in Naples area target of strikes by italian workers  Bureau Naples. Italy italian workers atthe . Naval support activity have held Short daily strikes this week to highlight their concerns about working environment wages and hiring practices. The strikes which began tuesday morning were called by the two italian labor unions representing All italia workers at . Navy  at Agnano and Cap Dichino. The unions rep resent 820 italians who work for the Navy in the greater Naples area said it cmdr. John Marchi Public affairs offi  said thursday that the unions have presented to Navy representatives a number of areas of concern Deal ing with such things As working Environ ment wages and hiring practices,1 while negotiations Are going on wit the unions we can t get Imo specifics or discuss it further Marchi said. But the unions initially notified us that it was their intention to strike for one hour each Day beginning on tuesday from 11 . Until noon. They did not indicate How Long they would continue  although the unions have called forthe strikes to take place for Only one hour the strikes have started at about 8a.m. With some lasting for several hours. Marchi Sard thai while the strikes have had a minimal effect on the installations they have dosed Down some consumer outlets such As the Navy Exchange an cafeterias for abort periods. Folk both service personnel an italian workers Are still getting to work in the mornings although there have been tale arrivals caused by the meeting of Access roads Marchi said. The .recognize the Light of italian workers to strike and the parties Are meeting amicably and Are striving to resolve the Dif  both unions Are working under Athree year contract that expires in Jan uary injured Stark sailors still listed serious Tii i a two sailors Bumeder Nitani ill attack on the . Frigate Stark Are Brooke army medical Center s Burn Cen Ter but their conditions still Are serious officials said. Navy Petty officers 3.c. James Wheeler 28, of Elpaso mtg . Bareford 23, of Spau Tamrua va.,arc being sealed at a a smarmy Surgi Cal research la flute for second Andl Hird . Injured May 17 when mis Siles fired by an iraqi Pilot hit their ship in the persian Gulf. The attack killed 37men aboard the Navy frigate. E men arrived in san Antonio on 1lilion Wasp tube in Wheeler s Chroal said a Ter spokesman Ray Dery. On Moc Bareford had the first of a series of ski graft operations Dery said. No Dales have been set for other ski graft operations for the men Dery said. Their condition is the same serious Dery said wednesday. They arc stable and doing  to damage to., j in the explosion and lire aboard the Stark. He had second an third degree Burns Over 23 percent of his body. Bareford was burned Over 42 per  Cross announced it is provid ing  so relatives of themen can Bareford i pare him i an Antonio along with Wheeler s said. Wheeler s father was but has returned to Elpaso Dery said. Moscow bound Sakharov family in Rome Rome a relatives of soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov arrived Here thursday for a wee Kiong stay before Era Barking on their first visit to the soviet Union m a decade. The daughter and two grandchildren of the soviet scientist s wife Yelena Bonner landed at Rome s Leonardo Davinci Airport after an overnight flight front Boston. Travelling with them was Bonner s 86year-old Mother Rulh who will remain in the soviet Union. We Are delighted to be Able to return to the soviet Union Tatiana Yankelevich Bonner s 36-year-old daughter told reporters. Be said they will spend a week in Rome and Florence visiting friends before lying to Moscow on june 6. Before leaving Boston wednesday evening her husband Efrum Yankle Yich described the trip As a very Eacil Inland difficult experience. All but Yankelevich received Permis Sion to visit their native country earner this month. Ruth Bonder who had been living with the Yankee Vichrs in Newton since 1980, b a soviet citizen and did not need permission to return. The family had been planning the visit since december when soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev telephoned sakha Rov 65, and Bonner 63, informing them they were free from internal exile an could return to Moscow. Identifies Soldier killed in Accident the Soldie Accident in Schondorf was Carter jr., a Rifleman in coi6lh inf regt is Bow thai collided head of pm. Of  
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