European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes Friday june 12,1987 Reagan remarks stir Money Market from Page 1 lion and we re wailing for them. We be Lieve thai they should state what would be the most appropriate or easiest Lime for  recent european opinion polls have put soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev ahead of Reagan on the image of a Man of peace. But Reagan said Gorbachev is the first soviet Leader in my memory that has Ever advocated actually eliminating weapons already built and in  Reagan declined to answer question regarding what the . Response would be if Iran deployed anti ship silkworm missiles along the persian Gulf but said the United Stales is not present in the Gulf to provoke some kind of increased hostility. We re there to deter thai very  gritted on the Iran Contra affair Rea Gan appeared to try to distance himself from two leading figures in inc scandal assistant Secretary of stale Elliott Abrams and Marine it. Col. Oliver North. The president was asked if he was comfortable being Abrams Boss know ing the Diplomat in charge of latin american affairs misled Congress during testimony in november. Reagan said he stood by Secretary of slate George Shultz s position support ing his Deputy that is the administration s Posi Tion Reagan said i accept the Secre tary s statement on  asked whether he still believes North the key figure in the scandal is a nation Al hero As he described the Marine when North was fired from his National  Rity Council Post in november Reagan said one cannot quarrel with his Mili tary record. Or his heroism in com Bat but i m going to wait until he has had his Day in court also and i am no going to  the president said thai since the scan dal broke he has told the Rulh about his knowledge of the private Aid networks to the centres. I told you All Hal train the first Day when everything hit the fan. "1 was t giving these orders. I Don t think the Law was broken,." he said referring to a congressional ban on . Aid to the contras. S15 Pinna by Ken Nancy Reagan goes for a Gondola visit Nancy Refu rides a Gondola through the Waiuli of Venice Italy thursday playing Loy rut for the first time since she arrived with president rat gun Over a week go. Mrs. Reagan who list visited Venice u a teen Lew to Sweden on monday and Only joined the president wednesday afternoon. Security for mrs. Ungui s tour we very tight with nil docks around St. Mark s Square closed. Dollar from Page 1 steles that must do it the source said. He s very polite about it but Hal re Mains the  Germany in fact appears willing to live with the Dollar at current rates As Long As it remains stable. Japan s $43 billion program to Spur Domestic spend ing astutely announced just Days be fore the Summit s Mart should also stabilize inc Dollar at current Levels if the program can be pushed through the Jap anese parliament late his summer. Japanese Industry has been badly Hurt by the Low Dollar so there is no Rea son to expect opposition to the package a government spokesman for the Island nation said. Still prime minister Yasu Hiro Nakasone is due 10 leave office in october and there remains some doubt that his successor will push the package As vigorously. On his part president Reagan assured the Summit he would continue to fight the Federal deficit but he publicly ruled out any tax increase in the waning Days of his administration. While no great Surprise the president s announcement does not Bode Welt for the Dollar since there is Little belief among traders an economists that America s 55-month expansion in the Gross National product can continue without help. The Summit leaders were unanimous in one thing refusing to name where exactly they would like to see the Dollar. However traders attending the annual meeting of the foreign Exchange dealer s association in Tokyo Over the week end ended their session with their own prediction unless the United Stales be gins 10 address its economic woes the Dollar will fall below the 140 yen Mark by the Start of neat year. Given the same circumstances tiie Dollar would also dip in Germany perhaps As Low As the 1.60 rate. Baker however left Venice convinced that . Deficit improvement and foreign Market stimulation will turn the tide. From Page 1 looted several Hundred police moved in chasing demonstrators Down Side streets. A medic with the demonstrators said he treated eight people who had been hit about the head by police. Fliers distributed throughout the week by March organizers accused Reagan of pursuing militaristic policies around the world. They called on the United states to end nuclear weapons tests Stop sup port for anti government rebels in Nicaragua and withdraw nuclear missiles from Europe. We say no to Reagan s politics. We Don t want this City to be a base for spreading cold War slogans with nation Alist slant a speaker told the protester at a mass rally after the March the associated press reported. Police distributed their own fliers asking peaceful demonstrators to keep their distance from people whose Only purpose is violence. Do not conceal or protect them. Find your  in addition to the anti american pro testers the marchers included turkish citizens protesting nato Maneu vers in their country and tamil ans protesting the treatment they Are receiving in in Lanka. Among the demonstrators was a Bald Man wearing Only body paint and shoot ing b Cap gun while Riding a unicycle. Authorities planned to put 10,000 policemen into the streets to protect Rea Gan during his Short visit which is to include a foreign policy speech Only Yards from the Graffiti covered Berlin  s visit is to be confined to a relatively Remote part of Wesl Berlin. Officials prepared thursday to Seal off a targe portion of the area including the Reich Stag the prewar German parliament building and he nearby rite of Reagan s foreign policy speech in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate. The Gate still scarred from Street fight ing Between soviet and German troops in the last Days of world War ii has been blocked to the West for 26 years by the Berlin  Glass panels were installed on the Reich Stag Balcony from which Reagan is to get a close up View of the Wall and East German Security arrange ments behind in. The site was chosen by the while House because it is instantly recognizable to the american people a . Offi Cial  is to arrive this morning at Berlin Tempelhof Airport and be greeted by american British and French troops occupying the City. The president will later meet with German president Richard von Wei Saeck Erand Chancellor Helmut Kohl. He then will help celebrate Berlin s 750th anniversary at a party at Tempelhof. 16 states Canada rocked by earthquake by the associated press a Strong earthquake rallied across 16 states from Kansas to South Carolina and parts of Canada on wednesday eve Ning shaking skyscrapers and a major league baseball stadium and triggering alarms at a nuclear Plant. There were reports of minor damage and one minor injury. The tremor entered near Lawrence Villa iii., 55 Miles North of Evansville ind., was the largest in the area in nearly 20 years. In caved in part of a roof Brake windows and Cut some Telephone service in Illinois Shook Hospital patients in their Beds in Iowa and Wesl Virginia and panicked students in a classroom in Indiana. The National earthquake information Center in Golden colo., said the quake occurred at 6 49 cd and registered 5.0 on the Richler scale. A quake of that magnitude can cause considerable dam age. People reported feeling the quake in Kansas Missouri Minnesota Iowa Illi Nois Indiana Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Kentucky Tennessee West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania North Carolina and South Carolina and also several Cit ies in Ontario. Don Finley Public affairs officer for the . Geological Survey in washing Ion said there were reports of Telephone outages in Clark Edgar and Coles coun ties in Linoir. He said it was the Strong est earthquake in that area since a magnitude 5.3 tremor near Norris cily 1il, on nov. 9,1968. About 700 Miles from the quake s Cen Ter in Columbia s.c., a 12-Slory apart ment building near the statehouse was evacuated briefly after residents Felt the building swaying said Joann Hatchell manager of Claire Tower. At the Prairie Island nuclear Power Plant near red Wing minn., the quake triggered seismic alarms but no damage was immediately detected a Utility com Pany spokesman said. The Richler scale is a measure of ground motion As recorded on seismographs. An earthquake of 4 on the scale can cause moderate damage 5 consider Able damage 6 severe damage on july 27,1980, a very rare quake registering  on the Richler scale Bil Northern Kentucky and was Felt for 300 Miles in All directions shaking people in 14 states and Southern Canada. No deaths or injuries were reported from that tremor which was entered about 30 Miles Northeast of Lexington and lasted is to 45 seconds. Hundreds of buildings mostly in the Ohio River town of Mays due ky., sustained damage ranging from shattered windows and toppled chimneys to cracked foundations