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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Paris air space show Dazzles crowds Page 3 d who controls the National guard Page 5 d Spinks stops Cooney in 5th round sports Page 21 the Sims and stripes authorized unofficial pub Uca vol. 46, no. 61 wednesday june 17, 1987 armed lancet 8693 a . Must protect Oil tankers Reagan says or soviets Washington.  Reagan trying to per Sudac Lux con Gress that american warships i text Oil tankers in the persian warned monday night that if we dont do the Job the soviets  our role in the Gulf is vital. It is to protect our interests and to help our friends in the Region protect theirs he said in a nationally broadcast address from the Oval office. Our immediate task in the Gulf is Clear and should not be  Reagan also said Allied support has cleared the Way for a major arms reduction agreement with the soviets on Short and medium Range missiles in Europe. The next step he said could be a 50 percent Cut in the superpowers strategic forces. On the Domestic front Reagan chastised Congress for failing to come in with a deficit reduction plan and Ca anew for a constitutional Amend Arft re Quiring a balanced budget Ander filiation permitting him to veto sae ofic items in appropriations Bills. Reagan report of to the nation on last week s Sivc Rumion economic Summit i Venice  that produced reaffirm mat Qai of economic agreements but no initiatives. Summit partners gave president diplomatic support but no military muscle for his policy in the Gulf and complained about Ameri communists be ground Italy Yuting Mestl the Ime up a suffered Christia both action of i Subt. We Tui Day in Leader ment in i hoi political main f minister there is things Are s before the a with 77, places Rej said the 33.8 per chamber House of Nils 2 its 14 in comm f setback while Nora Standle gains tues fans that left ther s next govern in Sov f de Rhame percent percent. Last nation be Christian e dominated ice world War historic Low of 32 communists took get out of the m in which we re socialist Primero Praxi said Ling that suggests Iler than they were  if 84,557 polling election officials democrats won e vote for the ies the lower the comm a the social sections in Morats Jian poli dropped cent. .9 per and the socialists three smaller parties that see Italy on Page 28 president Reagan reads from Bis notes after a nationally televised speech monday. Ca s huge Bud. Aring and Reading re nothing was really a com at the Summit and the United states in particular came Home empty handed Reagan said. However he said the truth was that it achieved every thing we had hoped to  members of Congress including some republicans have complained that the administration is embarking on a risky course in agreeing to protect tankers owned by the tiny Gulf nation of Kuwait by planning to place them under Ameri can flags and captains and providing escorts by . Navy warships. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Senate armed services committee said Reagan is a master at delivering these speeches and he gave his usual performance. Reagan s remarks on the Gulf held nothing new Nunn said. What we re really trying to do is find a Way to tilt towards Iraq and we re Baric ally describing it As a Freedom of Nav in i problem Nunn said. Critics think he should have gotten a Obj Job to Nunt from Western Europe allies ti9jju d far More on Gulf Oil than the  help protect the kuwaitis. Noting the controversy Over Trie re Flag Ging of ii kuwaiti ships the president declared we will accept our responsibility for these vessels in the face of see Reagan on Page 28 female technicians May work on subs during sea trials Webb tells Navy by Norman Black a military writer Washington Navy Secretary James h. Webb ordered service official son monday to allow female technicians aboard submarines for sea trials to test new equipment. The action came in the Case of Pamel la m. Doviak Culli a civilian engineering technician at the Portsmouth n.h., naval shipyard who had accused the Navy of sex discrimination. The Navy made Clear Webb s ruling would apply to any similarly situated woman. Webb decided that female civilian employees shall have full Opportunity to embark in naval vessels on non operational Short term sea trials on the same basis As male civilian employees the Navy said. This policy will reinforce the depart ment of the Navy s equal employment Opportunity objectives of full integration of women into the civilian work Force it added. Reached at Home monday evening Culli said she will be pleased if the Navy follows through on its statement but questions whether it will. "1 tend to be very guarded about any statement the Navy makes about whatsit s going to do she said. She said her Altitude is of let s see you do  the announcement was unexpected see subs on Page 28 w. German ship fired upon 3 injured tand wire reports Bonn  is Ryan sailors were injured monday Wal Supply ship was hit by gunfire Whir. Vessel was observing a Warsaw pact anti missile exercise in the Baltic sea a West German defense ministry spokesman said. The Neckar was struck by rapid fire Cannon directed at an incoming target missile German Navy cmdr. Self Monte told the stars and strip Monte said it was it rutnam which Warsaw pact Shioji snips fired on the German Vej Shmit he theorized they were either polish or East German. He said the Neckar was in International Waters when it was hit. Defense ministry spokesman capt. Hundt said the rounds were be been fired by a Warsaw pact  a drone that had been sent up As ill ship is not by Icv Al a news con pointing or human failure Hundt said. There is no reason to think it was done deliberately. We will use the usual Chan s to make Contact with the Warsaw pact nations and we will conduct Calm  Hundt said the 2,400-ton Neckar was observing the Warsaw pact exercise from a distance of several Miles and the pact ships were aware of its presence United press International ,1--n, my 4w we Eric slip _. Five  and the Warsaw pact regularly observe each other s sea Maneu vers and the surveillance ships observe mutually upon ground rules Hundt  armed and equipped with Clell Row touring and radio trans Mission equip Mustfa said. An incident  l happened before he saidt1%ljmi have been in the past a few close cant that see ship on Page 28  
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