European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 28, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 military roundup1 legislators urge Reagan to upgrade status of a Washington is thirty lawmakers have written president Reagan asking him to support legislation to upgrade the veterans administration from an Agency to a Cabinet level department. The legislation enjoys Broad bipartisan sup port in both the House and Senate. Giving the a such slits would provide bet Ter represent tinn to the 27.7 million veterans and their is million survivors and family Mem Ber according to the bill1 sponsors. Our veterans have earned the right to be heard at the highest level of the government the Teller to Reagan slated. We re not talking about expansion or big spending. We re simply talking about giving veterans greater Access to the decision making process that greatly affects them and their  the lawmakers noted that the a is larger than two thirds of the current Cabinet Deport ment. The annual a budget exceeds 127 Bil lion and the Glency rank second Only to the department of defense in size with More than 244,000 employees the letter stated. 2nd army div soldiers earn top honors at March Zeven Germany soldiers from the 2nd army div fwd received top Honor lit the International marches that ended thursday. About 40 military teams entered the four evening com petition thai required teams to March a 9-mile course. Mortar pit of 2nd in 66lh army rest 2nd army div fwd finished first in the foreign military category. In second place was the Marine Ortung Schule a German Navy unit from Bretner Haven third place went to the 498lh support in 2nd army div fwd from Gar Stedl. Nearly 1,000 military members from the Netherlands Germany and the United state participated in the Competition. Nearly 1,000 civilian participants competed in other categories. Battleship to sail for persian Gulf Washington a the battleship Missouri and three escort will sail from California in late july fat a persian Gulf but the giant warship win not be Mcd to con kuwaiti Oil tankers Pentagon officials Aid Friday. Rather the Missouri will stand As i second sentry in one two  along with the Carrier Constella Tion to respond against ban if that country attempt to fir ground to sea Mistala against ships under the in Flag the officials said. Besides its huge 16-Inch guns the Missouri will be prepared to use Tomahawk cruise missiles against Ira Nian targets the sources added. By the time the ship gets under Way Over the last weekend of july the Navy will have All the geographic and terrain data needed to program the Tomahawk s sophisticated guidance sys tem they added. The officials who requested anonymity also Dis closed that the Cruiser Fox had been ordered to escort the destroyer tender Acadia through lie Strait of Hor Muz and into the arabian sea. The tender sailed to Bahrain under the Fox s escort june i to help repair the Stark the guided missile frigate attacked by an iraqi warplane on May 17, the Acadia has completed the temporary repair work and was expected to be ready to leave the Gulf on Friday the sources said. The officials said the Missouri two cruisers and a guided missile destroyer would leave from California ports july 25 or 26, bound for the Northern arabian sea. One of the cruisers will be an Aegis class ship considered the most advanced air defense vessel in the world the sources added. Qadhafi hit men murder dissident libyan in Rome Rome Dpi anti terrorist police saturday identified a libyan assassinated in Rome by libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi s i men As the head of the Cairo office of an anti Qadhafi group. The investigators said he was Yussef Herb High. 40, head of the Cairo office of the National front for the salvation of Libya an anti Qadhafi group headed by Mohammed Yussef Al Mig Arief one time libyan ambassador to India. The police announcement confirmed a Telephone Call made to the italian news Agency Ansa in Cair that identified the assassination victim As Herb High. Two libyan gunmen who Lake told police they were members at the libyan revolutionary committee the Bate Structure of Qadhafi s regime shot and listed Herb High on a Rome Street at 12 50 . Friday at the Start of the Tunch time Rush hour. The killers fled the scene an toot but were grabbed by b Young policeman on his Way Home from duty in. ,.li i .1im  the ind anti members Anu aaa come 10 in hic we us us Udog but refused to disclose further information. Herb High was carrying an algerian passport in a false name at the Lime he was killed with five pistol shots in the Back and two in the head. But after the capture of the two libyan hit men police said they were convinced the victim was also a libyan. Press reports said the gunmen chose a bad time and Pla