European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 29, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Nimitz moving into Washington port in position to counter soviets Pacific Fleet Seattle up with the arrival of the nuclear powered aircraft Carrier Nimitz in the puget sound this week the Navy will take a giant step toward Mak ing Washington stale s Inland Waters Home to a Force geared to counter any threat from the soviet Union s North Pacific Fleet the 12-year-old Simiu the Lead ship of the Navy s newest class of aircraft carriers and one of the largest and most powerful warship Ever built will begin a temporary stay at the puget sound naval shipyard in Bremerton thursday. The Navy plans to bean construction later bit manner of a new Home port Sis Cost Between $220 Nutton and m40 million just North of Seattle in the Enron Harbor Whir the government wants to base the in it Rozand 12 other warship. The earliest possible Somp Lelion Date for the Home port ii 590, said . Joe March the Navy s Public affairs officer in Seattle. That s if we Start dredging this summer As we  there has been considerable opposition to the borne port but it is being ground Down by the Promise of an enor Mous economic Boon to the area. The Navy already has a firm foothold in the puget sound area and Western Washington Economy has Long been de pendent on government Money indirectly at least that passes through the Boeing air plane company. The shipyard in Bremerton and the Nayal air station at Whitbey Island Are mainstays in the area while in recent years the nuclear powered Trident sub marines have moved their Home base from the East coast to Bangor North West of Bremerton. The move of the 1,092-foot Nimitz and ill support vessels from Newport news a. Is strategic in that it reflects he Navy s concern Over the soviet Union s sea Power in the North Pacific. One thing we Haven t had in the Pacific Northwest is a Large surface Force March said. We have had no Battle group Able to respond quickly in prob lems in he North Pacific. This will allow us to get to the Northern seas two Days faster than before. The soviet activity in Northern Waters continues to increase. The russians have 600 ships in their North Pacific Fleet which is More ships than we will have in our entire Navy by the end of 1his decade March said. Moving the Nimitz and other warships to the area will increase the 400,000 population of Snohomish county by 100,000 people including 7,500 naval ,700 dependents by 19s5. The rest of lie increase win come from people moving to the area for jobs the base will create both directly and indirectly. The Home port s proponents Point to a study by the Snohomish county eco nomic development Council which predicted the creation of 18,400 new Job Sand an increase of the statewide payroll by $36 5 million. But critics such As Mark Hauser of Ever Ett and rep. Mike Lowry d-wash., say the negatives outweigh the positives i became convinced the costs would outweigh my potential benefits Sai Hauser 43, a former legislative aide o rep. Lloyd midds a wish. There Are too Many negatives like he environmental costs social costs the sleaze joints that would come into Ever Ett he kids crammed Elbow to Elbow in schools said Hauser who has lobbied against the project for three years. Environmentalists also claim the project will do More harm than Good. The authorization of 151,9 million by Congress for construction roads and land acquisition hinge on the issuance of a dredging and dumping permit by the army corps of engineers. The corps announced March in its intentions of issuing the permit which would allow the dredging of 928,000 cubic Yards of chemically contaminated sediment to be dumped into 400 feel of water about iwo Miles away in port Gardner Bay. Officials of the . Fish and wildlife service and the National Marine Fisher ies immediately objected and the two agencies and the corps of engineers Are now discussing the situation Al a regional  agencies and environmentalists also Are afraid the dumping will wipe out a Large segment of a major Dungeness crab Breeding ground in the Bay fear thai caused Ine Navy to move the dump site into deeper Waters. . Warns overseas travellers of harsh penalties for drugs Washington a the state department is warning americans travelling abroad this summer that they Are subject to arrest in Many countries if they arc caught carrying even minuscule amounts of drugs a drug conviction in Turkey Egypt Malaysia or Thailand could Lead to a life sentence or perhaps the doth penalty the department said. To Laid that More than one third of the 2,827 Ameri can arrested abroad last year were charged with drug violations Many for Possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana or  five countries accounted for 70 percent of the drug related arrests Mexico Jamaica the Bahamas inc dominican Republic and West Germany. The state department noted that Many americans mistakenly believe the . Government can get them out of jail in such instances. It also cautioned that in saudi Arabia people Are subject to arrest for Possession of alcohol amphetamines barbiturates codeine and Many other drugs at substances that Are considered Legal elsewhere. If a traveler must take medication containing a habit forming or narcotic drug be should carrying certificate attesting to its purpose. Eastern Jet forced into 5-m/e dive Miami a an Eastern airlines Jet had to div five mites when it lost Cabin pressure just three hours after six people were slightly injured when a Delta air lines plane hit turbulence authorities said. An Eastis dc-10, 20 minutes out of Miami inter National Airport on a flight from los Angeles suddenly lost pressure Al 37,000 feet Friday night releasing oxygen masks for passengers. The Pilot had to put the plane into a five mile dive to reach a breathable level of the atmosphere. Eastern bight 23 with 11 Crew members and 198 passengers landed safely however said company spokesman Robin male. One passenger fainted and Nels of time in the stars and stripes 40 Yean ago today. June 29, 1947 Russia and the Western Powers apparently split Over the Issue of american Aid to Europe As British French and soviet foreign ministers concluded their Paris talks. 30 years ago today. June 29, 1957 the Federal civil defense administration informed the while House that 68 people were dead and 200 to 300 missing in the Cameron area of Louisiana which was battered by Hurricane Audrey s winds and Waves. 20 years ago  29,1967 new Orleans District Ali Omey Jim Garrison told Mike Wallace in a lbs interview that the real assassins of president Kennedy set Lee Harvey Oswald up As a Decoy hoping Dallas police would shoot him Down. To years ago today. June 29, 1977 Wilh Only two dissenting Vyles the supreme court ruled that the government need not give former president Nixon his while House tape record Ings and papers. The court upheld a 1974 Law that gave the government temporary control Over n nun s materials. Another complained of an eardrum injury but neither was hospitalized he said the cause of the depressurization remained under investigation saturday he said. Delta s flight 877 from Atlanta carrying 239 Pas sengers hit rough air North of its destination of fort Lauderdale on Friday evening. Two passengers three flight attendants and an off duty Deila employee wire shaken up with the mos serious injury a sprained necks id a spokesman for the Broward county sheriff s department. Ambulances met the Boeing 767 at Hollywood fort Lauder Dale International Airport but most were not needed. A Way about him Broadway producer director George Abbott holds a new York City Street sign last week after Wei 45lh Street was a Ltd George Abbott Way an Bis 100th birthday. Abbott s credits include a tree crows in Brooklyn Dunn Yankees and pal  he shared the pulitzer prize in i960 f