European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o reformer prevents War general says Page 2 d 6 airlines agree to revise schedules Page s o Iowa Tennessee open College season today Page 21 the St a a and Sra ipes author Idieo unofficial  to the . Akm co Ficci vol. 46, no. 13-1 sunday August 30, 1987 ,,.v- d 8693 a . Nearing pact on arms Reagan says los Angeles a president Reagan said saturday that the United Stales is close to an agreement with the soviet Union to eliminate intermediate ground launched nuclear missiles. Reagan in his weekly radio address said that when he became president he sought cuts in nuclear weapons and i suggested that in one area ground launched intermediate weapons we Sim ply eliminate them. Today we Are close to an agreement with the soviets to do just that he said. The president also called upon the so Viet Union to take Steps to ease world tensions including allowing free elections in Eastern european countries if the world is to know True peace the soviets roust give up these Imperial adventures Reagan said. They can gel out of Afghanistan they can tear Down the Berlin Wall they can allow free elections in Eastern Europe and since this month Marks the seventh anniversary of the forming of the free polish labor Union. Solidarity As Well As the 19th anniversary of the 1968 soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia it s a particularly Good Lime for the soviets to repudiate Force As a Means of preventing liberalization in Eastern Europe. And along the same lines they can Stop helping the sandinista regime in Nicaragua subvert its neighbors. The so Viets can also open their defense establishment to world scrutiny. They can publish a valid and comprehensive de sense budget and reveal the size and composition of their armed forces. They can let their parliament the supreme so Viet debate major new military pro Grams. Here at Home we must remember the lesson of the last 40 years if the world is to know True peace and if free Dom is to prevail America must remain Strong and  sen. Carl Levin d-mich., in respond ing to Reagan s weekly radio address praised the president for his efforts to secure a treaty on intermediate Range missiles. He called a possible inf inter mediate Range nuclear Force agreement an important step toward freeing the world from the threat of nuclear War. However Levin cautioned thai the step is a Small one. Keep in mind that the superpowers together have Over 50,000 nuclear War Heads. The inf agreement would eliminate Only about 4 percent of that total. And not one of the warheads to be destroyed under that agreement is targeted on the United Stales he said. In fact we deploy More new Long Range nuclear warheads every three months than we would be dismantling under the in come Diate Range agreement now under consideration. The Bottom line is this with or with out an inf agreement the superpower nuclear arms race will continue unless we can follow an inf Success with a strategic arms control treaty Levin said. Benigno Aquino ii at a saturday mass for bodyguards slain by mutineers. Philippine military continues mop up Manila Philippines a the military rounded up the last of a rebel Force at armed forces Headquarters sat urday but the rebel chief and hundreds of armed mutineers remained at Large after failing to overthrow president co Razon Aquino. Aquino demanded the arrest of every one who joined the gravest alack Cyl against her 18-month-old administration. Police set up roadblocks and stopped vehicles from entering or leaving Manila trying to catch those who escaped. It is not a question of  Aquino said. It was not Only done against me but against the ensure country. You saw How Many innocent civilians were  . Troops Al Clark a near Manila see philippine on Page 28 Pentagon working on plans to support . Forces in Gulf Washington a the Pentagon is planning Long term support for Navy forces in the persian Gult following the rapid buildup thai has put More than 20  warship there and in the nearby arabian sea. Officials said Friday that the joint chiefs of staff hat asked the Navy to explore the possibility of establishing floating Supply stations for mine sweeping operations in the Gulf. The officials who asked not to be identified said the request was part of a logistics planning Effort focus ing on Long term support for american forces in the the Reagan administration has said it intends to held protect kuwaiti Oil tankers plying the waterway As Longan there is a threat of attack by Iran. Kuwait is a key ally of Iraq which is engaged in a 7-year-old War figures obtained from the Pentagon on Friday give an indication of the size of the . Commitment showing that More than 10,000 .  receive imminent danger pay bonuses for serv ice there. ,. In june before he Reagan administration s Deci Sion to escort the kuwaiti tankers Only 160 american service members around the world were receiving the j110-a-month payments and they were spread among five different  to the sources the joint chiefs want to determine if barges could be leased and anchored in the Gulf to store food fuel and other equipment needed by mine sweeping boats operating in the Gulf. The Navy used such floating base Camps in a Vars during the Vietnam War. An amphibious cargo ship sailed into the Gulf earlier Tail week bearing two Small mine sweeping boats. An amphibious transport Dock is near the guff with four mine sweeping boats aboard. The two ships Are part of the 12-ship Middle East task Force operating in the Gulf itself. The 10-ship Battle group is deployed nearby in the arabian sea. In addition the Pentagon has ordered six Large mine sweeping ships to sail for the Gulf. The Guadalcanal an amphibious assault ship Al ready is operating in Ilie waterway with fight mine sweeping copters. The sources said that.  the Long term. The joint chiefs would like to find some Way 10 support the sea Gulf on Page 28 Reagan orders 2% pay hike for Federal workers los Angeles a president Reagan ordered a 2 percent pay increase effective Jan. 1 for Federal White Collar civilian employees on saturday saying it Falls far Short of Matching comparable pay Scales in private employment but economic conditions warrant it. Federal Law requires the president to make a decision each Jear on what if any adjustment should be provided for Federal employees under the general schedule and related pay Iytol fat. Reagan said his pay advisers had told him an increase in pay rates averaging 25.74 percent would raise Federal pay Rales to comparability with private sector Rale. He said he wus ordering the Nodi lower in crease under part of the Law Permuting Inch Alciun in fa".1 of Nanonie emergency or Tco nomic conditions affecting llu1 general