European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d aids tests opposed for overseas civilians Page 2 d bridging is As easy As failing off Barge Page 9 d Upshaw says nil strike inevitable sports Page 21 the a frs and Jeff clues Utho Etleo unofficial publication Foi the 111. Aimed Fouce vol.46,no. 154 saturday september 19, 1987 a president Reagan Friday said the United slain and soviet Union have reached an agreement in principle to ban medium and Short Range nuclear missiles paving the Way for a superpower Summit interim year with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The treaty would be Reagan s first nuclear arms Accord with inc soviet Union and also the first to Ever ban an entire class of nuclear weapons. Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze called inc agreement a com Mon Success Tor Ait Mankind for All Civi Reagan said Secretary of state George Shultz and Shevardnadze will meet in Moscow Laie next month to work out final details of the treaty and set a pre Cise Date and an Agenda for a Summit in the United states. I m pleased to note that an agreement in principle was reached to conclude an inf intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty Reagan said in a nationally broadcast announcement from the while House. The pact would impose a worldwide ban on . And soviet missiles with ranges from 315 Miles to 3,125 mites. The soviets would scrap 462 rockets aimed at Western Europe and 221 targeted on China and Japan. On the . Side 332 ballistic and ground launched cruise missiles would be withdrawn from Britain Italy West Germany and Bel Gium. Some have assailed the administration for reducing the . Nuclear Force protecting the nato allies and pursuing a Deal with a nation that Reagan four years ago denounced As an evil asked Friday if he still held that View of the Kremlin Reagan said i Don t think it s Dill Lily White while Shutlz said .-Soviei relations had improved markedly Over the last three years. Reagan also rejected any suggestion sea Reagan on Page 28 servicewomen say harassment widespread by the Sun end stripes whether it s As Subtle As a Wink or As blatant As a Pat on the rear sexual harassment exists in All branches of the military according to service women questioned Friday by the stars and stripes. Yes i know from experience that there is sexual harassment said Felly officer 2.c Anita Peterson 29, who works in inc naval support activities Legal office in Naples Italy. Most often it s nothing Clear Cut. It s All in the Way somebody talks to somebody continuing sexual harassment of Navy and Marine women is the focus of an investigation by a special task Force announced thursday by defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger the task Force was created following serious allegations of mistreatment of female sailors and marines in the Pacific uncovered by the defense advisory committee on women in the services. Peterson said when she was a Seaman apprentice her executive officer called me into his office and told me that i could have a Nice place to live in with my rent paid if i would be Nice to him and entertain him once a week. But when i turned him Down he did t pursue the air Force photographer Anne Bryant said she has been sexually harassed in her Job. Most recently an air Force no asked her if she d like to go tool i just laughed it off the sap Mildenhall continued on Page 3 Hijack suspect robbed by feb flown to United stotes for trial Washington a american agents working overseas lured a suspected lebanese smite Hijacker into a boat arrested him and brought him Back to the United states in what . Officials described As a new phase in the Battle against terrorism. It s our intention to find terrorists and go after them wherever they Are a senior Justice department official said thursday in announcing the arrest of Fawaz Younis of Beirut. He is accused of masterminding the 1985 hijacking of a jordanian jetliner with four americans aboard. In an investigation code named operation Golden Rod Younis was spotted several weeks ago by . Intelligence agencies placed under surveillance and anally at an unspecified port on the Mediterranean sea lured aboard a Small boat piloted by Fri agents. Let s say we rented it the boat for awhile one senior Justice department official told reporter. After the boat motored into International Waters you Nis was arrested and transferred to the . Aircraft Carrier Saratoga in the Mediterranean near the Island of Corsica. He was flown to Andrews fab outside Washington. Responding to a question at the briefing the official said you bet when asked whether . Authorities arc actively trying to track other terrorists suspected of harm ing americans overseas with the intention of arresting them and bringing them Back to inc United Stales. When asked whether Vourtis might become part of a Swap involving . Hostages in Lebanon the official emphasized that the . Government s intention is to put Younis on trial in . Courts. Any terrorist attack on american nationals or american properly will be investigated and prosecuted whenever there is a basis to do so under . Law provided that they Are not effectively prosecuted and punished elsewhere attorney general Edwin me Csc see Fri on Page 28 artist i rendition of be bump shiite faint Yonnes Dur ing hta Irrol gement in Washington. Airman shot by soviets in e. Germany from Luff and wire report soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze apologized Friday for the shooting of an air Force no by soviet Saldien in East Germany but said both sides were at fault. The incident occurred at 3 15 . As the master sergeant and an air Force Captain were making a Liaison Mission tour about 10 mites Northeast of Nuerup pin East Germany according to . European come spokesman maj. Dennis Pinkham. The Captain was not injured. The master sergeant was treated at a West Berlin Hospital and released. A Pentagon spokesman identified the two As air Force capt. Bennett Mccutcheon of Scottsdale Ariz., and air Force master sgt. Charles l Barry of Tucson Ariz. Barry a 13-year Veteran who was driving the vehicle suffered a superficial wound from a Bullet fragment to his left Arm and is in Good condition the spokes Man said. Military officials had said at first that the injured Serviceman was a Soldier Bui clarified their statement later by identifying the Liaison Mission members As air Force personnel. Secretary of slate George Shutlz Ai a White House briefing on three Days of negotiations on arms control and other superpower issues called the shoaling unacceptable behaviour and a Penta gon official described it As sort of an ambush Simual the United states denied any wrong doing. Shevardnadze addressing a news con Ference at the soviet embassy in Washington said the airman was driving a car with other members of the . Military Mission very close in the facility to the area which is prohibited to members of foreign military they were taking pictures of soviet military aircraft and also were engaging iI near the approached she members of the Mission tried to flee. And therefore there was warning fire Small arms fire said the soviet foreign minister. The actions of both the , and la Sao soviets on Page 28
