European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 nov a briefs the stars and stripes saturday september 26,1987 Bill extends spending authority extra 41 Days Washington a the Senate Friday approved a Bill extending current spending policy an extra 41 Days and averting an oct. 1 government shutdown threatened by the failure of Congress to pass any fiscal 1988 spending Bills. The measure passed 70-27 and sent to the president was approved by the House earlier in the week. It includes s3.5 million in Aid to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. The while House has announced that presi Dent Reagan will sign the Bill the measure temporarily authorizes agencies to spend while Congress and the president work out permanent appropriations. Programs would continue at fiscal 1987 Levels and under fiscal 1987 policies until nov. 10, with the exception of foreign Aid which Congress plans to reduce. Without spending authority agencies would have to close Down when fiscal 1988 begins oct. 1. 82nd airborne div troops scheduled for duty in Sinai Washington a about 650 soldiers from the 82nd airborne div at fort Bragg n.c., will arrive in the Sinai desert next month for peacekeeping duties the defense department said thursday. The 2nd in 325th inf will replace a battalion from the 7th let inf div at fort Ord Calif hat has been on station in in Sinai since last May. The North Carolina unit will begin deploying on oct. 2the Pentagon said. The Pentagon rotates battalions every sin months to fulfil a commitment to provide sol Diers for inc multinational Forte and observers. Officials holding suspect in 3 Blob org a6 fires Pitburg a Germany the air Force of fice of special investigations and the army Crimi Nal investigation come have a suspect in three fires set sept. 4, a base spokeswoman said Friday. The suspect whose name has not been released has confessed to setting one Blaze Tina Corcoran said. He has not Yel been charged with the crime. Firm were set on Pitburg a about t . At the dormitory occupied by Btry a 6th in s6lh Ai defense arty in a Post office trash can and in a dumpster. The dormitory suffered structural damage but the two other fires caused no damage. No one was injured in the dormitory fire a 15,000 Reward for information about the biases went unclaimed because military investigators found the suspect she said. Protesters join strikers during nuke arms test Mercury nov. A a nuclear weapons test rocked the desert and Shook buildings 105miles away in Las vegas As peace protesters joined striking workers who had vowed to shut Down the nation s testing  department officials said thursday s lest was successful because the radiation produced from the blast was contained in the ground. The lest was announced As having an explosive Force of up to 130,000 tons of int nearly 12 times the Force of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima some so Union pickets and a handful of anti nuclear protesters who gathered on a Road near the site s main Gale site were unable to feel the blast 4 5 air Miles away. Navy will sink Iran ship caught planting mines Manama Bahrain a the . Navy will sink the iranian ship it caught planting minus in the persian Gulf defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said Friday after arriving for a five Day visit of the Region. Iranian president a Khamenei meanwhile said the . Attack would increase iranians rigor toward the United  Iraq said its War plans raided a ship off Iran and charged that iranian artillery shelled the iraqi City of Basra for a second Day killing seven civilians and damaging a Hospital. Weinberger was interviewed aboard the Navy Frig ate Hawes where he flew by helicopter hours after arriving. He said the Iran Ajr which the Navy attacked and disabled on monday would be destroyed in the most effective Way  naval sources on the amphibious assault ship Guadalcanal told a reporter that the Iran Ajr under Tow by the guided missile frigate Jarry it had been wired with explosives and would sunk before Dawn saturday. Five iranians were killed and 26 others taken . Custody after the attack. The survivors Are to be resumed to Iran on saturday . Officials said. Weinberger said several mines were found in the area which is in International Waters. He said the United states would destroy any More such vessels it discovers. He did t say How or when the Iran Ajr would be destroyed. Iran has denied inc ship was laying mines. The official iraqi news Agency also monitored in Cyprus said iraqi Jet fighters hit a Large maritime target military parlance for a ship. The report did not name the vessel or give a precise location Tor the attack in tie persian Gulf. Marine executives in the Region had no immediate Confirma Tion of the raid. Arc from Page 1 Able to More speedily Complete the project j less Cost and minimum inconvenience to arc guests con nors said the project is the Only major renovation at Chi Emsee since it opened in 1937. The recreation Center s Board of governors met sept. 9 to discuss proposals on the future of the Chiese recreation area so Miles Southeast of Munich. The Board considered several proposals for the Chi Emsee project ranging from closing the area entirely for about two years to using a phased construction schedule. Turning the resort area Back to the Ger Man government has never been a consideration despite persistent rumours to that effect. Connors said. The hotels Are being closed for a Facelift thai includes an indoor Pool a health and fitness Center with Sauna a tanning Salon conference renter and private Baths in rooms. The Chie Sec project is one part of a modernization program on he drawing boards for arc that includes building a 600-room hotel and conference Cen Ter in Garmisch and enlarging and modernizing the Gen. Walker and  hotels in Berchtesgaden. Veto from Page 1 Mittee. The democratic backed proposal is somewhat similar to the War Powers act the controversial 1973 Law which Reagan says does t apply to . Forces in the Gulf. The amendment would require a report from Rea Gan within 30 Days after the Law lakes effect justifying his policy of protecting 11 kuwaiti tankers with . Flags and american Navy convoys. Within 90 Days after that the relating and convoys would have to halt unless both the House and Senate voted in favor of their continued presence. No time has been set for a vote and republicans have threatened to filibuster the measure meaning any Deci Sion could be delayed for Days perhaps weeks. Fitzwater said Friday the United states has been making Progress in its quest to achieve a cease fire in the Iran Iraq War and nato allies have been provid ing naval cooperation in the Gulf. He said All of this has provided a deterrence to the iranian lawlessness. At n time when steadiness is required  " ran must be overjoyed Ai its the amendment s prospects for passage but our friendships around the world arc at stake the spokesman Laid the amendment was introduced after two Days of backstage negotiations failed to produce any Type of provision that could be supported by members of both parties and the White House. The Senate voted 91-4 late thursday in favor of measure proposed by sen. Jesse Helms , saying the United states is justified in sinking any iranian vessels that threaten . Warships. Reagan said we must continue steadily to pursue our established policy in the Gulf and added thai the Success of our policy will depend to a great Exiell on the consistency and care with which we carry it  women from Page 1 least one More hearing on the women s Issue at which time defense officials will be questioned. The Pentagon conceded last week that the Daco Watts inquiry in the Pacific resulted in the most serious allegation that the advisory panel had Ever came up with in the Field. That allegation involved charges that the commander of the Salvage ship safeguard mistreated Nav women on duty in the Pacific. The decision in the Case of u. Cmdr. Kenneth d. Harvey 40, followed a non judicial hearing Harvey was found at fault in 10 incidents that violated the uniform code of military Justice. He has been permanently relieved of his command for sexual harassment conduct unbecoming to an officer and other violations. In addition to the upcoming hearings the Daco wits report has resulted in the formation of a de sense department task Force to study the problems of military women. A similar panel was established by the Navy. Thatcher Kohl Lead demand for Wall s removal Berlin British prime min ister Margaret Thatcher. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and six other conservative or Christian democratic government Heads placed a Flower Wreath at the Berlin Wall Friday and called for the Wall s removal. This Wall must come Down in order that Freedom and human rights can pre Vail former norwegian prime minister Kaare Willoch said on behalf of the group which came to West Berlin for the third meeting of inc International demo cratic Union or the Idu. The Idu an association of Christian democratic and conservative parties that generally share the same principles u35 founded in 1983 to counterbalance the rival socialist International. Representatives of Idu fail listed political parties in 25 countries Convene their two Day meeting in the former Ger Man Reich Stag building with a Welcome from Kohl. The participants wildly applauded a speech in which Thatcher said the United Stales France and Britain must keep some of heir nuclear weapons in Europe As a deterrent against soviet chemical weapons and conventional Force superiority. In his welcoming speech. Kohl appealed for Western Solidarity with West Berlin an enclave surrounded by communist East Germany and Cut off from East Berlin by the anti refugee Wall the communists built in 1961. French Premier Jacques Chirac Turk ish prime minister Turgut Ozal and two other government chiefs later joined Kohl Thatcher and Willoch at a Cross erected in the Shadow of the Berlin Wall behind the Reich Stag. The Cross Marks the spot where fleeing East German political refugee Heinz Polokowski was gunned Down by communist guards in november 1965. The Idu issued a communique de manding that the Wall be ripped Down and that the interests of wot Berlin be considered in any East West accommodation