European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday october 11,1987 Iran boats May have  arms Washington not the Small iranian boats thai american helicopters attacked in the persian Gulf thursday May have been equipped with american made stinger Ami aircraft weapons the Pentagon said on Friday. Equipment recovered aboard the Small iranian Craft which we struck is believed to be associated with the stinger system including batteries and packing material the Pentagon said. The stinger is a shoulder fired heat seeking missile that is one of the world s most advanced weapons for shooting at helicopters and aircraft. No missiles were found aboard the three Small boats. The three vessels initially were thought to have been sunk but two were found Drifting and disabled after the fight in the Gulf on thursday night the Penta gon said on Friday. It said the boats which arc about the size of Small fishing Craft equipped with outboard engines were taken in Low by . Navy ships. The reported presence of stinger equipment first revealed in a passing remark by defense Secretary Cas Par w. Weinberger Friday morning raised fears that Iran May possess a weapon that could be used to attack commercial aircraft in the Gulf or elsewhere. The Pentagon said on thursday that it had fired on the iranian boats after at least one of them shot with machine guns at a patrolling american helicopter. It said that at least six iranians were taken from the water and that two of them had died. In a separate incident an american helicopter reported gunfire from iranian forces on an Oil Rig in the Gulf. In another development president Reagan formally notified Congress saturday of the incident two Days before in which the helicopters fired on the iranian speedboats but he reiterated that he believes the War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional up reported. In an interview with Cable news network Reagan said he welcomes a court Challenge of the never invoked 1973 Resolution that requires congressional approval of military actions within 60 Days of an incident during a period of actual or imminent  in a pro forma letter to Congress complying with the first and noncontroversial part of the act Reagan recounted the military action announced thursday by the Pentagon. There has been no further hostile action by Irani an forces and we regard this matter As closed up quoted the president As saying. Meanwhile a reported that iraqi warplanes hit another Tanker in the Gulf three iranian Oil centers and an air base saturday. A new .-cscorted Convoy of a flagged kuwaiti tankers reportedly was preparing to enter the perilous waterway. A . Official said four wounded iranians rescued after the thursday night shootout Between american helicopters and iranian patrol boats in the Northern Gulf would be interviewed concerning possible Politi Cal Asylum As soon As their condition permits. The four iranians believed to be members of Iran s revolutionary guards were hospitalized aboard the amphibious transport docks ship Raleigh. At least two underwent surgery on Board for wounds suffered in the attack. Two others died after being rescued the Pentagon said. Iraq claimed All its aircraft returned safely from saturday s missions. A also quoted Baghdad s official news Agency As saying that a loud explosion that rocked the iraqi Capi Tal two hours after Midnight was caused by an exploding ammunition dump. The news Agency monitored in Cyprus quoted an iraqi Interior ministry spokesman As saying the blasts involving int and an ammunition depot. Were the result of technical  residents in several parts of the City of 4 million reported being jolted awake by what sounded like a Long Range missile exploding. But Iran which usually announces is missile attacks did not claim to have launched one. Meanwhile the . Navy began efforts to Salvage the wreckage of a Marine corps helicopter that crashed accidentally six Days ago killing one of the four Crew a said cuts from Page 1 part of the budget for military personnel from the automatic cuts. Pentagon comptroller Robert w. Helm who prepared the analysis of the Impact of Gramm Rudman on defense spending said in an  that a decision 19 protect All military personnel would in essence Force an additional $5 billion in cuts on other defense budget accounts. And since much of the Pentagon weapons buying is spread out Over a number of years the operations and maintenance areas would Nave to be Cut hardest to save the necessary Money this fiscal year he said. If personnel funds were protected Helm wrote every non personnel account will be reduced by 10.5 percent below the fiscal year 1988 appropriated  that in turn would Force the army to reduce ils operations and number of training exercises Force a reduction of about 30 percent in steaming time for Navy ships and sharply curtail flying time for air Force pilots he wrote. If the personnel accounts were not protected however the services Wouldhave been faced with dismissing 275,000 of their 2.1 million Active duty person Nel according to he analysts. On Friday defense Secretary Caspar. Weinberger urged Reagan 10 Block cuts to the military personnel budget according to Pentagon officials. One of our greatest Success stories and one of our strongest commitments is to our people said one official. Wein Berger was t about to recommend any thing  he could have recommended Only partial Protection for personnel but he did t want to Send the wrong signal added another source. Brothers meet in Germany after 20 years from Page 1 the Nebraska children s Home society in Omaha. From there they were split into pairs when possible and adopted into separate Homes around the state. At first i did t want to have anything to do with them said Beaumont a Chaparral squad Leader in Btry a 1st in 68lh air defense arty 1st Cav div fort Hood Texas. My sister 26-year-old Jeannia wanted to find them but i did t. Then As time went on the anger died. I grew up and wanted to meet my real  Beaumont wrote the children s Home for information and was Able to Contact All of his Brothers and Sisters except for the two youngest. Last year when Brunch and his twin sister Kathy turned 21, the children s Home wrote their adoptive parents explain ing that a brother and sister wanted to con tact them. I did t even know that i had Brothers and Sisters until my parents told me they wanted to get in touch with my sister and me Brunch said. I knew we were adopted but it was a real Shock to find out we had Brothers and Sisters. It made me a Little angry to find out most of us grew up within 100 Miles of each Oiher and did t know it Brunch was getting ready to move to his new assignment in Germany last april when he Learned about his family. He had three Days to visit with his grandmother and his oldest brother and oldest sister. That was even a bigger Shock than see ing Keaton Bruner said during the reunion thursday. Everything was thrown at me at once. It was just me and my sister one Day and the next there were seven of  Beaumont said he teamed a lot from being reunited with his family. Seeing my two boys and the Bond be tween Brothers makes me realize what i missed As a child Beaumont said. They May beat up on each other but when the going gets rough Brothers stick together. The Chance that we could be Brothers and build a Bond like that is Why i had to come Down Here to see  when Beaumont arrived in Germany for certain strike he knew his brother was stationed in the country but he did t know where. Three weeks later his wife called from fort Hood with Bruner s unit and Apo number which started Beaumont s search in Germany. Beaumont said the reunion was not As easy As some might think. Meeting would be easy if we had known each other Beaumont slowly explained. A wife Rushing toward the air plane to Greet her husband who has been a pow for 20 years is How people think a reunion of Brothers after this Long should be. We re Brothers by birth and that s All we have in common right now. We re both grown men really meeting for the first time. It takes time to get to know each other and build the Bond of  Cpl. Duvel White it  assigned to the i is Cav div pubic allans Olio  Bruner left with Bis 11 month old daughter Tiffanie visits with Beaumont saturday s College football air farce 23. Navy 13 com Guild 15. Wesleyan 7 holy Cross 62. Dartmouth 23 Perm m. Brown 17 Tulsa 24. Temple 17 Auburn 46. Vandertelt 15 e. Carolina 56. Cincinnati 28  Georgia tech 38. Indiana St. 0 Boston Conge 29. Army 24 to Lori 35, Wagner 28 northeastern 21. Main 17 Psi 35. Rutgers 21 appalachian is 24, Liberty 6 Tonnon 38. Virginia 21 e. Kentucky 29. Murray St. 21 Florida St. 61. S. Mississippi 10 Memphis is. 13. Alabama 10 s. Carolina 40. Virginia tech 10 vmi7. Citadel 3 Waka Forest 22.  14 Bowling Oren 28. Ohio u. 7 cant. Michigan 16.  6 Dayton 23. Depauw2l . 10 loot 31. Wisconsin 10 Miami Olio 17.  0 teus Christian 30. Rice 16 Oklahoma stale 42. Colorado 17 pursue 9. I Mois 6 Nebraska 54. Kansas 2 Furman 24.6. Tennessee St. 13 Princeton 38. Columbia 8 ban stale 24, Kent stale 23 Jackson from Page 1 direction be said. He pledged a Strong military but promised to Cut the defense budget. He called for the wealthy and Cormore in taxes and for an end to by Gale sex port ing jobs overseas. I the 46-year-old  assumed the top spot in most  on the 1988 race after  was forced out of the race in building on High name recognition and Strong sup port from Blacks Jackson bad the backing of 23 per cent of the democrats in an Abc news Washington Post poll taken sept. 17-23. . Michael Dukakis was secondyuj0mi but  s strength also Nesses in the eyes of the voters. He same Abc news Washington Post poll said 42 percent of the Public judges him unqualified to be president while 44 percent said he is qualified. That tied for the highest negative rating in the Survey with Only fellow preacher Pat Robertson on the Republican Side drawing an identical negative response. Jackson has worked hard to make his 1988 Effort a professional disciplined bid for mainstream support