European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday october 11,1987 Ira boats May have  arms Washington not the Small iranian boats hat american helicopters attacked in the persian Gulf or Nadav May have been equipped with american-madc3lm�rjinii-aircraft weapons the Pentagon said on Friday. Equipment rccov9m#h0ard the Small iranian Craft which we struck is  with the stinger system including material the Pentagon said. The stinger is a shoulder fired heat seeking miss 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 Are about the size of fishing Craft equipped with outboard angina were taken in Tow by . Navy ships. In the reported presence of sting Sci pent first revealed in a passing remark by do knit Secretary Cas Par w. Weinberger Friday Miff King raised fears that Iran May possess a Wead Ponat could be used to attack commercial aircraft time Gulf or elsewhere. The pcmagop4sid on thursday that it had fired on the Lra Niao m ats after at least one of them shot with machine fun at a patrolling american helicopter.  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. Iran said on Friday that it had hit an american helicopter during the confrontation using what an Ira Nian news Agency called an iranian stinger missile the a reported. The Pentagon denied the assertion  by Iran that it had attacked Prama cd american warship and that  Side had curing the  night. In that Allm  Friday by Pentagon officials the acc a mean helicopters flying together from a Toua puked by Ito cavy As an offshore  group of  that were a carefully tracked in the zone offs sufi Island inc Antral Gulf where Iran has a base. One of the helicopters was equipped for Rug searches but not carrying heavy armament. The on two helicopters were More heavily armed but not Aswell equipped for surveillance. The three helicopters acting As a team attacked the iranian vessels As soon As they opened fire officials said. Meanwhile a reported that iraqi warplanes hit another Tanker in the Gulf three iranian Oil centers and an air base saturday. A new .-Cscoticd Convoy of flagged kuwaiti tankers reportedly was preparing to enter the perilous waterway. A . Official said four wounded iranians rescued after the thursday night  american helicopters and Irania Najj Toals in the Northern Gulf would be in cd concerning possible Politi Cal any Lynumm Astaci condition , believed to be members of Iran s Sluti onary 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 blast diving int and an ammunition depot. Were a technical  parts of the City of 4 million reported being wed awake by what sounded like along Range missile w aging. But Iran which usually announces its Missi Cahm did not claim to have launched one. Fife meanwhile the . Navy  to Salvage the wreckage of a Marine corps Helicon Stebal crashed accidentally six Days ago killing one of  a said Dod from Page 1 analysis states an additional $5 billion Worth of cuts would have to be lifted to other Pentagon accounts. Since much of the Pentagon s weapons buying is spread out Over a number of years the operations and maintenance areas would have to be Cut hardest to save the necessary Money in fiscal 1988. That in turn would Force the army to reduce its operations and number of training exercises would Force a reduction of about 30 percent in steaming time for Navy ships and would sharply curtail flying time for air Force pilots Helm wrote. The spending cuts would also delay the procurement of f-18 and of is Jet fighters As Well As air Force my missiles at least one Large Navy ship and three dozen army tanks. Ammunition Pur chases would have to be Cut by $200 Mil lion and spare parts by $300 million the analysis said. The Senate s version of the Pentagon budget authorization for fiscal 1988 pro poses $302 billion for the Pentagon compared with $289 billion in the Mea sure voted by the democratic controlled House. The difference will have to be worked out in a conference committee. Both totals Are below the $312 billion originally sought by Reagan. According to Helm s analysis a Deci Sion to protect the personnel account for Active duty personnel could Force a cutoff up to 100,000 jobs out of the Penta gon s civilian work Force of roughly . Civilian employees Are paid from the department s operations an maintenance budget. Brothers Meef in Germany offer 20 years the Nebraska to Tildren s Home society in Omaha. Frontiere they were split into pairs when pc ble and adopted into separate Homes crowd the state. At first i did t want to no anything Todo with them said beam squad Leader in Btry a 1st but Gih Ai defense arty 1st Cav div fort Texas. My sister 26-year-old Jam wanted to find them but i did t then time went on the anger died. I grew up an 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 Bruner and his twin sister Kathy turned 21, the children shome wrote their adoptive parents explain ing that a brother and sister wanted to con tact them. I did t even know that i had brother Sand Sisters until my parents told me they wanted to get in touch with my sister anime Bruner said. I knew we were adopted but it real Shock to find out we had Broth Rand Sisters. It made me a Little angry upend outmost of us a jew up within i Ooopes of each other and did t know it Bruner was getting read Flo move to his new assignment in of Lomany last april when he Learned Abov hts family. He had three Days to visit yep his grandmother and his oldest brother and oldest sister. That was Jan a bigger Shock than see ing  said during the reunion thu by. Everything was thrown atme at Oil it was just me and my sister one Day Japthe next there were seven of  it said he Learned a lot Fromi 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. The May beat up on each other but when the going gets rough Brothers stick  Chance that we could be Brothers and build a Bond like that is Why i had to comedown Here to Sec  when Beaumont arrived in Germany for certain strike he knew his brother was stationed in the country but he did t know we arc. Three weeks later his wife pm fort Hood with Brunch , which started bj0mont s i Germany. Beaumont said the reunion easy As some might think. Meeting would be Casu Mcc had known each other  explained. A wife Rushing Iahlo the air plane to greeter husband a Jutnas been a pow for 20 years is a Rico pc think a reunion Olbrot Henner this Long should be. Re Brothers by birth and that s All Wein common right now. We re both i men really meeting for the first  takes time to get to know each other and build the Bond of  Cpl. Ouzel while to a Pototo journalism assigned to Row i Cav Day Public at Airt Ellice s4s by Ouzel Bomer left with his 11-month-old daughter Tiffine visits with Beaumont Jackson from Page 1 direction he  pledged a Strong military but promised to Cut the defense budget. He called for the wealthy and corporations to pay More in taxes and for an end to Busi Nesses exporting jobs overseas. The 46-year-old Baptist minister assumed the tosspot in most National polls on the 1988 race after front runner Gary Hart was forced out of the race i disgrace in May. Building on High name recognition and Strong sup port from Blacks Jackson had the backing of 23 per cent of the democrats in an Abc news Washington Post poll taken sept. 17-23. Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis was second with 13 percent. But the same polls that Tell of Jackson s strength also reveal his weaknesses in the eyes of the voters. The same Abc news Washington Post poll said 42percent 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 re publican Side drawing an identical negative response. Jackson has worked hard to make his 1988 Effort a fess ional disciplined bid for mainstream Suppo Tackson attended the University of Illinois on a foot Ball scholarship but transferred to North Carolina a University. He graduated from that Winston Salem Cam pus in 1963after taking part in the sit ins that triggered new tactic in the civil rights movement he went on to study at the Chicago theological Seminary but he quit to work for or. Martin Luther King at the Southern Christian leadership Confer ence. After King s death Jackson went to Chicago to Star operation push people United to serve humanity. He counselled students across the country to avoid drugs and stay in school. After a massive voter registration drive across the South in 1982 and 1983, he entered the 1984 demo cratic race