European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes o free non prescription drugs on Pentagon in s hit list Page 3 o senators reject boric nomination 58-42 Page 4 d firm says soviets have anti satellite laser Sites Page 8 the Vaut Tui amid d unofficial publication Tot vol. 48. No. 190 sunday october 25, 1987 08693 a Iran gunboat attacks Tanker greek owned ship set afire in persian Gulf Manama. Bahrain apr an Irani an speedboat attacked and sol afire a panamanian flagged Linker Early sat urday in he Southern persian Gulf Gulf bated shipping sources said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Re bed stories pages 2 and 4. Marine Salvage executives who spoke on condition of anonymity said the 38,000-ton greek owned Prosper Ciure l was attacked about 2 50 . Off Dubai. In speedboat attacks the iranians usually ire rocket propelled grenades or machine gum. On Friday an Oil executive announced that Kuwait is building a de sense line of Hawk surface to air missiles in Hopes of destroying incoming iranian silkworms before they reach the Sheik Dom s coastal Oil terminals. One of Iran s top leaders indirectly acknowledged iranian responsibility for missile attacks on Kuwait and indicate they would Stop if Kuwait declared neutrality in the Iran Iraq War. A . Naval Convoy with a military chartered Tanker steamed North toward the Central Gulf Island of Bahrain. The Tanker was to take on fuel for the Fleet of us. Warships stationed outside the Gulf in stun was called a routine Supply Mission. The Convoy began its journey thurs Day night at about the same time the 12th Convoy of re flagged kuwaiti tankers passed out of the Tanker motor vessel Patriot was escorted by the . Frigates Ford Fiat icy and Rentz the amphibious assault ship Guadalcanal and the guided missile destroyer Kidd. Iran has hit three targets in Kuwait with the chinese built silkworms in just Over a week a .-owned Tanker flying the liberian Flag oct. Is the .-ftagged kuwaiti Tanker sea Isle City the see Iran on Page 28 Safe chief wants both sides heard on spouse harassment Jakylen Green is lantern Bureau Ramstein Abo Nany the Safe com Mander expects the panel hiking into military pres sure on spouses to hear arguments on both sides of the a pwt by do onto Gen. We Sun i Kirk Issue during its four base visit to get key and eng land. We can show examples All dam Raj of very Success Ful military members whose jokes have had a full time Job the whole time Wjk William a Kirk said Friday. We can come up with very senior colonels we ochre that they were denied the Opportunity to a nil and a unit because their wive were Kirk Safe s top Job in april also Heads naps Allied air forces Central Europe. He discuss sues facing the air Force in Europe in Anin Leaf with the stars and stripes at Safe had e spouse pressure Issue first came to Light in july r two officers wives at Grissom fab ind., com _ 1 that commanders had pressured them to quit their jibs to support their husband s careers. The air Force crated the panel visiting Europe in response tothe Pomplal Kirk said further until i said he thought Neur Force was family oriented. I have been in to position of placing senior Colo Nels in command Post Chris he said. I give you my View. If i let s say i m Al fam the military i m in the business world. I have to people equally has a wife the other Doc Kil have a wife. I am in the position offing the person who brings the most to the Job and being Able to Lake care of those those activities that relate to family life while new re in the air that does not mean the service expect people touring their spouses to the Job Kirk said. A the air Force like american society in general has Csc pm nity needs and organizations to meet the inc air Force does not a stable population base. And that increases the Impo Tance of family members. Because we Are transients and we Don t have the advantage of having people slay in a Community and see spouse on Page so uld be inappropriate to comment Nel finished us investigation but he officials probe Story ejection of Carrier Pilot by Dave dieh1 j British ave space officials of i know Why test Pilot ejected from his be harrier jct More than an hour before the Pla crashed into the Atlantic f i Hajj futo and Hill trek searching Ken failed on f Pilot who ejected Over Southwest i _ missing was the Scott and his or tack Jet the third Tinea for service i any Trace of a test b Jet fighter somewhere civilian test Pilot Terry is harrier ii ground at find and one of 62 pcs a air Force by 1990,a spokesman fori to Juk a British Aero Pap the plane Royal air Fife and Roy Allavy Rescue teams Friday search the plane s Iown flight path for the i Tolp Trace of the not or the wreck age was Inardi Atchly found but was assumed to have a Flen either in the Snarky populated Mendiz mils of Somerset or blew exmoor in North off on or in the Bristol Cha pc North of the son Flrsch and Devon coast Lav Friday night authorities anon Vinced the body at a Man believed to be the it of the to Jet was found in a Meadow to Wiltshire flow Stem England up de ministry said the body was wearing lying n and a Parachute but the identity the was not immediately known up the a reported saturday that the Del tin siry said the identity of the body had t been confirmed. It added that a decision lop the search for Scott had not been made. The harrier went Down about Soo Miles West of the Southwest lip of Ireland an Raf spokesman said correcting an earlier report that see probe on Page 28 five soviet generals killed in air crash Moscow 1-Fivejtcnerals who Rand positions of a soviet were killed in an air crash the ministry newspaper said Friday. The report in the newspaper red Star said the five generals and two flight offi cers died monday. It did not Saj or How the crash occurred., obituaries Forth atom rat officers technician Indi Prcraft Wasa helicopter. The newspaper carried obituaries on Gen. Vladimir p. Shutov most re chief of a main directorate headquartered in i _ Kirit n._ii�0imputy chief of com to Oflahe soviet armed forces. Red Star also listed obituaries on it. Gen. Yuri i. Riabinin who it said had served in responsible positions on the general staff Mai. Gen Erlen v. Porfi Rev chief of staff of the Southern group of the armies and maj. Gen. Vul r the general staff Oviet armed position with the Southern " crash occurred in the Southeast include the Border area Union and Afghanistan. A Western diplomatic source who spoke on condition of anonymity told he associated Preu that information he where the soviet Mili tary has been fighting rebels for nearly eight years. But he said he Southern army s Are of operations covers a wide area that Ert Compasio parts of Eastern Europe As Well. Asked How he knew Afghani _ was not involved the source who to various Western in Coli i can t ill
