European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 j the stars and stripes Toafe chief Calls of family oriented from Page 1 kind of manage things we Don t have that mfg Gorac knowledge memory and roots  he mid so that task  been kind of relegated to  sharing headlines with family issues Are current discussions Between the United Stales and the soviet Union on intermediate Range nuclear weapons from Europe. That Prospect increases the importance of the conventional forces of nato allies. It Means that we All must be sooner conventionally Mccaus Jtj in Mari have All of the in theater  we have had  Back on Kirk said. Thatje Romean that Wedon t have maj of capability in theater. Still Able to respond Loany but a nuclear attack. But in does mean thai in a convention if is Bri is Nal role we need to work belter. We Nee better equipment. We. Need to i be Lieve rethink the conventional parts four War fighting capability and we re in the process of doing that. If thrust into a conventional War now Cirk believes nato would do very Well if you look an Bers he Sac " whelming sur bars one Coul it  of Days _. To escalate to nuclear Wear our  the recent events in he persian Gulf and the threat of further retaliations by Iran have had an effect on Safe s operations Kirk also said. Yes on a Day to Day routine basis reassess the situation from across the Board he said. And needless to say when the . Navy attacked those two Oil producing platforms and the Anatol Ian Ruhollah Khomeini then made whole Bunch of threats of course we re Spond to that. We work very closely wit nation police in allo hid where a so ii  Are Sta i l know what he has Avail Flo him Otherl Han increased terrorist  but Kirk supports . Policy in the Gulf Region. Illah is a very sick Man he so Reg a our said. When he docs there win my fun. Is it in Thebes interest Oft to move into the soviet answer is obviously  world issues aside Kirk has been impressed with the Quality of life improvements he s seen since his last assignment with Safe Headquarters from 1982 to 1985. He also gave High Marks to the people charged with carry ing out Safe s Mission. The  about our he hid. You can feel it. The patriotism. The wave of rebirth of patriotism in our Young people today is  but Kirk acknowledged there arc problems. Our challenges Are going to be Lokeel those people programs Quality of life efforts going on a reduced budget he said. Kirk wants his legacy As Safe com Mander to be one of improvements in operations and Quality of life. I want them to be Able to say that our Ting Cap Billy has improved. We More in an integrated to allies i would really like  As a Guy who improved  Quality of life. I think i can do  perfect but it can be belter a Flatt i leave than it was when 1 got  prov regains Lead in wed chess meet Seville up wrap Chalk Fliflet Anatol Karpov regained to Gilead in Ujj world Chest championship on  Kasparov hounded by time  on the 38th move of the fifth Gap the score stun at 3-2 for btv36-year old challenger Jar Tanosi the title in 19b1mc Kasparov Nown the Winner of the 24-Gbfflkmatch will Jinie first of the two soviet players . In the event of a tie Kasparov Gin his title. Gorbachev won t set Date for Summit with Reagan Brussels Belgium a Mikhail s. Gorbachev could not get the United Stales to limit Star wars development and refused Friday Coset a Date for a Summit with president Reagan to sign a ban on medium Range nuclear  puzzled Secretary of state George p. Shultz brought his report on the collapsed Summit Hopes lowest european foreign ministers Fri Day. I Don t know what the problems  Hel old reporters on his Light from Moscow. They must be significant.1 he said planning for a Summit suddenly fell apart when Gorbachev asked him whether Washington Summit meeting with Reagan would produce some sort of agreement in principle on reducing strategic nuclear weapons and curbing Reagan s strategic defense initiative program Tor a space based defense system. Iran from Page 1 next Day and on thursday Kuwait s offshore loading terminal for supertanker. On monday in retaliation for the sea Isle City at tack four . Warships including the Kidd attacked and destroyed two iranian Oil platforms in the  said the Blaze spread from the stricken Prosper venture l s engine room to some of the vessel Stanks. Ii was not known if the Tanker was carrying Oil the Salvage executives said the strike apparently was in retaliation for an iraqi attack on an iranian Tanker which Tehran announced earlier in the week the .-made Hawks being installed in Kuwait Are anti aircraft weapons but a military expert in Londo told the associated press they should be effective against the slow moving silkworm missiles which Iran fires from occupied iraqi territory about so Miles away. Both missile systems Are nearly 30 years  soldiers on Fay Lakah Island where the Hawks arc being installed tried unsuccessfully to shoot Down the silkworm fired at the sea Hie City. Fay Lakah is directly in the path of missiles fired from iranian occupied Faw Peninsula in Southern Iraq. The official of the state owned Kuwait Oil Tanker co. Said thursday s Iran Ian attack did Only slight dam age to the offshore sea Island loading  company owns the 11 kuwaiti tankers that have been Given . Registration and Navy Protection inthe Gulf. Other sources said sea Island which is nine Miles off Kuwait s main Ai Ahmadi terminal would not be in full operation for some Lime but the effect on Oil exports would be limited. Kuwait is Between Iraq and saudi Arabia at the head of the Gulf. Iran has made regular attacks since last year on ships owned Fay or serving the Sheik Dom which it accuses of aiding Iraq in the War. Iran recently began firing missiles at  a Sfanjani speaker of Iran s parliament said the missile was fired at sea Island three Days after .warships destroyed two of Iran s offshore Oil rigs with artillery lire because America does not possess Oil plat forms in the persian Gulf with american  he hinted that if the . Navy refrained from hit Ting iranian targets Iran would reciprocate. We truly do not desire War. We truly will not Lake the first step he said. Although he said we have not admitted that behave hit anyone and called the missile strikes divine shots a Sfanjani added that Iran has very Many of such divine shots in its armory. A Wei Turc Diplomat and an informed Kuwait source said some Hawks already had been placed on Fay Lakah. The executive said deployment of additional weapons began thursday defense ministry officials made no announcement but the informant said that would be done later. Friday is the moslem Sabbath and government offices were closed Sailor Dies after collapsing during it testing with unit Simonella Sicily is a Navy Petty office died wednesday morning following his unit s physical fitness  electrician . Mark l Robert 29, died about 11 . At the base Hospital a Navy spokes Man in Simonella said Friday. Robert was a leading Petty officer for the Public works unit at naval air station i in Simonella. The Providence r.i., native entered the Navy i september 1976. He is survived by his wife Gemma and a son  autopsy is being performed by . Doctors the spokesman said. Probe from Page 1 the crash occurred 150 mites out in the Atlantic the a reported the Raf said no distress Call from the Pilot was received no emergency signal tokcum�otbm4iuun�j Bee detected from the Pilot. Beacon attached to his clothing. In emergencies such beacons periodically trans Mil a radio signal to guide rescuers to the wearer. What happened to the Pilot is  the Royal air Force saidj0raay. We can Only assume Meglem occurred and he was Fommo eject leaving the plane Conti Njal of Fly out Over the  the