European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes monday october 26.1987  Brief quake jolts residents of Southern California los Angeles a an earthquake Cen tired offshore rocked Southern California on saturday shaking up jittery residents who re ported reeling the tremor authorities said. The 4 s8 . Quake measured 4.3 on the Richcr scale and seismologists pinpointed the epicentre in the Pacific Ocean 40 Miles West of san Pedro said Clarence Allen of he California Institute of technology. The temblor was unrelated to the devastating 6.1 quaff concoct 1 Alon Fiihr . The quake apparently was Felt through a wide area ranging from the san Fernando Valley 15 Miles North or downtown los Angeles to the Northern san Diego county  of Carlsbad 90 Miles South of downtown. Jittery residents telephoned radio stations and police to report feeling the quake. Kirkpatrick won t enter s3 presidential race Washington a Jeune Kirkpatrick Farmer . Ambassador to the United nations said sunday she would not seek the Republican nomination for president in 19x8. In a statement released by her spokesman David Carmen Kirkpatrick said i be carefully considered this Issue and firmly decided for per Sonal and political reasons not to seek the re publican nomination. Naturally. I m grateful for the Confidence of Hose who urged me to become a  Carmen Saij Kirkpatrick made he decision after discussing it with advisers at her Home in Bethesda my. Kirkpatrick go won a starring role at the Republican National convention in 1984, even though she was a registered Democrat at the Lime. She led her . Position and its Cabinet level status in Early 19s5 after four Yean. She was the first woman to serve in that Post anti nuclear protests held at Sites in . By the associated pros hundreds of anti nuclear demonstrators Gath ered at nuclear weapons manufacturers and test ing Sites saturday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis. In Colorado. Rep. Patricia Sehron Cdr told about 600 anti nuclear protesters outside the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons Plant that the facility should be closed if the department of Energy does not clean it up. Smaller demonstrations were held in Cape canaveral Fla. Quonset Point . Valley forge a. And Mountain View Calif. There were 28 arrests. Topping off of tankers shifts to sea of Oman Kuwait a supertanker will be diverted to a shallow Dock to be partially filled then lopped off by other tankers in the sea of Oman while Crews repair an offshore terminal damaged by an iranian missile an Oil official said sunday. Meanwhile the kuwaiti press ii Cusco Iran of masterminding the bombing of a pan american world airways sales office in downtown Kuwait and one newspaper called for the expulsion of shiite moslem backed by Iran. In London the sunday times reported thai Egypt is providing military assistance to Kuwait in Exchange for a financial Aid package Worth up to $20 billion from persian Gulf Stales. Egypt s defense minister de Nied the report. The official of the state a cd Kuwait Oil Tanker co., who spoke on condition his name not be used said Large tankers those above 150,000 ions would be loaded at the North pier Dock at Al Ahmadi Kuwait s principal Oil port. He said they would Lake about 80 percent of their Toad depending on the size of the vessel then sail Down the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz and meet up Wilh other tankers to be lopped off near Khar Fak Kim in the United Arab emirates before sailing to their final destinations. The official said thursday s missile attack on the sea Island terminal the Only one capable of handling very Large supertanker damaged Hydraulic control pipes and gaskets on several pipelines. He said the damage to the terminal was still being assessed but it would be unusable for some time. The official and other Oil Industry sources stressed they did not expect the attack would have any effect on the level of Kuwait s Oil exports the silkworm attack on the sea Island terminal was the third iranian missile strike on kuwaiti Oil installations in eight Days. On saturday what officials called an explosive de vice wreck ctr a travel Agency hut handles pan am s sales in Kuwait. Nobody was injured because the office was closed for the afternoon. A european Diplomat described the bomb As artisanal the kind of device that can be made from local materials and not ones that have to be smuggled in. No on claimed responsibility for the explosion to came two Days after islamic jihad or islamic holy War a pro iranian lebanese underground group vowed to strike Ai . And european targets world wide because of foreign intervention in the Gulf. The newspaper Ai a Baa blamed the blast on Iran s agents inside the country who have sold themselves to the Devil and betrayed the land which sheltered them and granted them All Security and  Kuwait should be Able to Deal with the acts of sabotage by eradicating the fifth column which Hai started to uncover its ugly face and its loyally to the enemies of his country it added. There arc More than 80,000 iranians or people of iranian origin in Kuwait. Kuwait has been a terrorist target since december 1983, when the . And French embassies were car bombed and five people killed. Blasts ripped through pub Lic and Industrial institutions and Kuwait s ruler Sheik Jabur Al Ahmed Al Sabah leaped assassination in 1985. Scores of shill is kuwaitis As Well As those of other nationalities have been rounded up and convicted in he a tacks. The attacks were blamed Oil Iran which accuses Kuwait of supporting Baghdad against Tehran in the Gulf War. Following the attack on sea Island the military rushed additional surface to air Hawk missile batteries to the Island of Fay Lakah North of the vital terminal in an Effort to shoot Dowie any future silkworms. On saturday Iran again warned Arab Gulf Stales a spokesman for the War information Headquarters reportedly said Arab Gulf slates Are the ones thai would suffer badly from a . Military presence in the re Gion according to Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency monitored in Cyprus arms Sale from Page 1 the times that the following statement appear in the new summary the president created or at least tolerated an environment where those who knew of the diversion believed with absolute certainty thai they were carry ing out the president s policies. The environment was one of inverted values and upside Down  the Central remaining question is the role of the president in the Iran con Ira  the report said the record was left incomplete because of the death of former Cia director William a Casey and because some documents were shredded by High level while House aides. If the president did not know he should have known about the diversion of funds while the president was denying any illegality his subordinates were engaging in a  officials viewed the Law not As a Boundary for their actions but As an impediment to their goals. When the goals and the Laws collided the Law gave  the times said conservative lawmaker were successful in making major changes in the report including elimination of comparisons Between the Iran con tra affair and the watergate scandal. Congressional officials said the report macs Clear that the committees have no direct evidence thai Rea Gan knew about the diversion. Budget from Paga 1 ters said the cuts had been drafted and were being submitted to the secretaries of the army Navy and air Force along with senior military Leaden in those departments for approval. Whether the layoffs would be spread evenly around the country or would be imposed selectively to maximize the political effect or to Lessen the deterioration in military readiness could not be determined. The three states with the largest num Ber of defense department civilian employees Are California with 135,000 Virginia with 106,000 and Texas with 63,600. Northern Virginia is the site of the Pentagon while Southern Virginia around Hampton roads has Many bases. In new York according to the latest count by the Pentagon the defense department employs 19,700 civilians in new Jersey 27,600 and in Connecticut 4.900. Under the revised budget balancing Law s23 billion in Federal spending will automatically be Cut in the 1988 fiscal year which began oct. I. This automatic slash will take place unless Congress and the while House agree by nov. 20 on another Way to reduce the deficit by thai amount. Of that sum $11. S billion must be taken from military spending. The military portion of the reduction includes 110.9 billion from the Penta gon s budget and $600 million of that amount will come from the department of Energy which makes nuclear War Heads for the Pentagon. Reagan has exempted military person Nel from the automatic cuts As the Law permits. But to reach its budget culling goal without reductions in personnel the Pentagon must impose 10.5 percent cuts across other accounts operations and maintenance research and development purchases of arms and equipment and construction. The most immediate Cui would be 16.5 billion taken from operations and maintenance which includes civilian employment because Large Sumi from that account Art spent in the year appropriated. To reduce the Federal deficit. Immediate cuts in outlays must be made. By contrast a reduction of si3.j Bil lion would be taken from the procure ment account. But Only $1.9 billion of that would come in this fiscal year be cause procurement funds authorized by Congress Are actually spent Over several years. The defense department has parcelled out spending reductions in operations and maintenance to each of the services almost equally except to the Marine corps the smallest of the services. The Navy would take a 11.758 billion Tut the army s 1.691 billion and the air Force s1.978 billion. Marine operations which depend largely on the Navy for support would be Cut f 137,8 million. Within those limits each service has some latitude on what to Cut but must make the cuts within a Given account. Construction for instance May nol be Cut More than 10.5 percent to make More funds available for operations. With military personnel excluded from the cuts officials said service Lead ers were anxious to protect operations that they say arc essential to deterrence and to raining thai prepares the forces for Bailie if deterrence fails even so. Officials said the number of flying hours Days in which ships arc steaming at sea and the amount of time ground forces arc in the Field would be reduced As funds for fuel transport am munition and maintenance Are Cut. The army for instance would reduce the number of battalions that Are deployed to Europe Central America or South Korea for training. The number of troops stationed abroad would be reduced slightly and Tours would be made longer to reduce transport costs. In the Navy ships will remain in part longer and will train less before they Are sent 10 the Mediterranean or the Western Pacific. The Navy s situation is being aggravated. Navy officers said because deployments in the persian Gulf have added at least 1240 million a year to operating costs that must be covered out of current appropriations not by supple menial funds from Congress. In the air Force a reduction in flying hours coupled with fewer spare parts would jeopardize the safety of flight officials said. Like athletes pilots and Crew members must by frequently to retain skills in a demanding environment they said