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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, October 26, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 in  briefs the stars and stripes monday october 36,1987 joke jolts resident Ofsay Thern los a Sceles a i a try quake Cen tired of Shol rocked soul Jim California on saturday Sha a up jul reside nos who re ported feeling la Tomij Kojl Barilics said. The 4 58  measured 4,3 on the i Chat scale and  pinpointed the epicentre in the a Effii Corcan -10 Miles Wesl of Sun i Edro.  of inc California Institute of Teo Eulogy. The Lem lava in Rob co itch devastating 6.1 . 1 along the Whittier fault said Allerup the Dike apparently was fell of Flueh a wide area rep gang from the san Fernando Ailcy 15 Milan North of downtown los Angl Cito inc a caftan san Diego county  Joji Karlsbad. 90 Miles South of downtown to lil cry residents telephoned radio stations Dice to report feeling the quake. Jerusalem rioters protest Sabbath showing of films Jerusalem a orthodox jews pro testing the showing of films on the jewish Sab Bath clashed with police for a second straight Day saturday inc israeli army radio reported. It said police used water cannons and tear Gallo disperse the demonstrators and arrested two of them after five police cars were damaged. Protesting what they see As a desecration of the Sabbath inc demonstrators hurled stones Al passing vehicles and overturned garbage cans to Block traffic Al several locations in inc City the radio reported. On Friday police used tear Gas to disperse hundreds of orthodox demonstrators and Doz ens of secular  who gathered outside a Cinema in downtown Jerusalem. Religious Law forbids jews to work spend Money or travel on he Sabbath which runs from Sundown Friday to Sundown saturday. Anti nuclear protest at Sites in u. July the Asso Clau Rcd at nudcarspon0lnufacturcrs and test ing Sites saturday Hirn morale inc 25lh anniversary of them Tay Silc crisis. In Colora turf up. Ustacia Schroeder told about 600m-Nucicar premiers outside he Rocky fint Etcar weapons nut that the Fald be closed if the dept men of in is not clean it up. Laller demonstrations were held a Cape canaveral Fla. Quonset Point ref Taffy forge. A. And Mountain View Calif. Tace were 28 arrests. Topping off of tankers shifts to sea of of Kuwait a supertanker will be diverted to a shallow Dock to be partially tilted then topped off brother tankers in inc sea of Oman while Crews repair an offshore terminal damaged by an iranian missile an of official said sunday. Meanwhile the kuwaiti press a used Iran of masterminding inc 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 he sunday times reported that Egypt is providing military assistance to Kuwait in Exchange Tor a financial Aid package Worth up to j20 Billig from persian Gulf states. Egypt s defense minis Nice the report. I the official of the Stal chinned Kuwait Oil Fanker co., who spoke on condition his name Nolche used said targe tankers those above Iso Job tons would be loaded at the North pier Dock Tal Ahmadi Kuwait s principal Oil port. He said they would Lake about Jer cent of their Load depending on the size of if vessel then sail Down the Gulf through the sir stiff Hormuz and meet up with other Ankers to be loaf cd off near Khor Fak Kan in the United Arab ernits before sailing to their final destinations. Of the official said thug Bay s missile attack on these Island terminal the janely one capable of handling very Large  damaged Hydraulic control pipes and gaskets on feral pipelines. He said the Dodge to the terminal was still being assessed but it a wild be unusable for some Lime. The official and of Jar Oil Industry sources stressed they did no Cupco fhe snack would have any effect on inc level of Kutt s Oil exports. The Siy from attack on inc sea Island in Minai waste third Ranian missile strike on kuwaiti Oit installations in Ghl Days. On Jour Day what officials called an explosive do vice Jar rocked a travel Agency that handles pan am s sales in Kuwait. Nobody was injured bldg Polhe Soltice was Cloud for inc afternoon. A  described the bomb As artisanal the kind Tovics that fan be made from local malarial Send no Juks that have to be smuggled in. No one do had responsibility for the explosion. It came  after islamic Johnd or islamic holy War Jefro iranian lebanese underground group j strike at . And european targets world aus of foreign intervention in the Gulf. The newspaper Al 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 inc arts of sabotage by eradicating the fifth column which has started to uncover its ugly face and is loyalty to the enemies of this country it added. There arc More than 80,000 iranians or people of iranian origin in Kuwait. Kuwait has been a terrorist target since december1983. 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 escaped assassination in 1985. Scores of shiites kuwaitis As Well As those of other nationalities have been rounded up and convicted in the attacks. The attacks were blamed on Iran which accuses Kuwait of supporting Baghdad against Tehran in inc Gulf War. Following inc attack on sea Island the military rushed additional surface to Arr Hawk missile batteries to the Island of Fay Lakah North of the vital terminal in an Effort to shoot Down any future silkworms on saturday Iran again warned Arab Gulf Stales. Spokesman for the War information Headquarters reportedly said Arab Gulf slates arc the ones that 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 lowing statements appear in the the new summary the president created or a environment where those who knew of he div believed with absolute certainly that they we ing out the president s pol icis. The environment was once Twer Ted values and upside Down  4 the  question is the role of the president a Mutran Contra  the report said the reufl9was left incomplete because of the death of 5r Cia director William j. Casey and because some documents were shredded by High level White House aides. If the president did not know he should have known about the diversion of funds. While the president  illegality  not As a Boundary Tor is but As an impediment to their goals. A flu in lne Law collided the Law gave Way the times said Conseta wet lawmakers were successful in making major changes in the report including elimination of comparisons Between the Iran con Ira affair and the watergate scandal. Congressional officials said the report Mades Clear that the committees have no direct evidence that Rea Gan knew about the diversion. Budget from Page 1 ices said the cuts had been drafted and were being submitted to the secretaries of the army Navy and air Force along with senior Milt a a part 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 arc California with 135,000 Virginia with 106,000 and Tenas. With 63,600. Northern Virginia is the Sij the Pentagon while Southern around Hampton  Many bases. In new York Avoir Fang to the tates count by the be Wagon the defense department pm ploys 19.700 civilians in new Jersey 27,600 and in Connecticut. 4,900. Under the revised budget balancing Law $23 billion in Federal spending will automatically be Cut in the 1988 fiscal year which begun 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 that amount. Of that sum $11.5 billion must be taken from military spending. Onion of the reduction of the Penta gon s budget amount will come from the of Energy which makes m Heads for the Pentagon. Reagan has  person Nel from the a Frinic cuts As the Law permits. By of reach its budget cutting Al  personnel the in Musl impose 10.5 percent cuts Oiher accounts operations and maintenance research and development purchases of arms and equipment and construction. The most immediate Cul would be $6.5 billion taken from operations and maintenance which includes civilian employment because Large sums fro that account Are spent in the year appropriated. To reduce the Federal deficit. Immediate cuts in outlays Musl be made. By contrast a reduction of $13.5 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 arc actually spent Over sever years. The defens out  in operations pro me to each of the services equally except to the Marine is the smallest or the services. The be a s1.758 billion Cut Theu Kuiland the air Force $1.578  which depend largely on then would be Cut 113v.s million. Within those limits each service some latitude on what to Cul but mus make the cuts within a Given account. Construction for instance May not 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 Are essential to deterrence and to training hat prepares the forces for Battle if deterrence fails. Even so officials said the number of flying hours Days in which ships Are steaming Al sea and the amount of time ground forces Are in the Field would be reduced As funds for fuel transport am munition and  Cut. Of would reduce. 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 pan longer and with train less before they present to the Mediterranean or the Western Pacific. The Navy s i Timion ii being a Ava cd. Navy officers said because de Bents in the persian Gulf have East 1240 million a year to thai must be covered out Guions not by supple mental fun in the air Force a rho nip in flying hours coupled with fewer a pans would jeopardize the safely of flight officials said. Like athletes pilots and Crew members Musl Fly frequently to retain skills in a demanding environment they said  
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