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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d proposed bit targets overseas Bank policies Page 2 o . Planning defense against silkworms Page 6 d new method adds fuel to the Battle Page 9 the stars Lur Namica unofficial Public icon for the u i Ahmed Foch vol. 46. No. 193 wednesday october 28, 1987 ,di., 0 6693 a nuclear Accord shaping up soviet minister going to  of discuss treaty Summit plans Washington  soviet for eign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze will come Here us the end of the week to discuss prospects for a superpower sum Mit meeting and an agreement to ban intermediate rang nuclear missiles a . Official said tuesday. The soviets requested the meeting be tween Shevardnadze and Secretary of stale George sri Ultz the official who demanded anonymity told the associated press. He said he could not predict whether a Date for a visit by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev would be set then. Bui the official said a scenario for a Summit is  Gorbachev told Sulu last Friday in Moscow he was not ready to fix a Date for his third round of talks with presi Dent Reagan. But on tuesday morning in Moscow. . Ambassador Jack mattock was called in by Shevardnadze who told him he wanted to Fly to Washington for talks at the end or the week said the official. They re the ores who asked the official said. Our position is  is an invitation out  Reagan and Gorbachev agreed at their first meeting in 1985 in Geneva to Hoid Back to Back summits in 1986 and 1987. But instead of coming to Washington last year the soviet Leader met with the sea treaty on Page 28 nato allies conferring on dismantling missiles Brussels a the United states has begun consulting with be nato Raffles on � timetable far implementing an expected us soviet Acton to scrap medium Range nuclear i Silks nil Lane officials said tuesday. A key Issue id to resolved within nato is whether planned Motife deployments in Britain Italy Germany Belgium and the Netherlands should be cancelled As soon As the superpower Deal is tinned or not until it has been ratified. Also to be determined is the order in which the ensling Tomahawk crate and pending ii lbs Fly Tafler Ici would be dismantled and destroyed. Although the missile deployment schedule in a nato secret it it known that Well Over 300 missiles Al ready have been installed. The plan Calls for a total of 572 to be operation Al by the end of next year the United state a indicated i wants nato of maintain its original schedule of deployments until a mis Sale treaty has been ratified by the Senate. That would not be expected at Lew until next Spring. Of launches rocket carrying secret payload a ulan 34d rackets from Vandenberg fab into the California sky mop a column of Dame and smoke. Vandenberg fab Calif. A the air Force has launched its first Titan 34d since the same Type of rocket blew up on liftoff More than a year ago. Experts said it probably carried a top secret spy satellite but the air Force would say Only that it earned a classified payload. Air Force Secretary Edward c. At Drudge said the launch monday had tremendous significance be cause it allows us to resume launching critical nation Al Security payloads on a regular  John Pike a space policy expert Tor the federation of american scientists in Washington said the Racket most Likely carried a top secret Kh-11 photo recon Naissance satellite. Since another Kh-1i was deactivated in August 1985, the United slates hat had Only one such satellite in orbit it Monitor soviet military activities and it is nearing the end of its three year lifetime. Pike said a successful Kh-11 launch would mean we re out of the Woods in terms of the threat of being blinded in  the air Force has a More advanced Kh-12 photo reconnaissance satellite. But Pike said it is so heavy it can be launched Only on space shuttles which have been grounded since the challenger exploded in Jan uary 1986, or on Titan 4 rockets which won t be ready until next year. Monday s launch was the first of a Titan 34d since one blew up during liftoff from Vandenberg on april is 1986. The air Force blamed the explosion on the peeling of insulation inside one of the rocket s solid fuel boosters. Dow Jones rises 52 Points As Stock prices move up new York a Stock prices closed higher in heavy trading on Wall Street tuesday As the Dow Jones Industrial average Rose about 52 Points following earlier pint in Tokyo and Hong Kong. The Rise in prices in new Yori tues Day contrasted sharply to monday s pessimism when the Dow suffered its Sec Ond largest Point loss in history. Wall Street got some Good new tuesday from Washington where the government reported that orders to factories for big ticket durable goods Rose  percent in september the first increase since  democratic and Republican congressional Leaden said they Are optimistic that negotiations with the while House can Cut the Federal Bud continued on Page 28 army plan to Cut civilians worries German unions  Crystal Laureano staff or Tom German Union officials Are severely disappointed with Usa Elfr s plan to eliminate Between 4,000 and 5,000 appropriated fund civilian jobs by the end of the fiscal year. Trie Job cuts announced this week sen a wave of anxiety through the ranks of German employees Satot local regional and National employee representatives. The telephones in the head office of the works Council Haven t stopped ring ing said Maria Huncl Board member of the Central works Council office in Heidelberg. The Council functions much like Union shop Steward would in the United states a Cpl that the local works coun cil represents All unions. A spokesman in Stuttgart for the Union for Public service transport and traffic the largest German Union rep resenting employees working for the . See plan on Page 28  
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