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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday november 4,1987 Ihab Brief. Reagan oks 4th Summit in Moscow soviet says Moscow up president Reagan has agreed to come to Moscow in the first half of 1988 for a fourth Summit meeting Wilh soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev where a i scaly cutting Long Range strategic nuclear arsenals by so per cent is 10 be signed Viktor Karpov. The head of i he foreign ministry s arms control depart ment said tuesday. In an interview with he official Tass news Agency. Karpov said Gorbachev s letter to Rea Gan which wit delivered last Friday in washing ton by foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze contain the concept of iwo interlinked sum Mit meetings the one already set for dec. 7 in the United Stales where a treaty eliminating medium and Short Range missiles will be signed and a second Summit in Moscow in i98& to sign a strategic weapons Accord. 1 died when Navy vessel fired on boat in Gulf Manama Bahrain a one Indian Crew member died when a . Navy guided missile frigate fired on a private fishing boat it apparently believed was a hostile iranian Craft per Sian Gulf based shipping sources said tuesday. The sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said several other crewmen on the fish ing boat suffered minor injuries. Hospital officials in Shanah. One of the United Arab emirates denied reports that any seamen were hospitalized or treated i her sources quoted a surviving crewman As saying the warship identified by the Pentagon As the guided missile frigate can opened tire with machine guns although the fishing boat and two others with it were making Way for the frigate and a Tanker la pass. The Pentagon said monday that the Carr tired .50-caliber machine guns at a suspected iranian vessel that was racing toward a . Oil Anker and ignored two preliminary bursts of warning fire. Ambassadorial nominee approved for 2nd time Washington a the Senate foreign relations committee voted i 1-6 on tuesday to endorse president Reagan s nomination of Rich Ard moves Viets to be . Ambassador to Portu Gal. It was the second time the panel had approved the nominee. Sen. Jesse Helms r-n.c., again complained that Viets had been an autocratic ambassador in previous posts had allegedly abused subordinates and in come taxes a a state that does not impose the after Reagan nominated Viets earlier this year Helms Manu Evered to delay action. Two weeks ago the committee approved Viets by an Lou Naa Sousea Sudori n had allegedly avoided paying state in ixe by claiming falsely that he resided in tha them. Woman from Page 1 three weeks ago to became the Senate minority Leader s Campaign manager effective nov. 1. Dole is scheduled to formally declare his candidacy next monday. Brock had held the labor Post for 2vi years after serving the first five years As . Trade representative Mclaughlin 45, resigned last March As the no. 2 offi Cial in the Interior department following several dashes with Interior Secretary Donald p. Hodel. Time to Start weeding out Navy people Admiral says b  chug or Mediterranean Bali Aci Realf Sicily the Navy must gel ready to meet an oncoming financial crunch by retaining its Best people and gelling rid of those who can t do the Job the director of personnel policy said tuesday. We Are trying to run a soft ship Navy on a 550-ship budget and the Money just in t available to do it rear adm. William p. Houley told 1 10 a gales to the Navy s annual Europe wide symposium for command master chiefs and ombudsmen Houley whom office in Washington handles most of the Navy s people issues said the Navy does not know How  mandated budget cams will affect the service in the near future. Bui he said things Are going to get a lot tougher in the next few  because of a Lack of funds the Navy Musl work hard to retain its Best performers and will not be Able Loreain sailors who can t do Irir Luhv he said. Upcoming shortfalls in Money available for Perma nent change of station moves probably will be fell most by the Navy s officers who until now have been largely Unal tested by shortages in moving funds he said. Houley predicted that service members would get a 3.5 percent pay raise but that it probably would not go into effect until March 1988. Concern ing problems experienced by and created by single parents in the Navy he said the Issue ultimately Musl be judged solely on whether the individual single Parent is carrying out his or her duty. The Navy did t create single parenthood. It s a real Challenge for people and i eel sorry for them. But the fact of the matter 1.1, we arc not a social help Organ ipalion. We arc a professional organization and we Are not equipped to Deal Wilh thai  those Wilh difficult family situations could face Choice Between career and family. If people can t solve problems conflicts Between family responsibilities and Navy duty they should gel themselves out of the Navy Houley said. Command master chiefs have the responsibility to make overseas hours rewarding because Navy retailers currently arc having a hard time Selling overseas hours he said. Don t have people go Back to the slates without having first seen the overseas country they Are stationed in he said. It s pathetic that people can spend Tours overseas without Ever having left their base. Rear ahm s. Frant Galog  Hec a Mediterranean told delegates to the three Day symposium hosted by Sig Oneha Mas they Musl seek out acting sailors a in arc having problems coping with duty overseas and Lake them under their Wing. Exert an Effort to identify kids with problems he said. They la listen to you. You be got to look after those  Gallo said the Navy was beginning to slip up once again on the proper screening of personnel who Are ii suitable for overseas duty. He told the command master chiefs to document the cases of people sent overseas who should not have been. Gallo said that once they Are identified he would make every Effort Mohave hem sent Back to the Stales. Ill make the Case. I la fight the Battle for you he said. When your minuses Are More than your pluses they improperly screened people Are not doing you any Good. Send them  Weinberger from Page 1 treatments for cancer and has been troubled by arthritis. The resignation come Little More than a month be fore Reagan joins soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev at a Summit meeting in Washington to sign the first superpower arms control agreement of the Reagan administration. Carlucci St. Grandson of an Kalian immigrant stonecutter is a Veteran of three decades of govern ment service including senior Domestic and International positions. He was second in command at the office of eco nomic Opportunity and Deputy to Weinberger at the office of management and budget in the Nixon administration. He also was second in command at the Cia under president Carter and second again to Weinberger at the Pentagon from 1981 to 1982. He became National Security adviser the fifth Man to serve Reagan in that Post when the Iran Contra affair forced rear adm. John Poindexter to resign. Car Lucci moved swiftly to reorganize the National Security Council and shed it of the free swinging image it acquired when the deeds of former National Security Council aide la col. Oliver l North became known. Powell so one of the highest ranking Blacks in the army once commanded the 101st airborne div. He agreed to become Carlucci s Deputy Only reluctantly fearful that a desk Job in Washington would stymie his military career. Weinberger is a Long standing Friend of Reagan and his departure Marks another major change in the Rea Gan Cabinet As the president nears the end of his seventh year in office. Labor Secretary William Brock and transportation Secretary Elizabeth pole have resigned in recent weeks to join the presidential Campaign of mrs. Dole s Hus band Senate minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas. He s a tireless Infix Hlor one of Weinberger s aide said recently. He takes pleasure in serving this presi Dent and Bis Energy level is just incredible. Weinberger has fought frequent internal Battles Wil Shultz and other while House advisers on topics rang ing from arms control and Pentagon spending to the proper use of . Military forces. Sometime he appeared More reluctant thin in Liz to commit Ameri can forces to trouble spoil Weinberger was in Monterey calif., on monday taking part in a nato strategy meeting. At a talk to the naval postgraduate school in Monterey he criticized Congress for trying to constrain Reagan s poli cies in the persian Gulf. He said the recent Senate debate on the Gulf produced a Resolution worthy of the delphic Oracle the Senate did not and later did pats a Resolution that might or might not support president Rea Gan s course of action in the  Weinberger and his wife attended a reception at the Mont Jey Bay aquarium where they greeted variola International dignitaries while at the head of a reception line Weinberger s wife Tat in a chair rising Only to shake hands and say a Lew words to various official when she Rose she supported herself with a wooden Cane. Sen. Dale bumpers dark. Welcomed the Forth coming changes at the Pentagon. I just never bad very much Confidence in Cap Weinberger and i have l great Deal of Confidence in Frank Carlucci he  Jackson jr., senior fellow at the Fulbright Institute of International relation at the University of Arkansas said Weinberger s resignation will incan Gibly improve the atmosphere at the .-soviet Summit conference opening in Washington on dec. 7. The russian will read this As e positive sign Jackson said. Weinberger is a Strong advocate of the Star wars missile defense program and backs continued military assistance to resistance groups in Nicaragua and Afghanistan Weinberger served As defense Secretary longer than anyone except Robert Mcnamara who served under John f. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson during the big Vietnam buildup. Slaying from Page 1 some empty magazines and a 9mm pistol that had been stolen from a policeman during a violent protest on nov. 8,19k6. The weapon was being tested to deter mine we thei it was used to kill the Vic Tims and the Man was to be charged wednesday. The clash Between an estimated 200 marchers and 600 riot police started around 9 . Monday when masked protesters ignored police orders to Dis Pera  began marching toward a con Crete Fence built to protect the runway which has been in use for More than three years. Violent masked protesters erected barricades and set tires to Brush before Thi shooting broke out. They fired from All directions and with All manner of weapons said Frankfurt police spokesman Hans N.C. Zei an autopsy of the slain policemen will determine just what Caliper of weapon was  environmental groups called the pro test March to commemorate the removal by police of environmentalist squatters who tried to Block the construction of the new runway six years ago. But the March was banned by police who feared it would i urn violent As dozens of similar runway demonstrations have in the past our worst fears have been con firmed said Lutz. Hessen stale Premier Walter Wall Mann. A member of Kohl s Chritian democratic party warned that his government would react Wilh Strung Mea sures. Otto Schily a Federal parliamentarian of the environmentalist greens called the shootings revolting murders and appealed to peaceful  to Stop tolerating terrorists in their midst  
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