European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page so n _ is briefs the stars and stripes sunday november 15,1987 Iran Calls for mobilization to confront . Mischief Manama. Bahrain a prime minister Hussein Musovic of Iran said saturday thai a general mobilization will help prepare new offensives against Iraq and show that Tehran is resolved to confront . Mischief he also said a .-Backcd . Cease fire Resolution despite positive Points is aimed at pressuring Ian at a time when its Victory in the 7-year-old War against Iraq is close at hand Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency re ported. The official iraqi news Agency said mean while that iraqi jets had again raided iranian Oil installations inflicting heavy damage saturday on he Abed Khan Oil pumping station and the Maroun Oil Field in Southern Iran. Television satellite launching postponed Paris a the launching of lire euro Pean arrange rocket scheduled 10 carry the Ger Man Tvsat-1 television satellite into orbit has been postponed for a few Days Arian Espach the commercial Arm of the european space Agency announced Friday. No new Date was set. The launch had been scheduled for tuesday from the Esa launch Center in Kourou French Guiana on the Northern coast of South America. Arian space said the delay a caused by a fault in an electrical component of the guidance system. The component was removed and re turned to Europe and a replacement pan was being checked and installed. Imports from Page 1 my disappointment at this unwarranted and discriminatory  in a communique from Brasilia the capital of Brazil Sarney said Reagan s action directly violates the obligations of the United Stales in the Gatt general agreement on tariffs and Trade and added that Brazil May Appeal to the Swiss based Trade organization. Samey said the tariffs announced by Reagan far surpass the damages . Companies allege 10 have suffered and he said Brazil May retaliate against imports of american goods. A foreign ministry source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the most Likely targets for retaliation Are Coal Fulfur fertilizers and wheat Reagan said he ordered an investigation of brazilian computer Trade practices in 1985, but he suspended it last december after Brazil committed itself to act in t More flexible reasonable and just  recent developments in Brazil make of Clear that these commitments arc not being kept the president said. He said Brazil effectively has banned . Compa Nies from its software Market by refusing a License to an american company on the ground that a brazilian firm made a product that is functionally  he said the decision is also Likely to increase piracy of foreign software since demand for the prohibited product will  Middle East Force flagship to be overhauled in Japan Manama Bahrain a the la Salic flagship of the Navy s Middle East Force based in the persian Gulf Wilt go to Japan soon for an overhaul and refit the Navy has announced. The 15,000-ton la Salle is one of the few . Warships permanently assigned abroad and the Only one to be painted All while rather than the customary Gray. The while paint helps deflect he intense heat of the Gulf Region. The officials who asked not to be identified said the overhaul will be done at he . Naval base at Yokosuka. The la Salle a converted Landing ship designed to support amphibious assault operations has been the flagship for the Navy s operations in the Gulf since the Early 1970s. Rear adm. Harold j. Bernson commander of the Force that escorts .-f1agged ships will operate from the command ship Coronado while the la Salle is away the officials said. The 17.000-Lon Coronado is the flagship of the . 3rd Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. It served As replace ment for la Salle during a previous overhaul in 1981 82. In another scheduled change he amphibious As Sault ship Okinawa was preparing to sail Mio the Gulf to replace its sister ship the Guadalcanal As the operating platform for the Navy s helicopter mine sweep in officials said. The Guadalcanal will Transfer four of its eight Heli copters to the Okinawa and Lake the other four Home to Norfolk va., a cutback thai officials said was made possible by the recent arrival of five mine sweeping ships. Blast from Page 1 wards for treatment. Radio stations broadcast urgent appeals for blood donations for the wounded. Police gave no details about the woman s identity but they said an autopsy would be carried out on what remains of her body which took the full Force of the blast and was damaged beyond  syrian and lebanese soldiers and red a circled riot police sealed off the Hospital and stopped reporters and photographers from entering. Women wailed in grief at a lebanese army Check Point that prevented them from going into the Hospital grounds to seek word about relatives and friends. My sons Are in there i want to know about them a woman begged a Soldier. Go away go away the Soldier shouted. The Hospital which has handled thousands of casualties from Lebanon s civil War houses the medical school of the american University of Beirut which was founded in 1866 by protestant missionaries. The Hospital was founded in 1905, and a new Modem compound was added in 1970. The doctor said no americans now work in the 420 bed Hospital which had been headed by an american with a Large staff of american doctors nurses and specialists. David Jacobsen of Huntington Beach calif., was the Hospital s last american director. He was Kidnap Ped in West Beirut by shiite moslem extremists on May 28, 1985. And was released nov. 2, 1986, after 18 months in Captivity. Freeze from Page 1 Summit Between the White House and Congress in the aftermath of last month s Stock Market crash is looking seriously at an increase of Only 2 percent. Under Murkowski s proposal even that modest in crease would be forfeited As everyone on the Federal payroll sacrificed to help alleviate the budget deficit. Murkowski and his staff emphasized that Here would be no pay cuts. You just make do with what you have said one aide. They also stressed that overseas Cost of living allowances would not be affected. The White House and Congress also have talked about delaying pay raises for several months. Spreading the freeze Over a Large population would minimize the sacrifice each individual would have to make Murkowski said. The sacrifice is Small but generates real and consider Able savings in the process $ 12 billion in fiscal year 1988 and $40 billion Over the next three years by just freezing not cutting benefits at current Levels for he remain ing 10 months of this fiscal year alone he said. Noting the troubled . Economy and the Slock Market collapse of several weeks ago Murkowski said it was futile to provide pay raises if they were diminished by a collapsing  while Murkowski and his staff have received some Calls of support and interest from within the Senate they Are making no predictions on the Bill s chances. Murkowski acknowledges that his Bill will generate some Strong opposition particularly among those who think social Security recipients should not be affected. Bul aides said he is Adamant thai no group should be exempted from the freeze. They said he believes the inherent weakness of the Cramm Rudman deficit reduction Law is that it exempted various accounts such As social Security. Senator Murkowski would never never allow so Cial Security to be exempt from a freeze while disabled veterans were taking a Cut  the aide. Saturday s College football met Wii to. Shut link 1budm 31. L Ugri m. To Catt a s3, a hot Tom 7f4iri4 Mih i 16 Moty Ltd 13 Hixy or Titi 40. We Fol a it to 1 he Rokum 45. Lion a cot a 17 omxnl4 my Yufit 4 b in 1i. It Mouth 0 hotird3i.ptm 14 og7.tnj�7 Tanu. Guf Lom f Bah h Al is Ujj Jef it. Pm housing from Page 1 the tax withheld since Hen. The sea filed its suit on behalf of 14 department of defense dependents schools employees on Navy payroll in Bermuda using that As a Means to argue the broader Issue of whether he irs ruling is valid. The basis of the suit is that the Navy misinterpreted the Law and he irs affirmed that misinterpretation Austin said. The Issue first arose when social Security Laws changed and a new Federal retirement system took effect in 1983, he said. Under the new system your income up id a cer Tain Point is taxed at a rate of 7 percent for social Security and 1.3 percent far medicare he said. We have no problem with hat but allowances Are an entirely different matter he said. We maintain that the people who rewrote he Laws never intended for allowances to be taxed for medicare or social Secu Rity under the new  the sea filed a motion to have the court Render a decision based on the information that has been presented so far. The Justice department was to have filed a response 10 the motion by nov. 5, but a spokeswoman said the department received a 75-Day Extension pushing the deadline to mid january. She would not comment further on the Case. They want to review the Laws themselves to see How sound the irs position is Austin said. We be tried to Tell the services that they re shooting themselves in the foot by doing his because they have 10 match whatever the individual pays into the social Security system he said. So. Really they re culling their own personnel budgets which they always claim Are Loo Light  the sea is the Only Federal employees Union involved in the Issue Austin said even though it rep resents a relatively Small percentage of he More than 53,000 defense department civilians overseas. More than 7,500 of the approximately 9,500 Dodds teach ers Are represented by the sea. We tried la get the american federation of government employees involved but they weren t inter ested Austin said. So we re really fighting for All Federal civilians  Jan Lachance a spokeswoman for the age de Nied the sea statement i Don l know Why they would say that she said. We re following the sea s court Case rather closely. Whether Well file our own suit is still under consideration. Bul it s just not True to say the age in t interested in the  about 75 percent of the slate department s 9,400 member foreign service live overseas. A Public affairs spokesman said the department is not withholding so Cial Security tax from the housing allowances of its overseas civilians he could t say Why the tax is not being withheld or whether there Are plans to begin the withholding in the future. Calls to state department finance officials Fri Day were not returned