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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lurking in the shadows stripes Magazine d acting Chicago mayor named Page 3 d Handy Barnett s car Comer Page 13 d Christmas colouring contest no. 4 Page 23 unofficial Yutuc to on Fob the u 1. Glued Fok ii vol 46. No. 229 thursday december 3. 1987 , d 8693 a Europe must do More defense ministers say Brussels a nato defense ministers wednesday agreed that West Ern Europe must contribute More to up grading defense because Washington cannot be  to maintain its cur rent share or the spending Burden. The ministers representing All Mem Bers of the Alliance except France and Iceland also reaffirmed their support for the ,-soviet treaty eliminating inter mediate Range nuclear missiles. In a joint statement at the close of a two Day meeting the ministers welcomed next week s superpower Summit in Washington saying it is an important stage in the development of belter East West relations. Defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci in his first nato meeting since taking Over the Job last week said he told his colleagues thai congressional budget Cut Ting efforts would make it difficult for Washington to maintain its current level of spending for the defense of Europe. I simply explained the constraints under which we will be operating he told a news conference before heading Home Carluci said that under terms of the budget cutting agreement bal when the White House and congressional lenders. . Defense spending would fall an inflation adjusted 3.6 percent next year and by 0.8 percent in 1989. He stressed however that he would see ministers on Page 24 Reagan says goal is True peace Nof words a Polo president Reagan rings an old fashioned Bell after his speech to Jacksonville students. Jacksonville Fla. Up1 one week from his third exercise in super Power sum Mitry president Reagan declared his goal is uni just conclusion of a historic arms agreement but True peace predicated on Progress across the front of .-Sovicl relations. Insisting his steady Strong and deter mined dealings with Moscow have reaped results at the bargaining table Reagan cast his dec. Al id talks with so Viet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev As a potential turning Point in superpower relations. But in a speech to almost 9.000 Jack Sonville area High school students educators and parents part of an aggressive Public relations buildup to the Summit he called on the Kremlin w Back promises of improved relations with tangible changes in its Domestic and foreign poli cies. Discrediting Nixon Era detente As a warming in .-Sovicl affairs that did nothing to discourage soviet adventurism abroad and repression at Home Reagan Laid we do not want Mere words. This time we re after True  administration efforts 10 Dampen expectations of dramatic breakthroughs Ai the Summit did not preclude Reagan from setting ambitious objectives for his three Days of talks with Gorbachev which Wilt be marked next tuesday by the signing of the first superpower arms Accord in eight years at the same time he skimmed Over any reference to his Star wars anti missile program which looms As a key Summit Innis and a major inhibitor to a  Deal to halve the . And soviet arsenals of Long Range missiles. Reagan described the successful Nego Tia lion of the agreement to eliminate ground based nuclear missiles Wilh ranges of Wolo 3,000 Miles As the re sult of lots of hard work and  As Well As vindication of a Tough some times stubborn refusal Over the last six years i Back Down in the fac of in vice missile deployments in Eastern Europe. Wilh the Accord he said we Lake a first Siep across the open Frontier Ummard a safer world for you and your children my plan our plan should be to keep right on  however Reagan a Cal ton 10 warn his audience. In the excitement of the sum Mil the i scaly signing and All the rest we must not forget that peace Means More than arms  to underscore hat Point. And assuage  concern that he has been blinded in his previously Lough dealings Wilh Moscow by the. Allure of an arms agreement certain to enrich his political legacy. Reagan reaffirmed his commit Mentlo a Broad Agenda amending to such sensitive issues As human rights and Afghanistan. To Waul my meeting with or. Gorba Chev to hip build a Siruc peace that will last for your lifetime and thai of your children and of their children he said. And that s Why we will review our areas of agreement but also emphasis our Points of  military pay hike unresolved despite budget pact by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the military pay raise for fiscal 1988, which has been pegged at 4 percent Zero and everything in Between is still unresolved capital Hill suffers and Pentagon officials were As much in the dark wednesday As anyone else As they waited for the Duit in Sedlic from the recent economic Summit signal re Between the administration and Congo is Csc natives. We reported it As 3 percent i n our defense authorial Ion Bill and we Haven t Gulton any word that contradicts thai a staffer for the House armed services committee said. It s just not Clear right now a defense depart official said. The economic Summit assumed a. 2 percent increase although that was never specified on paper. And we re not even sure whether that was mean for All Federal employees or whether military personnel could gel the higher 3 percent  the economic Summit which was convened la find ways to reduce the Federal a Cicil and avoid automatic across the Board Granims Rudman culs. Ended nov. 20, with participants agreeing to $30 billion in budget culs for fiscal 1988 and another $45 billion for fiscal l9s9. The problem is thai the Summit produced Only the see pay hike on Page 24 j 987 is All Europe football team Page 17  
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