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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 the stars and stripes thursday. December 10, 1987 Reagan Gorbachev sign missile treaty from Paga 1 making agreement Wilt not be an end in itself bin a  Reagan and Gorbachev leaders or the world s Foremost capitalist and communist societies my Side by Side to sign the agreement in the East room of the White House. The Walnut conference table they used has a special place in history. It has been used for signing numerous historic documents from the peace protocol ending the Spanish american War in 1898 to arms Skrec minis i h the soviet Union and the 1979 egyptian israeli peace treaty. When the by sum Mitry was Over Gorbachev hosted a group of about 6u prominent americans at the soviet embassy where silting alone Al a Small Able he made an extraordinary a peal for scholar and artists to pressure political ii gurus nearly three dozen protesters were arrested Dur ing the opening of the Summit tuesday including a Man accused of throwing a football at the motorcade of soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The civil disobedience coincided Wilh & crush of demonstrations on a variety of causes nearly All directed at Gorbachev As he formally began his talks Wilh presi Dent Reagan at the White House. Police said a Man was arrested on charges of tossing a football Al Gorba Chev s motorcade As the cars returned to the soviet embassy. They said he would Likely be charged with disorderly con duct. Another 15 people demanding free Dom for soviet jews were earlier charged Wilh violating a City code that prohibits demonstrations within 500 feet of the soviet embassy police said. Officials a so said 17 other protester were arrested on the South Side of la Fayelta Square across the Street from the White House for demonstrating without a permit. They had been denouncing so Viet occupation of Afghanistan. Matthew Rogoyski. A polish refugee now living in Hotchkiss Colo stood outside the while House amid a sea of peaceful demonstrators and said this is Good 10 see so Many people expressing con  he held a sign Hal read free Dom for  since saturday the nation s capital has been Home to numerous anti soviet demonstrations. The biggest was sunday when 200,000 american jews demanded that Gorbachev extended his policy of glasnost or openness to Sovil jews. On tuesday the protests Chanis and shouts persisted with most heard directly across from the while House in la May cute Square where hundreds of men women and even children look turns using the Park As a platform for countless budget from Page 1 timed in the Budge submitted last january Wilb he am he  services Are looking a he said the cuts will result in a defense program Hal will have More risks and a smaller less capable Force although he suggested that reductions in Force Structure would probably come at the expense of the Navy air Force and Marine corps rather than the army. He would not specify How any manpower to would be divided among the or rakes Jap Active army has not grown avg Yaj is is years while the Oiher services Hay this is the Smau my we be had in 30 years since the  he said. They think that s really about As Small As it ought to  the civilian Force also will be Cut. He said. The civilian payroll is about 25 percent of the oper Anions and maintenance budget and it s hard to con Sider Hal the of budget would Lake inc kind of reductions Hal Are in store for ii without affecting the payroll. So there will be civilian  armed forces arc programmed Job Ling Nyics Toufi tall said. _ Apon system the breadth to v As directed is unanswered he said. Each of our weapon systems is designed to meet a particular require ment which is driven by a threat. The process we re going through is to weigh those risks which Are the most acceptable which Are simply not to be  tall said As Many of the cuts As possible would by made in future systems rather than in projects Hal already arc in the held or in  growth in research and i Jop mint has been far healthier than in procurement. I has taken relatively Large hits in the past three yen be said. As a result the services will be directed to pro Al procurement Over the next five years rather than Csc i hand development he said. _ in did l pc Civ what programs have been discussed Al though he said nothing including the strategic defense Jonii native has been declared Olti mils. Aid the administration is willing to accept the Pic agreement reached Wilh Congress Taim or of a Somalia Gramm Rud Man cuts and  More breathing room. In fiscal lbs for a Anil my  department would get almost $-0 billion  i authority under the economic agreement than it would under Gramm Rudman  
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