European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday january 12,1088 suspect in Berlin disco bombing arrested continued it Kachnic. Spokesman fat inc West Ber injustice department released a photo graph or her and told reporters Ine was being urgently sought As a key stupid in he Case. The arrest first reported by radio Schleswig Kostein was confirmed by Monika Sec Nat spokeswoman for the Schleswig Holst tit state Interior ministry. The United slate blamed Libya for the la Belle attack and 1 0 Days later Bombe the libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi in retaliation for it and outer acts Laid libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi had aided. Western diplomats said at least1 00 people were killed. Authorities always have believed there was an Arab connection in the la Bell bombing with Libya and Syria most suspect West German Security sources said monday they spoke on condition of an news briefs ony mity. One source said discussion or foreign involvement would have to wait for fur ther investigation now that Endrin Keithan been arrested. Spokesman Robert Heath of the . Embassy in Bonn monday declined com ment on whether new development in the Cue would have any effect on the , insistence that Libya was behind the la Belle bombing . Authorities Laid after the bomb ing that they bad intercepted radio Mes Sage from the libyan to Bessiy in East Berlin that implicated Gad Aii s agent in the attack West German investigators have said they never were Given any such evidence. Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other West German officials also talk shortly after the disco bombing of stressed that France u committed to a strategy of a final warn ing Nuj car shot to deter an attack and would unleash the bulk of its nuclear Force if the aggressor did not Slop. The North Atlantic treaty organization s policy of graduated response involves the firing of one or More nuclear mls Sites to hop conventional or nuclear aggression. Mitterrand has argued that graduated response encourages pacifism in West Germany and elsewhere in Europe. He Laid in resembles Loo closely a plan to fight limited nuclear War that would devastate Europe. France s Arsenal includes nuclear weapons to reused at Short Range As Well As Miu Ilei thai can reach soviet territory. The French position is that the soviet Union and the United states must make significant reductions in their nuclear stockpiles before it would by appropriate la include France s smaller Force in disarmament talks. Cuts from Page 1 carried out. The army had to nil 1,575 officers or i a percent. The air Force Cut 1,300 officers or 1 percent while the Marine corps Cut 308, also a reduction of i percent. Navy officer strength was Frozen. But after Pentagon officials repeatedly claimed fur ther cuts would severely Hurt combat readiness Law makers agreed to stretch the cuts for in extra year apart of the fiscal 1988 defense authorization act. That put the reductions at i percent this fiscal year and 2 percent in fiscal 1989 and fiscal 1990. In his memo Carlucci said no decisions have Bee on How the 2 percent Cut for fiscal 1989 will be apportioned among the services. But he said effects of that Cut will be evident in an officer requirements report scheduled to be submitted to Congress March i. That report ii expected to explain Why officer strength grew by almost 11 percent from 1980 to 1983, show How the growth was tied to Mission requirement Sand detail Ine Advent Impact of further cuts. Army and air Force official would not comment on How they plan to achieve their share of Floc cub this fiscal year other than to say that All efforts will be made to avoid a reduction in Force or selective Early retirement boards last year the services made their cuts primarily through a combination of accession slowdowns reducing the number of people Ali word to come on Active duty and voluntary and involuntary in which personnel were released from their service obligations several months Early. Fired worker awarded $75,000 from company St. Paul Minn. A a company that fired nun because his Wile chose not to move with him when he was transferred out of state has been ordered to pay the nun 173,000 in Camuei. Farmland industries inc. Fired Richard b. Counters after transferring him to Fargo n.d., because his fun Peri tors feared the separation from his wife would make rimless productive they were concerned that be would be spending More Lime on the Road because of the drive backhand Forth to Bloomington on weekends said tent acc Peterson an attorney for the company
