European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 o the stars and stripes thursday january 21,1988 Spain offers plan to bolster nato ties Brussels. Belgium of Spain would give nato Access to its military facilities in limes of crisis As part of a proposal to forge stronger lies Wiki the Alli Ance diplomatic sources said tuesday. Word of the plan comes less than a week after Spain said the United Stales had accepted a Spanish demand to pull . Fighter bomber out of a base near Madrid. Spain s ambassador to the North at lactic treaty organization Jaime de Ojida submitted the proposal to nato Secretary general lord caning on on monday said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. The plan is to be presented to the 15 of her nato member governments including the United states and final approval could come As Early As mid april the sources said. Spain joined nato in 1982 but is not part of us. Alliance s joint military com Mand. None of its forces Are committed to nato commanders. This would not change under terms of the proposed new cooperation. Under the plan Madrid would establish military liaisons at nato military command Headquarters including supreme Headquarters Allied Power Europe the source Laid the new proposal fur closer Spanish military cooperation within the Western Alliance run been in preparation since shortly Flera March 1986 Spanish referendum that reaffirmed the nation s nato membership. It was not Clear whether the Liming of the presentation to a Anglon was linked to negotiations Over the future of the . F-16 jets. On Friday Spain an trounced that the United Stales had agreed that within three years of a bilateral Accord replacing one expiring May 14, the United slates would withdraw its Wing of 72 f-16 fighter bombers from Torrejon a outside Madrid. Spain s nato proposal As described by sources privy to its contents in clude these other key elements Spanish air defences including radar and Alert systems would be Inte grated with those of its two neighbors France and Portugal. This would be expected to improve air defense coordination on nato s Southern flank. Spain would contribute combat air and naval forces including 12 frigates nine submarines and 12 patrol boats to Allied defense planning for the Western Mediterranean the Eastern Atlantic and the Strait of Gibraltar. Contributions by Spain to a nato fund used to finance such infrastructure projects As Airport runways and hardened aircraft shelters throughout Western Europe. As a result an unspecified portion of these funds could be used to upgrade Tome of Spain s military facilities. Spain would begin participating in a process Ai nato Headquarters through which All members except France coordinate their National armed Force plan Ning. This to designed to make National plans fit As closely Ai possible with nato s common defense Aims. France in t involved because it is not part of the joint military command. The sources said Spain also would consider allowing ammunition and Ihil was not specifically mentioned in the formal proposal submitted to car Ringlon. Spain will continue to bar nuclear weapon from its soil these officials said. Shots fired from Utah siege site Marion Utah a shots were fired tuesday evening from a log farm House where a clan believed responsible for a Church bombing has been holed up for four Days As police changed their strategy and positioned floodlights near the 2.5-Aerc Homestead after spending three Days Well Back from the compound. Two Banks of floodlights were hauled by pickups to Points North and South of the log House and an army helicopter new overhead. A tight plane had flown Low Over the compound Carlic so police could take photographs. Asked what was happening. Fri agent Lou Bertram would Only say we be got to Start letting them know we re Here Doug Bodroro Deputy stale director of Public safety said no one was injured and it was not Clear if the shots were aimed at the officers or the lights. Marines from had Scala Dijt Gray was the first  to detail Public what he expected to Hanafi to his scr ice As a Rettini Ante budget cuts. Earlier tuesday Vickie Singer and Addam Swapp re fused to communicate with police. They Are holed up with four other adults and nine children authorities sail we have to talk to Swapp Bodroro said. We feel that it a necessity. Ii is our understanding that they Are seeking an armed  Singer 44, whose polygamist husband John Singer was slain by lawmen nine years ago outside the same Rural compound and Swapp 27, Are wanted on state warrants charging them in the bombing Early saturday of a mormon Chapel a half mile away. Swapp who is married to two of Singer s daughters reportedly has said the bombing was carried out in retaliation for John Singer s 1979 death which the clan blames on the mormon Church. Singer had defied authorities by keeping his children out of schools say ing they would Post them to sen drugs and leaching of racial Equality. Meanwhile a preliminary investigation showed the de vice which caused about to million damage to the Chapel contained about 100 pounds of . The number of people inside the compound Wassail by Singer on saturday to be 14, but the desert news reported tuesday in had confirmed with Federal sources that Swapp s brother Jonathan 21, also was inside. 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Of Fluri the United storm from Page 1 Northern Mississippi and funnel Clouds were sigh cd Over Louisiana. High winds Badty damaged about 30 Homes and injured seven people in a Kansas Ashley county police said. Thirty people were evacuated As flood ing Hii the same Section of West Mem Phis ark., thai was inundated on Christmas. Wind gulling to 55 Mph whipped Snow across the Plains and piled it in  drifts from Colorado across Nebraska and Kansas and a Cor Ner of Wyoming to South Dakota. The Kansas Highway patrol said blowing Snow Oil visibility to near Zero. Closing interstate 70 to westbound traffic from Colby to the Colorado slate line. In Iowa Republican presidential candidate Jack Kemp Gol caught in the storm at Sioux cily and cancelled appear ances Sel for wednesday in Council Bluffs. Ten foot drifts shut Down schools businesses and major highways across northeastern Colorado and drifts up to 6 feet made roads impassable in parts of Nebraska where Mullen Gol 20 inches of Snow the Colorado stale patrol said a Sec lion of interstate 25 was Clowd South of Denver and 1-70 was closed from near Denver to the Kansas stale line. The East West runways at Denver s Sia Lelon Airport were closed by Strong crosswinds culling departures from the Normal 2 per hour to 30, said spokesman Richard Boulware. Ten fool drifts were reported in Colo Rado s Elpaso county and a fool drifts built up in the area of Limon along 1-70, the National weather service said. The Highway closures stranded hundreds in Canle Rock South of Denver and in Limon 100 Miles Southeast of Denver. Mary Jane Hoffman restaurant Man Ager of a truck Slop in Limon. Said about 250 people were stranded Al the Ruck Stop including two busloads of children from Kansas cily kan., resuming from a ski trip. She said they slept in the buses overnight. Hoffman said people were sleeping wherever they could. We have a Back dining room where some people Are steeping on the floor or sleeping in the Booths Ibe said. Wyoming state employees were told to stay Home because Road Crew did l Eibink they would be Able to keep up with the blowing and Drifting Snow in the Southeastern part of the stale. We Don t think anyone can gel to work or get Home if the gel there said gubernatorial aide Dennis cumin. Many Federal offices and businesses also closed in the Cheyenne area. Many roads were closed or nearly impassable in Western Nebraska where drifts 6 feet High were reported at Kim Ball. The plows Are out but they re fighting a losing Battle said a dispatcher in the Stoiu bloat slate patrol office. Up 10 15 inches of Snow fell overnight Al Pickstown s.d., doling dozens of schools and blocking roads. The Only thing that s moving Oul Here is to plows and snowmobile said Carrie Rice a teacher from Lake Andes