European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                  stripes Foj computer helping find Economy housing Page 9 d Tyson stops Holmes in 4lh, retains title Page 21 q some in Navy facing tour extensions Page 28 vol.16, no. 279 facial Putli Tion f0 tin . Utto Fob sunday. January 24, 1968 , d 6693 a House demos seek delay in Contra Aid White Sulphur Springs . A a group of la Nus democrats most of them swing votes crucial to he outcome of an impending show Down Over Aid id Nicaragua s Contra rebels asked president Reagan on Friday to delay his request for new Aid. The lawmakers led by rep. Dave Mccurdy d okla. Said either a defeat or a Victory for the Aid package would i t nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega out of his bos by removing the pressure they View As having forced recent concessions by the Managua government. We View Ortega s options As extremely Lim led stated Ilie letter to Reagan signed by 19 House Mem Bers As they travelled by train to this Wesl Virginia resort for an annual democratic issues conference. During inc critical Days ahead. He United slates should support the process that Lias brought Ortega to his current  Reagan is expected to make a plea for renewal of Contra Aid in his stale of the Union speech monday night. The csacs amount has no been determined but administration and congressional sources Nave said the figure is Likely to be in the Range of $30 million o s50 million. The Issue is scheduled 10 come to a vote in inc House on feb. 3 and if Aid is approved it would go to a Senate vote inc following Day. Some of the letter s signers acknowledged thai in is unlikely Reagan would give up his Opportunity for a Quick vote on Contra Aid and Wail for a More Uncer Tain Opportunity later in inc year. There also appears to be an Effort under Way in inc Senate to get Reagan to postpone his Contra Aid re que Cal. Sen. Bill Bradley a no a past advocate of Aid to the contras said he asked the White House to work with Congress on a Way to postpone a Vole for at least a month. Bradley said he spoke with Brig Gen. Colin Powell the National Security adviser to suggest that the acc Cal initiatives by Ortega be Given Lime. Minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas who is seeking the gop presidential nomination also has indicated a willingness to delay the vote to Sec what happens in Central America. It seems to me thai if we could work in out we ought to postpone the Vole Dole said during a Campaign appearance thursday in Iowa. Meanwhile Contra leaders meeting in san Jose Costa Rica said Friday thai they arc considering asking inc Reagan administration to hold new lethal see Contra on Back Paga feline Fine a photo with Bubble gum and barn he 10-Ycar-oh an Drea St. Crox is the picture of an nil american Rirl. As she Eoj Home from school in Brighton mass., b neighbourhood cat snuggles is along Jet for the ride. East May junk missiles Early Honecker says Berlin ai1 Eim German Leader Erich Honc Clat Taij saturday that inter mediate Range nuclear missiles deploy Ltd in Eail Germany and Czechoslovakia could he scanned ahead of a superpower timetable for ii in destruction. Honecker made the statement during a meeting with greek prime minister Andreas i spun Dicou in East Berlin the state run Aon news Agency reported. The East German Leader said that an agreement Wilh he soviet Union had been reached to scrap the missiles ear Lier than  soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and president Reagan in december signed a treaty to eliminate intermediate and Shorter Range nuclear missiles. The treaty was ratified by Warsaw pad members in East Berlin during a visit by Gorbachev following the Summit in Washington. The treaty has not yet been ratified by the . Senate. It was not Clear whether Honecker s Slat Mcm referred to a timetable for destruction of inc missiles Independent of the Senate deliberation or if inc missiles would be scrapped ahead of inc schedule spelled out in the treaty. According to the treaty agreed upon by the superpowers intermediate Range missiles stationed in East Germany and Czechoslovakia arc to be dismantled Over an 18-month period when inc agreement is ratified. Hon Cockcr in his speech also proposed East West talks to help eradicate the ability of nato and the soviet bloc to launch an attack. Soldering wreckage to Turk la extinguish to still smoking Santa it trains thai exploded into fireball sat urday a Flor colliding in Pica tit text Calif 12 Miles ti5l of downtown lot angles. One railway worker we killed and of we injured in the crash. In wreckage continued to Burn for three hour. Study favors Tough stance on forces cuts Washington a Kremlin led Warsaw pact forces enjoy Surti an Edge Over nato that inc West should insist on a Mo-1 ratio in cuts of conventional forces in Europe the Rand corp. Said in a study sat urday. If we re going to end up with equal forces we re going to have to Star with very unequal reductions said James a. Thomson a Rand vice president who directed the study under contract with the . Air Force. Recent statements by soviet Leader Mikhail a Gorbachev that inc soviet Union is ready o negotiate seriously on conventional Force reductions May breathe new life into inc Mutual balanced Force reduction mfr talks which have made no Progress during 15 years. Leaders of the 16 nations in inc North Atlantic treaty organization have not yet formulated the approach they wish to Lake in so called conventional liability talks which Are replacing the fruitless mfr negotiations. Nato needs to Jet Itsal together on conventional arms control As soon As possible no Only to under stand its interests in this area but also to retake the arms control initiative and the Public relations Edge see study on Back Page