European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. January 25, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 5 Helms Steps up anti inf treaty Campaign Washington a sen. Jesse Nesses if lire two officials Wiy the cheat from the 2, missiles to be destroyed nation witnesses appearing before the Helms Ihrck More ammunition Inlo his ing evidence if valid. He also said the pact would increase a Hlll in incl ih1 nil. A i . I.1 i i if i. . Irt1iulj4 it him fun Mintum it tin. Jess Ihrck jul i Bailie against the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty saturday a Iso Page memorandum designed to buttress his View he incl will endanger inc United slates. The North Carolina Republican also said he sen evidence of soviet Chenling on inc proposed pact to the Cia and the National Security Agency. He asked those agencies to judge the accuracy of inc data before ratification hearings open before the Senate foreign relations committee on monday. In a letter released by his staff. Helms said he would ask committee chairman Claiborne Pell 10 hold urgent Sec Rel hear Ings with Cia director William Chster and Asa chief William Ojo ill As wit Nesseth say the in is valid. Saturday s statements were the latest in a series of Public announcements de signed by Helms to highlight objections he and other critics of he Range nuclear forces inf treaty Are raising. The aim is to win the 34 Senate Voles needed to kill ratification or the 51 votes necessary to pass amendments thai would require the Reagan a ministral Ion lord Nugo Tiatco sections of the treaty with the soviets. Earlier in the week. Helms the rank ing Republican an inc foreign relations committee asserted the treaty is mean ingless because ii lets each Side keep the nuclear warheads alter they arc removed fro 2,600. He t the likelihood or War because deterrent Power on nato s Side in Western Europe would be diminished. The memo pulls together previous arguments made by critics of the treaty and offers committee members a copy of the pact Section by Section annotated with Helms concerns about each Section. The title of the memo in big Blue let ters on the red and while cover is re the treaty on intermediate Range nuclear weapons. Docs la decrease or in crease the danger of nuclear he said the material developed by Hie minority staff of the committee was de signed to give senators the hard questions that should be asked of adminis ratio panel. Included in the memorandum is a article in which retired Gen. Bernard w. Rogers a former supreme Allied com Mander in Europe spells out his reasons for opposing the treaty. President Reagan hacked by All is nato Heads of has said the inf Tarcaly is a Boon la the Alliance be cause it eliminates an entire class of weapons from the superpowers Arsenal All ground launched missiles with ranges Between .100 and 3,000 mite. In defending the treaty the administration Points out that it is the first to provide for on Silc inspection of missile facilities and requires the soviets to de stroy twice As Many missiles is the United states. To addicts gather to improve Couch potato skills practices a Flap and Wall i of Luik Potter munches m the National Couch i Piralo can i hundreds of television addicts including a Chicago dears lineman gathered to share Trade secrets and perfect their lounging skills sat urday at he Fisl National Couch potato convention. Those who flocked to a hotel in this Chicago suburb said they re among millions of americans who spend hours each Day on inc sofa watching television. I watch television from 6 in the evening to 6 the next said Hope Jacobson. 38. Who a Oaks behind the scenes at a Chicago television station when she s not in from of her to set i m not ashamed of Beim a Rauch potato. I m Here to team How to improve my Couch Gulalo she said lounging on a Plush divan. Many sofa spuds said they found it difficult to pry themselves away from their to Scis for a weekend of training hut. As Jacobson put it even i Floc weekend turned out to he a bore i knew 1 could always go Hack to my hotel room and watch about 500 people from across the country had been expected 10 attend the Twonda convention that ended sunday. The Agenda included games to play while lounging on a Couch contests and a lecture on the therapeutic value of television. We thought we d just show Ihm How to be the Best Couch potatoes they could be said Rulh Rashann. Whose Chicago Public relations firm onjani7cd the convention. Saturday s events included the free form sofa Flop Conlest. In which participants jumped onto a Couch and landed in to viewing positions. They were judged on both Grace and sloth organizers said. Bears offensive tackle pc ii Van Home said he s been couching ii since the team s Utayo Leloss o the washing Ion redskins. After the season is done for a month i try to rest my body in front of the to is the Best spot said Van Home. Spud gimmicks on Sale included shins designed by Van Home and another dears teammate and equipped Wilh a pocket for a to guide a Chip clip to hour potato Chip bags and velcro to Aii Ach Remote controls for a Var and to custom Boxer shorts Wilh cartoons of Couch Polatos and a Couch potato game to play during commercials Jack Sloan who markets the game said he believes Many americans arc comfortable Wilh their Couch potato image. Everybody was embarrassed to be u Yuppie Bui everybody admits they Are Couch he said. Jct Kaplan 10, a later lot from suburban Highland Park said lit watches to about sin hours a Day and in tends to be a sofa Spud All his he said i like Couch potatoes. They re Abc considering to film on 3 Brothers with aids St. Petersburg a. My a television movie May be made about a family those three sons carry the aids virus and whose Home ii Deal Rojad by an arsonist. Inc family s a Lorney said. The film Curry Nelly in in planning stages would to i adv by actor Vlanin Sheen s production compan. Which agreed to pay Ray famil $100.uoo for dramatic the rights said attorney Jud Kavanaugh the a v attorney said the Money would co to a Irusle fund to pay for future medical a pc pcs for Ricky 10, Robert 9, and randy.�. The three boys who apparently got the virus from info Clad blood products they need to make their blood elot if they arc injured attracted attention when a judge ruled in August thai they must be allowed into regular elementary claws in Arcadia. Do soil Corimby residents who feared their own children could somehow be infected by the Brothers responded Wilh Annn yous threats and a Boycott of schools. An arsonist destroyed their Home aug. 28, and the family moved to Sarasola. Acquired immune deficiency syn drome caused by a virus that damages Ilir body s immune system is spread most often through sexual Contact Needles or syringes shared by drug abusers and infected blood or blood products. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a ,. Jan. 25. I
