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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, January 27, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday january 27,1988 fast food in Chine Beijing a China s first be Stem style fast food Reslau Tihe world s largest Kentucky d Chicken restaurant has .1 drawing crowds of foreigners i chinese in the three min los re it opened a newsman or re led sunday. He official people of Are Long wails at to desc joint venture just Rianon men Square. J he three Story rest Auitt Over k Mao tsp lung s mausoleum is within walking to real Hall of Shepf China s govern n the 500-Scaiin november whether the said . If Cen Ilance of ple the it restaurant me ques Lin Csc who in average Monfils salary Ofin $27woulf be willing to july 13 Yuan s150 for a five thick in  jes exceed i and have Ian til Oil the meals theire 1,300 Chic rage daily a Juan s$,4 i at 41,000kspapcr said lint Sells Roth Day the. A paper said. Education services director unhappy with report on Safe term a  v  urn hdm  dm9 Hiloa of  3 Sase " " Uttke ism Mph 9 z7 aarm such 7i 2 Mimi a of eth m Hmoih Tuhet 29 1j m spa i i to in Hariu 40 new omd Niv 56 w  4t 99esuz. N s two Many Onha 3r 41 Oil on s or mum Inu 49 31itwwrtw h 41 by i Lualma. Bartman und Daryle Mckeen staff by limiting to two Ute Rii Berof col Leges on its overseas bases the lir Force has driven up the Cost of highers Duca Tion for its airmen a general accoup1 office report said. But a staffs education services director monday said the report was unnecessarily negative. To not Happy with the slant of  Jef Frey p. Cropsey said. The draft report that left Europe that was done by the Fellows in the Field for the Gao had a much More positive slant than the one we be seen writ ten by a staff of folks in Washington that have never come Over  despite its findings the congressional watchdog Agency said it was making no recommendations on the Issue until i sense officials have More time to uate the air Force system. The army and Navy continue to offer serf a col Leges for service members. Under the air Force Syngle source policy one school offers Ell undergrad uate Liberal arts course and another of fers vocational and to Carmical courses. The Gao  on 10 installations it visible diff Europe. The defense department a fax refute the Agency s findings. It a the air Force is negotiating con Nacif for educational programs in the pacing and is open minded toward a single a Multi College  t really have any major plaint except that they be taken basically Correct Dala and they be just kind of looked at it you can look Al Romany things in a positive or negative Way Cropsey said. Though the report Points out drawbacks in the air Force s single policy in slops Short of passing Juc Manl the Bottom line is if you Jim Al this it it does t say thaldia system or single source  we use a Crew Europe Orem the Pacific . And it does t say that Tow Jpn thai the army is currently for celer have and i will say forced to  they be been wanting Jib Savetto system single a Long   Ile the air  College i continues to provi Rauhe same .,., of courses As were  colleges were involved Thel Fiao report said it increased the Cost of plating those degrees to both the and its  enrolment costs per student in the air Force system Rose 8 percent between1984 and 1985, from j13j to $146, the report said. During thai same period the army s East remained the same $141 per enrolment. The Gao blamed the increase in part on the higher fees that a four year University charged lower level students for Liberal arts courses that were previously offered by two year schools. But Cropsey said the increases were in part explained by new contracts being signed with the institutions during the sur vey period. He said other factors were the Luc of the Dollar and the rising Etc education in general tile course costs have risen with the air Force system the Gao said the new policy reduced Competition for Itu deals among schools Al the base level called for extended commitments from schools to provide education services and required More Quality control. The air Force started a single College system in 1984, several years Nufler the Council on pos secondary accreditation in 1980 said the military s pos secondary education program in Europe had unnecessary Competition among schools and duplication of courses. The Gao report was required by the defense authorization act of 1986. The Agency did not Lake a close look at Navy programs in Europe because the Nav system is Small in relation 10 the army and air Force programs. In 1984, As the air Force switched to f new system the army began plans a similar single College program. Butk4jmy plan was scrapped when con  after hearing Community cokes express concern Over their diminish Lwi role in providing programs for  in Europe. Liberal arts Wand general education courses Are prov had on air Force bases by the University 8fc.mary.land. The Cit colleges of Chicago Ali rides vocational and technical courses. Enrolment in College Iii Ines is up among air Force my Macrito Europe Cropsey said. Enrolment inc Reaid from 26 percent from 19,433 in fiscal 1984 to 74,819 this year. Experts convinced soviets knocked out . Spy Safe fes with laser attacks Fig Flagstaff Washington up . Intelli gence agencies Are convinced soviet laser attacks have damaged super sophisticated american spy satellites deployed to Monitor missile and spacecraft launches Al the major soviet space Center administration sources said. These sources said they believe the so Viets fired ground based lasers to cripple optical equipment attempting to scan launches Al tour aim to obtain sensitive military information. Administration intelligence sources told United press International they fear thai other vital . Reconnaissance satellites will soon be endangered because sin new soviet laser Battle stations Are under construction in the Remote Cauca sus mountains. The suspected soviet lasci1 nosing of costly satellites details of which re main classified occurred on the last several Yean and have left . Scientists scrambling to shield the space surveil Lance system the sources io1d up. There is no Way you can protect the optical sensors on satellites from laser attacks an air Force official said. Intelligence sources said the United states responding to the soviet attacks in whal appear to be the first skirmishes of the Star wars Era has electronically jammed soviet satellite transmissions of surveillance Dala from . Weapons Icsis. Intelligence sources acknowledged thai the Pentagon also has trained ground-based1 lasers on Soviel spacecraft sometimes in attempts to disrupt their sensors. , laser firings have not been designed to cause permanent damage the sources said. Attempting to counter inc mounting soviet space threat the United state recently installed laser warning receivers on its newest generation of Low Orbil spacecraft intelligence sources said. The receivers can allow time for evasion action and assist ground controllers seeking 10 prove the soviets inflicted the dam age the analysts said. One analyst said Ihal experts disagrees to whether the . Satellite malfunctions art1 due to Soviel attacks noting that some sceptics in the intelligence Community put the blame on natural causes. Proof of what Lias happened to some thing in space is awfully hard to come  the analyst said. Bui Angela cod Villa former Senate intelligence committee chief of half said he believes thai the soviets regularly pulse Largel " losers on us. Satellites. Codevilla now a senior research fellow Al the Hoover Zinsli Lulu a califor Nia based think tank acknowledged Ihal there is no hard proof of soviet at tacks. Asked about the allegations of soviet laser attacks an air Force spokesman declined comment on grounds All such information is classified but a knowledgeable air Force source told up the government has decided to keep evidence of the laser attacks hushed for a variety of  the official said the disclosure make . Equipment look bad but More important the . Warned to us the collected evidence of violations As a bar gaining Chip at the Bell round Osl Ralevic arms limitation  
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