European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pege 29 news briefs the stars and stripes wednesday february 3,1988 Kohl Thatcher at Odds Over dec farm spending London up prime Milliner Harare thalcher and Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany failed ill i her Summit tuesday to re solve differences Over european Community farm spending. Britain and West Germany which currently holds inc presidency of the 12-nation dec arc at Odds Over the question of How to slash Europe s bloated farm budget that is crippling dec finances. Britain has insisted that proposed farm spend ing curbs be far tougher than those put Forward by Bonn calling for strict stabilizers thai would include Sharp Price penalties for Farmers who overproduce. But West Germany is resisting the measure fearing it would Daman the livelihoods of Small Farmers and is favouring a set aside system of taking land out of production. Navy May be forced to retire 16 frigates Washington a defense depart ment officials have told the Navy it will Proba Bly have to retire is older frigates to accommodate fiscal 1989 budget cuts throwing in a nub the Reagan administration s timetable for Ach Ieving a 600-Shi p Fleet sources say. The sources who demanded anonymity said monday that Navy Secretary James h. Webb and other top brass were righting to save the ships and still hoped to persuade defense Secre tary Frank c. Carlucci to protect them. Civilian budget analysis have singled out the ships however As less capable vessels that can be sacrificed to save Money the sources said. The sources said Pentagon budget cutters were focusing on inc 10 frigates of the so called Garcia class put in service from 1964 o 196b and the six ships of the Brooke class which joined the service from 1966 to 1968. If those frigates Are retired. The Navy will not achieve its Long cherished goal of growing to �00 ships during the fiscal year thai begins no Loc Tober. Galvin from Page 1 neutralize the West european nations without having  every year that passes. The Gap Between inc Force capabilities of nato and those of the Warsaw pact gels wider Lonato s detriment he said. Calvin agreed that nato needs to improve its conventional forces but said there still is a real deterrent to the Warsaw pact in  Galvin said i m not delighted hat we have fewer nuclear weapons but the soviets will give up some weapons  the former defense secretaries All said the new Ira by is on balance verifiable and in the Security interests of the United states and nato. The most recent of them Caspar a Weinberger took Issue with soviet claims thai the treaty bars the United states from assisting its european allies to modernize their tactical or Banle Field nuclear weapons and thai any such help would scuttle the achieve ments in reductions made so far. The treaty does no prevent modernization Weinberger said. Quite the contrary the Ticay com Pels Moomi Union. 1 Hope the Congress will vote the necessary funds  the other witnesses were former defense secretaries Robert s. Mcnamara Elliot Richardson James a sch Csinger and Harold Brown. Rogers has been critical of the treaty since it was signed two months ago by president Reagan and Sovi Criear Jar Mikhail a Gorbachev. Rogers testimony was among the most critical heard Cyl on Capitol Hill As the armed services for eign relations and intelligence panels began hearing a second week of testimony on the pact which would eliminate missiles with ranges of 300 to 3,400 mites. Rogers said he was worried because nato will eliminate the Pershing ii missile the weapon the so Viets fear the  Rob san county . Deputies stand by Irish shotguns outside lie Lumberton newspaper office during the siege. Hostages from Page 1 and local and District offices of the slate Bureau of investigation. Ii also Calls for a thorough investigation of the death of a Black jail inmate and for the Transfer of a lumber Indian from the Robeson Jait to one in another county. None of these Are the kinds of demands that could not be met Martin said at a news conference in Raleigh. None Oft Csc arc of an unreasonable  Martin a Republican elected in 19sh after 12 years in Congress said he did not believe the negotiations with the hostage taken had set a bad precedent fit Wasa Pyrc Cdcil it qua Good precedent Martin said. It s Over. The hostages have been released unharmed and Are Safe and the suspects arc in  Hatcher accomplished what he set out to do said his attorney Bruce Cunningham who aided in the negotiations he s satisfied. He j relieved and glad it s  Daly said Hatcher and Jacobs were charged with the Federal crime of hostage taking and Possession of sawed off shotguns. The men were held overnight at the Orange county jail in Hillsborough. Sheriff Hubert Stone said he was not worried about the hostage takers allegation. That was just two people out there on their own Slone said. Anybody can get Upland make accusations. Stone has been the subject of criticism by indians since nov. A 1986, when an unarmed Indian Jimmy Earl Curri mings visa shot to death by Deputy Kevin Stone the sheriffs son. A Coroner s inquest jury ruled the shooting an Accident and or  the Black inmate Billy Mckellar 27, died Jan 13 after what authorities described As an asthmatic cardiac at tack while in inc jail run by Stone Ai for the Transfer of the Indian prisoner the inmate John Hunt who is charged with armed robbery and As Sault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill doct not want to leave the county Lrtil. Stone maintained. George Fain general manager of the newspaper said 17 people were taken hostage tit his office about 10a.m., but he and several others ran out before inc captors chained and locked doors. Ten hostages were released during the Day in Exchange for food and cigarettes. Women from Page 1 responsible for the stronger anti harass Cal policy Armor said. The new guidelines Call for stronger monitoring of harassment reports and programs intended to combat it making anti harassment policies and penalties better known and taking Steps id minimize any intimidating factors involved in reporting harassment. Armor said the task Force also determined that the services were not consistent in applying combat exclusion rules that prevent women from taking certain positions. A new guideline recommended by the panel and approved by Carlucci Calls for a. Belter definition of combat mis Sions the new policy accepts the exclusion of women from jobs in non combat uni i on grounds of risk of exposure to direct combat hostile fire or capture provided thai the dangers arc equal to or greater than those experienced by com Gal units open Tingyi uie same area. Cariucci s approval of the task Force recommendations will open up 2,600 new positions for women in the air Force and about 1,400 for women in the marines in addition to nearly 10,000 Navy positions opened to women several weeks ago by Secretary of the Navy James Webb. Armor could not estimate the number of positions that would open up in the army until that service finishes a review of its current guideline staling that location of the assignment drier Robims the danger level. We anticipate further openings in the army Armor said. In addition to approving the Navy s opening of 9,600 Slot on combat logistics snips and 330 positions on re  aircraft Cariucci s action will also open positions in Marine corps Security guard and Security forces Navy Mobile construction battalions and air Force red horse and Aerial port squadrons to women. The Marine guard Post will include embassy assignments overseas Armor said. The positions announced by Armor Are available to women but will not automatically go to women. To see thai Ai Many women As possible can compete for the positions however. Armor said the task Force has also called for  in career development programs for women. Armor said the secretaries of the services will be directed 10 discuss the development of women officer and leaders with each chief of staff. The secretaries will Abo develop a comprehensive plan to integrate enlisted women Inlo non traditional skill areas with explicit focus on recruiting and assignment  the Pentagon announcement came two Days before Congress was schedule Al to hear testimony from Dod officials on what they be been doing to improve the Rota of women in the military system. Initial reaction to the announcement from Capilos Hill was positive with Mem Bers and staffers lauding the talk Force for taking Steps that Congress has been pushing for. The House and Senate have Bain been holding Back on popular legislation thai would have improved the roles of women in the services in Hopes thai the Pentagon would act first. Many of he task Force recommendations together with a Navy decision several weeks ago opening More combat support positions for women Are in line with what con Gress wanted such As placing women on combat support ship Sand in embassy guard positions