European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse D around the clock shopping arrives at Ramstein Page 3 q Mission change for b-52qs proposed by of Page 6 o Randy Barnett reports on cars Page 9 d . Hockey team beats Norway Page 21 uthoiii1ed Uno Meihl put i cation Fri the . A vol. 46, no. 307 sunday. February 21, 1988 Good morning t d 8693 a this series of Pholia u Sot let Light Trieste upper Unchino bumping and then Pullini Wiy Frum the is. Distro or Carun feb. 12 in the Black sea off the soviet const. Pictures prove bumping was deliberate Washin Citon iad the Pentagon has released videotape and still photographs of the incident in which two . Navy warships were deliberate bumped by Sovin vessels in the Black sea. The photographs document the Pentagon s assertion that inc dest Roji a Oron and guided missile Cruiser Yor Kloven were Lii on purpose by the soviet ships. The videotape shows Ilia the Vor own was bumped not ice As originally reported but twice As it travelled on a straight course. The feb. 11 confrontation occurred off the soviet arrests made in abduction of Marine officer the. Lebanon a pm a militia commander sat urday said his Lori. Hau1 arrested several accomplices in the kidnapping a a i s. Marine officer who Haj . Observer Levin. But the Ieuv Germind Hasps Caird. Uaouu1 l Aud. Lite top null Ian commander of the mainstream shiite Anial a Lilia m South Lebanon suit also that the As Well planned hut that a series of Snag sloped Down the abductors Ilia he. Ii inti amal time to Seitl the area. Lie Saij he thinks 1.1. Lot. William a hymns still i in Soulli t Ehmannn 1mho-.ith he As Kina mid wednesday. We have arrested several Alcum splices but 1he Leader of he Kidnap lint ration Hai left the South Djou told the associated Lri in an interview at Hii Home in by alias. Seven Miles Northeast of Tyre. We know Iceni All by name no and we tar Lief col. Higgins is still in South he Saul. Antal militiamen and . Peacekeeping troops see Marine on Back Page Union s crimean Peninsula after the two Navy vessels were ordered to assert their International navigation rights by sailing within 12 Miles of he soviet coast. Unlike the United Stales which claim a Thim Milc territorial limit the Soviel Union claims 12-mile limit Alom its coast. The United stairs insists thai any country claiming l 2 Miles must still allow Lor innocent passage do foreign ships through Waters by und three Miles. The soviets have charged that the Navy warships provoked the incident by ignoring warnings to move beyond 12 Mijes and by mane vering dangerously around their ships. The videotape does not show the american vessels mane vering at All hut rather the two soviet ships approaching them on an Englc and then moving in Lor the collision. In the footage shot aboard the Yorktown Ameri can sailors can be heard in the background swear ing and Yelling. He s going to Hil and Brake while Only minor damage was caused. Inc first Colli Sion Between the and a soviet frigate was sufficiently Strong that the cameraman lost control of his camera. Experts acknowledge gains made by military women Washington military watchers across the political spectrum seem to agree that despite the relatively conservative mood of the l9bqs, these Are progressive times for women in the . Armed Force i be seen a lot i Progress Over the last i years said fair in he Craft a researcher and Lor Mer army Captain to is Active in military women s issues. Usi summer the defense advisor committee. On women in the service reported that . Mili tary women Faith sometimes shocking instances of sexual harassment. The pacow1ts findings led not Only to congressional concern but to establish ment of Pentagon and Navy task forces to study the problem and make recommendations. Those recommendations approved by the secretaries of defense and the Navy will Over the nem several years open 10,000 positions now closed to women in the Navy. 2,600 jobs in the air Foree. And 1.400 Johs in the marines the army is re evaluating its policies regarding women soldiers. And legislation is pending that would require inc opening of even More slots to women. Thai these accomplishments come during the leadership of a conservative while House has not escaped the notice of those close to the Issue. Over the past Eglit years there have been tremendous gains for military said Jac Tuc in Davis chairwoman of dacowt1s, whose members Are appointed by the president. "1 think it has exceeded All of the expectations anyone might have had for the Reagan administration and Becraft finds that ironic. "dacow1ts members arc pol Al appointees " she said. This administration has been very conservative Yel they dacoits have consist continued on Page 3
