European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q bases in . Find Amelco travel replacements Page 2 d Union vows warfare against pan am Page 3 o . Wins second olympic Gold medal Page 21 div evangelist Swaggart to undergo rehabilitation Page 2b 1uthdiiied unofficial  a 1hi 11,4. Aimed Pouch vdu6,no.310 wednesday february 24, 1988 Navy Secretary Webb quits a or differences with Carlucci on budget strategy Force move Nira ii. Webb by Norm an Blackall military writer Washington novy Secretary James h. Webb abruptly resigned monday accusing defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci of abandoning the Reagan administration s goal of 600-ship Navy and of demonstrating a Lack of leadership and vision. This building needs to be led Webb said in Lollin reporters of his decision. It needs leadership la needs some vision. I m saying thai if i had a piece of advice to give o Secretary Carlucci it would be to spend 3 Lotmore Lime with the lop Leaden in this building. He s been spending a lot of Lime with the state department Ana a lot of time on the Hill. I think they Pentagon leaders need to feet his vision and to under stand what he believes  Webb 42, a highly decorated Marine Veteran of Vietnam combat and the author of he Best Selling Vietnam War novel Fields of  left ado Only 10 months in his Pentagon position. He Lold president Reagan in his resignation letter that the president could have realized his cherished goal of building 600-ship Fleet were it not  administration official who asked not to be identified said Carlucci wants to recommend that Wil Liam l. Ball it i assistant Lolic president for legislative affairs. Be nominated to replace Webb. The source Talethe White House probably would announce Ball s nomination shortly at the same Lime it announce formal acceptance of Webb s resignation. Talking to reporters Webb accused Carlucci of or Dering him to keen quiet about internal budget fight ing saying the defense chief had written him a note saying he should deny news stories reporting it was in defense Deport Mcnol and not the Navy propos ing to Mothball . I m Noi going to deny the  Webb said. Carlucci declined to respond to the criticism. Issuing a written statement saying Only that he had teamed of Webb s resignation decision with  Pentagon added in a separate statement How. Ever hat if Webb had decided he could no defend see Webb on Back Page kidnappers release taped Higgins message Beirut Lebanon a the kid nappers of Marine la. Col. William a Higgins have released a videotape i which he recited their demands including withdrawal by Israel from its Border Security zone in South Lebanon Higgins who appeared to be Reading from a Titi writ ten by his captors said president Reagan has to take rus Ponsi Biliy for inc crimes he has committed against the oppressed people in inc re  Higgins was abducted last wednesday on a Highway South of Tyre the ancient port so Miles South of Beirut. A group calling itself the organization of the oppressed on Earth which claimed responsibility for the abduction released the 70-Sccond tape. The kidnapping increased friction be tween two Shi he moslem forces vying for domination in Squlo Lebanon the moderate amal militia which is trying to Rescue Higgini. And Hezbollah or parly of god which is Loyal to Iran and is believed to be an umbrella for groups holding most of the 25 foreigners missing in Lebanon. Amal militiamen and troops of the . Peacekeeping Force in South Leb anon using dogs were searching the eaves and Groves of the Tyre area. Abc nightly news reported important Progress in he  in a report from Southern Lebanon it said sources there told Abc news the three gunmen we o kidnapped Kiggins and three other gunmen who were in the getaway ear have been caught. La said the six Are being interrogated by amal officers. Higgins is commander of the 76-Man observer group Lebanon attached to the . Interim Force in Lebanon Orun Ifil inc South Lebanon peacekeeping Force. Hezbollah claimed the 43-year-Oldmarine from Danville ky., was removed from inc area despite a dragnet by amal and . Security officers. Release of the tape delivered to a Western new Agency in Beirut suggested the abductors we Reable to get Higgins out. Ii is hard to believe that a videotape can be produced if the captive is held in see message on Back Paga Shultz soviets report Progress in arms talks Moscow not the soviet Union and the United states announce monday that Progress had been made in id Days of negotiations on a treaty reducing Long Range nuclear weapons. The reported advances produced the most optimistic statements to Dale on the Prospect that a treaty can be ready 10 sign when president Reagan visits mos cow in the Spring. In separate news conferences so arc Lary of stale George i. Shutlz and for eign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze said that although no major Dis agreements were resolved some differences were narrowed and inc iwo sides agreed on a series of deadlines and procedures fur negotiating the Complex problem of verifying compliance Wilh the Accord which the to sides have said should reduce their nuclear arsenals by so percent. After a sober sensible and realistic assessment of the stale of affairs Shevardnadze declared we have come to the conclusion thai there arc no unresolvable problems. Although there arc major difficulties icy can be  asked if inc treaty could be completed in we. Secretary of sat George Shultz left and sorrel Leader Mikhail s. Carba Elev appear Cordill during a meeting in the ornate Catherine 1111 of the Kiev Dan on monday. Time for the Moscow Summit meeting Shevardnadze said there is a real Chance and the americans agree with  Shutlz spoke of important Progress on strategic  and another senior american official said that he thought the talks had enhanced the Prospect of Success. It s More probable than i though it would be he said. The statements came after two Days of wide ranging talks in which Afghanistan the Iran Iraq War and other regional is sues were addressed along will human rights. Shutlz said the two sides were generally in Accord on terms for ending inc Warin Afghanistan but a period of delicate and tense negotiations would be required to Complete a peace agreement the main accomplishment on Strate Gic arms appeared to be procedural. In joint inc Mcnol the iwo sides said they hid instructed their negotiators to develop three join draft protocols by the Lim Shevardnadze visits Washington which Shutlz said had been scheduled for March 22 and 23. The three protocols will Deal Wilh in sea talks on Back Page