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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g services order inspections of 3 Black Hawk models Page 2 d unrest casts doubt on future of Panama canal Page 3 d double agent Philby blames British Bosses. Page 9 n celtics beat bulls in Aba action sports Page 23 Ilo Uno pic1al publication Fetn 0., ahui0 poach i vol. 46, no. 337 tuesday March 22, 19bb gis within 15 Miles of Border in position to repel nicaraguan attack by Richard i Altoran Jam Astran. Honduras not to reinforce a demand by the Reagan administration that Nicaragua troops withdraw from Honduras. 700 american soldiers were deployed Here sunday Only is Miles from the Bonier Between the i to nations. La was believed to be the first time that . Forces had gone inside an informal 20-mile limit that had been set to pre vent them from becoming involved in the fighting Between nicaraguan govern tent and rebel troops along the  americans arc still More than 70 Miles from the latest fighting. The United slates now has three battalions of 750 infantrymen each supported by artillery in a line running North to South behind the honduran nicaraguan order. They Are thus positioned to repel any nicaraguan attacks and to launch counterattacks. Two Light tanks were also brought Toi Mastran sunday and a battalion of in Fantry has been moved into the mountains of Central Honduras. In theory the Reserve battalion could be used to reinforce units up front or to launch a sur prise attack. In Washington National Security adviser Colin Powell said it was unlikely that american troops would gel involve Din combat because the fighting on he Border Between Nicaragua and Honduras has All but ended. The combat zone is rapidly disappearing As the sandinista appear to withdraw and i Don t think there is an reasonable likelihood that they would be anywhere near the combat zone or gel Ting themselves in a combat situation see Border on Back Page greek police seek clues to bar bombing from staff and win reports Athens Greece greek explosives experts Sun Day combed through the wreckage of a bar where a bomb blast late saturday injured 13 people including four american servicemen. A police spokesman said fragments of a timing de vice were found in Oscar s  suburb of Gly Fada indicating jul Momb went off As planned at la . I i a the Ais Elcans All assigned to nearby hell Nikon to fab in treated at the base Hospital and released master sol. Allan Davis a Safe spokesman said sunday. Another Safe spokesman identified the victims As staff sol. Timothy a. Johnson staff sgt. John m. Fines sgt. Ricky a. Hoover and staff sgt. Larry l Morrison or. Others injured by flying Glass and Mclat included five greeks two frenchmen and two britons Athens police said. Two of the greeks received first and Sec Ond degree bums spokesman at the ask Liccion Voi a Hospital injured were taken said the tvo britons Christine Slater and John Summers were be said four greeks were still Hosni explosives experts search through wreckage of Oscar s bar where i. Bomb exploded Situ Nlay night. Id Tifi released Sun Lali cd. Police said the boat in hidden in the cloakroom of oscars a popular spot  and american servicemen Bra stationed in the Toto no group has taken responsibility re the bombing but police Cusp Cal it is Thi work of nov Wuber it leftist group that has claimed the lives of two Macri see clues on Back Page Bush Jackson winners in puerto rican voting by the associated press vice president George Bush and democratic presidential hopeful Jesse Jack son won victories in puerto Rico s Pri Mary elections sunday. However Massachusetts gov Michael Dukakis remained tin Leader of the democratic presidential pack because Jackson picked up no delegates in the non binding Beauty contest in the Commonwealth. Even though the counting was proceeding slowly puerto Rico gop chair Man Luis Ferre declared oust the win Ner of Floc 14 delegates at stake in the Republican contest. With results from one third of the precincts in. Bush had 91 percent of the vote while sen Bob Dole of i Isas had Only 3 percent. On the democratic Side with 31 per cent of the precincts reporting Jackson had 35 percent of the votes Dukakis 23percent and Illinois sen. Paul Simon 20 percent. The i i member democratic delegation from puerto Rico was expected to go to the convention uncommitted an vote As a bloc. The Commonwealth win Send an additional five party leaders including the governor to thi1 conventional delegates. Dole fighting to keep his presidential Hopes alive was in Wisconsin campaigning for the state s april 5 primary. The Kansas senator who has suffered a series of crushing losses to Bush has pledged to keep his faltering Campaign going at least until that contest. Dole who was wounded in world War ii. Visited a veterans Hospital in Milwaukee on sunday. Such appearances have become a Campaign Staple for Dole who likes to use them to suggest he can surmount the greatest Odds As he did when he was recovering from his Crip pling injuries. Those Odds appeared to icing Lea Sun Day As a poll published in the Milwaukee journal suggested Bush has a com manding Lead in Wisconsin. The Survey of Likely Republican voters showed 69 percent backed Bush while 25 percent supported Dole and 6 percent favored former television evangelist Pat Robertson. I be Gat a lot of Hill to climb before april 5, Dole acknowledged by added Bob Dole is a  on the democratic Side Dukakis led in Wisconsin with 38 percent with Jack Ion at 30 percent he journal Survey showed. Among the other democrats Richard Gephardt and Simon each had 11 percent and Tennessee sen. Alber Gore or. Had 10 percent. Dukakis at a Boston breakfast on see winners on Back Pago Tyson Kos Tibbs in 2nd round Page 21  
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