European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside str ipes Bye Bye jeep. See Page 3 o dec lne in sat scores worries Odds Page 2 g Madge than called better Choice than my on rails Page 7 d microwave baking veggies party alternatives Dally Magazine d Mcaa basketball tourney Down to Sweet 16 Page 21 tripes vol.46.mo,337 tub Day March 22, 1988 of j 08693 a Honduras says need for gis May end soon Tegucigalpa Honduras a nicaraguan proposal constructive adding if they do this in troops Are retreating from honduran territory and he we Olio can take the same he did not Elal 3,200 . Soldiers on an emergency Mission in Hon probably won t be needed much longer top honduran officials including president Jose Azcona Hoyo said sunday. Some or the american soldiers practice at a honduran Airstrip Only 20 Miles from the nicaraguan Border on sunday. Nicaraguan officials have denied that their Force entered Honduras while driving Contra rebels out or inc country in a major offensive that began March 8. In Nicaragua monday the defense minister announced that the sandinista government is suspend Ingall military operations during cease fire talks with Contra leaders. Defense minister can. Humberts Ortega urged the contras to halt their military activities. He called the three Day peace talks beginning monday in Spoa Nicaragua a historic encounter. Contra Leader Alfredo Cesar called the sait Dinsla proposal this then Ali elaborate in the United Stales the focus in Washington turned to a renewed debate Over uj3, Aid to the con tras. The Reagan administration indicated support far & new 148 million proposal advanced by a bipartisan group of senators things Are gelling Back to Normal Azcona said sunday one Day after a honduran air raid aimed a driving out about 600 sandinista that officials said were leaving Honduras too slowly. The government said two .-made f-5 fighter jets fired rockets Al the sandinista maps. Honduras said the air raid saturday was eight mile inside its Borders but Nicaragua said it was five Miles within ils territory. Nicaragua formally protested the honduran air raids an unwarranted act of aggression. It has denied that ils troops crossed the Jungle choked Border Between sea Honduras on Back Page to expand cohort Manning system Huck Inch service support units to be under company co together fora definite Mireff usually Ihrck Uii Kiun Bureau Hort Zanow said. Most other units Wilt so the sustained c Chuck v1ncon Washington to army has approved plans to expand the cohort Nam Nung system concept to eventually include All of its re re than 5,000 tactical company size units. The project to expand which has the unit Manning Sybl Entrom cohesion operational readiness and training titty move for Ward in phases said it. Col. William Zaimi t chief of he policy Branch unit Manning division is Der the army Deputy chief of staff for personnel. The first phase scheduled to run through 364 units 7 percent of the Lota number 1 army tactical companies Zanow said. The chief of staffs goal is for All tactical companies to include combat combat support and combat Servic Hort the army was been experimenting with the unit Manning system concept since 1981, getting favourable results at every stage. The tests have sold array person Nel officials on the idea that having units Tram live and work together for extended periods Means higher readiness and morale. The Early tests have involved mostly tactical unitvi1-although some quartermaster and medical units Ben been under the cohort system for Somper franc Zanow said. ,3$ the army will have two types Otje Fyk Manning systems in operation once he Eipp Elron gets under a Zanow said. Companies itt Korea will come Der the traditional co cwt concept in which will be recruited and a rained and men will stay together it Epcot three years. Mos cohort system Zanow Stid once a cohort unit is formed under this Cooj it it will periodically receive replace ment a Clofes which could be platoons squads or soldiers depending on the unit s require a a Korea will be supported by 76 companies under traditional cohort in the initial four year expansion phase Zanow said. These companies will form and spend their first 24 months in forces come and West Ern come divisions he said they la then deploy to Korea for the final 12 months of heir life soldiers who stay on Active duty after completing36-month hours with traditional cohort units will usually be reassigned individually within the army see army on Back Page Bush Jackson win in puerto rican san Juan puerto Rico a vice president George Bush won puerto Rico s Republican primary and added 14 More National convention delegates to his tally while Jesse Jackson won thr1democrats non binding Beauty test balloting. With 35 per Ecol of the pres acts re porting. Bush picked up 9aifcrccnt of sunday s Vole top rival Chi. Bob Dole of Kansas had 2 percent. Bush had an overwhelming 1,935 votes compared to just 48 for Dole a ballots that had Jiten tallied. Bush 1 gop the of isl majority of puerto vote in the democratic primary. Be 14 delegates said local an Luis Cirr. With 9l4 Cen of he precincts report ing jmj Hon led with 87,757 votes or 32 a followed by Massachusetts nov. Let Dukakis with 70,733 for 26 per Illinois sen. Paul Simon was third with57,639 votes or 11 percent. Tennessee sen. Albert Gore or. Haa 45,3fil for 17 percent and Missouri rep. Richard Gephardt had received 9,159 or 3 percent the democratic primary had no effector the candidates Delegate totals for he democratic National convention next july in Atlanta. The 33 delegates Al stake sunday who will choose another is delegates have said they will go uncommitted to the convention. In All puerto Rico will Send 56 Del sea voting on Back Page Secord Hakim linked to skimming of Money Chicago a the Iran con a Independent counsel has evidence Richard Secord and Alber skimmed nearly is million front a tajik accounts containing Money i Rabi the arms sales to Iran monday. The by Secord and Hakim to inv syn arms food Andreal estate business a their person Al gain the Chicago nine reported citing unidentified sound close tothe investigation by my Spenden counsel Lawrence Walsh. According to inc report and Hakim transferred the from Swiss Bank accounts in three is. Staum cols from August to november 1986. The two reportedly used$760.000 from the accounts to buy a one third interest in Forway Indus Trio a military Supply company inner Jersey and $50,000 on a plan to work with Forway to Market a laser sight for night weapons firing the newspaper said. The Tribune said Walsh obtained some of his information through the help of Willard Zuckor an attorney and financial adviser who has been granted immunity from Ocneva based Zucker managed the Swiss Bank accounts and allegedly set up Shell corporations to mask the diversion of $ 18 million of the Money see Money on Back Page Tyson Kos Tubby in 2nd round sports Page 21
