European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stripes o Philippines base talks resume Page 2 q Noriega arms buildup plan revealed Page 3 o Lyle wins masters on final Hole Page 21 d classified and Coupon Page 12 unofficial Puit i Clitah Pfulb to u 1 in Adf cell vol 46. No. 35b tuesday. April 12, 1983 god morning t d 8693 a of May be forced to ground planes Cen Urr l. Cal i Nidy u thing to  Ryda Vlk. Green  Bureau Ramstein a West Germany the air Force May ground most of us planes toward the cud of Hie fiscal year because of congressional budget cuts the service s chief of in if  monday. We May Well conic lip to the end of the yer and cease nil but essential flying operations far a couple of weeks Gen. Larry d. Welch said in an Iii Crvick while visiting bases in Europe. Well recover from that when the Nusl Lis civil year  although congressional budget cutting ii will to Len lion cd legislators May not have fully understood the effect the cuts would have on inc air Force s readiness he said. To be fair 1o Congress. Congress faces he same kind of problem in any budget cutting process and that is Lului Congress series on a by decl level and Ihil Bud get Vel is not nearly As High As what was projected the year Dorc Welch said. So they re dealing with a department of defense that exceeds their budget Ceil ing by several billion dollars. So while i think that culling operations and maintenance funding to the Cucnik they did was very Short sighted and will have a tremendously Adverse Impact far beyond anything that they envisioned when 1hcy did it it was a combination of Ihrck things that caused us so much problem in let com budget in 1988." those three things were a si.7 billion Cut in funds the movement of about j700 million Worth of boils into the account that were not previously there and see of on Bach Page i Ackers murder 2nd kuwaiti hostage on greek easter Sunila at in Irenaea Airport in Cyprus specs Totsline the Fen near inc Kuwait airlines 747 held by Terr urls. Warnaca Cyprus a1 Arab hijackers of a Kuwait airways Jet killed n hostage monday and tossed him onto the Tarmac after threatening to slay a Mem Ber of Kuwait s Royal family. _ the gunmen said the dead Man was a kuwaiti officer.11 he was inc second Man killed by the hijackers who hold nearly 3d people aboard the plane doctors said i he Side of he Man s face was badly injured possibly because of a bearing and there appeared to be a Bullet wound in his forehead. In another development monday pro iranian militants in Lebanon threatened to hang Marine co William r. Higgins 43, it the hijacked plane was stormed. Fuggins a kids Ipp cd sch 14 by term not group calling Itsel Llhee islamic military brigade. The hijackers warned they would Lake More dangerous Steps if their demand for fuel was not met by cypriot officials. They earlier said they wanted to Fly o u Neutral  the victim was thrown out Ai 3 07 . After cypriot authorities failed id comply with several demands thai the aircraft be refuelled. Half an hour later an ambulance he ded toward the plane picked up the body and took it to the Lavaca morgue where a photo Stringer Takis loan macs said inc Man was dead on arrival. Earlier kuwaiti officials had said see hostage on Back Page Shultz to sign Afghanistan treaty for . Washington ial11 1  Rea Gan on monday directed Sec relay of state George Shultz to go to it Neva to sign his Loric accords try which Lii United Sziics and soviet Union will Tiu Rainee a peace agric men dictating the a Movi of All red army tops from  in. Reagan called the pm a Triumph for  insurgent after a bloody s Jear War Wanh the Soi ii i supported afghan regime. He said the rebels can count on our continued supp in the rebels have rejected the peace pact and have vowed to continue fight ing. Under a rur Promise Wanh the so dict Union the United states will con Mue sending weapons to the rebels while the Kremlin continues providing arms o the  government. Reagan made the announcement in the Iii Vlash cd Kosc Garden Hefner 3 ceremony to congratulate the Man r. And women s Mcaa basketball champions. This i the first time in the Ulory of inc soviet Union that they have moved by aggression into another country and then had to withdraw Sulu said Laler at 3 while House press briefing. The peace settlement which was negotiated under the auspices of the United nations is scheduled to be signed on thursday in the r