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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday May 19.1988 politics hurting drug fight Reagan says new London Conn. A sex. Jessive drug politics to gelling in the Way of the Battle against narcotics trafficking. President Reagan declared wednesday and he urged thai n congressional and executive Branch task Force be formed to recommend solutions. Speaking to the graduating class of the . Coast guard Academy in new Lon Don Reagan called drug abuse the fore most concent in our country and said there must be a falling of political debate. If America s anti drug Effort gels tripped up in partisanship if we permit politics to determine policy it will mean news briefs o disaster for our future and that of our children b said sen. Alfonse d Avalo r-n.y., one of the administration s harshest critics on drug policy scoffed at the tone at Rea Gan s speech saying in Advance that the nation needs action not talk. White House spokesman Stu in Fitz Waier on tuesday had said Reagan is very frustrated about the Progress of efforts to combat drug abuse. Reagan said in his speech thai be is calling on both houses of the Congress both sides of the aisle to join with my representatives in a special executive leg Force to Advance America s unified response to the problem of illegal drug  he said the task Force should find a consensus on ways to Block the Supply of illegal drugs reduce demand and improve interdiction Choris. Nothing should be overlooked or ruled out he said asking i we cannot remove the politics from drugs How can we Hope to remove the Msj from our communities work places and schools Reagan announced among other things hat he has directed defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci to tap the Best minds both inside and outside of govern ment to come up with creative solution on How we can better use military re sources and  10 Date i and interdict drugs coming into this  it is time to make illegal drug pub Lic enemy no. I " he said. Reagan in april i proclaimed aids As Public enemy no. 1" during a speech to a medi Cal audience in Philadelphia. Before the speech Reagan arranged i visit the coast guard Culler vigorous for a briefing about its dog Linler diction procedures and then had lunch with Crew members before the speech to some 160 members of Trie 107lh graduating class. European space Agency launches ariane rocket Kou Rou French Guiana api the euro Pean space Auncy on tuesday achieved its 18th Success in 22 launches of the ariane rocket sending an initial v telecommunications satellite into orbit in a nearly flawless operation. Sixteen minutes and 40 seconds after the launch at s in p.m., the 4,374-Pound satellite separate perfectly. Officials at the european space can scr at Kourou on the North coast of South America called the flight a Complete  four of Arian i 22 launches have failed three of them caused by problems with the Rock Al s third stage. The Lasi failure in 1986, halted the program for nearly a year. Tuesday s opera lion was the second successful launch Iii year. Six More launches Are planned in 19sb and nine each in 1989 and 199d. The Intelsat v-f13 satellite which was put Inlo geostationary orbit 2z,Soo Miles above i Hearth is part of a series of 13 satellites built by an International consortium led by Ford Aero space. It contains 15,000 Telephone circuits an two television channels. Navy Marks anniversary of Stark missile attack Manama. Bahrain a the . Navy on tuesday marked the first anniversary of the iraqi air attack on the guided missile frigate Stark. The Navy dropped a Wreath in persian Gulf Waters where the frigate was hit by two missile causing a loss of 37 lives. During the ceremony a Navy chaplain offered a prayer and 5 seven Man Rifle team fired a Salute from the deck of the destroyer slump rclitr4 Story be 7. We pause amidst our duties to Honor men of Stark who Laid Down their lives in service to country and la dedicate ourselves As fellow shipmates to the great task of protecting peace and righteousness among All nations,1 said the chaplain la. Cmdr. Jerry Mcnabb. Flanked by a 24-Man Honor guard in dress whiles a chief Petty officer and a Seaman the oldest and youngest members of the slump s325-Man Crew tossed the Wreath Over the Side. Cmdr. Constantine l. Be faeries the destroyer skipper also spoke. Mcnabb had attended survivors of the may17,1937. Alack according to naval sources who provided details of the ceremony paraguayan youths sing Happy birthday to Pope Asuncion Paraguay a to John Paul 11 was serenaded by a crowd of 1,000 Young Well wishers when he Gat up wednesday his fifth birthday and the last Day of his four nation Lour to South America. I still feel Young especially when i m with Young people the pontiff told the singers. The Joung people gathered Al 8 . Outside the Vatican envoy s residence where John Paul spent the night. Following a chorus of Happy birthday the Pope came out to Greet the crowd. John Paul later departed by plane for the Par Ana River port of Encarnacion Birthplace of president Alfredo so Rensner 234 Miles South West of Asuncion on the Border with Argentina. Plot from Page 1 people have not been associated with the order or Theca Den Ouden said. The ease will be presented to a grand jury assistants. Attorney David Rosen said tuesday. Jackson campaigning in California on tuesday was asked about the nrrcs5,t l m going to keep this Campaign focused on the issues making America belter and not be.,. Distracted by the  he said. The Wil Jamses also were accused in a criminal complaint with threatening a witness in the Case and wit Possession of an unregistered firearm. According to the criminal complaint hied in . District court an unidentified person contacted the Franklin county sheriffs office earlier ibis month claiming that the Williamss were conspiring 10 assassinate Jackson. The information was relayed to the secret service an agents Rod with the informant who agreed to Wear a hidden microphone and meet again May 10 with Londeau Williams this time with Law enforcement officials listen ing in the complaint said. According to the complaint Londell Williams said that he  the order and  supremacist groups and that Jackson should be killed. The complaint said the informant later received Adeath threat from the Williamss for informing on them. At a hearing tuesday secret service agent 1. Christo Pher Murphy testified that the informant led sheriff deputies la a wooded area in Franklin county where they found an ar-1s Colt semiautomatic Rifle and a bag the informant said belonged to the William sea. The complaint said the bag contained a Post card addressed to Londell Williams and maps one of which had his fingerprint. The Rifle had been reported stolen from Springfield mo., according to the agent Murphy said thai during the recorded conversation with the informant Williams said he wanted to gel the Rifle Back because it had been issued to him by the Cove Nant the sword and the  of he lord group. William also said the organization wanted it resumed because in had been used to kill a Law enforcement officer Murphy said. Murphy said that the informant brought up he Auasi nation lol during the conversation and Williams Laid the Cha was planning to assassinate candidate Jackson on the fourth of  Murphy said that after the wih Amsei were mated Londell Williams told authorities about the individual who provided him with the Rifle end also made statement about a plan to kill Jackson. Murphy also said Tammy Williams had been present at two conversations in which the threats to Jackwyn bad been i cussed. A secret service agent David Northoutt testified that he had interviewed Tammy Williams after her . At that Lime she said she was present when her husband discussed the covenant uie sword and the  of the lord and other groups Dukakis from Paga 1 final phase pointing toward the closing contests june 7 i California new Jersey new Mexico and Montana. Jackson has vowed to make an Allou Effort in Cali fornia which offers hint a last Chance o come am a Winner before the democratic convention in july. He headed to the stale while the votes were being counted in Oregon and vowed to press on. The support we re getting from the Public is a Man Date for change and we will continue he told sup porters tuesday night at a Hollywood hotel. We will not  Dukakis who was capturing 56 percent of the Vole to Jackson s 38 percent in Oregon issued a Victor statement that looked to the coming primary contest but that also Laci Liy assumed that he would be theone to face Bush in the fall. We will Campaign hard for victories in California new Jersey. Montana and new Mexico on june 7 and for the White House next fall said the Massachusetts governor who has won nine of the last 10 primary contests. Today the people of Oregon voted for change he said. They voted for a candidate who can win the presidency. Dukakis has in overwhelming Lead in the Delegate race he has i,$42 to Jackson s 974, by the Faical a count but is still several Hundred Short of the 2,081 needed to nominate. The Massachusetts governor was inking 27 of the delegates in Oregon to Jackson s 18. In Oregon with about 91 percent of the  counted it was 187,079, or 56 percent for Duka Kislo 128,014, or 3$ percent for Jackson. On the Republican Side Wilb about 95 percent of the vote counted Bush had 178,450 votes or 73 per cent to Dole s 44,797, or 18 percent Pat Robertson the former television evangelist who abandoned his Republican bid on monday and returned to his Chris Tian broadcasting network on tuesday had 20,66 Voles or 8 percent. Explosion from Paga 1 destroyed several buildings at a soviet propellant Plant in  gew Simov said props land was nol involved in the explosion but he said he did not know whether the Plant produced rocket fuel. Pavlo Grad with e population of 122,000. Is about 3d Miles East of the major Industrial City of Dnepropetrovsk. Gerasimov said no evacuation of the area residents was ordered. The Pentagon said of the explosion apparently this will delay soviet solid proper and missile programs but Gerasimov said the explosion did nol cause major damage. It s not Cala strophic he said. The ss-24 is a Large 10-Warhwd weapon Utai can be launched from either underground Silva or rail can. The soviets began deploying it last year on rail cars fewer than a Down Are though to have been mad operational to Dale. The ss-24 is one of two Mobile icbms in the soviet Arsenal. The other is the ss-25, which ii carried on a truck launcher. The United stain has Cyl to deploy any Mobile Long Range nuclear missiles although the Reagan administration is pressing Congress to develop. Rail launcher for the my missile. The Accident at the soviet Plant occurred Juit 2 4 weeks before president Reagan and soviet Leader Mik Hail s. Gorbachev open a Summit in Moscow. The meeting is exp Clad to focus on Prospe Cli for an inns Accord thai would reduce the number of Lonj Range missiles in each nation s Arsenal. Reagan administration officials said it probably would Lake the soviets Al least la months to resume production of the missile  
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