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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Carlucci asks overseas base exemption Page 5 d wrestlers and Wasslin stripes Magazine d pistons eliminate bulls from Aba playoffs sports Page 17 n probe underway in soviet ship fire Back Page 2 charge St. Louis a a Missouri couple believed to have lies la violent while supremacists were being held without Bond thursday on charges of plotting to kill Jesse Jackson. Federal agents were searching for evidence linking Londell Williams 30, and his wife. Tammy 26, of Washington mo., to the covenant the sword and the  of the lord a White supremacist group. They arc also charged with threatening an informer and possessing an automatic Rifle. A secret service agent testified that agents had taped a conversation in which Williams said the group was planning to kill Jackson we Are out seeking every shred of evidence and talking to every person we can who might know some thing said Rich Adams a spokesman for the secret service which is responsible for protecting presiden tial candidates. Utho Ikid unofficial Ful Littion Foith . Mid vol. 47, no. 33 Friday May 20, 1988 in Jackson Jackson who is seeking the democratic presidential nomination and has been the Large of hundreds of death threats in his 1934 and 1988 campaigns said he will not be deterred. We will not surrender to the dream busters Jack son said in los Angeles. The secret service will Han dle the dream busters and i will keep articulating the dream and keep Hope alive Tom Den Oudyn the Gem in charge of the Spring held mo., Fri office located in an area that has be come known for attracting members of extremist cps said he had done some checking into the Wil pcs background and found no evidence that the pair belonged to White supremacist groups. But papers filed in Federal court indicated lond Lewilliams told an informer that he was a member of the order and other supremacist groups and Hinl Jackson was to be killed. A St. Louis television station reported Tinl Williams had telephoned from jail to say he had not been involved in any Pool against  did not conspire to kill the Man the station quoted Williams As saying. If Jesse Jackson makes it to the presidency Well  attorneys for the couple said each denied belonging to a while supremacist group mrs. Williams said a she was escorted out of the courtroom we re no pan  to the criminal complaint filed in . District court an unidentified person contacted the Franklin county sheriffs office earlier this month claiming thai the Williamss were conspiring to Assas Sinate  information was relayed to the secret service and agonis met with the informant who agreed to Wear see Jackson on Back Page soviet blast did t involve missile fuel Moscow a a chemical factory explosion killed three people but did not involve Fuet for a new Long Range nuclear missile As the Pentagon claimed a soviet foreign ministry spokesman said wednesday Gennady i. Gerasimov said in a Tele phone interview that the explosion occurred at 7 is . May 12 at a chemical factory in Pavlo Grad about 500 Miles Louth West of Moscow in the Ukraine. Three people Al the Plant were killed and five were hospitalized with injuries from he explosion which occurred in a storage area for Industrial explosives g eras Zimov said. Soviet Media carried no reports of the explosion. . Officials in Washington said tuesday the explosion shut Down the Only Plant in the soviet Union hot makes he main rocket motors for the new ss-24 intercontinental ballistic mis Sile. Reagan administration officials said it probably would Lake the soviets at least six months to resume production of the missile. The defense department said the explosion destroyed several buildings at a soviet propel land Plant in Pavlo Grad Gerasimov said or Pellani was not involved in the explosion but he said he did not know whether the Plant produced rocket fuel Favl Grad with a population of 122,000, is about 30 Miles cast of the major Industrial City of Dnepropetrovsk Gerasimov said no evacuation of the area s residents was ordered. The Pentagon said of the explosion apparently this will delay soviet solid propel am missile  but Gerasimov said the explosion did not cause major damage. It s not catastrophic he said. The ss-24 is a Large id warhead weapon that can be launched from either underground silos or rail cars. The soviets began deploying it last year on rail cars. Fewer than a dozen Are thought to have been made operational to  ss-24 is one of two Mobile icbms in the soviet Arsenal. The other Isth 55-25, which is carried on a truck launcher. The United slates has yet lode ploy any Mobile Long Range nuclear missiles although the Reagan administration is pressing Congress to develop a rail launcher for the my  Accident Al the soviet Plant occurred just 2v? weeks before president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail  meet in Moscow. The meeting is expected to focus on prospects for an arms Accord thai would reduce the number of Long Range missiles in each nation s Arsenal. Reagan proposes drug study panel Apptt president a Juri congratulates Cadet Joseph Lostuto of Nontell my. New London Conn. A president Reagan said wednesday the Bat the against illegal drugs is in danger of being tripped up by political debate and proposed a bipartisan task Force to find a consensus within 45 Days on All aspects of the anti narcotics Campaign. If we cannot remove the politic from drugs How can we Hope to re move the drugs from our communities workplaces and schools Reagan asked in a commencement address at the . Coast guard Academy. Reagan s speech highlighted the growing importance of drugs As a Politi Cal Issue in the presidential Campaign and on Capitol Hill. It has been a Staple of Jesse Jackson s slump speeches and is raised with increasing frequency by fellow Democrat Michael Dukakis and Republican George Bush. Moreover there is Sharp criticism from republicans and democrats alike particularly in Congress of a administration Olter 10 drop drug trafficking indictments against panamanian military ruler Manuel Antonio no Riega in return for Noriega s agreement to relinquish Power. Reagan standing under Grav rain threatening skies addressed 159 White uniformed graduating cadets and their relatives from a stage in front of the thames River. Illegal drug use is the Foremost con Cern in our country. And frankly As i finish my final year in office and look ahead 1 worry that excessive drug poli tics might undermine effective drug policy the president said. If America s anti drug Effort gets tripped up in partisanship if we permit politics in determine policy in will mean a disaster for our future and that of our  earlier Reagan poured the coastguard Cutter vigorous and inspected weapons and satchels of cocaine seized by Federal authorities. Over lunch with the Crew Reagan offered a new defense of embattled attorney general Edwin Mcnese 111 when a re Porter asked about conservatives unhappiness Over the firing of Justice department spokesman Terry Easl Lana i think some will keep on trying to make a fuss Over him Meuse Reagan said. So far they re All empty charges  
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