European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d another teachers Union files suit on testing Page 2 d Shultz begins Mideast peace shuttle Page 3 g pregnant and unwed women Are offered help Page 9 d lakers defeat Mavericks to reach Aba finals Page 21 atm a to in officus Pulli Eltion Tat the . Mid Pouch vau7,no.50 08693 a Italy agrees to accept f-16s . Jets being evicted from Spanish base Rome not the Kalian government an sat urday approved a nato plan to Transfer 72 american f-i6 Fig Jiter bombers from Spain to Italy in a move that military sex Perls and officials described As a major enhancement of Italy s role within the Atlantic Alii acc although the plan must be submitted to parliament where it is opposed by the communist party All five parties of the governing coalition expressed their sup port on saturday and political leaders predicted that the government would have no trouble enacting the necessary provisions. Some powerful government ministers said an sat urday however that they would suggest that nato include the jets in tajiks with the Warsaw pact on reducing conventional arms with on Eye toward reach ing an agreement that would eliminate the need to bring the warplanes to Italy. The of Luis which can carry nuclear weapons makeup the 401 is tactical fighter Wing and arc stationed at Torr Jon near Madrid but Spain has insisted that they be withdrawn within three years. Nato defense ministers formally asked Italy to accept the jews at a meeting May 26 in Brussels where lord Carrington nato Secretary general said the planes represent a considerable portion of our strength in the Southern a Flora Memling of the Cabinet on saturday at which the nato request was accepted defense minister Valeric Zanoni told reporters that Italy offered " he Only suitable solution for redeployment of the Squadron if one wants to avoid its remo Caspar a Christian Democrat minister announced the decision to reporters while the Cabinet see Italy on Back Page search resumes As 6 miners found Borken West Germany a workers resumed the search saturday for survivors of a powerful mine blast after finding six men who survived 65 hours in an underground air pocket. The six were among 57 miners buried in the wednesday explosion All of whom had been Given up for dead. Late saturday a 37th body was recovered. Fourteen other miners were still missing officials said the miners were trapped about 500 feel underground in an air pocket away from Carbon monoxide Esti mated at 50 times the level fatal Lohu mans. La s a Miracle said Peter Carl Ruch land a spokesman for i a Eussen Elektra which owns the Coal mine. Heinz Cramer a company boar member said Ilic area where the men were buried a dead end Tunnel about10 feel wide and s feet High was about to run out of oxygen and Lime was running out when they were 1 the dramatic Rescue sparked Hopes for finding More survivors inside the slow a Chach mine. La s a faint Hope but a supervisor said there were tracts of two people who May also be in an area where they May have survived said Cramer. We re r a rescued Miner smiles As he is tended id by ctn Hon of the search Crew. Stepping up the survivor mine supervisor Thom As Gepperth said everybody was Mak ing their last will and testament. I told them they did t have Gap Perth lot Hesse slate television he saved the men by leading them from the Carbon monoxide Gas. When the group Felt the Shock wave of the blast wednesday. Crim or said they ran toward an exit. But Gepperth 36, Veteran Miner and trained rescuer realized they were running into High concentrations of deadly Carbon monoxide when he saw another in staggering. Gap Perth turned the group in theother direction Anil Insl Rubird them to be As Calm As possible to conserve said. The Rescue came with the help of television Crew s microphone that picked up lapping sounds when it was . Crews had drilled an air Shaft in the East Field of the mine where in was Dis covered that Carbon monoxide Levels registered lower than in the North Field where they were 50 times higher than Rheamount lethal for humans. Rescuers had believed that Alt 13 Miles of underground shafts were filled with the High Levels of Carbon monoxide and that no one could Sao search on Back Page 7,300 command Job cuts under review study says military readiness would t be i inc hashing Washington a study under Rev joint chiefs of Swinand labelled a nuclear bomb1 by Pentagon official says 7,300 jobs could be sliced from Headquarters staffs of unified and specified command worldwide without hurting military readiness. The study also recommends the deactivation . Naval forces Europe in London. It called Nav eur an with no direct responsibility Giffra rid ensure the readiness of assigned opt Monal forces belonging tothe 6lh i i in at gaels Italy. The Nam has 125 officers 159 39 civilians a spokesman said Friday. The command had no comment on Chr study. In would be inappropriate on 1� cmdr Arthur "__1__ if All llniuff1 ii Frimml in Iii Are ad9pted, a could bcc9rmmt6jaillion in r std s1.7 billion by 1994, , Dod Deputy Spector general. He 1 the 22-member team that compiled the report for defense Secretary Frank Cariucci. The staff fat has grown so heavy thai defense officials have lost track of the actual size of some staffs the study said. Dod reports 33.132 positions in unified an specified commands in budget justifications to con by Ifird 59,510 positions in theme Headquarters during our review it said among other changes recommended by Vanderschaaf abolish the army s Western come in Hawaii while the unit is the army component to the . Pacific come forces come performs the Sam function for the . Atlantic come. There is no Why forces come should not also serve Asmon Sineni command for the Pacific in corps in Japan discs Stablish . Navarr Arums. And reduce . Forces Korea to a Shell Orff is Vander Shaaf said Dod i Corn see cuts on Back Page
