European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Beckeer defeats Mcenroe sports Page 21 the Sims and 5tripes Gsg a pm Gox authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces i. A i a.  a Flf-.,4,x vol. 47, no. 113 tuesday August 9, 1988 254 daily and sunday d 8693 a Shultz escapes assassination bolivian cocaine traffickers blamed for attack la Paz Bolivia a . Secretary of state George p. Shultz narrowly escaped an assassination attempt monday when a bomb exploded near his motorcade. A window of his wife s car was shattered but she was not injured. The government blamed the attack on Shultz s motorcade and another bombing monday at the . Commissary in la Paz on cocaine traffickers. No injuries were reported in either bombing although the Entrance to the commissary building was damaged. The bomb attack on Shultz s motorcade occurred on the outskirts of the bolivian capital As the Secretary of state and his party were driving in from the Airport. The bomb blew a Hole in the Road and scattered chunks of pavement Over a wide area. State department spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley said in Washington that windows were smashed or tires blown on three cars in the motorcade. She said Shultz s wife Helena was in the first car that was damaged medical personnel were in the second and state department spokesman Charles Redman was in the third. Shultz and his wife were in separate cars. Oakley said Shultz was proceeding with his schedule As planned. If people Are hoping for some sort of interruption in our drug interdiction efforts that is not in the cards Redman told reporters at a briefing in la Paz. He said he was paraphrasing Shultz. The explosion occurred seconds after Shultz s car passed Over the Road but before All 11 cars in the offi Cial motorcade had gone by. The explosion occurred Between the sixth and seventh vehicle. There was no immediate claim of responsibility forthe bombings but foreign minister Guillermo Bedre Gal said both were the work of cocaine dealers. . See Shultz on Back Page allies should pay . Troop Tab panel says by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington after months of hearings and meetings with foreign officials a House Burden Shar ing panel is calling for Allied nations to pick up most or All of the costs associated with the deployment of . Forces in their countries. In an interim report released sunday the House Burden sharing panel said nations hosting . Forces should pay for military construction base operations and support costs at . Installations overseas Cost of living allowances paid to . Personnel abroad and even travel costs for reassignment moves of . Troops to and from Allied countries. Ran Iraq decide on aug. 20 Fruce . Announces United nations a Iran and Iraq will begin a cease fire on aug. 20 in their 8-year-old per Sian Gulf War Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuel Lar announced monday. The . Chief made the announcement to these purity Council climaxing several Days of intense Diplo Macy that ended a deadlock in nearly two weeks of .-mediated truce talks. I am persuaded that both countries and both governments Are interested in a peaceful solution Perez de Cuellar said earlier monday. The War has killed or wounded 1 million people since it began in september 1980. I have informed the Security Council that the two see truce on Back Page Duchess of York has child London a the 28-year-old wife of princ Andrew gave birth monday to a 6-Pound, 12-ounce daughter the couple s first child who is fifth in line tothe British throne Buckingham Palace said. The Duchess of York and the child Are both doing Well the Palace said. Andrew the Duke of York and second son of Queen Elizabeth ii was with his wife when she was safely delivered of a daughter at 8 18 . Today the Palace said. If the allies believe that . Forces Are critical for their defense then they should share or pay for All of these costs the report said. If fully carried out these options would help reduce the . Defense Bur Den by More than $7.7 billion per  the report said the panel does not support near term Large scale troop withdrawals from Europe along As a reasonable possibility exists for negotiating conventional Force reductions with the soviet Union. But the report said the United states should asses Sand prioritize its interests in various countries and regions realigning and possibly withdrawing som forces. The report rejected the longstanding argument of Allied officials that their defense contribution is regionally  it is inappropriate for global trading Powers Mohave their defense c9ntributions counted on a regional basis the report said noting that when 20 percent of Europe s Trade and 44 percent of Japan s Trade is with the non industrialized world they should not argue that they Are simply regional  while the United states has substantial interests i maintaining the Security of Europe and the far East they Are not As great or As immediate As the interests of the europeans and japanese in protecting their ways of life the report said. If the United states devoted the same percentage of National wealth to defense As West Germany and see allies on Back Page 37 injured in bus crash an injured passenger is removed from a West German bus that crashed monday near Vevay Switzerland leaving 37 people injured. The tourist bus with 49aboard, went out of control and plunged into a ditch. 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