European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday september 17,19bb new nato chief Reagan Ponder Alliance s funding Washington a president Reagan and nato s new Secretary Gen eral Manfred Warner on Friday Dis cussed the thorny problem of sharing the Alliance s costs and burdens. "1 feel confident this Alliance has the strength courage and imagination to overcome our difficulties Wornor said after the White House meeting. The president mentioned the Ameri can interest. Of his administration of Congress in a More equitable Burden sharing and i told him that he Alliance takes this Issue very seriously. We Are working at  a chorus of election year unhappiness has been voiced in Congress because of the disproportionate share the . Bears for forces in Allied nations whose Post world War it economies have boomed and whose companies now compete with american companies. As a message to the allies the Senate overwhelmingly approved a Pentagon spending Bill last month that included restrictions on spending for american troops overseas. Under the plan . Allies would have to pay for the Ameri can troops if the Cost rises above the 1988 level. Werner who said he was optimistic about the future of nato said he believed the Alliance will make Progress Onich Cost Issue. But he also warned that the question can t be reduced to Finan Cial considerations alone. We should t treat it in a controversial Way we should look at it As an Alli Ance task he said. It s not a confrontation Between the United states and the rest of the Alliance. It s a common task of nato As an organization and an Alli  assistant Secretary of stale Rozanic Ridgway said of the Burden sharing question everyone agrees that it s a subject that has to be at the top of the  she noted that Wornor during his meetings this week with Secretary of state George Shult and Secretary of de sense Frank Carlucci has Given it his personal priority on both sides of this conversation there is a conviction thai this Dis Cussion has to be an Infra Alliance Dis Cussion that it cannot become an us Var sus them a .-versus All others kind of discussion Ridgway said. She said the nato visitors did report that they were struck by the attention the Issue is receiving in the United slates. It is the kind of question if non examined can become divisive and no one wants that to happen Ridgway Sai d. Ridgway expressed the Hope that the Issue would not be reduced to Public name calling adding it could be emotional and very  Ridgway said she did not think there was any inequity. Boston University srm Knols turned out in Masse this week to protest the University s new dormitory policy. It bats almost All guests in the dorms after 11 relatives Only . On weeknights and ii sum. On weekends. The Only overnight guests allowed under the new rules Rel Athra of the tame sex. Suspect under a Vest gation in of ring sabotage Case Salt Lake City a authorities arc investigating at least one suspecting the apparent sabotage of of rings made for inc space shuttle but do not expect to file charges for at least several weeks an Fri agent said Friday. Hydra Pak which manufactures the o rings for shuttle Booster rockets in West Jordan a Salt Lake City suburb discovered in june thai a Small number of the rubber like seals had been deliberately Cut. Officials notified Booster maker Morton Thi Okol inc Fri and the National aeronautics and space administration. The Federal agencies began a joint investigation. We do have suspects and the Case will be prosecutable Fri special agent Cal Clegg said thursday. Right fro the inception we have been discussing the Case with the . Attorney s office and we feel that arrests or indictments will be  however Friday morning Clegg said he May have spoken too soon when he said charges were imminent. What we re looking at Down the Road is at Leas several weeks. Perhaps a month or  James Dockstader Hydra Pak Vic president of production said earlier that none of the damaged seals had been ship Ped to Morion Thi Okol which manufactures the rockets at its Northern Utah Plant. He said thursday he could not com ment on the Fri probe. However he said Hydra Pak s internal investigation had determined that allegations of lax Security shipment of substandard of rings and a company cover up were with out foundation. He said Steps had been taken to in crease Security but he would not give details. The of rings Are used As seals Between segments of the Booster rocket to Prei leakage of sup hot gases from Bun prevent urn ing propellant. After the 1986 challenger explosion a presidential commission found that an of ring allowed a plume of fiery fas to escape and ignite the shuttle s main liquid fuel Lank triggering the blast that killed the shuttle s seven astronauts. Improvements to the Booster joint have been the focus of Morton Thi Okol s Effort to redesign the rocket. Last Mont the company conducted a final test Finne of the shuttle discovery the first night planned since the challenger disaster. Oops Bush makes another Blooper Columbus Ohio a vice president George Bush was caught in another Malaprop piss Friday when he said in a Campaign speech that he was in favor of anti semitism. Last week. Bush mistakenly referred to sept. 7 As the anniversary of the Day the japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, actually it is dec. 7, asked Friday about the recent resignations of sin members of his Campaign committee on eth Nic voters because of past alleged pro nazi or anti semitic ties. Bush replied i Hope 1 stand for Ami bigotry anti semitism anti racism. That is what drives  thursday Bush was leased about his Blooper on the Dale of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Answering the questions of California High school students questions thursday Bush said he expects to receive some flak for his Nii state mints on the Campaign trial but is hardly both ered by it. Ltd guru Timothy Leary plans chilling and thrilling afterlife los Angeles up Timothy Leary the for Mer Ltd guru and Harvard psychology professor said thursday tie plans to will his head to a controversial cryonics foundation in Hopes of finding life after death. I know the chances Are 10,000 to one Leary said of the concept of Cyronics in which a person s body or head is Frozen at death and preserved with the aim of bringing the individual Back to life in the future. But Only one idea is dumber that s putting you in a coffin and let the Worms get you. I m going to live forever or die in the  he said he made the decision to will his he to the Alcor life Extension foundation after extensive study of the cryonics Field and the foundation. Leary 67, said he wants his head thawed about 50 years after his death and plans to try 19 persuade family and friends to join him. He emphasized that he is in Good health and holds a lighthearted attitude about the process. "1 think it s Lime to do something about monopoly religion and the medical profession has Over our pass ing Leary said i m interested in anything that gives us alternatives. Cyronics is a very hands on immediate step you can take to give you a shot to live into the 21st Century. My future Wilf be chilling and  Leary has been holding a series of nightclub workshops on philosophy. The Alcor life Extension foundation a non profit foundation located 50 Miles East of los Angeles a organized in 1972 for the purpose of researching the possibility of extending life beyond the Point that med ical experts currently define As death. Eight people have either had i hair entire bodies or Heads Frozen in liquid Hydrogen  foundations Laboratory in the Hope that they might some Day be reanimated. The process involves signing a series of Legal documents authorizing the foundation to retrieve human remains at the Onset of clinical death and making financial arrangements to pay dues of 1200 a year to help finance the perpetual care of those remains