European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page is. The stars and stripes wednesday september 28,1988 White House confirms Gulf escort reduction new York a citing the ran Iraq cease fir agreement he Reagan administration said monday i will end America s ship escorting operation in the per Sian Gulf while maintaining a presence there. President Reagan s decision to terminate the close Quarter conveying of Neutral commercial ships came after . Officials reviewed How the aug. 20 cease fire was working said while House spokesman Martin Filz water.  move substantially lows Ruthc. . Profile in the troubled Waters nearly three Montr Nuler the Aegis Cruiser Vince incs shot Down an iranian i Vertu Irhn or with 290 people on Board. I talking to reporters aboard air Force one while Vav Reagan flew Here from Washington Filzen scr said the administration decided to relax the persian Gulf sea Lane policing operation Only after consulting with Al lies and friends in the  after making a Farewell address to the . General Assembly Reagan met with Sheik Jaber Ai Ahmed Al Sabah the Emir of Kuwait and also had a session later monday with Leaden of the Gulf cooperation Council which is headed by saudi Arabia. During the meeting with the kuwaiti official Rea Gan was asked Why the change was being made in the . Military operation. It s just a Little difference in the Way it s being done. That s a Navy decision because of the new Situa Tion. The  i a the president said he thought the Emir  Nizic that we Are not lessening our Protection Otic pm at  it asked if there was any Chance of  with said you know  Hope. We reuse what develops Josh this  in off ctr  will replace its close Quarter  ships with a sort of arms length r ill Mintmi Iii the formation was Reagan states Petate Hope likened by . Officials to a zone coverage of ship Ping rather than a Man to Man coverage. The analogy to a kind of coverage used in football Means that . Ships will watch selected areas of the Gulf for trouble rather than focusing the protective operation Cerf individual vessels. In announcing the phase Down of the . Ship prot Tion operation Filz Waler stressed that the .intends to maintain in the Gulf the forces required to protect .-flagged shipping and support our National objectives. These changes in no Way alter our commit ment to Freedom of navigation in the  the White House said that the modification in the . Operation entails a change from a tight escort procedure to an accompany regime. In an accompany regime . Force will be positioned such that the can Lake appropriate action if .-Flaggcd ships Are directly  each to . United nations a presi Dent Reagan told the United nations in a Farewell speech monday that this was a Lime of Hope for peace in the world an that a new .-soviet treaty to sharply reduce nuclear arms May be concluded a cite year. History teach caution Reagan s but his speech was upbeat and Hejra Edthe improvement in .-sovicutlalions to the first Summit meeting be had Hel with soviet Leader Mikhail a Gorbachev in Geneva nearly three Yea Pulgo. So if future generations do say of us that in our time peace came closer that we did bring Otious new seasons of truth and Justice it said. Be cause for Pride he  for an International War in traffickers terrorism and hos _ taking and vowed to maintain . Import for an armed insurgency against the leftist government of Nicaragua. He said the sandinista were pursuing the oldest most corrupt vice of Alt Man s age old will to Power his lust to control the lives and steal the freedoms of  but with his presidency caring Amend Reagan struck a mostly Philosoph ical stance As he told the 43rd general Assembly session of 159 nation civil wars and foreign occupations were giving Way around the world. Reagan said he trend was spurred by a new Era in soviet american relations marked by the continuing withdrawal of the red army from Afghani Stan and a treaty last year to abolish intermediate Range nuclear missiles. He said . And soviet negotiator were making steady Progress on another Accord to sharply reduce Long Range bombers missiles and submarines while completion of the pact this Yea was highly doubtful Reagan said i can Tell you a year from now it is a possibility More than a  conventional front Reagan Wijt West talks to reduce non nuclear Forcel turks and other Mobile weapons in euro kill begin soon the United some had demanded a soviet commitment Olive equal Atten Tion to human rights. Re Gan met lost week in Washington with soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze. Afterwards . Officials said the Sovi ets had promised to release 27 additional political prisoners to make changes i their emigration procedures and to undertake other reforms. Reagan statement indicated the human rights obstacle had been removed shuttle from Page 1 Sion to put americans Back in space. They flew Here in their training jets from the Johnson space Center in Houston. Their arrival was delayed 45 minutes by Stormy weather which forced them to extend refuelling Stop at Macdill and in Tampa. We re excited said Navy capt. Frederick , the Mission commander at a Brief welcoming ceremony at the Landing strip. We cannot wait to do this. We arc  Hauck was flanked by the four other members of the Crew All dressed in Blue flight suits. The astronauts Are air Force col. Richard , John m. Lounge Marine it. Col. David c. Hilmers and George d. Nelson an  astronauts completed a final training Simula Tion at Mission control monday morning before the left Houston which led Hauck to report the flight control team is ready the launch team is ready the Bird is ready and we re  the press of training including grueling hours spent simulating All critical phases of the flight has generally kept the astronauts out of Public View Tor is weeks. Before that in interviews with reporters at the John son space Center in Houston they spoke with feeling of the Mission ahead. News Brief in panel again backs cuttings Noney imbalances Berlin Uris the policy making body of the  fund monday Reaf firmed its support rfcs concerted action by Lead ing Industrial Power std reduce the world s Exter Nal imbalances  . Trade deficit. The ifs 22-Merpccridtertm committee in a communique prig to tuesday s official open ing of the joint a Rhual meet if a f the if and the world Banarin West Berlin painted a Rosy picture of the Jeorld Economy. The Cora Whitlee echoed the be newly optimistic Toby of the communique of the a Pup of seven leasing Industrial nations and inc Emfs world economic Outlook both of which released during the weekend in preparation the three Day Summit. They expressed Confidence in the redesigned shuttle accepted the risks of flight and appeared unfazed by the Burden of being the first Crew to Fly since the Chal Lenger Accident. The five men All experienced in shuttle flight were selected for the Crew in january 1987, when it was thought or hoped that the first Mission after the Chal Lenger disaster was just a year away five announced launching dates came and went a engineers struggled with design changes and Etc Stag. The astronauts kept to their training. In the last year and a half i be seen How we a modified that machine and How we be done business Hauck said. So i feel very comfortable with  at the insistence of the presidential commission thai investigated the challenger Accident astronauts were Given a direct role in decisions concerning changes inthe shuttles pre Mission testing and flight planning. The Crew said their recommendations were not Al ways accepted but an issues thai really mattered to them they Felt satisfied with inc decisions. Decision from Page 1 the subject of possible penalties. Dukakis first appearance of the Day was in Cleve land where he said the debate provided the Best moments of his whole  in remarks intended to rebut Bush s charges of liberalism the Massachusetts governor said we heard a lot of talk last night from or. Bush about the mainstream. But it s Clear hat he s willing to leave american families High and  Bush he said offers the easy Way. He sees no Chal Lenges he offers no solutions and he Wilt Lead America nowhere As president of the United  addressing a crowd of 3,000, Dukakis said he had asked Bush to explain How he d bring Down those Mas Sive Federal deficits without raiding the social Security Trust fund. And what did he say not one word Dukakis said. Stethem from Pagi passengers when a plan flew to Algiers Algeria. Suggs testified Hect Ald not Tell who fired the shots or who was in charge Ontje kidnapping As both men seemed to have equal responsibility "1 had spotted the two  in the Airport ailing room Suggs said. I knew they weren t americans because they were stylishly dress a. American travel in jeans and Cowboy  Suggs said that at the Start of the  silting in the window scat in his Row sleeping i woke him up and told him i thought we hijacked. He said this is going to be inti Suggs told the court How the miliary men were quickly picked out by the hijackers because of their id cards a a he hit sell hem on the he Arcand called him a Marine the Sailor  Kobert said no Navy and they brought him in � the front of the  Suggs said he Comsee Hamad beating set Ocmand the More the jailor screamed the More the Hijack ers hit  s when i decided i would not so Tom when they hit me Suggs  witnesses testified a to so them never screamed during the beating the court also heard tej Moony monday from chief Petty officer a Cal Rey Iff Ngali 27, who said he at first was overlooked Babusc he faked handing Over a pass port when them jackets began collecting   caught up with Ingalls it was file second Landing at Beirut when All military Ere taken from the plane and into a private i run by the Radical amal  on monday judge Heiner Mickenberger told the court that he repeatedly bad tried to Contact hanta i s parents to let them testify on behalf of their son jul thai he had been unable to reach the  told the court his parents not Only were tto come to Frankfurt but also had supposedly left Bylue several Days ago. My Lawtey Crit to the Airport to pick them up but they never in tack up. 1 understand from reliable sources in Lebair Imlay parents Are not in the country anymore Hamadi Lrol on tuesday Severa flight attendants from the hijacked night were schedult4.1o testify