European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page a the stars and stripes wednesday september 28,1988 Abrahamson bowing ouf As Star wars chief Washington a la. Gen. James a Abraham son the first and Only director of president Reagan Star wars research program a decided to retire from he military next february the Pentagon said tuesday. The 55-year-old Abrahamson a Ihrck Star air Force general who As Abrahams sum cd command of the fledgling strategic de sense initiative organization in april 1984, will be replaced by air Force it Gen. George l. Monahan jr., said Dan Howard the Pentagon s chief spokesman. Monahan s nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. According to documents released tuesday by the Pentagon Abrahamson who will officially retire feb. 1, concluded that the next president should be allowed to dictate new policies Forster wars development to a new leadership team saying i reluctantly have concluded that the program will Best be served by allowing new leadership to represent new policy and direct the Star wars program is an Effort to develop lasers and other exotic weapons that could redeployed in space and on the ground to automatically shoot Down soviet nuclear missiles. Congress repeatedly has refused in recent years to fund the program at the Pace sought by presi Dent Reagan but nonetheless has allowed the research to continue. Burden sharing panel wary of Japan s Aid to Mideast by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington Japan s Aid package to the mid dle East has turned ouf to be Loans that will Cost . Congress credibility the chairwoman of a House panel complained tuesday. The defense Burden sharing panel while critical of the International defense contributions of the United slates allies previously had praised Japan for provid ing $500 million in Grants to Oman and Jordan rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., said. Bui she said that after meetings with officials from those countries Tail week the Oman foreign minister says it s Nice you wrote thai Down but it Assn t happened furthermore what the panel and the Reagan administration had termed Grants during the Iran Iraq War turned Oul to be Loans with Oman being offered a 4.5 percent rate and Jordan being offered a 3.7 percent rate. They japanese arc a wealthy nation. Why Don t they just give them the Money said an aide to sch Roeder. The congresswoman and other members of her panel from the House armed services committee suggested thai the administration begin following up on promises of Aid and defense spending by allies to make sure the spending actually occurs. The Issue arose after administration officials told the panel of Allied contributions to defense and foreign Aid including Japan s assistance to the Middle East and providing one third of the Relief Effort to afghan i Tan. Where soviet troops arc pulling Oul following a prolonged War. They also said Japan soon would be the world Leader in overseas development assistance. As in the past the officials insisted that the administration has pressed allies to spend More on defense. They also continued to maintain that while nato and of her allies spend substantially less of their reve nue for defense it is unfair to assess the differences simply in Dollar counts. It is hard to imagine what in would take to con Vince the people of Oregon which is roughly the size of the Federal Republic of Germany but much Les Urban. To Host Large numbers of nuclear weapons or 400,000foreign troops from seven different countries who would conduct 5,000 Field exercises and Fly nearly 600,000 missions annually said Charles Thomas principal Deputy assistant Secretary of state for euro Pean and Canadian affairs. However. Rep. Andy Ireland r-fla., complained that the stale and defense departments seem to be More often apologists for our allies than trying to solve this Ireland summed up the administration s attitude on the Issue As gee if America picks up the Bill that s but through the United states International de sense policies Ireland said Germany. Benefits from world markets around the world Lor which they provide precious link Thomas responded thai the administration was not apologizing for the allies but is caught on the horns of a dilemma. I think their the allies Story deserves to be told. And we cover we talk with them. They think their Story is nol being the hearing ended in a stalemate with the administration officials calling for quiet polite diplomacy As opposed to the sometimes Blunt language of reports such As the one Pul out by inc panel which went so Faras to suggest thai the allies should pay All costs asses Cia cd with the deployment of . Forces on their land. Ii also suggested assessing and possibly with drawing forces from some locations. The panel s final report is due out later this year. Schmo Cdr said the Issue must be resolved soon be cause the european Economy Community is moving toward the United Europe concept through More eco nomic cooperation and by dropping Trade barriers. When that goal is reached in 1992, she said Well have a Europe with a higher Gross National product than the United states and with 100 million More people than the United in thai situation she predicted. Congress would look unfavourably on such an economic entity not pay ing its fair share towards global defense and would take Strong action. Company presents $520 million plan to fix by b Washington a a defense con tractor has told the air Force the defensive systems on the problem plagued b-1b atomic bomber can be rued for another 1520 million and inc service is deciding whether to approve the plan spokesmen for the con Ira Clorand the air Force said tuesday. We have submitted a proposal for thai Price and we can Complete the equipment to bring it to full specifications said Charles Barron a representative of Eaton corp. The s520 million would be in addition to the $3.5 billion already paid by the air Force to Eaton to improve the a to s elec tronic systems. Air Force Mai. Gen. Michael d. Hal said the service had received Eaton s proposal in the last month. We re studying Iland we re also we re going to put together a plan by the end of he year Hall said. The comments came Al a seminar sponsored by Boston University to discuss the bib. The b-1 program was cancelled by presi Dent Carter in 1977 but resurrected in 1981 by president Reagan who said 100 of the swing Wing jets would be purchased. The Whiz at 14, by by Tim or. Ii already Mak spreading his name and his deeds. On ing a name for himself. Abovic Dot Cam oct 7, but nun will further his rep Mtyr wbb from Huntington Harbour Teflon when he addresses physicians on a Calif shows the stories Flint have been new Way to fight Colon cancer. Widow now doubts Oswald acted alone in assassination new York. A Lee Harvey Oswald s widow says she now believes Oswald was not acting alone when presi Dent Kennedy was killed i think he was caught Between two Powers the government and organized crime Marina Oswald Porter said in the november Issue of the ladies Home journal published tuesday. Testimony by Oswald s widow who married Dallas Carpenter Kenneth Porter in 1965, helped the Warren commission conclude thai Oswald was a deranged killer who acted alone in the nov. 22, 1963, assassination. In 1979, however the House select committee on assassinations challenged the commission s ruling. The committee relying in pan on acoustical evidence said that a conspiracy was Likely and that it May have involved organized crime. When i was questioned by the War Ren commission i was a Blind Kitten said Porter 47. Since Ihen she has drawn new conclusions. "1 Don l know if Lee shot him she said. I m not saying that Lee is inno cent that he did t know about the conspiracy or was not a part of it but i am saying he s not necessarily guilty of Mur Der. At first i thought that Jack Ruby who killed Oswald two Day after the assassination was swayed by passion All of America was grieving. But later we found that he had connections with the underworld. Now 1 think Lee wit Kilko to keep his Mouth shut1 Porter said that in retrospect "1 be Lieve Oswald worked for the american government he was taught the russian la Gnage when he was in the military. Do you think that ii usual that in Ordinary sol Dier is taught russian also be kit in and out of Russia quite easily and be got me Oul quite easily did Porter who emigrated from the soviet Union in 1961 after marrying Oswald. I n the months preceding the assess Iii lion a Man posing Ai Oswald reportedly appeared in the Dallas area. I Learned afterwards that someone who said he was Lee had been going around looking to buy a car having a drink in a bar. I m telling you Lee did not drink and he did t know How to
