European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. October 20, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 5 soviets watch As cruise missiles destroyed Tucson Ariz a eleven soviet inspectors watched tuesday As . Military personnel began the historic destruction of air Force cruise missiles under the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty. Led by maj Gen. Vladimir Cdv Edv the soviets arrived at Davis Domhan fab to observe the destruction of 41 ground launched cruise missiles 41 protective canisters for the Mobile weapons and seven trans Porter erector launchers. The weapons were Cul in half Wilh Power saws. The inf treaty is one of the most critical Steps in the direction of fending the cold War Cdv Edv said after he destruction started. What we saw today was a critical step in that the soviets who flew from Travis fab near san Francisco aboard an air Force c-141, were met by a . Delegation headed by Brig. Gen. Roland Lajoie director of the defense department s on Sile inspection Agency. Whal we saw today should generate More Confidence and predictability in our relations Lajoie told reporters after the first missile was destroyed. The destruction started with several air Force personnel cutting into a missile and an aluminium canis Ter. The 21-foot missile was built in 1986 by the Mcdonnell Douglas astronautics co., fight listed at the army s Dugway proving ground in Utah and deployed at an air Force station in Sicily before being shipped to Davis Mont ban in february. Also slated for destruction was a 56-foot, 78,000 Pound warheads fuel and guidance related equip ment have been removed from the missiles and the warheads have been returned to the department of Energy which stores nuclear weapons said capt. Ken Dell Pease an Osia total of 443 intermediate Range cruise missiles deployed in great Britain and Europe Are scheduled for destruction during the first three years of the treaty signed last december by president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The treaty also Calls for the elimination of 169 Shorter Range Pershing i a and 234 Pershing 11 intermediate Range missiles now deployed in West Germany. The treaty requires elimination of All land based nuclear missiles with ranges of 300 to 3,000 Miles the cruise missiles have a Range of about 1.500 Miles. Col. Robert Stone said destruction of the equipment should be completed within three Days. Fifty eight Pershing missile stages were eliminated Between sept. 8 and last Friday at the longhorn army ammunition Plant at Karnack Texas. The Pershing each have two stages and their launchers will be eliminated beginning this week in Germany Osia said. As of Friday the soviet Union had eliminated 277 missiles under the treaty which specifics destruction of 1,846 missiles of several types the inf treaty is the first to allow on Sile inspection and is viewed As a trial for the proposed Slat Egic arms reduction treaty. That pact would slash arsenals of Long Range superpower nuclear weapons by 30 percent to so percent and Call for More intricate verification procedures. Weather stymies whale Rescue attempt in Alaska Barrow Alaska Jap freezing temperatures and shifting winds combined to shut off All escape routes for three stranded whales tuesday while rescuers prepared for a dangerous go for broke attempt to free the animals. The Young California Gray whales seemed tired tuesday and one May have pneumonia. Their snouts were worn raw from grating on the jagged ice. At Prudhoe Bay 200 Miles Southeast a National guard sky Crane helicopter was rigged to Hook a 185-ton ice break ing hovercraft Barge for the Tricky Jour Ney across the Arctic Ocean. But the trip was delayed when the vehicle became stuck in the ice then again late tuesday by refuelling before it was moved a Short distance. We pulled the Barge away from the Dock said col. Tom Carroll of the alas a army National guard who is com manding the Effort. It moved extremely slowly. Visibility is not Good and it s be ginning to get he said the Low would be called off for a Day. The trip from Prudhoe Bay to Point Barrow is expected to Lake 25-40 hours but Crews must be careful. If the to Cable snaps and wraps in inc helicopter rotors it would be disastrous. Marvin King chief of operations at Prudhoe Bay said the Barge was read tuesday but would t Budge. Workers freed the Barge later tuesday. The helicopter can t lift the Barge a National guard spokesman said. Sky cranes can lift about 22,500 pounds but with the Barge on its air Cushion the weight is Only about 18,000 pounds. The Barge pulverizes ice with a combi nation of us weight and vibration from its engines. The Effort was scheduled to begin monday but then delayed when the Barge needed repairs. A National weather service analysis of ice in the area monday provided Little a stranded Gray whale one of three trapped in Arctic ice surfaces for air through a Hole near Point Barrow Alaska. Hope for the whales. A satellite photo shows the nearest open water is 200 Miles West in the Chukchi sea. The whales were trapped two weeks ago while migrating South to warmer water. They were trapped by new ice 18 Miles Northeast of this inupiaq Eskimo Village. The whales arc in shallow water a Lew Hundred feet offshore. President Reagan telephoned the the drama prompted scores of Calls from people with ideas to free the Ani Mals. Some suggestions included using explosives or dropping Bowling balls to break the ice and netting the animals for transport elsewhere. Nobody was sure How Long the whales could last. They have been swimming against a current since they were trapped. Exhaustion could kill them but boo is not a Likely problem. Striking teachers arrested trying to Block substitutes Barberton Ohio a seven striking elementary school teachers were arrested tuesday when they tried to bloc substitutes from entering the school. Second Grade teacher Mary Beth orc said police arrested her and six other teachers after they draped a 30-foot-Long Banner across a driveway to the memorial elementary school in Thi Akron suburb in Northeast Ohio. The Banner said kids count teachers on strike for class the teachers were charged with disorderly conduct and released she said. The arrests came after the Barberton teachers association rejected the school Board s latest contract offer at a meeting sunday night. The association represents 285 teachers that struck the 4,600-Slu-Dcnt system on oct. 3. Police it. Ray Todd said the women were arrested after they refused to move away from the front of a Van carrying the substitutes. He identified the six other women As Carol Macfarland Jean ale Man Maxie Muckleroy Gloria Fickert Paulc Etc Walker and Lynn was very scary most of us have never had a parking or traffic ticket be fore forc said. Violet Berlin presi Dent of the association said the teachers want a two year contract with 5 percent raises improved health benefits an class size limited to 30 students. Workers saying americans hearts Are with you and our prayers Are also with you last week the ice around the whales breathing holes was so thin that biologists did not dare walk on it. By Early tuesday the ice was 1b-24 inches and North slope residents worked with chainsaws to keep the whales breathing holes open. One Hole is 24-by-20 feet the other 24-by-Io. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct 20 1948 a greek radio station reported that Secretary of state George c. Marshall on a visit to Greece pledged to help resolve the country s internal military problems. 30 years ago foe a. Oct 20 1958 roman Catholic Church officials and envoys from 53 nations attended the funeral of Pope Pius Xii at St. Peter s Basilica in Rome. 20 years ago today. Oct 20. 1968 several . Olympians expressed dismay at the 4 International olympic committee s decision to Force the expulsion of two american sprinters because they made a racial gesture while receiving their medals. 10 years ago today oct 20 1 97 8 despite the reservations of British prime minister James Callag Han West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt said the european monetary system would be established on schedule by Jan 1
