European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday. December 6,198b Argentine government declares revolt quelled Buenos Aires Argentina a the government claimed Victory in a four Day military revolt hut armed renegade troops monday remained inside an army Posi. A second a chef Gar Rison surrendered to government troops Earl monday the official news Agency reported. Four people were reported killed in inc rebel lion the most serious Threal to president Raul Alfonsin s civilian government since n replaced disgraced military dictatorship five years ago. A private news Agency Noticia Argentina said Gen. Isidro Caceres planned logo to the rebel Garrison on the outskirts of the capital Lodi sarm troops Loyal to col Mohamed Ati sind  surrendered at the Garrison in Villa Macelh on sunday ending the military crisis. Atlantis Crew deploys satellite sources say Cape canaveral. Fla. A the Crew or the space shuttle Atlantis successfully deployed a powerful radar satellite Over inc week end reportedly the chief goal of the Clandestine military Mission knowledgeable sources said monday. The 1500 million Lacrosse satellite reportedly was designed to gather extremely Sharp All weather images of Eastern bloc military targets and sources say the satellite would help Ameri can intelligence agencies Monitor soviet compliance with arms control treaties. They also reported that the Atlantis was expected to return to Earth tuesday afternoon Landing at Edwards fab in California As word about the satellite was reported. The Atlantis five astronauts were beginning the fourth Day of their Mission and Nasa and the air Force were continuing to keep a tight lid on information about their activities. Gathering broken up in azerbaijani capital Moscow a Security forces broke up meeting in the azerbaijani capital of Baku but in neighbouring Armenia authorities cased a cur few monday reports said. Many areas of the two republics in inc South pm caucasus mountains have been under cur few to Stem violence generated by a ethnic Dis Pute. Armenians who Are mostly Christian seek control of Magorno Karabash a District in mos Lem Azerbaijan Canadian Leader opens International Trade talks Montreal a prime minister Bria Mulroney on monday opened the most ambitious Trade negotiations Ever undertaken urging officials of 90 nations to Compromise to resolve Trade  an apparent reference to a clash Between the United states and its allies on farm subsidies Mulroney exhorted the delegates to be motivated by a spirit of honorable  -. The round of Trade negotiations is designed to liberalize and broaden the general agreement on tariffs and Trade an International Trade policing treaty signed in 1947. Gatt. Now has 96 members and 90 Trade ministers were at Mon Day s meeting. German nuke Plant accused of valve malfunction hush up Bonn West Germany a environmentalists on monday charged thai West Germany could have come within a hair of a serious nuclear Accident because of an error at an atomic Power Plant a year  also alleged there had been efforts to hush up the dec. 16-17, 1987, incident Althe biblis nuclear Power Plant near Frankfurt. Officials confirmed that biblis workers scrambled Loco rect a malfunctioning valve for a reactor Cooling system hours after the problem was first  they denied that there could have been a dangerous loss of coolant or that there was a  was never any danger of a nuclear melt Down said Manfred Popp state Secretary in the Hesse stale ministry for environment and nuclear  the West German federation for environment and pre Lection of nature said the incidents in biblis. Could Nave come within a hair of a serious nuclear  in a statement to the news Media Hubert Weinzierl the federation s president also said the alleged Secu Rity at German atomic Power plants proves itself to be a macabre joke in Light of this  of the 1987 incident came after the american Magazine nucleonics week issued a re port on the malfunction. Describing the incident to reporters Popp said that on december 16, 1987, a valve in one of four Cooling systems Al the 1,200-Mcgawall facility was discovered open by first shift workers. A technical defect had kept the valve open pop said. He said a Light Well on indicating that the valve was open but thai workers apparently did t take it be  Popp said the reactor was operating normally Ana there was no other sign the valve was open. A second valve in the Cooling system was operating prop Erly he said. According to Popp inc third shift own iced that the valve had not closed and in response began shutting Down the  said b few liners of radioactive steam were released into the air when the second valve was opened slightly to take pressure off the malfunctioning one. But he said the release was far below the level of radioactive emissions permitted by Law and the reactor was safely shut  Rhein Wesl Falcon electrical co., which owns the biblis reactor said in a statement that Federal authorities were informed of the incident in accordance with  officials made recommendations for limit ing the chances for a recurrence of such an Ine Denland these improvements were introduced Al by Btl and similar facilities die statement said.  biblis reactor located in the Rhine River Valley about 31 Miles South of Frankfurt first went on line in. 1974. Carlucci lauds . Gulf Forsfe aboard the la Salle in the persian Gulf a . Forces were a key to halting the persian Gulf War and taught Iran terrorism on Shehigh seas docs not pay political dividends defense Secretary Frank Carlucci said  delivered the message Al an awards ceremony aboard the la Salte flagship of the . Navy taskforce and repeated it during a Brief news conference on the third Day of a four Day Gulf  said events that culminated in the aug. 20 truce in the 8-year-old War Between Iran and Iraq vindicated the . Decision to have a Strong naval pres ence in the  speak for themselves he Lold officers and members of the Crew assembled on the la Salle s flight deck. Through your actions in Large measure you have helped bring an end to one of the bloodiest wars  have succeeded in convincing Iran that terror ism on the High seas does not pay political  have demonstrated that we can stand by our friends and we have demonstrated that we know who our friends  he said the largest . Naval operation since Vietnam also demonstrated to the world our ability to project1power, to show determination and to defend vital principles including the principle of Freedom of  at the news conference Carlucci said those a Lioni in turn. Contributed to a substantial degree to i decease fire and to maintaining the flow of Oil through the Strail of Hormuz Gateway to the persian  is on a trip to Bahrain Oman saudi Ara Bia and Kuwait thai ends wednesday when he returns10 Washington nato from Paga 1. Artillery 10 something resembling Equality he said. Nilze spoke to reporters before receiving inc West Ern Alliance s Atlantic award for his work As an arms control negotiator Story Page 2. The 16 nato and seven Warsaw pact nations were expected to begin Early next year in Vienna Ausna negotiations on conventional arms in Europe called the conventional stability talks. Nato issued a report last month that said the War saw pact holds a massive superiority in such weapons both on the ground and in the air the report counted for example 31,500 main Battle tanks for the Warsaw part nations and 16,424 for the nato allies. Armoured infantry fighting vehicles were Given As 22,400 for the East and 4,1 s3 for the West. Nitie offered advice to future negotiators in East West dealings. / arms control can play an important role in stabilizing the relationship Between the East and the West he said. But he said in cannot be a subs flute or re placement for adequate defenses.1 he advised that Force reductions per so arc no necessarily Good. If the remaining forces arc More vulnerable to a first strike or the remaining Force level present a greater temptation to the other Side to Lake reckless action stability is reduced he issued a word of caution about the enormous changes under Way in the soviet  is not Clear is where these changes Are headed whether they will be sustained and  affect soviet ref Lions Wilh the West in the Long run he  advised Western officials to base our Security policies on soviet capabilities rather than Hopes or expressed intentions. There is no evidence to Date Hal their military capabilities have  goggles from Page 1 of the accidents we be had. And use common sense the accidents  have occurred he said. Officials Al itt Al Cuco optical products in Roanoke va., Varian image tube division in Palo allo and other manufacturers of the goggles said they have never considered the infantry mod Els suitable for flight. "1tty position is Hal weren t endorse generation 11 infantry goggles for flight applications said Jim Eder an itt night vision program  Kepi saying use Icse for the mis Sion they were designed for driving said former army Engineer Edward Firth who headed development of the infantry goggles before retiring in 1978, they just Don t give you enough loft Ai High speeds., it was an army Deci Sion to put Ihm in helicopters. This Are aware of the  the goggles maximum Safe Speed i Mil is 35 Mph. Firth said. Goggle flying was one hairy experience for answer said Clyde Emery a retired Pilot who taught instructors a fort Rucker Ala. And quit in 19si."it s one of the reasons 1 retired. We were killing people. And i wanted to live another 20 or 30  said pills frequently deceived superiors by secretly flying without Gog Gles during night missions. In inc past 10 years the army had 41major crashes during goggle flights the marines eight and the air Force  involved More than one aircraft inc local number of helicopters lha crashed was 62. The Navy refuses to Fly any aircraft Wilh inc infantry goggles said Pitman. New lighter goggles Wilh two to four limes me Power Stuie infantry goggles have been designed for pilots and Are Nuse bul Cost twice As much and Are sex peeled to remain in Short Supply for the next three years the newspaper said. Night dying gives the United states a enormous Edge in combat said maj. Tim Mckeever spokesman for the army training and doctrine come Al fort Monroe  russians do nil have very Strong night fighting capability either on the ground or in aviation he said they Are deeply concerned about our night fighting