European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse D 7 soldiers in Holland sentenced for drug use Page 2 d dozens arrested at Prague rally marking invasion Page 3 d Ripkin Ballard Lead orioles by Brewers Page 21 q copter Crew s exercise turns into Rescue of Sailor Page 28 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the us Ahmed forces Good Moniria vol. 18, no. 128 wednesday August 23, 1989 f in d 8693 a Bush to propose s up to $8 billion in c , Maine a president Bush will propose that the United states spend $7.5 billion to $8 billion to fight drugs but is not prepare to Send . Troops to Aid Colombia s Battle against drug lords his chief of staff said monday. John Sununu. For the first time putting a Price Wagon the president s anti drug blueprint said it would include More financial Aid for other nations in the International War on drugs. Bush will unveil his proposal in a speech to the nation sept. 5, the Day after he returns to Washington from a nearly three week vacation at the family com Pound Here then will Send implementing legislation to Congress. On another subject Sununu. Taking note of renewed threats against two american hostages in Lebanon said he would stick to a White House glance of not reacting to each new he said the administration docs not want to in crease attention on the on the drug fighting program. Sununu said the Pri Mary thrust of the president s plan will be education. Also included will be Money for Law enforcement efforts interdiction and rehabilitation. The chief of staff declined to say which Federal pro Grams the president would Cut to help finance his anti drug Effort. Sununu said Bush made most of the final decision son the package monday sending orders Back to budget director Richard Darman telling him where to Siphon deriding Rug War funds to partially pay for the Effort. Sununu appeared to temper sunday s remark by attorney general Dick Thornburgh that the United Stales should consider a request if one were made a colombian president Virgilio Barco Vargas for ". Troops to Aid in the South american nation s bottle against drug Bosses. Attention on Colombia heightened after the assassination Friday of the nation s leading presidential candidate. Sen. Luis Carlos Galan allegedly by drug lords. Virgilio Barco ordered a National sweep to search forthe killers police rounded up about 10,000 people. Bush called Virgilio Barco monday night to express his condolences Over the assassination of Galan see Bush on Back Page saftey Steps ordered for thames pleasure boats by them Angeles times London As the search continue monday for More victims from the sink ing of a pleasure boat on the thames River Secretary of transport Cecil Par Kinson ordered a series of emergency measures to increase safety on the heavily used waterway through Central Lon Don. Three separate investigations arc under Way to determine the cause of the incident in which the 1,500-ton dredging ship Bowbells ran Over the thames River pleasure boat marchioness which was crowded with Young people celebrating a birthday. A police spokesman said monday thai25 bodies had been found fewer than earlier reports had indicated. We have 38 other names of people whom we have Strong reason to believe were on the boat and who arc yet to be accounted for the spokesman said. The missing include the Captain of the marchioness guest of Honor Antonio Vascan Callas. Whose 26th birthday had been the occasion for the party and five employees of a modelling Agency. The police released the Captain an first mate of the Bowbells sunday night but said they would be questioned again see boats on Back Page the pleasure boat marchioness rests on a thames mud Bank on monday after being brought to the surface by Savage terrorists May use missiles against planes Jane s says by a terrorists who want to future May use Small Poi air missiles rather thar according to the editor of up until now shebeen by smuggling cup los ing easier for terrorist 01 portable heat seeking Subr Inkman wrote in the of published today. J Diehl Luacau own civilian aircraft in treble heat seeking surface to Lan Plant explosives on Board in latest Jane s n Mal method of attack Hasps on Board but it is Bucom in nations to acquire Mallace to air missiles David Ward of the Book which was the majority of these Muscles Are simple to oper ate and could have a devastating effect if fired against an Airliner on the approach Halo or departure from a Airport the 34- ear vet Crai of the Royal air Force wrote. He said some aircraft Arcady arc using Infra systems in defend against missile at tacks. Such systems May become Standard equipment on commercial aircraft of present trends continue he said. A Jane s spokesman Safe such systems use High temperature flares that wifi shot from a plane attract s steer the missiles away Bally arc the air plane s in Chat sucking missiles. The i from their targets which Igine exhausts. In their recent withdrawal from Afghanistan the soviets effectively used a flares during their Airlift from Kabul the spokesmen said. On another1 subject rink Man said nato Pilot still arc in danger of bang shot Down by Friendly fire because the Alliance us no Way of telling who the enemy is. An identification Friend or foe system won t up on the nato front lines until Tsee missiles on Back Page soviets unveil Blackjack bomber at air show Page 9
