European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. February 13, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 report says soviet submarine operations in swedish Waters Rose under Gorbachev a Nta Monica. Calif. A so Viet submarines have illegally entered swedish Walers in dramatically St Ppd up operations since Mikhail Gorbachev came to Power according to a study re leased sunday in one Case a soviet minis Marinc got As far As Stockholm Harbor coming within a mile of the Neutral country s Royal Palace said the Rand corp. Report. Stranger than fiction soviet submarine pc rations in swedish the report was sponsored by the air Force. Despite what appears to be real soviet Progress in Domestic Reform and arms control this is still going on. And Why the swedes continue to permit it. I Don t said Gordon h. Mccormick. Who wrote the report based on Public documents and swedish sources. The intrusions have harmed Gorba Chev s attempt to change his country s image in the West but he is unlikely to scale Back operations unless he can demonstrate they arc causing greater difficulties for the soviet Union in the Wisl than has been the Case so far. Mccormick said. Soviet submarines have penetrated swedish Waters since world War ii. But before the l�80s there were never More than four probable intrusions a year and those usually involved i be submarine at a time in outer coastal Waters the report said. Since 1980, swedish sources indicate that an average rate of Between 17 and 36 foreign operations Are being con ducted per year depending on the degree of probability that is assigned to each underwater the report said. In addition the new operations used multiple submarines min subs and com Bat swimmers and penetrated much deeper into Sweden s coastal defense ones including harbours of major naval bases the report said. Some intrusions made International headlines. In the 1981 whiskey on the rocks incident a soviet whiskey class submarine ran aground near the Karl Krona naval Complex. Moscow termed it an Accident and after a confrontation that lasted 10 Days the sub was released. In 1982. Multiple submarines were identified deep within the inner Waters of Llars Jarden near Sweden s largest naval base. Covert onshore activity also has targeted the swedish defense establishment. The report cites a l aft incident in which soviet intelligence agents posing As polish Art dealers visited the Homes of 120 swedish air Force pilots apparent in determine their identities. According to swedish authorities it was part of a plan to gun Down the pilots in their Homes in the event of War. The report said the greater frequency of submarine operations in Sweden can be linked in soviet suspicion of us status As a Neutral nation and the increasing strategic value of the scandinavian pen insula in soviet contingency War plans. Those plans apparently would involve crossing Sweden to reach Norway which is a Nat member the report said. California girding for drastic cuts in 4th drought year los Angeles a without Rains of biblical proportions in the next two months. California s drought will enter its fourth year forcing one City to outlaw Lawn watering and others to require serious cutbacks in the use of water. Los Angeles is drafting a water conservation incentive program Farmers in Turlock arc using Well water to offset Reservoir shortages and merchants along shrunken Folsom Lake near Sacramento arc bracing fora decline in visitors. The stale s precipitation stood at 60 percent of nor Mal on feb. I for a Rainy season that began oct. I. I4s9. The 154 largest reservoirs were at 74 percent Capacio and the water Content in the Snow pack was Only 40 to 50 percent of Normal officials said. Ii California has even Normal rainfall in february and March officials will declare the fourth consecutive drought Vear. Said Bob Fingado. Senior Engineer with the slate Valer resources department. The most critical area is California s Central coast where cities rely mainly on reservoirs for their water. The Region s reservoirs Are at 20 percent Normal Capac Ity. Gibraltar Reservoir which Santa Barbara uses for water is dry. Santa Barbara which has already banned hosing Down driveways and sidewalks and daytime watering plans to Lake More severe Steps next month. Plans for a citywide water consumption Cut of 30 percent to 45 percent include a ban on watering lawns and strict restrictions on commercial use. The los Angeles area has largely escaped the drought s Wrath because the Region uses a variety of water sources. Steve Nastri left adjusts the wheel on a miniature Model of the space shuttle made from Beer cans As James House hatches. The Iii Houston civil Engi neers constructed he scale Model shuttle from 5 1 1 flip top flier cans. The had previously entered a contest in build a Castle from Beer cans but decided hut a space shuttle has Mure appropriate for Houston Home of he Johnson space Center. Officials Hope tent City prevents another surge of illegal aliens Harview Texas a immigration officials sex Peel their plan to hold up to 10,000 illegal aliens in tents will Send a message to discourage an expected surge of Central americans seeking Asylum. No Araguas. Salvadorans. Guatemalans and lion durans apparently forgot about the Agency s last show of Force a year ago along the mexican Border says Cine Mcnary. The new chief of the immigration and Naiu Rali Alioth service. So tents and truckloads of Beds and portable toilets Are arriving to make Good on Mcnary s threat to detain updo Kkt Border crashers Al a Remote detention Camp Here Northeast of the Border City of Brownsville. Mcnary. Who last month released More than 1.000 people from the same 347-acre compound to save Money now says he will spend As much As necessary to show would be intruders they can expect to be detained and deported. It will be humane but it w on t be said in announcing the crackdown. It will not be As though you re slaying Al the Ritz Carllon. You will lose your Freedom while you re Here and we Don t want to do at least is i million will go toward the initial Effort of shifting Border patrol agents and immigration examiners from other parts of the country and packing detainees into Large Vinyl tents with plywood floors. I think no belter signal can be sent than that we Are serious about enforcing the Laws along our said Cameron county judge Tony Gar a in Brownsville. Ins officials said it probably would take at least 10 Days before the regular red Brick dormitories fill to their 1,600 capacity making the tells necessary. The commissioner said steady increases in the num Ber of Central americans apprehended by the Border patrol prompted his Blit in South Texas the nearest . Point by land to Central America. Mcnary s crackdown is an Effort to prevent a repeat of late 1988 and Early 1989, when More than 50.000 Central americans streamed across the Border to apply for political Asylum in South Texas. Perrier will destroy entire . Inventory Greenwich. Conn. A the Perrier group of America inc. Says n plans to destroy its entire "72 million gallon . Inventory of bottled Mineral water because Nen Cne was found in some samples. The company has also shut Down ils France based bottling operation. Distributors have been ordered to halt distribution and Start pulling the water from store shelves said Ronald v. Davis president of the Green wich based Perrier group of America. Ben ene is a Clear flammable poisonous liquid used As a solvent for fats and in making lacquers varnishes and dyes. In sufficient doses it has been linked to cancer in animals. At a news conference saturday. Davis said the company believes the presence of the chemical was caused by a human error in France in the production of the Glass bottles the bottling of the water or ils transportation. He said the company has ruled out sabotage and has found no evidence of Ben ene in the natural underground Mineral Spring in verge a France where the water is drawn and bottled by a 127-year-old French company. Perrier has not detected Ben ene in european samples and has no plans to recall the water from european stores
