European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday August 15,1990  arms playing major role in Middle East Washington apr the Mideast is bristling with billions of dollars Worth of Modem weapons much of the Arsenal provided by the United states. That includes kuwaiti missiles now in the hands of Iraq. Many of the arms transfers to the Mideast have been financed by Low int Crest Long term . Loans. Israel at nearly $1.9 billion this year and Egypt at almost $1.3 billion arc the worlds biggest recipients of such Aid. Other nations such As saudi Arabia and Kuwait pay Cash for . Weapons. Both the Aid program and the Cash sales arc aimed at supporting Friendly governments in the Region and assuring the free flow of Oil. That overriding interest caused president Bush to dispatch . Military forces to the persian Gulf last week to shield Oil Rich saudi Arabia from the threat of an attack by Iraq which overran Kuwait aug. 2. Pentagon officials say that while the United states sold arms to Kuwait Only infrequently its arsenals included some . Hawk anti aircraft missiles and several thousand . Tow anti tank missiles. All arc now believed to be in iraqi hands. F most of Kuwait s fighter aircraft including two squadrons of French built Mirage of is and several dozen american skyhawk warplanes Are believed to have been flown to safety in saudi Arabia. Before it was attacked Kuwait had arranged a $1.8 billion Purchase of . Fa-18 fighter aircraft plus anti ship and anti aircraft missiles. But the aircraft were not scheduled for delivery until 1992 and a Pentagon official who asked not to be named said that if Kuwait remains in iraqis control the United states has no obligation to deliver them. Over the last 20 years just $1.5 billion in us. Weaponry was transferred to Kuwait a Small fraction of the arms sent to other mid caste nations. Saudi Arabia has been the biggest customer for . Arms with $23 billion in deliveries Over that period. Israel has received $11 billion in weapons Egypt $6 billion. Washington has sold saudi Arabia much of its Modem weaponry and is helping that nation modernize its military capability. Shortly after the iraqi invasion of Kuwait the United states acted to dismantle congressional obstacles to arms deliveries to saudi Arabia. Defense Secretary Richard Cheney waived a legislative restriction limiting to 60 the number of sophisticated f-15 warplanes saudi Arabia is allowed to have. The Pentagon official said the saudis will now be allowed to have 70 f-15s. It inc a a freighters Comet right and Cape Edmont Center Are among ships being readied in Portland ore., for Mideast duty. Sex time editor Donovan 76, Dies a new York apr Medley Donovan the former editor in chief at time inc. Who oversaw the growth of sports illustrated the founding of Money Magazine and people and the rebirth of life has died after a Long illness at age 76, he died monday at new York Hospital of an acute infection the Hospital said. He had a chronic lung condition. Donovan took Over time inc. In 1964 As the hand picked successor of Henry Luce the staunch conservative who founded the Magazine and had been its Only editor in chief. Donovan gave time a less ideological stance. He retired in 1979. He was responsible for the Content of some of the nations most widely read magazines. Time life Fortune and sports illustrated had a combined circulation of More than 13 million in the United states and 50 million worldwide. Donovan also presided Over the growth of sports ulus rated s popularity the founding of Money in 1972 and of people two years later and the Success of time life books. The once popular weekly life was suspended in 1972, but the photo Magazine was resurrected As a monthly. Donovan also regulated the tradition under lid Lay Donovan Lee of separating Lime magazines business and news operations. He created what came to be known As the Donovan doctrine which made the editor in chief answerable Only to the Board of directors. Donovan once said he tried to make time Magazine a More thoughtful and More  during his 15-year tenure a which included the Vietnam War and watergate scandal a time Magazine stopped reflecting the conservative views of Luce a staunch Republican with Strong views on communism China and other subjects. On retirement Donovan became a non salaried adviser to president Carter. He left before the 1980 election. Donovan was born in Brainerd minn., the son of a mining Engineer. He graduated Magna cum Maude from the University of Minnesota in 1934. He won a Rhodes scholarship and studied in 1936 at Oxford University where he was Campus correspondent for United press. In 1937, he joined the Washington Post. He went on to cover Congress the state department and the White House. He left to serve in naval intelligence in world War ii. After the War he joined Fortune a time life publication. A he was named an associate editor at Fortune in 1951 and managing editor in 1953. He held that Post until 1959, when Luce looking for a potential successor after suffering a serious heart attack made Dono an his chief Deputy Donovan was also a director of the Council on foreign relations a fellow of the american Academy of arts and sciences and a member of the trilateral commission. Stateside 7budding tailor cuts up female 4-h Competition Columbia to. Apr a boys Needle and thread work beat All the budding seamstresses at the state 4-h fashion revue the first time a tailor in training took top honors in the 40-year history of the Competition. A this is awesome. I can to believe it a said Paul Wilson 17, of Hermann after placing first saturday in the female dominated contest. Wilson modelled his winning entry a double breasted fully lined Wool suit. A they started calling off the top five. They called four girls then me a he said. A mom let out a gasp you could hear All Over the room. Then she  Wilson smother Marlene is his sewing coach. A i enjoy sewing a he said. A a it a a life skill. You never know when you could fall and rip your , Oscar Winner join in cambodian project Kissimmee Fla. Apr a Florida Man who is the founder director and Lone salaried employee of a charitable fund has joined forces with a cambodian bom actor to build a Modem Hospital in phenom penh Cambodia. Jay Blevins and or. Haing s. Ngor who won the Academy award for his screen portrayal of journalist Dith Pran in a the killing Fields a toured cambodian refugee Camps last month. Blevins and Ngor who met through a Mutual Friend in California also visited areas where hundreds of people executed by the Khmer Rouge army were buried. Blevins 39, who operates the Jeff Blevins memorial children a fund out of this Central Florida City has a Long history of humanitarian work. He has been working with non profit groups in Eastern Europe and China since. 1980 and directs a humanitarian Effort that donated $706,836 in Hospital equipment supplies and Medicine to developing nations last year. The fund was named for a son who was struck and killed  car in 1985.l.a., Leningrad mayors sign sister cities pact los Angeles apr the second largest cities of the soviet Union and the United states became Quot Sisters monday when los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley and Leningrad mayor Anatoly Sobchak signed proclamations of the new relationship. A we believe that the cultural Exchange that will occur As a result of our sister City relationship will enrich both our cities and our two Peoples a Bradley said. Sobchak pointed also to the new economic opportunities describing los Angeles As a Center for Trade banking and Industry. A Leningrad plays the same role in the soviet Union Quot lie said through an interpreter. A your City is a great Center a great scientific Center and manufacturing Center.�?�367-Pound woman fights to keep Drivers License Baltimore apr a woman who weighs 367 and stands 5 feet 6 it inches is battling for her Driver s License. Police say her Girth makes her a driving Hazard. Regina Elizabeth Guy has been asked to explain at a meeting Friday Why the motor vehicle administration should not revoke her License. The 25-year-old nursing assistant who has hired a lawyer said monday that she is combating discrimination against fat people everywhere. Her troubles began in july when she was stopped while driving a friends car with expired a Tai stration lags. Last week she got a letter from them it Tor vehicle administration saying it was re examining her driving privilege. I he letter quoted the patrol officer who stopped her As saying her weight made it impose i Ikler 1l> sol direct a behind the steering wheel but Guy denied she was driving from the Center of the from seat