European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes sunday August 19,1990 soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev sporting a Cap greets soldiers gathered for War games Friday in  services Moscow apr president Mikhail s. Gorbachev said Friday that important military changes will be introduced next year possibly including a switch to an All Volunteer Force and the elimination of some armed services. Quot our armed services were established to handle tasks of the cold War a he said a this War is now  Gorbachev made the remarks during a speech at the Black sea port of Odessa where he reviewed soviet troops involved in mock combat. The nightly television news program a Tvr Cmya showed him in shirt sleeves shaking hands with soldiers taking part in the exercise. Gorbachev quoted by the official soviet news Agency Tass said a panel next month will begin drawing up recommendations on military Reform and will submit them to parliament. The changes will decide the strength and Quality of the armed services in the 1990s. Tass said a revamped defense Council was set up by Gorbachev a presidential Council but did not say who was appointed to it. He said planners will determine whether it is necessary to maintain All five branches of the soviet armed services a the army Navy air Force air defences and strategic rocket forces a and what role each should play. Gorbachev also said officials must decide whether the soviet Union can abandon conscription and create an All Volunteer Force. Moreover he indicated that officials should decide whether to give soviet republics a greater say in How and where troops should serve. Soviet army officers interviewed on a recent press tour of four army bases said they expect and would Welcome a gradual switch to a Volunteer army in the next several  balks at Federal order to remove Indian rail barriers White River Ontario apr the Canadian government ordered the removal of Indian protest barricades blocking the country a main East West. Rail link but provincial authorities refused to intervene Friday. The Long Lake indians say they Are trying to attract the Federal government s attention to a land ownership dispute dating to 1915, when the railway was put through an Indian Reserve. On thursday Federal authorities told Canadian National rail to remove protest blockades erected monday in Northern Ontario. But provincial police Constable Boh Gilman said Friday a no enforcement action will be taken As Long As a negotiated settlement is possible. A a we re monitoring things but that s All we intend to do for  Gilman spoke in Long Lake about 185 Miles Northeast of Thunder Bay on Lake Superior. Federal officials have also been trying to Settle a 5 week old armed standoff Between Quebec provincial police and Mohawk indians at Oka 18 Miles West of Montreal. The mohawks Are try ing to Block a Golf course Extension on land they have claimed As ancestral in the Ontario dispute in rail spokesman Roger Cameron said officials asked for police help because the railway believes it has a Legal right to Clear the blockade Over its main line. A a it a Alec acting operations and our ability to serve our customers a a he said from Montreal. A we have the Legal right to operate where we do a meanwhile about 120 Miles South of the Long Lake barricades band members used steel rails and railway ties 1 thursday to Block a up rail line through the Pic Mobert Indian Reserve. That Barrier will stay put band chief James Wissi a said until Federal Indian affairs minister Tom Siddon or health and wetware minister Perrin Beatty visit the Reserve to discuss an unsettled land claim As Well As improvements in housing roads sewers and water service Siddon told the Canadian broadcasting corp. On i thursday that he wont meet band leaders until the blockades come Down. Quot we will not Deal in the face of roadblocks and intimidation. I hat s not the Way that we do business a he said in Vancouver British Columbia. A world today soviet icebreaker takes tourists on Arctic cruise Moscow apr the atomic powered icebreaker Rossiya has taken scientists and tourists on the first Arctic cruise to the North pole the soviet news Agency Tass reported. Passengers were taken a Short distance by helicopter to Hayes Island in the Arctic Ocean Over a period of several hours Tass said. The Island is the site of the largest Observatory in the northernmost latitudes. Tourists visited the Bathhouse and Homes on the Island where researchers from Canada and France recently studied the Ozone layer Tass said. Tourists also watched Polar bears roaming near houses. Thai lao generals agree to avoid Border disputes Bangkok Thailand up a top thai and lao military officers signed a joint memorandum Friday agreeing to avoid Border disputes and to suppress lao rebels along the thai a lao  supreme commander Gen. Sunthorn Kon Sompong and his lao counterpart Gen. Sisavat Keo Bounphan signed the joint memorandum to strengthen relations at the end of two hours of official talks. The officers said the agreement is meant to avoid any flare up of a Border dispute which killed More than 1,000 soldiers from both sides in 1987-1988. The memorandum said the two neighbouring countries will step up discussions to solve All Border disputes particularly in the area where the fighting broke out. The two sides agreed to set up a combined thai lao military unit which would hold discussions to find a peaceful solution to any further Border clashes it  state airline finds cracks in 3 beings Harare Zimbabwe apr the state airline withdrew three Boeing 707 airliners from service after cracks were found in the Wing spars officials said Friday. The planes Are expected to be grounded for several weeks for repairs and tests said a spokesman for air Zimbabwe. A fourth Boeing 707 was Given a a clean Bill of health and was flying Normal routes he said. The spokesman who by custom was not identified said the four planes were checked after the  Boeing corp. Warned operators of possible Wing cracks particularly in aging 707s. The state airline acquired its 707s secondhand a decade ago. The aircraft have been fitted with engine silencers known As hush kits to conform with european noise abatement regulations. Air Zimbabwe also operates two Boeing 737s and one recently acquired extended Range 767.1 drowns 3 missing in sinking of cargo ship Iligan Philippines apr an 800-ton cargo ship Sank after being buffeted by huge Waves and Strong winds in the Southern Philippines leaving one crewman dead and three missing the coast guard reported. Ten sailors were rescued. Coast guard chief Petty officer Rogelio Calo said the cargo ship Belinda i was carry ing Limestone from the Central Island of Bohol to Surigao City on Mindanao Island when it Sank in Surigao Straits. Surigao is about 200 Miles Northeast of Olligan and about 430 Miles Southeast of Manila. Calo said a passing ship the my banana trader rescued 10 people from the sea. The ships skipper said one crewman drowned and three were missing. A search for the missing crewmen was under Way Calo added