European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday april 18, 1991 Squadron to after standing against air Hampton a. Dpi the air Force Squadron responsible for warding off soviet aircraft that Fly too close to the East coast will be disbanded later this year because of Pentagon budget cuts officials said tuesday. The 48th fighter interceptor so at Langley fab for decades  jets scrambling when soviet planes and other foreign aircraft have flown near . Airspace along the Atlantic Seaboard. The squadrons aircraft Are on duty 24 hours a Day and Are part of the United states first line of defense. But with the thawing of the cold War and fewer soviet flights off the . Coast. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has determined the Squadron is expendable. A total of 556 military personnel Are to be transferred to other units it. Col. Thomas sack a Langley spokesman said tuesday. 2nd National guardsman convicted in desertion plot the Squadron has 40 officers and an additional eight civilians. The squadrons Alert commitment will end oct. 1, the Start of fiscal year 1992. Most of the squadrons is f-15s will be transferred to the air National guard beginning in october with some aircraft going toothed units. The planes from. Langley have been ready to soar into action at a moments notice. 7 a a 7 they often tracked Down soviet air Craft testing . Defences sometimes getting close enough to Sec the soviet pilots. A a a a a a a Quot a a a . Jets through the use of air Maneu vers let intruders know they must leave the area. The 48th is responsible for a coastal area stretching from new Jersey to Florida and West to Texas. Happy Landing in Harbor new York City police officers Frank Annuziata and Kevin Brodley lower left assist the army corps of engineers in recovering a helicopter that made a Safe emergency Landing in new York Harbor. The two Crew members and six passengers were uninjured when the chopper owned by Dow Jones amp co., suffered engine failure on Takeoff. Ii was in route to South Brunswick . Fort Polk la. A a second army National guardsman has been convicted of plotting an abortive mass desertion from a Texas installation where his unit was training for the persian Gulf War. Spec. Dwayne Brown 19, of Lake Charles was sentenced to a year in prison and Dis honorable discharged after being found guilty at a court martial tuesday. Last week 24-year-old sgt Robert Pete another member of the Lake Charles based Headquarters and Headquarters co 3rd in 156th inf received six years and a dishonourable discharge for the feb. 7 plot a third guardsman spec. Derrick Guidry 24, Goeson trial april 24. The soldiers unit had been activated during the Gulf War buildup and trained at fort Polk and fort Hood Texas but was never sent to the combat zone. Prosecutors said Pete Guidry and Brown were ringleaders of a plot to desert fort Hood to protest training and other conditions there. Bush Dalai Lama meet privately in White House Washington a president Bush in a move sure to annoy Beijing met tuesday at the White House with the Dalai Lama tic exiled tibetan Leader who is touring the United states to focus attention on reported chinese repression in Tibet. The meeting was private and did not initially appear on Bush a schedule. Later in the Day the White House said Bush was meeting with the Dalai Lama a in his capacity As a respected spiritual Leader and Nobel peace prize  the Dalai Lama who fled into exile in 1959, has blasted China for human rights abuses against his countrymen. But White House officials said Bush was not trying to Send a negative signal to Beijing. China has tried to Block the Dalai Lama s appearances in the United states by urging Host universities not to allow him to speak. A 7 Bush a press Secretary Marlin Fitzwa Ter used cautious language to avoid offending China when asked whether Bush supported the Dalai lamas Mission of calling attention to China a policies toward Tibet. A two recognize him As the religious Leader of his country. We done to have any comment on what his issues Are or what he a saying Here. We be expressed our concern about the humanitarian abuses against  but supporters of the Dalai Lama saw it As a Welcome switch in what they consider Bush a previous policy of appeasing China by remaining silent on Tibet. A a its a very major statement to the chinese Quot said John Ackerly Legal counsel to the Campaign for Tibet which helped arrange the Dalai lamas trip. A a it a a tremendous Symbol. They re going to go nuts Quot he added. The Dalai Lama arrived in Washington on monday. He has a series of meetings with members of Congress scheduled during the week As Well As a speech thursday in the Capitol Rotunda hosted by House speaker Thomas s. Foley and Senate majority Leader George Mitchell. Quot the Dalai Lama began a tour of several . Cities on march.24, his first visit to the United states since 1987, when tibetan monks were rioting for Independence and Freedom of religion in their Homeland. That uprising was put Down in a bloody fashion by chinese soldiers who fired on the demonstrators and imprisoned Many. The state departments Annua report on human tights around the world issued last month cited a credible reports Quot of a torture and mistreatment of those accused of crimes in Tibet human tights groups have criticized Bush for keeping quiet about the Situa Tion in Tibet while decrying human rights abuses by iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Quot a7 7 a a 7. A White House officials however say China is aware of Bush a disapproval of chinese behaviour in Tibet the administration maintains that while it has differences with China the country a geopolitical stature merits continued bilateral relations even after the governments killing of student pro democracy demonstrators in Tiana men Square. Bush a former . Envoy to Beijing has said China should not be ostracized for its human rights performance. China has ruled Tibet since 1950. The Dalai Lamats the spiritual Leader to the 6 million tibetan buddhists. He also was the country a political Leader before fleeing Over the Himalayas to India where he now lives. Cure Newark . Up a an Ocean county Catalon company that Sells products purporting to do every thing from curing encephalitis and haemorrhoids to enlarging is and breasts is the target of a Federal forfeit. Ure action officials said tuesday authorities expect to seize hundreds of boxes of electrical devices and other products and 10,000 Winter and Spring Cata logs marketed by lifestyle fascination inc., . Attorney Michael Chertoff said. The forfeiture action filed monday charged the company based in Jackson ., with Selling its products under labels that Are Quot false misleading or otherwise contrary to  the complaint initiated by the Federal food and drug administration also charged lifestyle with failing to provide adequate directions for use of its products. A a. Among the 14 products listed in the complaint is he Morrice a refrigerator cooled haemorrhoids cure made in an unregistered Laboratory a not in conformity with Good medical manufacturing  another lifestyle product the brain tuner claims to treat alcoholism and drug addiction and in addition raise the. Customers to by 20 to 30 Points the complaint said. 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