European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 5, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 old cold warriors have Friendly Chat Santa Barbara Calif. A Mikhail s. Gorbachev visited Ronald Reagan at his Mountain ranch sunday and the old cold War foes and their wives discussed such matters As travel horses Home improvements and real estate prices. A a in a very Happy they re Here. We be been waiting a Long time for this a Reagan said As he and his wife Nancy posed with the former soviet Leader and his wife Raisa by the ranches Lucky Lake and a Canoe named Truluc. Gorbachev on a two week . Tour was taken for a spin around the 688-acre Rancho Del Cielo in a jeep bearing the License plate  both former leaders wore Cowboy hats As Reagan wheeled the jeep around the area waving to photographers. Reporters and photographers were escorted from the ranch a Short time later As the reagans and Gorbachev planned to spend the rest of their Day together in private. On monday Gorbachev was to visit Reagan a presidential Library in Simi Valley to receive the first Ronald Reagan Freedom award. During sundays visit the reagans gave Stetson hats to the Gorbachev who presented their hosts with an 1882 Book of russian proverbs. A Good in be been using them quite a bit a said Reagan. A the needs some new ones a Nancy Reagan added. The couples took a one hour walking tour of the ranch which offered a View of the Pacific Ocean. At one Point Raisa Gorbachev wearing Black High heels sat beneath an Oak tree for a rest. Nancy Reagan wearing athletic shoes joined her and they talked about real estate prices. Gorbachev and Reagan aides who played follow the leaders said they were stunned at How chatty the couples were. A a he a excited. He a been waiting a Long time for this a said Fred Ryan Reagan a chief of staff. The reagans told the Gorbachev How the former . President chopped 137 discarded Telephone poles for the Fence ringing the ranch House. Nancy Reagan grabbed Raisa Gorbachev a hand at one Point and pulled her toward the stables and the tack room while Reagan regaled Gorbachev with tales about the storehouse of Memorabilia from his acting Days that he keeps inside the barn. Gorbachev was drawn to Reagan a personal Chevron Gas pump and Shook his head in disbelief. A there Are such Long lines for gasoline in our country a Raisa Gorbachev explained. After the walk Gorbachev slapped a Fence Post in a motion to get Reagan to former president Reagan left and former soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev Don Cowboy hats sunday at the Reagan ranch North of Santa Barbara Calif. Sit for a picture with their wives. A this picture will be even More famous than the picture of us next to the fireplace in Geneva a Gorbachev said through an interpreter. The four ate a lunch of Carrot and Orange soup poached Chicken breast curried Rice Frozen Yogurt and a Reagan favorite chocolate Chip cookies without nuts. They chose from a selection of California wines. The trip is sponsored by Gorbachev foundation Usa a san Francisco based non profit offshoot of Gorbachev a Moscow think tank. Gorbachev a itinerary includes Cambridge mass. Chicago san Francisco Atlanta new York and Washington do. He is scheduled to speak before Harvard University in Cambridge and Stanford University in Stanford Calif., As Well As address a joint session of Congress in Washington. He also plans a speech in Fulton mo., where Winston Churchill gave his famous a Iron curtain Quot speech in 1946.new Book will add to charge of ufos cover up Milwaukee up a a Wisconsin Man who believes in unidentified flying objects is writing a new Book detailing his investigation of the 1947 crash of what some say was a weather balloon and others Call a flying Saucer. Donald Schmitt crying government cover up is working with iowan Kevin Randle on a Book due to come out at the end of the year. His first Book was ufos crash at Roswell published in 1991. The second Book will be a hardback edition containing much of the same information along with new details compiled by Schmitt and Randle in their investigation. A a we re getting More and More firsthand military statements off the record statements a Schmitt said. A one thing we can proudly say is lots of them Are conceding there was a  their subject an incident in new Mexico the summer of 1947 a a time when hundreds of sightings of ufos were reported around the United states. On july 3 that year a rancher found the wreckage of what appeared to be an alien spacecraft Northwest of Roswell . A few Days later the bodies of what some claimed to be extraterrestrials were discovered a few Miles from the crash site. On july 8, col. William Blanchard commanding officer of the 509th bomb group in Roswell said the object was a flying Saucer. Military personnel cordoned off the area and removed the evidence. Within hours Brig. Gen. Roger Ramey commander of the 8th air Force in fort Worth Texas retracted the flying Saucer report saying officers were caught up in the hysteria of the moment and misidentified the debris. Ramey said it was the remains of a weather balloon. A a it a Standard military procedure that if something gels out of hand you first acknowledge it then you quickly come up with an alternative explanation and then you explain it a Schmitt said. A damage control. First they admit it. Then they explain  the incident was forgotten until 1978, when Jesse Marcel a former intelligence officer of the 509th, revealed he was the one who picked up the debris. He said it was not a weather balloon but rather was something unexplainable. Schmitt co director of the j. Allen Hynek Center for ufos studies in Chicago and Randle a special investigator for the Center decided to look into the incident. At first they were sceptical that the incident was any thing More than the military said it was. Their first trip to new Mexico in february 1989 changed their minds a after we started talking to the first 10 witnesses and quickly observed How Adamant they  Schmitt said they Learned some had been threatened with harm if they told what they saw. Some were afraid to talk but others were not. 5 a to Date we have talked to 400 people. They say it was not of this Earth a he said. Tight lipped investigators have been the main hindrance to the investigation Schmitt said. Military members who were at the scene of the incident said Thuv were sworn to secrecy. But some Are talking off the record. Schmitt said he has talked to a four Star general a who tells us we re right  but the military is still handcuffed by a regulation that prohibits disclosure of classified ufos information he said. Schmitt said he wants a congressional investigation and wants witnesses to be granted government immunity. A we have Over a dozen key military people who Are still telling us they re sworn to secrecy on this Quot Schmitt said. A when we pushed the Pentagon to pull the files we were told to leave it alone. We just keep getting confirmation Over and Over  dog rescued from ledge on Remote alaskan Island Kodiak Alaska apr a dog that slipped off a 300-foot Cliff on a Remote Island spent three Days on a tiny ledge Halfway Down before being rescued by Rock climbers flown in for the Job. A it was a Miracle that dog caught on to that Little ledge a said Art Schultz who organized the Rescue for Silver. Silver got separated from his owners Jess Willard and Leslie Mastick while they were hiking said Jenny Stanford a dispatcher in Kodiak who handled the couples Rescue request. Willard and Mastick Are the Only residents of Sitki Nak Island about 30 Miles South of Kodiak. They manage a cattle ranch there with Silver and two other Blue healers dogs trained to round up cattle. Stanford called Schultz who rounded up fellow climbers Tom Tipton and Tim Gentner. Within an hour the three boarded a plane for the hour Long flight to Sitki Nak. Gentner Rappel led Down to the dog who was whining and eagerly got into his Backpack for the Rappel the rest of the Way Down. Stanford said she radioed the couple tuesday to see How they were doing. A Jess said Silver a Back seems to be bothering him a Little because of the fall a she said. A other than that he a going  says Lujan shifting stance on Indian gaming Las vegas apr Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan suggested in a memo to president Bush Stop aide that the administration strengthen its position against the spread of Indian gaming a newspaper reported sunday. The april 20 memo to Bush a chief of staff Samuel k. Skinner obtained by the Las vegas review journal indicates a shift in Lujans earlier stated support of legalized gambling on Indian reservations. A in order to counter what May turn into a Campaign to blame this administration for foisting Indian gaming onto states which profess not to want it i suggest that this administrations position in favor of family values and against unwanted gaming be reiterated through proposed a clarifying amendments to the Indian gaming regulatory act Lujan said. Tribal leaders said Lujans proposals would infringe on the Sovereign rights of indians to engage in gambling on Federal reservations. A it is probable that heavy political pressure was brought to Bear on Lujan by the Nevada resort association acting through the Republican party a said Gerald Ducheneaux lobbyist for the National Indian gaming association. Interior department spokesman Bob Walker said sunday that Lujan is concerned there Are problems with the gaming act and recognizes that a unless Steps Are taken there could be action that affects the tribes  a it certainly does not signify any lessening of the Secretary a support for gaming As an Enterprise to develop the Economy on the  he said