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Reagan shows optimism
in final news conference
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Reagan said Thursday night
“extraordinary things’* have hap-
C ned in superpower relations in the
t four years but cautioned that the
Soviets would retain superiority in
conventional weaponry even after
Mikhail Gorbachev’s troop reduc
tion pledge.
The president said, “The path re
mains open and the pace of peace
continues," in a nationally-televised
news conference one day after his
fifth and final summit with the So
viet leader.
In a session sprinkled with com
plimentary references to his summit
partner, Reagan replied, “Yes, I do”
when a questioner asked whether he
believes Gorbachev is transforming
the Soviet Union into a less threaten
ing nation.
Reagan also said Palestine Liber
ation Organization leader Yasser Ar
afat did not make a clear-cut com
mitment to recognize the state of
Israel despite a statement to that ef
fect this week. The president said
Arafat “left himself openings” on
the subject.
It was Reagan's 46th and possibly
final news conference as president,
held in a White House East Room
decorated with Christmas trees.
He began with a quip — “Got to
stop meeting like this'’ — and ended
by wishing reporters a merry
Christmas.
Asked if there was hope for re
lease of American hostages held cap
tive in Lebanon, Reagan said he
thought eventually the United States
would have to negotiate with Iran
because they have control of the kid
nappers.
Concerning the prospect for ne
gotiations with Iran, he said, “There
are conditions that have to be met
also there. Any time that they are re
ady to come forward on an open ba
sis, we would be ready to talk to
them.”
Later, spokesman Marlin Fitzwa*
ter elaborated: “W’c’ll be glad to talk,
but we’ve never been able to get
them to do that."
Reagan sidestepped a question
about the war in Afghanistan, saying
it would tie unacceptable to stop
arming the rebels there, unless the
Soviet-backed regime ended military
operations. But he did not venture a
detailed response to Gorbachev’s call
for a more comprehensive set
tlement to be sponsored by the
United Nations.
He was asked to provide an un
usual amount of reflection on his
eight years in office.
Many of the questions dealt with
(kirbachev.
Asked directly whether he trusted
the man he has met five times, the
president said, “He hasn’t shown me
any reason yet why 1 shouldn't." But,
he quickly said, his attitude was one
of “trust but verify.”
U.S. warplane hits building
in Germany; at least 4 killed
REMSCHEID, West Germany
(AP) — A U.S. Air Force warplane
struck an apartment building and
exploded in flames Thursday, kill
ing the pilot and at least three other
people, injuring more than a dozen,
and setting homes on fire.
“This looks like a war,” said Jo
hannes Rau, governor of North
Rhine-Westphalia slate, after lour
ing the scene in central West Ger
many.
Even after the initial explosion,
ammunition carried on the plane
continued to explode periodically,
hampering rescue efforts, one res
cuer said. >
The U.S. Air Force suspended all
tactical training (lights in Europe
until Tuesday, and West German
authorities' asked their tllies to halt
low-level traming misnons until
Christmas. OpdQsiti<m.^plitical par
ties demanded a ban on low-level
flights and sharp cuts in air exer
cises.
The A-10 Thunderbolt II jet, de
signed to support ground forces and
combat tanks, was carrying 1,000
rounds of 30mm training ammuni
tion when it crashed, U.S. Air Force
spokesman Lt. Col. Ed Neunherz
said.
Witnesses said the plane flew low
over a school and hit the top floor of
an apanment building about 1:30
p.m. (6:30 a.m. CDT).
Wolfgang Guenther, who lives
about 800 yards from the apartment
building, said, “My daughters were
coming home from school. I heard a
tremendous blast and rushed out to
find them.” He said his teen-age
daughters "told me . . . they could
even see the pilot in the plane.”
“The plane rammed into a build
ing that was right in front of them.
Thev are home now and they are in
shock,” he said. The high school,
about 1,300 yards away from the
crash site, was not damaged.
There were conflicting reports on
the number of dead and injured.
Air Force A-10 Fighter
crashes on reservation
TRACY, Ariz. (AP) — An Air
Force A-10 fighter crashed Thurs
day afternoon near the heart of the
Tohono O’Odham Indian Reserva
tion, but the pilot ejected safely, offi
cials said.
The plane, based at Davis-
Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson,
crashed around 3:30 p.m. about 80
miles west of Tucson. The pilot,
whose identity was withheld, was ad
mitted to the base hospital, said
spokeswoman Carol Ann Keck.
Another A-10 crashed Thursday
into an apartment house in Rems-
cheid. Get irvinv. killing at least four
people.
I A l-
Despite the coincidence of the ac
cidents, Ms. Keck said the Air Force
would not ground the base's A-10s.
The Tactical Air Command late
Thursday released a statement say
ing that the aircraft would not he
grounded.
Officials said an investigative
hoard left for the reservation, whose
residents have complained for years
about low-flying military aircralt.
U.S. military helicopter crash
leaves 5 dead in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP)
— A U.S. military helicopter partici
pating in maneuvers crashed in
northern Honduras on Thursday,
killing all five Americans aboard, a
U.S. Embassy official said.
Embassy spokesman Charles Bar
clay said the CH-47 Chinook heli
copter crashed at 1 p.m. (1 p.m.
CDT) near La Ceiba, 235 miles
north of Tegucigalpa.
Barclay refused to identify the vic
tims until their relatives are notified.
He said the helicopter was based
at Palmerola Air Base, 48 miles
north of Tegucigalpa, the capital.
Barclay said U.S. military authori
ties were at the site investigating the
cause of the crash.
"Five people were on board the
helicopter,” Barclay said. “Up to
now only four bodies have been re
covered from the craft, which was
practically destroyed.”
Honduran and U.S. military per
sonnel formed a search team “to
look for the other body” in the area,
he said.
■dkgfl
took off earlier Thursday from
Palmerola, was flying a supply mis
sion and taking p>art in joint Hondu-
ran-U.S. military exercises.
The United States has held a se
ries of military maneuvers in Hon
duras since 1982.
About 1,500 American troops are
in Honduras, including 1,100 sol
diers permanently stationed at Palm
erola. Others rotate during the year
for training exercises, military con
struction work and other projects.
The United States increased its
presence in Honduras" when ' U.S.-
oacked rebels k,nown as Contras be
gan fighting in 1981 to overthrow
the leftist government of neighbor
ing Nicaragua from bases in Hondu
ran territory.
At least 30 American troops in
Honduras have been killed or
wounded in accidents or incidents of
violence since fhe maneuvers began.
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