European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july the stars and strides extensive folks fail to soviet no Washington a a russian Navy Captain who became a cold defector to the disappeared months ago while on a spy Mission in a lawyer trying to win his Freedom says he believes Nicholas Shadrin is imprisoned now in a military despite facial and private efforts to arrange his re the Richard said wednesday night he has held five meetings in West Berlin since he waft asked by Shad runs wife to become involved in the he didst identify the in Copaken said that two of slate have discussed Case with russian president Ford wrote a letter on the subject late last year to russian president Leonid 1 Carter administration also has become involved in but co Paken said the Ford and Carter admin is trails Are guilty of serious blunders and missed he called his disclosure of shndrin9 plight a cry of Desperak Copaken said a destroyer com minder in the russian defected to in june at cause he wanted to marry a Pilyih woman but was forbidden to do so under soviet the woman defected and they were married after arriving in this y the lawyer mid Shadrin began provid ing intelligence information to Agen after his defection and eventually went id work for the government than intelligence positions but in 1966 Shadrin was approached by two agents from the the soviet secret dads homeward bound Gordon buddy and 11 and seemed pleased with the news that Gordon buddy Hai been granted a parole to take effect who masterminded the watergate will be released Early through the intervention of presi Dent who Cut his 711year sen tence to eight Young finds wife shot dead Washingon a the wife of Texas congressman John Young died wednesday night of a gunshot wound and police said it appeared the body of Jane was found in her Home in a Northern Virginia by her Fairfax county Reo Young was a Central figure in last years congressional sek Colleen an said she was required to have sex with Young to keep a tar a said the accusation was the investigation of Gardners accusation was halted after investigators said they found no evidence to support criminal a spokesman said the cause of Youngs death is under investigation pending a ruling by the county medical but lie wound was apparently self inflict sic was taken to a local Hospital where she was pronounced dead on loves that choir vermonter finds life a years Ion g api no foolish Ness was allowed during choir practice at Trinity episcopal Church Here in 1boz when the choirmaster told 9yearold Jack Ockert to he Ockert still is 75 years in the same i probably wont he Ockert fondly recalls when he first joined the Shelbume just after the turn of the his first Cecil took the Job quite there was no fooling says hed say you fools sing choir practice then was on monday night with a service Friday night followed by another practice then there were the usual sunday morning and we didst miss either Winter or he during the three quarters of a Century Ockert has Lent his voice in he has missed few choir most of those absences came during world War when he served in the i was stationed so sometimes j Fri and was a the under the 1 so secret was his new cops Ken id be Home on the id take my place in the choir just like i was never he Church is an important part of life for who served As Parish Secretary for 25 years and was choirmaster himself for a Good Many its never been any chore for me to gel up and go to he we were brought up to go to the Church gave Ockert a Silver Cross 35 years ago to Mark his 50th year in the there was another Cere Mony to commemorate the 75th Annivera Hes a regular old fire said the Charles Rector of Trinity of ockers Devotion to the Ockert never has had a music but that Doest bother just As Long As he can Don his Robe and White surplice each sunday and f think the music Church music plays a big part in the Poekert sex the service i  say is Dull but it  be As satisfying As it is with Good he continued for nine until he in december a meeting with Kab agents ther Cafter one such ses he and Copaken said he believes Shadrin was n military prison the Secretary of discussed the pc Rance with Anatoly the rus Sian but the russians had no information to the Washington hired shortly afterwards by a private line of communications and held the three meetings m West Berlin last be said there was a Cardinal Rule Laid Down in this private Channel for plausible Den Labell to that would enable the russians to deny that the talks were being the lawyer Copaken Laid when he suggested that Shadrin be released in Exchange for soviet spy Sarkof the russians refused the he said they hinted broadly that the release of Gunthier Guillaume would satisfy Guillaume is a communist whose presence at the top level of the West German government led to the Down fall of Chancellor Willy Copaken said his negotiations however because a top official brought again with the rus in violation of the ground rules Esla wished Tor the private the lawyer said he managed to discuss Sti rows Case with Ford at a while House reception in May Ford indicated he was Well briefed on the Copaken he said he suggested that Ford write a letter to Brezhnev about the i was told there was a very big internal debate within the Copaken with Kissinger among aides Olio opposed the the decision was made not to provide the the a Slomey months after losing the elec but before he left Ford met with Shadrin and finally agreed to Send Brezhnev a although Copaken said to did not see what Ford he Bell cd that by calculation it did not Lake a hard line thai the Man had been 11 was a Nonn Ccu Satory Copaken i was informed that the essence of the letter was an Appeal to to reunite this Man with his the soviets provided no positive re Copaken when the Carter administration took Copaken Secretary of stale Cyrus r Vance approached Dobrynin on the at the same there was a successful Effort to reopen the private Channel in the other Side indicated three Individuate it was interested in exchanging for the lawyer among them was Jorge the head of the chilean communist parly then imprisoned in a Opatken Copaken said he urged Zbogniew Brae Carters National assist to approach the chilean but i  gel the Carter administration to move on it at a High level fast Copaken and monies was released in another prisoner Exchange be tween West and East Albania air talks Athens up Greece and Albania Are currently negotiating the first direct air link Between the iwo Balkan civil aviation sources