European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes february Viet War hero sentenced for bartering by John Savard Nuernberg Bureau chief Germany a 45yearold Vietnam War hero admitted at his general court martial Here late Friday that he illegally bought and traded 137 Cartons of cigarettes to barter his Way around snafus in the army Supply William Gann of Hist army div support pleaded guilty to 16 violations of army he was sentenced to receive a written forfeit per month for six months and be reduced two grades to the rank of sergeant first a pretrial agreement Between Gann and is army div officials limited the reduction to one enlisted Gann will be Able to retire in february As an army master in connection with the plea other charges involving the command ser Geant major were dropped by the those according to army offi included alleged larceny and Al Donovan not 5 say continued from Page 1 confirmed by the Republican dominated the five democrats said the situation facing the Senate is almost unique in the history of presidential nominations to the Cabinet because of the number and Gravity of the allegations against these allegations Are even More disturb ing because they come in areas Over which the Secretary of labor has direct jurisdiction the integrity of labor the soundness of Union pension funds and the departments important role in the coordinated Federal Effort against organized the five the statement was issued by the five senators who voted present when the com Mittee sent Donovan name to the full sen an action that showed on the record they were present for the but chose not to vote for or against the the 11 other committee members All nine republicans and democrats Harrison Williams and Jennings Randolph voted approval of the thousands stage March iced sexual misconduct in a local sex ring involving army enlisted sol free fall airborne jumps during his 28year streets m Diers and army he is a qualified parachutist Monteith it was Ganns exploits As a Green Beret with the German As Well As being a built at n 9 Gann has logged More than line and used to get facilities engineers to clean f 10 More often than scheduled at a handball court was Monteith when Gann used Cigar army Ranger and master Parachute irettes to get labor service from German Gann according to army the Only Larry Henry of Vii corps he deficiency in Ganns military record until testified while he was executive offi now has been one Point taken off because cer at the a former commander pres he has permanent damage from a knee sure officers and cos to get results at wound from combat in any Gann testified that he bought cigarettes Gann earlier testified that the com at the it was also revealed that he with the help of cafes employees at the Mander had knowledge of his actions and took part in several secret special forces Post Exchange on Monteith Barracks in that the commander also contributed car missions in other parts of the he then traded the cigarettes for tons of three times he was awarded the Bronze paint and other building Usa eur Walter the sergeant major said he never Krueger told the court Gann had turned made any Money from his Monteith Barracks from a disaster into he also said that the cigarettes were a place where he was proud to bring a visiting command sergeant major of the it was Thomas who is currently the 1st army div support com at Monteith who Testi fied that the former commander is under investigation for possible violation of army property Settle testified he had talked with the command sergeant major about Post Settle also testified that he told the ser Geant dont do anything to get me in plywood and other supplies were in warehouses on Monteith a plots with army special forces units that Drew Praise from officials during the court mar Gann was decorated for his role in the 50man special forces team which at tempted to Rescue american pos at son North during the Vietnam Star with v device for and Gann wears the purple heart with Oak Leaf clusters for his combat agrees of Seh j08 m60 Fanks of Morocco Washington up the state department Friday announced approval of the Sale of 108 m60 tanks to Morocco but said the assistance was not a slap against which played a vital role in gaining the release of the american hos state department spokeswoman Anita Stockman said informal notice was sent to Congress thursday for the Sale of the which was approved to meet the legitimate defense needs of she said the which will Cost million including training and will not be delivered for about three the tanks Are unsuited for warfare in the West Ern where Morocco has been fight ing algerian supported Morocco has been a Good and reliable which is strategically she this should not be interpreted As a slap at it is being done for moroc slivered to Morocco last the twin engine Turboprop planes were sought by the moroccans specifically for the desert War being fought against the cording to they could be used for the state department said that the Al properly approved he said it germans had been notified of the decision takes about two months to get a self help and that the United states seeks improved project relations with the North african Settle added that he Hast been Able to Algeria served As the go Between in the get an authorized desk for his even bargaining Between the Carter adm Nistra though it was requested through army Tion and Iran in settling the hostage channels some 15 months snowstorms sweep areas from Carolinas to Illinois continued from Page 1 in Frankfurt Frankfurt a thousands of demonstrators protesting intervention in Al Salvador stormed through downtown streets smashing windows and shouting Yankees go authorities demonstrators also attacked american slashing tires or throwing plastic bags of paint at according to eyewitness of the the Munich based Al Salvador information had predicted some persons would show up to protest support for the ruling Junta in Al which is under attack from leftist but eyewitnesses and police estimated the crowd at about some carried signs and banners hit Reagan on the ear Amis out of Salvador and genocide in Al thousands of military personnel Are stationed Many of them driving cars distinguished by Green License extra guards were stationed at the Gates of some demonstrators threw stones through windows of Banks and Auto dealer but no injuries or arrests were immediately state department officials said the first by novembers Brush two of six ov10 ground support aircraft whose Sale was approved in 1979 were de marines plotted to kill captors continued from Page i getting there were a lot of the radios were captured by the so that our net was full of we had trouble communicating through the land lines after they took the because the phone Exchange was Down to put it All hell broke Loose and we  Stop until the 52 hostages were released the Lopez family had not seen Lopez in pictures or heard from him since last was and Lopez said Friday that he had deliberately refused to let the militants take his photograph for propaganda i knew i was hurting my but i Felt that they would realize what was going he whenever they wanted the pictures they come make us put on our clean up the place and sit it was i told if youre going to take pictures of you take Pic Tures of the situation in you show me lying on the rack staring at the counting the dots and dividing by you show me when in sitting Down eating half baked Chicken and raw dont take a picture of me sitting Down eating cakes and Candy with some preacher from be the treatment he Lopez fell somewhere in the Middle Between the Rosy picture painted by some visiting Amer ican clergymen and Early accounts that some of the hostages had been severely beaten and even North Carolina and Tennessee were the hardest hit by fridays Roan was buried in 18 inches of while mount Mitchell had 14 inches and Boone had the Smokey mountains in Tennessee reported 10 Inch a half foot of Snow blanketed the breadth of Kentucky and up to 5 inches fell in thousands of schoolchildren in Virgin Tennessee and Southern Illi Nois got unscheduled holidays because roads were either impassable or dangerous for the storm hit North Carolina with Little warning and covered All but the extreme Southwest portion of the state with Banks and schools closed Early so motorists could try to make it 321 near blowing was closed and passengers on a bus travelling from Charlotte to Boone were left stranded in in at least 200 accidents were reported around Nashville motorists were urged to stay off the roads except in emergency no injun Central Europe forecast or sunday Central and Southern Germany continued fair to partly Cloudy skies with dense morning fog and afternoon winds Light and in the partly to mostly Cloudy skies with occasional ral showers and High temperatures 3844 in Northern and Central 2733 in the South lows 2430 in Northern and Central 114 in the Sunrise monday at Outlook for monday Calls for Little with tempera Tures the same to slightly temperatures recorded saturday p p p Fig Fig 4pm 39 55 36 46 45 48 54 32 32 34 48 38 Fig Fig p Fig Fig p 4pm 23 25 28 41 32 50 10 36 30 52 30 55 36 45 partly Cloudy Del 7fh weather so Ries were in the storm left a Trail of Snow up to 6 inches deep from Paducah to the mountains in the up to 5 inches of Snow fell in Southwest Virginia and the Southern Trig Gering dozens of Marion and in Southern reported 4 to 5 inches of freezing sleet and Many schools in the area were polish Union in pact continued from Page i areas left unsettled after the Marathon on the Media an agreement was worked out to publish a nationwide Soli Darity Solidarity will have weekly television and radio programs a Solidarity spokesman would be in radio and television regular news programs will cover Solidarity Deci proposals and other and Solidarity representatives will be Given air time when worker related problems Are under the joint communique also announced that the two sides decided to set up a commission for permanent contacts and joint working teams to examine detailed issues As the need arises and that they agreed on the need to review the putting into effect of the worker state agreements signed five months the government also agreed to Send a commission to Rzeszot to negotiate with the peasant Solidarity threatened the on hour Gen eral strike tuesday if the talks