European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes april 1985 Admiral Short circuited Aspin says Washington a Les chairman of the House armed serv ices told Congress tuesday that there is an appearance of tampering because a top Navy Admiral Short Cir cited a probe of vice Joseph met calf Possession of weapons captured in in a statement distributed to his col the Wisconsin Democrat said the action by Wesley Mcdonald prevented the naval investigation service from answering a number of questions about the Aspin noted that commander of the october 1983 accepted responsibility for trying to bring the 24 Sovi Letmade ak47 automatic weapons into the United they were seized by customs but still Aspin is just what Metcalf was responsible was he bringing the weapons into the country for resale was he bringing them in for person Al souvenirs was he bringing them in to present to others that information remains unknown be cause the Atlantic Fleet com Mander and Metcalfe Short Cir cited the Nis probe by telling the Agency that no More investigation was needed after Metcalf accepted Aspin although Metcalf was Only critics have questioned if he received special treatment because 11 soldiers and marines were court articled on weapons charges arising from the Grenada including allegations of smuggling soviet Federal Law and military regulations make it illegal to bring automatic weapons into the United the Navy has denied that Metcalf received special treatment and has contended that the cases involving the Lowe ranking personnel were much More including attempts to sell the the Navy says More than 300 marines received am Nesty without reprimand after they surren dered weapons obtained in Pentagon spokesman Michael asked about spins noted that the defense departments inspector Gener Joseph is still looking into the he said he was told by Sherick that it will be another three weeks before the report is sent to defense Secretary Caspar the House and Senate armed services committees Are investigating the navys handling of the Metcalf Case and Are trying to determine if he was shown Aspin said his panel would take no action until it receives she Ricks but he noted that even if the investigative process is truly the Metcalf Case demonstrates that it fails to look tamper service personnel As Well As the general Public have complained of the smell of a Aspin what can be done to ensure not Only that the process is but also that it is perceived to be honest the Navy and air Force have organized their investigative services differ Aspin with the army having granted the most when the Nis received the Case from the customs Aspin they asked Mcdonald if he wanted further i Vestiga Mcdonald summoned who proclaimed himself totally responsible and asked for an Opportunity to speak to Nis to Clear things Aspin after Nis talked to investigators were told by Mcdonalds office that no further inquiry was necessary and Metcalf ended up with a reprimand from Mcdon Aspin the Nis actions were mandated by the nature of its Aspin said he said he plans to propose legislation giving the Navy and air Force investigative services the kind of Independence now enjoyed by the army that is a relatively simple corrective had it been taken would have precluded the Short circuiting of the Nis investigation and averted the odor of tampering that permeates the met calf he Germany sentences a officer for spying soviets Munich a a retired German military commander was convicted wednesday of spying for communist East Germany and was sentenced to six years in the bavarian state court found Wilhelm guilty of accepting 800 Marks per month Over a 14year period to provide sensitive state secrets to an East German the Type of information he provided was not specified in the former staff who held the rank of did not deny that he turned Over information to a Man he identified As Manfred Reichenberg said Schneider introduced himself As an american who worked for a research Institute in London when the two met in he contended that he was not aware that Schneider was an East German and that he began providing information to him in Schneider has never been and the court decided that evidence presented at the trial proved Reichenberg knew he was sup plying information to the no intelligence Agency would risk an agent visiting West Germany Over a 15 year period unless his Contact Man was properly chief judge Karl Gietl said in Reading the courts Reichenberg abused the Trust of his Supe Gietl he said who was still in the military when he began working for the recommended two new contacts to Schneider when he retired from Active duty in one of those he recommended was his former whose Tipoff to West German authorities led to the arrest of Rei Chenburg in july the court decided the Likely motive for the defendants actions was the monthly payment he received Over the plus Marks when Schneider and Reichenberg jointly purchased a Vaca Tion Home in defense lawyers for the former com Mander said they would Reagan from Page 1 caretaker of the in government officials confirmed that Bergen Belsen is under consideration for a Stopover by the president during his visit May the who spoke on the condition that they not be said the former concentration Camp at near my also is under the president said he wants to visit a concentration and Deaver is looking for a Camp that will fit into the Speakes said at a news in response to a the spokesman acknowledged that German Chancellor Helmut Kohl had suggested in november that the president plan to visit a concentration Speakes said the mix up occurred because it was not Clear to the president that it was part of the official Speakes rejected the suggestion that the problem occurred because of bungling on the part of the presidents he Reagan said it was his Reagan triggered the protests of jewish groups and veterans last week by announcing plans to Lay a Wreath at the Pitburg military the protests came be cause the cemetery includes Graves of is less than a month he had ruled out a visit to such a saying he wanted to avoid reawakening the memories and the passion of the faced with widespread outrage when he included the Stop at Pitburg in his Reagan on tuesday said he also would go to a former nazi death Camp or some other Symbol of the Reagan will be in Germany for the eco nomic Summit in Bonn and will leave for to observe the 40th anniversary of the Allied Victory Over Ger Many ending world War from Page 1 Tion to the Nicholson family is absolutely officials said later that the two agencies agreed quietly that the meeting would go and that the american Side would use it to argue forcefully for an apology and Nicholson was shot and killed by a soviet sentry in East Germany while conducting surveillance of a soviet military the soviets charged that he was on an espionage Mission and was shot while try ing to escape and ignoring but american officials called the shooting murder and said Nicholson was Only Fol lowing generally recognized procedures for the Mission and its soviet counterpart in West the state department spokesman said there was no confirmation of reports that the soviet sentry who shot Nicholson has been arrested and faces disciplinary temperatures april 16 ant stroke drugs slow Haydon recovery a drugs used to prevent strokes like the ones artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffered have slowed the recovery of Murray Hay Don from his mechanical heart implant sur a doctor who two months ago wednes Day became the third person to receive a permanent mechanical has been con fined to the coronary care unit at Humana Hospital Audubon half that time because of breathing his Day today Progress apparently has been the 58yearold retired autoworkers from Louisville has remained in serious but stable condition for several is on the verge of being Able to breathe without the assistance of a mechanical to which be has been booked since March said Allan chairman of Humana heart Institute the breathing problems apparently were a delayed reaction to Many blood Transf Haydon needed prior to March 2 sur Gery to repair leaks in his right or upper heart doctors have he received the jarvik7 heart on blood began oozing from tiny holes in the atrium when one of four lines monitoring the performance of the heart was removed 10 Days after the doctors hoped the bleeding would but they conceded after four Days that blood thinners inhibited clotting and that surgery was the latest jarvik7 Jack Bur lost More than 42 pints of blood be tween Bis operation on sunday and tues Day doctors he was taken Back into the operating room monday to redo the stitches connecting his artificial heart to a major blood and on tues Day he was Given blood thinners to Avert possible before Haydon doctors consid ered him an excellent candidate for the plastic pump because he was not on the verge of death like Schroeder or the first artificial heart Barney Haydon also had not suffered from heart attacks and did not suffer other physical problems such As diabetes or severe lung which were among the problems afflicting Schroeder and trying to determine exactly How much anticoagulant to administer jarvik7 recipients is proving to be a real test for Audi Bons implant we Are walking a Tightrope on too much anti coagulation and bleeding prob top Little and clotting Lan sing Lansing and William the surgeon who implanted the device in three men at have said they think they started schroeders Medica Tion too Schroeder received his first doses two Days after his 25 sixteen Days on he suffered three strokes caused by blood clots that Devries suspects formed in or near the manmade to reduce Haydon chances of the first doses of anticoagulants were administered just hours after his l h 52 78 46 81 28 41 47 71 54 66 55 74 40 74 47 74 48 72 48 71 48 68 49 74 60 76 58 73 46 57 56 76 50 70 54 79 40 79 44 77 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