European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes june plea bargain ruled out for accused Navy spies Washington up John Walker and his brother will be tried in Federal court on espionage a Justice department official said ruling out a plea bargain and vowing that the Navy veterans will not get off the official also denied that a Deal was made to allow a top Kremlin believed to be involved in the spy to leave the United officials had said saturday that Navy Secretary John Lehman was exploring the possibility of a court martial for John a former Navy communications Spe and his brother Arthur a retired lieu tenant John Walker and his Michael a sea Man from the have been indicted on six counts of Arthur an Engineer at a defense has been arraigned on similar charges in if All three walkers face possible sentences of life in there had been speculation that by ordering the two elder walkers Back on Active a closed court martial could be held to avoid Public revelation of the materials they Are accused of passing to the soviet but assistant attorney general Stephen Trott said news updates vill Chaize sentenced up the 3foot11 former costar of the fantasy is land to has been fined and sentenced to one year informal probation for possessing a loaded handgun in vill Chaize was arrested May 15 at Joseph medical Center after employees complained he was creating a who said the actor appeared to be found a loaded pistol concealed in a leather handbag he was carry the actor pleaded no contest Legal equivalent of guilty to the Misdemeanour charge before municipal court commissioner Alan the commissioner dismissed a second Misdemeanour charge of carrying a concealed spy trial verdict Norway a chief judge Astri Ryn Ning said a verdict in the espionage trial of former Diplomat Arne Teholt will be announced june the judge said in a statement made available by the norwegian National news that Only a portion of the verdict would be read in open faces a possible sentence of 20 the longest allowable under norwegian for allegedly passing nato and norwegian defense and political secrets to agents of the soviet soviet to agreement a broadcasting which owns the 24hour Cable news net says can will be Able to Exchange news and journalists with the soviet Union under a new can becomes the first american news organization to be affiliated directly with the Eastern bloc consortium of television the Atlan abased broadcasting system Tbs chairman Ted Turner signed the oneyear agreement in Moscow with Sergei chairman of the state committee for television and the agreement Calls for the two parties to act in the spirit of Friendship and Goodwill to fur ther International television Vatican Italy pact Vatican City a the Vatican and Italy have formally signed a revised concordat that eliminates Many of the roman Catholic Church privileges in the agreement revised a pact signed in 1929 by Benito the late fascist and by Pope pious under the new roman catholicism is no longer Italy state religion and Rome is no or a sacred the old pact declared that marriages could not be but Italy has since legalized divorce and which is vigorously opposed by the the documents were signed by Vatican Secretary of state Cardinal Agostino Casaroli and socialist Premier Bettino the Premier was then received by Pope John Paul ii for a half hour meeting at the Popes weve worked very closely with the Navy right from the beginning on this the decisions been made at this Point to pursue these cases in Federal appearing on Cess face the also its not out of the question that More arrests will be some officials have called the Walker Case the most serious and damaging instance of espionage in Navy Histo although they have been tight lipped about the nature of material passed to the John Walker was arrested May 20 in Washington Maryland suburbs after the Fri said he had delivered a trash bag containing classified documents to a dead on May soviet vice counsel Aleksy Kachen who court papers said was spotted near the drop left the under Trott said there was absolutely no Deal with the soviet Union to allow Tkachenko to leave the United he also said the government would not resort to plea bargaining with the walkers in order to gain More information about How the spy ring will we allow these people to get off Light in order to get information from them the answer is Trott we regard these cases As extraordinarily serious and we intend to pursue them to the full extent of the Charles Michael walkers court appointed also interviewed on said the 22yearold Sailor will plead not guilty when he appears in Federal court in Baltimore on asked if the government will have a difficult time prov ing its Case against the Young Bernstein it will be my Job to try and give them a difficult whether they will or Well find out in former Deputy Cia director Bobby Ray also appearing on the lbs noted a recent shift in the motivation of away from politics and toward most of the cases in the and those who spied for foreign Powers did it for ideological Inman i dont know of a single Case in the last is years where ideology had a role at people Are Selling secrets for available evidence in the Walker Case seems to Bear that out when authorities searched John walkers House and a Safe Deposit they turned up soviet commemorative coins from the 1980 olympics and 10 100ounce Silver an Fri affidavit quoted Arthur Walker As saying his brother paid him for one Batch of Grumman offers Navy full credit Washington a Grumman said Sun Day it will give the Navy full credit for a ashtray and two other aircraft parts whose prices were but insisted its charges accurately reflect costs under government were very embarrassed by recent Media stories on these spare Grumman chairman John Bierwirth said in a written in order to avoid further controversy on this Grumman is offering to provide a full credit on the three items in the company last wednesday agreed to reduce the Price for the ashtrays from to each and to refund the difference for seven pieces but it said it was justified in charging for socket wrenches and for Landing gear ground the company said sunday that after checking into the it found that the prices paid accurately reflect the costs incurred using government approve pricing pro it said the items were bought in Small amounts Over 15 causing the prices to be Bierwirth Grumman management dont worry about tour agents Tell British travellers London up British tour companies monday urged British holidaymakers to ignore reports of ant British violence in Italy following last weeks soccer tragedy in Brus the italians feel but just As not every football fan is not every italian has suddenly turned against the said Eric presi Dent of the association of British travel some newspaper reports have greatly exaggerated the i was in Italy myself last week when the match took place and saw no evidence at All of retaliation against Sutherland carrying on As Normal is the Best Way to restore italian Faith in us As a he said tour group representatives in italian resorts have reported that while italians naturally feel bitter and they recognize the troublemakers were a minority of football about half a million foreign tourists Are expected to visit Italy this should have recognized that the intrinsic value of the three items appear far less than the Selling Price and should not have agreed to accept the orders and provide the Grumman officials have said the Spring loaded Ash for use on e2c surveillance took 13 hours to make and required 11 the company statement said that if similar items Are the company will give credit for the parts if the Navy returns defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger relieved from duty the top Navy officer at Miramar rear Thomas Cassidy and two saying they permitted outrageous purchasing policies involving the Cassidy said he was not responsible for the overpay ments because he was not assigned to the base when the excessive prices were he said he began an investigation when he Learned of the a Navy official in who asked not to be has said the service paid even to have one of its own facilities make an 6 units honoured with award for maintenance excellence Washington the 26th component re pair so at we Bruecken Btry 1st 22nd Field arty at and the aircraft Carrier John Kennedy Are among he six winners of of de sense maintenance according to the de sense the 363rd aircraft generation so from Shaw the 23rd tac fighter England and the 46th transportation 69th transportation 19th support come from Camp also received the according to Secretary of defense Caspar Wein the program encourages maintenance Excel Lence by providing awards to military units for their outstanding achievements in maintenance manage production and Mission italian sues Reagan in Navy dispute Italy a car rental agent in Sardi Nia is suing president Reagan for 25 million lira about Giovanni Mario of said he is suing Reagan As the Legal representative of the Navy support office on nearby la the Navy maintains a base on la off the Northern coast of Isoni said the Navy defaulted on a contract to transport children from outlying of Palau to the department of defense school on la the filed 27 last was officially announced last week by the court in Tempio the hearing has been scheduled for the Navy has not been officially notified by the ital Ian judicial system that the suit has been said Greg a spokesman for the Fleet air Hartung said Friday that Isoni was one of several bid Ders for a contract to bus children of Active duty Navy people assigned to la but that the Navy rejected the bid and never awarded a contract to the transportation department of the regional govern ment in Sardinia determined that Kisonis Agency did not have the required licenses to submit a it was also determined he did not have sufficient equipment As specified in the bid package to perform the services he Hartung said a Navy contracting representative in la Maddalena told Isoni he would be awarded the contract on the basis of being the lowest bidder if Isoni could meet the criteria set Forth by the regional governments transportation department and the Navy Isoni never met those Hartung once officially notified of the the Navy would contest it in compliance with italian Hartung