European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d turkish cypriot wins third term Page 2 n getting together with your car daily Magazine n Rock stars will sing for Africa again Page 28 the vol. 44, no. 55 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces tuesday june 11, 1985 i Dolly and sunday d 8693 a . Will continue Salt ii pact Washington a president Reagan said Mon Day the United states will continue to Honor the a ratified Salt ii treaty and warned soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Correct his country s violations of the Accord. The United states has fully kept its part of the bar gain. However the soviets have not Reagan an ardent opponent of the treaty when it was signed six years ago said in a statement. In order to keep the United states under the limit of missiles allowed by the Accord Reagan said he intends to dismantle a Poseidon submarine when a new Trident sub Marine puts to sea this fall. But National Security adviser Robert c. Mcfarlane who read Reagan s statement to reporters said the United states May re build and re configure the Poseidon for use As a training vessel or for some other purpose As he said the soviets have done in at least one Case. Mcfarlane said the soviets use of a former Yankee class missile submarine As a new cruise missile launcher departs from the spirit if not the letter of the Salt ii treaty. He said the United states retains the right to take a similar step As part of the appropriate and proportionate responses it is reserving in response to soviet violations of the pact. Reagan said in the statement i am prepared to go the extra mile in search of some framework for truly Mutual restraint by the two superpowers. Reagan had been considering recommendations that he scrap the a ratified treaty. The United states will continue to refrain from under cutting existing strategic arms agreements to the extent that the soviet Union exercises comparable restraints and provided that the soviet Union actively pursues arms reduction agreements in the currently on going nuclear and space arms talks in Geneva Reagan said. The Reagan administration has accused the soviets of violating several arms control accords including various provisions of the Salt 11 treaty. Reiterating his charge that the soviets have tested a see Salt ii on Page 28 army returning Blackhawk to duty Washington a the army will begin returning its grounded Black Hawk helicopters to flying status this week As it begins strengthening and refitting parts blamed for a fatal crash the army announced monday. The entire Fleet of 630 Blackhawk Worth $4.9 million each was grounded april 19, following crashes that killed 12 soldiers at fort Bragg n.c., and two soldiers and a civil Ian instructor at fort Rucker Ala. Investigation of the Accident at fort Rucker showed that failure of a main Rotor Blade spindle led to a Blade being thrown from the aircraft with subsequent loss of control and a crash the army said. The army and Sikorsky aircraft the manufacturer found that some of the helicopters will need new Load sharing tie rods and some will need new tie rods and spindles. Teams from the army and the company will visit Blackhawk units around the world to inspect the helicopters and install the spindle tie Rod assemblies. We d like to be finished by Early fall said col. Miguel e. Monteverde an army spokesman. He said the Cost of fixing each helicopter would Range from about $8,000 to $80,000 depending on How much work needed to be done. Lawyers for the army and the com Pany Are still discussing who is responsible for paying the Cost of the repairs. The decision to fix the tie rods and spindles resulted from the investigation of the fort Rucker crash. The fort Bragg Accident was blamed on an unrelated problem the absence of a Bolt apparently causing flight controls to Jam. Total destruction of the aircraft pre vented conclusive findings the army said. In a painstaking inspection of the entire Blackhawk Fleet no other aircraft was found to have this Bolt the uh-60 Blackhawk which began flying for the army in april 1981, replaced the uh-1, Huey helicopters of the Viet Nam War Era As the main air assault air cavalry and aeromedical evacuation Craft. Since 1982, the new helicopters have been involved in 23 class a accidents accounting for 37 fatalities. Von Bulow acquitted of trying to kill wife Providence . Up Claus von Bulow was found not guilty monday in a retrial of two charges of trying to murder his wife with insulin injections. Von Bulow whose earlier conviction of twice trying to kill utilities heiress Martha sunny von Bulow was overturned on a peal reacted to the verdict by dropping his head onto his hands at the defendant s table. The courtroom burst into applause and von bulbs lifted his head smiling while his Girlfriend Andrea Reynolds a twice divorced new yorker burst into tears. Mrs. Von Bulow whom prosecutors claimed von Bulow tried to murder for her Fortune and the Chance to marry his then mistress Alexandra Isles remains in an irreversible coma in a new York Hospital. The socialite financier cried and bowed his head As jury Foreman Robert Rocchio announced the innocent verdict at 11 23 ., on both counts of assault with intent to commit murder by an insulin injection. Spectators and von Bulow family Mem Bers in the courtroom erupted with applause when the Long awaited verdict was delivered by jury Foreman Robert Rocchio at 11 23 After More than 12 hours of deliberation Over a four Day period. A judgment of acquittal will be entered on both counts Superior court judge co Rinne Grande told the court. The defendant will be released on his own recognizance von Bulow turned in his chair and Shook hands with members of his defense mouthed a silent thank you to Alan Dershowitz the Harvard Law school pro Fessor who led his Appeal on the 1982 convictions that were overturned on constitutional grounds von Bulow blinked repeatedly an walked out of the courtroom to an Ante room with Reynolds. To Claus von Bulow Waves from car after hearing verdict. Von Bulow s daughter Cosima 18, was not in the courtroom when the verdict was announced although she had waited with her father All weekend during deliberations. As von Bulow left the courtroom Reynolds asked him Darling May i come with you von Bulow kissed her on the Cheek and said my daughter comes Reynolds burst into tears during the applause and cheers that greeted the verdict. As the jury filed out of the courtroom she dashed Forward and gave von Bulow a hug and a squeeze. The verdicts come three years after the defendant was convicted on identical charges of trying to take his wife s life in 1979 and 1980 so he could marry Isles and inherit a portion of his wife s $75 million utilities Fortune. As von Bulow waited for the jury to come in he sat at the defense table fiddling with the knot on his Blue tie smiling and Whis Pering with defense lawyer Thomas Puccio. When the jury filed in the members did not look at von Bulow As they crossed the court room to their seats. None of mrs. Von Bulow s three children was in the of them Alexander von Auersperg and Annie Laurie Kneissl were at he Newport mansion when they heard of the Man answering the phone at the Man Sion said they were not available to com ment on the verdict in the Case they Ini attorney general Henry Gemma denied the state made a mistake i trying von Bulow again. Prosecutor Marc Desisto said we Riedas hard As we could. We did the Best we could and i think we ought to leave wit what the jury
