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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes August walkers Friend indicted on More spy counts san Francisco a a former Navy code Man and longtime Friend of spy suspect John Walker has been indicted again by a grand jury on charges he passed War plans and communications secrets through Walker to the soviet Jerry Alfred of was indicted tuesday on 12 new counts of spying and tax evasion involving his alleged connections with who authorities say also enlisted his own brother and son into the Whitworth was charged with failing to pay taxes on he allegedly received from Walker for the military military officials say this May be the worst leak in Navy history because of the sensitivity of communications information and classified documents to which Whit Worth had Access in the last decade of his 27year Navy Whitworth pleaded innocent to an earlier indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit espionage and said his longtime Friendship with Walker has been disinter he remains in jail at an undisclosed location in the san Francisco Bay a hearing is scheduled for thursday on the new one document the grand jury alleged Whitworth took and copied while aboard the aircraft Carrier Enterprise was de scribed by attorney Joseph Russoniello As a wartime contingency plan for Indi an Ocean although he is not accused of giving those documents to the grand jury indictment alleges that Whitworth did hand Over a set of documents in 1980 that con challenger returns in Good condition heat sensors blamed for launch problems Edwards a sever Al of challengers heat resistant tiles apparently became chipped during its Rocky As cent last the ship returned in Good Nasa Saio wednesday As engineers began removing heat sensors blamed for the launch prob National aeronautics and space administration spokesman Les Reinertson said the sensors were to be shipped to the firm that manufactures Rosemount of Minne officials believe faulty readings by the sensors caused one engine to shut Down Dur ing nearly aborting the Mission As soon As it the ship managed to reach a satisfactory and the flight was so successful it was eventually extended from seven to eight challenger appeared to be in Good Condi Tion wednesday with the exception of the chipped tiles and some unexplained scratches on the orbiters left Forward and right Center Reinertson it looks pretty he adding that the damage incurred was Normal for a shuttle i dont think there were any major problems from Landing and re which was making the 50th manned american space sailed smoothly to Earth on tuesday Laden with a Mountain of scientific data gathered by its seven after its million mile the 100ton Craft landed in a Cloud of dust on a Mojave desert dry Lake bed Nasa ground Crews Are preparing challenger for its return to the Kennedy space Center in Reinertson said the shuttle would probably be sent Home Nasa officials Are eager to verify that sensors caused the launch problem so the shuttle discovery can be launched 24 As if redesigned during challengers one of three main rocket engines turned off while the shuttle climbed toward the other engines had to Burn 86 seconds longer than and the Crew dumped fuel to Light in the As a the shuttle orbited 46 Miles below the planned forcing re searchers on the ground to redesign their challengers million array of 13 scientific instruments focused on the the stars and the earths Astro nauts collected thousands of 45 hours of videotape and 230 Miles of data the Crew included five scientists Geo physicist Tony astronomer Karl solar physicist Loren physician Story astrophysicist John David helping flight commander Gordon Fullerton Fly the Craft was Pilot Roy storms from Page 1 to Cycle on which she was Riding crashed after a falling tree hit the who was along the Mediterranean coast of High Waves whipped up by the wind inundated Beach killing a 19 year old woman and injuring 12 other peo a Rescue official storms at sea sent the Waves into the Rhone River Delta which is filled with thousands of campers at the height of the summer witnesses said the Waves reached Heights of eight feet As they broke along six Miles of the Ca Margue coast late monday night and Early in some the Waves were reported to have swept 800 Yards five people died in the heavy funnel landslides and Snow that hit in the past two police they found the bodies of a Man and a woman who drowned in Waves clocked up to 60 two others were missing in the ionian in a separate a 33yearold Man drowned when his Dinghy turned Over near the Seaside City of 186 Miles North East of on officials reported a 30year old was fatally struck by lightning in the tuscan Hills outside while a 58 year old hydroelectric worker was swept to his death by swiftly rising Waters in North Ern the Gusty sirocco wind from North Africa stirred up Clouds of dust near Rome and sparked Brush the winds fuelled Brush and Forest fires from 225 Miles Southeast of Rome to outside 141 North of the win whipped fires near the Village of Marina Dicampo on the Island of Elba surrounded and trapped a group of Young killing three and seriously Bur Ning two on the Island of Laessoe Between Den Mark and Birds soiled by an Oil spill were being shot by the hundreds tues and experts said As Many As Birds might High winds aggravated the spill of fuel Oil from the West German Tanker Jan of which struck an automated Light House three Days Walker from Page 1 the history of breakdowns aboard the navys five amphibious assault How Long repairs took and How Well such ships can perform while walkers attorneys told reporters outside the courtroom that they dont believe the information could have been of value to the sure they know How to sink a ship and having a damage control Book int going to Tell said Samuel Meekins one of the he said the defense believes that Walker May be guilty Only of unauthorized posses Sion of the documents and never intended to harm the United earlier Andress testified that John Walker had told his brother that the classified information he obtained from use want Worth the Effort and it want Worth the Arthur Walker told the Fri that his brother wanted highly classified information on new Navy the defendant said John Walker would prod him to get a Job where he would have More Access to such she airline otters booking options Tor cheap flights London travellers have Sev eral booking options if they want to take advantage of people fare be tween Brussels and a company spokeswoman she said the special Good each will run until when the Price will increase to the airline is offering the one Way fare to promote its new route Between the two travellers May Contact travel Book through the or pay after boarding the company spokeswoman Patricia Solon she said that All the company flights May be booked in Advance or after boarding the to make reservations through the airline passengers should Call its London office at 0293 Solon said daily flights from Newark will take off at every Day beginning 8 and arrive in Brussels at the next daily flights from Brussels will begin leaving at 1 and arriving in Newark at the daily service will add a second euro Pean City to the airlines people express also offers a daily flight Between Lon Don and Newark for Solon said the airline uses Boeing 747s on both transatlantic trained information about the new Remote information Exchange system and its Impact on the the existing naval communications system known As in two other Whitworth is accused of obtaining and turning Over to Walker documents about classified operations involving the additional allegations say Whitworth filed tax returns for the years 1979 through 1982 claiming a total of in income and knowing that he actually had substantial additional Russoniello said the charges involve at least that Whitworth is alleged to have gotten from Walker Between 1975 and Whitworth is accused in the indictment of conspiring with Walker and others to hide the income from authorities by meth ods including buying items with using Cashiers checks and stashing Money in Safe Deposit army Pilot killed in helicopter crash Washington a an army Heli copter Pilot taking part in Mili tary exercises was killed when his chopper crashed in the Sahara desert West of the Pentagon announced the dead Pilot was identified As chief warrant officer Michael of he was killed about noon tuesday in the which occurred 30 Miles West of the Pentagon the cause of the crash is under investigation by a team from the army safety Center at fort the joint under the code name Bright began 4 and will be finished about troops Are the Pentagon temperatures August 6 l h 62 84 63 95 54 64 67 85 69 80 64 82 55 83 73 83 55 93 65 82 67 84 63 87 76 86 65 82 70 87 66 83 64 78 80 101 64 91 38 68 68 79 52 74 62 81 60 74 75 87 77 94 66 81 72 86 67 85 72 106 71 80 Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Worth Denver Des Molnes Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las vegas Little Rock l h 66 87 67 87 73 81 78 90 64 89 71 85 73 91 68 82 67 82 74 95 64 87 74 93 61 82 84 107 63 78 57 76 59 86 59 78 66 82 59 95 74 91 74 92 61 92 67 78 57 73 75 91 53 79 59 84 78 102 69 84 70 93 los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Beach Paul Nashville new Orleans new York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Maine Providence Raleigh Reno Louis Petersburg Salt Lake City san Diego san Francisco san Juan Seattle Syracuse Tucson Washington Wichita european weather forecast for thursday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy throughout the forecast area except for partly Cloudy skies in the extreme Southeastern there will be widespread rain throughout the Northern two thirds of Germany and High temperatures will Range from the upper 50s to upper lows from upper 40s to Low Sunset thursday Sunrise Friday Outlook for Friday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy with isolated by skies will be partly Cloudy in High temperatures will be in the High temperatures recorded wednesday p p p m m 4am 4pm 77 91 46 66 73 86 63 73 57 64 p 52 62 m 52 64 by det 4am 4pm p 54 66 m 50 63 r 52 61 f 72 77 r 50 59 m 48 66 m 64 75 7th weather Graben other worldwide temperatures High Low f cd r cd f 93 73 63 50 63 55 82 64 75 59 cd f cd cd r High Low 86 64 77 59 61 58 84 66 66 55 by the associated of talk a Cloudy partly Cloudy a mostly Cloudy  
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