European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 12, 1085 the stars and stripes Pago 5 Ramirez claims innocence but delays plea in court los Angeles a a talkative Richard Ramiro joked about How people arc frightened of him but insisted he is innocent of the night stalker slayings according to the Texas attorney sent by Ramirez s family to assist him. Meanwhile court documents revealed that the eyes of one victim of the night stalker were Cut out. It was the first official confirmation of mutilation in the string of killings. Los Angeles police asked authorities to search for the Eye in the Texas ii my of Ramirez s sister but none was found according to documents cited tuesday by the los Angeles Herald examiner and los Angeles times. Investigators found More than 300 items allegedly Sto Len by Ramirez hidden inside the Elpaso Home of his sister Rosa Flores according to the Texas court documents. One victim s eyes were Cut out in these murders said a 55-Page search warrant filed in Texas by los Angeles county sheriffs detective Robert Perry. They May have been mailed to the listed  although Ramirez maintained his innocence to Elpaso attorney Manuel Barraza late monday at los Angeles county jail he did not Register it formally in court hours earlier. Municipal court judge Elva Sopor delayed taking a plea to murder and other counts from the 25-year-old suit tiled by victims families Ramirez until sept. 27 after his local attorney Public defender Allen Adashek. Said he needed More time to prepare. There s so much material involved in this Case it s going to take a great Deal of Lime to prepare Adashek told reporters afterwards adding that intense publicity May make it difficult for Ramirez to get a fair trial in los Angeles. Ramirez spoke Only one word yes during the Brief hearing when prosecutor Phil Halpin asked if he waived his right to a speedy hearing. But he was outspoken later in a 45-Minutc meeting with Barraza who flew to los Angeles at the request of Rami rez s family in Elpaso. He still maintains his innocence Barraza told report ers afterwards. He seems Fine to me. Very talkative. He cracked a few jokes. Things that 1 thought were sort of funny bar Raza said. He said everybody was scared of him because they heard about the satanic aspect and All  Barraza said the Case should be moved out of los an Geles because of extensive pretrial publicity stemming from the series of 14 murders authorities have attributed to the night  but Adashek said no decision had been made on whether to try to move the Case to another jurisdiction. Night stalker suspect Richard Ramirez in coi . Denies controllers knew Kal flight off course Washington up the govern ment tuesday rejected claims that . Air controllers knew Kal flight 007 was headed for soviet airspace and discussed warning the Pilot before it was shot Down a charge made by some of the families of the 269 victims that died. The Justice department filed a Brief at the . District court of the District of Columbia tuesday to answer a civil suit filed by lawyers for the families of the Vic Tims. The government said the korean Airliner was not visibly off course when it was in radar Range of the . Stations in Alaska. The aircraft began Drifting significantly off course after leaving radar coverage. The evidence is Clear that the control lers at Anchorage had no Way of knowing that the aircraft was not where its Pilot said it  if attorneys for the victims families can prove the controllers is. Government employees knew the plane was in trouble and failed to warn the Pilot the government could be held liable for civil damages. A key piece of evidence to be heard by the court is an audio tape recording of the Federal aviation administration radar installation in Alaska. According to an affidavit submitted by a Veteran air traffic controller retained by the plaintiffs attorneys the words we should warn him Are audible in the Faa Center hours before the plane was shot Down. But the Justice department submitted an affidavit by the Fri in which a High Lech analysis showed there Are no intelligible words on the tape. Fri expert Bruce Koenig said he listened to the tape hundreds of limes and used sophisticated electronic devices to enhance the Quality of the sound. In my opinion any statement by any one including myself regarding what words Are in the background conversation. Would be pure and unwarranted Saccu  Koenig said in his affidavit. I do not believe that anyone can state to even a reasonable degree of scientific certainty what is  the maximum Range for the Faa radars in Alaska is 200 Miles. The Justice depart ment said. When the plane was within that Range it was ostensibly on course and air controllers had no reason to warn anybody. One military radar that could have reached further was not usually monitored by the Faa radar operators and was not visible to them on sept. 3d, 1983, when the korean air lines flight was shot Down off Sakhalin Island killing All 269 aboard. Sixty two americans died in the crash including rep. Larry Mcdonald a a. The Justice department said the claim the . Radar was set up because of the danger of civilian aircraft entering soviet airspace and a surrounding Buffer zone is  it s Absurdity is exceeded Only by the equally unsupported statement that the . Air Force established the non free Fly ing area Over the soviet Union when it should be obvious that such is the prerogative Only of the soviet  the Buffer zone is set up by the air 600-sh/p Navy is affordable pane told Washington a a 600-ship Navy is affordable and needed to offset a soviet naval threat Navy Secretary John Lehman told Congress tuesday. We have the right size Fleet under construction we can maintain it it is built to the right requirements and we can afford  Lehman told the House armed services sea Power subcommittee. His defense of the Reagan administration s naval buildup came in the Wake of a report by the congressional budget office saying the Navy cannot hold to the Pace of that program without continued budget in creases. Lehman agreed with the co that we cannot maintain a 600-ship Navy with no growth in the budget but he reiterated argument that the increased ability of the soviet Navy must be met by More is. Ships. When the Reagan administration took office there were about 480 ships in the Fleet but a number of them were old. The service set a goal of expanding to a 600-ship Force by the end of this decade. Such a Force including an increase from 12 to 15 aircraft carriers was said by the Navy to be the total needed to meet . Commitments. Congress agreed and approved annual increases in the Navy budget averaging 7.5 percent a year after inflation during presi Dent Reagan s first term. But rising Federal deficits have led to increased Calls for cuts in the expansion plan. The Senate has approved a Pentagon budget Bill for fiscal 1986 which limits de sense increases to the expected rate of inflation but an Effort is under Way in the House to eliminate the inflation increases and approve a Flat freeze on Pentagon spending. That would mean a defense Bud get of $292 billion next year. Lehman outlined a planned wartime deployment of Navy forces around the Globe and said the 600-ship total is a prudent risk Force set in size not by anyone s strategy but the size of the world our commit ments and the size of the soviet  he defended the Type of Large ships the service is building particularly the huge Nimitz class carriers. Some critics such As sen. Gary Hart d-colo., say the service should build More and smaller ships. If he had it to do Over Lehman said i would recommend More Nimitz class carriers such As the pair authorized by con Gress four years ago. Those carriers Are under construction and will join the Fleet later this decade. Time and again the High tech solution has proved to be the Best one he said disputing claims by military Reform groups arguing that the Pentagon should Purchase larger numbers of less sophisticated hardware. He also argued that there is nothing inevitable about growing costs in defense telling the panel that some ship building costs have decreased. As an example he cited new cruisers which he said have dropped to $900 million each from the orig Inal projected Cost of $ 1.2 billion. Force to keep military aircraft from stray ing near soviet airspace. The Justice department said civilian aircraft routinely Fly through the one. The Brief gives no further theories on Why the Kal Pilot allowed his plane to stray eastward off course and into soviet airspace although it repeats the earlier suggestion that the Pilot most Likely made a 10 degree error while navigating. Answering a charge that the Faa tape of the radar observation was mysteriously destroyed the Justice department said the tape was routinely recycled when there was no reason to believe the 30-minute tape might be relevant in a civil action brought by the victims families. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today sept. 12, 1945 Gen. Hideki Tojo former japanese Premier who ordered the Pearl Harbor attack shot himself in the Chest As . Intelligence officers arrived at his Tokyo Home to take him into custody. 30 years ago today sept. 12. 1955 confidential Diplo Matic reports filed in 1940 by Nelson t. Johnson then . Ambassador in Chung King were released by the state depart ment. They forewarned of communist Vic tory in China and Japan s world War ii drive in Southeast Asia. 20 years ago today. Sept. 12. 1965 War bulletins Broad cast by pakistani and Indian radios report the two countries have locked forces in a Battle to the finish in the strategic Punjab state. 10 years ago today. Sept. 12,1975 a court in Media a. Sentenced . Tony Boyle to three consecutive life terms in prison for ordering the assassinations of United mine workers rival Joseph a. Jock Yablonski his wife and daughter