European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes a visit to Wuerzburg see stripes Magazine n defense contractors deny padding Bills  5 d Niekro fails again to get no. 300 Page 17 n today s Dollar buys 2.70 Marks rates Page 23 the stars  vol. 44, no. 161 thursday september 26, 1985 a do. D 8693 a gis headed overseas May be Given aids tests by Cunt Swift Washington Bureau Washington a civilian advis Ory panel has recommended that service members be tested for exposure to aids before they arc sent overseas sources in the military health Community report. The armed forces epidemiological Board did not go As far As recommending that All  be tested a source said. But the wording leaves a great Deal of latitude. It left the door open for  information on the panel s recommendations contained in a two Page letter to William Mayer assistant Secretary of de sense for health affairs is on close hold at the Pentagon. A spokesman for Mayer said he had not read the recommendations but could not comment in any Case because Mayer and his staff arc in the Middle of sorting out the issues involved. Sources who agreed to discuss the Mailer Only if not identified told the associated press it was "99.9 percent cer Tain that the recommendation of inc armed forces epidemiological Board will be accepted by lop Pentagon leaders. The a reported that the chief of staff of the army Gen. John a. Wickham .ir., was described by of a uric As already convinced the testing must be extended to All Active duty soldiers and even civilian army employees. Mayer and Deputy de sense Secretary William h. Taft who a see aids on Page 24 Lehman blames press for Security lapses by Bill Keller Washington not Navy Secretary John f. Lehman or. Acknowledged tuesday that Navy internal Security has grown lax. But he said Congress and journalists arc to blame because they diverted Navy investigators attention to minor fraud cases and demanded that the Navy focus on improving combat readiness. Lehman said the naval investigative service failed to uncover some recent Security cases because investigators were Busy responding to what he called Public hysteria Over reports of High priced toilet seals and  the Secretary also outlined measures the Navy has taken to tighten Protection of its secrets and weapons. Some of those measures he said especially those involving the Navy s Supply system would make personnel Wail longer for urgently needed parts and supplies. Lehman took Stock of his service s Security record after months of so backs. Including a major espionage Case thai still is unfolding and allegations of sailors diverting f-i4 fighter plane components for Sale to Iran. Last week the Pentagon added a new disclosure report ing that the soviet Union had used technology stolen from the Navy s new f-i8 fighter plane to design advanced radar for its own aircraft. Lehman said in an interview tuesday that the Navy has begun an accelerated Effort to replace communications equipment involved in the espionage Case. He estimated that the Effort would Cost the service Sion million Over the next five years. He said the Navy is cracking Down on the system for handling spare parts. For example he said until recently sailors on aircraft carriers Lehman were free to order parts Worth up to $10,000 directly from the contractors to keep planes ready to Fly. He said sailors now have to go through a Central purchasing Riding hard for tax Reform president Reagan holds up i Saddle up for tax Reform Saddle lib the help of Athens to mayor Bill Brakebill. Reagan appeared Al the town Square to promote his lax package. Agency for any item Worth More than $ 1,000. I think that we were too Loose that we d gone too far in chasing the god of readiness Lehman said. But that s what the country wan cd that s what the Congress wanted that s what the press  in reaction he said we be Given them More bureaucrats to put aboard the ships and taken off some of the operational people to make room for the by  he said a result would be a decline in the percentage of planes ready to take off from a Carrier at any Given time. Sen. Charles Grassly a Lowa who has publicized some of the prices paid for spare parts said Lehman s comments seem to be an admission that Navy investigators chose their cases based on Public  he s still the Secretary of the Navy and whether his investigators investigate waste or espionage is his Deci Sion Grassly said. If he has been distracted from it by the press that s got to say something about his and see Lehman on Page 24 3 israelis murdered by 3 palestinians on yacht in Cyprus Warnaca Cyprus a three palestinian gun men shot and killed an israeli woman and two israeli male hosing is wednesday on a yacht in inc Warnaca Marina before surrendering to authorities police said. The i rec palestinians left the boat with their hands Over their Heads and were escorted to a nearby police station. We belong to no organization we belong to the pales Tinian people. We win we win one of the three said As they were led  Palestine liberation organization issued a statement in Cyprus saying it had nothing to do with the attack. But in Israel an Anonymous caller to a news Agency in Jerusalem claimed responsibility on behalf of Force 17, part of the Plo s secret service. The caller a Man who spoke English said the Ihrcke israelis were spies who monitored the movement of boats from Warnaca to Lebanon. Cyprus ports frequently Are used by palestinian guerrillas seeking to re enter the North Lebanon port of Tripoli from which they were expelled two years ago. Reporters saw the woman s body slumped on the Stern of inc Small while yacht tied to the Marina jetty. Police sgt. Tony Shakalis said the men s bodies were found on bunks in the yacht s Cabin. He said each was bound hand and fool with Blue plastic rope and said they apparently had been killed several hours earlier. The attackers had demanded the release of palestinians see Cyprus on Page 24