European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse J .v.-. Of. R to. 1935 71 to "7 a d stripc3 Pago 9 Iowa sends a message in the Baltic sea h Tom you Roth Nuernberg Harcau on Barb Thi ba7 Iowa lust after r m. Ilm Rodax. The Batik ship pm. Tse it nine uns end a fits 5., no Falls xm.,k. Broadside Hirl a fireballs. Ilium Der and More 12 ions of Cross he Waters East u a Nurk. One Sailor called the concussion mad god s " la was the first time since world War i a ship creased the Waters of the Baltic Sim. Ami it lire close Allan Len from Smicik fasl Ami i Olish intelligence gathering ships that shadowed it during a Wick lung exercise that ended i . . Naval Nufi kills lie., to calf the firepower a to inc soviets bul de sense minister liar pm cell sail the ship s pc rce lets them know that i. Baluck sea i. Not a Sevki in Gill. Along i i dignitaries from nato countries Anil me her of the International p i were invited in the gnashing of the Iowa s Teeth thursday. The Iowa is the second of four battleships scheduled to be pulled out of Mothballs to increase the combat capability of a Navy that Iowa commander capt. Herald i. Gneckow said had dwindled to less than 450 ships Dur ing the 70s." we fell we were really unable to meet our commit ments around the world with such a Small Navy he said. Cine Kow cited three reasons Why the Batik ships of world War ii Are being introduced into the modern Navy time. Building new ships from the keel up would take too much time three to five years As opposed to the in months needed to a commission a battleship. Economics. \ new. Frigate Gneckow said costs the same As re in Roc icing a battleship. But to build a battleship at today s prices would Cost up to $5 billion. I Don t think Well be building any new battleships he said. Survivability. During world War ii action in the Marshall islands a japanese 5-Inch Shell struck he number two Turret of the Iowa. The slight Dent it left can still be seen. The vital organs of a battleship arc protected with up to 17 inches of steel Armor Gneckow pointed out that an exocet missile like the one that Sank the British destroyer Sheffield during the British argentinian Battle for the Falkland islands in the South at Antic would Pierce Only 3 stood and turned their Back on the judge. He later sentenced each to 10 Days at the stale prison for contempt. As the original five were led away in Handcuffs about 50 supporters stood in the courtroom and Sang a protest song with the refrain you can t kill inc some later scuffled with court officers Alicr they refused to leave the corridor. Ass Island attorney general Jeffrey i Ine asked Bourcier to give four of the defendants the maximum sentence for the Misdemeanour charge of malicious damage. Bul he asked for a suspended sentence for Jean loll Day of Dorchester. Mass., who cares for her Laic daughter s children. Hol Laday made a similar aka. But your Cir while saying he sym a shied because he is a Grandfather cited her past convictions on similar charges. Llo Laday said her daughter was killed by a Drunken Driver in Massachusetts earlier this year leaving her to care for a 10 month old and a ,1-year-old. One of the defendants. Frank Panopoulos. 27, a former military school Slud enl who runs a soup line in Manhattan for a Catholic group was sentenced to an a ii Lional to Days for refusing to Tell the judge who drove the group to the shipyard. The other defendants were House Painter William Boston 26. From new Haven Conn Leo Schiff a chef at a lira liboro. Vt., restaurant and John Pendleton. 28, of Worcester mass. The protesters caused Aboul $19.000 in damage when they Cut through the Fence at the electric Hoal Plant hammered on the Metal cylinders and covered them with paint and blood. British minors allowed to obtain contraceptives London a doctors can legally proscribe birth control pills and other contraceptives to girls under 16 without parental consent Britain s highest court has ruled. In a split .1-2 decision the House of lords Law lords said that parents do not have absolute authority Over minor Chil Dren
