European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes saturday. October 26, 1985page 28 of a jury in Miller Case rehearse testimony los a the jury de liberating the Caspio Nap Case of former Fri spent w. Miller returned to court thursday to listen again to theological Tes Timony about the mormon re Lipton. The testimony from three witnesses re Quested on the fifth Day of deliberations May Lake ,1 couple Days to rec or. The jury recessed at 4 . Thursday and was of resume deliberations at k 30a.m. Friday court stenographer Kathleen Haaland scaled at a table with a thick pile of notes in front of her. Began the Reading with the Brief testimony of Armand Mauss. A University of Santa Barbara sociologist who has studied the mormon re Lipton. Mauss who testified oct. 1, never mentioned Miller by mime hut described the Hierarchy of the Church and the consequences of excommunication. Miller was excommunicated for adultery. Jurors listened and some took notes on the remarks by Muuss including a response to a question about whether a person might confess to something even if he was not sure it happened. Mauss said a person under great stress might accept an interpretation of reality offered by an authority figure. The testimony was offered by the defense to support its theory that Miller was pressured into a false confession by Richard t. Bret zing the chief of the los Angeles Fri office. Bret ing is also a Bishop in the mor Mon Church. Members of 1 he jury also asked to rehear the testimony of two Fri agents John Hunt and Gary Auer. . District judge David Kenyon appeared concerned at the volume of material requested by i he jury. The jury already has requested and received equipment to replay videotapes shown to them during the trial. Hunt was the agent who had dealings with a soviet emigre before she became involved Wilh Miller becoming his Lover and alleged co conspirator. Auer was Miller s supervisor on the Fri foreign Caun tar intelligence squad in los Angeles. Mixer 48, faces life in prison if convicted of All seven counts of his indictment including the key count of conspiracy. Miller a 20-year Veteran of the Fri is charged Wilh passing classified documents to the soviet Union in Exchange for promises of 565.000 in Cash and Gold. His co def Undank a Villana and Nikolay Igor Stinikov pleaded guilty and have been sentenced Ojail. The jurors arc trying to decide whether they believe the defense account of Miller As a bumbling Fri misfit trying to Salvage his career by infiltrating a soviet spy ring or the government portrayal of a disgruntled Fri failure whose sexual frustrations and financial troubles drove him to become a spy for the soviets. Housing from Page 1 ranked difficulties with permanent housing among their top three problems. Permanent housing not Only was cited most often As a problem it was rated the most serious problem. On Navy personnel in Italy expressed a greater concern Secu Rity especially in response to crime and vandalism around Naples. The second Nissl cited prob Lem was Start up living Cost Telephone and Utility deposits first or last month s rent in Advance real estate fees. More than 80 percent of personnel in government quarters preferred that arrangement to Economy housing especially in the far East. In Germany however Economy housing was preferred. The most dissatisfaction was reported with Economy housing in the f a fast and government leased housing in Italy. The main problem was sire the Survey found. More than 40 percent of the respondents said they were unhappy Wilh the wait for government quarters. The authors said that provided added evidence of a housing Short age abroad. Up to 80 percent of the respondents were dissatisfied with the number of Economy Home listings available at housing offices. The authors said the data suggested that problem May have coloured service members perceptions of the rest of housing office services. Complaints about size of Economy rent als were greatest in the United kingdom Japan and South Korea. Concerns about Cost were greatest in the United kingdom and South Korea and lowest among air Force members in Germany. The personnel. Working conditions inadequate Park to. Overcrowded work places and Dilapi dated buil i " ing. n a a apr buildings were gripes among Reagan from Page 1 about Reagan s proposal but said if there were not positive seeds we would not have my Al Shull said Reagan picked up expressions of support from the Western allies for his approach to the Summit with Gorbachev saying All agreed with the Way the United slates is handling the arms control Issue. Dismissing a suggestion that the United states is de pm phase ing arms control Shultz said it is not Al the Bottom of the those who say All we should talk about is arms control should remember the 1979 soviet invasion of Afghanistan had a great Deal to do Wilh derailing ratification of the Salt ii treaty Shultz said. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher commenting after the meeting of Allied Lead ers said the Western allies support Reagan s proposal to discuss third world conflicts in his Summit meeting with Gorbachev. She expressed Hope that the Reagan Gorbachev meeting will unlock the dead lock on arms control but added we also believe the main regional conflicts will have to be on the Agenda and discussed. In other words we believe that these talks will have to be very comprehensive in another development lbs news reported that a soviet official in Washington said the Kremlin is prepared to up Reagan on Sovic television during the Summit As requested by the while House possibly in an interview for mat Wilh a panel of soviet reporters. We Haven t a response to that said an administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. We have had discussions but nothing has been Charles z. Wick director of the . Information Agency had urged inc soviets to put Reagan on television during the sum Mit meeting and also carry his views in soviet newspapers. In an initiative that one senior administration official acknowledged had Little Chance for Success in its present form Rea Gan proposed a three Point plan for ending civil strife in five countries where he said the soviets or their allies Are trying to impose their ideology by Force and subversion. He outlined a plan for peace talks be tween the warring parties within Afghani Stan Angola Cambodia Ethiopia and Nicaragua while warning that . Support for struggling democratic resistance forces must not and shall not cease until negotiations result in definitive in each of those countries Reagan said. Soviet backed regimes Are at War with their own if those talks make Progress Reagan said the two superpowers should sit Down together to search for ways to support the peace process. And finally Reagan said the United states would Welcome each country Back into the world Economy and respond generously to their democratic reconciliation with their own nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega after listening to Reagan s address said it s full of lies and a slap in the face of administration officials discussing the proposal on condition they not be identified said . Intelligence indicates the soviets May be receptive to some proposal that would get them out of the expensive and bloody struggles in the third world where German plane crashes during exercise 2 die London up a West German Tornado fighter plane crashed during a nato exercise thursday killing inc two men aboard the ministry of defense said. The plane which was Laking part in a five Day nato exercise called Mallet blow plunged into a Mist shrouded Valley in a Remote area of Northeast England a ministry spokeswoman said. She said an investigation has begun and that representatives of the German air Force were flying to England to take part. Two germans were found dead at the crash site the spokeswoman said. Their names were not released pending notification of their families. A Royal air Force helicopter and Nim Rod reconnaissance aircraft and a Mountain Rescue team took part in the search opera Tion she said. Mallet blow which involves Low flying is an annual nato exercise that tests Brit Ain s defences against air alack. The air forces of Britain. Germany Den Mark and the United states were making about 160 flights a Day As part of the exer Cise the ministry said. Army and air Force personnel in the United kingdom and Germany and air Force personnel in Italy. Other problems included the condition of temporary lodging and the length of stays in arc living expenses especially for enlisted personnel and the occupants of econ omy housing and the convenience of medi Cal and dental care. Child care schools recreation family adjustment to overseas living separations and Utility service except Cost were not Lis cd As serious problems for any of the respondent groups. Their military presence and support Only heighten tensions with the United suites. Bui w Hill they denied the plan was just a Public relations ploy one senior aide said he could t envision the soviets openly accept ing even elements of the plan unless the United states shows it is willing to give something in return. In his speech Reagan said we Ameri cans do not accept thai any government has the right to command and order the lives of its people that any nation has an historic right to use Force to cd porn its we would Welcome enthusiastically a True Competition of ideas he said. Bui we cannot accommodate ourselves to the use of Force and subversion to consolidate and expand the reach of Reagan said the soviets proposal for deep culs in nuclear arsenals is being Given serious study and May contain seeds which we should he yielded no ground in the face of soviet insistence that he abandon his project to find a space based defense against nuclear missiles. The United states he said seeks to escape the prison of Mutual error by research and testing that could in time enable us to neutralise the threat of offensive weapons. In defense of his Star wars program Reagan quoted former soviet Premier Al Xci Kosygin As saying 18 years ago that an anti missile system might be More expensive than an offensive system but it is designed not to kill people but to preserve human although that quote is similar to Rea Gan s Call for a system that would kill weapons not people Kosygin said it five years before the two superpowers signed the abm treaty that outlawed most systems designed to defend against nuclear attack. Bucilo 45 70 Chicolo 70 48 of Vela 66 66 Dollat 40 70 Denver 44 70 Del Oil 73 96 Honolulu 65 66 Houston 52 75 Kanizai City 2 marines killed in armory blast at Pendleton Camp Pendl fron Calif. A an explosion rocked a Camp Pendleton armory As marines were returning their weapons thursday killing two and injuring three others a base spokesman said. The 4 30 . Blast occurred As the servicemen were returning from training exercises said capt. Jerry Broca Kurt. One of the marines killed and one of the injured were inside the armory at the time while the other three were outside the building. Two of those outside suffered Only minor injuries Broca Kurt said. The names of the dead and injured were being withheld until their families were notified. The arms stored in the building were anti Armor Type weapons capable of destroying masonry structures or armoured be hides such As tanks he said. An investigation was begun into the cause of the explosion
