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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 24, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Navy spy suspect sought israeli help embassy denies espionage activity in . Washington not a Navy  go acc analyst suspected of spying for Israel and Pakistan sought help from an israeli intelligence agent in escaping arrest and was told the agent might help if the two of them could evade american surveillance a Federal official said. Before the israeli agent could act he official said the analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard 31, drove to the israeli embassy on thursday and tried to seek Asylum. Me was arrested outside the embassy Gates by Fri agents. The Fri also arrested Anne l. Henderson Pollard. 25, the wife of the 6-year civilian intelligence employee. She was taken into custody about 9 . Al her Home in the District of Columbia according to an Fri statement. She was charged with unauthorized Possession of classified documents relating to the National defense of the United states the statement said. The Fri has seized a suitcase full of classified documents including Storr marked lop  the Bureau said Pollard illegally took these Home from work and admitted giving other classified information last Friday to a foreign agent. The israeli government insisted on Friday that it had no knowledge or Pollard. Federal officials said that Pollard who worked in a assassinated 22 years ago special counter terrorism unit with a top secret Security clearance told Law enforcement agents that he had sold classified documents to both Israel and Pakistan. One official said there was reason to believe Pollard had lied about his purported involvement with Pakistan. Administration officials have acknowledged that pol lard s arrest has widespread foreign policy implications and could harm relations with Israel. A Law enforcement official who spoke on the condition that he not be named said that Pollard contacted an israeli agent within the last several Days soon after learning that he was under surveillance by the Fri. The agent told Pollard that he would do what he could if the Navy analyst was Able to Duck surveillance by the Fri the official said. Instead Pollard drove with his wife into the israeli embassy in Washington on thursday and attempted to seek Asylum officials said. Israeli officials hey said were apparently surprised by his arrival and escorted him Back to the Street where Bureau agents arrested him. Pollard has told the authorities that he received about $50,000 Over nearly two years of spying officials said. Pollard appeared before a . Magistrate who ordered him held without bail pending a hearing next wednesday. Pollard has not entered a plea. If convicted he would face life in prison. In his six years with the Navy Pollard had Access to highly classified information about the capabilities of for eign navies. A military official suggested that the israeli government might have sought intelligence about Arab fleets. Administration officials have said they arc perplexed by the incident noting that the United states already shares much of its most sensitive military information with the israelis. Since the fall of 1983. Navy sources said. Pollard had worked in a special Navy intelligence unit dealing with anti terrorism. I believe they Are assigned to figure out where the bad Guys arc going to strike next said one military official. In Jerusalem officials said that Israel had no knowl Edge of Pollard. We Don t have the slightest idea about this matter said the chief foreign ministry spokesman Avi Pazner. We arc checking that Story and after we find out what the facts arc then and Only then will there be an official  an israeli embassy official in Washington who asked not to be named said that any activity in the United states of the kind alleged is completely and totally contrary to israeli  anniversary of Juk s slaying observed Dallas a the assassination 22 years ago of president John f. Kennedy was commemorated Friday by a Dallas democratic group and two Texas Green berets chapters who Laid wreaths and said prayers. Fewer than 100 people gathered under overcast skies in front of the Texas school Book depository the building from which the Warren commission said Lee Harvey Oswald fired the fatal shots nov. 22, 1963, from the sixth floor. Dallas does t want to face what happened Here. It s the most negative event in the history of Dallas said Larry Ray har Ris who attended the downtown Dallas democrats ceremony Friday in front of the depository. They want to put it behind us but they can t. They can t downplay it like they be tried to for  a priest read a Brief prayer As a red White and Blue Wreath was placed on the ground. In a separate ceremony a few blocks away a Wreath was Laid at the Kennedy memorial by Green Beret chapters from Dallas and san Antonio. It marked their last official commemoration honouring the slain president on the Day he died. His family has asked that he be remembered on his birthday said sgt. Maj. Joe Lopez who started the ceremony in 1980. Kennedy strongly supported the Green berets an elite Force whose members were Given approval to Wear the distinctive head Wear that helped them gain prominence during the Vietnam War. Meanwhile Kennedy s brother sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., visited the late president s grave at Arlington National cemetery in Arlington a. In Hyannis port mass., the Home of Rose Kennedy the late president s Mother a roman Catholic mass was celebrated in Honor of Kennedy by the Rev. John c. Ozug. Christmas tree hum bugged on Jersey Pike new York a besides shouting crying and pouting there s another thing you belter not do in this pc Santa season ship a 75-foot nor Way Spruce on the new Jersey turn Pike after dark. The Rockefeller Cen Ter Christmas tree did t come to town on schedule Friday because the turn Pike does t allow wide loads. Jim Reed a spokesman for Rocke Feller Center said the Turnpike s regulations came into play because of extensive rainfall during the past week at the farm in Harveyville pa., where the tree was grown. The tree cutting was delayed while Sodden topsoil around the Spruce was bulldozed so a Crane could be brought in Reed said. By the time the tree was Cut it was too late to transport it on the Turnpike. In. Edward m. Kennedy kneels it grave of his brother John f. Kennedy. Animal overs Hope of Ioil Hunters save Deer new Haven Conn. Up1 animal lovers plan to scare away Deer at the risk of arrest this week when Hunters Are let Loose on Yale University s Forest preserve in northeastern Connecticut. Members of the animal rights fund will be repeating last year s efforts to save the Deer when the animals become Legal targets on thanksgiving Day. Yale officials said the one month shoot by 430 Hunters picked by lottery has been organized to reduce the number of Deer who cat seedlings on the 7,800-acre preserve in the towns of Woodstock Eastford and Union. Last year 35 Deer were killed when half the Forest was opened to Hunters. The animal defenders began their protest Friday night with a candlelight Vigil outside the new Haven residence of Yale president a. Barl Letl Giamatti. Marsha rate a fund member said demonstrators were ready to be arrested under a Law that went into effect oct. 1 that makes it illegal to harass or interfere with a Hunter. They plan to carry out a number of scare tactics such As chanting and loud noises said a spokesman for the protesters. Also they will spread human hair which lets the Deer pick up the scent of humans and keeps them away. Bruce Larson assistant director of Yale s Forest said there arc As Many As 400 Deer in the Forest and there is evidence of overpopulation. Sands of time i. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 24, 1945 crime is increasing nationally in the United states a Survey of leading cities showed but amateurs rather than professional gangsters Are largely responsible for the upsurge. Sex and Triangle murders and juvenile Slick  arc leading in the postwar trend. 30 years ago today. Nov. 24, 1955 it. Gen. Adolf ecu Singer was appointed chairman of a new supreme military Council for West Ger Many. It. Gen. Hans pc incl was named chief of a newly created armed forces department in the defense ministry. 20 years ago today. Nov. 24, 1965 Cassius Clay jabbing and hooking relentlessly stopped Floyd Patterson in the 12th round of their heavy weight championship fight in Las vegas. 10 years ago today. Nov. 24. 1975 pollster Louis Harris told the Republican governors conference in Wichita kan., that Confidence in both Busi Ness and the White House has fallen drastically in the past decade  
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