European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday december 12, 1985 military met its recruiting goals for 1985 by Norman Black Washington a the  s military services managed to meet their recruiting goals in fiscal year 1985, but they did experience a Small de Cline in re enlistments the Pentagon disclosed on tuesday. The army. Air Force Navy and Marine corps also managed to sustain their recent record performance in signing up High school gradual is with an Overall total of 93 percent of the new recruits possessing a diploma. Itch of the military services was successful in achieving their Overall recruiting goals enlisting 271.1 i men and 39.600  defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger said in releasing the fiscal year 19x5 report. While there was a Small decline in re enlistments from f 7 percent in fiscal year 984 to 64 percent in fiscal year 1985 the declines Are not expected to affect the ability of the services to re enlist the num Bers of personnel needed to Man the career Force Al though shortages continue to exist in some critical  Weinberger added. Weinberger did not single out those critical skills areas in the latest report. In the past however the pent agon has acknowledged it is having problems re Taining Navy and air Force pilots and Navy officers with spec Ali cd nuclear training. The latest Pentagon report covers the period from oct. I. 19x4. To sept. 30, 1985, and uses rounded figures meaning totals might not add up precisely. The report states the Pentagon set an Overall 1985 objective of recruiting roughly 301.900 men and women without previous military experience plus another 14.600 men and women who left the military but wanted to return for a total of approximately 316.400. The actual results essentially matched Hose objectives with military recruiters signing up about 301,400 first timers plus about 15,200 individuals with prior service fora Tola of.3ln.700. Of the 301,400 new recruits 279,400 or 93 percent possessed a High school diploma inc same percentage ichor de in fiscal 1984. In addition 93 percent of the new recruits scored average or above on the enlistment test surpassing the fiscal year i94 Mark of 90 per cent. The army set an All Lime record in that latter category with 91 percent of its new recruits scoring aver age or above on the test compared to 87 percent in fiscal year 1984. As for the individual services All but the Marine corps matched its objective for new recruits and the marines fell Short by Only about 500 individuals. That Marine shortfall was More than erased by an unexpected increase in men and women rejoining the corps after having left it. Combining All categories of recruits the report said the army signed up a total of roughly i 25.400 individuals during inc fiscal year inc Navy about 87,600 the Marine corps about 36,600 and the air Force roughly 67.000. The army remained by far inc nation s largest Mili t Irv service with total strength on sept. 30 of about 7x0,800, the air Force was second with 601.500 Active duty personnel compared to 570.700 in inc Navy and 198,000 in the Marine corps. As for re enlist mints the report found about 2p.400 of inc 332,600 men and women who were eligible to re enlist in fiscal 1985 actually did so for an Overall rate of 64 percent. During inc previous year 67 percent of those eligible re Coli Slid or 218,000 of 325,400. All four services pos cd Small declines in total re Chiist mints with the air Force reporting the Best re Cord. About 70 percent of the air Force eligible decided to sign up for another tour compared to 76 percent in fiscal 1984. The army pos cd a 61 percent re enlist Mcnol rate compared to 63 percent the previous year the Navy a 66 percent Rale compared to 6x percent inc year be fore and the Marine corps a 51 per cell rate com pared to 55 percent before. The number of individuals deciding to re enlist at the end of their first tour also dipped below the 50 percent Mark for inc first Lime in three years although Only slightly. The Pentagon said Overall 48 percent of those a legible to re enlist for the first time had actually done so. Or 88,500 out of 185.300, compared to 51 percent in 1984. The report also found there had been Little change in the breakdown of new recruits by minority groups. In fiscal 1985, 26 percent of the first time recruits were minorities Compaq a to 25 percent the year earlier. Sex Navy code expert faces 4 new Charger of espionage san Francisco a former Navy radio code expert Jerry Whitworth faced four new espionage charges wednesday after testimony from admitted spy John Walker or. Prompting an Early attack on Walker s credibility by a defense lawyer. I Don t think it says much about the credibility of an individual that he s an admitted spy against his country for 18 years Tony tamburello said tuesday when the new charges were issued against his client. The government in accepting Walker guilty plea has made a Deal with the shark in order 10 go after the minnow tamburello said. Whitworth 46, of Davis has pleaded innocent to the earlier charges and is scheduled to stand trial Jan. 13. Tamburello said Whitworth would plead innocent to the new indictment at an arraignment wednesday. A Federal grand jury issued the new charges accusing Whitworth of Selling military code Secreu to a soviet run spy ring after testimony from Walker who has pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to life imprison ment. The charges involve information about equipment to encode and decode military messages Whitworth allegedly gave Walker Between 1977 and 1980 in Hong Kong the Philippines and California. Is. Attorney Joseph Russoniello called the damage one of the most serious Security breaches that the United slates has suffered since world War  Walker reportedly testified last we before a Federal grand jury in san Francisco. Russoniello refused to say whether the new charges against Whitworth stemmed from this testimony but he said the charges All came from new evidence before inc grand  the indictment also said Walker and while world Long time friends had agreed at a san Diego restaurant in 1974 to split the profits from the spying Enterprise. Like the previous indictment the new indictment said Whitworth received a total of $332,000 from Walker. It did not say How much Walker received. The 13-count indictment the fourth issued against Whitworth repeats earlier charges of passing information about Navy communications systems to the spy ring and of tax evasion. The newest indictment supersedes the previous ones. Three earlier charges of possessing classified information illegally were dropped. The four new charges All carry maximum sentences of life in prison making Whitworth subject to seven life terms it convicted of All counts. But Russoniello said he would be eligible for parole in 10 years. Walker pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against Whitworth in Exchange for a lighter sentence for his son Michael Walker. The younger Walker who also pleaded guilty to spying got a 25-year sentence. The fourth person charged in the Case John Walker s brother Arthur was convicted of spying by a jury an sentenced to life. Whitworth is accused of conspiring with John Walker Between 1974 and May 1985, the month both men were arrested. San Diego mayor resigns sentenced to one year in sheriff s custody san Diego a mayor Roger had Mccock re signed As i cad of the nation s eighth largest City tuesday an hour i forc he was ordered to serve one year in the custody of the county sheriff for his conviction on conspiracy and perjury charges. Had Mccock 39, also was sentenced to three years Proba Tion and fined $1,000 by Superior court judge William Todd who earlier had decided not to Grant him a new trial. The custody could involve time in county jail a work fur Lough program or a county Honor farm depending on what san Diego county sheriff John Duffy decides said District attorney Edwin Miller. Hedgecock was freed indefinitely by the judge pending the Appeal of his conviction. Prosecutors had recommended a three year prison term and a $75,000 Fine for Hedgecock who was convicted of 13 felony charges. "1 believe you Are guilty or. Hedgecock of every charge you were convicted of Todd said in passing sentence As Hedgecock stood before him with his eyes cast Down. Your conduct was reprehensible in every sense of the  by Law Hedgecock would have been ousted from office As soon As he was sentenced but he resigned about an hour before that occurred. De Struiksma who was appointed Deputy mayor by the City Council earlier this month is the new mayor of san Diego. The Council has 30 Days to appoint a successor or Call a special election. Hedgecock who took office in 1983 after mayor Pete Wilson was elected to the . Senate was convicted on one count of conspiracy and 12 counts of perjury for plot Ting with political backers j. David Dom nehi Nancv Hoover and Tom Shepard to illegally finance his 1983 election and then lie about it on political disclosure Frau stateside theft of avocados increasing because of Steep Rise in Price escond1do, Calif a Avocado prices have increased tenfold since last year and growers say the mini Ber of thefts of the tropical fruit has skyrocketed As Well. San Diego county sheriffs it. Joe Bingham said some crop thieves rent a truck and stake out farms run by Absentee owners. They re big operators. But when you drive by the farm and Sec All those pickers out there it looks like a Normal operation Bingham said. You have no idea that they Are stealing thousands of dollars Worth of fruit. And they re doing it in Broad  prices which dipped to 18 cents a Pound last year arc reaching $1.99 a Pound this year. Man who tended wealthy dogs Dies in Florida after Long illness fort Lauderdale a. A a Man who spent i years caring for 150 millionaire dogs has died. Warren Williams 63, lost his $l8,000-a-Ycar Job when the last of the dogs musketeer died in 1984. Williams died after a two year Battle against hepatitis. The dogs were willed a Fortune in 1968 by Eleanore Ritchy granddaughter of Quaker state refining co. Founder Philip John Bayer. Richey took in dogs off the streets for years. All of the $12 million in dog Money remaining when musketeer died went to the veterinary school of Auburn University As Ritchy stipulated in her will. The Este included real estate Treasury Bills Bonds and 113,328 shares of Quaker common Stock. Williams widow Rita said her husband never regretted no sharing in the estate. We did t earn that Money she said. " i was t  phony investment promoter gets 80 years $352,000 Fine Honolulu a a Man who claimed hit invest ment firm that bilked investors out of millions of dollars was a Cia from has been sentenced to 80 years in prison and fined $352,000. Ronald r. Ruwald convicted oct. 21 of 94 count of fraud perjury and tax evasion was sentenced by . District judge Harold Fong. Prosecutors said the investment firm of Bishop Bald win Rewald Dillingham & Wong which collapsed ill 1983, was a Pyramid scheme in which earlier inv tort were paid handsome returns out of deposits made by late investors. Rewald claimed he was cooperating with the Cia and the Agency Cut in lies to him when he got in trouble. The Agency said it used the firm to provide commercial cover for agents but had no links to its financial activities