European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Q convicted spy Chin kills self in jail Page 4 . Leads nation in High school dropouts Page 6 q Connors defaults in Fla. Tennis tourney Page 21 the stars and stripes vol. 44, no. 310 sunday february 23, 1986  Ond Sunoo 0 8693 a panel endorses pcs in an Washington a the Senate armed services committee has tentatively approved a legislative package to revamp the joint chiefs of staff vesting More authority in the chairman of the pcs con Gressional sources said Friday. For two weeks the panel has been me ing behind closed doors to try " with a package lorcbmmll6pcnlagon Mdse Cost who would speak n they not be named said. Amend Lions will make major the Power Structure that cont 2.1 million uniformed Militar the sources said.-.,., any Large ruin the office of the Secretary of defense which oversees the million civil ians who work for the department of de sense they said. The reorganization plan would Lead to the most sweeping changes in i Haj its formation in jew Zeft saw the Senate panel approved the 7cotg7fflhmimmihl�.vyhich would give More Power to to Man in a closed meeting thursday. The legislation would allow the chair Man to make his own suggestions to the president and give him Central authority on policy matters. Consists of a military chief representing each of the four services the army Navy air Force and Marine corps plus a chairman who try to reach a consensus among All members on major by Hilary questions. A Fotij ohm a5urc would do away with the Cufr Ciff talc Jjlia rotating Leader when the in n m i Mil Abji inn in ring the Power instead to a howl million of see pcs on a #8 he s an old cowhand from bucking a Honor after Louring a san Antonio of mint. The Prince later flew. To calif., for a fund raising and Polo playing Tisil. S Prince Charles admires a pair of Cowboy i in to him by san Antonio mayor Henry Isneros. Charles attended a luncheon Friday in his ariane Rockef challenging Nasa program Kourou French Guiana a the Arian rocket blasted off from its South american base Friday night and launched two satellites into orbit in a Mission that will test the credibility of Europe s space program and Challenge american research. Arian a conventional three stage unmanned launcher lifted off from the Kourou space Center on its 16th mis Sion after eight months of delay and new uncertainty in the commercial satellite Market since the . Space shuttle disaster last month. The Arian liftoff was on schedule at 10 44 . Local time european space Agency officials announced. Fifteen minutes later the Booster rocket successfully fired into orbit a swedish scientific probe and a sophisticated French observation satellite the Agency said calling the Mission a Complete  it was not known immediately if the satellites which were linked together would successfully uncouple and begin to function. The swedish built Viking probe is to study the Earth s magnetic Fields and the Aurora boreal is or Northern lights. But More importantly the French satellite spot i will compete directly with the american landsat series of satellites. Landsat satellites have been used by the United states since 1972 to provide information from space on Earth resources. But the system lost Money and the . Govern ment sold it to a private company Earth observation see ariane on Page 28 arms defection of age Washington up1 the state department said Friday that a soviet Kab colonel his Young son and a female Friend have defected from the soviet.1are in the United state state Dada Muffi spokesman Charles Rcd am is Pons to a question read a Brief sat cent to reporters that confirmed reports that Viktor i others Hadi tit also said the three Are in in itch Stales and identified Gunda Rcv As a colonel in the soviet Kab intelligence Agency. Viktor p. Gunda Rcv his 5-year-old son Maxim and a Friend of the Gunda Rcv Fame Romova requested Permis Fott Hahnl to enter the United states flee they have been granted that permits sad and Are currently in the United states. I can confirm that Gunda Rcv was a colonel in the Kab posted in Athens at the time of his defection. It was reported earlier in Athens Greece that Gromova was a teacher for soviet diplomats children and also was employed As Unda Rcv s nurse. Urce told United press i Rev accompanied by the cow Waltl de see Kab on Page 28 letters berate plan to change military health care by Judy sat medical writer .  their families and retirees in Europe have been writing to Congress with complaints that the department of defense is out to reduce los military health care benefits. In a copyright Story thursday or rows service reported that staff Momb Jsn of lie House and Senate armed services  said they were seeing scores of letters Corpt Erfling about plans to overhaul the Mili tary . It s a definite Campaign. All the be Tenor and most  Mummar told Cox. Vice that the Camu a appears to be the world Bra Villiam h. Arc Indyke command be in come. A Neucom spokesman denied that Green Dyke conducted or solicited the letter writing Campaign. At no time did he ask any individual or group to write government officials in Washington the spokes Man told the stars and stripes on Friday. If such acre sent it is assumed that they were self Gener ated by concerned recipients of military health care. If any misunderstanding arose the spokesman said it might have been the result of a Greendyke interview in pc pit Magazine a private consumer publication distributed free to . Military communities in Europe. In february Issue incorrectly suggested readers to write to i hair congressmen or of Reba officials he said. Or. William Mayer ass Island a Niu Jar Csc for see  28