European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 26, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Bill offers help to abused family members by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington military family members who suffer physical or sexual abuse would get free transportation Home and a year of military medical care if their sponsors Are discharged for being abusers according to a Bill introduced in Congress. The Bill titled the military dependents Protection act states that if a service member is Given a discharge other than honorable because of spouse or child abuse family members would not be Cut off from government benefits. The Bill says family members can request and receive up to one year of medical and dental care for any injury or illness resulting from the abuse. The Bill also authorizes the movement of family Mem Bers their baggage and household effects at government expense to an appropriate location after separation of the service member. This matter came to my attention when i tried to help one of my constituents a military wife who had a tragic problem said sen. Bill Bradley . Her husband had sexually abused their children. When she reported him through appropriate military channels court martial proceedings were initiated. She then realized that after Many years in the service with her husband she and her children were going to lose All benefits including those that would help them Cope with the crisis of family  Bradley said the woman Felt she had no Choice but to plead for leniency for her husband even though he had sexually abused their children. I contacted the military authorities on her behalf but was told that under current Law there was no Way to help this family he said. "1 also Learned that unfortunately this was not an isolated Case. I believe we have a special obligation to those families who Are victimized by the military  he said fear of losing the family breadwinner often deters mothers from reporting family violence. Mili tary dependents Are even More vulnerable. They need at the very least to have their medical needs attended to until they can re establish themselves in the civilian Community he said. Bradley said family members also deserve assurances that if their spouse or Parent violates the Law and gets a discharge other than honorable they will not be abandoned far from Home. The military has made great strides in recent years to address the problems of child and spouse abuse he said. Victims of this hidden violence must not be Al Lowed to fall through the cracks of both military and civilian communities when the service member is Dis charged under less than honorable  Bradley said while the service member has behaved badly and has been separated from the service As a result it does not seem fair to unduly jeopardize the future of those family members who in Good Faith have supported the defense of our country. This legislation makes help  Whitworth gave soviets advantage prosecutor says san Francisco a information stolen and sold by Jerry Whitworth the most trusted employee of a vital Navy communications Center gave the soviet Union an incalculable advantage a prosecutor said in an opening statement. But a defense lawyer called Whitworth a sacrificial Lamb and said he never was Aspy. The trial continued tuesday for Whit Worth 46, of Davis Calif., the last of four men charged with taking part in a soviet controlled spy ring led by John a. Walker or. The trial in Federal court was crowded with 100 reporters and spectators. The former Navy radioman who retired in 1983 after a 23-year military career is accused of Selling secret information about codes and communications systems from 1974 to 1983 for $332,000 in Cash. Seven of the 13 charges against him carry life terms. Walker and his son Michael who both pleaded guilty to espionage in a Baltimore Federal court Are scheduled to testify for the prosecution. Also on the tentative wit Ness list is John Walker s brother Arthur who was convicted of spying by a Federal judge in Norfolk a. Defense lawyer Tony tamburello said in his opening statement that although Whit Worth was among those Walker manipulated and used in the course of his espionage operations Whitworth was never a spy. Walker is a liar the personification of deception tamburello said. He said Walker used his son brother and his wife in spy operations tried to recruit his Mother asked his wife to be a prostitute and asked his daughter to have an abortion so she could stay in the army and spy. After being turned in by his sex wife and a photo Jerry Whitworth. A sacrificial Lamb daughter Walker had to give prosecutors a sacrificial Lamb tamburello said. That was Jerry  Whitworth never knowingly provided secret information for transmission to the so Viet Union tamburello said. Whitworth wearing a Gray suit and tie smiled at his wife Brenda Reis in the spec Tator Section and then sat taking notes As assistant . Attorney William Farmer outlined the prosecution s Case against him. As a chief radioman with a top secret clearance Whitworth was the Man most trusted in one of the nerve centers of the Navy Farmer said. He said Whitworth was a senior chief radioman for his last 2vi years in the Navy. Not Only is the radioman the eyes and ears of the ship Farmer said he also sits at the Hub of a communications Complex that takes electronically scrambled messages from satellites and relays them to Carrier groups. The prosecutor showed jurors a diagram meant to illustrate the communications functions of the radio room of an aircraft Carrier like the Enterprise and Constella Tion aboard which Whitworth served. If our adversaries Are Able to get the information going into these communications centers they will learn our plans and our abilities. They will learn How to adjust and respond Farmer said. They will know what we know in the Way of intelligence. Anyone who knows what we know will know How we got  he said the evidence will show that Whit Worth and Walker supplied vital information about the codes and the keys used to unscramble signals from satellites to ships at sea. Some of the information concerned encoding machines developed Over Many years by the Best mathematical geniuses and computer wizards that the country has Farmer said. For 16 years this information was regularly stolen photographed and sold by John Walker and Jerry Whitworth Farmer said. He said Walker stole the information for 8 /2 years and Whitworth for nine years indicating that part of the period overlapped. Jerry Whitworth longer than anybody else was the foundation and supplier Farmer said. He said the secret information gave the soviet Union an advantage greater than can even be calculated even though the total they paid for the information was Only about a million  Walker began his espionage career in 1968 when he walked into the soviet embassy in Washington and sold the radio Channel frequencies for the . Atlantic submarine Fleet for $1,000, said Farmer. He said Walker chose Whitworth As his partner a few years later after both men went to see easy  in the movie two men travel across country by motorcycle to try to make a big payoff on a drug Sale. Farmer said Whitworth told Walker after leaving the movie that he would like to pull a one time Job and that soon afterwards Walker invited him into the espionage operation. The indictment against Whitworth says he and Walker agreed in san Diego in 1974 to split the Money they got for spying. Farmer told jurors that experts from the internal Revenue service would Analyse the financial life of Jerry Whitworth and show How he spent far More Money than he earned through the salaries of himself and his  the charges against Whitworth include tax evasion on the $332,000 he allegedly received. 11 people died in super stallion crashes copter repairs delayed paper claims Tustin Calif. A the Pentagon knew in 1983 about defects in the military s most powerful and expensive helicopter but repairs were not made until last september after 11 people had been killed in crashes according to a report published sunday. Crashes and dozens of breakdowns have Given the ch-53e super stallion the worst safety record of any helicopter used by the Navy or marines according to military re cords cited by the Orange county Register. It took too Long to fix. It was just not done in a timely manner Marine maj. John Lemoine a helicopter safety expert said at a symposium on naval aviation ear Lier this month in san Diego. And we ended up losing other aircraft and  however rear adm. Roger Rich of the North Island naval air station near san Diego asked about the timing of the re pairs said it takes a Long time to design a helicopter so it takes a Long time to design a fix too. In my experience if you fix a problem in an aircraft in two years you re doing a pretty Good  super stallions which Cost $24 million each Are designed to lift up to six tons and can carry up to 55 passengers. The helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky aircraft co., of Stratford conn., is equipped with three Jet engines. The Craft s defects were mainly in the Tail Rotor drive system which could cause the super stallion to spin out of control without warning the newspaper reported. Stan Kruger the Sikorsky official in charge of the super stallion program declined to be interviewed about specific problems saying press coverage of the crashes and other safety problems has been one sided and accusatory the Register reported. Military officials declined to comment on the helicopter s problems the newspaper said. Between the time authorities became aware of Tail problems in the ch-53e and the time they were fixed Navy and Marine stallion squadrons had 20 accidents in which 11 people were killed and 15 injured the newspaper said. Records showed the super stallion s Tail problems were caused by the viscous Damp ers supports that hold the Tail drive in place and a part called the disconnect Cou pling which allows the helicopter s Tail to be folded for storage the newspaper said. As of last september All super stallions were fitted with a stronger disconnect Cou pling made of aluminium instead of magnesium More durable viscous dampers and a thicker stronger support for the dampers and drive Shaft and Pentagon officials say there have been no subsequent Tail prob lems. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 26, 1946 fifty six Bobby sox fans of Frank Sinatra were detained for curfew violations because they had lined up before Dawn to see the voice in san Francisco. All have been returned to their parents. 30 years ago today. March 26, 1956 France started air lifting troops from French West Africa into Algeria to help fight the rebel army of Allah said press reports from Algiers. 20 years ago today. March 26, 1966 the United states formally asked France in a terse note to clarify its policy toward nato. The note also said that the United states will continue to consult other nato members about French proposals. To years ago today. March 26, 1976 Argentina s new military government in Buenos Aires is moving swiftly to consolidate Power two Days after a Long expected and bloodless coup toppled the government of president Isabel Peron