European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 30, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 Pentagon wants mandatory annual Call  by Norman Black a military writer Washington a voluntary Muster of inactive army reservists Early this year confirmed that the Mili tary s individual ready Reserve is not so ready under lining the need for mandatory annual Call  a top Pentagon official says. The voluntary musters conducted in 13 cities have convinced the top brass of the need to improve Readi Ness said James h. Webb the assistant defense Secre tary for Reserve affairs. I m real enthusiastic about the mandatory annual Call  Webb said. The army has really stepped out on this. There was an awful lot of reluctance in the building the Pentagon to do  the results from the january musters show that the defense department has a serious problem in locating Many of its inactive reservists and that 20 percent of those who report May not be medically fit for immediate deployment Webb said. Only about half of those responding to the voluntary Call up still had a Complete uniform and Only about half were Able to pass the army s common task test of Basic Soldier skills. The latter result might not be very significant however because the Pentagon knows inac Tive reservists will require refresher training if there is an emergency Webb said. The army mailed out 29,673 letters to inactive reservists asking them to attend a voluntary one Day mus Ter in january Webb said and 6,678, or 22.5 percent showed up. That figure is slightly better than expected for a voluntary system he said. What was distressing however was that 3,404 letters or ii.5 percent were returned As undeliverable and Only 82 percent of the soldiers who were sent mail Grams confirmed receipt Webb said. Of the 6,411 reservists who were medically screened during the musters 78 percent met army weight Stan Dards and 5,195, or 81 percent were considered world wide deployable by medical  on the medical these Are not very Good numbers Webb said. And they indicate that there May be a  the individual ready Reserve consists of men and women who have been trained and served in the military but do not move into a regular Reserve or National guard unit when they leave Active duty. As a result such individuals do not Drill regularly with a military unit and receive no pay. But they Are subject to the same obligations As their Reserve and guard counterparts and can be recalled in the event of War until they have fulfilled their military service  that obligation including Active duty service for those now entering the service is eight years. There Are now 450,000 men and women in the Irr compared to 2.1 million men and women on Active duty and 1.05 million in the selected Reserve which consists of the regular Reserve and National guard units. In the event of a War the selected Reserve units would move out with their Active duty counterparts. Since there is no military draft that would leave the Irr As the Only source of additional manpower during the Early months of any conflict. Last november Deputy defense Secretary William h. Taft in accepted a recommendation from Webb and directed the services to begin calling up their Irr Mem Bers for at least one Day of Active duty every year. That order takes effect on oct. 1. In the meantime however Congress ordered the army to conduct a voluntary nationwide Muster test to examine the availability and fitness for duty of army Irr members and the adequacy of current Call up pro  besides confirming the Lack of up to Date mailing addresses and potential medical problems the voluntary musters also backed up the Pentagon s estimate that the new mandatory Call  will Cost roughly $61 million for All four services in fiscal 1987, Webb said. Webb said he was not encouraged by the results from the army tests to determine if reservists had retained their military skills but the question is whether they re  in the event of a True emergency the army might find that relatively Little refresher training is required to bring reservists Back up to standards he said. During the voluntary musters the army found that Only 47 percent of the 4,303 enlisted soldiers who were Given the common task test demonstrated proficiency in at least nine of the 17 tasks. The common task test includes such things As knowledge of Basic first Aid skills and map Reading. Charged with Selling cocaine Ferraro s son enters innocent plea a photo John Zaccaro jr., accompanied by his father John sr., and his Mother Geraldine Ferraro leaves courthouse after a hearing on a charge of Selling cocaine. Middlebury it. A John Zac Caro jr., son of former democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro pleaded innocent monday to a charge of Selling cocaine. The Middlebury College senior who had pleaded innocent in february to Possession of cocaine with intent to sell was accompanied to the Vermont District court hearing by Ferraro and his father John Zaccaro or. Lawyers for the 22-year-old Zaccaro have filed a motion asking that the charges be dropped alleging he was singled out for arrest and prosecution. The papers did not specify Why Zaccaro might have been singled out. Addison county state s attorney John Quinn responded that the defense was try ing to create an Issue which does t  undercover police this prosecution is based on the fact that an undercover police officer went to his House and allegedly purchased regulated drugs Quinn said. Zaccaro was arrested feb. 20 after a state police officer purchased a Quarter Gram of cocaine from him police said. A search of Zaccaro s Home and car later turned up drugs and other materials associated with drug dealing police said. Judge Francis Mccaffrey made no Rul ing on any motions monday but said All motions must be filed by May 12. Another status hearing is scheduled Fri Day. Patriotism spurs Banner sales Tor hag makers new York up the . Flag is ringing up Dollar signs on Cash registers across the United states and a leading Flag maker Busy with record sales believes re cent world events helped swell a wave of patriotism. The Flag is an emotional product Michael Liberman president of Valley forge Flag co. Of Brooklyn n.y., said monday. When patriotic emotion runs High peo ple want to show their feelings. They literally become  typically the Flag buying season unfurls just before memorial Day and runs through the 4th of july. But so far this year Flag purchases Are Way ahead of last year Liberman said. In hiding we be never seen anything like the de Mand we re witnessing today Liberman said. From the time of the Vietnam War through watergate patriotism was in hid  but today a Strong Economy a pending statue of Liberty Celebration and a pop Ulace rallying around a president who has vowed to defy terrorism have fuelled Flag sales. The hottest Selling Flag is a 3-foot-by-5 foot version of the traditional red White and Blue that flies on an aluminium pole topped by a flying Eagle ornament Liberman said. Lover can t recall key meetings with sex Fri agent los Angeles a former Fri agent Richard w. Miller heard his soviet Lover testify at his second trial that she was too drunk to remember crucial meet Ings with him but recalled being beaten by soviet agents in Moscow. Swetlana Ogorodnikova who last week retracted her confession to espionage also swore monday that she had never seen a series of classified government documents she allegedly received from Miller the Only Fri agent Ever charged with espionage. How can i understand anything Here i Haven t seen it she said referring to the secrets. Among them was the so called positive intelligence reporting guide an Fri document the prosecution says Miller gave her. She also denied that Miller showed her any documents at his House that were related to his Fri work. Miller is accused of giving her classified documents to pass on to the soviets in Exchange for promises of $65,000 in Gold and Cash. A Hung jury in november forced the second trial. Ogorodnikova and her husband Nikolay pleaded guilty in june to espionage charges. She is serving an 18-year sentence and her husband is serving eight years. He has filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea and she is expected to file a similar request. Gorp Denikov s inability to recall details of key meetings with Miller was a setback for the defense which is seeking to have her corroborate his claim that he was trying to infiltrate the soviet Kab. She said she could t recall a meeting at which according to Miller she said she was a Kab major who could offer him big Money if he would spy for the Sovi ets. I was drunk too drunk Ogorodnikova said. I was taking some pills. I was t feeling  but at other Points monday her fourth Day of testimony she recalled a june 1984 trip to Moscow during which she said a soviet agent identified Only As Anatoly visited her in her hotel room. She said she told Anatoly about her love affair with Fri agent John Hunt but did t mention Miller. I cannot remember exactly what happened she said hesitantly but they took me to the militia and they beat me  Anatoly ordered her to leave the soviet Union immediately she added