European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday june 18,1986 proof to focus on Marine pilots training by Norman Black a military writer Washington Navy Secretary John f. Leh  an investigation to determine whether  Are receiving sufficient Logis tical support Tom Tijia Light Lime 10 ensure readiness and safety. The probe will be conducted by the general. Rear adm. Jack act Lorman and will i Marine corps squadrons flying the a-6 attack Jet the Basic All weather bomber assigned 10 Navy aircraft carriers officials said. The investigation ordered two weeks ago follow san article in the Marine corps Gazette that concluded Marine a-6 air Crews were experiencing a higher mis Hap rate compared 10 Navy Crews flying the Saj plane. It also follows by two months a sve Ulm Putint by Lehman Oil Active duly with a Mau Squadron at Al Tore Calif. Lehman is a  in the naval Reserve and a  navigator on a-6 aircraft. A  Lehman capt. Mike Sherman said Liro Creary is not implying Hal Marine a-6 Are less capable than Navy Crews. But he wants know if there s a problem Here thai needs fixing. He spent time talking with marines on Active duly and flying with Ihm and he obviously came away with some  the Marine corps has five Active Fleet squadrons of a-6 jets compared with the Navy s 13 Active a-6 squadrons. Moil Navy aircraft carriers arc sen 10 sea carrying Mari no corps As Well As Navy aircraft. In the Case of the a-6, each Squadron consists ill  a-6 Hasben specially Mlp electronic  bomb ing njlt�pfcur�l_4 or of to sea during foul weather or Arn my for Craft participated in the april 15 niehljimjTmbba5aeainsl targets in i i  to the article m the to professional journal for officers a i pilots have not been receiving As much flight limes their Navy counterparts. At the same time the Marine corps class a Accident rate for the a-6 has been exceeding that of the Navy since 19si. The Accident rate is expressed in terms of major accidents per 100,000 hours of flight Lime. According to Marine statistics the a-6 Community had an Acci Dent Raic of 8.62 mishaps per 100,000 flight Houts in 1985. That is a reduction compared to the rates for 1983 and i9b4, but Stilt above the 5,02 rate reported by the Navy in 1985, a Marine officer who asked not disputed the Gazette s cond Sioa tap twit pilots were not getting ainu a bbl Rar Navy Pilott saying . The  Accident rate Tor the a-6 had that of the Navy but noted the marines have so few a-6 squadrons that a single Accident can result in a poor rate. In 1985, for example the Marine corps lost two a 6s compared with four by the Navy but the Navy was flying Many More planes the officer said. The Gazette article also decried logistical problems within the Marine corps that it said translated 10 reduced maintenance support and criticized the Lack o fld simulators for use by Marine pilots. A a Marine spokesman con firmed  has Only one a-6 simulator located on the  Point . Two of the Marine corps a-otwfcm5 Are based on the West coast at Eltoro. The primary focus of the in Minc whether Marine a-6 Crews pc paring deployments Are getting the same logistical support and training time As Navy pilots Sherman said Mon Day. Soviets urge limits on strategic nuclear weapons Moscow a soviet Leader Mik Hail s. Garb i Chov unveiled his new arms control proposal monday saying the United states and the soviet onion should reduce their strategic nuclear weapons and extend a treaty on space based weapons for at least 15 years. Gorbachev told the communist party Central committee that both Side should limit their strategic nuclear weapons to 1,600 units and the number of nuclear warheads to 8,000, the official news Agency Tass said. According to i98j . Estimates the soviets have 2,832 delivery units and 8,900 warheads. The United Stales has 1,893 de livery vehicles and 7,500 warheads. Gorbachev also proposed that the sides agree on non withdrawal from Theam anti ballistic missile treaty in the course of at least 15 years and limit the ski related research to the level of Laboratory tests Tass said sd1 is the . Government s s at Egic defense initiative known As Star  is a research program to devise space based weapons that would destroy an ene my s approaching ballistic missiles. In Washington White House spokes Man Larry Speakes declined to comment on Gorbachev s proposal. Well continue to Deal in private at Geneva he said. A soviet Diplomat said monday in Washington that Reagan s decision to disregard Salt ii toward the end of the year could undercut negotiations for anew Accord to reduce nuclear weapons. Vitaly Churkin a second Secretary at the soviet embassy in Washington said the treaty proposal the soviets presented to . Negotiators last week in Geneva was not in response to Reagan s May 27 Deci Sion. He said the proposal dealt with medium and Long Range offensive weapons As Wellas space based defense systems and was prepared in Moscow before the current round of negotiations began in mid May. Churkin said Moscow had operated Onan Assumption the United states would adhere to its policy of not undercutting provisions of the in ratified strategic arms limitation treaty. We Are very Active in trying to move the negotiations he said. The ground below is moving. We hear certain tremors and we wonder if an earthquakes  the 1972 abm treaty excludes Basing missile defences in space and limit the development of exotic ballistic missile defences. It is due for review by . And soviet negotiators next year. Space from Pago 1 the mid-1990s, and Nasa. Is now Loyear behind the soviets in the practical utilization of what president Nixon so Long ago dubbed this new Ocea on the military i Tatj it Lothie so Viet i 11 Ham Huff Linn in that the americans themselves have said the heavy lift Booster system for the soviet shuttle could be used for launching heavy Mili tary pay loads including ballistic missile 1 As for Assem me scans. Out As reconnaissance norms nuclear Power substations or laboratories for research and Experiment. Once deployed such a space station would provide the soviets with a manned space based military capability for recon Naissance command and control. Turnill called the is system a phony con space has always been the process having begun before sputnik 1, with he development of icbms inter Continental ballistic missiles and the spy satellites that quickly replaced their War Heads he wrote. Tuimil said the soviets too have a in. That a joint Pace defense system would threaten neither. He said that it could elect both East and West against _ data Kali Hood of irresponsible random nuclear attack from temporarily hostile smaller  leak Texas said the ruling would not Essa Rily mean the demise of the Law. If they agree with the lower court decision that the involvement of the comp Rolter general of the United stain ii unconstitutional they have As the lower court did found about 95 percent Powers of Gramm Rudmin " at Gramm said. At  rude Nan Case is the roles the comptroller general appointed by the president fora 1 5-year term the Cramm Rudman Law Calls for eliminating the Federal deficit gradually by 1991. If the deficit rises above yearly tar Uto malic spending cuts go into effect. " who Heads con gigs charge of ordering the cuts. In the precise it cuts for each Federal Agency and program the comptroller Gen trial would be exercising the sort of Power normally conferred upon the  the suit was brought by 12 members of Congress along with unionized Federal workers. The first round of Gramm Ruma budget cuts s11.7 million Worth went into effect March i. In action monday the court killed _ Ion against 60 minutes an others ending the court without an Appeal by retired la co. Anthon Belt whose suit led to an important supreme court libel la ruling in 979. Although Herbert sued in 1974, his Casenover has gone to trial it stems from a "60 minutes report in 1973 that questioned Herbert s claim that he was relieved of his command Tor to tempting to expose alleged War crime Tad atrocities in Vietnam.  a. The Cost turned Down an emergency request aimed at postponing the local school Board s neighbourhood Ekin entry schools flan called by opponent a tool  the justices is a forma Challenge by in Fri parents to the plan bul the court i that Appeal until Octoba strike from Page 1 mines Only about 10 percent of Black workers had struck. The Bureau for information ordered foreign journalists not to transmit statements that could be considered  in addition police com missioner Gen. Johann Coetzee barred All journalists from Black townships and forbade any reporting of the movements or actions of the Security forces. According to official figures 31 people have died since the decree took effect bringing the total slain in 21 months of turmoil to More than 1,650. Deputy information minister Louis Nel Lold state controlled radio monday that plans for an insurrection had been foiled. The new press restrictions made in difficult for reporters to gauge whether this was Correct. On june 16, 1976, thousands of Blac students paraded through Soweto s streets and confronted a Small unit of policemen. Accounts vary on whether police had been provoked but office opened fire killing two Young Blacks and igniting a protest thai lasted for month Sand swim of by official count More than 570 lives. Unofficial estimates put the loll at More than 1,000, the violence spread to fio Blac townships before it was quelled. Since then june 16 has become an Emblem of Lack aspirations. The courts May not prosecute Mem Bers of the Security forces for action taken to enforce the decree the third Aad most extensive in the past 26 Yean in South  Desmond Tutu and dream about 500 White supporter gathered St Mary s anglican Cathedral in event no Johannesburg monday said the for lib men was trampling our dignity under toot and rubbing our noses in the dust