European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes indictments handed Down for military contract fraud Page s g Brussels wins utile league title army newspaper trips up spies Page 25 Page 28 Thoi died unofficial Mill ton path u �. 1imco of licit vol. 45, no. S9 saturday july 26. 1986 d., m q 8693 a military strength Down again by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the combined Active duty strength at the nation s military service dropped below Attar ago level Tor the second consecutive month i june the Pentagon said Friday. A of june 30, the army Navy air Force and marines hid a combined Active duty strength of 2,141,030, Down 925 from the previous month and 8,206 fewer than june 30, 1985. The Pentagon has attributed most or the dip to the effect of the Gramm Rudman balanced budget Law. Which forced the services to of tar Early outs to sever Al thousand soldiers airmen sailors and marines to hold Down fiscal 1986 spending. Although key sections of that Law were struck Down by the supreme court earlier this month. Congress has already voted to sustain the reductions that had been ordered previously for the current year the tales monthly assessment shows the army lost the most men and women in june and now has 13.662 fewer Soldier on Active duty than it did in june 19bi. The Navy and air Force arc still above year ago Levels but the Marine corps is Down by 2,000 men and women compared to 1985. As of june 30, the army had 766,650 men and Bis it Kew by l Ernnt to  Derrick Olsen plays with i Down doll Friday during one of the panic Cylc Bneng his St birthday. Clowns help special Little boy celebrate we Klong birthday  Kisell to in Bureau Kaiserslautern this is a Story about love and clowns. Derrick Olsen had a front Row Seal in kaisers Lau tera Friday for a special performance of magic tricks by Ronald Mcdonald the town who rep res Gnu the Chain of fast food restaurants. The Blond haired Blue eyed boy turned 5 wednesday but celebrations Fortis birthday lasted All week. Derrick has a fatal brain disease that in the past14 months has confined him to a wheelchair and seriously impaired his ability to communicate. But what Many of his parents friends knew is that Der Rick s lifelong love of clowns has not waned with his see birthday on Page 28 women on Active duty compared to 770,904 in May and 780.312 in june 1985. The Navy had 571,753 individuals on Active duly As of june 30, up slightly from the 570,973 reported in May and still ahead of the 568,731 reported in june1985. The Marine corps strength stood at 196,225 injure compared to 196,273 m May and 198,245 re ported for the same period last year. The air Force reported a strength of 608,402, up by almost 2,600 compared to he 605,805 reported in May and still Well above the 603,89s reported in june 1985. Whitworth convicted in spy Case san Francisco not a Federal jury on thursday convicted a former Navy radioman Jerry a Whitworth of espionage for his participation in a so Viet spy ring that has been called the most damaging espionage conspiracy in decades. The jury deliberated 52 hours Over 10 Days before resuming guilty verdicts on seven counts of cup Iona and five counts of la fraud. Defense attorneys said later they had not had Lime to talk with Whit Worth about the possibility of an Appeal in the trial which began March 24, the  sense acknowledged that Whitworth in Exchange for $332,000, had stolen classified Navy cryptographic data and Pas edit to John a Walker jr., who has admitted head ing a soviet spy ring and Jerry Wuh Rorth that he failed to report the Money on his tax returns. At a news conference after the verdict one of the defense attorneys James Larson said whatever Jerry Whitworth May have done this trial should have been John Anthony Walker s. He is the acknowledged master spy of this espionage ring. The fact that the government chose Jerry Whitworth As the example undermines the supposed deterrent effect that govern ment wishes to serve in this  . Attorney Joseph p. Russoniello said of Walker and Whitworth in terms of the relative culpability of these two actors Whitworth is by far the most Damag see Whitworth on Page 28 Inland terminal for gis cars urged by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington service members could one Day drop off and pick up their cars at a Central location such As Mannheim Germany if Congress goes along with a general accounting office suggestion for an Inland Auto processing  congressional watchdog Agency made the suggestion in a report issued last month noting that such terminal could trim As much As $7.2 million a year from military transportation costs. The House and Senate armed services committees generally Tike the idea but Are awaiting a Pentagon request for funds to build such a facility. More than 46,000 of the military traffic manage ment come shipments last year went through Bremer Haven Germany. The Gao figured serve remembers travelled 29 million Miles to take their cars there or pick them up received s2.3 million for one Way mite age at 16 cents a mile and were away from their duty stations for 87,000 staff Days. If service members could have processed their vehicles at Mannheim the Miles driven would have been Cut to 8 million mileage reimbursement to $626,000 and Days lost to 46,000, the report said. Service members generally Are entitled to . Lately owned vehicle at government expense when they make a permanent change of station to or from a foreign country or when the ship they Are assigned to changes Home port . Law dating to the 1940s and originally designed to Aid american shippers says the vehicles must be shipped by Ocean going vessels and through custom Ary ports. Since then the Fleet has declined and Only limited service Between the coasts is available the re see terminal on Page 28