European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday. July 26,1983 ban on papers trips up East bloc spies Kaiserslautern Germany u i an East German ban on american newspapers led 10 the arrest of two communist spies a West German police official said Friday. The Man and wife who spied on the . Army were caught because they hid microfilm they mailed to East Germany in a package containing clothing wrapped in a . Army weekly newspaper the Atti Cial Nisius senior official in the Interior ministry of the state of Rhineland Pfalz. Said East Ger Man customs officials sent the package Back to West Germany because american newspapers May not be shipped into East Germany. The return of the package eventually led to the arrest july is of Franz Rai Schulis is and his wife Ute 32, who worked for the . Army Al ils huge Supply Headquarters in Kaiserslautern about 70miles Southwest of Frankfurt Nisius told reporters. The microfilm containing information on . Army was shipped in a package with a Wom an s jacket a vacuum cleaner part and copies of the Sentinel the newspaper of the . Army s kaisers Lautem based 21 it support come. It was not known whether the Rais Chuises merely had used the newspaper As wrapping paper or whether it contained something they wanted attention of East German intelligence. Because the package carried no return address it was auctioned off by the West German Post buyer who wanted the women s jacket discovered the microfilm developed it and turned it Over to police. It was raced to the couple who worked for the East germans from 1983, if not earlier Nisius said. He said the couple were recruited As spies when they visited relatives in East Germany anyone can pick up a copy of the Sentinel 21stsupport come spokeswoman Mickie Eichmeier told the stars and stripes ape a Neon the Atnes Lethin to bring to the maybe they know a Good newspaper when they Erma. Of one. A 5urc there was nothing classified in it she said panel revises birthday defense Bill Washington a the House armed serv ices committee voted 40-2 thursday for a revised Pentagon budget that proposes spending $292 billion for defense in the fiscal year starting oct. 1. The new budget is a s7 billion increase from the Billie panel approved a month ago. The change reflects the House Senate agreement on $292 billion for de sense As part of an Overall budget blueprint. The democratic controlled House had approved$285 billion for defense and the Republican run sen ate voted for $301 the final close door Vole thursday the Only negative ballots were cast by reps. Ronald Dellums,d-Calif., and Patricia Schroeder. A Colo. In adding $7 billion to the budget the panel spent Osl of the Money on a 4 percent pay hike next year for the nation s 2.1 million uniformed military person Nel. The Senate panel approved that raise earlier. The Senate armed services committee also red Idiu version this week paring it by s3 billion. The Sav Ings was chiefly achieved through reduced estimates of the Impact of inflation on the budget. 2 airmen die in air show crash Raf Brawdy Wales two airmen from Raf Alconbury England were killed thursday when their Rf-4c phantom Jet crashed at an air show air Force officials said Friday. Capt. Mark s. Makowski 31, and 2nd it. Dewayne. Danielson 24, died when their Jet crashed into the Waler off the coast of Wales about 4 ., said staff sol. Steve scholar an Raf Alconbury spokesman. A . Ministry of defense spokesman said the plane crashed while doing a flying demonstration at the show. Scholar said the crash is under investigation. The two were performing Ai a one Day air show Luton by the Royal air Force the ministry spokesman said. The . Navy also has about 280 people stationed Al the base Makowski of Wilmington del., was the Pilot of i Heptane when it crashed. He is survived by a wife and two children. Danielson the weapons systems opera Tor was a Bachelor from Pleasanton Calif. Both were assigned to the 1st tac reconnaissance so. From Page 1 illness. As soon As you show him a Clown he gets excited said Nikki Olsen 24, Derrick s Mother. If you give him another toy he s not interested Derrick s disease Cero id Lipoff Scintsis. Set in quickly in May 198i. Said staff sgt Paul Olsen 27, the boy s father. Until thai Lime there had been no Indica Tion that there was an illness. The disease usually is fatal before a child is 11 Yean old he said. Word of Derrick s illness spread from the 564thcivil engr so where Paul Olsen works to the Kaiserslautern United service organization. Carolyn Goto Juch Uso outreach manager contacted the Mcdon Ald s franchise in Vogel Weh and the Giovanni Althof circus which was performing locally. The result was a week of birthday parties and clowns for Derrick. On Friday he sat in the front Row by Small suck of presents and laughed As Ronald Mcdon Ald entertained More than 30 classmates in Cam Rainbow. The army Community services sponsors the Day Camp for children with special medical from the Alt Holt circus performed at a wednesday party for Derrick and the Olsen we Especial guests at he circus that night. Although Mcdonald s in Germany sponsors several clowns Only one performs at Public service event such As Derrick s party said Brian kalhor far. Manager of the Vogel Weh Mcdonald s. Ronald came from Munich for the heard about it and this is our present for the birthday he s love of clowns has caused one problem that the Olsen Don t mind worrying about he has received More Clown related present than they have room for. Derrick clutched a brightly coloured Clown doll after the Friday magic show. We re going to have to gel a shelf made for you clowns Nikki Olsen told him. We Don t have a place 10 put them Whitworth from Page 1 William s. Fanner the assistant . Attorney who headed the prosecution team said the government had produced mountains of evidence that was so compel Ling that the defense conceded that Jerry Whitworth was a spy and took the Federal District judge John p. Vukasin or. Set aug.28 for sentencing. Whitworth faces a maximum penalty of seven life terms in prison on the espionage convictions plus 17 Yean for tax fraud. He could be fined a total of s 520,000. The defense attorneys Larson and Tony Tambures to had asked the jury to acquit Whitworth of the espionage charges. They argued he had not known the stolen military data were being sold specifically to the soviet Union As charged in the indictment. The de sense had argued Whitworth believed the materials were being sold to Israel and their Sale to an ally harm the United states. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on an eight espionage count which charged Whitworth with steal ing a classified document from the aircraft Carrier Enterprise. The document was found in his Home. De sense attorneys had argued the document a portion of the Navy s wartime contingency plan for the Middle East had been taken was accused of conspiring with his for Mer Navy colleague Walker to steal the Navy s mos highly classified cryptographic data Over a 10-year period. Walker a retired Navy warrant officer confessed he had spied for the soviet Union since 1968 and at various times had recruited people to Aid his espionage activities including members of his family. In Baltimore last october he pleaded guilty to espionage along with his son Michael l. Walker a for Mer Navy Yeoman. In Exchange for a sentence of life imprison and a reduced sentence of 25 years in prison for his son John Walker agreed to testify against Whit Worth. Both walkers Are awaiting sentence. John Walker s older brother Arthur j. Walker retired Navy lieutenant commander was found guilty in a non jury trial in Norfolk last August of passing classified military data he stole from the military con tractor for whom he worked and passing it to John Walker. He has been sentenced to life in prison. Terminal from Page 1 port example the Gao noted that service member transferring from Alaska to the East coast must have their cars sent by ship to Seattle by Road to Oakland Calif., and by ship again through the Panama , ,11. If unit. A o snip again in rough me Panama apparently shoots Selt shipment by motor carriers could have saved the gov Tiv,4.dt.c,j,Tjrli. Emment $624,000 Tasi year. _ _. Frankfurt is a 3rd listed in critical condition following an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound to the head thursday evening at Drake Cavern a division spokesman said. The 19-year-old woman Soldier assigned to the503rd military police co was taken to the Frankfurt army regional medical Center and later transferred Toa local German clinic maj. Thad Evans said. The incident occurred about 6 30 Behind the Post gymnasium according to an official who asked not to in identified. The Soldier s name is being withheld until relatives Are notified. The incident is under investigation by military police and the criminal investigation div. Service members moving from san Diego to Bremer ton wash., have their cars shipped to Hawaii Pul aboard another ship and sent to Bremerton. Cost Las year. $72,000 More than if they had been driven the 1,300 Miles up the coast we estimate that because of these restrictions the government incurred Over s3.1 million in excess Iran spor Talion Cost skin fiscal 1983 the report said. The restrictions also increased costs for mileage reimbursement per diem and Semoc rambers out of pocket expenses delayed shipment and delivery of vehicles and imposed hardships on service in embers and their the Gao made its nine month study at the request of rep. La Aspin a wis chairman of the mouse armed services committee. Defense department officials have asked for author Ity to move serve remembers vehicle to other ports when safely or unit size moves Are policy poses special problems for move ment of cohort companies and battalions which Transfer As a unit the Gao found. The units need to Fly out of an Airport that is near unauthorized port. If they Don to too Many troop Jet lost Between the port and the Airport and mils the flight i the port is too far away the unit it stretched Teliin As most members Are on the Road delivering their also have asked for permission to move the vehicles to an Inland port in Germany. The Senate armed services committee noting that he Pentagon did not request any construction funds for a new processing Point ordered a study of the proposal s Cost effectiveness by Jan. 1 a 1987. An official of the defense department s per diem travel and transportation allowance committee said the proposal also is being examined by the House armed services committee which is marking up its version of the fiscal 1987 defense authorization military traffic management come shipped 125,000 services number vehicles last year at a Cost of about $127 million. Pentagon officials bad no estimate of the total annual mileage per diem or members Tim away from duty stations
