European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 8,1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 airman gets 25 years in spy Case Beale fab Calif. Up an air Force clerk with a lop so Crit spy piano unit was sentenced thurs Day to 25 years in Federal prison Tor trying to sell information Aboul the aircraft to Fri agents posing As soviet spies. The military judge la. Col. Howard Sweeney also ordered . Bruce Ott to forfeit All  and benefits and to be Dis honorable discharged after being dropped toe-1. Olt of Erie pa., could have been sentenced to maximum 32 years in prison. The prosecution had asked for a 20-year sentence while the defense which contended olt was mentally ill argued for eight years behind ban. Olt who had asked for an understanding sen tence showed no emotion but his sister  Back tears. The airman will be eligible for parole in eight years. Attorneys in the Case and family members refused to talk to reporters. But la. Col James Swanson chief lawyer at Beals asked whether Ott was being made an example said the objectives of our system of Justice Are shared by the larger system of american Justice to punish wrong doing and to deter criminal  Sweeney found Oil guilty wednesday after Lovi hours of deliberations and an eight Day non jury  s conviction and sentence will be appealed automatically to it. Gen. James Light jr., commander of the 15th air Force at March fab in Riverside Calif. The air Force court of military review also will scrutinize the Case. If the conviction is upheld Ott will be Able to take 5-year-o/cf boy saves girl 6, with Man Euver copied from to Lynn mass. A five year old Brent Mel drum can t pronounce Heimlich Man Euver he Calls it the time life remover but he knew How to use it monday to save the life of a girl choking on a piece of  turned almost full Blue Brent said wednesday of 6-year-old Tanya Branden who got a piece of hard Candy lodged in her Throat. My Mother was screaming at me to get away from her. I ignored her. I knew what do to. 1 said to my Mother i saw this on Benson " he said refer Anglo the Abc situation comedy starring Robert Guil Tau Meas la. Gov. Benson Dubois. Benson was choking Brent recalled. His Cheek was blown up like a balloon and a different Guy went behind him put his arms around squeezed him lifted him up and saved  so Brent who weighs 45 pounds slipped his arms around Tanya from behind clasped his hand together and squeezed lifting the 41-Pound girl off he floor. I lifted her up and banged her on her feet she bended Over and she coughed a id i plopped Oul the youngster said. As a crowd of reporters descended on the Little hero Brent was Cool Aboul the publicity. In not even 6 Cyl he said mildly peeved. Everybody s calling me. When i m watch in cartoons its by Reg by ring by ring said Brent who says he wants to be a fireman policeman Farmer and plumber when he grows  a Little girl s life. I feel Good Tanya said in a Small voice that when she was choking i did t think anything  but afterwards she said i said thank you. I la never forget this until. For the rest of my life did she give hint a kiss?"uh-ur.,b5he said. He s my Boyfriend and my hero. But i never let him kiss  s Mother Susan 27, said friends relatives and strangers have been visiting and Catling with congratulations. She said she was in her bedroom when her Only child was about to save a  heard Brent ask Tanya if she was choking so i went into the room to see Why he was asking her that. I looked at her and her face was Bright Bright red. Brent got behind her. I screamed at him to a photo Brent Meldrun 5, shows the time lift remover hell sch Man Euver he used to keep his Girlfriend Tanya branded 6, from choking to death on i piece of hard Candy monday. Gel away from her. I started to go into a panic and was ready to run next door she said. But in seconds Brent had expelled the Candy from his Friend s Throat. He s pretty Strong. He takes karate and every thing. He s Overly confident. But thank god for that?1 his Case to the . Court of military appeals in Washington d.c., and to the supreme court Oil will remain confined at scale for at least two months while his Case is reviewed on Appeal. Sweeney credited Oil with 259 Days for Lime served toward his term at a Federal prison to be designated by  pleaded not guilty last month to the charges that he contacted the soviet consulate in san Francisco without his Superior s permission and offered to sup ply classified documents on inc top secret sr-71 spy planes based at Beals about 120 Miles Northeast of san  the time of his Jan. 21 arrest in a Davis Calif., Model room Ott was an administrative clerk with the spy plane Squadron with a secret Security clearance. His airman s salary was $785.10 a month. Army s rising stars Don t Trust Media Washington of up and coming army officers do not Trust or like the news Media hut they lend to place More Stock in the print Media than in broadcasting a recent Survey indicates. Almost All of the respondents also said they believe commander should have the right to censor the press during military operations and roughly 90 percent thought the Pentagon acted properly in barring the news Media from the 1983 invasion of Grenada. Asked o describe in writing the reasons for their views one officer wrote Media has Asil primary purposes big Bucks and  the Survey involved a written poll of 105 officers who graduated from the army War College at Carlisle Barracks pa., earlier this summer. Graduation fro the War College although not a prerequisite for advancement is generally considered a major stepping Stone for officers who aspire to become  poll was part of a 160-Page term paper prepared by one of the students la. Col. Gerald w. Sharp entitled army Media conflict and published by inc War College. The army As Well As the other services have made conspicuous Effort since Grenada to improve the relation ship Between military and Media sponsoring classes on the Media and hosting seminars with reporters. A Haijo s Survey however concludes the current relationship still leaves a bad taste in the Mouths of All  percent of the officers surveyed described their View of the Media As either very negative or  fifty two percent said they Felt some pre established rules should be set up for censorship be fore a military operation. Moreover Only 2 percent of the respondents though military commanders did not need censorship authority 28.4 percent said they thought a commander s censorship authority should be  about the decision to bar reporters from cover ing the Grenada invasion 89,2 percent said they supported that action for inc first 24 hours of the  half 49 percent said they thought the move was appropriate for the second 24 hours As Well. Asked to rank the various components of the news Media print outlets emerged the Clear Leader Sharpe reported More than three quarters of the officers 78.6 per cent ranked newspapers and magazines As the most accurate source of news compared with 14.6 percent for television and 6-8 percent for radio. Polish Sailor jumps ship seeks Asylum in Cleveland Cleveland up a polish sail or saying he is fed up with life in his Homeland jumped ship and sought Polit ical Asylum at the immigration and naturalization service office the defection tuesday was the second in less than a year by a polish Sailor in Cleveland which has the nation s second largest polish Community. Leszek Kelpsa sought and was granted political Asylum in december 1985. Jan cd Berkus. 35, said he Wade his decision to defect in 1980 but Waite until tuesday to leave his wife and two daughters behind according to Ladd an Thony an aide to sen. Howard Meizen Baum a Ohto at the beginning when t made the decision in 1980,1 discussed it with my wife but not recently because i did not want to make her nervous cd Berkus said through an interpreter. He said he was fed up with the whole situation in communist ruled Poland and no longer can live  cd Berkus s ship the Ziemina Suwalska left Cleveland at 6 45 . For Chicago. The Captain of the ship refused to give cd Berkus belongings to an interpreter leaving cd Berkus in Cleveland with Only the clothes on his Back a fishing Rod and fishing lures. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 8, 1946 jewish leaders in the .-occupied part of Germany condemned a Law Congress passed june 29 which permits the granting of visas to German women who Are the Fiancee of american men no longer under military jurisdiction. 30 years ago today. Aug. 8, 1956 Britain said it will not discuss the use of Force to Settle the Suez canal dispute at next week s 24-nation London conference. 20 years ago today. Aug. 8, 19g6 North vietnamese ground fire shot Down six raiding . War planes the heaviest one Day loss in almost a year according to Saigon press reports. 10 years ago today. Aug. 8, 1976 most americans think the . Olympic committee has not done an effective Job in preparing american athletes for the games and a federally funded National team should be chosen Long before each olympics according to a Washington Post poll of 4,014 people