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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                28 the stars and stripes tuesday August 12,1986 War College president to Lead naval Academy Annapolis my. A rear . Ron Ald f. Marryott president of the naval War col lege in Newport r.i., for the past year was named Friday to the Post of superintendent of the . Naval Academy. A career aviator and former naval Academy professor Marryott will be sworn in aug. 19 for a three year tour of duty the Academy announced in a press release. Marryott replaces rear . Charles r. Lar son who has been nominated to the rank of vice Admiral and assignment As commander of the . Second feel. A 1957 graduate of the naval Academy Marryott became a Pilot in 1959. He served in the North Atlantic Mediterranean and Pacific and was a project Mercury recovery officer for the first three manned space nights. His honors include the defense Superior service medal the legion of Merit and the Viet Nam service medal. Cuba says . Officer has defected there Miami a Cuba s radio Havana reported monday that a . Military officer has defected to Cuba but Pentagon officials said they had no record of the Man. Radio Havana monitored in Miami identified the Man As army capt. Hugo Romeu Al Meida and said he had been stationed in West Germany. It said he is already in Cuba. No other information or details were Broad cast and the spelling of the name was Uncertain. It. Col. David Burpee an army spokesman atthe Pentagon said monday the service had been unable to find any record of any american sol Dier by that name. Burpee said the army had checked its roster of Active duty personnel and the National guard. Nobody by that name is in the Active army Burpee said. And we have found no record of an individual by that name in the National guard. We Are now checking the army Reserve but Haven t heard Back from them yet 4 British soccer fans arrested for brawling Amsterdam up Amsterdam police using dogs arrested four British soccer support ers in two nights of brawling Over the weekend police said monday. The arrests capped four Days of British soccer fan violence marking a Friendly tournament in Holland s capital. Police arrested two supporters late Sunda when an estimated 60 British fans some of them apparently drunk roamed City Center Street vandalizing shops and automobiles and picking fights a police spokesman said. An eyewitness said there was no reason forthe fighting. They the British were shouting and abusing everybody before they started to damage a  3 bomb blasts damage West German facility Bonn a three Small bombs explode monday at the Federal Border police s telecommunications division near Bonn and authorities said they suspected the leftist terrorist red army faction was to blame. No one was injured and damage was Light Bonn police spokesman Hans Gcorge Classen said. The first bomb went offal 2 30 . And theother two exploded about 10 minutes later Clas sen said. The explosions damaged a radio Tower sever Al transformers and shattered windows in a near by building Classen said. There was no damage estimate. A letter found at the bombing scene claimed responsibility for the fighting unit of Crispea Allende Alexander Prechtel a spokesman for the Federal prosecutor s office in Karlsruhe said. Reagan May prod Cuba by tightening embargo Washington a president Reagan is considering tightening the . Economic embargo against Cuba As a Way to prod Havana to release Long term political prisoners an official said monday. There s been no final decisions said presidential spokesman Larry Speakes. The matter s before the presi Dent and there is no specific deadline for decision. Speakes said Cuba has been evading the embargo and immigration Laws for some time and we Are looking for ways to make enforcement of our Laws More effective. The new York times reported Reagan plans to fur ther restrict the flow of funds to Cuba in the form of gifts and family remittances. The newspaper quoted air unnamed state depart ment official As saying that there Are some holes some chinks in the embargo and that cuban Leader Fidel Castro is extorting Money from cuban Ameri cans As a condition of letting their relatives leave the  said payments Range from $3,000 to $30,000 for each cuban seeking an exit permit. Speakes said a 1984 agreement Between the unite states and Cuba provided a basis for resolving Immy. Gration problems and we would like to see this agreement put Back in  Cuba has suspended the 1984  be had a Long time desire to have the Long Terra political prisoners released there Speakes said we be had some discussions recently with the cubans concerning the immigration Issue. They were not re solved. Because the cubans made demands we could t agree to so Titis is the next  Hustler publisher Flynt in Hospital los Angeles up Larry Flynt the controversial publisher of Hustler Magazine was in snout condition at a Hospital monday but officials refused to reveal Why the self proclaimed King of sleaze was  was unconscious and in critical condition when he was admitted to Cedars Sinai medical Cente sunday afternoon Hospital spokesman Ron Wise said. Several hours later Flynt became Alert and conscious and his condition was upgraded to serious and stable but he remained in the intensive care unit Wise said. If he continues to improve. Well be Able to move him from intensive care to a private room Wise said sunday night. Wise said it did not appear Flynt had been in a Accident or had suffered a heart attack. He said he could not comment when asked if the controversial publisher who has a history of drug abuse could have taken an overdose. There Are certain things i cannot comment on an drug and alcohol abuse Are among them Wise said. I cannot confirm the reason he is in the medical Center. Flynt 43, has been confined to a wheelchair since a assassination attempt on March 6, 1978, left him Par Al Zed below the Waist. In 1980, Flynt went through a drug detoxification program at Cedars Sinai. A spokesman said at the time that Flynt had been taking drugs because of the pain from the crippling gunshot wounds suffered in the at tack in Lawrenceville ga., where he was standing trial on obscenity charges. His wife Althea told the los Angeles times in 1983that Flynt was injecting himself with powerful narcotics to Deal with the constant pain. Plates want to put . Flags or other symbols on the car  they had no Choice about that License plate. From Page 1 have noted that German plates would not offer much disguise for automobiles parked in american housing area however rep. Patricia Schroeder d-coio., a vocal supporter of the non distinctive plates said service members overseas deserve every Opportunity to blend in with local nationalities in their Host  just think it s so important that americans not be sticking out so much Schroeder said monday. I was in Europe with the family and it used to be a laugh that you could focus on american cars Way Down the sure there Are going to be other identifying Slick ers on the cars but for the people who were concerned this is important. You know it s the one thing americans assigned overseas could t control. If they in issuing non distinctive License plates to americans stationed in  in Spain have been issued Standard Spanish plates for about six years. Those stationed i Greece have had local plates since May. In England service members bringing a car into the country can keep their stateside plates for up to a year and must then get Standard British plates. Non distinctive plate were approved for service members in Italy in june and issuing is under  Belgium most service members have shape plates that feature the letters so followed by  the Netherlands service members Are issued dutch plates with letters identifying them As american Mili tary. All foreigners in Turkey Are assigned distinctive plates. Deaver from Pago 1 allegations that he violated the ethics code by lobbying his former colleagues in government on issues that he had dealt with while in the White House. The new York times in monday s edition quoted administration sources As saying Federal investigators have expanded their probe and Are collecting information on Deaver s activities concerning South Korea and Japan. In one instance the times quoted congressional sources As saying investigators Are looking into Deaver s representation of Philip Morris International in South Korea. The times said Deaver obtained a meeting wit South korean president Chun Doo Hwan on behalf of the cigarette company and quoted tobacco Industry sources As saying a share of the country s Market could be Worth $600 million a year in sales to Philip Morris. The times said the Federal investigators plan to probe further whether the former presidential aide had been Able to use knowledge and contacts he had gained in government in his private business dealings. A recent investigation by the general accounting office concluded that Deaver May have violated the ethics in government act by lobbying for Canada about acid .that act bars High government officials from trying to influence their former agencies for a year after Leav ing office. A report prepared for the Energy and Commerce oversight and investigations subcommittee details allegations of possible perjury by Deaver during congressional testimony in May. The subcommittee is to con Sider the report in a closed session tuesday. Deaver said sunday he was not concerned at All by the report prepared for the subcommittee. He said he and his family were having a great time in Africa. They Are on a safari to Kenya and Tanzania that began july 26 and is to end saturday. Deaver said he plans to return to Washington on aug. 18."you just have to let the process work its Way through Deaver told reporters who spoke to him while he was at the Airport preparing to leave for Northern  telephoned associates in Washington on sat urday during a Quick visit to Nairobi by chartered plane after getting word of developments in the investigation. He returned to the safari Camp in the Masai mar game Reserve in southwestern Kenya the same Day  
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