European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Italy won t approve motorcycle helmets Page 2 d Reagan oks 2% pay raise for Federal workers Page 5 d braves stun sky Queens in slow pitch tourney Page 26 i1ro unofficial publication Al vol. 45, no. 134 saturday August 30, 1986 8693 a Whitworth sentenced to 365 years in prison san Francisco a Jerry Whitworth was sentenced to 365 years in prison and fined $410,000 thursday by a judge who said his Rote in Selling Navy secrets to the soviet Union made him one of the mos spectacular spies of this i just want to say i m very very sorry said the 47 year old former Navy radioman As he appeared before . District judge John Vukasin. Convicted on seven counts of espionage As part of the Walker family spy ring Whitworth must serve at least 60 years before be will be eligible for parole. Vukasin had the option of sentencing Whitworth to the maximum term of life in prison or following a prosecution recommendation of imposing a lengthy period of years that would delay his parole eligibility. The sentence was described by prosecutors As the harshest meted out in the United states for espionage since convicted atom bomb spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were electrocuted in 1953. The government called Whitworth the Central figure in the most damaging spy ring in history and Vukasin said he gave the soviets the very blueprint of our most coveted and guarded Whitworth of Davis calif., was convicted july 24 of Selling to the walkers the secrets of Navy decoding equipment code keys and communications systems he gathered and photographed for nearly a decade As a trusted radio operator at ship and Shore stations. He also was convicted of evading income taxes on see Whitworth on Page 28 Jerry Whitworth Appolo .-egyptian joint sea wind exercise ends. The following Dis Paich is base Wadi Al natron a american and egyptian air and naval units ended five Days of joint military Maneu vers thursday and the . 6th Fleet commander said the exercise had not been directed against Libya. You must keep in mind that this exercise was planned for two years vice adm. Kendall Moranville told re porters at the final air demonstration involving egyptian and american air Craft. It was not structured to Goj any particular Force. But i Apoc applied against any foil my where he said. The exercises had pm fic for the 6th Fleet and that plans for future exercises would be discussed. F-16 jets perform in an or show hat Marks the end of u5.-Egyp exercises. Appolo i that the sea wind hereto allegations by Washington that libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi is planning new terrorist attacks. . Warplanes bombed Libya on april is i reprisal for Qaddafi s alleged support for terrorism. Earlier this week the Pentagon can celeb a thursday port Call to Israel by Pricr Forristal and ordered it to Tirol in the Mediterranean. .-Egyp Tian Day issued joint statement Wilt hotel jarring the exercise violates the territory of the Arab the exercises ended with a 90-min-Ute air show staged at Wadi Al natron a desert site so Miles Northwest of Cairo. The show consisted of bombing see exercise on Page 28 soviets pledge support a Libya . Most a up the soviet Union its support for Libya in the face increasing threats from the United Sutel bal accused the United states of preparer _ military strike against Libya. Foreign ministry spokesman Gerasimov said a High level St nation headed by the vice on dem of the presidium of the us ogre soviet Pyotr Demichel will tar ill to Tripoli Libya saturday to at a the 17th anniversary Celebration Juthe libyan Revo Lution on sept. A Gerasimov a the sending of a soviet libyan Leader col. Mamma Ca Hafl that he still has the support Bathe Kremlin. He said besides the celebrations the delegation conduct some Gerasi mov did not elaborate. He act fed the United states of using Liby Adra Scapegoat in the War against pts and said the United states has cts linking Libya to criminal acts. The communist party newspaper pravda thursday accused he United states of hatching another Pilatic sail against Libya and said Libya is not a Lloyed in International terrorism. Of said Libya is not a Perpe but a victim. The Pratt reminds us of the Situa Tion in april americans have not produced any Hante of of terrorist works Gerasimov s the american has turned the libyan they Are trying to present it As a terrorist state. Libya is a victim of aggression from the Side of the . See soviets on Page 28 services numerical of Rengh no below 1985 eve by Nicman Black a a Fol of writer Washington or the third consecutive month the a bind Active duty strength of the mn0 serv ices dropped below year ago let in july the defense department Ripon As of july 31, the army Navy., Force and Marine corps had ail bind Active duty Stre a of 2,150,331 men and we Jupran in crease of 7,301 Fromi Pribut 5,579 less a year earlier. In May theft services ended the month Wilma roughly 5,200 fewer troops Cap used with May i98s. In june love duly personnel totalled More than 8,200 below Une 1985 total. The Pentagon haad brute Mostof the dip to i Tramm Rudman balanced Muff flaw which Force the Early discharges to equiv nou and soldiers airmen id marines to hold Down Fis 186 spending. Although key sections of that la struck Down by the supreme l Congress voted to sustain the re Dunk that had been ordered for the curb ear. Those reductions forced the Bense department to trim spending of a billion. The earlier this week that if Gramm Kab asian s provi Sions Are triggered agma in fiscal1987, which begins on oct jut will have to discharge an Kesni red see strength on Page Rosf defends Navy s Page 3
