European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. October 10, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 $3.5 billion sought for aircraft Carrier by Richard c. Cross Washington up nine congressmen most of them from a major shipbuilding state have urged he Navy 10 Start construction of another $3.5 billion aircraft Carrier in fiscal 1988, letters obtained wednes Day said. The Navy which has not been shy about asking for new ships is noncommittal about the Prospect of re questing Money from onless in the year beginning next oct. 1 Tor a seventh Nimitz class Carrier. It has no plans to ask for Carrier Money in fiscal 1988, a Nav official said. Congress appropriated $6.8 billion in fiscal 1982 for the carriers Abraham Lincoln and George Washington now under construction Al the Newport news dry Dock and shipbuilding co. In Newport news Virginia. The Lincoln is to be delivered in i9s9, the Washington in1991, the fourth Nimitz class Carrier the Theodore Man trades jail term for Monk s life Bakersfield. Cui if. A Man convicted four times for driving while under the influence of drugs and alcohol has been released from jail As part of an unusual probationary Deal. Agapito Guajardo Perez was released after completing two mom in of a six month sentence. The release came with the stipulation hat Perez 23, spend year a a Remote North Carolina Monas Tery Wckre most of the time is spent in silence. He s not in custody Bui he does t leave the monastery said West Kern municipal court judge Frank a. Hoo ver. He s All by himself. He can t  the judge said the re1 be is crafted so that Perez has the rest of his jail sentence hanging Over his head until he finishes the year s contemplation. The probation mis inc idea of Roma Catholic or Icsis in North Dakota who had worked with Perez. Perez was driving on a suspended License May 24 when he crashed his Mother s car into another vehicle. Police charged him with driving under he in fluence of pc. Tha arrest followed similar ones in july september and october 1384. He May still have to serve Al least another month because state Law requires that iwo thirds of a sentence be served before a person can be permanently released. Roosevelt is undergoing sea trials and is to be commissioned oct. 25, it also was Buill by Newport news the nation s chief Carrier builder the Navy s oldest carriers the m Midway commissioned in 1945, and the Coral sea commissioned in 1947 Are to be retired within several years. A car Rier s lifespan is about 45 years. The new Carrier proposal came in separate letters to Navy Secretary John Lehman in mid Augusi by sen Ator John Warner r-va., a member of the armed services committee and a former Navy Secretary and eight members of the House of representatives. Republican rep Herbert Batman whose Virginia District includes Newport news initiated the drive among his colleagues. All but one Are members of the armed services committee. We propose Long Lead Lime funding in the fiscal 1988 naval ship construction budget for construction of a nit Nitz class Carrier the House members wrote to do less than what we propose would be Tanta mount to repudiating our reaffirmed commitment to the 600-ship Navy with 15 Active effective Carrier  the driving Force behind the proposal is a compel Ling National Security concern that is also consistent with Domestic shipbuilding capabilities Bateman said wednesday. In his setter Warner told Lehman to in quasi Money for a new Carrier in fiscal 1988 As a key 10 maintain ing 15 operational carriers beyond the year 2000." the official Navy response showed Little enthusiasm for asking Congress for j3.s billion to be spread Over several years for a new Carrier at a time of cutbacks in Pentagon budgets. A Carrier Battle group with planes and escort ships generally costs about $ 17 billion. We Are encouraged by congressional expressions of support for building additional carriers and we Are exploring Long Range planning options for building future carriers a Navy statement said. Defense hard liner Perle going to Iceland with . Delegation by Norman Black a military writer Washington Richard n. Pc rec a prominent anus control hard liner within Llie Pentagon will represent the defense department this week in a delegation accompanying president Reagan to Iceland. It will Mark the second time that Perle assistant defense Secretary for International Security policy has travelled with Reagan to a meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev instead of Perl s Boss. Defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger. The trip appears destined to become Perle s Swan song. Pentagon sources said wednesday that pc rec has decided to leave the government for private life probably before the end of the year. When Reagan met with Gorbachev for he first time last year Weinberger stayed Home after waging a vigorous be Hind the scenes Campaign to persuade the president not to accept any soviet proposals that would perpetuate the 1979 Salt ii arms Accord. No such agreement resulted and Rea Gan announced this summer that the United slates would abandon the limits of Salt ii by the end of the year absent any new arms control agreement. As for this week s meeting Weinberg or is in the midst of a Long scheduled Tnp around the world that includes Consulta Kichard Perle Lions with government leaders in China India Pakistan Egypt and Italy. Although Perle lacks Weinberger s personal influence with Reagan Bis hard line views on arms controls arc said to Mirror if not exceed those of the Secretary. Considered a Brilliant bureaucrat he 45-year-old Perle supports the idea of negotiating an agreement to reduce the number Finler medial Ninga missiles in Europe. But he continues to argue that soviet proposals for cutting Long Range nuclear weapons Are unacceptable that the Sovi ets have violated every such agreement Ever negotiated and thai the president must never surrender his Star wars program to strike an Accord. The Secretary knows he will be adequately represented by Perle one Pentagon official said privately. Weinberger does t feel like he has to be there. Perle has been Weinberger Point Man All along and his reports will be reaching  added another official who declined to be identified. This official in confirming a recen report in time Magazine that Perle in tended to step Down said pc rec had Sim ply decided Hal 5w years in his current Post was enough. The source said perk might Well de cide to pursue an interest in writing a novel or alternatively seek a Job with a Washington consulting firm or research foundation. Perle has held a variety of government jobs since 1969, primarily on Capitol Hill where he was a key aide to the late sen. Henry Jackson a Wash. Household Survey shows crime rates falling Washington a the number of crimes committed against individuals and households in i9bs fell to the lowest level since the government began collecting the information 13 years ago the Justice department said wednesday. A nationwide Survey by the Bureau of Justice Statis tics found that 34.9 million crimes occurred in 1985, Down about 700,000 or 1.9 percent from the previous year. In 1973, the first year of the Survey 35,6 million crimes were committed. Last year s drop continued a decline that began in 19sz. The total number of crimes occurring annually has fallen 16 percent from the 1981 Peak of 41,5 million with the incidence of violent crime dropping 12 per cent in four years personal theft Down 15 percent and household crime falling 18 percent. In 1985, the number of robberies fell by about 100,000 from the previous year to just under i million. There were some 12.9 million personal thefts about .100.000 fewer than the previous year. About 200,000 fewer violent crimes were committed in 198s, or a total of 5.8 million. The number of rapes fell 23 percent to 138,000 and the number of aggravated assaults fell by 100,000 to 1.6 million. Since 1973, burglary Rales have fallen by 32 percent robbery and motor vehicle theft Rales by 25 percent personal thefts by 24 percent household Larcenie by 9 percent and crimes of violence by 8 percent simple assaults increased 8 percent during thai period the Only crime in the Survey Ibal increased discovery details life aboard Columbus ships Gainesville Fla. Up researchers have discovered in a 500-year-old Spanish Archive an account of life aboard the Nina giving the firs detailed description of one of Columbus ships. Eugene Lyon a researcher with the University of Florida s Institute for Early Contact pc nod studies made the discovery in Seville Spain. Lyon. Whose findings will be described in the no vember Issue of National geographic Magazine came across the description of the Nina in a 15lh-Century manuscript the archives of the indies. The Ledger. Libra de armadas Book of the Arma Dasis a 440-Page account of ships that went to the new world in the 1490s. Lyon was Reading the original Tome from cover Lecover when he came across a passage referring to col Umbus third voyage of 1498. The document a a Pilot s receipt in which the Pilot officially takes charge of the Nina Lyon said. The document describes a fourth Masl mounted on the Nina s Stern. Until now scholars assumed that caramels were three masted vessels. Besides describing the Nina s physical characteristics and cargo the manuscript also lists an intriguing Crew. Among those listed As unpaid Crew members were Omi Cianos which translated quite literally mean murderers " Lyon said. Columbus apparently could t find enough people willing to make the Voy age voluntarily so the Spanish government recruited desperate  the passenger list offered another Surprise a number of land owning Farmers who were going Over to colonize the new world. This indicates that the 1498 expedition was t Jurt a search for Gold but a sincere Effort to colonization Lyon said