European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 30, 1986 the stars and stripes Pige 7 spy suspect once disciplined for drugs san Francisco a document found in the Home of a Conner air Force Serge am charged with espionage show that he was once disciplined by the air Force after drugs were found in his car according to coun papers file tuesday. Allen John Davics 33, was arrested monday at the Palo Alio aerospace com Pany where he works and accused of pro Viding details of a secret reconnaissance project from his air Force Days to an undercover officer posing As a soviet genl. Agents quoted Davics As saying he was trying to bum the government because he resented his Trca Imam in the air Force. He held the rank of staff sergeant when he was discharged in 198 1, after about 10 years in the service for what an Fri report described As poor Job performance. Davits was being held pending a thursday hearing on a government re quest to keep him in custody without bail until trial. He faces a possible life sentence if convicted an inventory of items found by the Fri in Davics san Jose Home included a red cardboard Box containing dried mushrooms and paraphernalia for smok ing same the documents filed in coun said. Another item was a Black Ca Nisler appearing to be military in nature la bleed As Aerial film dated 15 Jan 1976," the document said. The inventory did not say who was on the film. Among items the agents were looking for As described in a search warrant were records reflecting Adverse action taken by the air Force against Davics. The Only such records they found was an air Force form saying drugs and drug paraphernalia were found in Davics car in May 1975. The Type of drugs was not specified. The searchers also found a document dated later that month indicating Davics was Given non judicial punishment of an undo scribed nature. Tile inventory did not indicate if the agents found other items named in the warrant such As phone Bills showing Calls to the soviet consulate in san fran Cisco during the time in which davits allegedly made his initial offer of papers listing the consulate s number. Documents dated 1984 included Davies honorable discharge from the air Force several papers mentioning his re quest 1o change his military records and correspondence Between the air Force and an Mijc to rep. De Zschau davics1 congressman about his alleged debt to the air Force. Davics told a Federal mag Istrate monday that he owes the air Force 11.200 but did not say Why. Acle takes Issue with Pentagon Over hate group1 membership Washington up the american civil lib Crucs Union which lost 30,000 members 10 years a of for defending the right of american nazis to March in a jewish suburb is taking on the Pentagon and its efforts to curtail membership by military personnel in White supremacy Hale in a letter to defense Secretary Caspar Weinbe Germade Public tuesday Acle director Ira Glasser and acting Legal director Jack Novik said a sept. 5 memo by Weinberger substantially and directly infringes the first amendment free speech and association rights of members of Floc the memo docs nut forbid membership in such organizations As the Kun jux Kjan. But says Active participation including Public demonstrations recruiting and training members and organizing or Lead ing such organizations is utterly incompatible with military the Acle criticized the policy As Overly Broad. First although membership in Hale groups is apparently still permitted every manner of Active participation is now forbidden the letter said arguing thai the rules were set Forth without any showing that the prohibited activities seriously jeopardize the military military authorities have ample Power to discipline members whose activities actually interfere with performance of their duties Glasser and Novik said. Pentagon officials said Weinberger s order stemmed from a policy review following reports thai members of the Marine corps based at Camp Lejeune n.c., participated in White Patriot party activities last summer. Following reports of those activities. Jewish groups led by the american jewish committee the anti Defa mation league of h Nai b Riih and the american jew ish Congress heavily lobbied the Pentagon o Chang its policies. The Acle often criticised As Loo far left politically has frequently defended far right groups such As Hena is and the Kkt. In 1977. He civil liberties group lost 30,000 of its 150,000 members for defending the rights of a nazi group 44-car train derailment in Lonb town Ohio. Cox corp. Fall Dill or the oct. 26 Accident resulted in about $3.5 million in Gas proposes turning up the heat Washington up the general services administration defended plans tuesday 10 allow government buildings to raise their thermostats this win Ter saying initial estimates were wrong in forecasting heating Bills could increase $91 million. In s based on wrong facts said Gas spokesman Joseph is no current estimate of the Cost of the proposal expected to be published shortly in the Federal Register he said. He said government agencies have calculated they will save Money in increased worker productivity be cause of the More moderate building also expect lower Energy Bills to accompany the upgrading of heat and air conditioning systems in older Federal buildings he said. Some Federal buildings already have turned up their thermostats in response to employee complaints. Stye said. The plan would allow government buildings to raise their thermostats to 70 degrees during the Winter up from the previous 68 degree limit. In summer air conditioning could be set at 78 degrees instead of to. The current guidelines were adopted in response to the1973 fuel proposed Chairge was developed after a Survey of Federal employees listed their major complaint As uncomfortable office temperatures. We Are responding to complaints concern for employee morale employee health he said. Marines plead guilty to train looting Yucca Valley. Calif. A eight marines who pleaded guilty to looting slow moving Southern Pacific freight trains have been Given one year sus Pended sentences and fined $ 1,000 each. . Magistrate George Martin issued the sentences on Misdemeanour theft charges tuesday for the four month siring of thefts from interstate shipments of to sets radios and other items. The marines followed the trains in pickup trucks and looted them at slow Down or stops authorities said. No decision had been made on whether they would be disciplined by the military Slid a spokesman at the Marine corps air combat training Center at Twenty nine Palms where the eight noncommissioned officer were ninth Man pfc. Brian Andrew Bank 19, of West Palm Beach fla., could face More serious charges in connection with the derailment of a train near Palm Springs about 110 Miles East of downtown lot an geles.lastaug.23.southern Pacific Railroad detectives say the Accident apparently mulled from the sabotage of a Brake mechanism and the uncoupling of 36 freight can in a Rob Bery attempt ii caused s3.5 million damage and
