European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d playing Mac hop Boutott. Dally Magazina d Bucky Fox announces his stars and gripes awards Page 23 q today s Dollar buys 2.05 Marks rates Page 27 these Mesa  unofficial Pili cation for Thi . Humid foul vol. 45, no. 203 Friday november 7, 1986 08693 a demos ready to go on offensive Washington a when in Eloph Congress convenes in january majority democrats in the House Are hoping Tor rejuvenation with the kind of clout that was impossible when Republican ran the Senate. A related stories we be just had to play defensive baseball in the House. We be had to put programs out there with no Hope that they would get through the Senate and that we could actually gel them in front of the president rep. Richard Gep Hardt do. Said  democratic takeover of the sen ate Means we can propound and put together programs and actually put them on the president s desk. It now Means the democrats can go on the offensive " Gephardt chairman of the House demo cratic caucus  democrats who had a sj-47 sen ate minority before election Day won ass advantage for the next Congress. Democrats won 258 House seats tues Day while republicans won 173 and had the Edge in three others. The 99th con Gress had a 253-182 democratic majority in the  still undecided wednesday included squeakers in new York Nort Carolina and Minnesota the Indiana seat of Republican John Hiler initially called in favor of the democrats was still Loo close to Call after vote tools were revised in one county. Another close race was decided thursday with Democrat Tom Mcmiven a former Washington bullets basketball player and Rhode scholar winning a seat in Maryland. House majority Leader Jim Wright a Texas who is expected to become speaker next year said the new double barrelled democratic Congress would make Trade policy the farm crisis an the National debt its first priorities. Well be glad to seek consensus wit the administration whenever possible Wright said. But he added Congre swill not be merely reactive. We intend to perform a creative  fretted about precisely that Prospect complaining that presi Dent Reagan will have no control Over the National  think the question is whether or not in fact the two houses of Congress no controlled by the democrats Are in fact going to give a fair hearing to this presi Dent s legislative  said cop chairman Frank  strategist John Sears predicted the congressional session would be rid Den with conflict. I think in the next two years you Are going to see some confrontations. You Are going to see the White House having to veto a lot of things he said. Republicans and democrats declare the House elections a Triumph the democrats because they had padded see Lemds on Page 28 copter crashes into North sea at least 19 die Aberdeen Scotland a a helicopter flying from an offshore Oil Rig with 47 people aboard crashed and Sank thursday in the icy North sea off the Shet land islands and the Royal air Force said 19 bodies were recovered and 26 people were  survivors were plucked from the sea moments after the twin Rotor Chinook went Down North of Scot land. Helicopters ships and fishing vessels searched the crash site for survivors fighting Strong winds and12-Ibol-High Waves. The Chinook carrying 44 passengers and three Crew crashed at 11 38 . Two Miles off Bamburgh head the Southern lip of the Shetland the Raf reported. It was ferrying Shell Oil workers from the Brent offshore Field 135 Miles Northeast of the Shetland to Sumburgh  is with regret that we confirm that at present 27 passengers and Crew Are still missing a statement from Shell . Exploration and production said. Eighteen bodies have been recovered from the sea and two survivors have been taken to the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick the capital of the shetlands the Raf later reported that another body had been  two survivors a passenger and a Crew member were suffering from Back injuries and exposure said David March spokesman for the 10-bed Gilbert Bain  Chinook belonged to British International Heli copters. Waite s policy of discretion complements his unique Mission  Wall. A just and honorable Way Byj  Miter he has been dubbed the anglican Henry Kissin Ger and accused of grandstanding but there Are few willing to deny that Terry Wane s now you seems now you Don to Brand of shuttle diplomacy gels results Waite the special envoy of Robert Runcie the archbishop of Canterbury was off again wednes Day with the Hope of dropping out of the Public s View once More in his sights he said Are Terry Anderson and Tom Sutherland american hostages being held i Lebanon by the shiite moslem group islamic jihad. Set related Story. Page 4 the release of Anderson and Sutherland would be additional Down on Waite s already heavily feathered Cap another notch for a trouble shooter who has dulled with the ayatollahs of Iran an bested Moa mar Qadhafi in a showdown in the libyan Leader s  was his Success in freeing britons held in those countries that led the presbyterian Church of America to appoint Waite As a special mediator in 1985, with Hopes of securing toe release of Church Man Benjamin Weir held for 16 months by mos Lem  was later freed and the husky 47-year-old Waite has beet on the Chase Ever  Waile never specifically admits to a hand in so Waite on Page 28 spy ring Leader John Walker gets life sentence Baltimore a spymaster John Walker was sentenced thursday to life in prison and his son to 25 year Sunder a plea bargain that prosecutors truck to despite lingering questions bout the Case. . District judge Alexander Harveyn said he would recommend that Walker 49, and his 24-year-old son Michael serve their terms without the Chance of  my opinion your espionage activities have caused a tremendous harm tothe Security of this nation the judge told the walkers. He told the father there is no Way anyone looking at you can help but have an overwhelming feeling of revulsion that a human being could be As unprincipled As  the sentences were recommended . Attorney Breck Timridge l. Willcox. If parole is allowed John Walker would be eligible in 10 years his son after eight we have 98 percent of the Story Robert Hunter an Fri agent involved in the investigation told reporters after the sentencing. Personally i think we have All of the major recruitment be  beaded a try ring for 17 Yean providing military information to the soviet Union. Both he and his son had Access to sensitive material during stints in the Navy. The elder Walker has said he agreed to plead guilty in october 1985 As a Way to obtain a lighter sentence for his ton. John Walker and Michael Walker both betrayed their country while Puta Tivey in its service Willcox mid ill sentencing memorandum filed wednes Day. John Walker not Only sold out his country but corrupted his family in the process. Both defendants fully deserve the harsh Kotc Nieft called for in their plea  John Walker said he inhaled his espionage activities when he went to the soviet embassy in Washington in late 1967or Early 1968 and arranged to hand Over coded material on a regular Basil to cording to court documents. Wilcox said in the memorandum that the government still bad questions about the origin of John Walker spying which it believe was motivated by freed rather than  Warren Bennett John Walker lawyer said Wilcox s memorandum we see Walker on Page 20