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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Maps help local cops keep fans orderly on the concert scene tuesday. December 2, 1986 the stars and stripes Paul 9 by Betty Bell Start writer Frankfurt music fans hoping for a Chance to see their favorite Stara Ari checking concert dates. So Are Frank run s military police. In 1?. Already planning through March. Tina Turner will be in town mid it. Col. George Jones Provost marshal of he Frankfurt military Community our people Are schedule months in Advance to be at most of the popular  we really dont see that much of the concert said investigator sgt. Aquinas f. Samuels when you do this Job you re always out looking looking looking. You get a feeling about the crowd. If a Section seems like it might get a Little Rowdy you keep an Eye on it. I worked the Prince and Diana Ros concerts and we did t have a single incident with any americans. People Camelo meet other  German police like having the i s on the concert scene not Only As a deterrent bul also to handle americans who be come involved in incidents Jones said. American tourists not affiliated with the armed forces Are turned Back to the Ger Man police. The German police would pre Fer that we take care of our soldiers and i d rather do it that Way Jones said. I we re on the scene we Don t have to pro Cess them soldiers through the German system. I Don t wait until the German police Call at the last minute to request our assistance. I be become proactive in plan Ning for requests for assistance at con certs that arc popular with the . As a result this office is seeing a decrease in the number of  police reports of past experiences in formation on ticket sales to americans from local outlets and the Uso the expected size of the crowd and the Type of entertainment determine the size of them Force assigned to work a particular concert. Well use from four to 12 uniform amps and two or three plainclothes police Jones said. Bruce Springsteen s open air concert Drew More than 30,000 people. Some who bad wailed for hours to get in rushed the Gate and broke it Down. Thirty five solders were apprehended said investigator Jackie r. Funk. Right from the beginning i knew twas going to be a bad Day Funk said. A lot of people showed up drunk. We had dope smokers. We had officers that got drunk and ripped up the  conduct was worse than most of the enlisted soldiers we apprehended we had an intoxicated female follow one of the investigators and then strike him. We had to break up several fights a Large bus used to transport people tothe my station made four trips i Felt i earned my pay that Day Funk said. There were a lot of people causing a lot of trouble for other people and 1 got them out of  soldiers coming from outside the Frankfurt area add to the Large number of americans who attend concerts in the City. Most problems come from Young sol Diers. And quite frankly the crowds that have been traditionally known for rowdiness have been at the concerts of the heavy Metal hard Rock entertainers who play super loud Jones said. At the acc concert last summer we had a couple of Guys who had Loo much to drink even before they came into the concert and started hanging Over the upper rungs of the pc Shalee. We and an incident at the Zzz top Sia Ponio by pm own two members of he i09th my co staff sgt Tom Scott wearing Glusen and pvt Carle Dobbins on patrol during i recent Chris Deburgh concert in Frankfurt. Concert where a Soldier tried to openly smoke  Jones said an my s Atten Tion was drawn to someone rolling cigarette paper. The music was so loud that the sol Dier could t hear thai the my bad asked him for his id card. The Guy hand Dover a bag of dope. We arrested him and charged him for Possession and turned him Over to his commander. That was a Light  Funk said some people think the Misare too rough. But when you go into a tight an grab a Guy Bis instincts Are to turn on you. We put him on the ground without hurting him and identify ourselves. That s an extreme situation. Its Good that we attend the con certs but usually we re not needed. I think just our presence deters a lot  Reagan tightening Security net against spying Washington a president Reagan is tight ening Security Al defense plants increasing scrutiny of Federal workers with Access to secrets and encoding satellite communications As part of a sweeping secret overhaul of . Defences Agassi spying while House and congressional officials say. Most of the changes Are described in a 50-Page,secret report that Reagan sent earlier this month to the House and Senate intelligence comm tees. A while House official said the report outlines 40oroposals and improvements in More than 60 p some have been put into effect others. Be and a few require legislation to overhaul backed by unusual bipartisan support to T trip erred by the Walker family spy l9hb5mr� using of the walkers in\9�came to be called the year of the spy s. Made a record 13 espionage arrests. A. Were culled from 400 Recommen-7n. Tested in studies begun by Reagan s a s1 Passov Council staff in 1981, and in Consulta-.1 set Council Suu. I. .,._ is saws ass to ciely. It a�a5ps  inside the deals Friday its spokesman was authorized to say of the couple intelligence proposals the president s plan is an unprecedented blueprint far Broad based Reform of . Efforts to counter the soviet bloc intelligence threat. Ii is a classic example of How the National Security Council process ought to work in the National  the White House official described the principal moves outlined in the report or under consideration in the administration this Way Reagan will Issue an executive order sometime next year establishing the first widespread government minimum standards Tor background investigations of Federal and contractor employees before they Are cleared to see classified information. The order will require More thorough investigation before secret clearances Are granted and will Force agencies to re investigate cleared employees regularly. John Walker spied for 18 years in the Navy an chinese spy Larry we Tai Chin for More than 30 years in the Cia with Only infrequent and cursory reinvest come from spying. Every Agency is behind in this and some Aren t even doing it Al All the while House official said. The defense department is directed to implement to the full extent possible proposals to station defense investigative service agents permanently in Side Large defense plants and to provide monetary or adminis Tolive penalties for contractors with Security lapses and bonuses for those with tight programs the report Calls for More spending for communications Security which is from the Walker Case directly because that ring allowed the soviet to decoder million Navy messages. Additional spending some already approved by Congress is pledged to develop methods for encoding government and business Telephone Calls Over Domestic communications satellites which can be monitored by soviet installations in Washington and in Cuba. Additional research is promised on technical Safe guards for secrets stored in computers. Computer experts Are targeted for More stringent Security investigations. Reagan will seek a Law to require special secrecy for technical information with space applications like that now accorded to nuclear information which very few people Are allowed to tee. This comes As the administration is researching a space based missile de sense plan. The president is seeking asian to regulate authorized leaks by government officials known to Back ground briefings in which officials speak to reporter sometimes about classified data on condition they not be named. Improvement in handling defectors. The Security Council ordered a study of the program after soviet defector Vitaly Yure Henico resumed to the soviet Union complaining of his treatment Here. The stale department it studying whether soviet bloc diplomats who can now buy computer and Tele communication equipment at store Here should be forced to make Wen purchases through a . Govern ment office that could regulate them. Move already put into effect include the administration s permanent expulsion this fall of 80 soviet diplomats it said were spies. Now official Are increasing efforts to police the ranting of visa to they in not All rep laced by other Veteran spies  
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