European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday december 18, rce increases rotation options from Page 1 floating rotation Date with the under standing thai it fixed rotation Date can be obtained upon request. Request a contract rotation Dale and at the same time be considered for a consecutive overseas Lour to a specific base country or theater of preference. Those contract rotation dates Are an interesting Way of doing business the spokesman said. There s no limit on How Long someone can stay overseas under that the contract rotation option open the Date that a to return from overseas if have served the minimum overseas Lour choose the con tract rotation option it s essentially up to decide when they return to he said. The tour con tract option allow i is Kkt to have an open ended rotation Date another preferred overseas r under the old consecutive overseas1" tour policy you could Only request in another country the Spok Jimm now we re also pick no Turkey you can ask fora to England or for bib org a Ger Many. Or you could ask to go to a base in the the spokesman stressed that the pro Gram is voluntary. The changes will not Force anyone to remain Ovenias beyond the Normal tour length. But commanders still have the option to return someone who has finished his overseas Lour to a stateside assignment in addition to changing overseas tour rotation the changing a Saiy i Milf flt Drulhe lie. Mid like to i a stateside two year a Saiof did or followed by in assignment sni possible the poke the air Force can no longer consider any member who has pitted a two year tour As automatically eligible for a Pennanen change of Sta Tion move he said. The changes in overseas rotation policy Means thai in Many cases. Air Force personnel will be Able to slay longer than the currently prescribed tour at stateside locations he Taid. In yet another change the air Force it in one stateside a base fall Belowa 90 percent cunning level in partic ular emphasis will be placed on using training school graduates and Bot returning from overseas to till stateside assignments the spokesman air Force it faced with a shortfall of about $95 million in fiscal 1987 Perl change of nation funds. Other us initiative Are under consid Stu spokesman said officials will wait to set now much the announce changes will save before deciding whether further actions Are needed. Panel from Page 1 Al in the Eisenhower administration from 1957 toi960. He was a negotiator at the Vietnam peace talks i Paris in 1969. Until now the Justice department has been con ducting its own probes Ore on the Transfer of arms Sale Money and another one on other possible illegalities connected to support for the contras. Meanwhile a leading member of the Republican party said saturday that president Reagan should in i Vic european allies to Washington for a full briefing on the Iran Centra affair. Senate majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas said european leaders need a visible sign that we Are sensitive to their position and to the vulnerability that the Iran initiative May have generated for them the entire . Operation involving arms shipments to Iran and the diversion of profits to Contra rebels in Nicaragua was just Plain stupid Dole added in re Marks 10 a University of new Hampshire audience. He said Reagan should Lay All the cards on the Tab Leon the Iran initiative Tell them what we be done and Tell them Why admit where mistakes were made and give them meaningful assurances there will be no More arms to Iran no More secret missions 10 a new poll meanwhile indicated that most Ameri cans believe the administration is holding Back fact about the affair. Two thirds of the american people believe that in government should Clear up the controversy and less than one third believe it should be put behind us immediately according to a Survey conducted by to Cable news network and . News & world report. J just 30 percent of the american people think the affair will blow Over without hurting the remainder of Reagan term while 65 percent believe it Wilt damage the presidency and 5 percent Don l know. Asked if hey believe Reagan knows More than he is saying 74 percent said he is holding Back Al least som facts 19 percent said he is telling All and the rest Don t know the Survey said. The Senate intelligence committee plans 10 inter View More Reagan administration officials his panel will meet monday afternoon to decide which officials to Call. Cia director William Casey is already scheduled to testify tuesday other Likely witnesses include Secre tary of stale George Shultz and defense Secretary Cas Par Weinberger Bath of whom opposed the plan to sell arms to Iran. Another witness could be White House chief of staff Donald Regan sources said. Three figures in the prove have refused to adm. John h. Of Dexler and Marine it. Col. Oliver l. North cited their fifth amendment rights in refusing to testify. A third White House National Secu Rity aide Marine it. Col. Robert Earl refused to testify citing the sixth amendment which guarantees to height to Legal counsel. Howard Teicher another Csc official declined to testify Friday saying he needed More time to find lawyer. His testimony was reset for tuesday. Meanwhile lbs news reported Friday that the Swiss government which froze a secret Bank account used for iranian arms payments has Unfrozen the account. The account had been controlled by North. Swiss authorities were unable to keep the account fro zen because they Hod not received the required information from the . Government including the nature of the crime the United slates believed occurred the report said. A Justice department source told the associated press that the department is in the process of supplying he additional information. He said the treaty covering Bank accounts provides that a violation of american and Swiss Law must be shown. 58 arrested at Trident launch 1,000 guests evacuated in fire at London hotel London up More than 1,000 people were evacuated saturday night from the pent hotel near Heathrow Airport after a fire broke out in the basement health club officials said. One firefighter was slightly injured. His was believed to be the Only injury fire officials said. Firefighters searched All 670 rooms of the hotel and said no one was left inside during the Lre which heavily damaged the basement and filled the hotel with smoke. Atm Given 10 years for threatening Reagan Miami a a Man described As having a history of psych Nannc problems was sentenced to 10 Yean in prison no Eluting threatening letters to president re Ursu Ronald Runchell a pleaded guilty Fri Daylo iwo coir to president judge ale Hastings recon iwed that Mitcheff Edu Fona treatment at the fades by correctional a Tillion at Bainer , and that he be Eligi ble for parole after serving his sen tence. Groton Conn. A the Tennessee a nuclear powered Trident missile submarine destined to be came the Navy s most powerful weapon was launched saturday As 58 protesters were arrested. An estimated 400 Ami nuclear demonstrators look part in the non violent protest and police carried away those who obstructed entry to the electric boat ship Yard a division of general dynamics corp., the sole builder of the Trident subs. It was the same old thing blocking sidewalks. Nothing exciting said police sgt. Richard Chmiel. Police said 50 protester were arrested outside the shipyard and charged with creating a Public disturbance which carries a 168 mail in Fine. After the launch demonstrators marched to the nearby Navy submarine base where eight More were arrested on the same charges Groton police said. More than 1,000 guest huddled in makeshift Shel ters inside the shipyard on the thames River in South Eastern Connecticut where Strong gusts pushed the wind chill Factor to 13 below Zero. The Tennessee will be the tint Trident submarine to be filled with Trident ii or is nuclear missiles. When it completes two years of tests that Start in 1987, the new missile will be the most potent in the Navy s Arsenal. The d-5 and its predecessor the c-4 deployed in 1979, were developed by Lockheed corp. The d-5, however will have a Range of More than 6,000 Miles compared with More than 4,000 Miles forthe c-4. I will have 10 to is separate warheads also More than the c-4, and will be far More accurate enabling it to destroy hardened missile silo. The Tennessee will join the Fleet in 1989. The delay is about two years longer than Normal for a Trident submarine after launching because of the additional test period for the missiles the Navy said. "1 assure you this event will not go unnoticed for this ship. Is the Lead ship of the most powerful deterrent our nation has Ever Pul to sea adm. Frank b. Kelso ii a native tennessean said in his keynote speech. Opponents of the d-5 claim it will be destabilizing. They say the Only Way to avoid its destructive accuracy would be for an enemy to strike first. Also addressing the gathering were . Sena. Alber Gore or. And Jim Suser of Tennessee. The submarine is he sixth vessel to Bear he name Tennessee. The first two were Confederate ship the third was a frigate the fourth a Cruiser and the last it battleship that survived the Pearl Harbor attack. Relic s wife Lawless Kelso also a Tennet Kaa. Wit the sponsor of the submarine. In keeping with tradition she broke a bottle of Champagne against the ves Sel to conclude the launch ceremonies. Fror Spagel paper citing government source Allen s business interests in the car Dealership and cockfighting operation 1per said. At the time of his arrest. Allen was civilian clerk in a fam at Cubi Point had retired frock Jim to Ivy a senior chief Petty officer in 19t, joined in i san Diego. Naval station Brig ung formal charges that could be brought tn5 month. Navy officials allegations against Allen Wen unspecified but the newspaper quoted sources a saying Allen remove photocopies , Latcu Geode reports on internal philippine affairs from naval in i attn province. The source i Kris to one Orp Tosawi officers my to umber it a by Man who worked with him. A Federal police ruled philippine duties be foil it of Erdmund Marco was ousted la Fries of rebel Pine Foy Tunem sources said. By Allen contained team to and punned Ptiip. Marcos fill the
