European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 15, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Marine recalls based on party conduct by Norman Buck a million1 i Washington the Marine corps said Friday that seven marines from its . Embassy guard Force i Moscow were recalled because of alleged misconduct following a party in Decem Ber. The corps breaking its silence on re ports that at least live guards had been transferred Back to the United slates said the transfers bore no relation to the Case of sg1. Clayton Lonetree a former Moscow embassy guard who has Bee charged with espionage. Seven marines formerly assigned to inc Moscow embassy have resumed to their Parent unit he Marine Security guard battalion at Quantico a for administrative and disciplinary Rea sons the corps said two marines arc being investigated Tor charges of alleged misconduct follow. Ing a party attended by off duty Marine Security guards on dec. 14, 1986. Five other marines have been implicated in complicity falsifying the log and not in forming their superiors of Trie incident it concluded. I col. John Shotwell a Marine spokesman said he could not elaborate on the statement and refused to Tell the nature of the incident. But he said charges that could be preferred against the men Range from Dis respect toward superiors drunk and Dis orderly conduct assault false swearing damaging government properly and other violations of. Orders such a breaking curfew additionally one of the seven marines who has been implicated in connection with the incident is also being investigated separately for alleged illegal currency Exchange he said. A Pentagon source said the party the corps was investigating had been held at inc embassy s country House about 25 Miles from the embassy on the outskirts of Moscow. The corps declined to identify the marines noting that an internal probe was under Way no charges have been pressed and none of the seven has been ordered confined. Pentagon sources disclosed the trans fers on thursday saying Al the time they involved violation of Good conduct regulations. Spokesman Robert Sims also stressed Ihen that the transfers had nothing to do with the espionage Cas against Lonc Trcic. But . Ambassador Arthur a. Hart Man in an interview with the washing ton Post said it was the investigation of Lonetree that revealed thai other things were happening prompting the trans fers. The corps declined to discuss Hart Man s remarks Friday. The Marine corps has charged that Lonc rec while an embassy guard in 198s and 1986, provided soviet agent with the identities of . Intelligence officials on the embassy s staff along with floor plans of the . Embassies i Moscow and Vienna Austria. Sources have said Lon Cree 25, be came involved with a female soviet translator who worked Al the embassy. He was returned to the United Stales in december. If convicted of espionage he could face the death penalty. The . Embassy in Moscow is guarded by 29 marines who live and work under extremely strict conduct rules. According to sources other a i Rines have been sent to Moscow to re place those who were transferred. Crew escapes As Kc-135 Burns after Landing Altus okla. A fire broke out on an air Force Kc-135 strato Tanker As it landed at Altus fab Friday injuring seven people including four Crew members officials said. The jul which had been on a refuelling Mission was destroyed in the 11 10 . Accident said Dana Coppock a spokeswoman for the base. The four Crew members aboard scrambled off the burning plane on their own and of them were taken to Brooke army medical Center at fort Sam hous ton in san Antonio Texas where they were listed unserious condition. The other two Crow members and three injured firefighters were in Good condition Al the Altus base Hospital. The names of the injured were not released. The plane was assigned to the 34dth air refuel ing Wing Al the southwestern Oklahoma installation Coppock said. A Board of inquiry will investigate the Accident. The four engine Kc-135, a military version of the Boeing 707, can hold up to 31,200 Gallons of fuel in its lower deck but officials said it was not known How much it was carrying when it crashed. Its primary Mission is to refuel planes in he  has a maximum Speed of 600 Mph. Altus fab is located about 149 Miles Southwest of Oklahoma City. Firefighters Spray foam on a Kc-135 which erupted into flumes after urging at Altus fab okla. Students get last Lough with Mercedes Day Prairie Village Kan. A students who were made fun of be cause they confused he peace sign wit the Mercedes Benz Star fought Back by driving their parents luxury Auto mobiles to school on the official Mer cedes  the mistake was made when Shaw Nee Mission East High school students recently tried 10 turn Back the clock for a hippie  the school is in Johnson county one of the wealthiest counties in the country. The error was recounted in news shows and newspapers across the country.11 Mercedes Day is the student body laughing at the news Media hat had to make such a big Deal out of a nine Inch line John Piebenga president of the Sophomore class said about Friday event. It was pretty  the nine Inch line was missing in the students drawing of the peace sign. The peace Symbol is a Long vertical line with two Shorter lines extending at angles from it to the Bottom of an enclosing Circle. The Auto company s logo is a three Point Star in a Circle. At first people were offended and a Little mad Piebenga said. After the students heard the Story on Cable new network Good morning America and Paul Harvey s broadcast he said it just became a joke to Sec How far the Story would go. Students came dressed for Mer cedes Day wearing suits and carrying Golf clubs and Tennis rackets through the Halls. 3 men charged in pizza connection1 shooting new York a three men were charged Fri Day in the attempted murder of a defendant in the pizza connection organized crime drug trial an at tack the Fri called a contract hit. The men were arrested in new York City and Roselle Park n.j., in the shooting of Pictro Alfano who was wounded wednesday in new York. Alfano s condition was listed As serious Friday. I think another myth has been shattered about the mob thai they can commit these hits and get away with it said Rudolph Giuliani . Attorney for the Southern District. Frank Bavosa Philip Ragosta and Giuseppe Amoco were charged with having used interstate facilities in connection with the attempted murder of Alfano said Thomas sheer an assistant director of the new York office of the Fri. We have ample evidence it was a contract hit that cosi �40,000, sheer said. All three men were at the scene of the shooting and Ragosta was probably the shooter he added. Bavosa 41, was arrested thursday at his in Laws Home in resells Park said sheer. He was arraigned in Newark n.j., before . Magistrate c. Donald a neck who ordered him head on is million bail. Raeola 33, and Arnica 28, were arraigned Friday in Federal District court in Manhattan and ordered held without bait said Benito Romano a spokesman for the . Attorney s office. Crucial to the very rapid arrests were witnesses accounts that a Blue Chevrolet Van was used As a Geta Way vehicle sheer mid. The Fri knew Bavosa had such a Van lie said. Fri agents also received information from Ragosta s wife Margaret who said the Trio had been hired for $40,000 to do something which required the use of handguns according to an affidavit by Fri special agent Jesus Marti. Alfano of Oregon iii., is one of 19 defendants in a16-month trial in Federal court. The trial is now in closing arguments. They arc accused of imparting heroin from Sicily and using pizza Parlours As fronts. Alfano is the Nephew of Taciano Badalo Minli an other defendant in the trial. Bavosa served four years in prison for a 1978 Federal Bank robbery conviction and faces it maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted on Friday s charge. Another defendant in the pizza connection trial Gaetano Mazzara was found slain his body in a Plas tic garbage bag in Brooklyn in december