European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 2 the stars and stripes Friday march6,1987 terrorism trial Frankfurt a Frankfurt court convicted a for Mer teacher of belonging to there army faction and another woman or supporting the leftist terrorist gang and sentenced them to lengthy prison terms thursday. Ingrid Barabass a 34-year-Oldformer teacher was sentenced to four Yean and 10 months imprisonment for membership in the red army faction and illegal pos session of weapons Mareile Schmegner a 26-year-old student was found guilty of supporting the gang and sentence to three Yean and 10 months imprisonment. The two women were arrested in july 198s when police raided their Offenbach apartment. The police found several weapons in the apartment including Large Cal Iber Pittoli. Temperatures l h Al saw a Sasan Tinl 27 � win ton european Cathe Tor it of pub tax by neg Fri Bettu Dmn. Emun Tiitu atom Riv truth t a at hum a in 2fl uni win p. 11 a knit Al by Vert. 1 � � Jim. I h pm corrections the Maze tour in Germany has no been cancelled As reported in yesterday s on stage Section of stripes  the shows last night in Hanau and tonight at the Ebert Hall in Ludwigshafen were cancelled. The rest of the shows Are As follows Munich Adcul Schus museum March 8, Stuttgart Liede Halle March 9, Frankfurt  March 10, Wuerzburg Carl diem Halle March 13 Furth near Nuernberg stad i Hall March 14, and Bonn Bisk i Halle March is. Nick Rakigjija the lop scorer in the department of defense dependents schools Germany s Region  is a seventh grader at Hei Delberg Middle school not an eighth grader As reported tuesday. Top priorities for overseas construction by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington protecting front line tanks relocating the Naples naval support activity and upgrading support facilities at new ground launched cruise missile buses Are the Pentagon s lop overseas construction priorities a Mili tary installations official said. Those projects represent three Clear example of the Challenge we need to meet1 in the area of military construction said Robert a. Stone Deputy assist ant Secretary of defense for  have a special obligation to pro vide for our people overseas Stone told the House appropriations subcommittee on military construction. We have made great strides Forward in recent Yean but we still have a Long Way to  it a critical need for handstands and maintenance shelter in Europe to maintain the army s frontline tanks he  need Only to look at where Ger Man soldiers work to ice what excellent tank maintenance facilities ought to be. Their maintenance areas Are All paved while we Hill have. Soldiers working in the  Stone acknowledged troops Wouldhave to operate in the mud in War and need to train that Way in peacetime but they should t have to spend All their time that  army has a program drawn up to eliminate maintenance in the mud but twill take until 1996 to Complete and Cost j4so million Stone  sprawling naval support activity in Naples Italy must be relocated be cause of its extreme vulnerability to earthquake activity Stone said. Based Ona Navy study and on preliminary results of a general accounting office study there is a Clear danger of the buildings at Asa  destruction at the Naples Center would cause a sudden loss of the defens department s ability to command and control naval forces in the Mediterranean Stone said. Such an occurrence would be a disaster he said. We need to replace these facilities on a schedule of our choosing rather than of nature  a Navy spokesman in Naples decline comment thursday on Stone s remarks because Asa officials have not seen his Complete testimony. However seismic risk at Agnano where Asa is located on the outskirts of Naples is one of the major reasons forthe desire to relocate the facility said la. Cmdr. John Marchi Public affair officer for Asa. A Nav eur spokesman in Londo thursday  Navy s plans to Relo Cate Asa facilities Are not the result of any single Factor capt. Gordon i. Peterson or. Said the Navy also is concerned about spiralling rents in Agnano overcrowding of exist ing property and inefficient layout of  Navy has ensured to the Maxi mum degree possible the safety of our people within these facilities by strengthening and reinforcing buildings relocating people when necessary and constantly monitoring seismic activity Peterson said. The Navy has been pursuing the re location plan for the past three years he said. The proposed site which Peterson dec Mcd to identify because the land Pur Chase contract is not finalized would eliminate volcanic threat and greatly re Duce the danger from seismic activity he said. It also would offer improved Security and command and control   relocation plan is scheduled As a live year  said it third stumbling Block is obtaining finds to construct morale welfare and recreation facilities for air men and their families at cruise missile Sites in Europe Stone said. The Pentagon has asked for about s18million to construct such facilities including libraries youth centers theater Sand recreation centers. Two House subcommittees refused Tolet the Pentagon spend appropriated funds for those facilities saying instead that they should be built with non appropriated funds he  the House readiness subcommittee which oversees the use of non appropriated funds refilled saying the facilities should be built with appropriate funds. The defense department agrees wit the readiness committee that appropriated funds should be used Stone  Pentagon has asked for about s1,9 billion in both fiscal 1988 and fiscal1989 for overseas construction Stone said. The total construction request i about $7 billion for each year. The family housing operation and maintenance request is about $2.5 billion for each year while a total of about $1 million has been requested for planning and de sign Over the next two years. Accord with soviet Union on missiles in Europe within reach Reagan says Washington up president Reagan thursday said an agreement with the soviets on reducing medium Range missiles in Europe is now within reach and this is a great moment of Hope for All  Reagan told a gathering of the National newspaper association the change in the soviet Union s position to discuss intermediate Range missile reduction without tying it to limits on the . Space defense pro Gram or strategic defense initiative was a great  he  administration s Prepa redness patience and firmness had brought about this change in the  i be never Felt More optimistic about the prospects of Success in this area than 1 do today Reagan said. That s be cause this past week we be had a major breakthrough on the path toward agreement on Mutual and verifiable reductions in arms Between ourselves an the soviet Union. The arms reduction agreement As a re sult of the soviet statement is now within reach he said. This negotiation will be conducted without strings attached. The soviets have dropped their de Mand that we abandon our strategic de sense initiative As a precondition on inf intermediate Range nuclear Force Sand i Welcome these developments the president said. This change in the soviet position Isa great breakthrough and shows that in working for the cause of peace prepared Ness pays patience pays and firmness pays 1 Reagan said. Now that should be three truisms but again and again i have had to defend those  president said Solidarity with the allies in deploying medium Range mis Siles in Europe had brought the soviets Back to the table after a walkout together the Western Alliance waited the soviets out and the soviet Union Learned that neither the United states nor its allies would buckle under he   United states stayed firm when the soviet Union tried "10 Lull ski which has a vital role to play in the journey towards More secure  arms reduction agreement As a result of the soviet statement is no within reach he said. This negotiation will be conducted without strings attached now we May be on the threshold of getting an agreement in one critical area because we stayed firm he  president said he had summoned Home the Geneva Switzerland negotiating team headed by ambassador Max Kampelman and be was to meet wit them at a luncheon Friday to give them the american response to the soviet Union s latest offer. Kampel Roan briefed nato allies i Brussels Belgium thursday. 186 a-6es restricted or grounded Washington a the .Navy wednesday said it grounded or placed flight restrictions on More than half of its a-6e intruder attack jets last month because of concerns about fatigue Racks in the wings the groundings and restrictions were imposed on 186 aircraft in late february pending completion of a new inspection program said Robert Pritchard a Navy spokesman. The moves arc precautionary and could be lifted if the planes were needed for combat he added. The Navy has about 340 a-6e in its current inventory Nav eur spokesman Cape. Gordon i. Peterson or. Told the stars and Stripe the groundings have had minimal Impact on readiness since the number of aircraft affected is a Small percentage of the Navy s inventory the restrictions were ordered in he Wake of the crash of an a-6e on Jan. 14.two aviators were killed in that crash which is under investigation. In sifting through the wreckage How Ever the Navy discovered two Small fatigue cracks in Wing  a result Pritchard  Navy ordered 117 intruders grounded on feb.20. Four Days later in another precautionary move the Navy ordered flight restrictions placed on another 69 a-6el the a-6 joined the Navy s Fleet More than 20 years ago but has been Exten sively modernized Over the years As late models were introduced it is the Navy s principal All weather attack bomber