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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday March 26,1987 embassy i by Tubman Black a Nuary writer Wash 1ngton Fth Sianne corps has arrested a second former embassy Guan an suspicion of espionage As a result of its inc Stigalt of sgt. Clayton j. Lone acc the service said tuesday. The former guard was transferred fro be Marj base at Twenty nine paths Calif to qualm tuesday night and will be held in confinement Ahing an appearance before a military  Felt. Col John so Powell a Marine spokesman id enl. Lied the Man As Arnold Bracy of new we City a 21-year-old Corporal whose tour of Dull overlapped sgt Lone rec s at the . Embassy  Shotwell had said earlier tuna fit that the marines would not release the Man so entity before wednes Day because it wanted to map sure his next of Kin had been notified of his arrest and Transfer. Bracy has been to friended for possible involve ment in espionage reined activities As a result of the continuing invest Iarion of the Lone acc Case by the naval investigator Vervlee Shotwell added. Lon circe of was arrested in december and trans ported to a Tantico where he has been detained Ever Ince tit of san embassy guard in Moscow and Vienna aus we before his arrest Jin. 30, the Marine corps announced that it ask a military lawyer to approve the Start of martial proceedings against Lonetree on 19 Dif i charges including a count of espionage. Under Sedjo Vage the Unile code of military Justice a conviction for  a maximum penalty of death. Korps has charged that Lonc Trcic from Schlom 1985 to december 1986, gave the soviet Union the nes and photographs of american intelligence agent attached to the embassy staff. It has also alleged that he provided the soviets with descriptions of the floor plans and office assignments for the . Embassies in Moscow and Vienna. Although not discussed in the statement of charges Flagon sources have disclosed that Lonetree became 1 involved with a female soviet agent while -__1 As a guard at the . Embassy in Moscow. The Mon reportedly worked at the time As a translator on Tec Ubassy s staff. No Dedsion vet been made by the military hear ing officer on Ora Btu the Start of a court martial for Lonetree. The proven Fitts were suspended lost month pending a trip to Moscow Iund Vienna by defense and prosecution attorneys in tee a. In the meantime however Howell said tuesday the military investigation of Loim Kie t activities had continued and recently turned up Dence pointing toward the second Marine. The spokesman said Bracy had left to few some months ago in a routine reassignment that Ken fun tothe 3rd assault amphibian in at then Lynne i less than a week ago he said Bracy was arrested pending his Transfer to Suamico. Iran from Page 1 her . Reports said Iran has installed a Battery of chinese made silkworm missiles in the Strait of Hor Muz the Mouth of he persian Gulf the missile a chinese version of the soviet built styx has a 50 to 60-mile Range wide enough to cover the Gulf and can carry a conventional warhead Strong enough to sink a Large Oil Tanker. A Sfanjani said the . Warning not to deploy the missile was delivered to Iran through the . Interests Section at the Swiss embassy in Tehran but that Iran did not accept  if the Strait of Hormuz is to be Clos cd there is no need for missiles he said. We can close it with Artil Lery. This is not a threat. All this noise by the , will solve  a Sfanjani said Iran has had the missiles for a Long time and they knew we had them in the Hormuz area. The . May have a special reason for Dis cussing the matter now he said. White House spokesman Mariin Fitzwater said that president Reagan has vowed to keep the Strait open. We have a strategic interest in keeping shipping open particularly in the Strait of Hormuz he said. Weapons rom Page 1 missile will require More precise targeting and greater firepower to overcome Weinberger said this makes a Good argument for rail deployment of the my and Midge Man missiles to make it just Ashard for the soviets to target our systems he said the soviets continue to modernize the other legs of their strategic triad. Newer missile equipped subs being developed and tested will be much quieter than previous models and a Pentagon official said some flite technology being incorporated into new soviet sub Marine systems Hasteen stolen from the  soviets have about so Bear bombers equipped with Long Range cruise missiles Weinberger said these bombers Fly routine training Mission against North America sometimes coming within so Miles of the alaskan coast he said. In addition we estimate that the soviets have built and tested about seven of their new Blackjack  another area being keenly observed in the West is the subject of soviet research and development of tac tical laser weapons which has progressed to the Point where such weapons could soon be deployed wit soviet Battlefield forces the Book states. . Intelligence sources have confirmed tests of such laser weapons in Afghanistan in the past year Weinberger said. The lasers Are used to Blind aircraft pilots and ground personnel As Well As Burn ground equipment he said. Western officials also Are worried about apparent soviet preparations for a total breakout of the i972arui-Ballisnc missile treaty by upgrading their abm systems far beyond the Point necessary for legitimate Early warning the Book slates. Last year the soviets added three Large phased array radars to the six previously reported to have existed Weinberger said making it easier to track More Ballis tic missiles. In conventional forces the soviets Are outfitting their new t-80 tanks with reactive Armor that dissipates the Force of most anti tank weapons Weinberger said. Development of the new hokum helicopter Aswell As the flanker and fulcrum fighter aircraft pose a formidable air superiority threat he said. Soviet military efforts consume about 15 percent to 17percent of the country s grass National product with Mili tary spending increasing at a Rale of about 3 percent annually Over the past few years the Book states. Search for club plane missing in med from staff and wire reports Washington the air Force has ended a search for a single engine plane that disappeared Over the Mediterranean with four americans on Board. Pentagon officials said tuesday. The six passenger Piper Cherokee owned by a flying club at Ramstein a Germany left the base march14. It was last tracked saturday on italian radar on a flight from Malta to Corsica. At the Pentagon the air Force said the search had been terminated without any sighting of wreckage or survivors. The four missing men were identified As Pilot Ward Terrell and passengers Brian Phillips Bill Myvalt and Bill Lamb. The army identified Lamb As a 34-year-old civilian accountant who worked for the army s 1st inf div fwd in of Eppinger Germany. A University of Maryland spokesman identified Terrell Phillips and Myvalt As computer science instructors. The University has a Branch at Ramstein a. At Ramstein base spokesman maj. Johnny Whtaker said tuesday the plane was last tracked on italian radar Early saturday afternoon Over the Mediterranean sea about 80 mile West  left Malta at 12 45 . And was expected in Corsica vhf hours later said staff sgt Tammy Courmoyer of the Public affairs of fice. Italian Rescue units began searching late saturday. Courmoyer said. Ramstein was not notified until monday that the plane was missing she said. Dean Martin not giving up Hope his son is alive March fab Calif. A entertainer Dean Martin Hopes his son is alive some Whereon a snowy California Mountain where his Jet apparently crashed a family spokesman says. Military rescuers who searched the 11,500 foot mount san Gorgonio in an extensive air and ground search tuesday expressed optimism that the two Man Crew May have ejected and survived sub freezing temperatures and Snow Depths of several feet. We still have a lot of Hope. We still have our fingers crossed sgt Carolyn Hamilton said.  Dean Paul Martin 35, a California air National guard Captain who was piloting the f-4c Jet and the fighter s weapons officer Cape Ramon Ortiz 39, disappeared saturday Over the san Bernardino mountains East of los Angeles. American Soprano Dies h  can opera sift wednesday Ameri Sirn son died Early she suffered Hospital r 40-year-old Soprano went into a coma on saturday and ered. Said a City Park Hospital spokes oms German probe of bombing focuses on Ira claim Rhei Dahlen Germany a Federal Security authorities have begun an investigation into the Irish Republican army s claim of responsibility for a car bomb explosion at British armed forces Headquarters in Germany. But a spokesman for the Federal prosecutor s office Alexander Prechtel said late tuesday that German investigators have not ruled out the Domestic leftist gang red array faction As a suspect. The bomb exploded late monday night outside an officers mess building at the British army of the Rhine and Royal air Force Headquarters in Rhein Dahlen. Thirty one people were injured seven were hospitalized in Belfast Northern Ireland the Irish Republican army late tuesday claimed responsibility for the bombing saying it intended to inflict a devastating blow on Britain s nato forces in Germany Prechtel. Reached by Telephone in Karlsruhe following the Ira claim responded we cannot verify it but our people arc following up on this report he also confirmed the British armed forces minister s statement tuesday that a group calling itself the National democratic front for the liberation of Germany had also claimed responsibility for the Rhein Dahlen attack. He said an Anonymous caller had made thai claim by Telephone to police in nearby Krc Frfd on tuesday morning but that Security authorities had Dis m issued the Cal i As a hoax. This alleged group would appear Tobe rightist extremist bul we have never a Caird of it before. We Are not taking this claim seriously Prechtl said judging by the fact that it was a car bomb and the size of the bomb an considering the object of the attack one would suspect the red army faction Orthe Ira he added  
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