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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, March 31, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday March 3t, 1987 Lonetree in Hospital for mental tests Washington up a Marin guard accused of allowing soviet agents into the . Embassy in Moj cow entered a military Hospital Mon Day to undergo tests of his mental health the Marine corps said re used glory parc 7. Lone rec was admitted to inc be Thesda National medical Center in suburban Washington for an inquiry into the menial capacity or responsibility of inc accused a spokesman said. The spokesman denied1 reports to a circe had attempted suicide. Lonetree is awaiting possible court martial there along with Cpl. Arnold Fracy also from the Marine guard group to Moscow who faces similar charges. Lon Trec s mental examination is in accordance with court martial regulations to determine if there in reason to believe that the accused Lucks men Tal responsibility for an Offens charged or lacks the capacity to stand trial inc Marine statement said. Meanwhile the stale department and Marine corps announced monday that ail the Marine guards stationed at the embassy in Moscow will be re turned to the United states next month in a precautionary move. The contingent of Marine guards will be replaced by Marine Security guards stationed in other posts around the world or by marines drawn from temperatures european weather a of Letowt j7  mini Efti Toum Tun in. 4,m in to  m31 5 fun mum m 14 Luton. M41 45 Uldal 1 � 41 hindi.  3i fun a v 4� 34 39 Hoik. 4j 44 a Idem by ill 13.7tti we emf  end tamil. I 34 a3 i in s4 Hoichi. 1 St 31� 41 Hohah. A a � a � Ess r 4 a Tonto. D 71 � 97 w a Man d u u sue pud by tit Aitchi tits print Nam oily to Way Cru of. Mhz  a correction a monday article on a Border tour incorrectly identified the 11 in annd Cav regt As inc ii in Cav regl also bad Hersfeldt is Home to the regiment s 3rd so. Not the regiment itself. The Marine Security Headquarters i Quantico va.," the joint statement said. In a related development William Kunstler one of Lonetree s lawyers told the new York times the bizarre nature of information the Marine gave invest galore show his Story was fan Tasy or coerced. Kunstler citing declassified ver Sions of investigators memorandums said Lonc rec of Navajo and Winn Bago Indian heritage claimed in Trigue blackmail and what the White Man did to the Indian were motives in his alleged espionage activities. The 23 typed pages of declassified documents were provided to the times by Kunstler who denied Lone rec was guilty of espionage or any other charges. Kunstler who described As bizarre the information Lonetree provided naval investigative service agents said his client s account of his activities showed they were fantasy or the product of coercion by i reagents. In varying accounts of his actions the documents show Lonetree at on Point alluded to intrigue but later told investigators he feared he would be blackmailed for signing a statement declaring i will always be a Friend of the soviet union.1 still later according to the documents Lon circe said he gave secret information to a soviet agent because of what the White Man did to the  what 1 did was nothing compared with what the . Government did to the american Indian 100 years ago Lonetree was reported to Jive told the agents. Then in the typed account of his interrogation immediately follow ing that sentence he wrote in Long hand but i still have a great Tove Formy  Lonetree further described How Sasha sought names of of hers in the . Embassies in Moscow and Vienna Austria who May have been Alco Holics homosexuals drug users or otherwise susceptible to recruitment. The times said Kun Sicer claimed one of the investigators admitted at a preliminary proceeding that he had urged Lonetree to just Tell us some thing Tell us a  Here s a kid in the marines who never been out of the United slates said Kunstler suddenly he s in mos cow and Vienna and i think he created fantasy world. I Don t even know if there was a  according to the memos Lonetree said he turned himself in last Decem Ber because he could not stand the anxiety Over what he had done Andover soviet agents future plans for him. He said he had got in Over his head and could not get out the times said Lonetree never mentioned in the documented interviews salvages Hope to right capsized ferry Friday Zeebrugge Belgium Sal pagers of a capsized British ferry in which at least 74 bodies have been entombed since the vessel Sank March 6,said monday they hoped to right the ferry on Friday. A spokesman for the ferry company Townsend to resin Richard Mills said workers planned to resume preparation for righting the Herald of free enter prise following a weekend of bad weather that hailed work. Soldier Dies in fall from High Rise building Wertheim Germany is a 72nd Field any brigade Soldier fell this death from a High Rise apartment building in nearby Wartberg March 14, a Community spokeswoman said monday. Staff sgt. James c. Earhart 26, a vehicle Mechanic with service Btry 3rd in 35th Field arty at Peden Barracks fell from a seventh floor Balcony be tween i and 2 am and was pronounced dead at the scene said Leslie Tucker. Earnhart did not live in the building. Because the incident is still being investigated army officials would not com ment about circumstances of the death. Earnhart is survived by his wife. Pat Ricia a. Earnhart and two stepdaughters in Jesup a and his Mother Aleta f. Brant of Middletown Ohio. The ferry capsized shortly after Leav ing Zeebrugge Harbor killing at least 134 of 543 people on Board. Plans to right the vessel on tuesday were scrapped late last week because of High winds thai forced the Salvage company Smil Tak International to suspend wont. The salvages Are going oat to see whether they can continue preparations to pull the half submerged vessel onto its keel Mills said. He said four Days of preparatory work still were needed. The weather had improved monday but winds remained Strong enough to possibly pose hazards to Smit takes operations Mius said. The last full Day of salvaging work was thursday. It is Al in the hands of the weather now Mills said adding that winds were expected to Settle to a Breeze tuesday and wednesday but pick up again afterwards. The 7,951-ton ferry is lying in shallow Waters about 1,000 Yards outside this Industrial port. Sixty bodies have been re covered from the snip and at least 74 Are believed till trapped inside. Salvage Crews have already hooked two of 16 cables to pilings that have Bee driven into the seabed to Anchor two pulling barges that will right the stricken vessel the cables can be attached Only during Calm weather. Since he capsizing workers also have installed a cantilever on the exposed Pas Senger  to prevent cables from rip Ping the Hull and have Laid 10 anchors to secure the vessel Ever having admitted thai tie allowed soviet agents la enter the . Embassy in Moscow the most serious charge against him. Kunstler denied his client Ever had done so saying thai charge allegedly based on statements of Bracy was invented by investigators to strengthen their Case against their client. They re using a Story a false Story to make their Case Kunstler said. Lone rec is scheduled for his next hearing april is. Military Roundup Woodmansee leads v corps Frankfurt it. Gen. John a Woodmansee or. Has assumed command of the .army s v corps. Woodmansee previously served in Giessen As the assistant division commander and in Frankfurt a the Deputy commander of v corps. He returns to Germany fro Washington d.c., where he was the director of Force development in the office of the Deputy chief of Shaft for operations and plans. Woodmansee succeeds it.  l Powell who is a Deputy to National Security adviser Frank oar Lucri. Powell commanded v corps from june 10 december 1986, maj. Gen. Lincoln Jones u Servidas he acting corps commander upon Powell s departure. Jones has resumed his regular duties As the corps Deputy commander. Busey in command Ofa South Naples Italy adm. James abuse in assumed command Mon Day of Allied forces Southern Europe and . Naval forces Europe. Busey a 54-year-old aviator from Peoria 111., succeeds adm. Arthur s. Moreau jr., who died Ofa heart attack in december. Gen. Bernard w. Rogers nato s supreme Allied commander in Europe presided Over the ceremony a South nato s largest regional command in Europe is responsible for the land and air de sense of Italy Greece and Turkey and the defense of nato sea lanes of communications throughout the Mediterranean and the Black teas. Busey entered the Navy in 1952and earned his wings in i9s4. He has served in inc office of the chief of naval operations As assistant chief of projection Force group and at his last assignment As vice chief of naval operations. He also has commanded attack so 216, Cruiser destroyer group one and the naval air systems come. His decorations include the Navy Cross and the legion of Merit. Reserved in Vietnam and Korea. Go sentenced in murder attempt Darmstadt Germany is a court martial has sentenced a 3rd sup port come Soldier to 30 years confinement in connection with the at tempted murder of another Soldier. Spec. 4 Michael j. Thomas 24, of the 184th Ord co 15th Ord in pleaded guilty to charges of attempted murder by stabbing with a knife forcible sodomy indecent acts with another and adultery. Said capt William a Gribbins com Mand spokesman. Thomas has been held at the army s confinement facility in Mannheim since being charged in the nov. 22,1986, attack on a 19-year-old woman Soldier. The victim was found an the Side of the Road in Darmstadt suffering multiple slab wounds. The stabbing took place about three Miles from Kelley Barracks in secluded wooded area. Thomas also was sentenced to reduction to pay Grade Al forfeiture of All pay and allowances and Given a dish Ono Rable discharge. The victim was hospitalized in a local German Hospital and has since Beca re leased  
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