European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 3, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 5 Nasa rechecking Security after theft of shuttle gear Cape canaveral Fia. Up Nasa is was Sissing Security at installations around the world be cause of the theft of sophisticated electronic gear used with an emergency shuttle Landing system in Africa. John Sakss. Acting director of the International pro Gram support office of the National aeronautics and space administration in Washington said tuesday that the equipment was bused at me Dakar Airport in Senegal on Africa s East coast it was stolen in Decem Ber or january. La in t All that dramatic but it s important to us because we can t do without it he said the significance for the american government is i guess the replacement value of at least a couple of million  the missing equipment was part of a microwave scanning beam Landing system that could be required by a shuttle in he event of an emergency during launch. Unfortunately there was a break in in the equip ment shelter and a Good part of it is missing Sakss said. I m not sure if there have been any arrests. Our embassy together with the Agency for International development is trying to gather the facts for  during a Short phase of a shuttle s eight minute climb to orbit an engine failure would Force the Crew to attempt an emergency Landing in Europe or Africa. For that reason Nasa negotiated agreements with several nations Early in the shuttle program for me of commercial or military airports. Navigation aids Are especially crucial because shut ties land in a powerless Glide. The microwave Landing system projects coded signals used by the shuttle s computers during final approach 16 properly Home in on a particular runway obviously Well be the Wiser Sakss said of the Dakar loss. Kennedy space Center Security is re viewing All of our provisions in any other place around the  he said the electronic equipment sits in Racks drawer upon drawer of this  from whal i can gather the shelter was broken into and the stuff was just taken out of the Racks Saks said he emphasized however that neither Nasa nor the american embassy View the theft As politically motivated. If you see How poor the country is and How Des Perate the situation is in a Way you can begin to understand Why things like this happen he said. I m convinced that in no Way was Nasa or the . Government a target Here the first Post challenger shuttle launch is scheduled for Early next year but its primary trans Atlantic abort site will be the Ben Gueriri air base in Morocco a former strategic air come installation with a 13,000-foot runway. Sakss said the missing Landing equipment will not affect the flight because portable gear can be moved to Ben Gueriri if necessary. Pm layoffs Idle 21,600 at 6 plants Detroit a general Maiorc corp., fight ing stumping car sates and a loss of its Market share to us two lop . Competitors will shut Down six Lanu Tor a week temporarily laying off 21.600 workers officials said wednesday. Of Wilt close plants april 6-13 in Wentzville to Pollac Hamtramck and Flint Mich. North Tarrytown . And Oshawa Ontario. Despite widespread and varied buyer incentives Industry Leader pm s depressed car sales consistently dragged Down the . Industry s performance in the first Quarter of 1987. They re not even close to solving the problem with those production cuts said Michael Lucky an analyst with Shearson Lehman Brothers in Newyork. I m sure you can look Tor More temporary Plant closings in May and june. The dealers Are just choking on cars no there Are Way Loo Many cars out  the shutdowns will reduce pm s Mccomi Quarter production by 20,880  had a 90-Day Supply or unsold ears Mutch 31, far higher than the accepted Industry Norm of 60 to 65 Days Lucke said. As of March 20, pm s 1987 sates were 25.4 percent below their 1986 level. Officials examine rules for embassy guards Quantico a. Not ranking Marine offi cers rarely visit the men posted As guards at american embassies regarding the operational supervision of the marines under their command As a Job for the state department the commander of the elite guard Battal Ion said wednesday. The commander. Col. Carmine a Del Grosso who also Heads the Quant co school where the Marine guards Are trained said wednesday that it is up to the slate department to set such rules As those that pro Hibit social contacts Between guards at the . Embassy in Moscow and soviet women and to see to it that the rules Are obeyed. Two marines Are under arrest charged with espionage at the embassy in Moscow after having reportedly been recruited by a female soviet agent with whom they had sexual relations. A third Marine staff  s. Siufu Lebeam of Bloomington lit., is being detained on suspicion of having improperly socialized with soviet women. Marines who attend a rigorous eight week training course before being assigned As guards Are repeatedly told that they May be approached by foreign agents including women in the 11 countries where most so Cial Contact with local people is forbidden. Those countries include China the soviet Union and the Warsaw pact nations. Enforcing the rules however is Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today april 3.1947 , Secretary of stale George c. Marshall informed soviet foreign minister v. M. Molotov that when the withdrawal of american forces from China is Complete Only 6,181 american military personnel will remain Al the request of China. 30 years ago today. April 3, 1957 Union Bosses in London called off a costly 17-Day strike in Britain s shipyards and factories pending the outcome of a government inquiry into workers pay. 20 years ago today. April 3. 1967 a barbed wire Barrier is being constructed by australian troops across Rice paddies and through Jungles to separate Vici Cong territory from South Vietnam lands secured by the allies. 10 years ago today. April 3,1977 a Memphis newspaper said Elvis Presley is hospitalized with intestinal flu and doctor Are looking at his use of drugs especially steroids which he uses to retain muscle Lone. Left to the state depart ment s regional Security officer. The local detachments headed by a non commissioned officer not an officer. Under a formal memorandum of under standing Between the Marine corps and the state department the director of the Diplo Matic Security service is responsible for All operational aspects of the Marine Security guard  Stuflebeam whether this method of dividing responsibility is appropriate and whether the state department s officials at the embassy in Moscow fulfilled the function properly Are among matters under investigation. If there was dereliction of some Sod i think the Marine corns tradition is to apply the appropriate punishment Del Grosso said. The colonel and other Marine officials discussing the responsibility of the stale department have care fully sought not to affix blame. We do not want to develop an adversarial relation ship with stale said Brig. Gen Waller Boomer the Marine corps chief spokesman. I think we did have a failure of leadership. Nobody can do his Job better than the marines if they arc properly led the marines have been eager to defend their role a embassy guards. That role was begun after world War ii when the stale department was dissatisfied with civilian  at the local Post teaches marines everything from Enqu Eue 10 handling an Uzi sub machine gun. Bui they arc also taught that embassy panics Are not a time to strike up friendships. Six hours of the 254-hour course Are spent on the rules against social contacts. The Selling at Quantico appears scholarly but for the guard Post where a Marine in training scans each visitor. In is a reproduction of the kind of Post where one of the arrested marines is said to have stood guard in Moscow reportedly shutting off alarms while his partner who has also been arrested allowed soviet agents to enter the embassy s most secret areas. To prevent such events officials said the Marine corps carefully screens candidates for guard duty. A psychologist on the school s staff helps look for the most mature men for the Job. New yorkers Heel line for Yefro m/7e new York a running took a giant step backward wednesday. The 96 racers who heeled the line at the new York Road runners club s first Retro mile look the run Ning craze in a whole new direction. They ran Back Ward for the entire course. This is either the beginning or the end of an important tradition deadpanned City Parks commissioner Henry Stern who sounded the Horn to Start the Evenia Manhattan s Battery Park. While it was april fool s Day it was no fooling around for the runners crowding me starting line. Rumps toward the course necks twisted they leapt off the line at Stern s honk lunging astern in an exaggerated toe step. They were really digging out there said Alice Wil Lis 23. The first female finisher. First prize was a two year health club membership. It s a Good workout for the  said Luc Droal. 29, rubbing a hand Over his Lycra encased quadriceps. The Large muscle at the front of the thigh. Thai was fun. And it gave me a great reason 10 take a Day of from  Toal a financial analyst won the mile in 7 min utes 29 seconds about twice As Long As the world record for running the mile the usual Way. At the Fin ish sweating heavily in the 43-Dcgrcc Chili he sipped a soft drink and grinned. It s probably a world record right  he said. The world record for running the mile in Forward is 3 16.32. It s too Early to say if Droal will have any serious challengers. While same recreational runners Back up Hills or Trot in reverse fora change of Pace the practice is not widely accepted As a training regimen much less a sport by itself. But Fred Lubow who Heads the Road runners club predicted a Rosy future for going backward. I Don t think it s goofy Al  said Lubow who finished in 12sb, it s going to be a trend t  it s not going to Caich on like running  said Marcy Pace. 25, who stood in a Park Ifni h to watch the proc slings. Come on. You can t set when you re  Willis who finished in 9 29, predicted that technology soon will conquer the i Ibi Lily problem. Once the equipment comes out like rear View mirrors. This might Fly she said. We might be