European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d americans Are celebrating National Library week Page 3 d soviet Suba step up West coast patrols Page 5 d playoffs begin in National hockey league Page 17 the s%s5andf urho Tatco Uno Mici to publication of vol.45. No.3s5 Friday Primo t987 d 0693 a 3rd Marine guard arrested spy Case reaches Leningrad Washington not a third Marine guard has been arrested on suspicion of espionage Tor tic soviet Union the Pentagon said wednesday the arrest of sol. John j. Weirick Broadens the scope of potential damage from the spy Case inv Lvang guards of american diplomatic missions since he was assigned to the . Consulate in Leningrad beginning in 1981, Weirick 26, is being held for questioning at Camp Pond Luton Calif. Two other marines allegedly worked with soviet intelligence agents while As signed As guards at the . Embassy in Moscow in 1985 and 1986, . Officials said it is now apparent that the soviet Union s Cal Bra to Compro Mise embassy Security by making Contact with Marine corps guards began earlier than had been known and was not con fined to Moscow. Like he other Marine guards implicated in the widening affair Weirick appears to have met secretly with so Viet citizens including women said Robert Sims the Pentagon spokes Man. Sci Rock was detained in the course of an extensive investigation by the naval investigative service of Marine guards who provide Security for diplomatic missions worldwide Sims said. The two marines charged with espionage earlier in the investigation Cpl. A not Bracy and sgt. Clayton j. Lon circe acc courts martial for allegedly allowing soviet agon is to enter the embassy i Moscow while the men stood guard duly see Marine on Page 24 soviets confirm identity of go who defected 3w up the soviet Union wednesday american Soldier Given Asylum last week was it i Wade a Roberts an army deserter who arrived co imagining of sadistic treatment by a sergeant. I although the Story full Lihe Tass news Agency listed i was Given a Chanc Elijie a Man said has defection was mainly a Polit Chatt because of his dislike of american values it said Altter sgt. Taylor drove Roberts to defect. His sergeant was a Man who flouted hand human rights.,. Men Are turned into robots Agency said Moj. Christopher Chalko a spokesman for v corps in Frankfurt told the stars and stripes the command had no comment on the Tass report the supreme soviet the nominal parliament gave Asylum to Roberts and his German Girlfriend i Elra Neumann last week saying he had leu political Perse cution. The foreign ministry first reported the couple was married. Our decision is not treason Roberts said. I love my countrymen. But people must realize All the horror of social injustice and of crying violations of human rights in which my country is toss said Roberts was unable to find work in the two years after he finished school could not afford higher education and saw crowds of depressed people who did not have either food or shelter. Roberts had no Choice but to join the army when he went through arbitrary actions in their Mosul based forms Tass said. Commanders incr per sadistic satisfaction from insults in Caj a soldiers Are taught to hate other cowries and races especially the soviet Union Tassop cd Wade As ill in soviet correspondents. To the associated press Kcjr Fulcd Tass said it inter viewed Roberts at a mom a hotel. It did not identify the hotel or say when inc interview took place. The Agency wednesday several photographs of Roberts and no Ujkan on Moscow s red Square and at the hotel a Tass said Idne couple was preparing to depart for Ashkhan Juthe capital of soviet turkmen a. It did not say yet flyer they planned to reside there. /. L. I.-. Pal. 2 a de e. Roberta and his German Petra Neumann Fri Pahulu Jiram to Mac s some civilian paychecks Cut by retirement deduction by i Hoster about 11,000 civilians working for army in Europe Wilt receive to o $120 less m their paychecks next week As the civil service system begins collecting mandatory contributions for its new retirement program. About 2,000 air Force or Plov the family member i Iii Latuf Norli Are affected til i offs Ifni and will Sec smaller paychecks an air Force spoke min said. Not immediately say ill Ali in Milt or enrolled in the by Stern the majority of work family members Fnu service i Mca Simiu d appoint mostly tourist hires and drier military personnel. The system covers two rather Large groups of people who have never been Cov Rcd by a retirement plan before said Eli i Beth Reid a civilian Mem specialist Forl orc civilian per foals arc reviewing employees Del anal workers eligible Reid said As Manta army workers could be card leu n us and would have to make retroactive contributions. The Lump sum deduction next week a k Snoten i. The government s contribution is 14.8 per cent per pay period. Reid air Force employee s payments covering the seven pay periods since Lan uary will mean 145 less nem week fur a gs-3, step tour employee $5 i lev. Iii i " Jilch four and $ 104 less i or a cos i the in v in see a Yurt
