European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 10, 1b87 the stabs and stripes Pifle 5 soviet subs step up West coast patrols Washington up the Sovil Union has increased the activity of nuclear powered attack submarines off the coast of Washington Siatt for the past three Yean to Monitor . Trident mis Ile suds based in Bangor wash., Penta gon official said wednesday. The officials confirmed a report by the Seattle Post intelligencer saying the sub Mariner have Ponci raid the Strait of Juan do Fuca on the Northwest washing ton coast stressing thai the subs do not pose a peacetime threat to . Or Ca Nadian interests in the Ana. The newspaper said the soviet sub a pushes ski Trot have infill rated the .-Canftdian owned Trail Ai far cast As admiralty Inlet o t Whidby Island a strategic in trance to puget sound generally no More than one soviet sub will appear at one Lime in the area the officials did. . Navy submarine Hunting aircraft and ships Monitor the movements of the subs they said the Victor Iii class submarine is one of the most modern in the soviet Fleet and is equipped with a nuclear tipped torpedo. It can be fitted with the san 23 atom armed cruise missile which can be launched against targets on land. The Seattle newspaper quoted Intelli gence experts a saying the soviet sub Marine operation ii intended to identify the signals of Trident boat each of which carries 24 missiles of intercontinental Range. Since i9si, the Home port of the Tri Dent Fleet has been Ai the Bangor naval base 20 Miles farther Inland than the deepest soviet sub penetration. To Date seven subs have berthed at Bangor and the eighth and last the Nevada will arrive some time later this year the Navy a said. Five soviet nuclear powered attack submarines Tome of them Victor 111 clan boat have surged into the West pm Atlantic Ocean about 1,000 Miles. Cast of Bermuda in the biggest exercise in the area since the summer or 1985, the Pentagon said american British. Dutch and Canad an ships backed by . P-3 Orion sub Marine Hunter killer aircraft out of ice land Bermuda and Brunswick Maine arc monitoring the movements of the sub pack Pentagon spokesman Robert Simi said. Reagan meets with joint chiefs Washington api president Reagan travelled to the Pentagon on wednesday and in a meeting with the joint chiefs of staff showed off a bumper Slicker Reading ski could ruin a nuclear bomb s whole  ski stands for the strategic defense initiative also called Star wars which envisions a system of space based weapons to protect against missile attack. Reagan s meeting with the joint chiefs was de scribed by presidential spokesman Marlin Fil Waleras r routine quarterly session. Also present were defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger vice president George Bush and Frank Carlucci Reagan s National Security adviser. Asked if he were trying to make peace with the joint chiefs whose advice he has not always followed Reagan said with a smile they Veall been very  a reporter asked Reagan his reaction to what the Pentagon describes As the largest exercise involving soviet submarines off the , cast coast in almost two years. You re asking a civilian Reagan said. Asked if he weren t concerned Reagan replied i m always concerned about  the Pentagon said the Navy is monitoring the soviet submarine exercise which involves several types of nuclear powered attack submarines most of them apparently attached to the soviets Northern Fleet. Five submarines arc involved in the exercise officials said. President Reagan flashes ski sign. A Phalti Wisconsin teen receives Jarvik 7 artificial heart Minneapolis up a Wisconsin teen Ager wednesday became the youngest person in the world to receive a Jar Vic 7 artificial heart medical officials said. Christopher Larson 15, of Esdaile wis., about 40 Miles Southeast of Minneapolis received a mini Jarvik heart at Abbot Northwestern Hospital in a five hour operation undertaken pending transplant of a human heart. He was listed in critical condition. Or. Frederik Gobol a spokesman for the Minneapolis heart Institute said it was believed Larson was the youngest such patient in the world. A spokeswoman for the ulan company that manufactures the Jarvik device said that before Larson the youngest implant patient had been an 18-year-old Man in France last july who later underwent a human heart transplant and then died. Gobel said Larson had been evaluated fora human heart transplant at Abbott Northwestern in Early March. But doctors said it became necessary to implant the Jarvik 7-70 mechanical pump because the boy was close to death. He has cardiomyopathy of undetermined cause and Over the past five weeks has been wailing for a human heart Gobel said in a prepared statement. He was re admitted to Abbott Northwestern on tues Day due to rapidly deteriorating heart function. Warrant officer guilty of sabotaging copters fort Rucker Ala. A a War rant officer accused of pulling Sand in the Oil and nails in the fuel tanks of Heli copters at an army night training Center was convicted wednesday of three counts of damaging government prop erty a seven Man court martial panel after resuming its verdict against chief War rant officer Louis h. Plunked or. Sentenced him to three years in military Cus Tody. During that Lime Jun Kilt a 27-year old former instructor Pilot also will for Feit $1,200 a month in pay said fort Rucker spokesman Bill Hayes. Plunkett is to be Dis honorable discharged said Hayes. Pm until who claimed innocence and whose attorneys said Many others had Access to the damaged oh-58 helicopters had five other charges dismissed two charges of tampering with govern ment property two counts of attempted murder and one count of violating Feder Al Law. The verdict will be appealed plan keel s attorneys said. In the appeals mule the Case goes firs to the convening authority fort Ruck or s commanding officer maj Gen. Elfis d. Parker who can uphold the finding reduce or overturn the verdict. Later appeals could go to the . Court of Mili tary review or if necessary the . Supreme court. Plunkelt was convicted on two counts of damaging government property valued in excess of $100. Those counts referred to claims that he put Sand in Oil reservoirs and nails in Gas tanks of two of is helicopters. The foreign Mailer was found in the aircraft last september. Plunkett also was convicted on a third count of damaging government property valued at less than 1100. That referred to allegations that he Bent an Oil line on a helicopter the damage was found last August. In testimony during the court martial an expert in the Field of firearms and tool analysis said that wire pullers found in a search of i la Okcu s Home were used to Cut nails found in the fuel tanks of some of the oh-58 helicopters. He said tools Are just like fingerprints. Every tool leaves its own  pan am hiring flight Crews for first time in 19 years Sands of time new York a pan american world airways inc., the eighth largest . Carrier announced wednesday that it has begun hiring pilots and flight Engi neers for the first Lime in 19 years. The need Tor additional flight Crews has been created by the pan am shuttle which began operations linking new York Washington and Boston last octo Ber and by expanded summer flying As pan am prepares for Peak Iran Altan Lic flights. Chief operating officer Martin a Shugrue said. Pan am recently said thai it would consider Selling the shuttle operation if it is not profitable. In january pan am completed the re Call of More than 250 pilots Many of whom had been Laid off since 1969. The airline still needs 130 to 150 pilots spokesman Alan Loflin said. The hiring follows the signing of an agreement Between pan am and the air line pilots association creating a two tiered wage scale allowing for newly hired pilots and flight engineers to be paid at lower starting salaries than those currently employed by pan am. The starting salary is $1,500 a month which pan am says is the current Market Rale for newly hired pilots. Pan am which has lost More than $1 billion in the past five years Cut its management staff and fro executive Sala Ries in March. To the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 10, 1947 ending nearly sin years of military Protection by the United states 361 american soldiers boarded a troop ship and left Iceland. 30 years ago today. April 10, 1957 Marine la. William d. Conroy pleaded guilty to attacking pal David l. Porter 18, and was sentenced to dismissal from he carps. The assault occurred while Porter was attending Basic training on Parris Island . 20 years ago today. ,. April 10, 1967 a Blue ribbon Board called a bruised or broken wire the probable cause of the Apollo i Blaze that killed three american  the Board also said its investigation of the january Bia to revealed Many deficiencies in a sign and engineering manufacture and Quality  j0 years ago today. April 10, 1977 Stumman Hugo Zacchini was shot out Ofa Cannon into a net to deliver the first Ball for the Houston astros season opener against the Atlanta braves in the Astrodome