European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Fries author Miro unofficial pull cation for vol 45, no. 357 sunday april 12, 19b7 in Folicu d 6693 a inside stripes d wholesale prices Rise As food costs aurge.,.Page 2 g Utah Hopes pumps will Stop rising of the great Salt Lake Page 5 d strange leads by 1 in masters 2nd round. Page 21 bumper to bumper a phom to Floc in downtown Madrid jammed up Friday As striking Spulio trans port workers halted nil Abway and plane service at the Start of the traditional easter week vacation season see Story on a Gez Marine guards in to be replaced by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the Pentagon and slate department in a precaution Ary move in the Wake of the espionage scandal announced Friday that inc Marine guards assigned to the . Consul ale in the soviet City of Leningrad would be replaced next month. The departments in a joint statement emphasized that the six men currently assigned to the consulate arc not suspected of espionage. This measure is precautionary in nature and is intended to facilitate the on going Security investigation the statement said. The same explanation was offered Nomarch 3d when the Pentagon announced it would replace the 28 Marine guards As signed to the . Embassy in Moscow. Meanwhile Pentagon sources Dis closed late Friday that military investigators seeking to unravel the spy scandal were questioning several other marines. An official who asked not to be identified said one Marine in particular has been singled out for rather intense questioning. The sources stressed however that no additional marines had been arrested in the Case. There Are a number of marines under questioning right now said a Sec Ond source. The probe is a wide ranging one and the investigators have Bee quite Active. But As for new arrests there Haven t been any source added that inc marines under scrutiny were scattered around the world but All had Al one Point served with the embassy guard 28 marines at the Moscow embassy arc scheduled to return to the unite states for questioning in connection with the sex and spy scandal that has led tothe arrests of iwo former Moscow guards on espionage last week the Pentagon announced that the Marine corps had arrested a third Man on espionage charges. Unlike the first two marines arrested sol. John j. Weirick is suspected of espionage while posted to inc Leningrad consulate in 1981 and 1982, the Penta gon ranking Pentagon official who re Quested anonymity said Friday thai the decision to replace the consulate guards was just a prudent thing to do these men Aren t going to be Able to id i us anything about Weirick the source said. But if there s been this kind of hostile intelligence Effort against marines in Moscow it stands to reason there could see marines on Page 28 Reagan focuses on arms race not spies los Angeles a president Reagan said Fri Day that there s no great cause for alarm amid the superpower espionage juror and challenged the soviet Union to join the United states in working harder to reduce nuclear arms. Reagan s address in which he offered a sober assess men of East West relations came on the same Day that soviet Leader Mikhail a Gorbachev announced Kremlin willingness to discuss reducing Short Range nuclear weapons in Europe. In a speech to about 2,000 members and guests of the los Angels world affairs Council Reagan said he is determined to Slick with his arms control Agenda despite the spying scandal that has hit both the current and new . Embassy buildings in Moscow during a quest in and answer session following the speech Reagan said the arrests of . Marines on espionage charges involving the embassy in Moscow Lias been a severe blow to Many of the president said that despite higher Levels of intelligence among service personnel suddenly we see this violation corders against said that amounted to outright Selling. Out of our country and it s hard to of the soviet charges that the United states has bugged Many of their .-based facilities he said i can i seriously believe the soviets Are charging us with immorality in Light of what has Reagan said he could t explain the alleged espionage by some marines but criticized american schools for failing to stress right and he quickly added that anyone with a realistic View of the soviet Union understands that such soviet actions come As no Surprise and said there should be no interruption in superpower dealings so Long a see Reagan on Page �8 soviets give army defector a of Snake Catcher who defected to the soviet Union Rived Friday in Ashkhabad the capital of soviet turkmen a where he Millwork As a Snake Catcher Tass news Agency reported. Snake catching is a Trade that is Cus Tomary and honorable in turkmen a Tass reported from Ashkhabad with out saying what Type of re sought or for what up Wade from mos cow to the Rifal asian City along with his Girlfriend Petra Neumann a Ger a Lio defected with him Tass ministry spokesman announced in Moscow Ted Tonew defected from Germany to the Union where they were in thu Cal Asylum. Igi toss Canu i last a Nib Tea Robens As saying heated because it gave him a Chance to be a human being after he was abused in the . Army. Ger Asimov said in announcing the defection that Roberts had indeed decided to go to turkmen a to catch snakes but no one took him said Robens chose turkmen a As his new Home because in r lose As his Resi Dence Ash Khatoan Obi Abcar the Kara Kum desert that Bathe Agency said. It reported that when Roberts Friend was asked about Robens Choice of an occupation she said he will have inc attentions of a personal nurse she said she plans to work As nurse in turkmen a one of the soviet Union s most Remote and underdeveloped mwquirtju1 tin couple met Wil representatives of the red Cross and asked to take a crash course in russian and turkmen Ian it also said Neumann is expecting Achild. The couple were told that just 35 All people in the .s.r. They can Sis acc of charge any skilled mod i emf Clugy might need inc official news. Tass Ori carts Luj Tiit Ifil a Neumanas Roberts on Friday see defector twi Page 28
