European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 23. 1987 Hotshot on a Roll a Pralo Stu nun Steve void Emma tumbles away from a fluting $80,000 Fern i after be crashed it daring Ike Hollywood Liming of the movie  Van Daman fills in for odor Chr a Mulkey in dangerous sequence of the film which b to be released by new line Cinema in december. See ref army unit s Bank account May have financed Contra arms Washington not the Pentagon tuesday said it recently discovered that a secret army unit disbanded in 1983 had set up a Swiss Bank account that May later have been used illegally to finance arms for the nicaraguan rebels. A senior Pentagon official said an internal investigation had produced information suggesting that la. Col Oliver a North the dismissed National Security Council aide and a. Gen. Richard v. Secord who retired from the air Force in april 1983, were among those who had Access to the unauthorized army account. They arc both under investigation on suspicion of providing military Aid to the rebels known As contras when Congress had made it illegal for . Government agencies to do so. The Pentagon official Aid the evidence suggested North and Secord May have somehow persuaded some members of the army unit to let them use the account for Covert Aid purposes after the unit had disbanded. He did not say who those people might be. It is not known if any . Government funds were deposited in the account Ana later used to Aid the contras or whether the army account was used As a conduit for non government funds. The Pentagon s chief spokesman Robert Sims said in a statement read to reporters tuesday afternoon that the defense department was looking into the mat Ter. He did not go into details in his statement but the briefing continued Ana background basis with an offi Cial who refused to be identified by name lbs news reported monday night that Bank records showed $2.5 million was withdrawn from the account in one Day in 1983, and $75,000 of that was used to charter a freighter that carried arms to the contras. The transaction took place at a time when . Officials were prohibited from providing military assist Ance to the rebels. The secret army unit nicknamed yellow fruit was headed by it. Col. Dale e. Duncan convicted in 1986 of submitting fraudulent expense claims in connection with activities apparently unrelated to Aid to the con tras he is serving a id year sentence at fort leaven Worth Kan. The Pentagon official who spoke about the Case said the army which investigated the finances of the secret unit for two years still could not account for All of the unit s Money and does not know whether . Govern ment funds went into the account. He said the army did not even know about the existence of the Swiss Bank account until the lbs news report. Washington governor oks test after nuclear scenario dropped Olympia Wash. A the stale of Washington will Lake part in a civil defense lest now that the Feder Al government has dropped a mock nuclear War from the scenario says gov Booth Gardner. The Federal emergency management Agency s regional director offered monday to eliminate a Simu lated detonation of nuclear bombs from a prepared Ness Drill that was rejected first by Washington then by Oregon. The revised exercise scenario to be developed by Fema will depict a period of increasing i  ional tension which could Lead la a strategic attack on the . The exercise will end without Simuhl Al nuclear detonations Fema official William or wrote to Gardner. The Compromise is a Good Faith Effort on Fihma s part to be responsible to your needs while carrying out our responsibility to assure that civil defense contrib utes meaningfully to our country s National strategic defense posture he wrote. Gardner declaring that the Federal Agency had backed Down said the slate now expects to take pan in the exercise. Fema had threatened to Cut off $2.5 million in Federal funds if the two states refused to participate in the Drill. Oregon gov. Neil Goldschmidt at a news Confer ence in Salem stopped Short of signing up. The new Fema position is a Good Start ing Point to draw up a new Drill but details still arc sketchy he said. Gardner said the important Point is that Fema was dropping the part of the scenario that had nearly 30 nuclear warheads exploding Over Washington stale we be said All along we would Welcome a reason ably conceived exercise to test our communications network he said. I m very pleased that Fema has decided that we Don t need an elaborate nuclear War game to get the Job  the stars and stripes Page 9 Roundup nato exercise planned in Eastern Turkey in june shape Belgium nato exercise Aurora express with be held in Eastern Turkey june 1-30, supreme head quarters Allied Powers Europe official Laid tuesday. The Allied come Europe Mobile Force will practice Plant and operations related to its deployment deter rent activities and combat operations. Ace Mobile Force land will deploy with Attoul 5,000  and 1,500 vehicles. Ace Mobile Force air will deploy about 40 combat Al reran with their respective fighter Squadron. Forces from Belgium Germany Italy Luxembourg the United kingdom and the United Stales will participate alongside turkish forces. The last Ace Mobile Force live exercise in Eastern Turkey was in 1983. Military Airlift come forms 8 new finance squadrons Rhein main a Germany the 435lh comptroller so one of eight new finance squadrons in he air forces military Airlift come was activated wednesday. The new units Are re designations of disbursing units that were disbanded in August 1950. The change will unofficial studies show morale and productivity have improved in other air Force commands As the new squadrons were fanned a spokesman at Mac Headquarters at sell fab lit., said. Several revisions noted to military code of Justice Washington changes a. The uniform code of military Justice extend the statute of limitations for most offences from three to five years while capital offences will continue to have no time limitations. Another revision brings the military s insanity Pica More in line with Federal Law shifting the Burden of proof to the accused instead of the government. A slight change in another regulation allows enlisted defendants to request orally instead of in writing thai enlisted Peers serve on their court mania panel. Also under the new rules the military May order reservists onto Active duty for court martial prosecution. Before this change the military did not Bave jurisdiction once a reservist left Active duty. President to nominate new Dod inspector general Washington president Reagan will soon nominate a lop Nasa space Agency official to become the next inspector general of the defense department the Pentagon announced tuesday. June Gibbs Brown an attorney who currently works As associate administrator at the National aeronautics and space administration would replace the retired Joseph h. Sherick. Her nomination must be confirmed by the Senate Brown s3, previously had served As the inspector general at Nasa from 1981 to 1985 and earlier As the inspector general for the Interior department from 1979 to 1981. The Post of inspector general is a position created by Congress designed to operate independently of a fed eral Agency s leadership when it comes to conducting audits and investigations of alleged wrongdoing. In another personnel move the Pentagon tuesday said the president had nominated col Erlind g. Royer to become the next Dean of the faculty at the air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo assuming he is confirmed by the Senate Rover would also receive a promotion to the one Star rank of brigadier general. Royce 48, is a native of Missoula. Mom., and currently head of the electrical engineering department at the Academy. Luxembourg s army gets first 2 female recruits Luxembourg a the first two women have Ente Ivd the ranks of Luxembourg s 700-Sirong army. Defense ministry spokesman Joseph Berg said wednesday. Luxembourg s Emty was Oft limits to women until a european court of Justice decision Over turned the ban last full Berg said