European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stabs and stripes Friday May 22,1987 accidental death Ondon a Rachel Imit fluid. Granddaughter of Tho rite Harold a nil Lan Dien anti depressor drug she look i or being Muaid a Cor Oner s Facques wednesday West Inslfe Conj for or. Pau Knapman sail Ursulan 31, found dead Arliler had not in tended to kill to Elf. He recorded a verdict of acc Metal death. 2 con if i Italy Rome j9rome court has conned Sukit rfcs Franco Piperno offid Lanfranco Pace offous diff an Oraan Zalan that fined Italy i fenced them to 10 ars in . The court of a fitted them of complicil.,_. 1978 kidnapping and Mui former Premier Aldo More. 187th ferry victim Zeebrugge Belgium a the body of the i b7ih victim of the Herald of free Enterprise Cap sizing was found off this Harbor. Meet might port authorities have confirmed. The body was found floating near the Entrance of the Harbor. K was identified but the identity was not officially released. The British ferryboat capsized after leaving Zeebrugge on March 6. It wat carrying 543people.according to ship owner towns end Boresen five or six victims Are Tiu missing. Salvages believe they might be in the wreck. Temporary lodging expenses rades of d Washington. Or grades May soon be eligible for the temporary lodging expense which compensates personnel resuming from overseas for living costs. Currently Only personnel in Grade 4 and below qualify for the allow aph the House last week during a Obj Lwi the fiscal 1988 defense aulm Falion Bill. It was offered As Angilin Dinnel by Ftp. Bever per jul md., who Heads the House services subcommittee on Mili Noel and con service Mem and in f Pirn United stale a no Timur. A Clay for up to four Days to cover and lodging costs during the Benefit was first authorized in Early 1982, the House and sen ale appropriations committees did not approve the funds until february 1986.that approval was made retroactive to oct. 1, 1985. At that Lime All pay grades qualified10 use the the. Bui last fall funding was Cut and use of the Benefit restricted to those in grades e-4 and below. The Senate armed services commit already approved making the Kutaj rads but the House staffer certain that the appropriations run Wil haul agree to fury fund the expanded pro Pluf they held it up for four Yean an they can certainly hold it up again the said. Marines to re ease we Rick from Brig referring Case to Justice department by Norm an Black a military writer Washington sgt. John s. Wei Rick the third Marine embassy guard arrested on suspicion of espionage will be released from the Brig at Camp Pendle Lon calif., and no spying charges will be brought against him Fay the military the Marine corps said wednesday. Weirick s Case however has been referred to the Justice department where the offences Are subject to possible Feder Al prosecution 1 the corps said in a statement the corps added it did not know if the Justice department would prefer charges against the Mariac or whether he might be wrested by Federal agents once he was released from the Brig. The Justice department has not said whether it intends to Assum jurisdiction Over the Weirick Case. The corps said the 26-year-old Wei Rick is expected to be released later today wednesday or tomorrow. Unless the Justice department Steps into the Case Weirick will be resumed to his unit in a full duty however because of the seriousness of the alleged offences in is anti Cipale that he Wube recommended for the associated press reported Las week thai the Marine corps had asked the Justice department to assume prosecution of Weirick because the Salute of limitations under military Law had expired. The uniform code of military Justice specifies a two or thre Rycar statute of limitations for prosecution depending upon the specific crime. By assuming control of the Case the Justice department could charge Wei Rick under Federal Law which has a longer statute of limitations than the military corps acknowledged wednesday that the statute of limitations prevent Edil from pursuing the Case against Wei said it had held toe Man in the Brig for More than a month because of the concern thai subsequent investigation might reveal thai he had continued with espionage activities into the period Cov ered by the at Ihil Lime there is no evidence of suspected continued activity beyond 1982," the corps said. Fri Iii 26, of Eureka calif., was arrested april 7 and ordered confined 10 the Brig on suspicion of espionage whence worked As guard at the Vas. Consul ale in the soviet City of Leningrad fro nov. 18,1981, to dec 2,1982. Pentagon source have said investigators believe Weirick became involved with soviet women while posted to Leningrad and May have gotten some Money from the russian. And Al Lowed Access to the publicly Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims has said Weirick was arrested on wednesday s decision provided the second indication in just a week s time that miliary prosecutors Are experienc ing difficulty in assembling their cases against the Marine embassy guard. Last Friday a Marine general Rule prosecutors would have to forego Pursuit of the most explosive charges against j. Lonetree the fir guard arrested in the Case because they were based on hearsay evidence. The charges that were dropped in that Case alleged that Len circe had actually allowed soviet agents to roam inside . Embassy in Moscow last year. Lonel rce instead will face a court mar tial on charges he provided classified in formation and document to Ibe soviets. The Case against Lonetree s alleged accomplice Chi. Am Lii Bracy. U Mil a pretrial hearings and no decision a been made on what charges if toy will be referred for court martial. The Pentagon has said the Only connection Between Weirick and Lonetree and Bracy was that Weirick s alleged improper conduct was uncovered As a remit of the Lonetree investigation. Marine Legal sources have said the jus Tice department which enforces Federal Law and operates under an entirely differ ent framework could step in and re charge Weinick under the . Code. The Federal code contains a five year statute of limitations sufficient to pursue therase one Legal source noted. Fewer new cases of aids reported in Italy. R. _ j i a Iii i in a Kikm Kpenii nth eos to Hir Antii it if the Allds virus Rome a health officials said on wednesday thai the spread of aids has slowed Down in Italy where the majority of cases arc drag addicts. In the first four months of 1987, 141 new cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome were reported against 171 new cases in the first four months of 1986 and 2ib new cases in the second four months of 1986. According to stud ies released by the health ministry. In 1986, the number of aids cases doubled in Italy. Related stories Page 9. There Are 732 reported cases of aids in Italy As of May 12, involving s97 men and 135 women with 412 of them result ing in death according to the Institute of health. Aids is a virus thai Breaks Down the body s natural defense against disease. Itis spread through sexual Contact transfusion of infected blood or injection with a contaminated Needle. At a National meeting of aids expert in Rome this week experts warned that in Italy an alarming number of those carrying the aids virus without actually having the disease Are manifesting the Early symptoms of aids. More than 100,000 people a Sli mated to be carriers of the aids virus in Lily according to the health ministry. These people known As Serop Octivea May never develop aids but they my pass the infection on to others of 16.000 patients who have been found 10 be seropositive 47 percent have the symptoms according to a study done by the University of Rome. The majority of aids patients in Italy j6.4 percent Are drug addicts. Among the others 24.9 percent Are homosexuals 3.s percent Are Herloph Isacs and 1.9 percent arc people who have had Many blood transfusions. Exercise Hammer tests . Air defences some 350 a air planes and More than 400soldiers helped test the United King Dom s air defense system and the Abil of the aircrews to a Najr. Stand american fighter planes look off tuesday from their bases All Over eur Jand joined up Over the North sea to or ie3i Siuw maj lev Lilg 3nc. Tactics used by the composite Force. The exercise which was to last about 30 minutes went smoothly a 3rd air Force official said wednesday de used Parol and Hawk surface to air Siles from several British bases Lont the rats rapier and tense systems used in the exercise
