European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. June 19. 1937 the stars and stripes Page 5 millions in military gear stolen yearly extremists Are buying it senator says Washington up hundreds of millions of dollars in ammunition weapons and military gear is stolen annually from the Pentagon s 5160 billion inventories and some is sold to extremist Hale groups sen. Pete Wilson said wednesday. The California Republican issued a lengthy report on stolen and missing military equipment the product of a task Force on defense inventories he headed and said a precise estimate of How much is stolen and How much of what is taken is ammunition or weapons is impossible to develop but he said our guess is. It s hundreds of Mil Lions on an annual  his task Force recommended a series of Steps for the military services to take to improve depot Security and Wilson said he will introduce legislation on the problem and seek to increase the number of undercover investigations and to increase the penalties for steal ing military supplies. In one instance in North Carolina he said material suite from fort Bragg was sold to an extremist group the while people s parly which Wilson de scribed As a real Sicoco  he said there is no evidence any stolen ammunition or weapons were sold outside the country but it s a  the task Force and various other government investigations found evidence of a Loose knit network of military surplus stores that knowingly sold stolen equipment. In a sting operation at Camp Pendleton Calif., government agents bought combat gear from marines who later said they had stolen it at the base. Agents estimated $1 million a year in equipment was being stolen at Camp Pond Luton. Other celebrated incidents reviewed by the task Force included the Case of an army non commissioned officer who stole ammunition five Light anti tank weapons hand grenades and High explosives. In another Case an army reservist in Dallas wins found to have 9.5 tons of explosives apparently stole from the military. Wilson noted hat much of the stealing occurs at army and Marine installations because they House ground combat forces that must Kurp such equipment Handy. He said the army has made significant Progress in stemming thefts of its equipment and munitions but the task Force report recommended among other things that physical Security around depots be in creased and that commanders pay More attention to management of military supplies. Homeless avoiding la Campground in droves some homeless people Are likening the Urban Campground to Aji Urban concentration  Sands of time los Angeles a about 125 transients have drifted into the City s new Urban Campground being operated by the salvation army for 60 Days while authorities explore Long Range solutions for hdm Tessness. City of facials created the temporary Camp which is intended to accommodate 600, after police removed homeless people from the makeshift shelters they had erected on sidewalks along skid Row. Police chief Daryl Gates blamed transients for a rising crime rate in the blighted area. Meanwhile the City Council voted tuesday to give preliminary approval to freeze rents at downtown hotels that provide night by night shelter for the poor. Typically the rooms rent Lor is a night. The Council also imposed a six month moratorium on demolition permits required to raze the hotels Barbara Zidman director of the City s rent stabilization program described the Council s action As homelessness  homeless activist Ted Hayes and two other men were arrested tuesday at the new Urban tent Camp after Refus ing to comply with search rules officials said. They used deception to get in alleged Robert Beaver of the salvation army. Beaver said everyone entering the Camp must be patted Down for weapons drugs or Alco hol by an employee of either the salvation army or a City authorized Security company. Hayes who has pursued a dream of establishing a permanent Camp for the homeless was opposed to the salvation army s administration of the tramp. He complained tuesday about dust toilet facilities and the Lack of first Aid facilities. Estimates of the number of homeless vary widely. A Federal study several years ago cited 30,000 homeless in the greater los Angeles area while a study by the City s redevelopment Agency last year said 1,000 people were sleeping on skid Row sidewalks. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today ,. June 19, 1947 great Britain and France issued an urgent Appeal to soviet Russia to join them in a big 3 foreign ministers Parley on putting the Marshall plan into effect. 30 years ago today. June 19, 1957 the House passed president Eisenhower s civil rights Bill 286-126. The Bill would authorize the attorney general to hear civil rights cases in Federal court. 20 years ago today. ,. June 19, 1967 the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Kuwait disbanded and hew 10 the 11 riled nations after failing to produce a common formula on political and economic ways of regaining land lust in the six Day War with Israel. 10 years ago today. ,. June l. 1977 army officials in Washington reprimanded it. Gen. Donn a. Starry for his remark in a fran fun american High school equation speech that the United states Muy wind up in the Middle of a soviet chinese War. There was Ulk that starry former v corps commander would not receive his scheduled fourth Star. Navy divers step up search to recover lost Phoenix missile by Norman Black a military writer Washington Navy divers have been working off the coast of Southern California for several weeks now in Hopes of resolving the Fate of an advanced Phoenix missile that was lost in the Pacific during an Aerial lest. The Navy in a statement released in response to press queries said the Phoenix fell into the Ocean on May 19 when its rocket motor failed to ignite after it was released by an f-l4 tomcat fighter. The Navy said it has already determined the missile was lost because of human  ordnance handlers on the ground failed to properly Arm the air Lair dog fighting missile before the plane took off the service said a Navy recovery it am was dispatched to either recover the lost missile or to confirm that it cannot be recovered the Navy added in its statement. The soviet Union routinely dispatches intelligence gathering vessels into the Waters of the test Range which is located to the North of los Angeles off Pomi Mug Calif. Navy officials who asked not to be named said the available evidence at this Point suggests the missile was destroyed after the Ranii Finnja. But they acknowledged the recovery of such a missile by the soviets would represent a serious setback. The Navy statement said there were no soviet ves Sels on the Pacific missile test Center Range and none have been sighted in the recovery area since the Inci Dent  the Phoenix that was loss was the newest Model of the missile designated the aim-5-4c, and much of its technology is highly classified the sources said. The Navy said the missile was fired by the tomcat at an Altitude of about one mite As port of a lest involving a project which is  the service refused to elaborate beyond saving the missile itself was not being tested. According to one source while the Rockel motor never ignited the Phoenix guidance system was still probably trying to keep the missile s nose up As it fell resulting in a belly Flop Landing that would have destroyed it on Impact. Alternatively the official continued the missile could have struck nose first which would have shattered its front end. Or it could have fallen into one of the numerous deep Waier canyons in the area where the sheer pressure of the Depths would have crushed it. The Navy refused to Sav wednesday How Long its div ers would continue to search the urea bul one Ollk Ial said the operation would probably last at least another week just to make sure it s not in shallow