European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d my rail system to Cost $9.1 billion Page 5 d Marine guard charged with perjury Page 7 d Becker defeats czech at Wimbledon sports Page 23 the authorized us office a publication for the . Ahmed forces vol. 46. No. 69 thursday Jung 25, 1987 0 8693 a Secord bought Security gear for North s Home panel told Washington a a former Cia employee testified tuesday thai he installed a $13,900 Security system Al the Home of it. Col. Oliver North and then exchanged backdated documents with North to make it appear that the Marine officer paid the Bill. Glenn a. Robinette who made More than $2,000 on the Deal said he assumed the later invoices he prepared for the installation were part of a cover up. He said he had already been paid for the Job by retired air Force maj Gen. Richard v. Secord. Accord who worked with North in operations Send ing . Arms to Iran and changeling some profits to the contras in Nicaragua also figured in later testimony involving mysterious much larger amounts. Former defense department official Noel c. Koch who had helped Stan a Secord Legal defense fund said he resigned As a trustee last Friday because he became suspicious of the $500,000 that came in from Anonymous sources in the past six weeks. The committees met privately during a noon recess and the Senate panel again tuesday night to discuss rules being worked out with North s lawyers for his appearance before the panels in july. However no final agreement was reached and a subpoena dead line for North and relevant documents was pushed Back to thursday to give the committees More Lime to decide Whai to do one member of the House panel rep. Jack Brooks a Texas said he feared Congress was setting a bad see Secord on Page 28 a collision an explosion and a Tanker splits of the after it collided with tuesday on the Seine River near Rouen France. The collision split tit Victoria in Rora killing at least one person and leaving five others mass ing. The japanese Tanker was slightly damaged in the collision. Both ships had delivered their cargo of kerosene. Hut the storerooms acted Lik bottle of butane in exploding upon Impact officials said. Steu Captain relieved of command in Bahrain Washington a Capo r. Brindl the skipper of the guided missile frigate Stark was relieved of his command tuesday in Bahrain where the ship has been lied up since it was at tacked last month by an iraqi warplane the Navy said. Pentagon ear Lier this by Septka Brindl would not be rep Cetl before wednesday. The Navy said cmdr. John a Bahrain sunday was after completing his transition tuesday. Last Orange n.j., had lapped months ago to replace Brin Del As the next Captain of the Stark in a routine change of command. Following the May 17 attack the Navy debated allowing Brindel to bring the ship Back to its Home port in Florida aft Rary re Fune 19, the Pentagon an he and two of his top offi cars irn mediately following the military inquiry. An iraqi warplane attacked the ship while it was on routine patrol in the per Sian Gulf killing 37 sailors. The United attack a Case of mistaken identify. Although the inquiry report has yet to be released publicly Pentagon sources have said it recommends courts martial for the three officers. Meta Ortis said to be highly critical of the is take defensive act ions against Hel 3 . Warships in route to Gulf reach Suez port said Egypt a three american warships reached the sue canal s Northern Entrance tuesday in route to join others on d Ziy in the persian Gulf. The guided missile destroyer Kidd and guided mis Sile frigates Klakring and Ailcy were dispatched in connection with plans to escort 11 kuwaiti tankers that will Fly the . Flag. Six . Navy ships arc Active in the persian Gulf since an iraqi missile attack May 17 severely damaged the Stark a sister ship of the Klinkn Gand flailed and killed 3 7 sailors. The three new arrivals crossed the Atlantic with a 15-ship Bailie group led by the Carrier Saratoga then broke away in the Mediterranean to steam for i Egulf. I Ort said Harbor officials said the ships arrived Ai about 5 . And would pass through the 101-mile canal wednesday. In Washington the Navy said the Kidd Klakring and Fla Ley would be among eight warships plus the command ship la Salle available for escort in the Gulf by Early july. The Stark is undergoing repairs at Manama Bah rain and is expected to return Home next month. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger told Congress last week the eight vessels will be sufficient to do the Job and minimize risks in protecting kuwaiti tankers from attacks by Iran which has been at War with Iraq since september i Jho. Ironically the Kidd is one of four i Siru yers built for Iran but not delivered. Construction began on the Kidd then called the Kourosh in june 1978 on a contract signed by the government of the late Shah Mohammed Racza i ahla i. Iran cancelled the Deal just before the Shah was ousted in a coup and Aya Lohn Rohollah Khomeini s fundamentalist shiite moslem regime look Power
