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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, July 25, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday. Juty 25.1987 judge to be nominated As Fri head Washington president Reagan announced Friday he will Nomi Nate Federal judge William s. Sessions of Texas known Tor his Lough Law and order approach to criminal Justice As director of the Fri. The Fri has been without a direct for Tinct May 19 when William h. Web scr was confirmed As director of the Cia. The Senate inuit confirm the Nomi nation before sessions can take Over As the fifth dire elot in the Bureau s history. Reagan made the announcement on he White House Lawn after returning from a speech. Sessions Webster and attorney Gen eral Edwin a Csc stood beside him. Reagan said sessions is Well Mccog Nifcas a Man of great personal integrity and  he said the judge is dedicated to the even handed administration of Justice and said he had been a fair minded Tough  replied sessions i thank you. I look Forward to trying to maintain the High Scarf cards Ihal judge Webster has pro  he said he also looked Forward to working with a desc. The president a narc the decision after sessions me with him in the Vilc mouse and with a desc at the Justice department. Sessions 57, flew to Washington thursday night from san Antonio Texas. His nomination follows a lengthy and politically embarrassing search by the Reagan administration for a new pm i director in which several candidates turned Down the Job. Sessions a Republican is Chic judge of the . District court for he Western District of Texas. He was named a judge in 1974 by Farmer i Rojt Lent Ford. Tie gained  air nation in 1982 s3 by or siding Over in rials Lemming from the killing of . District court judge John h. Wood or. In the cast involving the killing of Wood who was known As maximum John for the Miff sentences he imposed on drug dealers sew int handed Oul two life terms to i he convicted killer. He sentenced three other defendants involved in the conspiracy to terms of five to 30 years. Vessey going to Vietnam for talks on my As Washington Lupi president Reagan a sending former joint chiefs of staff chairman Gen. John Cesscy to Hanoi Vietnam do week to discuss the Fate of americans missing in action from the Viet Nam War the White House announced Friday. Pc secy newly appointed As the president s special emissary for prisoner of War and missing in action issues will be in Hanoi aug. 1-3, while House spokesman Marlin Fitz both sides have agreed that these discussions on humanitarian issues should not be linked to any oui Sta tiding political problem Between the to countries such As normalization of relations or the cambodian ques Tion Fil Walcer said. Gen. Vessey s Dis Lin a mme Guise cd background and his dedication to this Issue arc Well known he said the United slates looks Forward to fruitful discussions with the vietnamese on these issues through Bis Mission sen. John Mccain r-ariz., a former prisoner of War who was held in North Vietnam introduced a Resolution expressing the Senate s full and undivided support for Vessey s Mission. The Resolution which is expected to pass also backs any attempt by Vessey to determine the Fate of americans miss ing in action and to bring Home their remains. Mccain said More than 2,400 american servicemen arc missing in Southeast Asia and noted. It is important that Hanoi know before general pc secy departs thai he presi Dent the Congress and the american people stand behind our special emissary. Many years have a cd since the end of the Vietnam War he said. For Many american veterans the wounds of that War arc just beginning o heal. But the families of those men still missing continue to live in limbo without knowledge of Inci husbands fathers and Brothe  Mccain attended Al a meeting thursday with vice presi Dent George Bush Vessey and rep. Thomas Ridge a a. Of Fiat Samuel Lon tree Grandfather of Marine set. Clayton Lon Cree. Talks to the press at Quanico a. With bin Are lawyers Michael Ruhff left and William Kunstler. Judge bars files from Lonetree Quantico a. A a military judge Friday refused to release classified material that defense lawyers for Marine sgt. Clayton Lon Cree say will prove the far Mer Moscow embassy guard is innocent of espionage. Navy Cape. Philip f. Roberts who is presiding Over Lon Trec s court martial turned Down tie defense re ques for the report of a government expert who re viewed Lone Irce s tape recorded statement to the naval investigative service. Lone acc s lawyers argued the papers arc crucial 10 sup port their cont lion that the statement was coerced. But prosecutors said the defense is not entitled to the material because he government has no intention of using Ilas evidence except to counter expert Testi Mony in defense might introduce. Roberts also denied a defense request to open the personnel files of the Nis investigators who Micro Gaied Lone rec defense lawyers wanted to see if the tiles included any complaints about illegal conduct in interrogations. Lon circe. A 25-year-old american Indian from is Paul minn., is accused of giving classified embassy information to Soviel agents and of disclosing the identities of . Intelligence agents. Espionage is the Mosi serious of he a charges he faces carrying a possible life scale acc. The first Marine to be tried for espionage Lone rec admits he had an affair with a soviet woman who was an embassy employee but said he did not betray his country. Following Roberts rulings the court martial went behind closed doors to consider additional request for evidence by Lonc rec s lawyers. The court martial was in its third Day Friday. Journalists report abuse of youth Camp members Smyrna Mich. Api youths at a Young marines National training Camp near Here suffered physical and mental abuse by some adult instructors As part of he Camp s program to instill discipline the debt ii news reported Friday. A news photographer and reporter wednesday saw a 14-Ycar-om Camp member thrown to the ground pounced on and slammed against a tree by an instructor the newspaper said in a copy right Story. Several children forced to tears by the rigorous raining were belittled and humiliated by instructors the news reported. The Young marines not affiliated with he Marine corps is a National group run primarily by retired military veterans. The youth training organization whose methods have been criticized in other parts of Jhc nation uses strict discipline in closely supervised meetings that include military drills marching and rigorous physical challenges. Other instructors at the Camp spoke Oul again Ilic use of Boot Campha Ras sment ladies no longer used by the Marine corps during recruit training the be what we have Here is a Bunch of old geezers washed up has beens who e enjoy playing tin soldiers said Lee Light la a r cured  first sergeant who is taking part in a training session. Two Hundred boys and girls age 8-18, from across he nation Are participating in the seventh annual Young marines Encampment at the Robert l. Wagner Camp on 140 acres near Smyrna in West Ern Michigan 15 Miles East of grand rapids. In a four Day session ending Friday the youths Wafic up at 5 a.m., Learned to March in formation scaled a 30-foot Wail and tackled a Quarter mile rail with 24 exercise Points the newspaper said. They were supervised by so adults. During a Daylong visit to the Camp a news photographer and reporter also said they witnessed a panicked 9-year-old boy being hauled in a harness Al the end of a rope to the lop of a 30-fool Wall where he remained for 45 minutes while instructors tried to Coa him to climb Down using the rope and Small climb ing blocks. The paper said that in one of inc incidents a Young Marine Corporal Del once Jones. 14, stalked away from his unil and threw his camouflage Cap at an instructor prompting raining officer Rod main la Shoul. Freeze Jones ignored he order. The instructor pushed him to lie ground and then main pounced atop the youth picked him up and Ihrck him against  lie news said. When the news photographer began taking pictures Charles Kemp Gas nation Al direcioi1 of the Young marines ran toward her put Bis fist on top of her camera and smashed it Down leaving a Bruise on he Bridge of her nose the news said. Rein Lytis later apologies the newspaper said. Jones who was not Hurt said he will never attend another Young Marine Encampment  
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