European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday. August 22,1937 news update . Teens sentenced new York up a teen Ager was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison and another youth received a 15-Ycars-to-Lifc term thursday for the mugging of a French tourist who became the City s first murder victim in 1987. Jean Casse 71, of Toulouse i Southern France was on his Way to the times Square new year s Cele bration when be was killed. Judge gift Ord Scott imposed maximum Penally on Eric Snook by smokes 19, who punched Cassa during the mugging shortly Lacr Midnight on new year s Day As the victim and his wife left a restaurant near Madison Avenue the elderly Man s head crashed onto the sidewalk and he died i o i hours later at Hospital. As Cassa Lay bleeding on the sidewalk smokes accomplice 16 year old David Warren rifled the victim s pockets and stole a Wallet containing at least Jisoo. Smokes convicted july 16 of Man Slaughter Munler and robbery charges was sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment Scon sentenced Warren to 15 years to life in prison. Temperatures 6s b7 h 67 s75 h 5 8067 i m h h h 04 he n Ai to u 5� Hub m h 49 h76 Tai 47 91 71 9ft lib Bocc 77 6t 73 mob64 h no ski to w hcrtuft4 a to h to i 71 d7ii Al m 101 lev go u h Uto a Stuut n h set Lunyk � Edlun Fly 74 h 94 73u 7j 78 927 evijuvi91 u Sun 73 100 sir Mowl 07 b but Flat 41 n a Palm � 100 i jut 17 79 1m97 n european Westlu Reagan in Good shape after hearings Baker says Santa Barbara Calif. A while House chief of staff Howard h. Bakerjr. Says president Reagan emerged from the Iran Centra hearings in Good shape and his aides Are Busy devel Oping strategies for the Domestic and for eign policy Battles ahead. While Reagan was relaxing with his wife Nancy at their Rancho Del Cisclo hid Way in the Santa Ynez mountains near Santa Barbara his top aides were meeting to take Stock of where we Are and get a snapshot of what happens next Baker told reporters thursday. After the nearly five hour meeting of Reagan s top advisers Al a hotel near this City on the Pacific coast Baker assessed Reagan s standing with less than a year and a half left in office it was a Good Opportunity for us to gel together and take Stock of where we Are and consider what recommendations we make to the president on where we go for the next several months he said. Baker said the meeting differed from a similar strategy session Reagan s aides held Al Santa Barbara in april when the president was facing the opening of con Gressional hearings on the Iran Contra affair a major Issue then he said was to make sure the president was not in  in retrospect he said the president was Able to fully cooperate with con  the president never once asserted executive privilege Baker said. He sup Mong log my ism us. Among tfm1 n Nix Atni rep ont. High a Watn u film whew u 8it t7 a wifi. 0 a Enlil. D a m i t7 Munct i m 77st 79 Pirn p 64 m 4 a fam r 71 thru dams 7tfiyrttrrtsq Yjih try much m so h 17 77 m 77 13 m a Fitch co. A correction an article in Friday s newspaper in correctly identified 1st sgt. Ricky Fletcher As the first sergeant of the s76lh Den Tal Del in bad Kreuz Nach. Fletcher is the first sergeant of the 8lh signal in. Howard biker or. Plied Over 250,000 pages of documents i think the hearings were Well conducted and the president came off in Good  now Baker said the focus is on How Reagan can accomplish his goals for the rest of this year and balance of his term. He identified the objectives As resolving the conflict in Central America reaching an arms control Accord with the soviets bringing about change in the Federal Bud get making process and gelling Robert h. Borlis confirmed to the supreme  the participants in the strategy session were Baker National Security 80 Viser Frank Carlucci Deputy chief of staff Kenneth do Borslein. Communications director Thomas c. A Frisco operations director Rhell Dawson counsel Arthur Culvahouse jr., and Domestic affairs advisers Kenneth Cribb and Dan Crippin said Fitzwater who also at  gave the following assessment of these issues which Are Al the top of Rea Gan s Agenda Baker acknowledged that Many conservatives have expressed concern about Reagan s willingness to continue supporting the nicaraguan Contra re Bels. But he said i do not believe that the president s retention of his Opportunity his option to ask for military Aid will impede the peace process. I think it will enhance  defended Reagan s decision to in Vite Contra leaders to a meeting in Losangeles next thursday saying he thought it would help not hinder the peace process. Baker is reasonably optimistic about Bork being confirmed by the sen ate to succeed Justice Lewis f. Powell who has resigned. The administration looks Forward with great interest to a meeting next month in Washington Between Secretary of state George p. Shutlz and soviet for eign minister Eduard Shevardnadze. Go gets life for hanging murder by Joseph Owen Santt girl Borrah Stuttgart a military judge sentenced an army private to life in Pris on Friday for the april 12 banging Mur Der of another Soldier who was de scribed in court As the defendant s Best Friend. The defendant pvt. 2 John f. Rob Idoux i of c Btry 4th in 9th Field arty was one of three soldiers charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the death of pfc Dennis m. Craig. Robt Doin 20, a native of Moore Croft Wyo pleaded guilty to both charges Friday during a court martial at the Stuttgart trial Center. A part of a pretrial agreement the Vii corps commander will approve a prison Terra of j5 Yean the government1 attorneys told the court. Robidoux s sen tence also included a dishonourable Dis charge reduction in rank to recruit and forfeiture of All pay and allow ances. Another defendant pvt. 2 Thomas w. Coder of co a 55th support in entered a guilty plea id the same charges on thursday and is scheduled for sentencing aug. 25. Charges against the third defendant Steven w. Adams 20, assigned to Robidoux i unit Are awaiting adjudication. All four soldiers were stationed at Artil Lery Cavern in Necka sulm near Heil Nova no gets award ? 9 years after heroic act London the Secretary of the Navy presented master chief Petty offi cer Robert Stucka with the Bronze Staron Friday 19 Yean after the act of Brav Ery that earned in the medal bad been approved in 1968, but an administrative error delayed the award s processing according to a Nei release from . Naval forces Europe. I be always been a Strong believer in recognizing physical and moral Cour age said Navy Secretary James Webb extremists suspected Bolzano Italy a extremists allegedly bombed the car of an italian tourist near Sarentino and torched an austrian owned shop in this provincial capital of the South Tyrol Region police reported Friday. When presenting the medal to fellow Vietnam Veteran stuck. In 1968, Stucka was a Boatswain state first class in charge of a unit of River assault so nine part of the joint army Navy Mobile riverine Force con ducting offensive amphibious operations in South Vietnam. On aug. Is 1968, when St Ulm was the boat Captain of Monitor 91-2 escort ing troop convoys in the Mekong Delta the Convoy came under heavy machine gun and anti tank rocket fire. An armoured troop Carrier loaded with infantry was severely damaged during the barrage further threatening the troops and boat Crew. Stucka is credited with bringing his boat alongside inc disabled troop Carrier lashing the iwo Cra together and mane vering both to safely the release stated. Slucka is on the staff of the commander of us. Naval forces Europe. Bronn when the murder occurred. Robidoux said during the court proceedings that Coder had approached him with a plan to kill Craig More than a month before the murder look place. Robidoux said Coder believed Craig was trying to Frame him with the theft of a pistol. Robidoux said he. Coder Adams and Craig went into a Vineyard on the night of april 12, near artillery Cavern after a Day of drinking and watch ing videotaped movies. After Adams lagged behind he said he and Coder hanged Craig from a per Gola an open Structure about the sue and shape of a Carport. He said he and Coder returned to the base about ii p.m., and Coder tried to make Craig s death look like a suicide by typing a suicide note and forging Craig t nature on it. I know what 1 did was wrong and i be thought about in Robidoux said before receiving his sentence i sorry for the problems i be caused the Craig family my family and the gov  cafes station drops Normal leaded fuel Munich is the cafes Auto Bahn Gas station North of Frankfurt has joined the growing list of stations to drop Normal leaded fuel and add unleaded super gasoline to its Stock an cafes Europe spokesman said. The change from Normal leaded Fud to unleaded super is the mull of a decision by the German government to phase out production of Normal leaded fuel for environmental reasons. Cape. Mart Besich said. Leaded super will will be available at cafes nations he Laid. Twenty three stations have switched including ail three of the Exchange s autobahn nations a Cilitti said. All stations will be converted by january1