European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d officials say rifles pole no danger Page 9 d Mol Tor extends Streak to 36 games Page 21 q Reagan thanks Syria for help with hostage Page 28 the spars an vol. 46, no. 127 sunday. August 23. 1987 0 8693 a Lonetree convicted of spying Quantico in. Ai j sgt. Clayton Lon Clicc the first Marine Ever Murl martial cd for spying was convicted Friday of passing secrets to the Kab after he fell in love with a Soviel woman while a guard at the . Embassy in Moscow. Lonetree faces life in prison on the 13 counts bul defence attorneys said they will Appeal. After nearly four hours of deliberation the 8-officcr jury found Lone acc guilty of espionage conspiracy to commit espionage failure to report contacts and Dis closing identities of Cia agents Lonetree reportedly became involved in spying after tailing in love with soviet translator Viola la Sanni. The defense claimed he disclosed nothing of value to the soviets Bui gave them non vital secrets so he could siring them along As a free Lance double agent. The jury got the Case after the defense rested with out calling a witness and after the prosecutor Marine maj. David l. Beck said Lonetree sold out to a nation that has since the 19sos declared our nation to be Public enemy no. 1." we shall Appeal and we shall fight this to the end and we Hope in he end Justice will prevail said de sense attorney William Kunstler. Kunstler had argued thai he Case against the 25 year old Indian from St. Paul minn., was not that Cut and dried. In j a very Complex  Kun Siler said. He had predicted conviction on four charges of fail ing to report contacts with inc soviets. Kuri Suer said Lon three look the verdict better Hun he  just put my arms around him and he was shaking bul he was like a Marine. He took in and he took it  was silent As he was led out of the military courtroom to a Van that took him Back to the Quail to Marine base Brig. Before the jury got the Case the judge Navy capt. Philip f. Roberts turned Down a Molion for a mis trial As Well As requests to have the 13 charges against Lonetree  fellow defense counsel Michael Stuhff claimed Lonetree gave Soviel agent Aliksiy Yefimov see Lonetree on Page 28 sol. Clayton Lon Trec Ricail is escorted Buck to the Quanico Marine base Brig alter his conviction. App Cla Dod scolds services for hiring few spouses by Chuck Vinch Vegs Biriton Bureau Washington a lop Pentagon official has chastised the military serv ices for placing Only 26 family members in stateside defense Depan ment jobs during the pail three years under the employment preference program. In b sharply worded aug. 17 memorandum Deputy Secretary of defense William Tail in strongly encouraged the military services to step up their Effort to hire military spouses particularly in the United states the employment preference policy for stateside spouses has been in Etc i since 1985, but we Are aware of Only 26 placements of spouses to Date based solely on operation of the 1985 require ment Taft wrote. Conservatively we estimate that there arc approximately 30,000 . Vacancies in Dod each year that rep resent potential matches for military spouses he said. We strongly encourage you to support i Csc efforts. Expanded employment opportunities for spouses of members of the armed forces need to remain a High priority for til of  the tall memo clearly was intended to Send a message to the military serv ices said Thomas Gancit who is Wilh the defense department civilian person Nel policy office. We have to ask the services to do better than they be done to Date he said. Part of the problem can be blamed on the fact that the 1985 policy is relatively new. Garnet said another Factor is thai the Navy just came on line with its implementing guidelines so until recently we Haven t been Able to track one third of the Poten tial spouses involved. We be had much belter Success in overseas areas because we be had these administrative procedures for employ ment preference in place since the 1970s, in most cases he said. Taft directed inc services to track the numbers of military spouses currently employed in the Pentagon work Force. The services also will be required to regularly report on How Many spouses seek employment preferences and How Many arc matched to vacancies. This information is necessary to re Spond to inquiries from members of Congress and others Wilh an interest in our programs Taft wrote. We know that 26 have been placed since the policy took effect but we have no idea How Many applied 10,000 or 200," Garnet said. We need a better tracking  Pentagon officials will soon begin looking at developing a centralized com Puter data base under which Job applications and referrals could be a std which would greatly streamline the process Garnett said. If found to be feasible this would Benefit Job seekers by of lording them a Cess under a uniform and centralized Job referral system tall wrote. It would also provide More timely and accurate data 10 measure program  Federal secrecy pledge requirement dropped by Norman Buck Ai Mill try writer Washington the Reagan administration in an unexpected Cir eat directed All government Agen cies on Friday to up revoking the Security clearances of employees who refine to sign a controversial secrecy pledge. The action was Fibril diet Loid by attorneys for iwo air Force civilian workers who have been mining the government s use of what is known As Standard i orm 189. The document has been branded by congressional critics As being Overly Hond and an infringement of the first amendment Richli of government workers. The air Force acknowledged Laic Friday it had sus Pended action against a. Ernest Fitgerald. A prominent Pentagon whistle Blower and Louis Braie an instructor at an air Force intelligence school in Texas until further  the service said All Federal Agai cies had been or dered to Hall enforcement actions by the information Security oversight office or is Xan obscure Agency attached to the general  administration thai developed the form.  employees had earlier been old they Ould Ikic heir Security clearances and face reassign ment or loss of their jobs if they did t sign the form. I la Herald had been facing an aug. 24 deadline to Sii n the form and erase was facing the loss of his Job Al  anti bulk icing hit refusal to sign the see pledge on Page 28