European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page z the stars and stripes sunday August 30,1987 news Iipp Lotf s Export Law Case Atlanta a a Federal judge sentenced a California Busi Nessman Friday to i Yearsin prison and a $6.6 million Fine the Maxi mum for his part in Selling two . Aircraft to Libya saying he wished he could have been harsher. . District judge j. Owe Forrester told Edward j. Elkins he would Tike to give him a sentence chiselled in Stone with the names of every person who has died As adult of libyan  i would give you More if i had More to give you he hid. Elkins of Santa Maria calif., was convicted after a five week trial in june of conspiring to Vio late . Export Laws m setting two transport aircraft made by lock Beed Gloreia co. To Libya. Israeli documents Washington a Israel handed Over the hut in a series of chronologies covering its involve ment in the tale of . Arms to Iran on Friday an official at the israeli embassy  documents were Given by an embassy representative to the congressional Iran Centra committees Taid israeli spokesman Yossi algal said the records covered is Rael involvement from january 1986 unto the affair was exposed last november. Temperatures 50 a Albirty so 04  4b 71 act Emo it m too n Mem to aunt City 71 90 aun h b uuran73 h Baton Flouff by to. 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Total shipping costs for the defense department worldwide during the next six month Cycle will be about 1125 Mil lion an Mac official said Friday. The defense department has just completed negotiations for shipping agreements with 15 .-Flag Ocean ear ners for the six months starting oct. 1. The rates for cargo shipped in containers which Are usually 8 feet High 8 feet wide and either 20 or 40 feet Long have increased by 7.9 percent while rates for break bulk cargo which can be any Type of Odds and ends not shipped in containers have increased by 4.1 per cent the official said. Rale increases for this Cycle can be attributed to the failure late last year of uni cd states lines general increases in shipping costs for Export cargo due to the weak Dollar and higher ship fuel prices the official said. I would t say . Lines going bankrupt was the major Factor in this Cycle s Price increase because this is a pretty free flowing Market but it did Hurt the official said. Uni cd slates lines handled 60 per cent of the military cargo going from the East coast to Europe. When the firm failed Dod officials scrambled to draw up agreements with other shippers to pick up the Slack. Bottlenecks occurred at East coast ports and delays in ship ments ran As Long As several weeks. Increased shipping costs for exports docs not directly affect military cargo since those shipments Are not destined for foreign Sale. But Dod still feels the Pinch the official  general Export cargo costs Rise we get caught up in that and Nave to Bear the higher prices As Well he said. The biggest increase from the previous Cycle occurred on the routes from the East coast to the Western Mediterranean Northern Europe and the United kingdom. Those were some of the routes formerly plied by United slates lines. Rales increased by 16-5 percent to the Mediterranean and 12.7 percent to Northern Europe and the United King Dom. The largest drop 20.8 percent occurred on the East coast Panama Raulet the Mac official could not say what percentage of Dod Canto is made up of personal goods such Asl household goo Sand cars shipped by service members being reassigned. But personal goods make up a considerable portion of our shipments be said. Corps Deputy commander says exercises necessary to prevent War by Mark Walsh staff writer Dordrecht Netherlands the Iii corps Deputy commander said sat urday he views reformer "87 and other Large scale military exercises As a Way to prevent War. Maj. Gen. John m. Brawn of fort Hood Texas said the United slate must be prepared for War to deter War. Reformer demonstrates to ourselves and everyone else that we have the ability to reinforce  while arms control talks Are continuing Brown said that they May dictate to some extent How a War is fought if one Breaks out but he does t Ihrk arms reduction will mean no More wan. We All Hope thai the arms reduction would cause the possibility of War to be far less. The military has to be ready to respond depending upon what the political Bosses Tell us to do he said. Reformer "87, the i9lh in a series of return of forces to Germany exercises is the most substantial movement of sol Diers since world War ii. It is also the first reformer where a corps level head quarters is deployed from the United states to Europe troops began arriving wednesday and the first Convoy of equipment left the Dordrecht staging area at noon sat urday for Germany. Several demonstrations occurred throughout the Dordrecht area but Brown said he believes there is no threat to either the reformer Security or operations. Dealing with demonstrators is a Host nation responsibility and i think that the dutch officials both military and civilian have that Well in hand Brown said. As Long As demonstrations have been authorized by government officials and As Long As they Are controlled i set no problems in terms of disruption of what we Are planning to  protesters near the Rotterdam Dock Friday raised anti nato banners and shouted Yankee go  Brown said the grounding wednesday of the ah-64 Apache helicopter As a pie cautionary measure after an Apache crash aug. 21, would have no Advent Impact on next month s certain Sentinel exercise. Thirty six of the helicopters Areen route to Europe As part of reformer. We think we know what the problem is he said. The fix is to Send repair parts and equipment to replace putt on the aircraft and those parts Are in route and should be in Europe within the nest Day or  following the repairs inspections win be conducted on the aircraft to deter mine if there is any faulty equipment on Board or faulty repair parts. Brown said the soldiers Are in Good spirits and working ahead of schedule despite the effects of Jet lag just about All the soldiers i talked to Are very upbeat about the wok thing Brown said. Soldiers in general and Mil itary people in general. Have Ami lion and once they get the Opportunity to do that Mission they re Tong to be very excited about  Reagan s Calif pension criticized Washington a the nation Al taxpayers Union Friday said presi Dent Reagan May have violated the Constitution by accepting si78,000 in pension payments from California Over the past seven years. A White House lawyer however Al ready has rejected the complaint and de Nied thai the Constitution ban Reagan from collecting a j29,188-a-year pension from his Days As governor of California. The of ppr is a dipper said Sid Taylor the research director of the tax payer Union a watchdog group who tent nil third letter to the White House on the Issue in As Many months. Reagan picked up the name Gipper from Nis movie Days when one of his Best known Rola was As notre Dame football Sta George Opp in Knute Rockne All  Reagan draws a 1200,000 salary As chief executive of the United Stales and he reported total income last year of $136,640, including his California pen Sion and income from investments an wealth accumulated while governor and an actor. But it is Only the California pension that is clicking in Taylor s and so he claims the Constitution s Craw. The Constitution slates the presi Dent shall at stated times receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor diminished Dur ing the period for which he shall have been elected and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United Stales or any of  Taylor contends the pension is clearly an emolument and California is just As clearly one of  not to replied c. Christopher con senior associate counsel to the president in a letter dated july 23. It will be noted that the Constitution does not prohibit the receipt of any pay ment but Only of an emolument co wrote. The word emolument ii an ancient ethical term. Ii hat been defined As profit or gain arising from station office of employment Reward remuneration salary former attorney general William French Smith reviewed the pension Issue in 1982 and also concluded that Reagan was not running afoul of the Constitution. Cox said Reagan made contribution to the pension plan during his eight Yean As governor and acquired a vested right to it six years before he became presi  California cannot withhold it from him and the president Doe not have to perform any service in order to obtain it accepting the pension violate Nei ther the spirit nor the letter of the Constitution the White House lawyer Taid. Taylor said Reagan it setting a bad example for what the Union estimate arc 150,000 double dippers collecting to v Emmet salaries and pension at the same time. Most Are military Retiree. He called on Reagan to promptly re turn the is 78,000 to the stale of califor Nia not Only to Clear up the Constitution Al question but Alio 10 demonstrate White House fiscal