European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 19,1987 the stars and stripes destroyer s Rock of Roll group is the Navy s band on the run9 o Page 9 by distaff write Naples Italy it s not easy play hmm Rock n Roll band on the International scene  you re moonlighting. And it does l help being Al the mercy of the Navy the band has gone through a personnel change,1said the band s Leader and namesake. Ensign Ford me no acc of Ford and the Assembly line. Continuity i not rhythm suffers. We had a great show together and they �01  and so it is for a band on the run or on the , it. 0 a Bill Clark senior chief Petty offi cer Alan Otto Petty officer 3.c. Chris Crase and Petty officer 2.c. Herman Milton Are full time sailors from the guided missile destroyer William v. Pratt. Sheshi p. Its Crew and the band arc on a six month cruise the Mediterranean. The band s repertoire extends from the 3fmffundsto the heavy Metal of 87. They claim lath bund most like Huey Lewis and the news. My Warfle said he can sound a lot like Prince but the of to play anything they re asked. A " we just kind of Brixiu a Fanir music to it and try tout it All together Cir raid. The band Cama in life less than a year ago Bas player Otlo Hajj we kim3 this thing off playing the ship  last  j on ships Are not uncommon Otto said. Be fore his stint on the Pratt he was stationed on another destroyer and played in it band for 12 years. The uncommon thing is to have a group that persists Clark said. The Navy assignment system can him quartets into Ihrcke Somas and ducts into solos. The Ford and the Assembly line band docs not play for Money said keyboard player Clark. We formed More in an Effort to play oven a moral Clark said. St guaranteed a 400-Sutfprowd wherever they met lust the ship pm Rupany goes where they cd. Mcnac acc  for any num Ber of that 400  nothing  venues would be the envy of nig names. They Todl received inthe Cluj Grin. People appreciate run Altere Mcnac Bithey were Well liked in is. A few Fri Bathe International gigs however pay my me As a Back Home gig at say the tugboat club in Charleston . Nothing. We Don t ask for Money Menc acc said. Sometimes the ship will Send a message on to a town where they Are planning a Liberty slay and offer their music. Menefee said some of their Best Dales were inst. Croix Virgin islands a place Loo Small to have any bands of its own he said. A Good gig was off St. Maxim where they played from the Fantail of the anchored Pratt surrounded by Shoreline and yacht going farts. Clark said the French fans listen to a lot of Ameri can music on the radio so they appreciated it live. There s an advantage to playing in a non English speaking country too said Ford. " of you screw up the lyrics they Don t know  in front Row Craw it Ftp men ctr in Back left Otto. Row club Dod cuts number of Security clearances 34% Washington a the de sense department has Cut the number of people with Access id classified mate rial to 34 percent but i lagging in or  of those who have had such clearance for five Yean according to a congressional report. In 1984, the Reagan administration began a Campaign to reduce the num Ber of Security clearances for defens employees and contractors in response to a rash of spy cases in which Ameri cans sold secrets to the soviet Union China and Israel. The report said that in 1984, Penta gon official believed that too Many clearances were being requested for individuals whose positions did not re quire clearances the general accounting office congressional watchdog Agency found that the number of people with defens Security clearances dropped from 4.1 million in october 1984, to 2.7 million in october 1986. The report did not provide figures for 1937. The number of people with lop secret clearances dropped 17 percent from 597,000 to 493,000, and the num Ber with secret clearance fell 21 per cent from 3.2 million to 2.5 million. The number of people with the Low level Security clearance confidential Rose 26 percent from 324,000 to408,000, apparently swelled by people who lost higher level clearances. The report did not Deal with the number of people who have so called compartment de clearances to Var ious top secret codename projects such As extremely sensitive weapons or intelligence project. The report also found that the de sense department had spent Only $14 million of $25 million authorized by Congress for Clearing up a backlog of re investigations of people who already held Security clearances. In 1984, it said that "600,000 individuals had top secret clearances in the defense department and were subject to being reinvest Ligated every live  Pentagon s defense investigative service conducted 27,000 such investigations a year from 1983 to 1985, meaning that about 300,000 cases would be overdue by 1986. Congress appropriated $25 million in 1986 to erase the backlog but the Pentagon Cut $5.4 million from that to help balance the budget however the Gao found the Pentagon spent only$14 million of the j19.6 million remaining in the  1987, the Pentagon received $24 minion for the  a level of funding that the congressional Agency estimated would erase the backlog by the fiscal year beginning oct. 1, 1989.As defined by the report the level of classification depends on the extent of damage 1c. National Security which could be caused by the unauthorized disclosure of the information. If the unauthorized disclosure could cause exceptionally grave damage to the nation Al Security then the information should be classified lop secret if serious dam age then secret and if damage the confidential the investigative requirements far confidential and secret clearances Are essentially the same both require search or Federal Agency records to identify previous investigations or criminal records. A top secret clearance requires the same Steps As confidential and secret clearances plus a background invest gation. And personal interviews with people who know the subject As Well Asan interview with the subject the re port said. Of sergeant gets life sentence in no s death Bidav Odiehl . Burea uan air Force staff sergeant was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Genera court martial at Raf Alconbury eng land for the murder of another  sgt. Keith Poertner 31. Was found go iffy by a Board of nine officer sin the fifth Day of his sin Day trial said Alconbury spokesman master sgt. Al Burrell. Poertner a clerk at the base s17lh reconnaissance Wing was the  Ond Man to be tried in the March Mur Der of master sgt. Lawrence Feterl of the 6952nd electronic Security so. The Laporte ind. Native stabbed Feterl in the neck after a party in Eaton soon. His longtime Friend. Staff  Groveman 25, was found guilty in june of unpremeditated murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Grove Man who was stationed at Raf Benwa ten handed Poertner the knife that housed to Stab Feterl. Koenner admitted stabbing Peter when he appeared a a witness at Grove Man s trial. However he pleaded no guilty to the charges of aggravated As Sault and premeditated murder in mistrial. Poor tour is married to another air Force  premeditated murder is a Cap ital offence Poertner could have received the death sentence according to the prosecuting attorney capt Milch it linger. Ettinger argued for the death sen tence in the  the sentencing Friday port nor also was reduced to Al and ordered to forfeit All of his pay and allowances. A fishermen seek to prevent waste burning Copenhagen Denman Fleet of angry danish fishermen battled one of the worst storms of the 20thcentury Friday the try to Stop an Ameri can garbage scow from burning waste on their fishing grounds. A 15-trawler Vanguard of the Arona which was to be joined from port All  pushed Thipa Pleavy seas in the Eye of the Otthat lashed Britain earlier. Their anger were garbage disposal  fish ing territory to gel a we Are sick to Deaja which Cornu of  to waste said skipper Sven _ Stiansen of the Sonya Doris in a Tele phone interview. They May claim that they Don l pol Lute but the fact is that the fish have gone said Christiansen. Their anger was directed at an Ameri can the Hurricane Force winds sweeping across the North sea were making. " i tons or Spanish Al waste in the North sea 60 Miles in tended to link up wfl3 of the environmental Greenpeace which also wanted to the incineration. Very hard weather out Here at the moment said Christiansen but we planto slay Here until our Job is  the Vul Canus 1 is one of two vessels of the american company Ocean com Justion services which ferries chemical ithe North sea for burning every