European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 news briefs the stars and stripes thursday december 10,1987 two cos found guilty in separate courts martial Vicenza. Only two cos have received bad conduct discharges and one year jail terms in separate general courts martial n Southern european Tak Force spokeswoman said wednesday sol. Clayton a. Cardin 24, was found guilty on dec 3 of com Milting Oral sodomy Wajih a girl under i it. Cardin was aligned to the combat support co 3rd in 325lh inf regt sol. Mitchell w. Dent 27, was convicted on dec. 4 for being absent without leave for four Moths missing a uni deployment and living in government quarters with a woman other than his wife the spokeswoman said. Dent was As signed 10 co c of the same unit. Both soldiers also were reduced to the lowest enlisted Erade and must forfeit All pay and allow ances. They arc being transferred to the United Stales to serve their jail terms. Ruptured Hose caused spill of plane fuel in Pitburg Pitburg a Germany is a fuel spill in which about 5,000 Gallons of aircraft fuel leaked from a storage Lank monday was caused by a split in a 4-Inch, reinforced rubber Hose that connects the tank to a pump a base spokeswoman said. Officials believe the split was caused by weathering and recent temperature changes matter sol. Cynthia Hall said wednesday. A maintenance worker discovered the spill at about 10 . Monday. The fuel was flowing into the nearby flight line drainage system and base fire officials and environmental experts responded immediately. Hall said. They were Able to contain the fuel valued at $3.050. Within the base perimeter before any in to Rcd 1 he off base water table. The Lank which was drained by the leak will not be used until the Hose can be repaired Hall said. American boy 12, critical after being struck by car Hanau. Germany is a 12-year-old american boy was in critical condition wednes Day in the Frankfurt army regional medical Center after being hit by a car monday morning a Hospital spokesman said. Leonard p. White was crossing a Street about 20 Yards from the Entrance to argon or Cavern in Hanau when he was hit by a car driven by a 37-year-old German Man. A Hanau police spokesman said. White a seventh grader at Hanau High school initially was taken to the Hanau City Hospital. He was transferred id the army facility tuesday. While is the son of Sec. Leonard d. White of the 23rd engr in. Lufthansa Pilot blamed for false Hijack alarm Ankara Turkey a a mistake by the Eilola of a Lufthansa jetliner was blamed for ails hijacking report a turkish government official said wednesday. The jetliner on a night from the Aegean coastal City of Izmir Turkey to Frankfurt Germany was presumed hijacked after the aircraft started emitting Hijack signals shortly after Takeoff. Mustafa Oza lamer director of turkish air ports department told reporters that a wrong signal was Given As a result of Pilot  he said the aircraft carrying 52 passengers and seven Crew members landed at Frankfurt Airport. 43 persons believed killed in plane crash off Peru Lima Peru api a twin engine Navy plane carrying a Lima soccer learn and other passengers crashed into the Pacific Ocean near this coastal capital. All but one of the 43 people on Board were believed killed a Navy spokes Man said wednesday. The spokesman who asked not to be identified said five bodies and one survivor were found amid plane wreckage in inc Ocean six Miles North of Lima and three Miles off the co ail. Lawmakers prod Gorbachev on rights issues Afghanistan from Page 1 smiled at me and the president winked said Gennady Gerasimov the soviet foreign ministry spokes Man. He and Filz Waitr declined to discuss details of the meet ing. Filz Waitr said the leaders dealt with the specific issues of limiting strategic nuclear arms Afghanistan and the Iran Iraq War. In addition an agreement governing non Stop air service Between Moscow and new York using pan american and Aeroflot jetliners was to be signed by Secretary of slate George p. Shutlz and soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze. They also were to sign pacts on oceanic pollution and for a nuclear testing verification Experiment. Working groups set up by the two sides on arms control and bilateral issues were due to report during the Day to Shutlz and Shevardnadze after meetings tuesday night and wednesday. Gerasimov said the two sides discussed a timetable for in withdrawal of the 115,000 soviet troops from Afghanistan. The fact thai we Are ready to withdraw from Afghanistan is something that i have said some Lime ago Gorbachev said sitting Down with Reagan at the Start of the second Day of Oval office discussions. So what we will have to discuss will be More  the superpower discussions were limited because of the soviet Leader s private Agenda which included talks with congressional leaders a meeting with editors and publishers a luncheon with Shultz and a dinner at the soviet embassy for the  was pressure from Reagan and Congress to end inc soviet occupation of Afghanistan and Speed up inc withdrawal of 115,000 red army  fact it was the soviet incursion Inlo Afghanistan in 1979 that led to the scuttling of inc strategic arms limitation treaty Salt ii by the Senate. It has never been ratified. Gorbachev met a the soviet embassy we nine congressional leaders after threats by conservatives to stage an embarrassing demonstration blocked plans for him to address a joint meeting of Congress. In addition to Afghanistan they also discussed the treaty signed tuesday for the elimination of intermediate Range nuclear my tiles inf Senate democratic Leader Robert c. Byrd snid he told Gorbachev that chances for approval of the inf Accord would be enhanced Iche soviet Leader during his visit to Washington revealed a reasonable timetable for withdrawing soviet forces from Afghanistan. "1 was telling him it would be very useful to us if he could give us a timetable for withdrawal the Weil Virginia Democrat said. Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r-k.cn., who Hal voiced reservations about the inf pad said afterwards he thought it could win Senate ratification without any amendments that would require  Byrd offered a similar assessment. Philippine coup Leader Onasan seized by troops to reports Manila Philippines a renegade cot. Gre Gurio Onasan the Leader of a bloody August coup attempt was captured wednesday in a Manila suburb the government run television station reported. Channel 4 said members of the National capital Region defense come seized Onasan at a Home in Valle verde. Witnesses said Onasan did not resist the report said. Thirty to 50 soldiers seized Onasan a about 8 . While he was visiting Juan Guillermo Hernandez a former Secretary of opposition sen Juan Ponce Engle the television said. Onasan also worked for Enrioc when Enrile was minister of defense. Military authorities said they could not immediately con firm the report. Onasan had been sought since a failed attempt aug. 28 to oust president Corazon Aquino. Fifty three people were killed and scores injured in the assault the worst against the Aquino administration since if took Power in a february 1986 military civilian uprising. Onasan and several Hundred followers escaped when the revolt was crushed by troops  to Aquino. His reported arrest came during week of heightened Security in preparation for n week s Summit of the leaders of the association 01 Southeast asian nations. Leaders of the sin nation association had been Hesi Tant about holding the meeting in Manila because or Security concerns. News reports had quoted Onasan As indicating he planned another uprising during the dec. 14-15 meeting. The army said it is deploying thousands of extra troops to ensure the Security of the Asean leaders. . Navy s 20th Convoy operation shepherds 3 More tankers into Gulf Washington a american naval forces in the persian Gulf launched their 20th Convoy operation Early wednesday shepherding three commercial tank ers through the Strait of Hon Nuz and into the Gulf the Pentagon said. The Convoy consisted of the re tagged kuwaiti tank ers Gas Princess and Gas King and the my Phiriol. An american ship under charter to the . Military Scal if come according to inc announcement. The Patriot is used to Terry fuel to Navy ships in the Region. The three tankers were safely escorted through the Strait of Hormuz by two guided missile frigates the Elro Dand the Ford and by mid morning were steaming northward uneventfully the Pentagon said. The Pentagon added it had activated a Small Pool of reporters to cover the Convoy and older aspects of . Naval operations in the persian  the Navy has been escorting kuwaiti tankers in the troubled waterway since mid july when Kuwait re Quested the military umbrella for 1 of its tankers because of earlier attacks by Iran. Kuwait is a key ally of Iraq in the 7-year-old Iran Iraq War. 2 die in Navy plane crash in Antarctica Christchurch new zealand a a . Transport plane with 11 people aboard crashed in Antarctica wednesday Asil tried to land authorities said. Two people were killed and one was seriously injured the . Navy said. The plane crashed Aboul 860 Miles Northeast of the . Mcmurdo station on Mcmurdo sound the main . Base in Antarctica said cmdr. Bob harder who coordinates . Activities in Antarctica from Chris Church. In Washington the Navy announced the casualties and said the plane ail lc-130r Hercules town by a Navy Crew is owned by the National science foundation. The Navy said in was withholding the names of the dead until the victims families have been notified. The injured person was evacuated to Mcmurdo Sta Tion Navy officials said. Only americans were aboard the aircraft. The Navy said the plane caught tire during the crash. The cause is under investigation. The plane was trying to land at the site of a similar crash involving an lc-13015 years ago. The National science foundation working with the Navy and the Lockheed aircraft corp., is attempting to repair the previously damaged plane so it can be flown off the Frozen continent. Harler had said earlier that the plane was a c-130 Hercules