European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D irs to expand services to overseas taxpayers Page 9 d still time to save on this year s taxes daily Magazine d so of 100 is readers pick sooner sports Page 21 vol 46. No. 244  unofficial Fusili cation f0 the u v akm co Force Friday. December 18, 1967 h Monk 0 8693 a Bradley changes planned to improve survivable rate Washington la the Penta gon plans co thicken the Armor on the Bele Agurci Era dec infantry fighting vehicle in male it "5 1 percent More Surv a pfc in hitlttc1. Hoi official Lold con Gress thursday. Hut a critic said the Chance Don t adequately protect the sol Diers in Side. Older changes outlined by Deputy undersecretary of defense Donald m. Frederick san include redesigning the fuel system moving some ammunition around inside the Crew compartment Anil developing explosive Armor. The new design will result in a vehicle"50 percent More survivable than the Basic Bradley Fredericksen told the House armed services procurement sub committee. But retired air Force col. James Bur ton one of the Bradley s leading critics submitted testimony saying thai the army had not gone far enough. Burton said in an interview before the hearing that adding the Armor proposed by the army would not protect soldiers inside from the main Battlefield threat heavy rounds tired by enemy l mks. I strongly urge the army to go farther in separating the Crew from ammunition and fuel Burton said. He recently re tired from a Pentagon Job in which he initiated tests using live ammunition fired at the Bradley under  Type conditions fac corp of Chicago has delivered about 3,100 Bradley out of a total order of a.s80 for si.55 million apiece a total program cos of about $0 billion the first vehicle was delivered in i9ji2 there Aie i .1 10  in a Sarvjit. The proposed changes to the read try result Ironi live fire to cols and separate tests in which the vehicle was evaluated after mock Battles. One drawback according to a general accounting office report presented m the committee is that the changes would increase the weight of the vehicle from 50.fl x pounds to As much As 65.000 pounds making it More difficult to drive see Bradley on Page 2b storm drops Snow on California beaches students Nave happily from a bus that bugged Diann near middles vt., after skidding off a Road. No one was Hurt. By the associated press a Pacific storm crossed Southern California and headed to Western High country thursday Afier drop Ping Snow on California beaches while its forerunner dumped heavy Snow on new England. At least h3 deaths were blamed on the weather. The storm closed Disneyland and other Southern California attractions. Related Story. Page 5. It s so gosh darn cold and snowing said califor Nia Highway patrol sgt. Mark  in los Angeles where ram deluged downtown wednesday while Snow fell in the surrounding Hills the storm that swept Over the nation starting sat urday continued to Deposit Snow thursday South and East of the Carlern great lakes with As much As a foot falling overnight in northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. It left freezing temperatures in its Wake As it moved out Over the Atlantic the Pacific storm caused Snow in the Western mountains even in lower elevations around san Diego. Up to 3 feet of Snow was reported on the ground wednesday evening at Tehachapi in the Central Cali fornia mountains and accumulations of 4 to x inches were forecast for Southern Nevada mountains. Icy roads and reduced visibility were blamed for at least four traffic deals in Oregon and California and a homeless Titian Vas found fro in in a doorway in los Angeles. Three sea Urchin divers were missing and presumed dead after their 42-fool fishing boat was swamped by High seas off California. A Navy helicopter rescued Sis people in wetsuits who spent 11 hours clinging to the boat s de Bris. Coast guard Petty officer James Mcpherson said. The iwo major highways linking i of Angeles to the see storm on Page 28 army defector Roberts faces general court martial fort Dix. . Api an army general ordered a general court martial for a Soldier who tied his West German Post for the soviet Union then returned to the West the Soldier s attorney said. Maj. Gen. Roeco Negris commander of fort i n.j., rejected an inc Stigalt Ingolia r s recommendation that Phi. 2 Wade e. Roberts. 2. Of Riverside. Calif., by ined Ai a special court martial Suid Roberts a Milan Lawu a Ronald Kuby. That would have meant j maximum old army penalty of six months in prison. Negris decision Means Roberts could face a maximum three year term said Kuhn this was in flagrant disregard of his own investigating officer s ree Ommen Damion Kuhn said. The investigating officer. Maj. Joseph j so it or issued his ruling wednesday and Negris decided on the More serious proceedings thursday according to Kuhn. Military officials at fort Dix said both wednesday and thursday there had been no developments in the Case Refus ing to say if rulings had been issued. Kuby charged thai Negris filed his decision in violation of an appeals provi Sion that allows the defense live Days to file objections to the investigating offi cer s . In terms of mopping the Railroad there s nothing else we   said Kuhn. He Jid he Heteu s his client has been singled oui for especially Mnugent Mili tary proceedings because Roberts fled to a communist country Wilh his Cir Muir girls need Switzer last week heard several hours of testimony from Roberts former com Manders. The hearing was conducted to determine Luis to Reshoe the desertion charge against Roberts. He was arrested last month when lie returned to Ger Many. Roberts suite he returned because he did t want the desertion charge lunging Over his head