European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Waldheim cancels anschluss speech Page 2 d electronics and the user Friendly Home daily Magazine g Northrop bilked air Force suit says Page 5 d the fight s on Tyson is. Spanks on june 27 sports Page 27 the stars Utmos to uhdfpick1. Pili cation p0 Tim . Mip vol. 46. No. 31z Friday february 26, 1988 coed morning t d 8693 a Roberts avoids prison Soldier found not guilty of desertion gets bad conduct discharge As awol Vodo e. Rob urls Washington Bureau fort Dix . In a decision that shocked prosecutors and defense Etlor nays thursday. Wade Robert was hound not guilty of desertion. I received a bad conduct discharge for he lesser crime of being absent without leave. The former army combat Wireman who fled to the soviet Union nearly a year ago and then resumed to the West broke into a Broad smile his first Visi ble emotion during his two Day court martial when col. Earl faulty the military judge rendered his verdict. " feel wonderful and i can t Wail Sec my said Roberts As he hugged his German wife the former Clra Neu Mann who went with him to the soviet said he plans to return to Paulcyn s failure to give the 23-year-Oldcalifornia jail Lime on the awol charge. Nobody is More surprised than i am Shaver said my head will be spin Ning for a Long time on this Roberts pleaded guilty to inc awol West Germany where inc couple will live temporarily with Neumann s father. Neumann gave birth three months ago Toa boy whom Roberts has not yet seen. To said Ronald Kuby Roberts civilian defense attorney. The Jude sent a Clear message to the military --.-that, in his court at least there will be no charge wednesday afternoon because political or show trials. Kuby said he did go awol he did go i have to take Back some previous to the soviet Union and we admit that disparaging comment i made about the but he pleaded not guilty to the a scr nature of military Justice Kuby said lion Etharee which Camel a maximum this was the lightest disposition we penalty of a dishonourable discharge an could have three year of hard labor because he of the a mum Penally for awol is a "j.1"/T,1?. Dishonourable discharge and one year in prison at hard . Daniel Shaver chief prosecuting cording to Kuby As evidenced by the fact that he kept his military id card an never renounced his citizenship despite soviet requests 10 do also showed during question ing sea Roberts on Back Page Reagan vows hell never give up on hostages Washington Al l president Reagan said wednesday night we be never let up and we never will in efforts to free inc american hostages in Leb anon adding that if Republican presidential candidate pal Robertson knew of i hair whereabouts it was very strange that he kept it to in his first full dress news conference in four months Reagan also said he thinks outside terrorists have been at work stirring up the Middle East violence on the West Bank thai has prompted an israeli military the president said he has every Confidence in the personal integrity of embattled attorney general Edwin Meese. But he said could not comment on re ports of inc investigation of a Csc s Rale in a propose Middle East Oil pipeline. The president also confirmed anew that vice presi Dent George Bush expressed reservations during the Iran Centra affair. But he refused to say precisely what Bush had told him. On other topics Reagan him said Secretary of stale George Shutlz has give Nan encouraging report on his just completed trip to the soviet Union. During the talks in Moscow Shultz and soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze set a on Manly deadline for arms negotiators Loco plete drafts an key elements of a new treaty to curb strategic nuclear weapons. Noted that Shutlz was embarking on a fresh peace seeking Mission to the Middle East and said he Hopes israelis and arabs will rid themselves of old ideas and stances that cannot work and begin serious negotiations. Issued a fresh condemnation of the leftist Sandi see hostages on Bach Page soviets withdrawing missiles from e. Germany Bischo Swerda East Germany Al the soviet Union began with drawing ss-12 nuclear missiles from East Germany thursday and More than 1,000 local residents turned out to wave communist party flags and Shower de parting soviet soldiers with gifts. The Easi German based missiles Areth first nuclear weapons 10 be removed from Central Europe under terms of in superpower arms treaty signed in Washington in december. Although inc treaty has not been Rati fied. Soviet officials proclaimed the Early with of rockets As an act of Trust that Congress would approve the Accord. In neighbouring Czechoslovakia the stale run press said soviet mini Sci were being withdrawn from the town of Tranice Southeast Ort Rheue. Bier in the Day. In Bischof Swerda women gave Flower to the lid departing soviet Roopi while children gave them Houks Candy another gifts in a carefully orchestrated two hour ceremony at the local train Sta bands placed and hundreds of residents waved Small East germ soviet and red communist party flags. Sold Len input i my Elk for web Dzwil from Blicka Owenta end Germany by thursday. Others carried banners that read nearly missile withdrawal proof of our will for peace and Long live the soviet German the soldiers were pleased to be Leavings they boarded the 32-car train bound for soviet Georgia it is always Good to be going Home said 1st la. Taras Dura Yesky from Odessa. This is a Good country but i have been Here four years soviet soldiers also appeared amused that they were the Center of East German attention. They held children while pos ing for photographers., Shook hands wit local residents and Trier to answer questions with halting English or spoke Only russian and two Icen age residents said the Joldich base Din Bischo Swerda members of a rocket brigade normally had Little 10 do wit local residents. The troops have been based in Bischo Swerda for four their train pulled out of the station the soviet soldiers waved at the crowd and held their bouquets of Flowers to the train was loaded with 32 Canvas wrapped containers. Officials at the see missiles on Back Page
