European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 13. 1886 the stars and stripes Page 7 Sailor with aids virus innocent of assault san Francisco a a Navy technician accused of having sex with his former Fiancee without telling her lie was infected with the aids virus wits acquitted of assault wednesday by a Mili tary jury Petty officer 2.c. John e. Crawford 27, of Magnolia ark., stood at attention in the packed courtroom As the seven member jury delivered the verdict after 4 j i hours . The jury also acquitted Crawford of adultery and of wrongfully and in wan Ion disregard for human life exposing his former Fiancee Jeannie Elmer to the aids virus. Elmer is a civilian. The Sailor was convicted of a minor charge of having a visitor in his room after hours. He could get up to two Yean military Roundup for the offence. The jury was to recon Vene wednesday night to decide on Crawford s sen Tencer la was what i fell was right of w Crawford a com. Panted by his pre sent Fiancee Karen Skavdahl said of the verdict a if convicted to t Crawford could have been stripped a of his rank Dishon Crawford orally discharged and sentenced to a decade behind bars. The Case was unprecedented in the Navy although there have been similar cases in other branches of the military Crawford was accused of having unprotected sex with Elmer in 1987 with out warning her he had tested positive for the aids Sims. He was charged Wilh adultery because Elmer was separated but not divorced from her third Hus band. Crawford an avionics technician testified he told Elmer about his test results and wore a condom when the couple made love in his Barracks room. But Elmer said that she did t learn Crawford had been exposed to the virus until the next Day when her Housemate who also had been Crawford s Lover told her about the Sailor s test. Elmer has tested negative for the aids virus five of the seven members of the jury had to agree to reach verdicts. The government is attempting to explore How far the uniform code of Mili tary Justice ran be applied against an individual. With the aids virus de sense attorney i Ron Richman charged As the Case went to the jury. The government seeks to hold out Petty officer Crawford Ai a Guinea pig to see How far it can go on the aids  la. Or nor Jane Gill tand prosecutor in the cast said in her closing statement that Crawford depicted As caring and concerned by the defense simply did t care enough about Elmer to Tell her about the tens. Crawford has said Elmer was bitter that he had broken off their Brief engagement and hied charges for revenge. Six sailors face charges Pensacola Fla. A the officer in charge of the Navy Rescue swimmer school and five instructors face military charges in a re Cruit s death at pc Nacota Nas the Navy said. Lee William Mirecki 19, died March 2 Short. By after he was pulled from a Pool at naval aviation schools come. It. Thomas a. Torchia the school s top offi cer was charged with dereliction of duty rear adm. David r. Morris chief of naval air training in Corpus Christ Texas said in a statement. Petty officers Richard e. Blevins David j. Smith Michael a Combe Frankie e. Dealon and John w. Ocl cock were charged with involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy to commit Battery. Mirecki died after swimming exercises in the Rescue school program that trains Navy air Crew personnel for search and Rescue missions. Initially the Navy said Mirecki died of Natu ral causes. But Mirecki s classmates contacted news Media and his family to say he was treated unusually harshly the Day he died. The recruits said Mirecki called for help got out of the Pool once asked instructors to allow him to drop the class but was pulled Back into Trie Pool if convicted Torchia faces a maximum penal by of punitive dismissal from the Navy and three months confinement the instructors face a maximum penalty of dismissal and three years confinement. Marines lost in crash Honolulu a a Marine helicopter with three people aboard crashed off the Island of Oati a on wednesday while on a flight to Check maintenance done on its Rotor Blades a Marine spokesman said. There were no reports 01" survivors Marine divers located wreckage in about 30 feel of water a mile offshore but did not find the Crew of the ch-46 sea Knight helicopter from the Marine corps As at Kaneohe said chief warrant officer Erie r. Carlson. The Boeing ch-46 has been out of production since 1971, after orders declined with the end of the Vietnam War said Robert Torgerson spokesman for Boeing helicopters in Phila Delphia. Officer pleads innocent new London Conn a the coastguard Academy s assistant superintendent pleaded innocent to a charge of sixth degree Lar Ceny after an incident at a department store. Copt. . Rich who was suspended from his Post pending the outcome of the Case entered the plea tuesday in new London Superior court and asked for a jury trial on the Misdemeanour charge. Rich 50, was arrested april 26 after a Brad Lees Security guard accused him of removing a bag of merchandise from the department store Gro Lon police said. Senate approves ski budget Washington a the Senate voted a 14.55 billion budget for Star wars on wednesday while narrowly rejecting a move to Cut deeply into president Reagan s cherished anti missile research program. The 50-48 Vole against a deep reduction capped a Long series of parliamentary Maneu vers and set up a confrontation Wilh the House which last week approved a 13.5 billion budget for the strategic defense initiative As Star wars is known formally. The current Star wars budget is $3.9 billion. Reagan had wanted s4.8 billion for the fiscal year starting oct. 1, but the Senate armed sen ices committee reduced the figure to $4.55 billion the Senate Defeated a proposal by sen. Bennett Johnston d-u., to reduce the ski budget to about j3.b billion and devote the extra j750 million to the space shuttle and a . Space station. Johnston s loss was similar to his defeats in each of the past two years when he lost by a single vote in his attempts to slash the ski budget. Johnston was Defeated last year by vice president George Bush who cast the tie breaking vote in his role As the sen ate presiding officer. Congress consistently has scaled Back Reagan s an Nual requests for Sharp increases in spending for the 5 year old ski program. Defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci has warned that he would recommend a Reagan veto of the entire Pentagon budget Bill unless Congress votes enough Money for Siar wars. The decisions wednesday came � the Senate worked on a $199.5 billion Pentagon budget Bill for the fiscal year starting oct. 1. Johnston argued that it s going to be very very difficult to get that space station going unless we give i some More Money what s the higher priority Here the space station and the shuttle or sdi7 the space station has a lot of defense implication. Dollars arc  but sen. John Warner r-va., said Johnston s proposal would be very detrimental to the defense Bud  originally sen. William Proxmire d-wis., simply proposed reducing the proposed ski budget from s4.6 billion to j3.9 billion but that lost on a 66-29 vote. Fire hits historic new Orleans building new Orleans a fire wednesday swept through the upper portion of the Cabildo the building where France and the United states concluded the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The cupola collapsed and Lames shot out of the top floor of the three Story building one level above thai on which a death mask of Napoleon and numerous historical documents Are housed. The Fate of the historic items was not immediately known. There s All the cultural heritage of Louisiana in that building. It makes me want to cry said James f. Secic museum director. The Cabildo was built in 1795 and served As the scat of Louisiana territorial government for France Spain the confederacy and the United Stales. It was there that the United states concluded the is 5 million Purchase that doubled the we of the United states. The building has been a museum since before world War i and is one of the most popular tourist sights in the French Quarter. Stecik said six staff members were inside when smoke detectors alerted them to the tire and All got out safely. The cause of the lire was not immediately known. The building is undergoing renovation on its exterior. It was the City s third major Blaze in the past five Days. Two others of mysterious origin had broken out within a Block of each other saturday As a piece of property the Cabildo is valued a about 150 million Selk said but its historical value is priceless la replaced the Cabildo destroyed by fire in1794, which replaced the building that burned to the ground in 1788. Seek said that Only a copy of the Louisiana Pur Chase document it at the Cabildo. Originals Are i France and Washington , leftists charged in 1983-84 bombings Washington a seven members of i leftist terrorist group linked to two bloody Brink s armoured truck robberies in 1981 face new charges of setting off bombs at the . Capitol and three military facilities the charges were made Public Here wednesday just hours after one of the defendants Marilyn Buck was convicted in new York of murder and armed robbery in two 1981 Brink s truck holdups that left four dead. Buck Linda sue Evans and Laura what Thorn were charged with conspiring to wage a Campaign of armed propaganda against imperialist Rule by setting off bombs in the Capitol and seven other locations in Washington and new York City. Susan Rosenberg Timothy Blunk. Or. Alan Barkman and Elizabeth Duke were named As participants but not charged Wilh conspiracy. All seven were charged with malicious damage of government property by placing bombs in the Ca Pitol and at three military buildings in washing ton the Midnight explosion in a corridor outside the . Senate Chambers on nov 7, 1983, blasted a Large Hole in a Wall and shattered four window. It damaged several paintings Aud knocked doors off the hinges outside the office of Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd . Then the minority Leader. Bombs were also detonated at the National War College at fort Mcnair on april 26, 1983, the Washington Navy Yard computer Center on aug. 18, 1983, and the Navy Yard officer s club on april 20, 1934. The bombings injured no one but caused consid Erable property damage a11 the defendants except Duke a fugitive Are serving time far various Federal weapons convictions stemming from alleged terrorist activity officials said