European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 2 the stars and stripes thursday june a 1988 news updates it court martial Aberdeen proving ground. My up the court martial or an army sergeant accused of trying to sell military secrets to the soviet Union began tuesday and the Public was barred from the morning session. 5gt. Daniel Richardson 43, is charged with espionage theft of government documents and mate Riel and inc wrongful disposition of government property. He could receive life imprisonment. Richardson of Oakland calif.,is accused of offering several sche Matic diagrams and an electronic circuit Board from a tank to a per son he believed was a soviet agent Richardson a 20-year army Man who worked in Aberdeen stank Turret division is charged with disobeying army regulations jail. 13 and 14 by failing to report an attempt by an unauthorized person to obtain classified information officials said. The army said Richardson was arrested Jan. 14 at a hotel Rei a rant when he allegedly offered the information to an Fri agent pos ing As someone from the soviet Union. Everest Conquest Katmandu Nepal api an other member of the australian by Centennial mount Everest expedition has reached the top of the world s highest Peak following the Mountain s earlier Conquest by two of his colleagues officials said wednesday. The nepalese ministry of tourism said John Robert Muir 27, Mountaineer from Natimuk Vic Toria reached the Summit at noon on saturday after climbing for Morchan 12 hours. He was accompanied by Christopher Hugh Curry 35, an australian from cons Church new zealand who later turned Back because of malfunctioning oxygen gear. On May 25, Paul p. Bayne 32, of whale Beach and Patrick Alexander Cullinan 38-year-old army officer of Qadi Junction reached the sum Mit. Shortage of personnel funds May slow Dod promotions by Chuck Vinch Washington Boren Washington if Congress fails to act on a Pentagon request to spend some funds from weapons accounts on personnel it could Force the Pentagon to slow promotions Cut Back on bonuses and Lake other Adverse personnel actions thai arc becoming increasingly common during annual budget cycles a Pentagon manpower official said. But the Pentagon request to to Pond $4billion from weapons accounts on personnel costs appears to be dead on Capi Tol Hill. The Pentagon usually has $1.9 billion in annual Transfer authority bul unexpected Cost increases in personnel an operations and maintenance accounts have caused another round of budget scrambling that officials had hoped to remedy with the extra Money congressional staffers said tuesday. The House and Senate armed services committees last week approved the in crease in Transfer authority from the old level of $1.5 billion but the House and Senate appropriations committees arc in no hurry to act and probably will Lei in Issue Drift a staffer said. A Senate staffer said defense Secrce property sales Wiesbaden the defense Logis tics Agency will hold several sales and auctions in . Military communities throughout West Germany in june. Hundreds of item of excess personal property will be sold or auctioned including vehicles furniture Small appliances and electronic equipment. Defense a utilization and marketing offices will hold sales thursday in Ber Lin june 24 at Mainz Kastl and june 17 in  and ludwigs Burg. Property will be auctioned june 10 in Mainz Kasul june 16 in Hanau and june 30 in sicken him. The sales and auctions Are open to All . Identification card holders. Cash in dollars Only will be accepted and All sales Are final. An exception is the Mainz Kas Lel auction in which Marks will be accepted. Customers Are encouraged to inspect items to be auctioned since each hem will be sold As is. Items bought at retail sates must be removed the same Day but items bought at auction May be removed up to five Days after the auction. Early registration or customer control numbers May be required and sales May sometimes be open to the Public. For additional information Contact the local demo. Tary Frank Carlucci reportedly is leaning toward rescinding the entire proposal. Pentagon official would not comment. The appropriations committees Are not eager to go ahead with the Pentagon plan because it Likely would result in a breach of spending limits agreed upon last fall by administration and congressional officials a House staffer said. The appropriations committees have not made a final decision yet but no one is going to want to take the rap for break ing those. Spending limits a House staffer said. The two major crises facing military officials arc the Dollar s continued slump on foreign markets and Cost overruns for champs the military health care insurance system. About $1.6 billion of inc $4 billion requested by the Pentagon was to cover foreign currency fluctuation accounts which arc used to buy goods and services that must be purchased in foreign cur Rency As Well Aslo provide overseas Sta Tion allowance to service members. Another Fiso million would go to the ailing champs program which has gone bankrupt two years in a Row and May run out of Money again this year most Likely in August or september. That would cause reimbursement payments for medical Bills to be postponed until the Start of the new fiscal year oct. I. Bul personnel will Sec no change in the overseas station allowances. The Oha is mandated by Law and officials must find Money to pay for in. The Pentagon recognizing the weak support for the Transfer proposal on Ca Pitol Hill is acting on ils own to Stem the tide of red Ink. Deputy Secretary of defense William h. Taft in issued a memo May 20 out lining Cost culling moves that Are in effect until june 30 to minimize the cur rent crunch. Among those Mova Are a ban on overtime and cutbacks in civilian hiring. Many military commands already Are under S.C. constraints. Purchase of certain types of equip ment and supplies will be deferred until inc end of june including morale Wel fare and recreation equipment office furniture and fixtures typewriter and base support gear S.C. As Lawn mowers and air conditioners. Pentagon officials said they will asses the situation for the final Quarter of the fiscal year after seeing the results of the actions ordered by Taft. Dod testing recruits for drugs alcohol Washington a acting on the orders of Congress the defense department began testing military recruits for drug and alcohol abuse for the first time on wednesday. The program with a Start up Price tag of j3.i million requires All enlisted recruits As Well As officer candidates apply ing to the military academies and re serve officer training corps program to be tested for alcohol marijuana and co Caine. Applicants attempting to join the National guard and the reserves also arc covered. Under guidelines promulgated by de sense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci applicants who flunk the lest will lose their eligibility to join the military for up to a year depending upon the drug for which they test  positive findings for marijuana and alcohol will result m an enlistment ineligibility for six months on the first pcs the guidelines state. Positive findings for cocaine will result in an enlistment ineligibility for one year. A positive Sec Ond lest on any of the three drugs will result in a two year period of enlistment ineligibility the army Navy Marine corps and air Force signed up almost 317,000 re Cruit in fiscal i 987. Congress ordered the drug testing pro Gram last december when it approved the Pentagon s fiscal 1988 budget Bill mandating its Start by the first week of june but leaving it to Carlucci to work out the details. Maj. David super a Pentagon spokes Man said tuesday that Carlucci decided last Jamiann to Start the testing at Mili tary processing stations around the coun try on june i. The testing has been opposed by some officials in the defense department on the grounds thai in is Loo expensive As Well As unnecessary since All military personnel on Active duly face random drug tests at any Lime. A teen Ager planning to join the Mili tary can abstain from drugs for a Brief time and probably pass the lest noted one manpower official who asked not to be named. Despite S.C. arguments Congress approved a budget amendment sponsored by sen. Ernest f. Hollings d-s.c., who asserted thai a drug screening program is logical and Long  the Lime to Start catching the users it before they join the armed forces when the government has no obligation totem Hollings said. Carluci in setting out test guidelines concluded recruits should be tested for drug and alcohol use during their preen list Rel physical examinations using breathalyzer or blood alcohol test for Al Cohol select Ion and urinalysis for Mari Juana and cocaine detection. The Pentagon is using two military laboratories and one contractor lab to perform the cocaine and marijuana screening. All specimens will be handled inside a secure sequence of control requiring that the applicant verify that the spec Imen is Bis or hers and by marking containers shipping documents and a control log with both a control number and a social Security number the Pentagon said. Fuel coupons in Short Supply at Vicenza Vicenza Italy is a delayed shipment of fuel coupons has forced local officials temporarily to put a 100 liter limit on the Purchase of coupons for use in Italy a Southern european task Force spokesman said tuesday. The delay apparently was caused by italian transportation strikes which have slowed mail deliveries. Due to a delay in shipping inc Vicenza Post Exchange has experienced shortage of Gas coupons said 1st it. Bruce mount. The coupons Are about a week overdue he said. Coupons come from a Central issuing facility in Naples Italy. Officials expect the shipment to arrive within a week. Mount mid in the mean time locally assigned personnel and peo ple passing through on leave or Tempo Rary duty Are limited to 100 liners. The shortage has not affected Avi Noab spokesman master sgt. Jim Yohe said  be had no problems and there is no limit other than the Normal ratio limits he said. Individuals planning vacations in ital often Stop by the . Cavern in Vicenza to pick up italian coupons. Individual son leave Are limited to 200 liners of Cou Pons per leave period. New . Comman Fanf fakes Over in Bern Berlin maj. Gen. John h. Mitch Ell whose four years in the divided City make him the longest serving . City commandant turned his Post Over to maj. Gen. Raymond e. Haddock wednesday. Mitchell will take up new duties in the Pentagon As special assistant to the Vic chief of the army a . Come Berlin spokesman said. He has been the com mandant since june 1984. Haddock was the chief of staff for the . Army training and doctrine come fort Monroe Vaas City commandant Haddock will join the British and French commandants As chief administrators of their respective sectors of the City. Together the City commandants function As the lop authority in occupied Berlin. The soviets abolished the Post of City commandant in 1962. The office of commandant was established by the four Allied Powers who occupied Berlin after world War in the change of command ceremony took place in the Day Headquarters compound. Usa eur commander Gen. Glenn k. Otis was among those delivering remarks