European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday june 21,1988grassley, Meese clash Over probe Washington a the Reagan Justice department was asleep at the switch three Cara ago when a Pentagon investigator discovered that de sense contractors and private consultants were Ille Gally obtaining Pentagon weapons secrets sen. Charles e. Grassley said monday. Attorney general Edwin Meese Iii denied the accusation saying at a news conference that the prosecution of defense procurement cases has been one of the department s top priorities and that Al no time has this department had to be dragged Inlo any indictment where the evidence is there Grassley a Iowa said in a floor speech that a lop Justice department official grabbed the microphone from the investigator in october 1985 As the investigator was about to testify about his findings. Grassley who chaired the House judiciary sub committee at the Lime said i stopped the hearing at that Point i wish now i had t. There was t any thing in that testimony that could have jeopardized that  Grassley said the Public must be made aware of the fact that the Justice department was asleep at news briefs 2 East germans escape through barriers to West Kassel West Germany a two East germans rammed a stolen truck through barriers Al a communist Border crossing and then scrambled Over a steel Fence in a dramatic escape lowest Germany police said monday. The two East germans one age 17 and the other 22 made their escape saturday near the East German town of Obe Raella about so Miles Southeast of the West German City of Kassel. They rammed the truck through two steel Gates left the truck and climbed Over a wire mesh Border Fence police said. It was the second successful weekend escape police said an East German Border guard on patrol with another Soldier slugged his compan Ion disarmed him and climbed across a Border Fence near the West German Community of gos Lar about 90 Miles Northeast of Kassel. Army identifies no who died of heart attack Augsburg West Germany is Community officials on monday released the name of the Augsburg no who died last week of an apparent rear attack. Command sgt. Maj. Lamar Marlette jr., 45, was assigned a the command sergeant major of Vii corps arty in Augsburg. He died thursday at a German Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack Dunn a social function at an on Post club a Community spokeswoman said. The 27-year army Veteran a native of Savan nah ga., is survived by his wife Flavia and two sons aged 6 and 2. Mollelle also had two Daugh ters who reside in the United states. A memorial service is scheduled wednesday at the Sheridan Cavern Chapel. The switch because it was investigating a single company and ignoring reports of widespread abuse in procurement including bribery. The october 198s testimony alleged that private consultants were regularly receiving classified details about . Weapons systems. The Justice department could have pursued this aggressively More than three years ago but they did the said in an earlier interview with the associated press. The 2-year-old probe has focused chiefly on Navy weapons buying. It became Public last week when Fri and naval investigative service agents con ducted coast to coast raids on the offices of past and present Pentagon officials private consultants and contractors. . Attorney Henry Hudson has said privately that perhaps As Many As 200 indictments could be expected out of the investigation a government source said sunday. In october 1985, Grassley was chairman of the Senate judiciary administrative practices subcommittee a panel that he used to examine defense procurement practices. Grassley is a frequent critic of what he Calls wide spread waste and abuse in Pentagon spending. Grassley said Justice department officials blocked the testimony of Robert Segal a defense depart ment incs Cigalor who was the Pentagon s Liaison with the Justice department s defense procurement fraud unit. The Difu was a special Justice department of fice set up to investigate waste in the military Bud get. Segal who worked for the Pentagon s defense criminal investigative service was prepared to testify that private consultants regularly received Classi fied Pentagon documents that should not have been available outside the government Grassley said. Responding to Grassley Mcnese told a news Confer ence that investigating and prosecuting defense procurement fraud has been one of the department s top priorities for several  the attorney general said that since 1985, the defense procurement fraud unit has obtained about 43 indictments and criminal information in significant cases has obtained 35 convictions and. Has re covered some $32 million. President Reagan attending a Summit meeting of the leaders of Western democracies in Toronto re fused to comment sunday on reports that former Navy Secretary John Lehman or. May have warned his longtime ally military consultant Melvyn pais Ley that Paisley was under investigation. Summit from Page 1 the 1984 mob killing of a Black town councilor during riots provoked by a rent increase. The political statement also endorsed . Arms control negotiations with the soviet Union and called for further negotiations to reduce non nuclear forces in Europe. The Summit leaders congratulated Reagan for his efforts to obtain a .-sovict treaty to eliminate medium Range nuclear weapons and said the ratified document sets vitally important precedents for future arms control agreements. We now look for deep cuts in . And soviet strategic arms Ibe leaders said. The Western leaders held a morning and afternoon session on the second Day of the Summit broken up with a luncheon at a downtown hotel. It was at the luncheon that the officials gave final approval to the political communique. The morning meeting like the first session on sunday ran overtime lasting 35 minutes longer than scheduled. The morning discussion Between Reagan and the other world leaders focused on Progress made in re fining the economic coordination process including a . Proposal to add a commodity Price Index tothe list of indicators the countries Monitor to make sure they Are pursuing complementary policies presidential spokesman Martin Fitzwater said at a Brief ing. The Index will include Gold As one of about 40 commodities being monitored but the United states has insisted that Index is not an Effort to return the world to the Gold Standard which was abandoned in 1973. The meeting Between leaders of the United state. Japan West Germany Britain France. Italy and Canada began on sunday and is to conclude with a final economic communique on tuesday. Go daughter die in Highway crash Baum older West Germany a . Soldier and his daughter died thursday shortly after their car collided head on with a military vehicle near Baum Holder a Community spokeswoman said monday. Killed were sgt. William j. Balthis 21, assigned to to Btry 2nd in 29th Field arty 8th inf div and Melissa Balthis. 3. The Soldier died at the scene of the iwo vehicle Acci Dent on Highway l-169 near Birkenfeld and the child died in route to the Hospital the spokeswoman said. The Accident occurred when Balthis attempted to pass a vehicle in front of him then crashed into a military Van driven by corp. Lee Wilson 21, assigned to he Btry 1 St in 1st air defense arty. Balthis vehicle rolled Over several times after the 11 30 . Accident the spokeswoman said. The cause of the Accident is under investigation. The Community spokeswoman said there Are no indications that alcohol or drugs were involved Wilson suffered a minor Back injury and a broken foot and Jawbone in the Accident. The Phoenix anz., native was reported in Good condition monday at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. Balthis a native of Strait mich., and his daughter Are survived by balt is wife Sharon and an infant boy. Missile from Page 1 Toga. The of a was assigned to identify and Trail the phantom. Dorsey who had Only recently completed training before joining the fighter Squadron explained that a combination of factors led to his firing the missile. Even though he assumed the f-4 was Friendly its nationality had never been identified. And the f-4, which had been tying passively suddenly made an aggressive Man Uever to Ward the Saratoga. Finally Dorsey had never heard the term red and free used in an exercise scenario. I id d to phantom  Dorsey said in his testimony contained in the unclassified report. Personally i did not know he was an Rf-4. Chalk that up to Lack of experience. And not a one of us got a nationality id on it. He was dark Green paint Job with no discernible markings on him Bat training featured in the exercise. And he said i had walked out of training with the impression. That weapons statuses especially red and free were a no  mis confusion prompted the question to Holland his rear sealer and the senior member of the Crew. Holland never knew that Dorsey had armed the f-14. My Pilot came up on the radio and said i understand they want me to do they really want me to shoot him Holland testified. So you know think ing exercise All the time you know yeah you can simulate a shot by All accounts the Crew of the f-4 never knew what hit them. The Best that i can recall you know it was something like what the hell was that " Ross said. I remember thinking about it being a midair collision. The next thing that either one of us heard was me telling him i had both fire lights. About that time he said i m gone after being rescued by boats dispatched from the Saratoga Ross and Sprouse were taken aboard the Carrier and were treated for minor injuries. They had been on boar for about 90 minutes before they teamed what had happened. "1 had been kind of joking with the people in the emergency room saying Here i am out Here flying against the Navy and get shot Down Ross told investigators. About this Lime the Cap Tain 01 the ship showed up in the a Ray room and asked Ross if he knew what really happened. And he goes Well we shot you Down i go sure and he goes no we really shot you Dow i act we re really sorry and 1 was jus amazed Ross said  since the incident Dorsey has been reassigned 10 the Oceana naval As near Virginia Beach a. He is out of the cockpit indefinitely although his wings Haven i been pulled said la Janet Mescus a Navy spokeswoman in the Pentagon. He s been As signed As a personnel administration officer and will not be detailed to future duty involving operational control or flight of naval aircraft Dorsey is the con of rear . James f. Dorsey jr., the assistant Deputy chief of naval operations for plans policy and operations