European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse N former Cia official indicted for conspiracy Page 2 d Shultz plans visit to 9 asian nations Page 3 q Navy reopens Rescue swimmer school Page 5 d wait Over As strange wins . Open sports Page 21 the sllr&andgjfripes5&a0wtea&r vol. 47, no. 66 wednesday june 22, 1988 06693 a Dod weighing suspensions probe targets 5 Navy of officials by Norman Black Ai my Hilary writer Washington top defense de Parnu no officials met monday to Dis cuss whether to suspend deputies to he Navy and air Force secretaries and three other Pentagon officials implicated in a defense contracting investigation officials said. The officials who insisted on anonymity said a High level meeting was held monday afternoon to discus whether the Pentagon employees should tie suspended or moved to other jobs. The sources declined to Sav whether de sense Secretary trunk c. Sal in on the meeting but said a final decision was expected after another meeting tuesday. They should have something loan ounce tomorrow said one source. The lawyers have been doing a lot of monday s meeting came less Ihnn week after Federal investigators served 38 search warrants on defense contractors military consultants and defense de part men officials in connection with possible bribery and fraud in alleged leaks of classified contracting information Worth millions of dollars. The . Attorney who is coordinating the investigation Henry Hudson of the Eastern District of Virginia said 270 subpoenas have been issued and that additional search warrants May be served. In a Senate speech sen Charles Grassley a Towa rebuked inc Justice department for halting i9bs testimony he said would have revealed How defense contractors and private consultants were illegally obtaining Pentagon weapons secrets. Attorney general Edwin a desc ii responded that the department has prosecuted defense procurement cases vigorously and has never had to be dragged into any indictment where the evidence is elsewhere. Chs news reported that three congressmen reps. Thoma Downey. Andrew Ireland r fla., and Sam Straiten . Hereunder scrutiny in the Case hut that there was no yet enough evidence to malic them targets of the investigation. Lbs said it got its information from Law enforcement sources which it did not identify. Downey s name had been mentioned first in monday s editions of the Washington times. Spokesmen for Downey and Ireland said no government official had contacted either congressmen or their offices continued on Back Page West leaders Salute Reagan arms talks Toronto a i1 Western leaders saluted monday Fortis nuclear arms negotiations with the Soviel Union and encouraged Kremlin Leader Mikhail. Gorbachev i Pur us Domestic Reform saying it could reduce mistrust and build the leaders of the major Industrial democracies also endorsed Reagan s Call for tougher action to combat terrorism and illegal drug trafficking. Specifically they agreed that once a hijacked air Craft has landed a country it should not be allowed to take off again. Moreover they called for International cooperation to Koi too close to Toronto s economic Summit Kite. Of of Aerial exercise turned real in a hurry by Dayle. Green Kalsi a Plautt in Bureau it was an Aerial game of cat and mouse played out during exercises Over the Ligurian sea a Navy f-14 topical from the aircraft Carrier Saratoga Shad owing a Safe f-4 phantom of Fly suddenly within of the ship the what the Navy list the Carrier. At the same time,"1received a radio command a Saratoga red iilllblm1111" T1"tact."thjjcflawssgcforopen fire. To they want me to shoot this a ttys asked i. Timothy w. Dorsey the tomcat Pilot. Dorsey said he heard a yeah shoot from it in lined up of the f 4 and " came off the rails. With to failing to so Dorsey armed the one hit its Mark. And about that time 1 Felt a severe thump on the air plane and the air plane believe Jaid air Force Cap Michael w. Ross of the a sch tac recon so at Owci Brincken a West Germany the Effii of the f-4. Phantom s two Man Crew ejected safely suffering minor bruises As their aircraft crashed and burned in see exercise on Bach Page
