European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 21, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 defector had Access to intelligence data Washington a a Navy analyst who surfaced in Moscow this week had Access to satellite intelligence that would be valuable to the soviets Penta gon sources said tuesday. Glenn Michael Souther 31, disappeared in May 1986 after he was con fronted by Federal agents in an espionage investigation. The soviet government newspaper Izvestia reported sunday that he had been granted Asylum in that coun try. Souther appeared on soviet television tuesday night repeating charges that the Fri hounded him out of the country. We Are quite concerned about what he might have Given the soviets said one Navy source. Among the duties that Souther had in the Navy was analysing data collected by satellites. Access to that sort of information would Tell the soviets what capabilities the United states has to photograph their installations and intercept their communications using satellites and also what areas . Intelligence was monitoring. Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard declined to comment on the Case at a news briefing. Souther enlisted in the Navy in Jan uary 1976, then left Active duty in 1982 after being denied Entrance into officer candidate school according to the Navy. While on Active duty he served aboard the aircraft Carrier Nimitz from july 1976 to november 1978, and was assigned to the 6th Fleet in Naples Italy in april 1979, where Navy sources said he would have had Access to some Intelli gence data involving soviet military activities in Europe. Following an honorable discharge in october 1982, Souther remained in the reserves As an intelligence specialist. On weekends he reportedly worked at the Headquarters of the 2nd Fleet in nor Folk va., a position that May have Given him Access to classified information sources said. After leaving Active service Souther enrolled in old Dominion University in Norfolk where he majored in russian language. During his appearance on soviet Tele vision Souther said i found myself confronted with a fateful decision. I had to leave my country my family close friends and relatives. My guilt is that i regarded my convictions and interests As my natural rights. But the Fri thought otherwise. I was persecuted and my free Dom was  an announcer on the main soviet Tele vision news evening program Eremya said a special broadcast would be made wednesday night to better acquaint viewers with Souther s Case. Jereffa suing pm Over name new York a Beretta the italian firearms manufacturer favored by James Bond and other fictional characters As Well As a Host of real life heroes is suing general motors corp. Over the use of its name on a Chevrolet Model. Fabrica d Armi p. Beretta spa maker of firearms since the late 15th Century filed a $250 million suit tuesday claiming its centuries old reputation will be ruined if the car maker continues marketing its four wheeled Chevrolet As the Beretta. The suit charges pm with trademark infringement and unfair Competition. Beretta which claims to be the oldest manufacturer of arms in the world said its lawyers warned pm about using the Beretta name a year before the automaker unveiled the Chevrolet Model in 1987. The company based in the italian province of Brescia said it had registered trademarks in the United states for the Beretta name As far Back As 1954. General motors issued a statement that said no basis for the suit exists because there is no likelihood for confusion. Between pm and the Beretta gun  pm said the employee who selected the Beretta name was unaware of the existence of the gun company. The italian company which makes Luggage cloth ing cutlery and optical equipment As Well As guns claims that for the past four centuries its products have become synonymous with refined workmanship and the very highest  standing on air sgt. Gary Mohler of the army s Golden knights precision Parachute team appears to be standing on air during the team s performance at the Sec Ond Battle Creek International balloon championship in Battle Creek Mich. Search for downed copter s Crew ended by coast guard san Francisco up the coast guard called off its search tuesday for the eight Crew Mem Bers aboard an Mh-53e sea dragon helicopter that exploded Over the Pacific and crashed during a train ing Mission. All eight helmets were recovered but no bodies the coast guard said. The search hampered by fog ended 23 hours after the crash at 10 45 . Monday but two coast guard cutters remained at the crash site 11 Miles West of the Golden Gate to collect debris. The Navy withheld names of the eight Crew Mem Bers until their relatives Are notified. They were Mem Bers of a 400-person min sweeping Squadron transferred to the Alameda naval air station last year from Norfolk a. A five member Navy investigation Board is investigating the crash. Two teams of Navy divers descended 60 feet to look for the shattered Hull and other parts of the helicopter and investigators sorted through chunks of debris and collected wreckage that drifted into san Francisco Bay. Meanwhile the helicopter s manufacturer denied allegations that the aircraft was a Lemon and Distin quashed it from a similar chopper involved in a series of crashes that have claimed the lives of at least 20 marines. An earlier version of Sikorsky aircraft s sea dragon the ch-53e super stallion has been involved in sever Al crashes that have killed at least 20 marines. The Navy crash was the first involving the modified Heli copter however. Lawyer Louis Franecke of san Francisco who rep resents the families of several marines killed in earlier crashes including a Case that went to the supreme court said the 53e is a stretched out version of the earlier models that have structural and control prob lems and should never have been  what they did was essentially like stretching a Volkswagen into a Cadillac Franecke said. It won t be very effective for its intended  Franecke said the 53es have rigid fuel lines that can rupture and Spray fuel if the fuselage flexes too much in  made it in such a Way that if it s towing a Load it makes the flex worse and can make the helicopter totally uncontrollable. The Rotor flexes one Way and the body the other he said. In monday s incident the aircraft was not towing a heavy mine sweeping sled As the Navy initially report . Janet Mescus a Navy spokeswoman at the Pentagon said the Navy bought 17 of the 53e s and is under contract to Purchase 15 More. Four of them Are based in  s crash was the first 53e Accident this year but there have been nine accidents in the past Mescus  $26 million Mh-53e is a mine sweeping ver Sion of the ch-53e super stallion the largest helicopter in the West which can carry As Many As 55 Passen Gers and a Crew of three. It can Fly faster and farther than the ch-53e but has a lighter maximum Load. Briefs Pennsylvania charged Erie a. A a charge of murder was lodged tuesday against a Small town Bookstore operator Al ready charged with kidnapping and related counts in the abduction and slaying of a banker s wife. David c. Copenhefer 41, of Corry is accused of abducting Sally Weiner on june 17, trying to extort Money from her husband pen Bank Branch manager Harry Weiner then shooting her in the head. Her body was found june 19 in a Field outside Corry in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Copenhefer was charged with kidnapping the next Day and the charge was delayed while investigators developed other evidence. Tot found under Church Sacramento Calif. A a 4-year-old girl miss ing for six weeks before she was found in a pit beneath a Church was Well and just being her Little self on her first Day Back at Home her Mother said tuesday. Kenneth Alvin Michel 32, was arrested monday after he drove to the United methodist Church in Elk Grove where he worked As a custodian and officers found a 5-year-old Sacramento girl in his car. Officers then found 4-year-old Candi Talarico who had been missing since june 4, in a pit stocked with blankets toys and a television set below a 4-foot crawl space under the Church altar police said. Candi and the 5-year-old, Muey Han Saefong were examined at a Hospital and released to their parents. Police sgt. Bob Burns said Michel faces charges in the two abductions and the attempted abduction Mon Day of a 6-year-old Elk Grove girl. Michel a deaf mute was described by friends As a lonely person but not dangerous. Clements hospitalized Austin Texas a gov. Bill Clements was admitted to a Hospital tuesday for observation after complaining that he was not feeling Well a spokeswoman said. Clements 71, entered Seton medical Center accompanied by his usual department of Public safety escorts. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July 21, 1948 the soviet military government announced it would Supply food to All berliners even those in the Western sectors who were Cut off from land supplies by the russian blockade. 30 years ago foe a. July 21, 1958 the United states gave the Jor Danian government $12.5 million in additional eco nomic Aid to help King Hussein during the Middle East crisis. 20 years ago today. July 21, 1968 president Johnson and South Vietnam president Nguyen  Thieu meeting in Honolulu pledged opposition to communist aggression in Southeast Asia and expressed Hope for Success Ful peace talks. 10 years ago today. July 21, 1978 or. Peter Bourne president car Ter s chief advisor on drug abuse resigned less than 24 hours after admitting that he had made out a prescription to a fictions person