European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wisconsin mom protests unfair9 labor practices Story Page 6 the St r4andisf ripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol.47, no.99 tuesday july 26, 1988 goad morning it 25 daily and sunday q 8693 a Reagan says he s ready to talk to Iran about Lebanon hostages Washington a president Reagan said monday he s ready to talk to Iran about american hostages held by pro iranian extremists in Lebanon i they re  at the conclusion of a White House Rose Garden ceremony honouring Young men selected by the Ameri can legion to study politics and government Reagan was asked Are you ready to talk to Iran about the hostages is it  if they re willing and ready to talk it s time he said. An administration official said earlier monday that South african David Bruce on Way to court where he was sentenced for refusing to serve in the military. Apartheid protester sentenced for rejection of military service Johannesburg South Africa a White University student who refused to do compulsory military service on the grounds he would be defending racism was sentenced monday to six years in prison. Magistrate . Bredenkamp imposed the Maxi mum penalty on David Bruce for his refusal to undergo the military training required of All White males in South Africa. The consequences of your imprisonment Are i your own hands Bredenkamp told Bruce 25. You have had the Opportunity. To provide useful service to the  the training involves two years of initial service. Afterwards men Are subject to annual military Call  that can last As Long As three months. My View of the South african defense Force i that it is not a peacekeeping Force but that its Basic function is that of upholding and defending racism Bruce said last week at his trial. Bruce declined to request a non combat posting which sometimes is granted to men who object to military training on religious grounds. Bruce re fused to serve for moral and political reasons say ing he strongly opposed the government s apartheid policies of racial segregation. The government does not release statistics on How Many White men refuse to serve in the military. Despite a new . Message last week Iran still has no sent an authorized reply to american entreaties about talks on normalizing relations after an eight year  message reiterated . Desires to discuss ties with Tehran and did not Lay Down conditions for a see Reagan on Back Page Baker expected to quit manage Bush Campaign Washington a president Reagan returned from a vacation amid heightened expectations that Treasury Secretary James a. Baker Iii will resign soon to run vice president George Bush s presidential Campaign. Neither Baker nor White House officials would con firm publicly that Baker will be leaving the Cabinet soon although presiden tial spokesman Marlin Fitzwater did not flatly deny it. Given the Opportunity sunday to say Baker would not leave the trea sury Post Fitzwater said Only he s still Treasury Secretary. Put it that  but an administration official declining to be identified publicly Sai Baker s resignation Likely will be submitted to Rea Bakerman in Early August possibly As soon As next Mon Day with plans to Hook up with Bush in mid a gust. A Baker move to the Bush Campaign would note shocking since there has been speculation for months that the longtime Bush confidant eventually would make the move. Baker managed Bush s unsuccessful run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980. This time however Bush is the party s certain nominee. Baker has been an unofficial adviser to the Bush Campaign for some time and he accompanied the vice president on a fishing trip last week. Navy instructor pleads innocent in recruit s death Pensacola Fla. A a Navy swimming instructor pleaded innocent monday to All charges against him in the death of a recruit during a training exercise. Petty officer Michael Combe is charged with involuntary manslaughter Battery and conspiracy to com Mit Battery in the death of airman recruit Lee Mirecki 19, of Appleton wis., described As being literally scared to death. An aug. 29 trial Date was set for Combe s court martial. The Navy has accused Combe of holding Mirecki Shead under water after other instructors had forced the recruit Back into a swimming Pool at Pensacola naval air station. Mirecki was pushed Back in after he panicked climbed out and shouted that he was quitting the course. Also facing court martial is it. Thomas a. Torchia officer in charge of the Navy Rescue swimmer school at the time of Mirecki s death. Torchia who was on see death on Back Page the command that nobody wanted pages 14, 15