European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday August 4,1988 Reagan vetoes defense Bill backs ski from Page 1 to be spent is one that i could sign and would  on Capitol Hill sen. Edward m. Ken Nedy d-mass., criticized the president s action and said it would be a travesty now for the president to Start playing presidential politics with the nation s defense. Kennedy said the Bill had been the result of bipartisan Compromise. These compromises reflected the Good Faith efforts of Congress and the president he said. Rep. Tony Coelho d-Calif., the third override would require a two thirds a three aging missile firing Poseidon sub ranking Democrat in the House noted Jority in each chamber. Marines As new subs Are built. That con that Bush had supported the veto and the strategic defense initiative As tines the policy of generally keeping the said if he wants Pentagon mismanage Star wars is known would receive $4 unit. States near weapons 1 mis. A ment debated for the next few months u 11 on in the Bill slightly More than the a sed both in Raffied Salt ii nuclear a budget of fuss billion but treaty a Poncy Rea an poses f a f j than the j4 8 bin Jon Reagan the measure bans flight testing of de wanted pressed trajectory missiles As Long As the t jul a ii a a soviets refrain from testing their version sin addition the Bill reduces spending of those weapons a ban opposed by the for a space based interceptor that is administration. Such missiles Fly relatively under development As the first phase of Low trajectories As opposed to Long Range an eventual ski program. The Pentagon atomic weapons which Fly High into the wanted $330 million but the Bill Restuc atmosphere before returning to a target. It to the total to $85 million. Is More difficult to detect the launch of Low the measure requires retirement of trajectory missiles. That is All right with us. George bus wants to play politics. The defense veto will come Back to haunt  the veto May be difficult to override particularly in the House. The Bill was passed july 14 by both the House an Senate and the votes in both democratic controlled Chambers generally went along party lines. The House vote was 229-183 and the Senate tally was 64-30. A successful veto Greece from Page 1 eighth round of talks which broke off Friday. They Are scheduled to resume sept. 9. The greek government issued a formal shutdown notice july 13 for All . Bases operating in Greece but it does not necessarily mean All installations will Stop operating. If greek and . Officials Are unable to reach agreement the present Accord gives the United states 17 months to dismantle the bases when it expires. The official at the background briefing concede that there have been differences of opinion during the negotiations for a new Accord adding that Greece wants to safeguard its Paramount National interests. This however does not mean guarantees for its East Ern Borders with Turkey but some guarantees on the question of balance of  the United states presently maintains a 7-to-10ratio in military assistance to Greece and Turkey. The greeks receive $7 for every $ 10 Given to Turkey. Greece and Turkey have longstanding difference despite being members of nato. Disputes Between the two countries include claims to Mineral sea bed rights in the Aegean and the division of Cyprus the Mediterranean Island Republic. In january the United states acceded to Spanish demands that the 401st tac fighter Wing at Torres Nab Madrid be removed from the country. In signing a defense Accord similar to the agreement being sough with Greece the United states agreed to pull out the Wing of 72 Al 6s within three years. The Spanish move marked the first Tim e the United states had been told to remove a military asset from Anat nation since France withdrew from the Alliance in 1966. Italy subsequently agreed to station the fighter Wing. Pilot from Page 1 flew a Cessna aircraft to Moscow from Helsinki Fin land Landing on red Square. He was found guilty sept. 4, 1987, of illegally enter ing the soviet Union violating International flight rules and malicious hooliganism and he was sentenced to four years in a soviet labor Camp. He had been at Moscow s Lefo Tovo prison until wednesday. Tass said rust told one of its correspondents that he had no complaints about his treatment in Captivity but was eager to return to his family and friends. Mathias rust is free West Germany s Frankfurter Mundschau newspaper trumpeted in a Banner head line after rust s release was announced. But West Germany s Adf television network quoted the prosecutor s office in the West German Cit of Itze Hoe As saying that an investigation against rust was still open. The prosecutor has been investigating possible charges against rust of endangering air traffic and of fraud. Rust comes from the town of Wedel six Miles Weston the Northern port City of Hamburg. An associated press reporter tried to speak with rust s Mother Mon Ika wednesday but was turned away from the family Home by three reporters from West Germany s Stern Magazine. The Magazine has an exclusive contract with rust s family for the rights to rust s Story. The family has an unlisted Telephone  German officials said that West German for eign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher discussed therase of rust with soviet officials during Genscher s visit to Moscow last  Bonn West German government spokesman Norbert Shaefer told the associated press the Feder Al government is pleased with this  rust s dramatic flight Shook the foundation of soviet Security and spurred the ouster of defense minister Sergei l. Sokolov and air defense chief Alexander Kordunov. Soviet jets scrambled to intercept rust s Light plane when it was detected crossing into soviet airspace but no action was taken to halt the flight and apparently no word of warning about the incident was sent for Ward to  and Sokolov were in Berlin at the time. Two Days after rust s Landing and arrest Sokolov assent into retirement for the lapse and Kordunov was  told the soviet court during his trial that he made the flight to Advance understanding betwee Neast and West but the court ruled that he acted in the interest of self promotion and issued a guilty verdict on All counts against him. Suspected spy air Force air Force probes Are asking anyone who had any Contact with this Man known Only As Mickey in the Pitburg West Germany area to Call the air Force office of special investigations at bit Burg civilian 06561-61-7880 or ets 453-7880. The Man who is now suspected to have been an East German spy was a Pitburg area taxi Driver who also worked for a local car dealer. He frequented a Trier fitness Center and maintained a camping trailer in Irrel near Pitburg. The 5-foot 9 suspect has dark Brown hair and weights 160 to 170 pounds. Silva colors Star Dies Whittier Calif. A Trinidad Silva jr., who portrayed a gang Leader in the movie colors and to s Hill Street blues was killed in a crash. He was 38. Jet from Page 1 that would justify such a conclusion the sources added. There were no problems with Aegis an official said. The Vincennes shot Down the iranian Airliner killing All 290 aboard while patrolling in the Gulf on july 3. At the time of the incident the guided missile Cruiser had just been involved in its first combat action successfully attacking High Speed iranian gunboats. People underestimate the human fac Tor and stress said a second official. You can t replicate that in exercise Sand training. This explanation is very  the sources agreed to discuss the Mili tary investigation wednesday following reports by the new York times and Abc news. The Pentagon declined comment say ing that the inquiry s findings Are still being reviewed by Gen. George Crist the head of the . Central come and have yet to be forwarded to Washington. Crist must decide whether he endorses or accepts the findings of his investigative team which was led by rear adm. William m. Fogarty the Pentagon noted. The sources said wednesday that the written report and documentary Evi Dence Are indeed still in the hands of Crist but that a few defense officials including defense Secretary Frank  have received beef Oral sum Maries on the status of the work. The official report currently runs a least 70 pages and is accompanied by documentation and testimony from crewmen that exceeds 1,000 pages said one source. The Vincennes is one of the Navy newest and most sophisticated ships a so called Ticonderoga class guided mis Sile Cruiser equipped with what is billed As the most sophisticated air defense sys tem in the world. That system Aegis includes a unique wrap around radar system that allows the ship s Crew to see in All directions at once. The biggest question when this started was whether Aegis worked prop Erly and the inquiry has found no Evi Dence of a malfunction an official said wednesday. Navy and Pentagon officials have previously said the Vincennes opened freon the iranian Airliner after it took off from an Airfield at Bandar Abbas be cause the Crew believed the plane was a attacking iranian fighter both military and civilian planes use the Bandar Abbas Field. The times quoted its sources As say ing the error in classification of the plane stemmed from misinterpretations by radar operators who in the stress of Battle. Mistakenly convinced them selves that the aircraft they had spotted on their screens was hostile. Although the ship s Crew had received extensive training they had never been in Battle. Military psychologists say first time combat induces immense stress be fore and during fighting and May cause confusion. The newspaper said it also appeared that the Vincennes Crew mistook an elec tronic identification signal from a c-130 aircraft at Bandar Abbas to be from the passenger Airliner. The sources contacted by the associated press declined comment on the report of the c-130 and refused to say whether the . Investigators advanced any suggested explanations for the failure of the iranian Airliner to respond to repeated radio warnings from the Vin Cennes