European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside strip o first Pershing is leave Germany base Page 2 d Carlucci says contract fraud should Lead to reforms. Page 5 d Becker Mcenroe lose at . Open sports Page 21 d Navy officer acquitted in recruit death Case Back Page the stirs authorized unofficial publication Fortne . Armed forces vol.47,no. 13b saturday september 3, 1988/ in mor Mcville forced to retire after Trost rejects Appeal by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the Navy s lop Admiral has upheld disciplinary action against a senior officer found guilty of improprieties involving Ravel forcing him 10 retire Al lower rank the service said. Adm. Carlisle . Troll he chief of naval operations reviewed the Case of vice adm. Kendall e. Moranville and approved the results of the Flag Mast disciplinary hearing the Navy said in a statement released in response to a reporter s query. Undo r these circumstances in would he inappropriate to nominate vice adm. Moranville for retire ment in his present Grade and therefore retirement was approved at the permanent Grade of rear Admiral effective oct. 1, 1988." the Navy said troll had conducted his review on wednesday studying an Appeal hied by he was disciplined with n punitive letter of reprimand last month. While there is almost no difference in pension be tween the two ranks for an officer with Moranville tenure Trost s action amounts to a permanent blemish for an officer of such High rank. The Navy which previously had declined comment on details of the Case disclosed thursday that Moran Ville had been disciplined for improprieties involving rave claims and the use of government Pentagon sources who demanded anonymity said the charges involved arrangements made by Moran Vilic on behalf of a woman employed by the unite service organizations while he was commander of the Navy s 6th Fleet in Naples Italy Moranville. 56, stepped Down from that Post on aug. 20 in a routine rotation and had been expected to assume a new Post at the Pentagon until word of the disciplinary action surfaced. Late last week the Navy acknowledged Moranville was taken to Admiral s Mast. On aug. 19" before adm. James b. Busey the commander of . Naval forces Europe and disciplined with a letter of reprimand. After receiving the letter Moranville appealed the decision to Trost but also filed a request for retire ment the Navy said an Admiral s Mast is a closed door non judicial proceeding during which an Admiral reviews the evidence on his own and decides if any discipline is warranted. Moranville a Veteran combat Pilot who fought i Vietnam had been widely rumoured As the next Deputy chief of naval operations for naval warfare. Air show victims honoured at two memorial services usage commander Gen William Kirk at right talk with other mourners after leaving the Chapel Al Rara Stcin a. B Deedee Arhin ton Dok Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern West Germany mourners gathered at . Chapel i Kaiserslautern and at Ramstein a. Thursday for services to remember Thos killed and injured at sunday s air show. Amid tight military Security about 125 americans and germans attended a30-Minutc army sponsored service at the vog Chweh Chapel in Kaiserslautern. And More than 500 mourners joined by Safe commander filled two of rams Cin s Chapati. Spitting into the lobby of the Complex. / five army chaplains spoke Al the Jelweh service we Musl rid ours Jucs of feeling guilty that we still live while they died said chaplain col. Larry Kelly of the 21stsupport coma. To survive such. Spiritual pain Wemusa cry we Cher privately or publicly and vent our anger that our loved ones have been taken from ourselves forever Kelly that memory or rom pm to ranch is crucial to the Way we experience Kelly urged the audience not Lof Orget the tragedy or those who suffered so Hamin dying. As or Friday morning 52 people have died As ave sult of the Accident. More than 360 we injured. A soloist opened the Ramstein service continued on Page 3 blackout dims part of Greece Athens a a Power fail ure blacked out Athens and most of Southern Greece on thursday night snarling traffic in the capital and knocking out radio and television. However Power was restored Loans of Athens later in the eve Ning. Industry ministry officials said the failure was caused by an explosion in a switch Al an electricity substation near the Northern town of Larissa. The cause was not immediately known. The damaged switch knocked out Power to three of the four Ca Bles serving the area South of Lari sea. The Power was restored later inthe evening to outlying districts of Athens and some City Center areas. Police said there were no imme Diate reports of looting. State run radio and television left the air at first. However the radio returned to the air 40 min utes later and urged athenians to remain Calm. Traffic lights in Athens were knocked out causing huge traffic jams in the City of 3.5 million peo ple. The Athens Airport throughout he blackout
