European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday october 12, 198b aids protest blocks Fra s Headquarters Rockville my. A hundreds of demonstrators angry with the Federal government s response to the aids crisis effectively shut Down the food and drug administration s Headquarters tuesday. Authorities arrested at least 50 proles ten. Scores of Federal employee were stranded outside the sprawling 17-Story building when Montgomery county police  workers inside at 7 30 am. The Fra had planned for in work Force of 2,000 out of 4,500 Federal employees who work in the building to Amoc Early and use a rear Entrance. But a Small hand of demonstrators broke off from the main body of protesters at the building s main Entrance and blocked the other three entrances. Rather than trying to separate demonstrators from building employees police lot arriving workers that the building was closed. Two hours later officers at intersections near the building approached workers and told them the building was Insl d. Many employees caught off guard when police closed the building lined up at pay Thonus nearby to Call their co workers inside and find oui what to do. One unidentified woman said she was Lold thai Only six of 30 people in her office had made it in another person said he was Lold that four of his 20 or so co workers had arrived. Yet. Fra spokesman Brad Stone said we re just trying to gel through the workday As usual. People seem to be taking to in stride and things Are going pretty  Stone said he had walked through Sci trial floors occupied by the Fra and Esti mated that 75 percent of the Fra work Force was on the Job. It sure looks More occupied than when there is a bad Snow Day he added. The arrest procedure was simple groups of half a dozen or so protesters would sit Down outside the Mam in trance at the feet of a line of police offi cers. When the officers handling the arrests completed processing one Batch of demonstrators they would return to the Entrance and make More arrests. Other demonstrators circled in front of the building s entrances chanting act up fight Back fight aids and test drugs not people. Protest leaders described the Fra s response to the aids crisis As criminally inadequate. On monday a Small contingent of police watched As speakers outside the Headquarters of the health and human services department ridiculed the Rea Gan administration saying it has done Tittle to help aids victims or support research toward a cure. Protesters also castigated news organizations saying they have nol paid enough attention to the disease. Monday s rally was organized As a mock trial with speaker after speaker Reading off a list of charges against the administration As a judge stood by nodding affix real ively at each count. Guilly guilty guilty the crowd chanted As various charges were levelled. A major focus of the rally was to press for wide Access to experimental drugs for people suffering from aids which wrecks the body s immune system. As of sept. 26, aids had been diag nosed in 74,447 americans according to the Federal centers for disease control. Of those 41,925 hive died the cd said. Al monday s Prates in Washington  William Crek a left of san Francisco and Albert Bell of san Diego demand faster availability of aids drags. Sex army employee admits spying for South Africa Baltimore a a former weapons analyst for the army pleaded guilty tuesday to espionage for passing classified information to the South african government the first such prosecution involving that country. Thomas Joseph Dolce. 49, once a civilian employee a the Aberdeen proving ground North of Baltimore admitted mailing a classified document in 1979 to col. Us Nardus Radcli Ghuys a defense and armed farces attache at the South african embassy in Washington. Assistant . Attorney Gary p. Jordan did nol de scribe the information saying Only that Dolce provided it because of its potential use for sabotage and because Dolce Felt the United Stales should be sharing the informal Iofel with South Africa a staunchly anti communist country that is ruled by its White minority under a system of racial segregation known As apart Heid. Authorities said Dolce who is now cooperating with the investigation insisted his activities were motivated by ideological rather than financial concerns. Jordan said there is no evidence that Dolce accepted Money from the South africans. Dolce was employed by the army material systems analysis activity a department of the army Agency charged with evaluating weapons systems. He held a Security clearance of secret and the documents involved were classified secret. Dolce told investigators that he had a longtime in Terest in South Africa and in 1971 sold his residence in his country and emigrated there according to Jor Dan. However he became frustrated by the Job opportunities there and South Africa s one year residency requirement before he could obtain a Defenso re Latch position. Dolce returned to the United states and in 1973 he was hired by the department of the army. Authorities would not discuss the extent of the dam age Dolce s activities caused National Security. The extent of or. Dolce s relationship with South african officials will be the subject of debriefing by the Fri  attorney Brick Indge l. Willcox said in a statement. Only after those debriefing will we be in a position to assess the full extent of his  a message seeking comment tuesday from the South african embassy in Washington was not re turned. Although Dolce pleaded guilty to Only one count authorities said Dolce passed Over numerous documents until he terminated his relationship with the South africans in 1983, apparently because of a personality clash with the embassy s new defense attache. Dolce agreed to plead guilty As pan of an arrange ment with Federal prosecutors. In Exchange for his co operation with government investigations he was nol prosecuted under a More severe statute carrying a Maxi mum sentence of life in prison. Authorities said they would recommend Dolce be sentenced to 10 years in prison and a j 10.000 Fine the maximum for his conviction. Sex hostage in Iran says marines forcing him out san Marcos. Calif. A a Marine who spent 444 Days As a hostage in the . Embassy in Iran says he is being forced out of the Marine corps because of emotional problems stemming from his Captivity. If you put your life on the line for your country they ought to repay you some other Way than saying hit the Road,1" said staff sgt. John Mckeel who was a guard a the embassy in Tehran Iran when it was stormed by protesters following the uprising that drove the Shah from Power. I m perfectly capable of doing a Good Job. They just won t give me one said Mckeel 3$. Instead he said he faces a pending disability discharge that will come three years before he qualifies for his full Mili tary pension. It s like i m not even considered a staff sergeant anymore. I m just a maintenance Man he said. Mcknel stationed at Camp Pendleton was one of the 65 people taken hostage nov. 4, 1979. Thirteen people were released ahead of the others and on Jan. 20, 1981, the Day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated As president Mckee was one of 10 marines and 42 civil ians who were freed. A Camp Pendleton spokesman confirmed that my keel s discharge was pending but said no final decision has been reached. Under the Federal privacy act of 1974, details of Mckerl s career and his medical condition can t be released maj. Tom Mitchell said. Mcknel says he s been troubled since his Captivity. " Don t want to make it sound like a sob so try but it happens 10 a lot of veterans he said in an interview published monday in the times and vocal of Escondido. The hostages received a hero s Welcome after their release. Bui for Mcknel after the celebrating slopped inc memories of Captivity and feelings of fear and depression started coming Back he said. "1 could t Tell you what my name was recalled me keel who lives with his wife and family in this suburb 15 mites North of san Diego. I could t Tell you if in was dark out or Light out. 1 did t even know where 1 was his wife Trudy took him to a civilian Hospital where he was diagnosed As suffering from the same condition Many Vietnam veterans suffer from Post traumatic stress disorder. The civilian doctors wanted to put Mckerl in a treatment program designed for former prisoners of War but he said the marines would t approve in. Mcknel instead was sent Back to Camp Pendleton and assigned to Supply duly while undergoing counsel ing which he said helped a Little. But he did t like the Supply and maintenance work. "1 still had the Post traumatic stress but i was t crazy or anything Mcknel said. "1 could still function and do a Job. After the awards and the honors you get they do this to you he said. Mcknel said he won t fight the discharge because his enlistment is up in March and he has no Legal right to re enlist. He went Public with his complaint however because he does t think the Marine corps has treated him fairly