European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday january 6,1989 Dod official Calls libyan envoy a liar from Page 1 John f. Kennedy Home base for the f 14s, in the Eastern Mediterranean had nothing to do with the libyans or the chemical weapons Plant they reportedly Are building South of Tripoli. Howard s step by step account of the dogfight Between the . And libyan planes lasted almost As Long As the Battle itself about eight minutes. At 11 55 . Local Mediterranean time wednesday a Navy e-2 airborne Early warning and control aircraft flying in sup port of the Kennedy picked up the two Mig-23s leaving their base at Al Bumbach Libya and heading out Over the water. At 11 57 ., the two f-14s flying Rou Tine cover patrol for the Kennedy reported radar Contact with the migs at a Range of 72 nautical Miles. One minute later the libyans dropped to 8,000 feet and moved into a head on course directly opposite the f-14s, which were at 20,000 feet. Over the next four minutes the f-14s alternately made five left and right turns and adjusted Altitude to avoid the Mig 23s, but each time the libyans Maneu Vered Back onto a head on course. Dur ing these Maneu vers the Lead f-14 Crew began preparing its weapons for firing. At 12 01 p.m., a Sparrow missile was fired by the Lead f-14 at a Range of 12 nautical Miles. The f-14s were at an Alti tude of 4,000 feet while the Mig-23s were at 7,000 feet. Seconds later the Lead f-14 fired another Sparrow at the Lead Mig-23 at a Range of 10 nautical  shots missed. The trailing f-14 then reported the libyans in sight at about five nautical Miles and fired a Sparrow at the trailing Mig-23, scoring a hit. At 12 02 p.m., the Lead f-14 fired a sidewinder at the Lead Mig-23 at a Range of Only 1.5 nautical Miles scoring a hit. The Pilot of the Lead f-14 reported sighting both hits and said he saw the firing of ejection seats on both Mig-23s As Well As the opening of two parachutes. At 12 03 p.m., the f-14s turned North and began the trip Back to their Carrier. Howard said the f-14s did not detect radar signals that indicated the libyans had activated their fire control radars but we have other indications that the libyans had done so. He did not go into details. There is no evidence that the libyans Ever fired their weapons but Howard noted you need to be in a position to fire and the Maneule ability of the f 14s effectively prevented the libyan from achieving that. The libyans made one puzzling Devia Tion from their past practices in that whenever they have approached . Air Craft in the Mediterranean before they have broken off immediately once the . Aircraft got a radar lock on them. The closest previous approach has been 30 nautical Miles Howard said. This time the migs did not report the lock on by the f-14s to their ground control Tower and did not turn Back. The tomcats did not attempt to communicate with the libyans because the radio systems in the two aircraft Are in compatible Howard said. The Kennedy is continuing East for a scheduled port Call in Israel and there has been no change in the Carrier group s route or operations Howard said. Meanwhile the associated press re ported that the soviet ambassador to the United nations Alexander m. Belong gov said thursday that Moscow earlier had warned the United states to show restraint and not to raise the tension with Libya. The United states responded to the . Security Council that its planes opened fire on the libyan jets in reaction to hostile actions that constituted an armed attack on Ai Merican forces. . Ambassador Herbert s. Okun made the statement in a letter to the 15 member Council which held private consultations on Libya s protest. In Libya according to news reports residents fleeing the. Capital of Tripoli jammed Gas stations and troops fortified the Home of libyan Leader col. Foam mar Qadhafi. Walsh moves to drop 2 main counts against North or a 1 � t � x1 of i re t y a a _ Washington a Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh citing difficult classified information problems moved thursday to dismiss the two Cen trial charges against fired National  Rity Council aide Oliver l. North in the i sentenced in Man s death Darmstadt West Germany is a 20-year-old  specialist was sentenced to life in prison thursday for the sept. 1, 1988, stabbing death of an italian Man who resided in Darmstadt. Spec. Pamela m. Hall of he Btry 32nd  air defense come also was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade Given a dishonourable discharge and or dered to forfeit All pay and allowances for the Early morning slaying of her 18 year old Boyfriend. A pretrial agreement limits her life sentence to 26 years. Hall a native of Duluth minn., pleaded guilty to felony murder and carrying a concealed weapon. She was found not guilty of premeditated murder and burglary with the intent to commit murder by a panel of five officers. During the one Day trial Hall s de sense attorney told the court his client had been raped by the victim the week before the murder. Additionally he said the accused had been raped by a family member when she was 15. Hall will be eligible for parole in about nine years. Iran Contra Case. Walsh said he filed the motion to dismiss the conspiracy and theft charges because the Reagan administration was refusing to allow the release of numerous classified documents that North wants to introduce in his defense. In resisting rth s disclosure re quest intelligence officials have cited con Cerns Over National Security. Trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 31. If . District judge Gerhard Gesell approves Walsh s motion there still would be a dozen criminal charges remaining against North including allegations that he obstructed inquiries and made false statement sin the Iran Contra affair. Walsh s move came a Day after he met with attorney general  Thornburgh to discuss the problems posed by the no serous classified documents that North indicated he needed to use to present an adequate defense. Under the classified information procedures act the attorney general can de cide to seek dismissal of criminal charges to prevent disclosure of secrets that might endanger National Security. The conspiracy and theft of government property charges were the main counts against North for Selling missiles to Iran and diverting some of the profits from those sales to the nicaraguan contras. In the initial indictment former National Security adviser John m. Poin Dexter and middlemen Richard v. Secord and Albert Hakim were named in these two counts. Their trials were Sev ered from North s and have not Bee scheduled yet. In his motion to dismiss the two Cen trial counts Walsh said that because of several factors including the position of the nation s intelligence agencies on maintaining the classified status of cer Tain information the conspiracy and theft counts cannot be tried in a Man Ner that protects that  Walsh said there were other factors leading him to seek abandonment of the two charges. One was North s continued insistence 9n introducing classified in formation in his defense. Another was Gesell s dec. 12 order directing that classified information not be purged from the documents that Walsh planned to introduce As part of the prosecution. Walsh also cited Gesell s refusal on tuesday to reconsider part of that order. Walsh said he hoped the dismissal will enable the trial to commence on Jan.31,1989." Walsh said that by far the most difficult classified information problems Stem Safe from Page 1 military Academy at West Point. He holds a master s degree in business administration from the University of col Orado. Dugan and his wife Grace have six children including two who Are air Force officers. Kirk 56, who has headed Safe and the nato command since april 1987, plans to retire after More than 37 years of service. From the conspiracy and theft of govern ment property charges. They allege that North s interaction with a number of intelligence agencies touches upon a num Ber of highly classified Covert programs. Walsh said that his efforts to simplify the charges have not eliminated the risk that a Quantity of classified National Security information would be compromised by a Public trial on the conspiracy and theft charges. The remaining charges include obstruction of Congress in 1985 and 1986, concealing and destroying documents in connection with a 1986 inquiry into the affair by then attorney general Edwin Meese. North also is charged with converting traveler s checks to his own use and accepting a free Security system installed Athis Home. Meanwhile the . Court of appeals on wednesday dissolved a temporary stay it issued the Day before and denied a motion to bar Gesell permanently from giving Walsh s office a classified sum Mary of proposed defense testimony. The request could have forced a delaying the trial. North s lawyers have said providing the 162-Page summary to prosecutors would give them an unfair Early idea of North s defense. But a three judge appeals court panel said its intervention was warranted Only in extraordinary  this court will not interrupt a Crimi Nal proceeding and invade the province of the District court when Petitioner has an effective remedy through direct a peal from a final judgment of conviction the judges said in a two Page order. Bases from Page 1 cited with the base closings process. Estimates indicate that about 13,000 military slots would be affected by the closings but those slots and the personnel who fill them could easily be reassigned within the military system. A More serious problem is the loss of jobs for approximately 8,000 civilians who would not be Able to relocate to positions at other military bases. Carlucci pledged to do everything possible to help employees who Are adversely affected by the closings including the offer of priority placement for defense department jobs if they Are qualified. Some policy makers in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill expressed mild Surprise that the list was not More substantive although Carlucci declined to express his opinion directly. Of the 86 facilities to be closed 52 Are stand alone family housing units that May consist of As Fewlas one or two buildings. Savings also would be sparse. Officials had Esti mated sayings at $1 billion to $2 billion a year but the commission pegged total savings at $5.6 billion over20 years. Rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee said that amount in t to be sneezed at but it won to bail George Bush out from the pressures of reducing the Federal budget deficit. Aspin called the list too modest pointing out that of the 86 facilities to be closed Only 23 employ More than 30 people and Only four will lose 300 or More jobs. Even so some bases will experience big changes As they absorb military units and missions from facilities that close. Among the bases that will add Large num Bers of personnel fort Knox ky., fort Leonard Wood mo., and fort Jackson s.c., will take the Basic training Load from fort Dix n.j., when that base goes to Skeleton status. In a related move Jackson will absorb the Basic training Mission now at fort Bliss Texas. March fab calif., will take on three squadrons of the 63rd military Airlift Wing and 445th military Airlift Wing As Well As the air Force audit Agency from Norton fab calif., which will be closed. Mountain Home fab Idaho will absorb the 35th tac training Wing and the 37th tac fighter Wing from George fab Calif which will be closed. Fort Belvoir va., will add More than 4,700 civilian slots when it becomes the new Home for the defense logistics Agency the defense of tract audit Agency the capital area Engineer activity and the joint per Sonal property shipping office for the Washington d.c., area. Those agencies Are located at Cameron station va., which is slated for closing. A portion of the Mission of the  materials technology Laboratory in Massachusetts also will go to Belvoir As will the activities of the criminal investigation come currently located at fort Meade and for Holabird in Maryland. Aspin said there is no question that Congress will approve the list because the vast majority of lawmakers who escaped the base closings a have a vested self interest in putting the matter to rest for at least decade. But Carlucci strongly expressed his belief that the base closings process should be ongoing rather than a one time action. Yes we can go further he said. There is no reason to keep an antiquated base