European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and tripes unofficial publication for tit . 1hmid fooc1s Good Momma vol. 47, no. 318 saturday March 4, 1989 seen a a d 8693 a Strawberry walks out of mets Camp Page 21 Kab dealt blow germans say Bonn West Germany ai1 the cracking of a computer spy ring that news reports said gave the so Viets direct Access in key military and research computers in the West was a major blow to the Kab in government said Friday.  German television network thursday said the spy ring acquired passwords codes and other information from computers in the United states Western europ Cand Japan. Wisl German prosecutors said three people were arrested and five others were under investigation a second to network in West Germany reported that at least 10 computer hackers were involved in the spy ring ". The Nord Cul Chc Rund Funk broadcasting network said the ring gained Access to the . Defense depart ment s general Dat Bank known As Optimus a nation Al aeronautics and space administration and a Star wars research computer and computers lied to nuclear weapons and Energy research at the los Alamos National Laboratory in new Mexico and the Fermi National accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. The network said attempts were made to gain Access to the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University or California which it called a key link in cell arts to break into other . Computers. Clifford Sololi an astrophysicist who did research at the Laboratory said up to 50 military computers were broken into through an astronomy computer but the Hacker did not have passwords for classified information we were amazed. Here s some Guy breaking into an see Kab on Back Page sizing things up cud the a uranus canine Sencw to be wondering Why Ilik Rocky Little Kilty in t hit a till line it to a safer spot lie a cats Art supposed to Stu act Nohrn they meet a monstrous Jor. As it turned put the Brush Ball of fur and cup by came Best friends on the ranch of Janet Del Castillo near Eagle Lake flu. Report on air crash at Remscheid issued by 3rd air Force  . Bureau rap Mildenhall. England the Pilot of an a-10 Thunderbolt that crashed dec. 8 into a residential area in re Roschell Wisl Germany lacked a necessary flight qualification at the time Otheill fated Mission a report on the crash issued Friday by 3rd air Force indicated thai Crupl. Michael p. Foster had not completed required in flight practice of emergency techniques used when a Wingman is lost or separated from the rest of us flight. Although questioned before the flight on the status of the required training Foster said he had no a accomplished training missions. His plane crashed in thick fog 10 min utes into the flight after Foster radioed that he was lost  Foster and five people on the ground were killed. The report docs not link Foster s night qualifications with the crash or draw any conclusions about it. A 3rd air Force official Friday also would not comment or expand on information contained in the. Report the eight Page report Doc not slate be cause or fix any blame for the crash. The purpose of the investigation was to obtain and preserve All evidence for use in claims litigation disciplinary actions and administrative proceedings. Foster assigned to the 92nd tac fighter so at Raf Lent Ilcus. England was on temporary duty at Burvenich air base in Northwestern Germany at the ii cof the crash. The report describes a prof Lilit Brief ing in which night Leader gift. Marke f. Gibson asked Foster about information listed in his Pilot Grade Book. Capt. Foster said there were no Unac complis hed tasks from the two theater indoctrination to sorties he had flown und he was ready to Fly the report said. He said there was nothing in the Grade Book which capt Gibson needed to he concerned kith in fact capt. Foster had not done in flight practice of lost Wingman proce dures on  sortie As required by i Safe directives. Theft was no men Tion of. This in Cape. Foster s Grade  the report docs not indicate if Foster knew be lacked the required raining. The report said Squadron supervisors and the million director had corroborated Foster s qualifications and said Foster who had  hours in the a-10 plus 591 hours in other aircraft was very Strong with no  just before the crash the report said the two planes entered thick Clouds and Cape. Gibson lost sight of Cape. Foster s aircraft. Capt. Foster radioed of the pm radio that he was lost Wingman. Cape. Gibson sensed he. Was in a descent so he see report on Back Page Saint urges limit on assigning families to Usa eur by n we wa1.czak education writer bad k1ssingen, West a Ernway the commander of the us army in Europe said Friday that family members Are straining social service agencies Over. Seas and that he would ask army officials to limit the assign ing of certain categories of Soldier families abroad. The question is How much of the army budget can we devote to a welfare stale Gen Crosbie e. Saint told a con Ference of school Dammi Sigatori. We can Only provide re Gnu now so a Crit it of the child care  he said his command already is Over extended in trying to provide services to an estimated 138,000 family members. Command officials Are straining to meet the needs of single Parent and dual sol Dier families and those with exceptional members. Saint said. He said he would soon ask army officials in Washington to cease assign my a category of person 1 cannot accommodate. " he also said he would seek a Cap on the number of family members sponsored by the military overseas. He offered no specific number Saint made the remarks in a 4s-min Ute pc Rich that closed the five Day department of defense dependents schools administrators conference hosted by the Germany Region. His speech co Rcd a variety of areas including teacher pay the future number of students construction of schools und the military school relationship. Saint said recent budget conferences in Washington have seen increased con Gressional reluctance to build More schools in the Wake of troop reduction possibilities. However he predicted Ihal the United Stales would not withdraw any of ils forces from Europe until we negotiate with the soviet Union i be heard All the great statements he said referring to soviet Leader Mik Hail Gorbachev s Calls for troop reduce Lions. But its a one Man band. The so Viets right now arc very unstable and  Saint saluted school system principals saying Ihal he heard no complain is about them during his visits with Community commanders. He urged school officials to work closely Mth Community com Manders in order to enhance the Quality of life for soldiers and their families. He said he has ordered commanders to Lac an Active interest in local schools. My Community commanders give Asee families on Back Page