European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday june 6,1990 observers views on Conrad vary As verdict approaches by Mary Neth staff writer Koblenz West Germany a As a German court prepares to hand Down a verdict today in the spying Case of Clyde Lee Conrad observers of his four month trial remain at Odds Over the former . Army sergeant. Is he the worst traitor Germany has Ever known As German Federal pros Ccu analysis Tor Kurt Rebmann has charged could his personal greed have caused the atomic destruction of Europe or As others suggest was Conrad a Mere messenger of Low Grade defense documents a Crafty Man but no great thinker a the is what we Call a Farmer sly a a is the Way one Legal expert put it. A a he a Clever and calculating but no  Conrad 42, faces life in prison if convicted of leaking nato secrets to the East bloc allegedly for More than a decade. At the time of his retirement in 1985, Conrad was a sergeant first class with the 8th inf div in bad or Cugnach where he was in charge of a vault loaded with classified documents. Excluding a years assignment in the United states Conrad had been with the division since arriving in West Germany in 1974. The prosecution claims he was recruited As a spy the next year by Zoltan Szabo then a sergeant first class and Conradus Boss at the division. Both Conrad and hungarian born Szabo were highly respected and considered top soldiers and no one questioned their Access to secret military documents. But Szabo lost his clearance in 1976, after getting caught Black marketing Gas coupons. A once he lost his Security clearance a trial witness Danny Williams said a the hungarian secret service could no longer use him. He was out of the game  enter Conrad the Model Soldier who volunteered for extra assignments and worked Long hours. Though he kept a Low profile investigation probably would have shown that the soft spoken Vietnam vet lived beyond his income. Conradus wife Anja dressed Well and had a great Deal of Gold jewelry neighbors said. At the time of Conradus arrest he had just Given her a new car with her initials in Gold. Conrad also did no to appear to miss $7,000 in retirement pay that did not get credited to his account in 1986. He waited More than six months before re porting the missing funds. In response Conrad asked the court to consider More than retirement pay a i had free medical care a he testified a and could shop in the military shopping  a Pentagon spokesman has acknowledged that Conradus Security clearance had not been checked As it should have been. In the meantime Conrad was Given even greater Access to the units documents. From 1981 on he had Access to All the secret plans of the division. When it was rumoured at one time that he might be moved to a position outside the Headquarters Conrad supposedly sought help in feigning a serious illness from one of his hungarian spy contacts who was a medical doctor. However the Transfer never occurred. According to testimony during the trial Conrad became More and More ambitious. Far from slowing Down upon his retirement he wanted to set up an espionage network outside the Gates of . Bases throughout Europe. The elaborate plan which never made it outside Conradus Home computer notes was to have featured a network of video shops where information on . Troops could be gathered and passed along and new spies could be  Iowa explosion Dahlgren a. Apr the naval surface warfare Center has begun tests with a 16-Inch battleship gun to determine whether an Accident might have caused the april 1989 explosion aboard the battleship Iowa that killed 47 sailors. A test at the Center along the Potomac River determined that propellant bags for the big guns can ignite when subjected to unusually High pressure. But tests inside a gun Are needed to determine whether that could have happened on the Iowa. The tests using a gun on land Are based on new information from Sandia National laboratories of Albuquerque n.m., which studied possible causes of the Iowa explosion for the Senate armed services committee. The Sandia labs reported they failed to find evidence to support the Navy a official explanation that the fatal explosion was probably the work of a disgruntled suicidal gunners mate using a Detonator. 21,000 gis to usher in pay system Heidelberg West Germany a amps a about 21,000 soldiers have been tapped to be the first converts in Europe to the new army pay system. Affected soldiers should receive letters notifying them of the coming change and any pay option forms they must Complete according to Rich Lane a spokesman for the army in Europe. The new joint service software system was adopted from the air Force system and should be More reliable and efficient Lane said. It computes a soldiers pay daily instead of monthly provides mid month pay statements allows faster computation of Reserve pay and can give finance offices More on line payroll information. A according to finance officials the present joint uniform military pay system is being replaced because it has been unresponsive to service needs. More specifically it is expensive to maintain and requires outdated software a Lane said. The army expects to save More than $ 100 million through use of the system. The first phase of the transition in Europe involving the 21,000 soldiers began in May and will run through july Lane said. Technically the troops will still be paid through the old system but  have to change to the new procedures. For example the new system requires soldiers mid month pay to equal exactly one half of the full months pay. This Means soldiers can no longer get a Check for say $100 at mid month with the remainder at the end of the month. The new system also requires that third party payment be handled strictly through allotment. So if a soldiers spouse was receiving the mid month Check and the Soldier the end of month Check the Soldier now will have to take the full month pay and allot a portion to the spouse. The 266th theater finance offices will switch to the joint service software in november or december Lane said. The system will be implemented in Italy Belgium and Berlin next March with the remainder of Usa eur transferred by april 1991. Usa eur notes medical care eligibility Heidelberg West Germany a children bom to the unwed daughters of Active duty soldiers in Europe Are eligible for free or Rcd cd Cost care in military medical facilities under a special Usa eur policy. The army command allows treatment of the children of unwed dependent daughters because of the Lack of social and human services overseas a 7th medical come statement said. To be eligible the daughter must reside with the serv ice member in Europe. Traditionally care for this category of dependents has not been authorized. . Air Force medical facilities in Europe provide emergency care for the children of the unwed daughters of serv ice members and officials Are exploring the possibility of expanding services to routine care. Information on the Navy a policy was unavailable tuesday. In lieu of a military id a a letter of authorization must be presented to receive care at the army facilities. To obtain such a letter the Soldier sponsor must write to chief patient administration division 7th medical come attn Aemil a Apo 09102-3304. Included should be a a letter following Standard military letter format on organizational Letterhead. The letter must state that the serv ice member is assigned to a unit in the european theater that the family is an unwed eligible dependent and child and that the family resides in the service members Home and is dependent on the service member for More than half her income. # a copy of the dependent daughters id card and a copy of the baby a birth certificate showing the child was bom in Europe. Both these documents must be certified As a True and corrects by an Active duty officer or notary Public. As is the Case with regular dependent medical care outpatient care is free and inpatient fees Are limited to $8.35 a Day. For More information on the policy Call sgt. Thomas j. Gray at ets 3702821 or 2663 or civilian 06221-172821 or 172663.air station technician killed on train tracks san Vito Dei Normanna Italy a a 40-year-old air station contract employee who was carrying his bicycle Over Railroad tracks was struck and killed by a train. Louis g. White was crossing train tracks saturday while bicycling from his Home to the air station when he was hit by a train in route to Brindisi a nearby port City police said. White a technician at the Baker Nunn camera site at the air station was pronounced dead at the scene by an italian magistrate. An investigation by air station Security police revealed that White often carried his bicycle across the tracks instead of using a nearby Bridge. He May not have heard the train because it would have been rounding a curve at the Point of Impact said capt. William Bicker the 7275th Security police so commander. White who had been at san Vito since july 1989, is survived by his father . White of Ash Grove  charged with rape of German woman Wurzburg West Germany a amps a a 3rd inf div Soldier has been charged with the june 2 rape of a German woman in bad Kissinger a division spokeswoman said tuesday. The Soldier was apprehended after the victim described her attacker to police 1st it. Donna Mcaleer said. A she provided a description of her assailant and his car to German  on the basis of the description military police then apprehended the Soldier Mcaleer said. Division officials refused to say when the Soldier was apprehended and charged. 2 sentenced for burglary mail fraud memorial service set Lan Stuhl West Germany a amps a two sergeants assigned to the 327th signal in have been sentenced to jail for a scheme involving burglary and mail fraud. Sgt. Wayne Pickett 25, was convicted of larceny forgery burglary and mail theft at a general court martial May 24. He was sentenced to 14 months in jail reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered to be Dis honorable discharged. Sgt. Russell l. Elliott Iii 23, was convicted May 30 of conspiring to steal mail dereliction of duties stealing mail and receiving stolen mail. He was sentenced to 45 Days in jail and reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. According to military authorities Pickett stole two checks from the room of an air Force staff sergeant in land Stuhl in february 1989. He entered the room with the help of a Girlfriend who was a maid for the billeting office. Pickett used the checks to order goods from a . Whitney co. Catalon. He directed that the packages be sent to his mail room rather than the address on the checks. Military spokesmen said that because Pickett had to use the  on the checks he enlisted Elliott a unit mail clerk to make sure the packages reached him. When about $600 in Auto accessories arrived Elliott handed them Over to Pickett and got an amplifier stereo speakers and a speaker crossover system for his efforts. Pickett kept an amplifier a car stereo several speakers and an Antenna with  civilian journalist Heidelberg West Germany a a memorial service has been scheduled Lor a Heidelberg journalist who died of cancer. The service for Shaun Gearon will be at 4 . Thursday at Mark Twain Village Chapel. Gearon 42, died May 25. Gearone a family has asked that donations be sent to the Marie Curie memorial fund cancer care 28 Belgrave Square London so 1, England