European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes tuesday july 24,1990 news briefs go gets 5 months in jail for joining barroom fight Miessau West Germany a amps a a Soldier assigned to the 164th or co at Miessau was sentenced to five months in jail for his role in a barroom Brawl. Pfc. Trell w. Foster 21, pleaded guilty to assault with a Means Likely to commit grievous bodily harm in the oct. 7 fight. A general court martial last week also reduced Foster to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered him to forfeit $480 a month for five months. Court documents said Foster was with three other soldiers at the sound disco in Miessau when one of them noticed his Girlfriend dancing with another Man. The Soldier who was intoxicated pushed his Way onto the dance floor and proceeded to attack the Man. The Soldier was joined by his friends and they knocked thelman to the floor kicking and punching him. Foster joined the attack after the Man was unconscious on the floor kicking him in the head according to documents. The Man regained consciousness at the scene but underwent surgery for a broken cheekbone. The other three soldiers involved in the incident faced similar charges according to a 21st theater army area come spokesman. One has been acquitted and the other two cases Are awaiting disposition the spokesman said. Foster a communications specialist has been in the army two years. F l 11e Pilot recovering from injuries in ejection Raf upper Heyford England a amps a a Pilot injured after he ejected from an Al 1 in last week in Turkey was recuperating monday at the 20th tac fighter Wing Hospital. Capt. Robert Travis was in satisfactory condition. A from my understanding he has a backache a said master sgt. Bill Thornton base spokesman. Travis was flown to the base from the Hospital at in Ciurlik a Turkey aboard a medical evacuation plane Thornton said. Capt. Richard Basak the weapons system officer on Board Jhc fighter was expected to return t a a 3ftcn to upper Heyford on monday afternoon. Basak was released Short Quot a a Fine Thornton Sai it was released shortly after the crash Friday and is. Id. A the two Crew members were returning to upper Heyford from a weapons training deployment to Turkey when they ejected before the Jet crashed. They were to conduct navigation training in route to England. No weapons were on Board when the plane crashed Thornton said. He said it is too Early in the investigation to determine the cause of the crash. 15-year sentence ordered for Soldier in assault rape Pir Masens West Germany a amps a an ammunition specialist assigned to the 3rd Ord in 59th Ord brigade has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for rape burglary assault and adultery. Spec. Darryl b. Gunter 23, pleaded not guilty to charges of rape burglary and adultery and pleaded guilty to the charge of assault at a general court martial held july 15 in Kaiserslautern. Besides the jail term Gunter was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade and Given a dishonourable discharge. Court documents state that Gunter assaulted his wife in Early april. Later that month while he was on duty As the assistant charge of quarters Gunter entered the room of a female Soldier and raped her according to the records. The burglary charge stemmed from breaking into the female soldiers room with intent to commit a felony said a 21st theater army area come spokesman. A second woman was in the room but she was not Hurt during the incident. No other information was available. Gunter from Ocala Fla., has been in the army six years. Atlas launch put on hold Cape canaveral Fla. Apr a last minute glitch monday forced postponement of the launch of an unmanned Atlas rocket with a government satellite that will study Earth a magnetic and electric Fields. The third launch attempt was scheduled for 3 26 . From Cape canaveral. It was delayed because it did not appear that the rocket had switched Over to internal Power. Nasa launch commentator George Diller said there did not appear to be enough time to fix the problem for a second launch Opportunity beginning at 4 41 . A new launch Date was not announced. Throughout monday morning there had been concern about the threat of thunderstorms responsible for sundays postponement. The weather improved however allowing Nasa and rocket builder general dynamics to proceed with the launch. The first attempt on Friday was postponed because of a helium leak. A liquid helium vent duct used for engine Cooling apparently slipped off an engine outlet in the rockets upper stage thrust Section. As a precaution All four vent ducts were replaced with a new set saturday said general dynamics spokesman Jack Isabel. Not Gui to raping female by j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau a Navy officer charged with raping a female officer aboard an ammunition ship pleaded not guilty monday at his general court martial at naval station Rota Spain. It. . Robin e. Brown 27, entered his plea before military judge Navy capt. Thomas a. Lawrence on the court martial a first Day. If found guilty Brown of Rawlins wyo., faces a maximum sentence of life in prison loss of All military pay and allowances and dismissal from the Navy. The thin bespectacled 6-footer is charged with raping the officer in her stateroom aboard the Suribachi after he returned from Shore leave on april 4. The incident allegedly took place in the Early morning hours while the Suribachi currently on a Mediterranean deployment was on a port visit to Cartagena Spain. The Navy is withholding the victims name and rank to protect her privacy. She is still serving aboard the ship but is in Rota for the court martial a Navy spokesman said. Brown is being defended by Navy it. Pamela e. Chartier and Marine capt. . Drescher. They Are expected to argue that both officers had been on Shore leave with different groups of friends and that the victim did not protest Browne a visit to her stateroom. % cafes from Page 1 processing videotape rentals items repaired through the Industrial activity Plant and cafes merchandise furnished to concessionaires. For example automotive parts ordered through cafes would be priced in dollars even though the part would be furnished to a garage. Here is an example of How the program will work cafes customers pay $3.75 to have a Battle dress uniform cleaned. The Price now will read 5.90 Marks and the cafes clerk will convert the charge to dollars based on that Days rate. After the surveys Are finished however the Price in Marks for dry cleaning that uniform in Frankfurt could differ significantly from what it would Cost in a smaller Community  As Vilseck. Although Price surveys will be conducted adjustments will not be made quickly Davis said. A we expect it to take about one year to make things comparable to local areas Quot he said. The pricing change is part of the exchanges new Quality concessionaire program which reflects a a renewed emphasis on improving Quality in the services operation a Davis said. He said the program will require concessionaire selection to be based on  factors As performance history management qualifications and the concessionaires plan for operating on a . Installation. The program also is aimed at pricing concessionaires operations in the local economies. Davis said that will let the concessionaires More accurately reflect the Cost of doing business. On the jury will be selected from a panel of 10 officers two of whom Are women Navy it. Paul Weishaupt said. Jury selection continued late monday. Browne a trial was originally scheduled to take place in Naples Italy on july 2, but Marine capt. W. Gary Sharp the prosecutor and the defense attorneys agreed upon a delay to Complete pretrial preparations. The Case is being tried in Rota rather than in Naples where the convening authority is located because the Navy estimates it would Cost $18,000 More to try the Case in the italian City. The judge prosecutor and one of the defense counsels Are All stationed at Rota and Brown who is under no restraint is also temporarily assigned to the naval station. The Suribachi is one of 24 ships that Only recently began to have female Crew members. The ship has a complement of about 350 personnel of which 11 percent Are female. The 15,500-ton vessel primarily delivers munitions to warships. Browne Scase involves the second accusation of sexual assault aboard a naval ship in the last three  said sunday that another Sailor has been jailed on allegations of raping an enlisted woman aboard the submarine tender Holland. The assault allegedly occurred july 14 in the enlisted women a quarters aboard the ship while it was docked at its Home port in Charleston s.c., a Navy official said. The suspect a Petty officer third class is being detained in the naval big at Charleston following a magistrates hearing Friday that found enough evidence to continue the investigation according to one Navy official. He was not identified pending the filing of charges. The female Sailor has taken a temporary leave from the ship officials said. They said she has received medical examinations and undergone counselling from naval authorities. Contributing to this report Trio Washington Post in Washington Aspin from Page 1 fiscal year beginning oct. 1, Bush called for $5.5 billion for five of the radar evading aircraft and related items. Faced with a diminishing soviet threat and a burgeoning Federal deficit defense Secretary Dick Cheney in Panl revised the administrations request to two planes in fiscal 1991. Cheney also Cut the total number of planes to be build from 132 to 75, at a total Cost of $63 billion. Aspinw a announcement is certain to help a proposed amendment to end production with the 15 bombers Cun entry in development. In his speech Aspin said he would incorporate the amendment into his proposal to the committee. Last year legislation on the b-2 failed in the House .279-144, largely because Aspin opposed the Bill and joined forces with rep. Mike Synar d ukla., on a Compromise Bill that scaled Back the program