European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday july 27,1990 gis were on ufos Mission relative says by Choc Vlinch Washington Bureau Washington six soldiers who recently disappeared from their Intelli gence unit in Augsburg West Germany were on a a dual purpose Mission to reveal a government ufos cover up As Well As to prepare for the end of the world according to the sister of one of the soldiers. But parents and relatives of the other service members involved in the bizarre episode said they could not believe official explanations of cult involvement and called for a full investigation of the group s actions _ army officials initially said the a babe longed to a group called the retd of the world and had left Lette Iriri Augsburg about their supposed Nession. The soldiers art1 assigned to the 713th military intelligence in they have been identified As spec. Kenneth Beason sgt. Annette Eccleston spec. Vance Davis for Villiam n. Setterberg pfc. Kris p.  Michael Hueckstaedt. According to an associated press report the six have been charged with going awol but not with desert com Quot under terms offered wednesday try the army they were offered Noa Jud trial punishment after an  failed to find evidence of espionage said maj Ron mazzta., a spokesman for fort Knox by a there the six Are in custody Tjw a deters were Given three Days to be insider the proposed disciplinary action Mazzia said. They could either be reassigned to other duties or discharged he said. In an interview tuesday Beason a sister Carol Reed of Talbot tenn., said her brother visited her on july 7 before heading for Pensacola fla., where the group was arrested july 13 and 14. She said Beason told her tort group planned to meet with Florida author who had written about ufos and a a exposed a government cover up of reports that extraterrestrials have visited Earth. Red Walters a businessman in the Pensa cola tout of Gulf Breeze recently published a Book Quot about a rash of ufos sight a Ings in the area. But life said tuesday that he had not been contacted Byheny of the six soldiers prior to their arrests v. A Vreed also said Beason had befriended a Pensacola woman Anna Foster while at tending the defense department s cryptology school at Pensacola. A from what i understand she belongs to some group that a into out of body experiences psychic Phenomena ufos All that weird stuff a Reed said. Foster could not be reached for comment. Her attorney Barry Beroset declined to comment except to say that Foster is under investigation by Federal authorities who have confiscated a computer and a number of disks belonging to her. During the visit with his sister and brother in Law Beason also told of the group s plan to Hole up in an underground shelter in Florida before aug. 4, Reed said. The group believes that Lebanon will invade Israel on that Date and set off a Chain of events leading to the end of the world and the second coming of Christ Reed said. A Soldier who served with Beason and the others in Augsburg said the six had talked about going to Florida to Hunt Down the a a Antichrist the biblical figure who Many christians believe will Challenge the second coming but Lee Perlock of Osceola wis., the Mother of Kris Perlock said her son strongly denied in a Telephone conversation saturday that he and the others were part of any sort of cult. Britain planning to pull out half its forces from West Germany London apr  a most hawkish member said wednesday it plans to pull half its troops from West Germany and Cut its Overall regular forces by 18 percent. Those cuts Are in response to a reduced soviet threat. The United states announced defense reductions after last year s democratic revolutions in Eastern Europe. British officials had cautioned against any Quick decisions to slash forces. In wednesdays announcement to the House of commons however defense Secretary Tom King acknowledged the lowering of global tensions. The. Moves which also Call for eliminating Huiwai hips and submarines by 1995, will pro3fcce>$qbstantial savings King said. He gave to immediate estimate on the size of the chose native party governments Quot peace dividend. King said Britain will make no reductions in its nuclear Arsenal wednesday s announcement followed a five month review of defense spending by prime minister Margaret Thatcher and a committee of top Cabinet ministers. The Thatcher administration has been among the highest defense spenders in the Western countries North Atlantic treaty organization. In the most dramatic proposal King said the government envisaged that by 1995, Britain will have two rather than four divisions assigned to defend West get May. It will also halve the number of air  country. Britain has about 66,700 service members in West Germany including the 55,000-member British army of the  from Page 1 of the Gao told the House armed services committee Quot a similar Lack of financial data exists in the defense department today a Bowsher said. The Federal government bailed out new York City in the mid-1970s and Chrysler in 1980, Means for handling the multimillion Dollar savings and loan scandal Are still being devised. _ rep Les a spin d-wis., armed services committee chairman asked Bowsher How far he would go in comparing Dod management to the nations Well known financial disasters. Quot in this Case you won t have the formal government bailout because you would have bailed out on an annual basis a Bowsher said referring to the nearly $300 billion defense budget Coa Gress approves each year. He added a any time you push too much Money into the system people Are going to spend it. Its Uip Risin amp in the air Force that the accounting was As bad As new York City it s really  specifically Gao the investigative Arm of Congress said the proposed military budgets for fiscal 1990 to fiscal 1994 total $1.5 trillion but the Pentagon s planned spending for individual programs exceeds that amount by $ 100 Bini on. A the department s five year spending plan needs to reflect fiscal reality and recent world events a Bowsher said. The Gao also said the defense department has wasted tens of billions of dollars on weapons systems because they were not my tested before Purchase. Gao cited the b-1b bomber As an example and warned that the sea Wolf attack submarine program was going the same  from Page 1 ing a but said it was up to the judge to decide whether the incident constituted rape a lesser charge or no crime at All. Drescher said that before the alleged assault occurred Brown and the alleged victim were in a group of officers who attended a social function at the Spanish officers club in Cartagena. The group ate and drank there before leaving the club Early in the evening Drescher said. Some officers including Brown and the vote from Page 1 nou Cement Are easier to cast than they Are to  Heflin a former Alabama supreme court Justice said there was Quot convincing evidence that sen. Durenberger knowingly and wilfully engaged in a pattern alleged victim went Back to the Suribachi  into civilian clothes before returning to Shore for a night on the town. The officers split up with the alleged victim and Brown going in separate groups. The female officer whose name and rank have been withheld to protect her privacy returned to ship sometime after Midnight Drescher said. Brown returned about 30 to 45 minutes later and went to her stateroom Witych he had formerly occupied before do woman moved into the compartment with a female Roommate he said. Both the accused and the woman had of unethical misconduct which violated statutes rules and standards of  the ethics committee said Durenberger should reimburse the Senate $29,050, plus interest for improper reimbursements he received while staying in his Minneapolis condominium during official trips from 1983-89. It also said he should pay $93,730, less state and Federal taxes previously paid been drinking that evening Drescher claimed. He painted a picture of Brown As a jangly 6-foot-4-Inch Man weighing 190 pounds. It was unbelievable he said that in a darkened Cabin a Man of Browne a size could have removed his clothes pulled Back a Blanket removed the woman a underwear climbed into the lower berth of bunk Beds and had sex without rousing the woman a Roommate who was in the upper berth. Once the alleged victim became aware of what was going on Drescher said she pushed Brown away and he fell onto the floor and curled up. For speaking fees he improperly kept during 1985 and 1986. The fees were for 113 speeches Durenberger said were promotions for his books on health care and defense issues. The commit tee concluded they were Normal Honor aria speeches subject to Senate limits. Durenberger whose political fortunes have suffered at Home told the Senate just before Heflin spoke that he would not contest the committees recommendation an cuts from Page 1 ment must pull in More tax revenues a nobody wants to raise taxes. Its very hard to put the final package together Quot Gephardt added. After the defense session rep. Les Aspin d-wis., the House armed services committee chairman lamented that Bush and defense Secretary Dick Cheney still a have in mind a much bigger defense budget than i think is going to come out of this  Aspin announced monday he favors halting production of the b-2 bomber even though the first 15 Are in production. Bush wants to build a the Fleet of 75. Aspinw a Senate counterpart sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., who favors continued production said the b-2 a has an Uphill fight if it is going to survive Aspinw a committee is aiming to Cut $24 billion from Bush s request for $307 billion for the Pentagon for fiscal 1991. Fitzwater said Bush called the meeting to express concern about a inordinate  despite improved relations the soviet Union remains the United states adversary said Fitzwater. He quoted Bush As saying a there have been few changes in soviet strategic forces. They Are continuing to modernize their entire Force and will enter the Start negotiations fully  Cheney told the lawmakers that the House cuts would Force the Pentagon to absorb personnel cuts of 250,000 in the first year cutting Back nearly four army divisions Ana 25 ships. A we think that is unreasonable a Fitzwater said Bush said at a strategic air come base in Cheyenne Wyo a on july 20 that he wanted a to hold the line at the already painful reduction of the defense budget set Down by the Senate armed services  earlier agreed to make restitution. Durenberger sat at a desk at the front of the Senate chamber listening to the proceedings with his hand on his Chin. A i ask your forgiveness a Durenberger told his colleagues after the vote. Quot for future challenges i need your  Durenberger a 12-year Senate Veteran w As elected to fill the unexpired term of the late sen. Hubert Humphrey. He does not face re election until 1994