European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 21, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9 a sch  exp s k it it i v a fete soviet Soukhoi Su-27 Jet fighters known As the russian knights Are escorted through British air space by Royal air Force Tornado. The team will perform at two British  knights to Fly in Britain today by Meridith Winder . Bureau Raf scam ton England the attempted soviet coup last month did not Stop the newly formed soviet Aerial demonstration team the russian knights from making their first appearance in England on wednesday. Quot nothing for us has changed Quot said soviet air Force it. Gen. Nikolai Timofeyew Vich Antoshkiw speaking through an interpreter. A we had our training and work to do before this coup and we continue to have it  Antoshkiw a Pilot and the air Force commander for the Moscow military District flew with the russian knights on their visit to England. Flying the supersonic Soukhoi Su-27 fighter code named flanker the team Wilt be in the United kingdom until monday. During their stay they will perform today at two air shows at British air bases. Plans for the russian knights visit went ahead while the rest of the world was guessing As to what was going to happen in the soviet Union when the attempted coup was announced. A the coup did not have the support of the soviet people or the military a Antoshkiw said. A the air Force has always served the country and its people but not  the general said that a new atmosphere prevails in the soviet Union. A you probably know that the communist party organization has been removed from the military a he said. A apart from that pilots need to Fly and that a what we Are  people who get to watch the demonstration May notice that it is different from those performed by their British counterparts the red arrows or the . Air Force thunderbird and other such teams who demonstrate complicated formations. The soviet fliers done to yet have a full time demonstration Squadron so their show will focus primarily on the flankers High Speed and Low Speed climbs As Well As its Maneule ability. Like the thunderbird the team is composed of front line pilots and operational aircraft according to an Tonkin. The full team consists of six aircraft a four single seat and two twin scat. The team was formed after the red arrows visited the soviet Union in june 1990, but the the soviet notion of an Aerial team was t a direct steal from the britons according to Antoshkiw. A we already had the idea to form a team for some time a he said. A when the red arrows came to the soviet Union last year i sent Down a number of my pilots out to Kiev to meet with  he added that the red arrows visit a was the final push that made us finally get off of our backsides and form a  the russian knights will Porto i is noon today at Raf Louchart about 10 Llao sout Hoost of Oun Doo Scotland and at 4 . Today at Raf few Totoy Aboyd 10 Alloa South sail of Oon casts South  pupils searched for weapons Indianapolis a Kinder partners were searched for weapons and drugs in a sweep school officials said was necessary to ensure Campus safety. But a civil rights activist called the searches preposterous. The Indianapolis Public schools system held unannounced searches at Howe High school on monday and Thomas Edison Junior High on wednesday. The Junior High houses a kindergarten class whose students were searched by Security guards using hand held Metal detectors. Superintendent Shirl e. Gilbert ii said the searches were meant a to deter anyone from taking weapons into the  Gilbert said Kinder partners were searched because officials feared older students might have the youngsters carry weapons or drugs for them. But Michael Lee Gradison executive director of the Indiana civil liberties Union said the searches frightened the youngest children and taught the older ones disrespect for authorities. A i heard students say a if we wanted to get drugs or weapons on the Campus this Isnit going to Stop us a a Gra Dison said. A the kids i swear Are laughing at this like crazy. It is having no  Gradison who was invited by school officials to witness the searches said some 5 and 6-year-Olds were frightened. One girl cried and two boys refused to stand up to be searched he said. Gradison said the searchers were a preposterous for any of these kids because they can to name one person they suspect of carrying dope or  officials said wednesdays search produced five rounds of .22 and .25-caliber ammunition taken from one older student. The search at the High school turned up nine knives five Telephone beepers and a can of tear Gas they said authorities said drug dealers often use Telephone beepers to keep in touch with customers. Gradison said he would meet with Gilbert to propose modifying future searches. Cynthia Gohmann whose daughter Stephanie Southwood attends Arlington High school said she would go to court if her daughter is ordered to submit to a  3 activists Given terms in sabotage plot Phoenix a three environmental activists accused of conspiring to sabotage nuclear plants were sentenced thursday to prison terms ranging from 30 Days to three years for vandalizing a ski resort. They were the last of five people sentenced for what Federal prosecutors called a conspiracy by the Radical environmental group Earth first their arrests in 1989 followed an eight month investigation by the Fri which infiltrated the organization. Their trial was halted last month when the defendants agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges involving the sabotage of ski lift pylons at the Snow bowl resort near Flagstaff in 1987. Prosecutors said the crime a damaging Power poles near a uranium mine near the grand Canyon and damaging Power lines leading to an Arizona Aqueduct a were rehearsals for larger projects. The three people sentenced thursday Are a Margaret a a Peg Millett 37. She was sentenced to three years in prison for aiding in the malicious destruction of property. She admitted to helping another activist use a Blowtorch to Cut through a support Pylon of a chairlift. A Marc Baker and use Asplund. They were sentenced for failing to report the ski resort incident a felony. Baker 39, was sentenced to six months in prison put on five years probation Ana fined $5,000. Asplund 37, was sentenced to 30 Days confinement and five years probation and was fined $2,000. The three activists from Prescott were among five accused of plotting to sabotage the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons Plant outside Denver the Palo verde nuclear generating station in Arizona and the Diablo Canyon nuclear Power Plant in California. No attacks were carried out. The principal defendant was Dave Foreman co founder of the loosely knit organization. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a plea bargain that would delay his sentencing for five years. At the end of five years Foreman 44, could enter an alternate plea or plead guilty to a Misdemeanour. Earlier this month judge Robert Broomfield sentenced Mark Davis 40, to six years in prison for cutting a support Pylon at the ski resort. Davis and Millett together were ordered to pay the ski resort $20,000 restitution. It Wasny to immediately Clear How that sum would be divided