European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 4, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5poseidons halt soviet coast patrol by Cox news service Washington a ten Poseidon submarines with 1,600 nuclear warheads that have taken turns cruising off the soviet coast for the last 25 years have stopped patrolling on nuclear Alert the Navy said wednesday. A their missiles Are no longer being targeted a said Navy spokesperson it. Beci Brenton. A those submarines that were on patrol Are coming Home now. By july 1992, All their missiles will have been  the change which took effect tuesday amounted to a further relaxation of the nations War ready forces beyond the Steps outlined last week in president Bush a Oval office speech. It Means the Navy is shrinking its doomsday Fleet of ballistic missile submarines from 34 to 24. Among the 10 Poseidon removed from nuclear missile duty were four based at the Charleston naval base . A the Woodrow Wilson the Tecumseh the Lewis and Clark and the James k. Polk. Four others were stationed at Groton conn., and the remaining two at Sil Verdale Wash. Brenton said the Crews of All Poseidon at sea have a removed launch components from their missiles a so they Arentt ready to fire on Short notice. In addition she said the Poseidon have been ordered to Stop a a copying the continuous coded radio communications that would be used by the Pentagon to transmit a presidential launch order. As usual the Navy declined to say How Many of the 10 Poseidon were cruising off soviet coastlines. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said last week that one third of the 34 ballistic missile subs Are normally in port for refitting while the other two thirds Are at sea. Half of those at sea Are ordinarily on patrol and thus ready to fire at soviet targets while the rest Are cruising to or from their Shore bases he said. Brenton said that Over the next three years eight of the 10 Poseidon will be decommissioned. The two others will be rebuilt As special operations submarines designed to serve Navy seals teams in Covert missions Brenton said. This will be done she explained by at Taching a Large Metal Bubble onto the exterior of the Hull that can transport and launch Small motorized devices which the seals Call a unmanned swimmer delivery  the Navy said it has planned for some months to deactivate the Poseidon to meet Pentagon a budget constraints a As Well As to anticipate the limits on missile launchers that Are expected to phase in Over the next six years once the United states and the soviet Union ratify the already negotiated strategic arms treaty. Another Factor is that the Navy has All but Given up its longtime base in Scotland that served As a Way station for the subs in route to and from their american Home ports. Scathing Gao Gulf report attacks National guard combat brigade shot argument Ted Maschal a nightclub fire eater being tried wednesday on a Drunken driving charge spouts a plume of flame outside san Francisco a courthouse in an attempt to show that alcohol on ones breath is not always a crime. The judge jury and a stenographer gathered in a parking lot and watched Maschal strip to the Waist and make his fiery protest. He said the kerosene he uses in his act led to the arrest. The trial was expected to end today. By Cox news service Washington when the Georgia National guards 48th inf brigade was called to Active duty last Winter the soldiers could hardly fix their own tanks. When they tried to order spare parts on an unfamiliar army computer they sometimes ordered the wrong ones. Those Are among the findings in a scathing report released this week by the general accounting office on three National guard combat brigades that were supposed to take part in operation desert storm but which instead spent the War training in californians Mojave desert. Congress and the Pentagon Are already engaged in a debate Over the future of the army guards combat units which under a 20-year-old a total Force concept Are supposed to rapidly a around out the ranks of regular army divisions in time of War. A the army has not adequately prepared its National guard round out brigades to be fully ready to deploy quickly a the report concluded. The Pentagon generally agreed with the findings and said it had already instituted some corrective measures. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has suggested that the guard be held for More training in wartime and be used for a rapid reinforcement rather than rapid deployment with Active units. Some members of Congress contend the army has a Bias against the guard. The Gao the investigative Arm of Congress found that a one out of every three guardsmen reporting for duty with the combat brigades could not be sent overseas because of dental problems. Several soldiers More than 40 were found to have health problems including ulcers and chronic asthma. A during peacetime most of the guards tanks and armoured personnel carriers Are maintained by civilians. When the units were mobilized the guardsmen had trouble diagnosing and repairing their own vehicles. During one mock Battle in California the report said the 48th had More vehicles disabled by mechanical ills than it had in the Field. During another Only one of the brigades six scout vehicles functioned. A the army and the National guard use separate and incompatible systems to track personnel and to order supplies. When the guardsmen were mobilized they had to switch to the unfamiliar army system and computers. Supply personnel with the 48th inf a were so unfamiliar with How to order parts a the Gao said a that they ordered older m60 tank parts for the brigades newer my  a although regular army tank Crews Smith rape trial to begin oct. 30 normally qualify in gunnery after one or two tries Many of the guard units re Quirck eight attempts. Tank Crews from the 155th army brigade had used one firing Range in Mississippi so often they had memorized the location and distance of targets. A evaluation reports that the guard units acid army examiners had prepared before the War were next to worthless. Units thought to need Only 28 Days of training were found to need three times that much or More. The 48th info a 4,200 soldiers for instance spent from dec. 27 to March 4 at fort Irwin in California following a month in Georgia. A Many soldiers had not been fully trained in their specialities officers had to be sent to tactical school and Many sergeants had been promoted with no leadership training. It had been reported earlier that 10 percent of the 48th info 150 officers were replaced during training but the Gao found deeper problems. In one brigade the report said non commissioned officers suffered from a a Lack of initiative of discipline or proficiency in Basic soldiering skills and a a so what  army officials told the Gao that maintenance sergeants in the 48th inf a had developed a Standard workday mentality and lacked the discipline and leadership to handle the heavy workload of disabled vehicles. In the stars and stripes West Palm Beach Fla. A William Kennedy Smiths rape trial was moved up More than two months a with jury selection to begin oct. 30 a because of a scheduling conflict for his lawyer that could have meant a Long postponement. Circuit judge Mary Lupo announced the revised schedule wednesday and said she intends to Complete the trial by dec. 20, even if sessions have to be held on saturdays and sundays. Opening arguments will begin dec. A she said. The trial had been set to Start Jan. 13, but Smiths chief attorney Roy Black has a previously scheduled racketeering trial starting a week earlier. A the court cannot tolerate the possibility that trial. Could be delayed to May or june 1992,�?� Lupo said. Smith a 31-year-old Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., is accused of raping a 30-year-old woman March 30 at his family a Palm Beach estate. Sex broker convicted of fraud theft in Seattle Seattle up a jurors on wednesday rejected the claim of a former Merrill Lynch stockbroker that a personality disorder prevented her from knowing it was wrong to steal More than $400,000 from her clients and spend it on personal expenses. In convicting Molly Wilson of one count of securities fraud and 14 counts of first degree theft jurors had to wrestle with a defense put Forth by a psychologist that Wilson suffered from a a narcissistic personality disorder that prevented her rom forming the intent to commit fraud. It took the jurors nearly four Days but in the end Wilson was convicted on Allf counts. She now faces a maximum of 10 years in prison when she is sentenced nov. 22, Deputy prosecutor Scott Peterson said. Peterson said that despite the Success of the Case the difficulty the jury had with what prosecutors considered a fairly Flimsy defense would cause them to reexamine their strategy in future fraud cases. Wilson a income Stream of Between $400,000 and $500,000 a year was Cut off when she was fired As a vice president in Merrill Lynch a Seattle office. Yet she attempted to maintain her lavish lifestyle with the clients she took with her prosecutors said. Among other things they said Wilson used the Money in her clients accounts to make payments on her $185,000 Rolls Royce convertible her $21,000 porsche sports car her $1 million Home and her clothing Bill at i. Magnin. Some of her clients were elderly including one who suffered from alzheimer a disease court records show. Wilson a attorney Bruce Erickson did not dispute the facts but argued that because Nis client did no to understand the Gravity of her situation she  Nave been found guilty of criminal wrongdoing.10 years ago oct. 4,1981 a protesting Irish Republican army guerrillas in Northern Ireland s Maze prison ended their seven month hunger strike.20 years ago oct. 4,1971 a unopposed president Nguyen Van Thieu and his a democracy slate piled up 93.5 percent of the first 925,000 votes counted.30 years ago oct. 4,1961 about 120,000 production workers at Ford motor co. Walked off the Job in the first nationwide Ford strike in 20 years. 40years ago oct. 4,1951 a a White House statement said the soviet Union recently had exploded another atomic bomb