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Daily Press, Friday, Oct. 23, 1987 Airport security systems fail too often, panel told Knight-Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON Airport security checkpoints around the nation are failing one out of every five tests to detect the presence of mock guns and bombs in carry-on luggage or in the possession of passengers, a Federal Aviation Administration official told a House subcommittee Thursday. Raymond A. Salazar, director of the FAA's Office of Civil Aviation Security, said he con curred with a General Accounting Office analysis showing that tests at 34 major airports resulted in a weapon detection rate of only 80 percent. A subsequent witness, the GAO's Kenneth M.

Mead, testified that some airports had detection rates as low as 48 percent. Neither the analysis nor the subcommittee identified the airports that were tested. Six had detection rates of 90 percent or better. Salazar told the Government sults particularly disturbing." screen 25 million passengers a He specifically mentioned Activities and Transportation Subcommittee whose chairwoman, Rep. Cardiss Collins, had requested the GAO study that his agency was dissatisfied with the level of airport security.

Collins also expressed dissatisfaction. "Because passenger screening is the most important component of an airport security program," she said, "I find these re The results she complained of stemmed from attempts by FAA inspectors from September 1986 through last June to carry more than 6,000 mock weapons through various airport detection systems. As for actions being taken by the FAA, Salazar said they include continued testing of checkpoint personnel, development of tightened security requirements for airports that year or serve one million international passengers annually, and testing of a new X-ray system that aims at identifying explosives and handguns made of plastic. In addition, Salazar said a number of moves will be taken to tighten airport security in line with recommendations made by the subcommittee and the Department of Transportation's Safety Review Task Force. better training of security personnel and more technologically advanced metal-detection and X-ray machinery.

Salazar also suggested higher pay for airport screening personnel, saying in response to questions that current pay can be as low as $3.35 hourly, the federal minimum wage, anu ne expresseu suppun for a standardized system of fines to be levied against airlines that fail security tests. BS Eccentric spy took U.S., Soviets to brink Egypt moves to stop UewcP belly dancing fihi wf" r': ft 'J U.S. soldiers fortify the Florida coastline in 1962 against ing between the traditional costume and the flowing gala-bia of rural Egypt, adding a tight belt just below the waist to accentuate hip movements. Salem said that the unpub-licized license suspension order was issued about six months ago. He said almost 1,000 women now hold licenses, but only about half perform professionally.

"About half the dancers have retired or given up temporarily for various reasons age, health, figure or family reasons such as marriage and bearing children," Salem said. But he said several thousand unlicensed belly dancers perform at private events. It's difficult to track them down, he said, but when one is caught, she's fined. The Moslem Brotherhood source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the organization did not make an official bid to suspend belly-dancing licensing. "But the resurgence of Islamic fervor and demands for implementation of Sharia (Moslem law) probably were among the factors prompting the government," he said.

To Moslem fundamentalists, who interpret the Islamic holy book, the Koran, as demanding female modesty, belly dancing is sin. They assert it is a series of lewd movements that, with the traditional revealing costume, excite people sexually. AP photo an invasion from Cuba. used if he was about to be arrested, and also one to be used in the ultimate contingency: imminent war," Garthoff wrote. "When he was being arrested, at his apartment, he had time to send a telephonic signal but chose the signal for an imminent Soviet attack!" Garthoff said.

"This seemingly bizarre act rings true," Garthoff wrote, recalling Penkovsky's insistence on risky meetings with Western leaders, and also his penchant for wearing U.S. and British military uniforms when he briefed intelligence officials in the West. Garthoff concluded that when Penkovsky "was about to go down, he evidently decided to play Sampson and bring the temple down on everyone else, as well." ington, where he met for 30 minutes in the White House with Kennedy. The Soviet officials reacted slowly to Kennedy's broadcast warning, waiting 14 hours to issue a public statement, critical of the U.S. quarantine, but silent on their actions.

"One action, however, was undertaken without delay," Garthoff wrote. Penkovsky, who had been under suspicion and surveillance for months, was arrested immediately by the KGB. Penkovsky had used non-verbal telephone signals to stay in touch with his Western handlers, said Garthoff, who as an intelligence and Soviet specialist was involved in the case. "In addition, Penkovsky was given a few standard coded telephonic signals for use in emergencies, including one to be tteatlas aiaal ffinmral Message of attack sent in Cuban crisis WASHINGTON (AP) As the Cuban missile crisis unfolded 25 years ago, a Soviet military officer spying for the West sent a signal that the Kremlin planned to attack. But a mid-level CIA agent decided not to pass the information up to the White House, according to a memoir released Thursday.

Soviet Col. Oleg Penkovsky, often described as the most effective Western agent ever against the Kremlin, sent the signal by telephone just before he was arrested by the KGB, former State Department official Raymond L. Garthoff disclosed in a new book, "Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis." The disclosure of Penkov-sky's signal comes amid a wave of revelations from American participants in the crisis that at the time appeared to bring the superpowers to the brink of nuclear conflict. Penkovsky's attack signal appears to have been based on a personal quirk, rather than any special information, Garthoff wrote. And his CIA handlers judged it to be a mistake, and did not pass it along through the hierarchy.

Given the cautious manner in which U.S. and Soviet leaders behaved in the crisis, it appears unlikely that Penkovsky's aber-rent message could have 'brought the superpowers any closer to nuclear conflict, Garthoff said at a meeting to discuss the book. The Cuban missile crisis began Oct. 15, 1962, when a high-flying American U-2 spy plane confirmed speculation that the Soviet Union was in- Funerals today Funerals will be held today for: BESSARD, Mrs. Sara 2 p.m.

at Peninsula Memorial Park. DENSON, Mrs. 11 a.m. at Williamsburg Memorial Park. FERGUSON, Mrs.

Ruth 1 p.m. at Bethel A.M.E. Church; burial in Hampton Memorial Gardens. MIHAY, Mrs. Marian 10:30 a.m.

at Goodwin Funeral Home, Frankfort, burial in Frankfort. MYERS, Mr. James 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church; burial in the church cemetery. ORANGE, Miss Iola 2 p.m.

in New Quarter Baptist Church; burial in the church cemetery. SYDNOR, Mrs. Helen 2 p.m. at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond. TRUMBLE, Mr.

Isaiah 1 p.m. at New Beech Grove Baptist Church; burial in First Baptist Church Denbigh Cemetery. TYLER, Miss Gertrude 3 p.m. at Little Gilford Baptist Church; burial in the church cemetery. WALKER, Mrs.

Louise: 1 p.m. at Second Baptist Church; burial in Oakland Cemetery. WARTIIAN, Mrs. Hazel 2 p.m. at Peninsula Funeral Chapel; burial in Parklawn Memorial Park.

WILSON, Mr. Douglas: 3:30 p.m. in Ronald C. Perkins Funeral Home; burial in Oakland Cemetery. Mr.

Earnest Faucett SYRINGA Mr. Earnest Faucett, 73, of Syringa, died Wednesday at his residence. He retired from Boyer Motor Company, Shacklefords, in 1986 after 30 years of service and was a member of Grafton 4 Baptist Church, Hartfield, and its usher CAIRO, Egypt (AP) Belly dancing is as old as Egypt, but the government says it's become a crowded vocation and has stopped issuing licenses to women who wiggle and shake for a living. It's purely a matter of numbers, said Farouk Salem, director of the Culture Ministry's artistic control department. "The number of licensed belly dancers still in the business is enough, and there is no need for more," he said.

A source close to the fundamentalist Moslem Brotherhood said the government probably took into account an upsurge in religious fervor in recent years. But he said the Brotherhood had not broached the subject with the government. Egyptian belly dancing is rooted in Pharaonic times. Engravings on ancient tomb walls show women performing the art. Many scholars contend its name comes not from movements of the dancer's body but as a corruption by early British travelers of the word "balady," or native.

Until the mid-1950s, belly dancers wore revealing costumes that displayed bare midriffs and much leg. President Gamal Abdel-Nasser, who overthrew the monarchy in 1952, ordered that henceforth, midriffs must be covered. Additionally, many belly dancers have begun alternat tional Amateur Bowlers and an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Teresa E.

Plessinger; two sons, Robert Wayne Plessinger and Michael John Plessinger, both of the home; fwo sisters, Mrs. Ruth Leggett of Fayette-ville, N.C., and Miss Jennie Plessinger of Gloucester; three brothers, Paul Plessinger of Fayetteville, N.C., Howard Plessinger of Salem, Ohio, and David Plessinger of Gloucester. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Amory Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs.

Elaine B. Ayers GLEN ALLEN Mrs. Elaine Bell Ayers, 65, formerly of Gloucester, died Wednesday at her residence. She retired as a classification specialist at the General Defense Supply Center in Bell-wood. She was a member of Greenwood United Methodist Church in Glen Allen, and past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star No.

6 in Granite City, III. Survivors include her husband, Rev. Arthur W. Ayers; two daughters, Mrs. Andrea A.

Hughes of Norfolk and Mrs. Claudia A. Sprenkle of Richmond. A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Chapel of Hogg Funeral Home, Gloucester Point, by the Revs.

David Bal-com and James Ward. Burial will follow in Rosewell Memorial Gardens, Gloucester County. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight at Woody's Laburnum Chapel at 2110 E. Laburnum Avenue in Richmond. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take, the form of contributions to the stalling intermediate-range S-4 and S-5 missiles in communist Cuba.

President John F. Kennedy deliberated secretly for a week with his aides before telling a stunned world, in a television broadcast, that he was ordering a naval quarantine of Cuba to force the Soviets to withdraw the missiles. Kremlin leader Nikita Khrushchev ordered the missiles out on Oct. 28. Penkovsky had approached British intelligence in 1961, and until his arrest he spied for the CIA and the British MI-6, generally leaving information in "dead drops," to be retrieved by embassy officials.

An eccentric, Penkovsky demanded early on to meet with Queen Elizabeth of England. When British officials balked, the CIA whisked him to Wash board. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Roberta Faucett; a foster daughter, Mrs. Sharon Pollard of Syringa and a foster son, Leroy Hodges of Plainfield, N.J.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Grafton Baptist Church by the Rev. Chauncey E. Mann. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The body will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. The family and friends will assemble at the residence at noon. J. K. Redmond Funeral Home, Shacklefords, is in charge.

Mr. Walter II. Marshall SMITHFIELD Mr. Walter Henry Marshall, 102, a native of the Eastern Shore, died Wednesday at the Smithfield Convalescent Center. Marshall was a retired farmer and attended Friends Church in Rescue.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lois M. Helmick of Smith-field; a son, W. R. Marshall of Norfolk; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, in the Colonial Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Carl Cuthrell. Burial will follow in St. Lukes's Memorial Park, Smithfield.

The family will receive friends at the residence, 9Q0 Talbot Smithfield. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to Isle of Wight County Volunteer Rescue Squad or a favorite charity. Mr. William R. Ellis SUFFOLK Mr.

William "Bill" Roscoe Ellis, 56, of 1206 Pcachtree Drive, died Thursday at Virginia Beach General Area Highland Park United Methodist Church Building Fund in Richmond or the Building Fund of Greenwood United Methodist Church in Glen Allen. Mrs. Josie J. Williams PORTSMOUTH Mrs. Josie Josephine Williams, 65, of 381 Carver Circle, formerly of Nansemond County, died Thursday in Maryview Hospital.

She retired as a domestic worker. She was a member of Zion Tabernacle Baptist Church in Corapeake, N.C. Survivors include her husband, Perry Williams; two sons, Keith Lamb of Portsmouth and Lloyd Williams of Brooklyn, N.Y.; her mother, Mrs. Pearlie Hayslett of Suffolk; six sisters, Mrs. Edith Morris, Mrs.

Beulah Brown and Mrs. Elsie Hodges, all of Portsmouth, Mrs. Eunice Morris of Suffolk, Mrs. Ditha Thompson of Brooklyn, Mrs. Marion Baker of Chesapeake; and three brothers, Clinton Hayslett of Suffolk, Walter Hayslett and Herbert Hayslett, both of Brooklyn.

A funeral will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Zion Tabernacle Baptist Church in Corapeake, N.C, by the Rev. R. M. Watson.

Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Crocker Funeral Home in Suffolk is in charge. ft CARD OF THANKS A Perhaps you sent a lovely card. ui sal quietly 111 a uiidit. Perhaps you sent a funeral spray, If cn ui.

cam it lhara A Perhaps you spoke the kindest words ft as any friend could say. 4 Perhaps you were not there at all, Just thought of us that day. Whatever you did to console our hearts. We thank you so much whatever a me pan. ThA fnmi nl thA lain STEPHANIE J.

SAUNDERS Lewis-Gale Hospital in Salem. He was born in Covington, Ky. He retired from the maintenance department of Newport News Shipbuilding in 1976 after 29 years. He was a member of Tabernacle United Methodist Church in Poquoson. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.

Thelma R. Crawford; two daughters, Mrs. Peggy Linthi-cum of Hampton and Mrs. Wanda Wallace of Poquoson; two sons, Walter R. Crawford and Lawrence T.

Crawford, both of Poquoson; seven sisters, Mrs. Cleo Hannah, Mrs. Mildred Southworth and Mrs. Juanita Murry, all of New Castle, Mrs. Thelma Holden of Roanoke and Mrs.

Zelpha Hambric of Covington, Mrs. Evelyn Kennedy of Richmond, and Mrs. Sarah Switzer of Charleston, W.Va.; a brother, Harold Crawford of Somerset, eight grandchildren; and a greatgrandchild. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Claytor Rollins Funeral Home by the Rev.

Aaron Smith. Burial in Peninsula Memorial Park in Newport News. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Poquoson Rescue Squad. Mr.

Stephen Plessinger GRAFTON Mr. Stephen Dale Plessinger, 40, of 1818 Meadowview died Thursday at Norfolk General Hospital. He was a lifelong Peninsula resident. He was employed by Manley's Service Incorporated of Hampton as a refrigeration mechanic. He was a member of the Na DEATHS AYERS, Mrs.

Elaine B. BESSARD, Mrs. Sara B. CRAWFORD, Mr. Lawrence DENSON, Mrs.

Patricia ELLIS, Mr. William R. FAUCETT, Mr. Earnest FERGUSON, Mrs. Ruth S.

MARSHALL, Mr. Walter II. MIHAY, Mrs. Marian M. MYERS, Mr.

James E. ORANGE, Miss Iola L. PLESSINGER, Mr. Stephen SYDNOR, Mrs. Helen B.

TRUMBLE, Mr. Isaiah Jr. TYLER, Miss Gertrude L. WALKER, Mrs. Louise WARTIIAN, Mrs.

Hazel K. WILLIAMS, Mrs. Josie J. WILSON, Mr. Douglas He was born in Suffolk and was a salesman for Heilig-Meyers Furniture.

He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War and a member of Trinity Christian Church, Suffolk. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jane Newsom Ellis; one daughter, Mrs. Jeanne E. Priest of Chesapeake; four sons, Robert B.

Ellis of Portsmouth, Billy Ellis and Ronald C. Pierce, both of Suffolk, and Thomas R. Pierce of Franklin; three sisters. Miss Everlena Ellis of Suffolk, Mrs. Mary Virginia Vick of Portsmouth and Mrs.

Betty E. Morrison of Suffolk; one brother, H. Jan Ellis of Suffolk; and five grandchildren. A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday in Holly Lawn Cemetery by the Rev.

Robert F. Coefield Jr. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in the Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home. The family will be at the residence.

Mr. Lawrence Crawford POQUOSON Mr. Lawrence Y. Crawford, 76, of 7 Robert Bruce Road, died Thursday at.