European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday september 9, 1985 Moorer charges cover up in 67 israeli attack on ship stateside Washington a retired adm. Thomas h. Moorer saturday accused inc . And israeli govern ments of covering up evidence surrounding the 1967 israeli attack on the american intelligence ship Liberty. Thirty Foi r american  were killed and 171 wounded in the combined air and sea attack on june 8, 1967, against the lib cry cruising in International Waters 15 Miles off the Sinai Peninsula during the six Day War. Israel maintains that its fighter pilots who buzed the ship for eight hours before the attack and torpedo boat Crews mistook the Liberty for an egyptian ship. The israelis maintain this was simply a Case of mistaken identity but this clearly does not hold water 1 said Moorer who was chief of naval operations at the time of the attack. In Clear visibility this unique ship was very easy to  he said it could not have been misidentified by the highly trained israeli pilots. The israeli forces circled the ship and then proceeded to attack Over an extended period of time. There is simply no Way the fighter pilots and torpedo boat Crews could have come to such a conclusion he said. Moorer a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff joined a dozen surviving  of the Liberty at a seminar during the annual convention of the american Arab Ami discrimination committee in Washington. He suggested that the incident was a deliberate attack to prevent the Liberty from picking up signals that would have warned the United states of an israeli military push into Syria the next Day. Israel occupied the Sinai Peninsula the Gaza strip and East Jerusalem during the six Day War and drove 12 Miles into syrian territory. Moorer charged that then president Johnson significantly understated the extent of the casualties and he said no formal congressional hearings were held on the incident As was the Case following the capture of the Pueblo by North Korea in 1968. Based on the Way this tragedy was handled both in the United slates and Israel one must conclude there is much information that has not been made available to the pub Lic said Moorer who was a member of president Rea Gan s foreign intelligence advisory Board from 1982 to1984. The 6lh Fleet positioned nearby receive cd a distress Call from the Liberty and one Carrier dispatched Squadron of planes to search for the disabled ship. Before the ship was located the Fleet received orders from Washington or Dering the planes Back. Moorer called on Congress to once and for All Clear up the uncertainties speculation and unanswered questions surrounding this tragedy which is still thought by Many to be a deliberate cover up on the part of the govern ment of Israel As Well As the government of the United  Joseph Meadors a signalman aboard the Liberty who adm. Thomas h. Moorer said it was his Job to ensure that proper flags were flying on the ship said an american Flag was clearly visible while israeli planes staged 13 flights Over the ship during an eight hour period preceding the attack. His account contradicted the israeli version which maintained that no Flag was visible. Meadors said the Flag was downed during the first wave of fighter bomber assaults but a larger Flag was hoisted before torpedo boats joined the attack. Another Crew member Rick Aimetti. Said lha during a Lull in the attack an israeli helicopter dropped a note onto he ship s deck with the message were there any wounded Navy surveys officers views on bringing Back dress Khaki Washington up the Navy is seeking reaction from officers on an emotional subject whether to revive dress Khaki uniforms and Brown shoes As optional Wear. If approved dress Khaki and Brown shoes would be Back in the Navy after an absence of 10 years. That would give male officers and chief Petty offi cers a potential wardrobe of eight uniforms including combinations of Whites blues and working and service Khaki and aviation Green and seven for women. Women never had dress Khaki or aviation greens and they won t gel the latter. Those in the submarine Force also can Wear distinctive undersea dark Blue duty coveralls nicknamed poppies or  the Navy uniform matters office at the Pentagon sent out a questionnaire to 5,200 male and female officers and chief Petty officers asking them to respond by aug. 6 to 22 queries on uniforms. A Navy spokesman said the returns rolled in and would now be collated. Uniforms Are an emotional subject and your Opin ions Are essential to us a covering note to the questionnaire said. The subject of uniforms is not a frivolous one to officers who unlike enlisted personnel must pay the bulk of the Cost for uniforms out of their own pockets although they do receive a Small uniform allowance. Male Navy officers number 63,730 and male chief Petty officers 45,379. Of the female complement 6,764 arc officers and 578 Are pos. The Khaki dress uniform and Brown shoes were scuttled by Navy order in 1975 to reduce the uniform  women never wore this particular uniform and it would have to be developed to correspond to the men s style the Navy said in its poll preamble. This uniform included a dress coat trousers Long sleeved shirt tie Matching Cap cover and Belt and Brown or Black shoes with Matching socks. It was worn on Occa Sions similar to those where service dress Blue is  even if the Survey shows substantial approval for a return to dress Khaki and Brown shoes Navy sources said it would probably take years before the favourable decision could be put into effect worldwide. Agriculture department imports Texel sheep noted for lean meat Washington a a while faced european Breed of sheep noted for its lean meat will be produced for the first time in the United slates to see what Impact it might have on the lagging . Sheep Industry the Agri culture department says. Agency scientists at the departments animal research can or in Clay Center neb., imported the Breed Texel from Finland and Denmark. The animals including 31 . Arc in quarantine for five years to make sure no diseases Are introduced. Could be inc Tixel becoming a new source of lean Lamb for Robert Olla in director of inc Center said one possibility he Consumers. In any Case americans prefer other meats by a wide margin according to us a figures. The per capita con sumption of beef for example is expected to average 77.3 pounds of retail weight this year pork 60.9 pounds veal 1.8 pounds and Lamb and Mutton 1.4 pounds. Wheelchair bound woman Dies from cigarette Accident Woonsocket . A a wheelchair bound woman who apparently dropped matches in her Lap while trying to Light a cigarette died after she was burned Over 90 percent of her body authorities said. Madeline Shelvy 46, a paraplegic resident of mount St. Francis health care facility died at Massachusetts Gener Al Hospital officials said. The woman crippled in a car Accident was alone in the nursing Home s lounge when the fire started forcing the evacuation of 13 patients authorities said. The fire remains under investigation. Anglicans roman catholics take step toward reconciliation new York a the anglican and roman Cath Olic churches have taken a step toward reconciliation tentatively agreeing on inc spiritual Means to salvation a theological Issue that has divided the two faiths since the reformation in the 16th Century. The framework for an agreement was reached by the second anglican roman Catholic International commis Sion during a 10-Day meeting at Grayr Noor monastery North of new York City. Technically we Are not saying that we have reached agreement but that we have established a framework for substantial agreement on this matter said the Rev. Rob Ert Wright a member of the commission and professor of Church history at the general theological Seminary. We arc also working on Steps in the wider theme of reconciliation he said. The feeling was very optimistic but i would t want to say that some great logjam has been  elderly pair Dies when their car runs off Road into farmhouse Welda Kan. A an elderly couple died after their car which earlier had been involved in a minor Acci Dent suddenly accelerated and rammed through several fences before crashing into a farmhouse authorities said. John e. Latin 79, and his wife Emma 75, were sitting in inc car parked along an Anderson county Road after a minor Accident when the vehicle suddenly accelerated the Kansas Highway patrol said. The car left the Road and smashed through four fences before striking a farmhouse about a Quarter mile away the patrol said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and her husband died later at a Hospital. No one at the farmhouse was injured. Antibiotic resistant bacteria reported isolated in Brooklyn Atlanta a a rare Antibiotic resistant pneumonia causing bacteria has been reported in new York City according to Federal health officials. The National centers for disease control reported that nine strains of a bacteria called streptococcus pneumonia resistant to penicillin tetracycline and other Antibiotic was isolated Between March 1983 and november 1984 at the veterans adm stration medical Center in Brooklyn. Such penicillin resistant bacteria have been rarely re ported in the United  the cd said. The findings suggest that a source for the bacteria May have Bee present in the Brooklyn area. The bacteria can be treated with erythromycin another drugs