European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday March 4,1986 police put lid on probe of palme slaying Stockholm Sweden up police investigating the assassination of prime minister Olof palme imposed a news blackout monday with one source saying that authorities do not want to show our  police said they would not Issue a statement until tues Day. Earlier officials confirmed that a swedish Diplomat in Bonn received a Call from a Man claiming that the West German based red army faction killed the 59-year-Oldswedish Leader. Acting prime minister Ingvar Carlsson said there is no. Evidence so far establishing whether the killer is a swede or a foreigner. Carlsson spoke to foreign correspondents after the so Cial democratic party chose him As party Leader to succeed palme. The appointment cleared the Way for Carls son to be made prime minister in a parliamentary vote next week. The Only physical evidence the police have disclosed so far was that the gunman shot palme with a .357-magnum revolver probably a  Smith and Wesson. The two bullets found on the Street where palme was assassinated while walking unguarded Friday night with his wife Lisbeth were Copper tipped and were capable of piercing a bulletproof Vest supporting police suspicions that the slaying was carefully planned. Professor Nils Beveroth a psychiatrist who is a police consultant said that the killing appeared to be the work of a professional and that the killer is part of a larger plot. The foreign ministry said that three hours after palme was shot a Man telephoned Peter Tejler first Secretary of the swedish embassy in Bonn and announced in unaccented German that the red army faction had killed the prime minister. Tejler who was sleeping when the phone rang did not report the Call until later saturday. At the time i did not know palme was dead so i went Back to sleep the Diplomat said on swedish radio Mon Day. Four other swedish diplomats in Bonn were Awak ened by their telephones in the Middle of the night but did not answer the Calls. Later saturday a caller to an International news Agency in London claimed responsibility for the assassination in the name of Holger Meins a red army faction terrorist who starved himself to death in a West German prison in1974. Red army faction members calling themselves com Mando Holger Meins were involved in a bloody siege of the West German embassy in Stockholm in 1975 to de Mand the release of 26 fellow anarchists jailed in Ger Many. The group also had made death threats against palme. But German officials said they were sceptical of the claims that the group also known As the Baader Meinhoff gang was involved in palme s assassination. Security has been increased around leading political figures since the assassination but Carlsson made Clear that he did not want to see this become a permanent feature of swedish society. I will accept strict Security controls until this murder has been cleared up but in the Long run i think there Are some great values in an open democratic society Carls son said. Asked if he intended to walk unguarded on the City streets As palme often did Carlsson said i Hope to inthe  afro Laufs break is ence on challenger explosion space Center Houston a members of the nation s astronaut corps speaking for the first time publicly about the challenger disaster say they Are looking Forward to getting answers on what caused the shuttle explosion and then to resuming the flights. Nasa needs to have an Opportunity to find out what the cause of the Accident was any potential problems and How they can be fixed implement them and go Fly again astronaut Joe Engle said monday in an interview. The space Agency was allowing Engle Charles Gordon Fullerton Vance Brand and Hank Hartsfield to be interviewed at Johnson space Center. Engle said his Confidence in the shuttle program was not shaken by the disaster but he does expect changes to be made in Reagan from Page 1 Lent opposition movement in the Philippines led by new president Corazon Aquino. Shultz said that in the Philippines the forces of democracy were Able to rally organize compete for and eventually win Power peacefully despite the flawed elec Tion because it was at Bottom a pluralistic democratic political  in Nicaragua once the communist re Gime consolidates its Power the forces of democracy will have no such Hope Shult said. The administration is requesting $100 million for the Cia organized rebel move ment with $70 million going for military Aid and another $30 million for logistical non lethal Aid Over an 18-month period. The decision making process. That process has come under close scrutiny by a special commission investigating the challenger disaster in which six astronauts and a teacher were killed. Asked about the commission hearings and statements from chairman William Rogers who said the decision to launch was flawed Engle said he is no less confident. He said astronauts probably will become involved in some areas of the decision Mak ing process but there Are a lot of decision making areas and it s impossible for the Crew to cover All of them and somebody has to make those  Engle also said there have been discussions for some time on a system that would allow astronauts to escape in Case of an emergency. The proposals Range from a total escape capsule to a system that allows each individual to eject. It s still theoretically possible but whether or not it s practical i Don t know he said. The astronauts Felt a loss after the explosion Engle said but he does not believe there is a morale problem. Astronauts have continued their training program and he has been doing some flying he said. In an interview published monday in Usa today Fullerton said he wants to know what happened to the challenger flight. There seems to be some disagreement Over who should have done what Fullerton told the newspaper. All of that seems to be secondary. I d like to know what really  the newspaper said Fullerton Loren Shriver Frederick Hauck and Don Wil Liams spoke Over the weekend. All but Ful Lerton were scheduled for missions this year. Temperatures March 2 firms from Page 1 letters How much was owed and said this debt is now due. In order to avoid. Interest administrative costs and penalty charges the amount due must be paid with in 30 Days. If necessary it is the intention of Gas to collect this claim by administrative offset subtracting amounts fro future Bills in his internal memo Cosimano said there was a mistake in contracting be tween the companies and the army which allowed him to begin recovery procedures. Elaborating in an interview he said Gas go collapses Dies during training course bad Stoelz Germany a 21-year old Soldier collapsed and died monday morning after participating in a running exercise at Kriegsfeld army depot near Worms the specialist four assigned to 23rd Ord co was participating in a 14-Day course in platoon Confidence training when he col lapsed at about 6 ., a Public affairs spokesman said. Army medics performed Mouth to Mouth resuscitation but were unable to revive the Soldier. He was pronounced dead at 8 10  At a German Hospital in bad Stoelz. An autopsy will be performed. The sol Dier s name was withheld pending notification of relatives. Lawyers determined that the contracts be tween the army and companies were flawed since the military never intended to pay so much for the shipments. Ralph e. Davis president of american red Ball transit inc. Of Indianapolis one of the companies involved said the govern ment s action was unfair. We Felt like we performed in Accord Ance with what was expected of us he said. We filed the higher rate to discourage business in the Washington . Area. We Felt like business in . Was a higher risk and if we got the business we wanted to recover our  we will Appeal he said. If we file a rate and that s what we need to make a profit i Don t see Why it s not a  James m. Mchale a Washington attorney representing the other five companies said i m not surprised. We have to take a careful look at this. We re continuing to work toward a Resolution that will be in Best interest of government and the five carriers i  the Cost of shipping military goods to Washington requires special knowledge by transportation clerks around the world. That s because the capital area rate Struc Ture includes deliveries to suburban North Ern Virginia where the Pentagon is located and to Maryland. The system Means the army would pay District of Columbia rates when a member of the service transfers from an overseas Post to the Pentagon just outside washing ton in Virginia. A company that May arrange shipments cheaply to Virginia Points outside the Capi Tal area May be a High Cost firm to Washington because it does t want the Washington business. Thus a shipping clerk in Germany could choose the wrong company by using the Virginia rates for a Pentagon Transfer in Stead of the District of Columbia rates. The Gas said that american red Ball owed the government $615,028 and specified these amounts for the other Compa Nies a sound forwarders inc. Of Bothell Wash., $344,601 and four firms from Edmonds Wash. Alpine forwarders inc., $286,494 Emerald City International Van line inc. $479,404 Emerald City International corp., $318,015, and Pioneer Van lines inc. $567,523. Soldier Dies in Nuernberg Affer being hit by train Nuernberg a 1st army div sol Dier died Early monday morning after being struck by a subway train at the Langwasser North station near the City convention Cen Ter. German police reported that the Soldier jumped Over a Fence and attempted to Cross the tracks said master sgt. Jimmie Ferguson division spokesman. Ferguson said the Soldier was pronounced dead at 12 50  Monday after being admitted to the . Army Hospital in Nuernberg with serious internal injuries. The name and unit of the dead Soldier were withheld pending the notification of relatives Ferguson said. 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Providence Raleigh Reno St. Louis St. Petersburg Salt Lake City san Diego san Francisco Seattle Syracuse Tucson Washington Wichita european weather forecast for tuesday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies with widespread morning fog and afternoon Haze. Some Light Snow flurries will fall in extreme Southern Ger Many. Winds will be Light and variable. High tempera ures from the mid-20s to mid-30s, lows from the Tower teens to mid-20s Sunset tuesday 6 10, Sunrise wednes Day 7 03 Outlook for wednesday skies will continue mostly Cloudy to Cloudy. Rain mixed with Snow will begin moving into the Benelux and Northwestern Ger Many Early in the Day spreading to Central Germany by atle noon. 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