European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Liolu Guf d a bulgarian refugee s Road to Freedom. Page 9 d today s Dollar buys 2.35 Marks. Rates Page 23 stripes Magazine the authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 349 thursday aprils 1986 i Manv and sunday d 8693 a bomb blast rips Twa plane 4 hurled 11,000 feet to death the skin of the fuselage is peeled Back from the Hole in the Twa Boeing 727 caused by an exploding bomb. A photo Athens Greece a a bomb planted in Luggage exploded wednesday on a Twa Boeing 727 Hying at 11,000 feet Over Southern Greece killing an american Man two women and a child who were blasted out of the plane officials said. The Jet landed safely but police said another person was missing. Officials said seven people were injured including at least four americans on flight 840 from Rome to Athens. Twa officials in new York said 124 people were aboard including seven Crew members. The blast was caused by an explosive device in a piece of Luggage aboard the plane said Yiannis Kapsis undersecretary for foreign affairs in a statement. Earlier police raised the possibility the blast was caused by mechanical failure. Panagiotis Christopulos a senior Airport Security offi Cial identified the dead As Alberto Stino a colombian born american Dimitra St Lianopoulos 52, a greek her daughter Maria 25 and her infant granddaughter. Christopulos said the husband of mrs. St Lianopoulos Andreas was missing. The official said earlier that a child was missing but later said that report was erroneous. He said three bodies were found on an unused greek air Force Landing strip outside Argos 30 Miles South of Corinth and about 65 Miles Southwest of Athens. One Wom an s body was not recovered but passengers told authorities they saw her fall from the plane he said. They apparently had been sucked out of the plane by the blast he said. The explosion occurred in the cargo Section and blew a 9-by-3-foot Hole at a spot in front and above the plane s right Wing As it flew near Corinth at 2 05 p.m., Christo Poulos said. The plane landed safely at the Athens Airport about 10 minutes later he said. Twa spokesman Dan Kemnitz in new York said our see bomb on Page 24 Reagan backs military Reform proposals Santa Barbara Calif. A president Reagan wednesday endorsed virtually All recommendations of his commis Sion on defense management including strengthening the role of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The president directed Secretary of de sense Caspar Weinberger to report to him within 90 Days on improved procedures for the chairman of the chiefs to Channel re ports of Field commanders to the Secretary of defense. Weinberger is to report within 180 Days on other reforms in military organization and command. The report was produced by a commission the president named last june headed by former defense Secretary David Packard. The president also directed the Pentagon to take Steps within 60 Days to establish a new position of under Secretary of defense for acquisition to be filled by a person with a solid Industrial the creation of the new position will require action by Congress. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Reagan would Send a message to con Gress asking for Laws to carry out recommendations which require new legislation. The president is pleased that the con Gress has begun to take the first Steps in this process Speakes said. Packard said the defense department should be changed to run the Way any business is run and avoid wasting Money. The commission was told to come up with ways to avoid More of what defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger Calls horror Sto Ries about High prices for spare parts and allegations of fraud and waste among de sense contractors. Some of the panel s proposals would re quire congressional action and in accept see Reform on Page 24 Oil Market must stabilize Bush to Tell saudis Washington a vice president George Bush said he would Tell saudi Arabia that plunging Petroleum prices threaten America s vital interests by causing chaos in the . Oil Industry. On another topic Bush said tuesday that the United states would take a very dim and serious View if the Iran Iraq War spilled Over to other countries. Bush who will arrive in saudi Arabia on saturday on the first leg of a four nation visit to the Gulf said at a news conference that the Oil Market must stabilize. I think it is essential that we talk about stability and that we not just have a continued free fall like a parachutist jumping out without a Parachute and that s what essentially has happened to the Price of crude Oil in recent months Bush said. And it s caused some the saudis trying to gain control of the Market from countries that Are not members of the organization of Petroleum exporting countries have stepped up production to 4.4 million barrels a Day causing an Oil glut that sent prices tumbling. For weeks the United states has been hailing the Price drop As a barometer of declining inflation and economic growth. Energy Secretary John s. Herrington began Chan Ging that emphasis monday and Bush underscored the shift on tuesday. He said a Low Price helps keep inflation Down and stimulates the Economy but when it gets to damage your National Security interest or gets to throw a significant number of financial institutions into turmoil to say Noth ing of the people in the Energy Industry that cuts the other the new policy was credited by analysts with helping Oil prices rebound to $11.27 tuesday from their lowest level since 1977, $9.75 a barrel. . Producers have warned that plummeting prices Are eliminating incentives for Oil exploration thus increasing America s dependence on foreign Oil. Bush said he would not Tell the saudis to Cut production but that clearly i will be saying that stability in the Market is a very important thing and i will be Selling very hard in terms of our Domestic interest the interests of our own Domestic interests and thus the interests of our National despite his jaw boning Bush said we re not going there on a Price setting Bush who became wealthy Selling drilling equipment in the Texas Oil Fields said the . Position is to let the Market forces Oil prices have fallen by about two thirds since late november reflecting a Supply bulge and the failure of producers to cooperate in reducing output. An emergency meeting of the 13-nation open last month failed to see Bush on Page 24
