European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 23, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Security Council condemnation of raid blocked United nations up the United states Britain and France monday used a triple veto in the . Security Council to Block condemnation of the american air strike on Libya without deploring that country s terrorist role. . Ambassador Vernon Walters told the Council the United states rejects this Resolution As totally in accept  the vote of 9-5, with one abstention came on a non aligned nations1 draft Resolution which also condemned terrorism in general terms called on the United states to refrain from any attacks or threats thereof and on All partied to exercise restraint in this critical  the Resolution received the nine votes needed for Pas Sage making the big Power vetoes necessary. The nine members voting for condemning the . Raid were Bulgaria China Congo Ghana Madagascar the soviet Union Thailand Trinidad and Tobago and unit Darab emirates. Australia and Denmark joined Britain France and the United  in voting against. Venezuela abstained. The Western Powers said the Resolution was not balanced because it did not take account of Libya s terrorist role. This text is the product of perverted thinking that distorts logic values and common sense Walters said. It equates the criminal with his  we deplore the failure of this draft to come to grips with the real Issue before this Council Libya s blatant unrepentant continuing use of  . Warplanes struck Tripoli and Benghazi april 15, killing More than 20 people. One reason for the raid was the bombing of a nightclub in Berlin which killed a . Serviceman and a turkish woman and wounded about 200 others. During the we Klong debate in the 15-nation Council the United states invoked its right to self defense under the . Charter against terrorist acts organized and financed by Libya. The . Stand was supported Only by Britain As speaker after speaker from among the arabs the soviet bloc and the non aligned condemned the . Action. How Many More americans have to be killed before our right to self defense is recognized Walters asked. The idea that a state should be condemned for seeking to protect the lives of its nationals who Are subject to armed attack is too absurd for further  the Resolution voiced the Council s Strong alarm at the danger to International peace and Security created by the armed attacks against the libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi by the armed forces of the United states of  the Resolution condemns the armed attack by the United states of America in violation of the charter of the United nations and the norms of International  it further condemns All terrorist activities whether perpetrated by individuals groups or states but did not specify Libya. Officials doubt libyans retrieved downed full pre bombing conference a photo president Reagan holds an Oval office Donald Regan defense Secretary Caspar meeting with three advisers april 14, just Weinberger and National Security adviser hours before . Planes bombed Libya. John Poindexter. The photo was released from left Are White House chief of staff monday. By Norman Black a military writer Washington defense depart ment officials said monday they doubt libyan claims to have retrieved an full bomber missing from last week s raid. They also said the recovery of such a plane would represent a serious setback. The officials who spoke on condition they not be identified said the soviet Union would dearly love to get its hands on such a plane because of the fill s terrain Fol lowing radar and its targeting system. We have no doubt that if the libyans actually recovered a plane they would pass it on to Russia said one official. But quite frankly there s not much concern Here because we. Have a lot of evidence suggesting that plane blew up before it hit the  the two Crew members of that missing full have been declared killed in action and adm. William Crowe chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said several american pilots reported seeing a fireball near where the missing plane was flying. On sunday a state run newspaper in Abu Dahabi the United Arab emirates quoted in had pulled the wreckage of an Al 11 from the Mediterranean. The wreckage was airlifted to the soviet Union to enable soviet experts to study the technical aspects of the latest and ultramodern american bomber used in the aggression on Libya the newspaper Al itt had said. While the full which can Fly faster than the Speed of sound at sea level and two and a half times the Speed of sound at an Altitude of 60,000 feet is not new to the defense Arsenal some of its equipment is. The key to the Al 11 and the reason Why losing one to the libyans or soviets would spell problems is its highly sophisticated radar targeting and electronic countermeasures equipment the sources said. The most important is the an-Avq-26, better known As the pave tack electro optical target designator system the sources continued. It is this system that made it possible for the Al 11s to attack Libya at High Speed Low Altitude and most importantly in the dead of night. The pave tack system was introduced less than five years ago and the Way it works is highly classified. According to one Pentagon official it is doubtful the Sovi Fine arts Camp a so bows out Yale singers cancel european tour j a 1 f 1 a i v by v ii is i i v 114 1, ii u a full Lull i 11v Kajj v 1 identified libyan sources As claiming Libya ets have anything As sophisticated for night bombing runs. The key thing about pave tack is that it allows a Jet flying at really fast speeds to operate at night and under any weather conditions said one official. It s an extremely important system to  by the associated press the Yale glee club and a Michigan Fine arts Camp that has been sending students on european performance Tours for 16 years have cancelled their summer concerts abroad because of fears of terrorist attacks officials said monday. With 65 Young americans whose performances would be very visibly advertised it just did t seem right to me said Fenno Heath a Yale professor of choral music and director of the glee club. Heath said the club made the decision to cancel the tour april 15, a Day after Ameri can planes bombed Libya in retaliation for the bombing of a West Berlin disco that killed a . Serviceman. Ten to one nothing would have happened. It just made me feel uneasy and who wants to spend a month feeling uneasy he said. I was worried about having an air plane blow  the governing Board of the Blue Lake Fine arts Camp a non profit Camp for High school students in twin Lake mich., voted last week to scrap Tours abroad for hundreds of Young musicians because of fears expressed by parents and students said president Fritz Stansell. The Blue Lake International Goodwill tour was to have sent 265 High school musicians to Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg and West Germany. Also scrapped was the Blue Lake in a Varia program in which 1.00 . And 100 european students were to live and rehearse in West Germany before touring Europe for two weeks. The Yale tour had scheduled 30 concerts in Scandinavia West Germany and hol Jand Between May 27 and june 22. Heath said students were disappointed but agreed with the decision to cancel. The chances of something happening to us Are relatively Small but it s better Safe than sorry said chorus member James Crystal a senior. The club probably will arrange a euro Pean tour next year Heath said adding that about 20 seniors who will graduate this year will be invited Back for it. The glee club has gone on International Tours about every three years for the last decade he said. . Will allow imports of certified italian wines Washington up the govern ment has lifted its embargo on italian wines and will allow them to be imported into the United states provided they Are certified to be free of poisonous amounts of Wood Alco hol contamination the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms said monday. The Bureau imposed the embargo april 11. Italy has reported at least 21 citizens have died from drinking wine containing abnormally High Levels of Methyl alcohol or Wood alcohol. The substance is a natural byproduct of the wine making process and normally is present in wine Only in minute amounts a Bureau spokesman said. Bureau director Stephen Higgins said the italian government has determined that wine shipped or bottled before dec. 12,1985, is not contaminated with High methanol Levels and Industry testing of wine shipped or bottled before that Date is not necessary. Wine shipped from Italy after dec. 12, 1985, and before april 3, 1986, and not having an analysis from a Laboratory certified by the italian ministry of agriculture will be detained by the . Customs serv ice Higgins said. Italian wines shipped after april 3, when the italian government began requiring certification will be cleared provided they have acceptable proof of lab analysis Hig gins said. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 23, 1946 . Army authorities revealed that at least 300 German prisoners of War had been stricken with arsenic poisoning near Nuernberg in a mysterious mass attempt to kill 15,000 nazi is men. 30 years ago today. April 23, 1956 mrs. Irene Lang Home Gibson the original Gibson girl of the Early 1900s, died in Greenwood a. She was the widow of artist Charles Dana Gibson and one of five socially prominent attractive Sisters who became famed As the Gibson girls. 20 years ago today. April 23, 1966 French president Charles de Gaulle renewed his demand that . Troops get out of France by his deadline of april 1, 1967. President Johnson s request for a two year Extension was rejected. 10 years ago today. April 23, 1976 the last .-built convertible rolled off the Assembly line at general motors Cadillac division in de troit ending a 74-year Era