European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 24, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Tomahawk proves itself in Var burst Kaffack by Norman Black a military writer Washington the United states successfully tested one of its Tomahawk cruise missiles in a new attack Mode Early this month by exploding the missile in mid night As it passed Over a target plane protected by a Revet ment the Pentagon said tuesday. The missile fired from a submarine carried a 1,000 Pound conventional Bull up warhead said Bob hol Sapple a spokesman for the Pentagon s cruise missile of fice. He said the missile travelled 474 Miles across the Pacific Ocean to the target on san Clemente Island off the California coast. The Tomahawk was travelling at roughly 630 Mph at an Altitude Well below 100 feet when it exploded and destroyed the target plane Holsapple added. Better than expected the results were much better than expected the spokesman said. The test was described As the first regular free flight attack Drill involving a Tomahawk in an air burst Mode of attack. The missile had been checked out earlier for two other kinds of attack direct horizontal flight into a target and a terminal dive Mode in which the missile pops up in Altitude before diving straight Down on its target. The Tomahawk which the Navy began deploying in 1983, can be equipped with either conventional or nuclear warheads. Holsapple discussed the april 1 test after Robert Sims the Pentagon s chief spokesman released video and still pictures of the Experiment. 6 harpoons tested Sims also disclosed that in the course of an exercise now underway in the Eastern Caribbean Navy and air Force units had successfully fired six Harpoon anti ship missiles at an old boat Hull floating off the coast of puerto Rico. The exercise was unusual in that six of the expensive missiles were tested at once the Navy added. The Tomahawk built by general dynamics corp. At a Cost of roughly $2 million each can be used to attack targets on land or the water. The Tomahawk is a 19-foot, unmanned Jet with Short stubby wings and Tail fins designed to follow the terrain and hug the ground to escape radar detection. The conventional land attack version has a Range of a photos a Tomahawk missile soars above a target plane in a revetment and then explodes in the air destroying the aircraft. Roughly 700 Miles. According to Holsapple the Pentagon conducted a Static test of the Bull up warhead about 2/2 years ago to determine its effectiveness when exploded above targets on the ground. When the Tomahawk was first developed he added the idea of using it to carry such a warhead was not immediately explored. By using such a warhead and modifying the Toma Hawk s internal computer guidance system however the cruise missile can now be used against targets parked behind Walls of dirt or Concrete known As revetments. Sex senator tells of trip to Iran on Kennedy s behalf Washington up1 former sen. James Abourezk said tuesday he secretly travelled to Iran on behalf of sen. Edward Kennedy a mass and his struggle for the democratic nomination in 1979. The trip was to try to gain the release of 52 americans held hostage there Abou Rezk said. Abourezk who is of lebanese descent is chairman of the american Arab anti discrimination committee. He said he risked his life and career to help Kennedy at a time when his efforts to take the Nomi nation away from president Carter were suffering severely because of the hostage crisis. The secret trip was disclosed by Abou Rezk who was miffed because the Campaign committee for Joseph Kennedy s bid for Massachusetts 8th District House seat re fused his $100 contribution Abourezk said an aide to the younger Kennedy a son of the late Robert Kennedy told him we Don t take political action committee  "1 told him it was my personal Money. I Don t have very much Money really and i m not going to buy votes with $100," Abou Rezk said. I just wanted to help the  he said the aide told him the Kennedy Campaign did t want to get involved in the Middle  the former senator said he made two trips to Iran in 1979, one on his own in november and one at the request of Edward Kennedy in december. He told the younger Kennedy in a letter i risked my life and my career to assist your Uncle Ted who asked me to travel to Iran during the hostage crisis to ask in his behalf the iranians to release the Ameri can  he said Success would have helped Ken Nedy in his bid for the presidential Nomi nation but the Mission failed and the americans were released on Jan. 20, 1981, the Day Carter left office and Ronald Reagan became president. Abourezk who represented South Dakota in the Senate for one term beginning in 1973, said he had been asked to travel to Tehran by three of Kennedy s associates sen. John Culver a Iowa Theodore Soren sen an aide to president Kennedy and Jan Kalicki a foreign policy aide to Edward Kennedy. A spokesman for sen. Kennedy was not immediately available for comment. Joseph Kennedy released a statement from Boston apologizing for refusing the contribution. In this instance i see a Clear difference Between senator Abourezk s personal contribution and some of his political beliefs the statement said he said he would be quite honoured to receive Abourezk s contribution if he resubmitted it. But Abourezk said i Don t think i want to re contribute to Joe. I wanted to support him because i thought he was like the rest of the family and was willing to stand up Florida executes Veteran who killed 2 Starke Fla. A a Vietnam vet eran who said he was suffering from War triggered stress when he stabbed two people to death was executed tuesday in Florida s electric chair. David Livingston Funchess 39, was strapped into the Oaken chair i a hours after the . Supreme court voted 7-2 against extending a five hour stay it had issued earlier in the Day. He was pronounced dead at 5 11 . Funchess his head shaved was Calm As he was strapped into the electric chair the scene of a struggle april 15 when rapist murderer Daniel Thomas fought guards for seven minutes before his execution. Funchess smiled at attorney Susan Cary a death penalty opponent and said it s of it s of. I love  a moment later he declined to make a final statement and a Black Hood was placed Over his head. He was hit with 2,000 volts of electricity for about 90 seconds then he slumped into the chair As wisps of smoke Rose from his clenched fists. The daughters of Funchess victims hugged each other in the pasture outside the prison when the execution was con firmed. A cheer went up from about a dozen death penalty supporters while the More than a dozen execution opponents quickly left. I feel sorry for his family said Madge Stewart the daughter of 56-year-old Clay ton Ragan one of two people slain by fun chess during a robbery at a Jacksonville liquor store lounge. They re going to lose a loved one. But they got to see him 11 a years longer than i got to see my loved  Betti Shupe the daughter of slain 53 year old bartender Anna Waldrop said she Felt Relief tha t i won t have to worry about this any  Funchess beat stabbed and slashed the throats of Waldrop and Ragan in a dec. 16, 1974, robbery at the lounge. He had worked there until being fired a year earlier for stealing Money. Another lounge employee 65-year-old Bertha Mcleod died More than two years after being stabbed in the Holdup. Funchess was not charged in her death. For his principles. First i Haven t gotten my Money Back. He told me the Check was in the mail. But they cashed the Check and sent me a very Nice thank you letter before Kennedy aide Steve Rothstein informed me they could not accept the contribution. I Don t have any animosity. 1 just Don t want to have anything to do with  Sands betimes in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 24,1946 military intelligence officers said that officials were seeking four for Mer concentration Camp inmates in connection with the arsenic poisoning of Over 2,200 Ger Man prisoners at stalag 13 near n Yernberg. 30 years ago today. April 24, 1956 communist party Secretary Nikita Khrushchev who was in Birmingham during a 10-Day visit to eng land boasted the soviet Union would soon have guided missiles with a bomb War Heads which could hit every Point in the  20 years ago foday. April 24, 1966 a communist regi ment mauled by . Marines and Viet namese troops during a 48-hour Battle in the Quahog Ngai sector slipped from the Allied trap and escaped into Central High land Jungles. 10 years ago foday. April 24, 1976 in Sacramento calif., Steven Soliah testified in his trial on Bank robbery charges that he and Patricia Hearst shared an intimate relationship Dur ing her missing year As a fugitive