European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 16, 1986 can the stars and stripes tourist Page,7 britons make snide remarks about be of the bravery the Assacl Ltd press jibes about american timidity Ore heard everywhere in hold lobbies in parliament even on the usually straight Forward newscasts of the British broadcasting corp. If they put one terrorist on Mars the americans would i go  d bbl radio Anchorman commented at the end or a news report Nobou space flight. Ii was one of countless mocking comments being made Lally in derision of those americans who Are staying Awny from Europe this year because they fear terrorist Ull Acks and radiation from the soviet nuclear Accident. It is not simply a question of the land of the free and the Home of the Brave being Good for a laugh. There is economic alarm and resentment too particularly in Brit Ain which alone in Europe supported the United state s april 15 bombing raid on Libya for the North Africa country s alleged Rale it terrorist attacks the snide remarks mount with each new announcement thai an american group won t visit Europe from a Florida foundation that is withdrawing from a ceramics exhibit to the us. Tennis association which said it won t Send a learn of 11 boys and Girts m the Junior French open and the Junior Wimbledon championships in Britain. On wednesday however the British  own example of timidity when the or Tyler Wells Royal Ballet cancelled a 10-Day our of Israel because of risks of travel ing in the Middle East. Assistant director Paul Findlay said the dancers and stuff obviously Felt thai the risks were higher going into the Middle East at this  but each example of american reluctance to travel fuels the embarrassment of americans who live in Europe. Without raisins a Finger libyan Leader col. Foam mar khad Afy has been Able to create an economic Boycott of great Britain Gerry Marks the . Embassy s Counselor for commercial affairs told the ass Ciales  Crossman hand of the american chamber of Commerce in Britain called his worried compatriots just Plain chicken.". It s a sail Dity for  Cross Man said when a to member Trade delegation from Washington state led by Civ. Booth Gardner cancelled a scheduled 18-Day euro Pean Lour this ctn a Gardner s aides said he fell it would be safest for the Del Cha lion not to go now.". This sort of thing in t what America is made of and it gives a humiliating impression Anthony Beaumont dark a member of parliament said of the rash of cancel lations. Americans area bit prone to  on lie heels the news of the soviet Union s nuclear Accident april 26, releasing a Cloud of radiation across Europe came fast on the heels of the Libya s threatened reprisals for the , bombing raid. Some officials predicted u so percent drop in tourism this year hut the British tourist authority remains determinedly optimistic. Its spokeswoman Sandic Dawes suggested thai if nothing much More happens business might pick up. A record 3.3 million americans visited Britain in 1985, and Dawes predicted Only 15 percent fewer would visit this year. Americans spent 12j billion in Britain last year accounting 600 murderers on the Loose says convicted killer Lucas Huntsville tews a convicted killer Henry Lee Lucas says Law enforcement officers accepted dozens of bogus confessions from him in order to Clear unsolved murder cases and he believes More than 600 murderers Are Loose an result. That s How Many i confessed to Lucas said wednes Day in an interview outside death Row i was tired of being pushed i m willing to go along with anything he said. "1 enjoyed it for a while. I Don t enjoy in now i did t think about How 1 could Hurt the families involved and the Law enforcement officers at one Point Lucas 49, had confessed to More than 360 murders. He recanted late in 1984, saying Only three confessions were valid. He now insists the Only person he filled was his Mother in Tecumseh mich., in i to. He has. Been convicted in 10 cases said col. Jim Adams head of the Texas department of Public safety. Lucas was sentenced to death far the murder of an unidentified Hitchhiker in Texas the confession was not Good he said. Last week state attorney general Jim Malton released a report on a year Long investigation of Lucas in which he accused the one eyed drifter of perpetrating a hoax on the criminal Justice system. There were a very Large number of murders that were attributed to him and that he confessed to that he could nol have  Malvox said. Lucas on wednesday repealed his contentions thai he confessed to slayings around the nation to show the inept Ness of Law enforce men officers. They want to Clear cases that have been on the books and then they get recognition for Clearing them he said. I was t trying to make fun of them. I was just trying to prove a Point. Every place i d been they were willing to convict an inn cell  Lucas said detectives would show him pictures of crime scenes then Lake him to where the crimes occurred. They d give you she whole Case he said you take Ulii put in together and give it Back to them. I went along with ii. It was  Lucas said he continued to confess because i started out to commit Legal suicide. I was tired and fed up with the  said last week that authorities were aware Lucas lied when making some confessions and that precautions had been taken. Adams noted that Lucas has received six life sentences in other cases two 75-year prison terms and a 60-year term. He also is a legitimate prime suspect in More than iwo dozen other killings Adams said. There Are agencies that went beyond the Call of duty to gel confessions Lucas said. The Only thing i m really interested in now ii that the Guilly should pay for the crimes. I m hopeful they la be found have a lot of regrets. I be Hurt a lot of people. I wish there could have been another Way. I Don t think it s done any Good. Butt just Don t know How to go Back and prove anything can t gel out and do  for More than one fourth of he Cumry s total tourism receipts. American fears and British concern about the loss of their tourist dollars provoke a mixture of jibes and soothing reassurances. The tourist authority frets about whether to extol Airport Security precautions or keep quiet about them in Case the implications deter More americans British television features Middle aged american tourists describing How they came despite pleas from their children not a take the risk. Elderly callers on radio phone in programs accuse americans of scaring easily because they never got bombed in world War  arc bandied around about How americans run fur More risk of being murdered at Home than by terrorists in Europe. Slay Home if you dare quipped the respected economist weekly news Magazine. A British legislator suggested inviting the first lady Nancy Reagan to come to Prince Andrew s july wedding. In Hopes that her attendance would encourage other americans to come still they slay away. Country Singer Kenny Rogers and Michael Jackson s singing sister Janet arc among the entertainers who  off Tours. Trustees of the Koacr foundation in Jacksonville. Fla., cancelled an exhibition of Ming and qing porcelain at the june 13-16 International ceramics fair in London citing the increasing threat of terrorist attacks against . Citizens and property. Top London hotels report hundreds of cancellations one leading Hunt of Well heeled americans the Church ill Holczl has closed iwo floors since the bombing raid. Cohan escapes Oman the crustacean a 22-Pound, 154-Jcar-Ojd lobster is displayed by John Kerivan curator at sea annul Marine oru in Cateston Tex come hid been awarded to two Deneri who donated him to Marin world. Damaged . Sub ordered to Virginia for repairs by Norman Black a military writer Washington a nuclear powered attack submarine thai ran aground in the Strain of Gibraltar last month has been ordered to return to the United slates for repairs Pentagon officials who requested anonymity said wednesday the attack sub at Lanta of Cal Gibraltar last week and was sail ing very slowly across the Atlantic toward in Home port of Norfolk a. They refused to say when the vessel was expected to arrive. The officials also said the skipper of the submarine cmdr. William k. Castle jr., had been administratively separated from command pending the results of a for Mal Navy investigation. The Navy acknowledged on May 2 that the Atlanta one of its newest attack sub marines ran aground on april 29 while passing through the Straits of Gibraltar. Although the Navy refused to confirm it at the time the submarine was described by sources As sailing submerged from the at lactic into the Mediterranean sea to join the . 6lh Feltel. The Navy said the grounding had left the vessel with a punctured outer ballast Lank and damage to the nose dome that covers its sonar gear. The submarine was Able to Rise to the surface and proceed under its own Power to port in Gibraltar after the Accident the service said. The grounding produced a Hole that Al Lowed water to pour into one of the submarine s ballast tanks used to control the ves Sel s buoyancy. But no water Ever entered the Crew compartment the Navy said. There were no personnel injuries nor any effect on her nuclear propulsion Plant the Navy said. Pentagon officials said wednesday the submarine bad received an intensive inspection for seaworthiness at Gibraltar and Given the go ahead to proceed Home. The grounding of the Atlanta which was commissioned in 1982, was Llie second such incident in Little Mare than a month. A nuclear powered Poseidon missile submarine the Nathanael Greene ran aground in March while operating in the Irish sea the Nathanael Greene has since re turned to the United slates. The Navy in now awaiting a decision by president Kea Gan Aslo whether that sub should be Dis mantled to help keep the United states in compliance with the in ratified Salt ii arms control treaty or be repaired the withdrawal from service of two 16 missile Poseidon is necessary under the Accord for the United states to proceed with the Start of sea trials for a new 24-Missitc Trident submarine