European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 28 the stars and stripes monday june 16, t986 Tomahawk missile hits its targets White Sands missile Range. . Up the Navy successfully launched a multiple warhead Tomahawk cruise missile from n truck saturday a desert test site hitting several targets a Navy spokesman said. The test was directed from the Pacific missile Tecsi Center at Point Mug. Calif., Ray Lucasey Pussic information director Lor the test Center said. Seconds after the missile was propelled from a truck mounted launcher it entered its cruise flight stage and flew More than 300 Miles shooting unarmed bomb Lyls front its multiple warhead at several targets on the White Sands Range Lucasey said. Al the end of the flight the missile descended so the ground by Parachute to be refurbished for future tests he said. The lest was one in a series of developmental flight tests Abr a Tomahawk land attack missile wills a come Donal warhead. Roller coaster Accident kills 3 at Canada mall Edmonton Canada up safely inspectors and police sunday were investigating inc cause of a roller coaster Accident that left three people dead one critically injured and 14 others suffering from minor injuries and Shock. The Accident occurred saturday night when the rear car in a five car rain jumped the track and crashed into a Concrete pillar at West Edmonton mall a huge shop Ping and entertainment Complex. The derailed car which was travelling about 60 Mph and picking up Speed fora Loop when the tragedy occurred. The j6 million coaster called min Bender was declared Safe Only the Day before the Accident by the Alberta government s top safety inspector Fol lowing a thorough inspection. First a bang then a blink a until a hefty Jolt and a Cloud of smoke cause a participant " a saturday re enact men in Boston s Charlesf Owa Section or the Battle of Bunker Holli to wince and close is eyes. The weapon is fired by 3 men playing the part of a British Soldier. The Buttle fought of Jane 17, 1775, claimed Many casualties Mang both British ind colonial combatants. Qadhafi from Page 1 diplomats in the libyan capital la also said that Qadhafi looked ill on television last week. The newspaper said that an unidentified specialist in mood control drugs from Habra Hospital in Tripoli was summoned to tend Qadhafi on tuesday at a desert Headquarters 62 Miles from the capital and was still there on Friday. Qadhafi had been billed to address a rally in Tripoli on wednesday but he failed to turn up and appeared Only on television in what experts said was a video recording and he looked distracted and ill the weekly said. Diplomats believe Qadhafi was to depressed or too ill to appear at the rally or that inc Small group around him would not allow him to speak the Sun Day times said. It said that diplomats also believe ibis group i pressing Qadhafi 10 relinquish the Power he has wielded absolutely since overthrowing King Idris in 1969. The report quoted a Diplomat As say ing that Qadhafi s associates want to change the Leader without changing the essential elements of the system but As they hold Power Only through Qadhafi it is in their interests to retain him As a figurehead. Police from Page 1 a drug sniffing Canino corps traditionally dominated by German shepherds. Last May Franke was told to Stop the training he had been giving Luis during his free Lime. The decision caused a juror. Dock workers accustomed to the daily walks of Luis and Franke through the River port area of Hildesheim told the policeman they would Block the Gates to inc nearby training Center and Stop anyone trying to take away the drug sniffing sow. The Interior ministry of Niedersachsen was flooded with protests. In the state parliament the leftist oriented Green party took up Luis s cause and argued for More police pigs on grounds thai unlike dogs they could not be set Loose on peaceful demonstrators. La took the personal intervention of Niedersachsen minister president Ernst Albrechl to put Luise on the Force. The initial Success of the Experiment prompted the decision. Albrycht s spokesman said at the time. Franke was asked to submit a report on the Experiment a year after the Albrecht decision and after Franke wrote his report he sow was Given permission to put her nose to inc Grindstone. Although events surrounding Franke and Luise have been turbulent at limes the concept that started the Experiment is neither new nor wild. Franke said he got the idea from the French practice of using pigs to sniff out truffles potato shaped fungi that grow underground and Are highly prize As a a Diccy. Franke decided to see if a pig could be trained to sniff out the delicacies of the underworld heroin cocaine int and a Host of other substances known to drug dealers and terrorists. As an experienced police dog handler who is approaching retirement age Franke is Well aware of the shortcomings of jogs. In hot summer weather a dog s Tongue will swell and hang out Mouth which inhibits its ability to smell a dog s attention Span will wander when confronted with a Field to Romp in whereas a pig in the same Field will explore with its nose to the ground where it should be As far As sniffing out substances is concerned Franke said. A wild pig unlike its interbred barn Yard Brethren has the Constitution to wander Over Large areas. Researchers have tracked i heir wanderings across More than 30 Miles during a single night s forage Franke said. A pig s and dog s sense of smell Are about equal he said. The question was Only if they pigs had a memory like a dog Franke said. He began methodically training Luise to sniff out plastic canisters tilled with 5 to 10 Grams of drugs or explosives. First placing them in boxes and suitcases Franke later buried the canisters in the ground and in piles of dung. Although she moves with All the Grace inherent to a 200-Pound wild pig Luise is capable of quickly sniffing out hashish heroin and cocaine As Well As All explosives common in military and civilian use. She can also sniff out individual chemicals used to make explosives. She has successfully unearthed the substances from Depths of nearly two feet using her nose As a shovel. Franke agrees with some of Luise s earlier critics that a Public setting searching Luggage at airports for example is not the place for her although he stoutly maintains that pigs arc cleaner animals than dogs. An Ideal situation for Luise would researching Forest areas for terrorist explosive caches Franke said. Between training sessions. Luise and Franke have hosted television Crews from major . Networks and from As far away As Japan and Ecuador the wild pig has occupied the ten tenfold in a major German to Magazine sandwiched in below can color pictures of scantily Clad stars of popular american produced series. Luise appeared on the stage of the Hannover opera in a non singing role during a Christmas gala performance and she was in Berlin this Spring on a Goodwill tour. The pig impressed dignitaries when she raced past rows of writ grills to unearth illicit substances during a recent demonstration in Bonn fran Esaid. The publicity has attracted interest from groups As diverse As English prison guards and a woman who works with the Alabama state police. But Franke said he knows of no other police Force in toe world that has decided to train wild Pip on the lighter Side the Community crime prevention Center in Billings mont., wrote to offer a boar named Texas Charlie As a mate for Luivie. That was actually a problem for me Franke said. I got a Call and i Sid thank you very much but at the moment she is expected to produce " married to the Force today Luie hit plenty of time to raise a family later Franke said and she will oat finish her career on a sausage plate he promised
