European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Sale of Amtrak line propose Page 5 d pro football results sports d nicaraguans hold american As spy Page 28 ripes unofficial publication Pom Tim . Armed pm Albi vol. 45, no 241 monday december 15, 19b6 a d 8693 a probe chief reported chosen Washington apr a panel of Federal judges milled on Lawrence e. Walsh a former president of the american bar association As Independent counsel to conduct a criminal investigation into arms sales to Iran and the Transfer of proceeds to the nicaraguan contras according to reports saturday. National Public radio and the los Angeles times said the announcement of the appointment of Walsh 74, would be made later in the Weed after an Fri Security Check and a review of his Legal record to ensure that there would be no conflict of interest. Walsh contacted at his Oklahoma City Home and to members of the three judge panel declined to con firm the radio report. Related Story parc 4. My phone has been absolutely ringing off the Wall voyager flight begins despite Wing damage Edwards fab Calif. Up the experimental plane voyager look off sunday seeking to Fly around the world on a single tank of fuel but its wings were damaged on Takeoff an Jhc future of the flight was in question. The Craft took off from Edwards fab at 805 80 minutes behind schedule with its two Crew members the wings which Droop toward the ground when filled with fuel apparently dragged along the runway during Takeoff damaging the Edge of one Wing. Project spokesman Peter Riva said we have some major scrape damage on the right Wingl i. The damage is fairly severe and there is some additional re recommending to go on he said. If successful on its 10-Day journey the voyager will be the first plane in history to Loop the Globe without refuelling. Aviation experts Are not sure of the flight s commercial Impact but they say it is an interesting of its aviation implications the 27,000 mile journey by pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager has been dubbed he last great flying adventure. Tucked inside a cockpit the size of a Pup tent Rutan 49, and Yeager 34. Soared off the ground and Rose above he Mojave desert about 90 Miles Northeast of los years in the making and delayed by countless problems including a broken propeller the flight did not escape some major last minute concerns the final hitch came when Yeager developed a cold a few Days ago. But upon examination sunday morn ing she was pronounced fit to by some As a flying fuel Lank the fragile looking Craft is expected to plod around the Earth at som photo i30mph.the voyager s 110-foot wingspan is about the size of sea voyager on Page 26 and they All Tell me about the report. But i absolutely can t comment on anything said Walsh who served two of the nation s leaders. President Eisenhower and president Nixon. One of the judges George e. Mackinnon of the United states court of appeals in Washington said the announcement would be made when we make judge Lewis r. Morgan of the 11th circuit court of appeals in Atlanta would not comment. Terry Eastland the Justice department spokesman said the department had not been notified of any appointment. Walsh if formally named would be the seventh Independent counsel chosen under the Posl Wal create ethics in government Law. The act provides for an impartial inquiry ordered Bya three judge court so that presidential administrations can avoid invest Galing their own lop officials. The radio report said that Walsh had been selected and had accepted the appointment but that his record was under review. Walsh was chosen because of his background As a prosecutor a judge and a Diplomat apr reported citing sources close to the selection process. A native of Nova Scotia Walsh was a county District attorney in new York and was an assistant to the late new York gov. Thomas e. Dewey a Republican. He served As a . District court judge in new see probe on Page 28 president Reagan does some clowning around with a Eddy Bear As he learns the of Al office to la White House saturday. The Bear was Given to Reagan by Reagan bears and grins it a photo Hetsun trophy Winner Vunny Testaverde during an Oval office tilt Friday and was a gift from the downtown athletic club of new York. Teens give others some sobering thoughts by Dave Walcza education writer Frankfurt Jim Stefan has Lold his Story Many limes it s a Story he d like to Foisel. But because he can the tells it again and again. It s not just the Story that forces attention it s the storyteller a 17-year-old High school senior telling his Peers about the dangers of drinking and driving. I went Home id the slates this summer when my Friend told me Aboul Ryan Stefan Aguy who was everybody s Friend not in any one Stefan pauses to gather his thoughts determined to Goon. He was killed in a car Accident. He was drunk. His Friend was going to drive. He said Fine but his Friend was under the influence Stefan pauses went around a curve at 80 Mph and slammed into an Oak tree. My friends look me oui there and we put Flowers around the tree. When i came Back this year 1 walked to or. Dan , Frankfurt High school s principal listened to Stefan and to some of Stefan s classmates. The told him of a need for a program to combat Drunken driving then took their idea one step further by form ing a students against driving drunk chapter. Jamie Huskey 18, is one of the originators of the Frankfurt chapter. She transferred to Frankfurt from a Ray ill Tena just before the school year began deter mined to Start a Sadd chapter similar to the one at Maryville High school. Sadd chapters also exist Al Kamlein and Kaiser Lautem High schools in Germany. Within a month after she began asking questions a Core group of Aboul eight students raised the $35 Nec Essary for a kit from the Parent organization in Marl Boro mass. Armed with teen Parent contracts the key element in the program Pic group started an information pro Gram designed to Cement fellow students to the goal of the contracts bind parents and teen agers toward see teens on Page 29
