European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 4, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 . Officials Call for proof of cover up new York not the special stale pros Reitor Tor criminal Justice in new York City appealed Friday to lawyers for Black victims of the Howard Beach attack to substantiate their charges that the police and the Queens District attorney lad mishandled the investigation. Special prosecutor Charles j. Syncs asked the Law yers to provide evidence that the authorities were ignoring or covering up vital elements of inquiry but he lawyers Alton a Maddox or. And c. Var non Mason rebuffed the Appeal and repeated demands hat Federal prosecutors or a special slate prosecutor named by nov. Mario Cuomo take Over the prosecution from the. District attorney John Santucci the impasse appeared to set the stage for a full scale investigation by Hynes into charges by the lawyers that the authorities had mistreated their client Cedric Sandiford and had suppressed his account of the death of his Stepson Michael Griffith 23. Sandiford 36, who has Matte no Public statement said he would attend a Public forum in Harlem Friday and Tell what happened in Howard Beach. As the Case moved into its third week there were these other developments an interracial group called concerned citizens of South Queens denounced the racist attacks but defended Howard Beach As a fair minded Community and called on clergymen to preach sermons and hold prayer Vigil encouraging racial Harmony a coalition of Black groups called for n citywide Day of mourning and outrage on Jan. 21, school officials said that Security in the schools was being reviewed to insure safety with the resumption of classes monday. Judge Ernest Bianchi of Queens criminal court who dismissed charges against the Whites for insufficient evidence defended his actions in a courtroom statement during a hearing Tor three Black youths accused of attacking a White teen Ager. The Howard Beach Case stems from an attack by a group of White youths on three Blacks Griffith Sandiford and Timothy Grimes Early dec 20 As the Blacks walked through the Community just West of Kennedy International Airport after their car broke Down. The Whites beat them with their fists a baseball Bat and a tree limb in an eight Block Chase that ended at i . On Shore Parkway. The police said Sandiford told them that he and Griffith ran through a Hole in the Fence to escape and that he saw a dark car involved in the Chase appear again on the Parkway. They quoted him As saying he did not witness the fatal crash. Griffith was struck and killed Fay a car driven by Dominick Blum 24, who left the scene returned an hour later and was nol charged after telling the police he thought he had hit a tire or an animal the police said their investigation showed Blum was not part of the attack Maddox and Mason have contended thai Sandif Brusaw the crash that Blum was an accomplice of the while youths and that he deliberately killed Griffith. They have charged that the police and the prosecutor Are covering up Sandiford s evidence and have said their client will not cooperate unless Blum is charge with murder and the Case is turned Over to an Independent prosecutor. But the lawyers have not Given detailed evidence to support their charges and while the police cited details to support their accounts discrepancies and contradictions in the official version have left doubts among Many about what happened. A photo the Reagain in compiled by their dog Bex return from a California vacation. Reagan ready to Check in at Bethesda for surgery Washington a president Reagan was to enter a military Hospi Tal sunday for prostate surgery and tests for any recurrence of the Colon cancer he suffered is months ago. Reagan returned to Washington on Friday after a one week vacation in California to face a continuing juror an congressional probes Over secret . Arms sales to Iran and the Transfer of profits to the Contra rebels in Nicara Gua. As the reagans boarded air Force one for the trip Home a reporter shouted what will 87 be like?1 great Nancy Reagan replied. Belter than 86," the president added Reagan will be admitted sunday morning to Flcik Coda naval Hospital just outside Washington for a series of Icsis. He will undergo surgery monday to relieve discomfort caused by an enlarged prostate. The tests that will be performed sunday include a colonoscopy. Dur ing inc procedure doctors use a flexible instrument to visually examine the entire lower intestine. Reagan s first such a am in july 1985 revealed inc presence of a Large tumor which was removed surgically and found to be cancerous in two follow up examinations smaller non cancerous polyps were found and removed to prevent them from growing into potential Malig Nant lesions. Monday s surgery relatively com Mon in older men involves removal of tissue from the prostate gland that has encroached into the urethra canal interfering with Normal Urina Tion and causing occasional pain. Reagan 75, had a similar operation 20 years ago. The tissue removed during the procedure will be examined to determine whether the president has cancer of the prostate. Bui even if cancer i discovered specialists say it is unlikely to be life threatening. Doctors say the operation which will take place under local anaesthesia generally is not regarded As risky and that Reagan should be hospitalize for Only a few Days. Hell attend to his Normal duties in the Hospital anything that needs to be signed people that need to be talked to phone Calls he needs tomake or anybody that needs to Sec him on an urgent basis spokesman Lurry up cakes said battleship Wisconsin to get final touches in Mississippi new Orleans api the wis Consin the last of the world s four largest battleships to be taken out of Mothballs by the Navy was towed into the missis Sippi River on Friday after a first phase of refurbishing was finished. The next Stop is Pascagoula miss.,where the finishing touches including the addition of missiles will be done. The Wisconsin out of service since 1958, is 887 feet Long. It was silting so High in the water that a half dozen tugs were needed to bring it downriver. The four 18-fool propellers powered by 212,000-horsepower engines were re furbished As part of the $35 million Avondale Job but the huge ship was not under its own Power As it headed out. The trip downriver was slow. At 7 Mph it was expected to take until sat urday morning to reach the open Gulf. A sister ship of the world War ii battleships Missouri Iowa and new Jersey the Wisconsin retains three sets of 16 Inch guns. At Ingalls shipyards in Pascagoula workers will install 32 Tomahawk cruise missiles 16 Harpoon anti ship missiles four Phalanx close in weapons system mounts for defense against aircraft an Dolhar modern weapons of War. Originally built for a Crew of 2,500, Modem Wisconsin will be handled by 1,500 Crew members officials said. Lumber tax Deal with . Angers Canadian liberals Toronto a the main opposition parly says a lumber lax agreement with the United slates is a sacrifice of Canadian sovereignty and has demanded that parliament be recalled to quash the Deal we re outraged that the government Compromise keeps the tax Revenue i Canada and averts the precedent of direct . Trade remedy penalties against a Canadian natural resource Industry. Sand Sof time parly said Friday. He said the agreement reached in 11 in hour negotiations dec. 30, reeks of a sell out of Canadian inter ests Gray formally requested that parliament be recalled monday. A holi Day recess is scheduled until Jan. 19. Government officials had no immedi ate comment on the request under the Deal the . Lumber Industry agreed to drop its petition for countervailing duties against Canadian lumber based on their claim that Ca Nadian provinces unfairly subsidize producers with Low Limber cutting fees. Prime minister Brian Mulroney s government agreed in turn to impose its own is percent lax on softwood lumber exports to inc United slates which total about $2.88 billion a year and take one third of the american Market. The . Commerce department had imposed a preliminary 15-Pcrcenl duly on Canadian softwood last oct.16 and was to iss Lii its final verdict tuesday. Mulroney s government said the in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 4, 1947 the British 6lh air borne div moved into Tel Aviv in a Hunt for jewish resistance fighters who were believed to have taken Refuge there after launching in offensive with flamethrowers and automatic weapons. 30 years ago today. Jan. 4,1957 president Eisenhower rejected a soviet proposal for a five nation Summit conference to end the Long disarmament deadlock. The president said United nations negotiations were More Likely to yield results. 20 years ago today. Jan. 4. 1967 Jack Ruby 55, in killer of Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald died of cancer in a Dallas Hospital on of his last acts was to deny in a secretly made tape that there was any conspiracy surrounding inc killing of the Man who shot president John f. Kennedy. ? 0 years ago today. Jan 4,1977 jazz pianist and com Poser Arroll Garner 52, died of a heart attack. Garner had a career spanning More than 40 years from inc Lime he appeared us a Prodigy on a radio station