European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d  targeting Telephone a Turners Page 2 d Weinberger Adamant against Europe pullout. Page 4 o snowstorm batters South East Page 28 Auto mind unofficial publication of Thi . Armid four la vol. As no. 278 Friday january 23, 1987 j Ujj of 08693 a Aspin wins Back panel Post Washington a rep. Los Aspin was re cd cycled chairman of the House armed services com Mittee thursday reversing on earlier defeat and end ing two weeks of campaigning for he top Job by four democrats on the panel which oversees the  Wisconsin Democrat won a 133- i6 Victory Over rep. Marvin Cath of Texas in the last of a series of Voles by House democrats. In earlier balloting reps. Nicholas Mavroules of Massachusetts a Dcharles Bennett of Florida were eliminated. The democratic meeting was delayed by a heavy snowstorm and some legislators had to be drought to the Capitol in four wheel drive vehicles said House speaker Jim Wright a Texas. The 258 democrats pick committee chairmen on of the rights of the party which holds the majority in the 435-Membcr House. Republicans do not vote inthe elections. The two week Campaign came after House democrats voted 130-124 o unseat Aspin As chairman Only two years after he ousted the previous chairman the aging rep. Melvin Price of Illinois. Leah More conservative than Aspin was chief challenger. Benni to and Mavroules entered the race after Aspin s earlier  won two years ago by appealing 10 liberals who supported him in the belief he would Back their positions. But they were angered when he voted for the a missile and Aid to nicaraguan rebels two Reagan administration programs strongly opposed by democratic liberals. The contest was unusual because committee chair men generally Are picked through the seniority system besides personal lobbying the contest also involved series of letters sent to democrats by supporters of one candidate or the  letter signed by 49 Aspin backers said it s important to consider who will be the Best National spokesman for the democratic party and the House on defense issues. We believe Les Aspin is the Best Choice and we urge you 10 support  Apfl no pedal powered 92-Pound Eagle with Lois Mccallin at the controls sets 10-mile closed circuit distance record at Edwards apr Calif pedal plane reportedly smashes records Edwards fab Calif. A the experimental pedal plane Eagle lumbered slowly around a Tri angular course above this desert flight Center thurs Day unofficially eclipsing two distance records for human powered  Glenn Tremml 26, took off at 8 25 ., pumping the pedals to Power the 11-fool  record flight covered 37.2 Miles in 2-hours, 13 minutes. After the Landing at 10 38 ., Trent climbed out of the plane and was greeted with a hug and a handshake from his ground  feel great Tremml shouted to reporters. He said he wanted to go farther and Only stopped because one of his feel slipped off a pedal and he could t re insert it before the Craft skidded to Landing. At about 9  He broke a 10-mile closed course Mark set wednesday by Lois Mccallin and at 9 50 ., Tremml surpassed the 22-mile world record Setin 1979 by the Gossamer Albatross peddled across the English Channel by Pilot Bryan  weather was Calm and cold As Eagle flew slowly a few feet Over the dry Lake bed on a triangular see plane on Page 28 Bonn offers to talk with German s kidnappers Bonn a officials said thursday they re will ing to late with the purported kidnappers of a German businessman whose abduction in Beirut could delay he extradition of an accused Twa Hijacker to the United Stales. Related Story. Page 2. Bonn officials also urged germans to evacuate from Lebanon following reports of a second German being kidnapped in Beirut. The hostage crisis continued to  the govern ment of Chancellor Helmut Kohl just three Days before National elections. Kohl held an emergency meeting of lop officials to map the government s  officials said that they had received a written message in arabic monday from people claiming Mohave kidnapped businessman Rudolf cords 53, last weekend in  a middleman turned by Syria Germany responded with a message asking fora sign that Cord Sis alive the officials said. They ure still wailing for a  Are witling to talk to them but there s no Point if he s not alive one official said. The officials said Cordes kidnappers believed to be shiite moslem Are apparently seeking to keep Bonn from extraditing Mohammed Ali Hamadi a lebanese Man arrested Arr Ankun Airport Jan. 13. Hamadi was carrying explosives at the Lime of his  is warned in the United states on charges of murder and air piracy for his suspected role in the june 1985 hijacking a Twa Airliner. The United states had asked Germany to extradite the  cords was kidnapped German officials said see German on Page 28 tomorrow stripes super bowl special