European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday March 8,1987 this is a publicity picture of the Townsend to Noreen ferry thai Caps Lial Friday. Ferry from Page 1 press. The ship s huge car and cargo loading doors fan and aft gaped open and its propellers jutted above the water lapping at it half submerged Hull. Tubs pushed at the vessel from both tides to keep it from tilling further the ferry capsized after being hooded and there was speculation that one or bom of the cargo doors May have opened allowing frigid seawater to Rush in. The Orange Green and White ferry with three Passen Ger deck was surround by Rescue vessels from which divers plunged in Searrin of tur Vivon and bodies. Van nest said no official passenger list was available bul he said most of the passengers were britons and the remainder included three or four austrian a swede four poles 18 dutch citizens and a few Danes Ger mans and italians. The ship was in Soutelo Dover 85 Miles away m Many As 40 divers from Belgium Britain and the Netherlands worked overnight and Early saturday. All the divers have had real Heartbreak unbelievable Heartbreak said la. Cmdr. Henny peelers of he dutch Navy second in command of diving operations. Some Are crying some Are numbed Fetters said 95 percent of the ship had been checked by Milnw Nung and there was Little Hope of finding More survivors. There were bodies All Over the place said or. Guy Van Hoonakker one of the first doctors to reach the capsized vessel. There were no survivors anymore. Divers said they could not swim in the Hull because they were full of bodies. I saw More than a Hundred bodies myself said Van Hoonakker the Deputy director of St. Jean Hospital in Brugge 8 Miles South of Zeebrugge. Panicked passengers smashed windows in desperate efforts to escape the frigid rising water. There was no collision with another ship. Early re ports said the vessel struck a pier or Harbor Wall but Ovington said later the company had been told the ship did not actually hit anything British prime minister Margaret Thatcher flew Over the 7,9i 1-ton Herald of free Enterprise then landed at this Channel port and described the disaster scene As a horrifying sight.1 Queen Elizabeth ii sent her son Prince Andrew and Bis wife Sarah to Belgium to Comfort families and survivors most of whom were British. Flags flew at half staff Over european economic Community Headquarters in Brussels and in neigh Boring France the stale radio station dropped sat urday entertainment to play solemn music. We Are faced with a tragic Accident this is a real catastrophe said belgian prime minister Wilfried Martens who went to the Harbor along with Belgium s King Baudouin and Queen Tabiola. Pope John Paul ii in messages to the roman Catho Lic cardinals in Britain and Belgium expressed his sadness Over the disaster. Scores of relatives of missing passengers gathered at the ferry company s offices in Dover waiting for word of their loved ones the bodies that were recovered were taken first to Zeebrugge naval base for identification and then to a sports Complex. The rescued were taken to three hospitals and those not needing immediate attention were Given first Aid Coffee and blankets at wailing stations at the Harbor. The Accident occurred just after the ferry pulled out of the Harbor for what normally would be a 4 Muur trip. Seas were Calm near the Harbor. The ferry was built in 1980 in Bremerhaven is registered in Dover and runs regularly Between Zeebrugge and Dover. It was the seventh Accident in the past five years involving ferries in that Section of the English Channel and North sea the worst passenger vessel disaster since world War ii was the sinking of the japanese ferry Toya Mam in Tsungani Strait Japan on sept. 26, 1954, when 1.172 people died. Sheow survivors from Page 1 Point of no return and we started scrambling up 1 Tablet. Some people started screaming. 1 Don t pm How Long we stayed in but someone broke a Side win Dow and we were All Able to climb out Edwards said. The water was rising and i was rising with the water. My Boyfriend looked at me and said what s happening i Haven t seen him since the restaurant filled with  said Susan Hames a 33-year-old Book editor who lives in Frankfurt. She was slaying in Pentagon picks company to build laser facilities Washington a the defense department on Friday awarded a $ 197 million con tract for construction of buildings and other facilities in new Mexico needed to develop a new laser for the Star wars program. The Sirale Gic defense initiative organization the Pentagon office that oversees the program said Fluor constructors inc. Was chosen Tol Tild the facilities near Orogrande. Work will be performed at the while Sands missile Range n.m., and is expected to be completed by september 1990," Ibe Pentagon said. Air Force says Omraam passed target drone test Washington a the air Force Fri Day announced a successful test of its advanced medium Range air to air missile Omraam. The test was conducted at the White Sands missile Range in new Mexico. An f is Jet fighter launched a missile against two target drones lying close together the air Force said. The Omraam had to Sereci and attack one of the target drones otherwise it could Fly to some Point Between the targets and not achieve a kill 1 the air Force said. A hotel in Brugge eight mites South of Zeebrugge Fol lowing the Accident Clifford Byrne. 22. Of  i fell in the water and reached to save a baby. The water was Freez ing and you had to lose strength when you were in it we were rapped in darkness for the whole Lime and then we heard a helicopter coming near and. Rescuers smashed the windows and got us  the Fate of the baby could not be immediately Learned. Jim Tarvy 24, from Coventry a Soldier stationed in Bielefeld Germany said plates were moving on the tables. Equipment in the cafeteria came crashing to the floor. Windows were smashed. Water came gushing through the windows. People were climbing on tables on everything. People helped us out with  sirens waited As ambulances sped the More seriously injured to three nearby hospitals Many rushed away without their loved ones or travelling companions knowing their whereabouts or condition. Fifteen year old Wayne Mckenny of Hastings eng land told reporters be and Bis father Richard escaped by smashing windows and then climbing ropes dropped into the ferry by rescuers. But there was Little Joy in their Rescue. I be lost my mom Mckenny said i Don t know what happened to  North opposes dual appointment Washington a Independent counsel Law Rente Walsh said Friday his additional appointment by attorney general Edwin Meese Iii to investigate the Iran Centra affair invalidated a Legal Challenge by la col. Oliver North. However North filed 8 second lawsuit late Friday charging that Meese s backup appointment of Walsh As a Justice department prosecutor is unconstitutional said Brendan v. Sullivan jr., one of North s attorneys. Walsh who was named an Independent counsel within the Justice department on thursday said in a court Brief now that the attorney general has acted to confirm the jurisdiction and Powers of the Independent counsel the purported constitutional basis for Plain gifts action has  he said All that is left is claim its desperate de sire to halt the investigation of the Independent coun  . District judge Barrington Parker is scheduled to hold a hearing monday on North s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Walsh s court appointment last december under the 1978 ethics in government act. The former National Security Council aide contends that judicial court appointment of Independent coun Sels under the ethics Law violates the Constitution s doctrine of separation of Powers. North contends that Only the executive Branch can appoint prosecutors. Walsh maintains that the appointments clause of the Constitution allows such judicial appointments. Meese whose department has constitutional objections to the ethics Law named Walsh As an Independent counsel within the Justice department in order to dispel Legal claims that he had no authority to be a prosecutor. Walsh and Meese both contend that North s lawsuit should be dismissed on the procedural basis that the constitutionality of a grand jury investigation can be challenged Only after an indictment has been returned. Shultz outlines focus of Moscow talks Honolulu a Secretary of state George Shultz said his in to Moscow next month will be a Chance to move the Ball along toward an agreement eliminating . And soviet medium Range nuclear missiles from Europe. Shufu said Friday he would discuss a wide Range of arms control bilateral and regional issues with soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze on april 13 i i bul the talks Are not expected to produce a Dale for a superpower Summit he said. One focus of the talks will be finding a new Means of verifying the proposed removal of . And soviet intermediate nuclear farces from Europe Shultz said. Agreeing on a Means to verify compliance with an agreement could also Speed Progress on talks to Cut superpower arsenals of longer Range m is Silas he said