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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Nunn ties missile Cut to ground forces Page 5 q artists urge pause in sistine Chapel restoration Page 9 q Mcaa basketball tournament teams selected.,.sports, Page 21 ripes  unofficial vol. 45, no. 324 tuesday March 10, 1987 Ahmed Phi ice o 8b93 a capsized ferry May have left with Bow open England s Duke of York Prince Andrew comforts ferry survivor Liu Fisher 4. A photo Zeebrugge Belgium not the North sea ferry that capsized Friday probably departed from its Dock Here with the main Bow loading doors open company officials said sunday but they insisted that this was a Standard accept Able procedure to ventilate the lower decks. Related Story pictures on Page 3. Investigators however look note of these statements in focusing on the suspicion thai some sudden shift in the ferry s water ballast might have caused the Craft to dip Forward so that Ocean water rushed in with disastrous effect before the doors could be fully closed. Fifty one bodies have been recovered and 84 other passengers Are missing and presumed dead a Lenin the Hull of the Herald of free Enterprise which Cap sized in 30 feet of water Friday night less than a mile from Here As she headed to Ward Dover England. The Bottom of the ferry s vehicle Load ing Bow doors Are normally nine feet above the water level. But the question of whether a ballast problem lowered the Bow and triggered the flooding and Cap sizing is among the leading theories being investigated according to Valeriv Putmans chief of Salt of the belgian ministry of Public works. Local residents crowded the Harbor front sunday making an afternoon Jaunt of staring out at the capsized ferry the red paint and Orange rust of her under Side glowing garishly on the Gray Hori Zon. Behind the waterfront grieving family members went to a gymnasium where the dead were arrayed in open coffins they be been cleaned up said Colin Bains escorting his 19-year-old Nephew Jayson Finnegan who lost his sister and father on the ferry. Another of the 408 survivors George Lamy identified his Mother wife and grandson in the makeshift morgue and was still searching for his daughter Andson in Law. Pan of the grief of some fam sae Felry on Page 28 indictments planned by special prosecutor Washington not investigators working for the special prosecutor in the ran arms affair expect to bring indictments and Are studying a Broad Range of criminal charges against current and former govern ment officials according to Law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation they said the investigators Are focusing on at least three specific felonies conspiring to defraud the government obstructing Justice and making false statements to the government the officials said the special prosecutor Lawrence a Walsh and his staff has not ruled out anyone including senior Reagan administration officials As suspects. But they stressed that the investigation is still in a relatively Early stage and that it would be irresponsible to Rule out potential targets without reviewing More evidence. According to the officials Walsh will make decisions in the next several Days on granting immunity to witnesses who May shed new Light on the Case. The officials declined to provide any names Walsh has already granted immunity to the Secretary of it col. Oliver a North the for Mer National Security Council aide who has been at the Center of Walsh s investigation. The comments of the officials who declined to be identified provided the most Complete account so far of the work of the special prosecutor whose formal title is Independent counsel. One official said the investigation is focusing on a Strong possibility of a Broad criminal conspiracy involving administration officials and private individuals tied to the Sale of american arms to Iran and the purported funnelling of proceeds to the . Conspiracy is offering a framework for the investigation said the official who like others interviewed spoke on condition he not be named. The Law enforcement officials said investigators had become increasingly convinced that crimes had been committed and that some individuals made attempts to cover up facts in the Case. While obstruction of Justice is usually a difficult crime to prove one Ollida said the cover up May have been comically obvious Here making obstruction charges a distinct possibility my advice is that you not Rule anything out he said. Law enforcement officials would not offer a timetable for indictments last week one of Walsh s chief deputies Guy Miller slur pc indicated in a court appearance that the grand jury in the Case was still sifting through evidence and was not close to considering indictments. But the officials said Walsh s investigation was see indictment on Page 28 killer Mountain Man tracked Down by Fri Riverside Calif. A self styled Mountain Man Claude Pallas who escaped from the Idaho stale Penitentiary after being convicted of kitting two Idaho fish and game wardens was captured sunday the Fri said. Dallas using the alias Al shrank was arrested without incident by Fri agents bout 3 . As he left a convenience Market in this ranching area Community 50 Miles East of los Angeles according to Richard t. Fire thing special agent in charge of the los Angeles office. A had vowed he would not be taken alive but at the time of his arrest he was unarmed Bretzing said. Dallas who had been on the Fri s most wanted list since May apparently had contacts in the area Bretzing said. Dallas was arrested on a Federal Fugi Tive warrant and taken to Riverside county jail. Dallas at first denied his identity but a fingerprint comparison confirmed it said Fri spokesman Jim Nilson. This is a particularly dangerous Man and we arc pleased and relieved to have see killer on Page 28 Britain s fighting fireman beats the clock to work London Jap Terry Marsh Britain s fighting fireman who won a world boxing title last week made a 4,000-mile dash to work sunday. The 29-year-old International Bon ing federation Junior welterweight Champion who flew to Detroit sat urday to watch countryman Dennis Andries lose his world boxing coun cil Light heavyweight title to american Thomas cams rushed Back to go on the late shift at Tilbury fire station near London. Marsh who won his title last wednes Day while on leave from work used up his Day off saturday to join a British television commentary team at the an dries cams fight in Detroit. His plane touched Down at Heath Row Airport about 55 minutes before he was due on duly. Before jumping in & waiting car retold reporters i can t Slop or i la be late for  hit added i did t expect to get another Day off. After All i be got a Job to   
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