European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes Becker Germany lose sports Page 25 Faa to boost controller Load Page 2 g Israel forged . Passports Page 3 d new Ameteo card irks visa Page 9 Tuttoi Iid Uno Ficili pc the u 1 a Tufo 70kce1 vol. 45, no. 330 monday March 16, 1987 i ii 08693 a shiite Leader pleads for life of Frenchman Beirut Lebanon a Lebanon s most influential shiite moslem cleric appealed sunday for the life of French hos Tage Jean Louis Normandin after a pro iranian underground group announced he had been put on trial and would be executed within two Days. You cannot confront the policy of a president by executing a kidnapped Vic Tim said Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah reportedly the spiritual guide of the iranian backed shiite militias in Lebanon. Related Story Page 2. This is meaningless. If he is innocent on what basis do we threaten to execute him and if he is not innocent Why was t he tried right from the Start 1 Fadlallah said in a Sermon at a mosque in Southern Beirut. Fadlallah did not mention the hostage or his captors by name. The revolutionary Justice organi a lion said saturday it had put Normandin on trial and would hand Down the just sentence or executing him within is the Independent daily an Nahar units sunday editions quoted an unnamed Western Diplomat As laying that if nor sub plea on Page 28 37 rescued from stricken soviet ship a coast guard Rescue helicopter hovers Over the foundering soviet freighter Komsomol a Kirg Tell. Pomona no. A a soviet freighter carrying 10,292 tons of Lour from Nova Scotia to Cuba rolled onto its Side in rough seas 200 Miles off new Jersey saturday and coast guard helicopters plucked All 37people off the ship in a dramatic Rescue officials said. The Mission was wet and said coast guard la. Keith Comer who directed the Rescue in 45-Mph wind As 25-foot Waves crashed Over inc ship. The ship was listing dramatically by the end of inc Rescue which Comer said was conducted just in the Nick of Only one of those aboard the 482-foot Komsomol cts Kirgis ii was injured and that was Only a Cut Finger officials coast guard Culler and at least one soviet vessel were in route to the freighter saturday evening said coast guard it. David Hill in new Yort we Don t know if it Sank he said adding that if its cargo got wet the ship Likely went Down in Waters about 12,000 feet the first helicopter arrived at the ship about 11 20 a.m., the freighter was listing about 30 degrees and was being pummel cd by Waves Hill port Side was Comer said. We immediately dropped a Basket to the Crew. We had a Little bit of trouble in inc first two people rescued were a woman and child he the next half hour 1j More people boarded the first helicopter which started Back when a second one one picked up 16 people and a third helicopter picked up the remaining six. Including inc skipper. The Pilot of the third Helk Opter mid the ship was see Rescue on Page so big Apple s traffic is Ripe with violations new York up every 13 seconds in new York City some body is running a red Light Jay walking or otherwise wreaking traffic havoc a report says. Observers watched new York ers commit traffic violations at an average rate of 274 an hour at each of in Busy intersections last month traffic Engineer Richard new House wrote in the March Edi Tion of the automobile club of America s monthly newspaper. Drivers in red lights disregarded pedestrians1 right of Way see traffic on Page 28 Congress Ona panels to probe alleged a abuse of vets rights Washington not the Veter ans administration s authority to Grant or withhold payments is facing its mos serious Challenge in More than a Century. On tuesday a joint hearing of the House and Senate veterans affairs committees will review charges of misconduct by the Agency s compensation and pension division. Many of inc accusations of abuse of veterans rights have been verified in a documents hat were subpoenaed in a lawsuit underway in . District court in san Francisco. Among the documented Laws Are under a system of employee Merit pay. Bonuses for turning out paper work and loss of promotions for Low output. The a has Long known that its claims adjudicators in 58 regional offices were under such pressures to Clear claims that Many were denied without investigation or notice to applicants that documentation was required. The Agency employees thus earned work regional offices have been allowed to Undem port the High error rates in judgments on claims even though an internal audit by the Agency s inspector general disclosed in 1981 that the num Ber of errors was two to three times higher than had been reported. The a and the Justice depart ment whose lawyers represent the Agency Are planning to spend $ 1.2 million. To Cor Puleri a the mass of documents for the use of government lawyers in defense of the system. Bonner Day a a spokesman said of the hearing. We cannot comment on what Congress is going to ask at the heart of iht1 matter tuesday is a formidable Little understood s ment that is a major part of monthly government disbursement to beneficiaries. The a dispenses si-1.-1 billion a year to it Mil lion people disabled and pensioned ecu Rii Iii and their per Tus wives and children. Since i Shi when Lincoln n Lii second inaugural address ii was the nation s Dull in care fur him who shall Hae borne the Battle and Lor Iii widow see abuse on Page 28
