European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday March 10,1987 slippers kill 2 in nor Kern Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland a the Riih National liberation  said sunday id snipers killed a former Mili tary Leader or the group and another member in West Belfast As. Part of Power struggle within the organization. Police earlier Laid that gunmen shot and fatally wounded two men just before Midnight saturday As they were trav Lingby car through Bally Murphy a staunchly roman Catholic District in West Belfast but the police did not identify the Vic Tami Ina an offshoot of the Irish re publican  claimed responsibility for the attack and identified the Vic Tami As Gerard St Conson a former Ina military Lender and Tony Boot Mccarthy. An Ina statement telephoned to the British broadcasting corp. In Belfast accused Steenson of organizing a series of terrible atrocities against our move ment seven other killings have been linked to a Power struggle within Ina since december. Since he inception of the movement in 1975leenson s name hat been linked with he Power struggle that has divided the movement. Hid the statement. Two hours earlier a bomb exploded Ata police checkpoint in Londonderry slightly injuring a policeman and nine people Silling in waiting can. The Vic Tims included two children and the sol officer Manning the checkpoint police said. -. -. The bomb had apparently been left on the ground near like checkpoint police said. Both inc Ira and Ina arc fighting to unite protestant dominated Northern Ireland with the Catholic Republic of Ireland under a leftist administration. The guerrilla groups Are banned on Bot sides of the Border. Rescue from Page 1 very Low in the water at thai Point Comer said. The ship engine apparently had stopped because fan Oil problem said Federal aviation administration spokesman Tony willed i think the Ermine ceased the boat turned broadside and Waves hit it which caused the hour to shift he said the ship apparently began its Roll at about 8 a.m.,coast guard Petty officer James Graham said and it was slowly moving toward capsizing. Ship to Shore communication was established at about 8 45 a.m., he said. The helicopters were dispatched from Cape cod,mass., after an automatic distress Call was received at the coast guard station at Cane May  three coast guard helicopters that rescued the sailors landed shortly after 2 30 . At the Faa tech Nical Center Here. The sailors carrying life preservers were led into a hangar nearby while awaiting the arrival of stale department officials and a soviet vice Consul from Washington d.c.,the soviet Crew members arc just sitting and smoking More cigarettes than 1 think humanly possible Sai Willett. Most of the soviets did not speak English and could Only communicate a very Little bit. Comer  seemed to be scared and. When i got on the scene i could understand  efforts to right and recover the ship. If in stay afloat will be delayed until the weather is Calmer. Gra Ham  i 30 ., Coos guard observers saw water breaking Over the Pilot House the highest Point on the vessel and said the vessel appeared about to capsize. The evening duly officer at the merchant Marin ministry in Moscow who declined to give his name said he was not authorized to comment on the matter at about 10 ., the sailors boarded three vans for a ride to a Motel in the Philadelphia suburb of Gibbs town where they were to spend the night Willet said. They were to go to a recreation compound outside Washington on sunday. Willett said the group planned to Fly Home from John f. Kennedy International Airport m new York on tuesday. Plea from Page 1 traffic from Page 1 and blocked crosswalks the report said. Pedestrians were primarily guilty of jaywalking ignoring Stop lights or stand ing in the Roadway. And bicyclists rude in the wrong direction or on the sidewalk ran red lights and ignored pedestrians right of Way. The report found an average of 100motorist violations 160 pedestrian Vio lations and 14 violations by bicyclists teach intersection every hour. Abuse from Page 1 Mandin were slain it would signal the beginning of disengagement Between Iran and . Lebanon s main Power broker is the staunches Arab ally of Iran in its6vj-Ycar-od War against Iraq. The Alli Ance has been strained by Iran s backing of extremist Shine moslem factions in Lebanon. Syria is trying 10 subdue Hesh Lile and other militias to regain a sem Blance of order in lebanese  Justice served its death threat saturday evening in a two Page Handwritten arabic statement to an Nahar. The statement included a Polar Oid photograph of Normandin. The statement came a few hours aftera previous death threat against Norman Din had expired. Kidnappers Are de manding that the French government clarify a statement made last week by president Francois Mitterrand in a speech Mitterrand rejected a Par Don for an is Naccache. Imprisoned far the attempted assassination in Paris of former iranian Premier Shahpour Bakh Tiar. Mitterrand also said France would keep Selling  to Iraq. Premier Jacques Chirac s government has refused to comment on Mitterrand s remarks and instead said it would Pur Cue with tenacity and firmness the Strug Gle against terrorism no matter where incomes from and in whatever form it manifests , 35, a lighting Engineer with France s Antcnne-2 television was kidnapped March 8. 1986. Revolution Ary Justice claimed responsibility. And his orphan the government s sys tem of determining eligibility and the level of compensation has been non adversarial and by statute preferential to  Law a decisions to Grant or deny Money give applicants the Benefit of the doubt a because of that and the  s mandate to advocacy of its constituency the system has been presumed fair. Veterans Are generally barred from seek ing any review of denials outside the Agency and appeals in courts Are specifically precluded. A Century ago Congress to keep Law yers from gouging the unwary passed a measure saying that veterans pressing their claims within the Agency were for Bidden to pay lawyers More than in infers. That ceiling enforceable by Crimi Nal action against lawyers who violate it has deprived most veterans of Legal representation before the a. Only lawyers willing to work without pay or lawyers paid by third panics May appear before the Agency s panels. Efforts in Congress since the mid-1970s to alter this system have been resisted both by the a and most of the major National veterans organizations which have service officers to Ai claimants in lieu of lawyers. The hearing is expected for the first Lime to Challenge the argument of the veterans groups that the informal non adversarial claims system is a Trade off that works to the Benefit of veterans. The evidence Al the a reminds meow the stories about the letter carriers who dump the mail in a trash can said rep. Lane Evans d-lll., chairman of the Vietnam veterans caucus in the House and a sponsor of a measure this year Calk ing for due process for veterans. Fou such measures have passed the Senate since 1975, to be blocked in the House veterans affairs committee. Last summer the chairman of the vet Erans affairs committee rep. . Montgomery d-miss., persuaded the committee to reject by a vote of 20-2 a measure allowing veterans to seek court review of disputed a decisions. In Jan Saiy Montgomery who has close ties to the older veterans organizations thai oppose judicial review said there would Beno need for hearing on a renewed at tempt at passage this year. Iran missiles reported threatening Gulf new York up Iran has in stalled several Large land based missiles near the strategic Strait of Hormuz wit the potential to hit vessels in the water Way the new York times reported Sun Day. Installation of the missiles has allowed Iran to increase its threat to the flow of Oil out of the persian Gulf and could represent an escalation in Iran s War with neighbouring Iraq the newspaper said quoting . Intelligence sources. The missile system appears to be of chinese design and was spotted by american intelligence within the Pas month the report said. The missiles reportedly Are at two locations along the Strait. They May have a Range of up to so Miles enough to reach shipping lanes in and out of the Gulf the newspaper  probably would not want to Cut off the Strait because it needs to ship it sown Oil through the passage the paper quoted analysts As saying but in could use the missiles to warn adversaries it is Able to take such a drastic  of the missiles has been fired the report said. Iran has stepped up attacks on ship Ping in the Gulf this year with most of the attacks aimed at ships going in handout of Kuwait. Kuwait backs Iraq in its War with  is not known whether the weapons were provided to Iran directly by Chinor whether they came through a third country the newspaper  this month. Secretary of state George Sulu urged chinese leaders notto sell  to Iran. The chinese responded that they do not Supply Ira with  but . Intelligence officials say they doubt that is True. Miracle no More than 7 killed in crash Spokane Wash a the Crew of Ajet Tanker that crashed while practising for an air show apparently died trying to avoid crashing into buildings and probably saved Many lives according to witnesses. It s a Miracle that we did t los Marc than seven folks said Cap. Bob Ballew spokesman at Fairchild fab gesturing toward offices and shops near the site of Friday s crash. All six people aboard inc Ola another air Force Man Imp ground were killed Jimm Nec a 35tanker that Hodja Aken off crashed into a Nelda Rit runway who released the names of the Al Tims saturday afternoon said they did not know which of three instructor pilots on Board was flying the plane when it went Down. An air Force team gathered saturday the base to investigate the " came As the Tanker and ajl ing for a  Aerial group Call .1, planned As the strategic j s answer to the air Forte incr birrs and the Navy s Blue an gels synchronized flying teams featured refuelling routine involving the four engine Tanker and the b-52 bomber. Officials identified those on the plane As it. Col. Mel w. Cornell 42. A Pilot from Cortez Colo. Capt. James w. Lit Zinger 32, navigator Verona a. 1st  l. Myers 24juuijiiianal Ful ton Shioi Mimp it Chaptan to Roma Wash. Cape. Frank b. I 40, Pilot. Peninsula. Calif. An staff sgt. Rodney Serks. 28, film opera Tor. Lennox  person killed in the car near the runway Fence was senior master sol ,41,of Portsmouth. Nil Mcaa basketball sunday s result Georgetown 82, Ohio state 79 Florid 85, Purdue 66lsu 72, Temple 62 Kansas 67, Evv miss. Slate 63