European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes ferry Captain thought Bow was closed London a the Captain of the Herald of free Enterprise which capsized killing at least 186 people in March told an official inquiry wednesday that he had never heard of ferries in his Fleet leaving a Harbor with their Bow doors open. If i had known i would have immediately instigated positive reporting on the Bridge and then re Quested Light indicators on the Bridge capt. David Lewry said. He always assumed that the Crew had closed the doors properly unless he was told the contrary by the assistant Boatswain or chief officer Lewry told David steel the government wreck commissioner. Ii was such an obvious thing Lewry said. We All i assumed that it was almost impossible to go to sea with the Bow doors  steel said the management turned Down a request from another ferry master for Bridge indicator lights to show that the doors were hut Marc Stanley the assistant Boatswain who should have closed he doors earlier Lesti fled that he had t done � when the ferry was leaving Belgium s Zee Brugge Harbor March 6 because he was dozing. The confirmed death toll from the disaster Rose wednesday to 186, when officials in Belgium reported finding three More bodies that washed ashore. Worker continued to search the re floated Hull of the ferry for other remains. Lewry 47, served on the ferry for seven years. He suffered a punctured lung falling across the Bridge when the vessel capsized. Steel asked Lewry what he had thought happened when his ship a going Down. Had no idea Lewry replied. After the inquiry opened april 27, Townsend Thore sen the ferry operator said it took full responsibility for the disaster. It Ned the ferry should never have sailed with open Bow doors and there should have been a procedure to Tell the Captain when the doors were closed. Sorel produced company memo revealing that in 1983 a sister ship Pride of free Enterprise twice left Zee Knigge with Bow or Stem doors open and an assist ant Boatswain on hat vessel fell asleep and failed to close the Bow doors. Friday May 8,1987 Wynand Malm embrace his wife alter winning Seal As an Independent in sooth african parliament. Botha s National party gains in South african elections Johannesburg. South Africa a Candi dates of president . Botha s National party Cap tured three additional seals in Early returns wednes Day As South Africa s White minority voted in general elections focused on apartheid s future. More than i million Blacks joined it nationwide pro test strike against the voting. No violence was reported at polling Booths. National party candidates rained one scat each from he Liberal progressive Federal party the Moder ate new Republic party and the far right her Stigter Nazionale party. But Wynand Malan a parliament member who quit the National party in january to protest the slow Pace of Reform easily won As an Independent in the Johan Nesburg suburb Ofrand Burg. Winners for the National party included three  Erful Cabinet members defense minister Magnus Malan Home affairs minister Stoffl Botha and jus Tice minister Kobie Coetzee. The Leader of the progressive Federal party Colin Eglin also was a Winner. Results from the 30 races showed the National party with 20 seats the pop with nine and one to Malan. The Elu Clion was expected to leave the National party in firm control of parliament s dominant while chamber. But a Loose Alliance of Liberal candidates including Malan hoped to demonstrate a growing willingness among Whites to relax their hold on Power. A record 480 candidates from five parties entered races for 166 seats in the House of Assembly following Botha s decision to Call the election two years Early. Botha 71, said he needed a mandate to continue Grad Ual reforms of some discriminatory Law and give Blacks a limited role in National policy mating. He vowed during the Campaign to resist majority Rule and maintain segregated schools and neighbor hoods. 40 arrested in nationwide drug bust Washington  the country s most elaborate undercover operation against cocaine traffickers ended wednesday As authorities arrested More than 40 major american and colombian drug figures in los Angeles Miami and new York. In a project dubbed operation Pisces up to 20 drug enforcement administration undercover agents laundered $116 million in illicit drug Money Over the past three years officials said. Attorney general Edwin Mccase 111 called it the largest and most successful undercover investigation in Federal drug Law enforcement  the results Are unprecedented he said. Among those captured or being sought wednesday were three of the top leaders of colombian cocaine trafficking and Money laundering cartels including the operators of two massive drug rings in the United slates authorities said. One reputed Kingpin Jost Auli Lopez Chacon 37, of Bogota was picked up As he stepped Oit a jetliner in Miami where he had been lured by undercover agents posing As Money launderers the drug enforcement administration announced. Simultaneously with wednesday s arrests the Pana Manian government using a new Law aimed at halting drug Money laundering in the Central american coun try Frole 54 accounts in in Banks where proceeds from operation Pisces were deposited. Mystery Cloud irritates English eyes Leicester England