European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Auth0ri1ed unofficial publication  Tot tics 1 vol. 46, no. 36 saturday May 23, 1987 flow i b693 investigators silent on Stark finding shows respect for victims of the attack on. An Shtir coffins leave Manama Bahrain on in Nav. The boy s father chief Petty offitto Ste i Crew Riser we one of 37 us sailors killed. From press dispatches . Navy investigators continued their probe Fri Day in Manama Bahrain of the iraqi attack on the Stark keeping silent about Early findings and what they arc looking for. Related stories Page 3 rear adm. Grant a. Sharp leads the team which includes five other officers and four enlisted men. In Washington the Senate voted overwhelmingly to require the administration to Tell Congress before . Navy ships Start escorting kuwaiti tankers How they would defend themselves against attack. The Senate vote 91-5, illustrates the growing con Gressional opposition to the administration s plans to expand the american naval presence in the persian Gulf Mcc the Mack sunday that killed 37 sailors. Navy spokesman Michael Cherry said bomb Dispo Sal experts had defused an exocet warhead found Dur ing the cleanup but he denied that the frigate was Hil by three missiles. Me acknowledged that the Crew was unaware of the unexploded missile for two Days while the crippled warship was being towed to port. The Slark s commander capt. Glenn Brintl said earlier that two missiles struck the ship and survivors North urged Contra help 3 wealthy donors testify Washington not three wealthy support cts of conservative causes testified thursday that la. Col. Oliver a North As a member of the while House staff had influenced them to make Large contributions to the nicaraguan rebels. In one Case William 1. Casey then the director of the Cia put a donor Colorado Beer magnate Joseph Coon in touch with North. In two other cases according to the testimony be fore the congressional com millets investigating the Iran Centra affair North worked As a team with Carl r. Channell. Channell pleaded guilty last month 10 conspiracy in connection with his fund raising and named North As a co conspirator. North who was on president Reagan s White House staff until his dismissal last november was the Central figure in the arms sales to Iran and the administration s efforts on behalf of the contras. Maj. Gen. John k. Singlaub testified thursday that Elliott Abrau an assistant Secretary of stale agreed to assure two asian governments that the administration approved of Singlaub s attempt to raise funds for the contras from them. The account indicated that Abrams had a larger role in raising Money for the contras than he has acknowledged. The other witnesses on thursday were Ellen c. Gar Wood who contributed More than $2 million to Chan Nell William b. O Froyle the head of an Oil and Gas exploration company in new York who gave s 160,000 to Channell and cobra. Vice chairman of the Adolph Coors co., who put $65,000 in a Swiss Bank account controlled by former maj. Gen. Richard v. Accord they Laid they were committed to the cause of the contras and believed that they were supporting the policies of the administration by contributing. Barbie led Roundup court told Lyon France not the trial of Klaus Barbie continued thursday with one witness claiming to hav0rmktailljiwu. Undue of jews " Lyon in1943, and  Ammu Roundup describing How be survived it while  a not. The subject of the testimony was a go sol. Tion to grab jews at the Headquarters of a Jewtik social services organization known by the initials Guif and the court heard and watched As a series of witnesses most of them speaking in voices off described in detail How the event look place one witness Michael Thomas Sofij pork told the court that he spent an hour�jrfw5alf standing in front of Barbie during Thoj ifs of the Roundup which look place on febfl943, on the Rue since Cstherine. If eighty six  arrested the vast majority of them Law filled at Auschwitz. There is no doubt not the slightest slightest doubt that it was Klaus Barbie who personally led the Roundup on the Rue Sainlez calf jew Thomas told the court. Barbie Way  Gestapo in Lyon from 1942 i the je�jg00fr�ntzation, called the general sch jews was the sole jewish Feder flowed by the nazi occupiers. Her activities it tried to provide help 10 jews whom i earlier nazi persecutions in Germany Austria new Hul and was thus frequented by numerous foreign the raid on its Headquarters in i part of an Effort to catch Many of them. Thomas the director of a language Academy in new York i the Only witness claiming to have Actu ally seen Barbie directing the operation. Also reported two blasts. Cherry said the investigation i results will not be released in Bahrain and journalists will not be permitted to interview Crew i members on the Stark. Sharp arrived wednesday for a ceremony honouring the dead. Twenty one crewmen were wounded in the attack the dead Liest on a ship in the Gulf since the Iran Iraq War began in september 1980. Brindl knowledgeable sources said the investigators Are seeking answers to such questions As Why the launch of missiles from the iraqi aircraft were not picked up by the Stark s radar. A Lookout saw the miss ifs Only seconds before they ripped through the port Side into the Crew s quarters. Brindl said the Phalanx anti missile system was on manual control at the time because there was no Rea son to believe the iraqi aircraft would attack. Still unclear was whether the two French made exo acts were fired by one Mirage Al or two. A French defense official said the French made iraqi fighters continued on Page 26 inside stripes q 9 Etz defense testimony begins  5 q lazz Ercse rhythm anti exercise daily Magazine Foj Shue named coach of clippers sports Page 26