European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. May 24, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Stork s next Captain looks Forward to Job Middletown . Apr the Man scheduled to be he next Captain of the . Frigate Stark says he has no reservations about his assignment tothe ship that was damaged in an iraqi missile attack a week ago. From what i be heard so far the morale seems Tobe fairly High in spite of what happened said cmdr. John b. Noll. I look Forward to it. It s no going to be an easy Jab but i m really looking for Ward to  Noll had planned to leave Rhode Island Friday assume command of inc frigate in a routine reassign ment. He said his plans Are now on hold because of the attack but he still expects to assume command within the next few weeks. The shark which must undergo repairs following the alack that killed 37 of ils Crew members will be the first ship Noll has  said his wife son and daughter have accepted the fact that his next assignment May involve duly ind High risk persian Gult. My family s real supportive Noll said. The understand the Mission of the Navy. They re apprehensive but they , a native of Wayne n.j., has spent the last two years on the staff of the naval education an training Center in Newport As a War games officer. He has helped to train other officers for combat situations they might face at sea. That gave me the Opportunity to see How various commanders would react in War fighting situations he said. That can do anything but help  declined to say whether any War games approximated the alack on the Stark saying Only wearied to replicate As much As possible situations that might come  said he has not been fully briefed on the attack and would not speculate about what happened. Bui he said the explanation of the ship commander capt. Glenn r. Brindel made sense to him. The Normal reaction when something bad Hap pens is thai there s got to be somebody to blame he said. But the statements that the Captain mad sounded very rational to  in a news conference wednesday Brindel said the ship s automatic anti missile system was off when the attack look place and the Crew did not have enough warning to activate it before the ship was hit. Noll said the attack has not diminished his Confidence in the capability of the shark which is equipped with an array of advanced electronic equipment designed to protect itself and other ships from attack. It s a very capable ship Able to accomplish an number of missions he said Chancellor says austrians feared . Meddling Washington Austria Chancellor Franz Wranitzky said Friday that fears of american meddling not insensitivity to jewish feelings prompted his country s defense of presi Dent Kurt Waldheim against . Find Ings that Waldheim look part in world War ii persecutions of jews. Wranitzky answering questions at National presi cub luncheon said his people have failed to grasp the Legal basis for a Justice department ruling that effectively tars Waldheim from visiting the United states. Later in the Day via Nitzky met for a hour with Komey general de Wren me Kielh. Vranisky had no immediate com ment following the meeting at the Justice department but Meese called it a Vevy candid discussion of Llie Waldheim situation one which resulted in increased understanding on april 27, Meese directed that Waldheim be placed on an immigration and naturalization service Walch list because of his activities As a German officer in Ibe Balkans during the War. People on inc Lisl Are barred from get Ting . Visas. There is nothing like that in aus Tria via Nitzky said of the Waich at so the general Public is not in a position to distinguish Between a sentence and a watch  As a result he suggested Many Austri ans think inc United states was merely Irving to interfere in Austria s internal affaire. A Good Many austrians Are now in position in which they say Don t Lei other countries determine who is going to be the president in Austria " Vranisky said. Meese said he stressed that the wad him decision did not in any Way reflect negatively on the . Relationship wit the people of Austria or with their gov  he said he explained the application of . Law and he fact finding process. A desc said he did not go into Trie specific evidence gathered against Wald Heim which would have put Austria officials in the unwelcome position of having to be Mccond guesses of facts. Wranitzky also met last week with other officials including president Rea Gan in what he has acknowledged to be futile Effort to get the United states to change ils mind about the Waldheim Rul ing. Charges against Waldheim were mad Public last year during his Campaign for the predominantly ceremonial Post of president. The world jewish Congress accused him of involvement in deportations of jews and other civilians in the Balkans. His alleged involvement and his sub sequent election by the austrian people sparked questions about possible Austri an  to jewish feelings a Issue raised on Friday by a press club questioner who asked is there lingering anti semitism in Austria Wranitzky did not respond directly Lothe question except to say he did not share the opinion of some of his country men that world jewish Congress influence in the United Stales tipped i Escales of the Justice department against Waldheim. He repealed reminders thai Austria has provided a Safe Haven to More than 300,000 jews fleeing the soviet Union and other Eastern european countries since world War ii. Via Nitzky said aus Tria is making efforts to confront wrongs done during the War when his country was part of Germany. What happened in the past he said must not happen  hundreds of thousands of austrian were forced to leave the country or died in concentration Camps he said. At the same Lime he said it is Niqi question of a whole nation being guilty for what happened in inc past but of learning from the past Wranitzky said he had had Little expectation before his trip that he would win a reversal of the jul slice department Rul ing bul Hal he fell inc Effort was Nec Essary. App Georgia executes rapist murderer Jackson a. A Richard Tucker who kidnapped raped and Mur dered a nurse while on parole for an ear Lier killing was executed Friday. He was the second inmate put 10 death i Georgia in a week. Tucker 44, was electrocuted hours Afler the . Supreme court and the stale Board of pardons and paroles re fused to stay the execution. He died Al 7 23 p.m., said John Siler a spokesman for the department of corrections. Tucker was convicted in the 1978murder of Edna Sand fur so who was visiting her critically ill Mother i Macon. She was kidnapped by Tucker As she left the Hospital and was forced to drive to an isolated spot and have sex with him. Me then beat her to death Withan Iron pipe. Six months earlier. Tucker had Bee released from prison where he had served 14 years for stabbing an Aam Loreath with a pair of scissors. His petition to the parole Board de scribed Tucker As the son of poor Alco Holic parents who often were violent an frequently in jail. In a taped confession played at his trial Tucker said he had been drinking and smoking marijuana before the murder of Sand fur Joseph Mulligan was executed i Georgia on May 15, he eighth person put 10 death in Georgia since it resume executions in 1983. William Boyd Tucker 31, not related to Richard Tucker i scheduled 10 be electrocuted in Georgia on wednesday. Seventy two people have been Pul to death nationwide since the . Supreme court in 1976 cleared the Way for the resumption of executions. Of flu Vanui Llly Sands of Lime in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 24, 1947 undersecretary of stale Dean Acheson id none of the $400 million appropriated for Aid to Greece and Turkey would go to repay Britain for the assistance it has Given tothe greek army since March. 30 years ago today. May 24, 1957 an air Force Cap Tain was scheduled to ascend 18 Miles above the Earth in a balloon and remain at that Altitude for 24 hours. _. La of it i " Al aim use Lor a hours sex millionaire gets 2o years Tor fraud 20years ago today. Nashville. Tenn. Up a fed eral judge vowing to show that the Judi Cial system treats Rich and poor equally sentenced a one Lime millionaire banker to 20 years in prison Friday for defraud ing thousands of creditors. After sentencing in Nashville by fed eral judge Thomas Higgins on 12 of his 16 convictions . Butcher or. Was immediately taken to Chattanooga tenn., for sentencing on the remaining four convictions. Butcher 49, will be eligible for parole Afler serving eight years of the 20 year sentence. He also was finedj320.000. There s a widely held Public perception that the Rich the powerful and the will connected Are treated favourably by he judicial system and that they Ahern held 10 the same degree of accountability Biggins said. The judge said there Musl be on Standard of judgment not two Stan Dards one for the citizen who live sin a Public housing project and one who lives in an affluent neighbor Hoodin  Butcher pleaded guilty last month to16 Federal charges five counts each of Bank and bankruptcy fraud two counts of Money laundering two counts of conspiring to commit in come tax fraud and iwo counts of Aid ing in the preparation of a false la return. May 24, 19fi7 egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser closed the vital Gulf of Aqaba to israeli shipping a Ste Israel regarded As an act of aggression. 1 0 years ago today ,. May 24, 1977 Aboul a dozen moluccan terrorists look More than 140 peo ple hostage in twin attacks on a school and a train in Northern Holland two Days before the dutch general election. The terrorists made no immediate demands