European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 24, 1987 the stars and stf1ipes Page 7 big question popped with imagination los Angeles a an advertising executive has made Good on his Promise or a creative and imaginative marriage proposal even Iti Ough in meant a delay in popping the big question. Sue said f you Ever propose to me in had belter be creative or. And Man " Don Potter said. I said  will be " Potter s message to sue Mendel Sohn on the 30-fool-High billboard across from i he Delicatessen she operates was to the Point sue like bagels and lox we belong together. So marry me already love  Mendelsohn said she spotted the message As she walked into the restaurant monday morning and my heart started  the wedding will be later this year. Potter said he delayed his pro a writ for a couple of months no because he had doubts but be cause the billboard was occupied. Millions in equipment lost in underground nuke test Washington not a new government study provides the first offi Cial details about an underground nuclear lest that went awry last year resulting in the loss of millions of dollars Worth of equipment. Diagnostic equipment and other Mili tary car valued at about $32 million was destroyed in the lest according to a re port published recently by the Energy depart men which oversees nuclear test ing. The study said however that to per cent of the data sought from the test had been recovered. In asserted Hal from he standpoint of data recovery the lest was successful. The lest dubbed mighty Oak was conducted on april 10, 1986, in a Tunnel at the lest site in Nevada. The purpose was to assess the effects a nuclear explosion could have on different types of Mil itary equipment the study said. According to the report a nuclear de vice was placed at one end of a steel pipe. Military equipment that was to be exposed to the radiation from the blast was put at the other end of the pipe. Inside the pipe were several doors that were designed to close immediately after3 detonation. This design allowed experiments to be irradiated and still be protected from damage by debris generated by device detonation the report says. The report did not say what went wrong. Bui experts said last year Hal some of the doors in the pipe failed to close or did not close at the right Lime. As a result the equipment was destroyed and the Tunnel was contaminated. Most equipment Experiment diagnostic and construction within the Tunnel Complex was lost according to the report which said that the destruction was a result of High temperature and radiation the report said that radioactive Gas within the Tunnel was later  in this process the air inside the Tunnel is vented through a charcoal filler that absorbs the radiation. The report said that a minute Quantity of radioactive Gas was released into the atmosphere but that the amount was not dangerous. The equipment involved in the test included the warhead for the new my missile and the warhead for the Navy Trident ii missile according to testimony to Congress last year by officials from the defense nuclear Agency. Oiher equipment exposed to the blast was for the proposed Small air Force missile he Midge Man. Documents presented to Congress said that the test also involved a Ray Ici Haji to experiments government expert said last year that this was probably a reference to efforts 10 determine whal affect a Ray laser anti missile systems might have on military equipment. The United states is developing a Ray laser systems powered by nuclear explosions As Par of president Reagan s pro Gram of research on the space oriented missile defense system. Administration officials say they believe that the Sovil Union is conducting research in he same area. Israeli avoids testifying on Iran Contra role Washington up former top israeli offi Cial David Kimchi won a reprieve Friday from testify ing before a grand jury on his role in Selling . Arms to Iran and was allowed to leave the country while a Federal judge considers the sensitive Case. Kimche the former director general of the israeli foreign ministry asked . District judge aubre Robinson to quash a subpoena from special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh arguing that his testimony was not included in an official .-israeli agreement on cooperation in Iran Contra investigations. Robinson suspended the subpoena Over Walsh s objections sources said and granted Kimche he free Dom to leave the country. Israeli embassy spokesman Yossi Gal said Kimche returned to new Yorken route Back to Israel but would return to the United slates i required. A subpoena would have no authority Over Kyj Mclau in Israel. In Jerusalem prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said the subpoena was a Clear violation of the agreement and threw his weight behind Kimche s efforts not to testify. Further israeli officials said Kimche was under orders not to reveal  state secrets if he is forced to appear in court. An israeli citizen is forbidden to give any secret details unless to is authorized Gal said. We made very Clear that everything or. Kimche or any Oiler representative of Israel did in the Iran affair was done by the government of Israel. It is inconceivable to have a subpoena issued to a government  a spokesman for Walsh declined to comment. After a two hour closed door hearing Robinson apparently took the delicate diplomatic questions under consideration. Kimche and an israeli official said the judge was weighing the Case. Robinson who oversees Walsh s grand jury that is investigating the scandal declined to comment on the secret proceedings. Grand jurors in the Case waited one floor below while the hearing was in Progress. The development Friday came As another grand jury target it. Col. Oliver North moved to convince an a sired Kimche Lefta former israeli foreign ministry official. Is escorted ram court in Washington. Appeals court panel Hal Walsh s investigation is not constitutionally authorized. The appeals court has decided to hear North s Chal Lenge brought on another secret grand jury Mailer of Walsh s authority and North s first argument were due later Friday. Kimche a key player in the secret . Arms Sale Loran was served a subpoena to testily in new York wednesday but came to court claiming that his Testi Mony would violate the .-Israeti agreement thai any testimony in the affair be handled through govern ment channels and in writing. As he left the courthouse Kimche said he was not ordered to appear before the grand jury and would sooner cum to Israel. Asked whether he would testify Kim Cal said no. Not today  i Don t know when the israeli added. It s under  Kimche was represented in court by israeli Ambas Sador Meir Rosenne Oded eran the no. 2 Diplomat Aishe embassy and Melvin Rishe who represents the israeli government in Washington. I can leave the United Stales when i want and can come Back when i want Kimche said. I should t be Bere  Kimche wus apparently surprised by the subpoena served him by Walsh in new York where Kimche was visiting on a business trip. He stressed his cooperation with . Efforts to unravel the Anns sales and diversion of proceeds to Nic Snguan rebels and said he could see no reason Why i not testifying would Strain .-israeli relations. Why should in pose a problem he asked. A stale department spokesman said Robinson was notified that Kimche does not have diplomatic immunity and therefore is not protected from testifying. Kimche does not currently enjoy diplomatic status he can be subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury the spokesman said. He May however be immune from providing testimony with respect to certain subjects or information. Concerning special missions to the United states while he was director general of the Israel foreign  Kyj Chc could be held in contempt of court if he k ordered to testify and refuses Kimche now a private arms dealer reportedly suggested to North in 1985 that the United slates Over charge the iranians and use the profits to Aid the n x Aragyan Contra rebels. Shea stadium jumper starts contempt sentence new York not the parachutist who dropped in on the sixth game of the world series at Shea stadium last fall began serving a Federal jail term Fri