European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D Star wars fans rejoice movie Saga will continue Page 3 n soviet historian downgrades Stalin s Wii role Page 9 g lakers sweep supersonics in Aba playoffs sports Page 21 authorized unofficial put cation for vol. 46, no. 40 wednesday May 27, 1987 d 8693 a Stark investigators in Iraq seek interview with Pilot who launched attack Baghdad Iraq learn of eight in estimators from tin Pentagon and stale department met with the ambassador in 1he fortified . Embassy building monday to begin their probe into the iraqi missile attack on the Navy frigate Stark the team led by rear adm. David Rogers chief of operations with the . Joint chiefs of staff arrived from Bah rain and conferred in Central Baghdad for More than two hours Wilh . Ambassador David Newton. As they left the embassy Rogers said it is not yet known if they would be Able to question the fighter bomber Pilot Iraq says carried out the May 17 raid in the persian Gulf in which 37 american sailors we re killed. Well know after we talk to the iraqis he told reporters. Before flying to Baghdad the Marti examined the heavily damaged missile Frig ale now anchored off Bahrain. In Washington the Washington Post s monday editions quoted a . Military analyst As saying the iraqi Pilot who fired the missiles probably was incompetent. It reported that it. Gen. Harley a. Huches inc air Force Deputy chief of staff for plans and operations said radar tapes of the iraqi of a Miraje fighter showed he Pilot had so much trouble controlling the plane that he almost crashed into the Gulf at one Point. The experts Are expected to be in rag hand for at least two Days. Other investigation teams from the . House of representatives and Senate Are expected to visit the iraqi capital later. The eight Man team includes senior Navy. Air Force and army officers All specialists in weapons systems electronics communications and air defense. The Only civilian is Greg Berry an Iraq specialist from the slate department. Iran and Iraq have been at War since sea Stark on Page 28 ceremonies Honor american War dead by the associated press memorial Day ceremonies and services were held in communities across he nation monday on a memorial Day made freshly somber by a memory of the 37 sailors killed on the . Navy frigate Stark. Observances ranged from 21-gun salutes and he playing of taps to Small town parades and speeches and dedication of new memorials to Vietnam veterans. For Many he Day was also the Start of the swim Ming Pool and Beach season. But High m the Colorado Rockies Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park was closed by Snow. And in Philadelphia a summer Long party opened to Mark the 200th anniversary of the . Constitution. Some of the Community observances were dedicated to the crewmen killed aboard the Stark in the persian go Fin an iraqi missile attack. At the  Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor Mil itary representatives were to present a Lei containing 2,335 Flowers one for each of the men killed in the japanese attack on dec. 7, i41. Cannons were fired 21 limes at Ose minute intervals beginning at noon from the decks of the Constitution the Navy s oldest commissioned warship in Boston. At fort Campbell by a Black Granite Monument was unveiled to Honor the 248 soldiers of the 101st airborne div who died in a 1985 plane crash Ai Gander Newfoundland while flying Home from a peacekeeping mis Sion in the Middle East. A season of grief has come to a. Close said maj. Gen. Teddy Alten the base commander. In Many communities volunteers placed flags on soldiers Graves All of the men we recognize Here today with our Little flags they saved America for us 70-year-old Heien win said at ii cemetery at Fon Worth Texas. God forbid thai we Ever forget Why we do these things on memorial pay that these men Laid Down their i Ives and saw their com rades die i Hope we can one Day rededicate ourselves not in he memory of the 37 Stark victims and their families who Grieve for them today but for the cause of world Al a Pitts rear of Grasonville md., and Peler Kelsch of Miami flu., attend service St the Vietnam veterans memorial in Washington. Peace Massachusetts gov. Michael s. Dukakis said after marching in the annual memorial Day Parade in Brookline mass., his Hometown. In a ceremony at the Presidio National cemetery in san Francisco col. D. Peter Gleichenhaus compared the lives of american soldiers to chips in a poker game. Those of you who Are Here today on Active duty All took the Opportunity to Ante up said Gleichenhaus. There Are others to we remember today who made that commitment and whose chips were  in Auburn n.y., world War ii Veteran Tom King displayed 38 american flags in the front Yard of his Home for the Stark sailors and his father a world War i Veteran. I m a Navy Man myself said King who served a i years in the South Pacific. Navy Secretary James Webb placed a Wreath from president and mrs. Reagan at the Tomb of the unknowns in Arlington National cemetery. It is better to spend dollars for readiness than it is to spend lives Webb said. At the Vietnam veterans memorial in Washington sen. Albert Gore jr., d-tcnn., told a crowd of about 3,000 people that the Best memorial we can possibly create to Honor the dead from Southeast Asia would be to make War itself  the next War if it is a nuclear confrontation could be the most obscene thing in history said Gore a Vietnam Veteran who is a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination. Vice president George Bush and former chief jus Tice Warren Burger went to Philadelphia to formally open the Observance of the Bicentennial of the Constitution during the weekend representatives of the 13 original states re enacted the debate that went into the drafting of the Doeu men to a service for the 271 victims of an american air lines crash exactly eight years earlier on May 25, 1978, was held in Rainy weather at Chicago s o Hare Airport former prisoners of War gathered for a ceremony in see Honorl on Page sex labor Secretary Donovan acquitted a former labor Secretary Raymond Row twp Ibe first sitting Cabinet member to be Mykl Sfer was found innocent monday of the larceny and fraud charges that forced him from office More than two years ago. The panel which deliberated for 9vi hours also found All seven of his co defendants innocent of All charges in a sub Way construction contract. Donovan stood a Jyh arms folded As the jury s for woman read the verde after she proclaimed him the first and most serious larceny the 56-Yearkjlmer Seminari an made the Sio his a of serine who was seated in to clutched a Friend s hand and sobbed. Other relatives of the defendants and even one defense lawyer i openly As the verdicts were read Init r _ / ,.old rial. As he"v3 w&be3ftlthe-last of the 10 counts Donovan Lur nodded and silently mouthed thank  the defendant grip fahd court officers brqky0lwpplause after the jury courtroom in slate surr e court which is new York s trial court. The jury also cheered. A 2 a year Nightmare that began in september of 1984 is now behind us Donovan said emotionally outside the courtroom. I just want to say the jury has reawakened my Faith in our system. It was shattered Here for nine  when asked if he would serve i government Donovan  a 55-year-old k7 later called the Case a waste and Effort. There was no Case. Acc  were clouded by Allega ddn a a Blued crime links although he maintained his innocence. Federal inv to gators found nothing prose mate in the allegations. But a state grand jury indicted Donovan in september 1984 on charges that the construction company he co owns illegally retained Money in a Manhattan subway con was innocent. In resigned from president Reagan s Cabinet on March 15, 1985, after losing a bid to have a judge dismiss the charges and he and eight business associates went on trial after lengthy Luff wrangling on sept 30. Donovan and his co defendants a executives of Schiavone construction co., of Secaucus n.j., were accused of stealing s7.4 million in a subway con in contract from 1979 to 1984 Bynum Juis equipment rental scheme with a . Donovan Flat to Wal cd and his lawyer William 0. Bitter res by toil Ery monday of the charged see Donovan on Page 2b