European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday. May 31,1937 persian Gulf notes escort of Kuwait s Oil ships still several weeks away Washington a the Reagan administration says it will be several weeks before american warships escort Oil tankers through the troubled persian Gulf and Pentagon officials say a naval buildup is required to allow retaliatory strikes in the event of attack. President Reagan said Friday our goal is to see peace rather than provocation but our interests and Thost of our friends must be  in a meeting with National Security advisers Reagan approved a plan that probably will re quire the addition of a sophisticated air defens Cruiser and two other ships to the Navy s mid cast task Force to carry out the escort duty. The task Force which currently patrols in in Gulf consists of Only a half dozen Small frigates and destroyers. Initially the White House said . Force would begin accompanying kuwaiti tankers in the nut week or so to protect them from attack by Iran. However Frank Carlucci the president s National Security adviser said it would take longer than that two to three weeks just to Refl Agthe ships As american vessels and put . Captains aboard. Sometime after that the american ship would begin the escort duty. That probably Wil not happen until after Reagan returns Home june 12 from he economic Summit in Venice Italy and stops in West Berlin and Bonn. Iraqi Pilot who attacked Stark an experienced flier Washington not the iraqi Pilot who fired two missiles into the Stark appears to have been an accomplished aviator with 1,300hours of flying Lime and 15 successful missile attacks on tankers in the persian Gulf Pentagon officials said Friday. They said the Pilot evidently thought he had hit another Tanker after firing the missiles since he radioed to his Home base i got a big  transmission was monitored by an american Azacs surveillance plane flying Over Northeast saudi Arabia. The iraqi ambassador Nizar Hardoon said in an interview on television Friday that iraqi administrative traditions had precluded a per Sonal interview with the Pilot by the american investigative Tea in. Individual officers cannot be interviewed by foreigners and the government and command of Iofi army has a Diphl to do that the ambassador said on the syndicated program one on  he added i m Sun hat they our people Andice defense ministry have interviewed the Pilot and got All the necessary  the american team led by rear adm. David Rogers is to report monday to defense Secre tary Caspar w. Weinberger. Senators touring Gulf to Analyse defense plans Muscat Oman a Sens. John Glenn and John Warner flew in saturday from Bahrain on a tour analysing strategy for safeguarding navigation in the troubled persian Gulf after the May 17 iraqi attack on the Stark. The sultanate of Oman snares control of the strategic is rail of Hon Nuz with Iran. The Channel is the Only Gateway to the Gulf. One fifth of the non communist world s Oil Supply is shipped through it. . Navy has Access to naval bases in Oman. Iran heightened its potential threat to navigation in the Strait earlier this year when it deployed chinese made anti ship silkworm mis Siles on its Side of the waterway. Yussef bin Alawi Oman s minister of state for foreign affairs visited Tehran after the attack on the Stark in which 37 american sailors died. Glenn and Warner called on Alawi shortly after they arrived in Muscat . Diplomatic sources said speaking on condition of anonymity. One Diplomat described .-omani relation Sas very close and Friendly. Glenn an opposition Democrat and Warner an administration Republican said in Bahrain thai they would try to determine the readiness Ocon Servalia Gulf Arab Stales to coordinate de sense strategy under . Auspices to counter the spillover of the Iran Iraq War. Sailors killed in iraqi attack buried by families friends by he associated press sailors killed in the attack on the . Guided mis Sile frigate Stark were buried in services held around the nation Friday and i hair families and friends remembered them As heroes patriots and peacemakers. Could it be that his sacrifice could Lead to peace asked the Rev Richard Collett of immaculate con caption Church in his Eulogy for Seaman Mark a Caouette 26, of Fischburg mass. Could it be that the scripture blessed arc the peacemakers could apply to Mark he asked. About 250 people gathered for the fun a of the Only son of Roben and Patricia Caouette. Rear adm. Larry g. Vogt commander of submarine group ii in Groton conn., led a Navy Honor guard thai carried the Flag draped casket. The guard later gave a 21 gun Salute at the burial. A number of services were scheduled around the country Over the weekend for other tailor killed in the May 17 attack by an iraqi Jet fighter. Services were held for Polly officer 3.c, William Hansen at first Baptist Church in Revere mass., where Hansen s father is a Deacon. The family lives i Reading where la 22-year-old Sailor was burned. More than 450 people packed the Church for Han sen s funeral including his wife and baby son. He loved his country. He served his country Saidur. Harold c. Small pastor of the Trinity Baptist Church in Arlington and a family Friend. At Arlington National cemetery overlooking the nation s capital Seaman Earl Pailon Ryals 25, of Boca Raton Fla., was buried. His wife Susan accepted he husband s posthumous purple heart. More than 200 mourners gathered in a Small Churchin Adams Center n.y., for the funeral of senior chief Petty officer Robert l. Shipple. We celebrate the life of Robert Shipple a life Welt lived said the Rev. Kenneth Roadarmel of the Sev enl Hiday adventist Church. We remember him As Good Small boy who grew up and became an Honor to his Toton his Church and his  in South Carolina there was a Light drizzle As a 21-gun Salute and a bugler sounding taps signalled the burial of Petty officer 2.c. Jerry Boyd fair he showed a great love by laying Down his life for. His friends his countrymen and the Noble ideals of Freedom and Liberty the Rev. Marion c. Brazill said during services at the Faith evangelical lutheran Church on St. John s Wand. Petty officer . Randy Eugene Pierce. 28, was called a True Patriot who died in the service of his country in services at the first Baptist Church a Jacksonville Beach Fla. A private service was held at Florida s Mayport is for Petty officer i a. Steven Edward Kendall 30, of Honolulu. Bon voyage. May god bless you the Rev Leo Hosea Glover pastor of Benner Baptist Church in Bessemer ala., said Al the funeral of signalman Ron Nie George Lockett. Petty officer 3.c. Charles t. Holler of Columbus a was buried in fort Mitchell ala., where a military cemetery was dedicated just a week ago. A Cousin George Stephenson said he and Moller who was 27, grew up As  i cant say thai Chuck achieved greatness or wealth or High position according to our american Stan Dards Stephens said. But t can say from the Bot Tom of my heart hat Chuck was a great  communications specialist James s. Dunlap 20,was buried in his Hometown of Osceola Mills pa., after being eulogized As someone who made the ultimate sacrifice to maintain Freedom truth  in Troy mich., sonar technician Steven t. Erwitt was remembered at a memorial service attended by 200 peo ple. He was to be buried Laier in Arlington National cemetery. Tie debt we owe Steven is beyond measure said Navy chaplain a Wayne Batman. We will always walk in the Light of his  Seaman Jef Sibley. 21, of metallic la., a remembered by a former chs Sale Troy i Laclain who was in the band with Sibley at Grace King High school. He Walsall smiles always joking around Chatelain said. On thursday hundreds of relatives and Friend gathered to mourn and remember Antonio Armondo Daniels and Bryan w. Clinefelter at ceremonies in Greeleyville s.c., and at California s Riverside National cemetery. That night a crowd of i 000 people clustered inside the Richfield Springs . High school gymnasium to mourn Jeffrey Calkins and services were held Ian Orth Olmsted Ohio for Martin Jude supple an electronics technician. 4 men arrested in connection with foiled aids extortion Coper Belfast Northern Ireland up four me have been arrested in an extortion threat to inject aids painted blood into Chicken pies in stores in Lon Don in what a police source saturday said May to lilt world s first aids extortion  three we rearrested in Belfast. It All turned out to be an elaborate hoax for profit a Belfast police spokesman said. There was no danger to the Public Al All. Bui As a precaution the food mentioned in the letter were immediately pulled from the affected  in the Pool a Leller was sent to the main office of the Marks & Spencer department store Chain in Londo threatening to inject aids tailed blood into meat pics unless the company handed Over 350,000 pounds 1570,000 Al a rendezvous Point in Belfast. The letters claimed that the writer had aids would draw his blood and then inject in into Chicken pies on shelves in three London stores unless he was paid police said. I have nothing to lose for i have already lost the letter warned. Police sources said the letter demanded a payoff be handed Over Al a Belfast drop off Point but they declined to reveal How they traced the four men who were allegedly involved in the plot. One arrested Man was being flown from London to Belfast authorities said. Detectives said none of the men arrested suffered from aids and a Marks & Spencer spokesman said no food was tampered with although the targeted Chic Ken pies were immediately pulled from the Shelve. The spokesman added that health authorities had assured the store Chain there was no danger to health because the aids virus would not survive being injected into a food product. Two of the men appeared in court in Belfast sat urday on extortion charges and were jailed pending another court appearance. The other two including theone who was flown from London were to appear later. The store spokesman said no Public statements Wen issued after the extortion threat was received last tues Day because to do so would Only alarm the Public an full precautions were  other food contamination extortion threats have occurred in Britain and Ireland previously. In the past there have been a number of these threats to introduce dangerous Poison in food Union the extortionists demands were met a police source said. But As far As i know this is the world s first aids extortion caper. Of course in was All an elaborate hoax and the Public was never a  teen from Page 1 air traffic control Tower every time we went to the Airport she said according to Bild. German newspaper editorials on rust s exploits poked fun at what looked like a lapse of the soviets vaunted air defense system. In a commentary titled Amateur shocks a super Power the Frankfurt Neue Prusse said nothing could be More embarrassing a sport Pilot with about 40 hours experience lands in the Middle of Moscow on red Square in the ideological heart of a Tajii Dominion within earshot of Lenin s grave and Gorbachev s Kremlin  Vladimir i. Lenin the founder of the soviet slate i entombed in a mausoleum at red Square. Mikhail s. Gorbachev is  Soviel Leader