European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday july 2,1987 Reagan chooses Bork for court vacancy from Page 1 presence lilt the court to the right an a variety or contentious social issues. Powell has been inc swing vote on Many of those issues often siding with moderate justices rather than the conservatives. Reagan introduced Bork his fourth supreme court appointment in 6 a Yean this Way judge Bork widely regarded As the Roost prominent and intellectually pow Erful advocate of judicial restraint shares my View that a Justice s personal preferences and values should not be part of their constitutional inc Preta Lions. The guiding principle of judicial restraint recognizes that under the Constitution it is the exclusive province of leg isl lures to enact Laws and the role of the courts to interpret them. We Are fortunate to be Able in draw upon such an impressive Legal mind an experienced judge and a Man who Al ready has devoted so much of his life to Public in addition to his tenure As an appeals judge and As solicitor Genera in the jus Tice department Bork was a Taw professor for Many years at Yale University. Reagan made his selection less than 24 hours after lop aide carried the names of a dozen potential names to the Senate where the list Wax discussed with both democrats and republicans. In giving the democrats a Peck at Aboul a dozen prime candidates the presidential aides Tenily wanted a tense from the chair Man of the judiciary Commilee and the Seador of the Senate if any problem would arise from thai representative list said sen. Joseph a Biden jr., decl chairman of the Senate judiciary panel. And they got it Biden said. Burden flew to the meeting from Chi Cago where he briefly interrupted his Campaign for the democratic presiden tial nomination. The other democratic participant was Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd do a. Clearly there Are some on there who i believe would go through like a hot knife through butter Biden told report ers after the 45-Minule meeting. Others he said have hard edges with ideologically honed Points of for them Biden said it would be a very hot summer and a very hot earlier a Csc and Baker discussed the list with Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas and Strom Thurmond rank ing Republican on the judiciary com Mittee. A congressional source speaking Only on condition he not be identified said the list included at least six Federal a pct late judges and two senators. The names included Bork. Other Appel late judges include Richard a. Posner of Chicago j. Clifford Wallace of san Diego William Wilons of Columbia . Pat Rick Higginbotham of Dallas and Cornelia g. Kennedy of Detroit Biden said there was More than one woman on the list the source said other names on the list were sen. Orrin g. Hatch a Utah prominently mentioned As a court possibility and sen. Howell Heflin a Ala a conservative and former stale supreme coun chief Justice. Zuurmond said after the Republican meeting that 10 to 12 names were on the White House list. Powell who retired from the court last Friday has been the swing vote in Abor Tion cases. He usually backed a woman s right to have an abortion. Robert pm photo elections from Page 1 ing in 1980. He said work already had begun on releasing political prisoners and other measures. No matter How Good a system May be it is of no use if the people do not want it Chun said. I believe that the intrinsic function of politics is to Cany out the Public opposition leaders hailed the speech and said the government had acknowledged that the korean people wanted democracy and an end to the authoritarian that have dominated the nation since its rounding in 1148. Kim Young Sam Leader of the main opposition re unification democratic party said the government and the ruling party have set Forth the measures for democratization but they resulted from the persistent struggles by the people students religious people intellectuals and the opposition launched a massive drive june 10 to unseat the government and to Force democratic elections. Hundreds of thousands of people from every Seg in Cal of society poured into inc streets and Riol police Wen unable to contain the huge demonstrations which lasted through saturday Cardinal Stephen Kim head of the roman Catholic Church in South Korea which has been a major proponent of Reform said wednesday "1 Hope that from now on. Politicians of the ruling and opposition Camps transcending partisan interests would make concessions and work for the nation together.11 Rod head of the governing democratic Justice party who had been handpicked by Chun to succeed him As president stunned inc nation monday by de manding that the president submit to opposition de mands Rob another former Genera said he would resign if Chun did not agree. Chun said the discord that has Long dominated korean politics must give Way to dialogue and Compro Mise. The legacy of mistrust antagonism arbitrary Rule and extreme confrontation that persisted Over the past four decades must now be consigned to the Dustbin of history he said. C-130 crashes during exercise lolling 5 fort Bragg , a a c-130 cargo plane crashed and burned wednesday during an exercise at fort Bragg killing five people officials and witnesses said. The crash occurred about 100 Yards from bleachers tilled with spectators. Four air Force crewmen on the plane were killed As was an army Soldier on the ground said Cape. Brian Irving of adjacent Pope fab where the four engine Turboprop was based. The plane was displaying a technique in which a Parachute is used to pull a tank or other vehicle out the rear cargo door White the plane is Only a few feet Oft the ground officials said. The Man Euver performed in front of a crowd of civilian and military spectators was part Ofa military exercise open to the Public. She the air plane came in Low hit the dirt and skidded off into the Woods said sgt. Joe Walls a Public affairs officer at Pope. An eyewitness who identified himself As t. Mcdow Ell told the Fayet Leville observer inc plane appeared o make its approach to the staging area at a Steep Angle. With its right Wing toward the ground. The plane dropped a Sheridan tank and one of the plane s wheels appeared to touch the ground. The plane Slid 1,000 Yang Down a dirt runway in front of the temporary bleachers before crashing in flames into a Cluster of scrub Oaks he said. Mcdowell Laid inc crowd Rose in unison and there was pandemonium Tor a few minute As some spectators tried to run out on the drop zone to help. He said military police quickly moved to Block off the area. Marcus Castro a photographer for the observer said some spectators collapsed and were carried away. Castro said the plane appeared to approach too Stee ply and everybody in the stands knew something was he said the tank dropped by the plane appeared to hang on the Edge of the Load Bay de seemed to be wedged in the Bay Tor an unusually Long Castro said the plane struck two or three army vehicles at the Wood line and be saw at least one Man near the vehicles before the plane hit. He said military policemen with dogs searched the soldering wreckage. Hezbollah from Page extremist group in the capital. Ii also followed a British television report that three other hostages two of them americans have been moved to Iran. A source close to the syrian command in West Bei rut earlier expressed optimism the contacts with Hezbollah would result in freeing Glass but ruled out the possibility of syrian use of Force. Syrian officers in Beirut believe the abduction of Glass and two lebanese moslem june 17 was de signed to shake and discredit the syrian Security plan initiated in february. In what appeared to be part of Ine tension Between Hezbollah and the syrians the motor Tad of Hezbollah s spiritual Leader. Sheik Mohammed Hussein fad Ejllal we fired upon at a syrian checkpoint South of Beirut late tuesday sources said. The sources said syrian troops at the Airport High Way checkpoint fired warning shots in the air after Fadlallah s Convoy failed to Stop for identification. A source close to Fadlallah said the incident is the first of its Fadlallah s bodyguards returned the fire and the Convoy moved on without further incident or injuries the sources said. The lebanese hostages including the defense min ister s son were freed a week after their abduction which pc cured Only 100 Yards from a syrian Check Point into Beirut s Southern suburbs a hotbed of extremist activities where neither the syrian nor Leb anese armies Nave control there has been no word on Glass a Veteran Middle East correspondent and Abc television network re port Ron leave of absence to write a Book. Class is one of nine americans believed held hos Lage in Lebanon. . May Send copters to find Gulf mines Washington Dpi at least 10 underwater mines have been found near Kuwait s Oil port and the United states May tend helicopters to Kuwait to keep the area free of such explosives Penta gon officials said tuesday to ensure that Navy warship escorts of ii re flagged kuwaiti Oil tankers do not run into mines the Pentagon May lend five my in mine sweeping helicopters with 200 maintenance and support personnel to Kuwait the officials said. The mines were not free floating they were moored to the Bottom of the 30 mile wide Channel in International Waters leading to the port of Ahmadi. That indicates that the mines were deliberately planted and did not Drift Westward from water off Iraq with which Iran has been at War nearly seven Yeara. Kuwait has issued a warning to Mari ners to stay Clear of the ii annul Between inc Gulf and Ahmadi until it can be assured that it has been swept dear of mines the officials said. Four ships recently struck mines in inc Channel and the Navy Cam was tent to Kuwait to determine if mines deliberately were being sown in the waterway. There had been speculation thai mines were planted olt Iraq by Iran and had broken Frt. Of their mooring and drifted toward kuwaiti Waters. At least 10 mines or soviet design which one source said May have been made in North Korea were found in the Channel by an 13-Man . Navy team of mine warfare specialists equipped with sonar devices operated from Small Boals the officials did. All were disarmed without incident they did. The appearance of mines off Kuwait adds a new element of risk to . Plans to begin the Convoy style escorts of the kuwaiti Oil tankers although administration officials dismissed them As a minor obstacle that can be overcome with mine sweeping ships or helicopters. Mines Are something we can Deal Wajih one official said. But if the mines were sown by Iran As most observers believe it May of a scare lactic designed to encourage a wary con Gress to Force the Reagan administration to Diop the escort plan
