European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday july 3,1987pagu 2f a Reagan nominates Bork to court vacancy from Page t Malion As a member of the . Circuit court of appeals for the District of co Lumbia in 1982 after being nominated by Reagan. The president said that when Bork got that scat the american bar As Al him its highest rating " Reagan called so Gnagie to con firm Bork before the coun Tau a in october but democrats ser _ _ they want to examine his qualification thoroughly. Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd,d-v/.va., said he was reserving judgment but said there arc some Lin Gering concerns with respect to the Sal inlay night massacre As Well As interest in some of Berk s appellate opinions. Sen. Joseph Biden d-dcl., chairman of the Senate judiciary committee and a presidential candidate said in Houston he will not now take a formal position on Bork. However he indicated he has doubts about the nomination and predicted a fight in the Senate. He said that in a meeting tuesday with White House chief of staff Hov Ard Baker and attorney general eds Melesc Iii he told them he Wanjura nominee in the same Mold an open mind conserva who in fact did not come to the Burt with a Brief on How he Wargn to the Agenda quite frankly fled them 1 was t All certain that is writ that Mold Biden said. R Biden a fold he was pulling together a panel of scholars o review Bork i record. He said he was concerned thai Bork appears to be settled in All his views. He appears and i emphasize appears be cause i have nol read All his cases to be someone who has a very Sharp Edge As to How he would like to see he court sen. Howell Heflin d-ala., predicted there would be the most Complete and exhaustive investigation of any supreme court nominee. In Patrick Leahy Dot said he Tate vision Bork being confirmed before of Fluta gust recess. He said that with l highest court his vote wow " abortions would not be a think we have to take a look All Liberal criticized on abortion and said he Wagert As opposed to civil rights and Civje Art Kropp Erin Tive director of the civil liberties Penis people for the Amer ican was i about 40 Liberal lobbying Organ inns met tuesday when Bork in lined As the leading contender i nomination to plot an opposition a pain. He said his 270,000-member group alone would spend several Hundred thousand dollars to lobby against Bork with newspaper ads paid broadcast announcements and direct mail. Everyone is geared up for this i said. This is a watershed nomination. You la see More opposition than you be Ever seen from the civil rights and civil liberties Community. No one is holding Back on Bork once said that the supreme court s 1973 decision legalizing abortion was a classic instance of the court imposing its morality on local jurisdictions. He said abortion should be a matter of local control. He also has complained that sup court decisions have extended tonal protections and Feleai a Brity far beyond their proper in a 1982 spec Knapply criticized High court dec Morton abortion sexual Freedom pm Hilly types of free express Ion. A court responds to the press and r school faculties Bork said. The personnel of the Media Are heavily left Liberal. Their values Are quite egalitarian " by. White House officials said bad Tough fight in getting Bone s nor i a through the judiciary committee an a tasted a filibuster from opponents on i Biden is going to be to is a Democrat and he s running h Dent and he s a Liberal and Bork is a c Serva Tive one official said. Their going to be opposition As there would be to any conservative candidate officials said they were confident Bork would be confirmed e nit Aljy. Reagan discussed the nomination ear Lier in the Day in a meeting with vice president George Bush Baker and Dep Uty chief of staff Kenneth also met briefly with sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina the rank ing Republican on the Senate judiciary committee. Robert any no Mhz for the supreme court is viewed Al apr decision forthe president but Ibi of takes on added significance because portrayed in testimony As the Central figure in Gan izing and directing a private foreign policy net work involving millions of dollars in secret . Arms sales to Iran and Diversi in of the proceeds to the contras. North s private testimony a prelude to unlimited Public questioning scheduled to begin next tuesday was compelled by a Grant of limited immunity from prosecution by the House and Senate Iran con Ira committees. North can still be prosecuted on evidence obtained independently of the testimony. About 12 moored mines found in kuwaiti Waters . Says Washington not about a dozen Moore mines have been found by american specialists in shipping lanes to Kuwait in the last four Days Accord ing to Pentagon officials. There were conflicting reports As to whether the mines had been destroyed. The use of moored mines is a new development in the Long War Between Iraq and Iran. It comes at a time when the Navy is preparing for its first escort of Kuwait tankers preregistered under the . Flag into the Gulf sometime next week. The United states signed an agreement with Iraq tuesday with procedures designed to avoid military incidents such As the iraqi air attack on the . Frigate Stark in mid May which killed 37 crewmen. The mines were found moored in International Waters in the Busy Al Ahmadi Channel. Kuwait has declared a 10-mile exclusion zone around the mines and is rerouting shipping. Defense department sources say the mines which Are assumed to have been placed in the Channel by iranian Are More of a nuisance than a threat but add that they cannot be ignored. Kuwait has supported Iraq against Iran and Iran has frequently attacked ships bound for Kuwait. Four ships have struck mines in the Gulf since mid May but none have sunk. It was thought Al first that some of the mines were free floating dropped by the iranians or perhaps thai they had j Ken Loose else where and a fled into the kuwaiti Waters. It is not known when or How the mines were does not have special mine laying ships but it does have speedboats thai have been operating in the upper Gulf. A 19-member team of mine specialists based at Charleston . In the persian Gulf to study the mine threat discovered the mines. Measures can be taken to neutralize or destroy them but it is Uncertain whether this has been done a Pentagon official said he believed the mines had Bee destroyed but a Navy officer said they were still in place with their Sites marked to warn ships. The Pentagon said a team of mine specialists fro link Creek va., is on its Way to the Gulf la has sonar devices that provide easier and More accurate identification and location of mines or other obstacles. Crash from Page 1 the ground officials said. The new Leuver performed in front of a Croud including families of 82nd airborne div troopers was part of a military exercise open to the Public. Irving wid he did not know How Many spectators were in the bleachers which were designed for 5,200 people. Cape. Donald sensing a spokesman at Pope said the Landing gear to always extended for the Man Euver and it is no unusual for the wheels to hit the ground. We really saw what it did t do sensing said. The aircraft should have gained Altitude but in did not. Then the aircraft went out of tight and the next thing we saw was a Ball of there was a malfunction Irving said where the malfunction was or what caused it i really could t speculate. Something just went the plane s Tail Section was nearly three fourths of a mile from where the Lank was drooped on the runway. Debris was scattered Down the runway with the plane s tailgate Only a few Hundred feel from the tank. Witnesses id the tank appeared to hang on the Edge of the tailgate Ai the plane skimmed 5 feel above the runway. Authorities estimated it was travelling about 50mph. A witness who identified himself As t. Mcdowell told the Fayel Leville observer the crowd me in unison m the plane skidded Down the runway and there was pandemonium for a few minutes As some spectators tried to run out on the drop zone to help. He did military police quickly blocked off the area. Marcus Castro a photographer for the observer said iome Spectator collapsed and were carried from the area
