European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 nov a Brief the stars and stripes thursday july 23,19b7 37 pounds of heroin found on Jet at Heah London a  37pounds of heroin in a raid on up Rubian air ways jetliner at Heathrow Intaj Lional Airport customs officers said to Cdv the raid late monday is inc biggest heroin seizure in Britain ii Char a customs and excise department Offlio said. Two men a Jamb Ian and an Indian were being quest bomb tuesday about the drugs which were pad in the suitcases of passengers and Crew Hving on a dc-10 flight from Lusaka the zambian capital. Cui Brns officers had been monitoring  after 5.5 pounds of heroin was ind in a trash can at the Airport last week. Air controller suspend after making mistal Newark . A  con troller who directed two  inter National Airport to take offline same time on intersecting runways Hauffen temporarily relieved of duty for reviling the Federal aviation . The Pilot of a Jpn Inetal airlines 737 Jet was told by the Cona Fller to use evasive action after liftoff to  the other Craft a twin engine proper plane from Holiday airlines inc., said aka spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen. Theja planes continued their journeys with Oul i Iceni last thursday Bergen said. Towing Standard procedure the uni Dentt con Rolter was temporarily taken off his con 1 position for retraining she said. 2 jets bump each of on ground at Chiaf Fairport Dayton Ohio a a two commercial jets bumped into each Oij tuesday at the de parture Gates at Daviot to Nia Vional Airport but neither was Sena damaged. Piedmont aviation  p. Carlson said. One of the Plapp a Piedmont Boeing 727-200 bound for Judas with 87 passengers was delayed for Oak four and 45 minutes. Repairs were made a jets Tail which sustained a Small tear Carusd said. We were pushing it Back and we dined in into the Tail of a United Jet  Boeing 727 suffered some minor i he said. No information was i Roedi available on its destination or the number passengers it carried. Carlson said he did not Lieve it was delayed. Delta defends its pilots in 2 close Call incidents Atlanta a Delta air Livere not Al fault in the to latest tar Lilot sits in Les Day. I tots Cor single car mile of a h at Sacra solving Delta jews. Airline officials Delta spokesman Bill Berry restly handled a close Call in Gine Cessna came within a Delta Boeing 737 on Landing memo. Calif and Federal aviation  officials confirmed that air a aft control problem were at fault when two tfx jell came too close to each other  Over Virginia. Delta spokesman Jira King said tuesday that there was no danger a killer aircraft. Pete Nelson Naffaa spokesman in new York did Delia hit 47 and Delta right 589had been inst Buto enter a holding pattern because of conf for problems at the Atlanta air traffic control denier. The aircraft should have been about Emilei apart but came within 1.3 mite of eur bother he said. Ther pc no involvement of the Delia flight Crew of Terr just following instructions to. Whether the controller made Aoril was a series of things in the sys to Emfs much too Early 10  come under Faa scrutiny because string of incidents involving Pilot error or Danical failure during the part iwo  officials have defended the airline s safety 1 and say the incidents Are unrelated. 2 soviets syrian launched into space for rendezvous Moscow up two soviet cosmonauts and a syrian air Force lieutenant colonel blasted off from Theba Konur launch site in soviet Central Asia wednesday for a rendezvous in space with two cosmonauts now their 167lh Day aboard the orbiting Mir space station. The joint soviet syrian Mission scheduled to Las until july 30, is the 12th soviet flight with an International Crew. The soyuz tm-3 spacecraft was launched slightly behind schedule at 5 59 . Moscow Lime. The launch which originally was scheduled to be broadcast live on soviet television was shown on tap during the morning television news program. More than hour into inc flight All systems were reported functioning  three Man Crew consisting of flight commander Alexander Victorenko 40, flight Engineer Alexander Alexandrov 44, and Mission researcher syrian la. Cot. Muhammad Ahmed Paris 36, is scheduled to Dock with the orbiting Mir Complex Early Friday. Ink p it is a great Honor Tor me a citizen of the syrian l Arab Republic to make a space flight As a member Wolfi the International Crew aboard the soyuz tm-3, fans 1 said in a pre launch statement carried by the official Tass news Agency. Victorenko a Veteran test Pilot but a space Rookie said the Mission would play a positive role in boosting soviet syrian and soviet Arab Friendship. Fans who has been in training in the soviet Union since december 1985, told Taw before the launch that he was slightly nervous but excited about the night. I feel proud of my fatherland which i now taking the first strides on the Road to space to the stars he said Syria is the soviets staunches ally in the Middle East an area where the Kremlin has recently been seeking to expand its  Mir which has six Docking ports is to serve As the Hub of a permanently manned orbiting soviet space station and manufacturing Complex the chief goal of the soviet space  its launch in february 1986, the Mir s Basic Structure has been expanded 10 include living Quarter for at least six cosmonauts and an Independent Astro physical Laboratory called quantum. It a not yet been announced if Victorenko and Alexandrov will relieve the two soviets already on the i Mir Mission commander Yuri Romanenko and Enaje Leer Alexander Lavi Ekin or if they will remain in i Ace to iry to exceed the endurance record of 2371 Lys set in 1985 by two soviet cosmonauts. A it Poindexter from Page 1 did t Tell the director of the Central intelligence Agency members of the Cabinet the secretaries of state and defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff the nation s highest military officer some of us Are justified in asking ourselves and in this Case i will ask you this can you Tell us whether information is being withheld from us today or during the past week Inouye asked. Or. Chairman said Poindexter absolutely not. 1 have not withheld any information front this hearing that i can accurately recall. What i testified As i swore at the beginning of these hearings is the absolute truth and the whole  one Point tuesday Poindexter read a letter from a woman in Conyers ga., which he said was representative of a thousand such letters he said he has received approving of his work. The woman criticized the news Media As  Congress she said had become greedy to gain Power and control in All areas and these hear Ings have driven this Point  tempers grew Short As Poindexter s lawyer Richard Beckler repeatedly complained about his client being kept Loo Long for what Beckler said were documents being introduced at the " 11 in hour rep. Jack Brooks a Texas referred sarcastically to  s testimony that the american people vote for a candidate s foreign policy when they vote for president Are you suggesting the millions of Ameri cans were in favor of sending weapons to the Ayatollah in Iran he  Poindexter most americans did t think they had enough information to make decisions one Way or another. Most americans feel those kind of tactical decisions should be left to the president the committees took a Day off on wednesday. The hearings were to resume thursday. In an interview with Public television Inove said that because of Poindexter s spotty memory  Tant matters it is Likely that Well Dean up the investigation with Many empty  it will not be a Complete record Inouye two. Therefore there is this gnawing question that All of a have is he withholding any information from us to this moment Poindexter was questioned about a lunch he had with the late Cia director William Casey last nov.22, a Day after attorney general Edwin Meese 111 began an investigation into the Aims sales to  remembered few details about the meeting. It seems to me. That this was an enormously important meeting with you and Directo Casey said sen. Sam Nunn Imja and yet you seem not to recall anything about it except that you had sandwiches at the same Lime that saturday luncheon was going on two blocks Distant Meese was learning Over lunch from two of his top aides that they had thai morning discovered in North s files a memorandum that spelled out the Money diversion. In other testimony released by the committees tues Day one of North s co workers i. Col. Robert Earl said that Al the time of the two lunches North was walking across the while House compound with a 3 in me we dub Vair Poindexte with the White House version of his predecessor As Reagan s  said he Felt that Reagan would have approved the scheme in which funds front iranian arms sales were Given 10 the rebels in Nicaragua but he said he never mentioned the plan to Reagan. The Whitehouse response was thai the president would not have Given his approval. _. The former adviser differed with Mcfarlane about whether the Boland amendment which forbade mos government Aid to the Conru during 198 did 1986, applied 10 the National Security Council Mcfarlane said yes Poindexter said no. Skipper from Page 1 Day to warn away a launch chartered by Abc new As that vessel headed toward the Bridgeton. The Bridgeton and the  Prince will be escorted by the guided missile destroyer Kidd the guided mis Sile Cruiser Fox and the guided missile frigate Crom Melin in an operation code named Earnest  Yonkura assessment was similar to that of Cap William Malbis. Commanding officer of the Fox. A this did to Don t think Iran will attack but i Don know for ii ire. I have to take the threat extremely  the ships have been on an Len status known As condition three in which armed guards walk the deck checking for would be terrorists who might try to attack from Small boats. In addition sailors continuously Man the so Caliper machine guns another one of the defences aboard the vessels. Since the five ships arrived in the area two Days ago they have fended Oft a number of Small boats chartered by news organizations. The boats have neared either the Tanker or the Navy ships and have been chased away either by Navy helicopters or in one instance by a flare fired from the Cron Anclin. Under Navy Security procedure when the chartered boat approach either the Navy warships or Lank in they Are called on the Standard commercial radio Channel and asked 10 identify themselves. The boat which identify them adv As repro tenant news organizations Are still asked to Kave because Navy official say they can t be sure of the radioed identifications. Editor s note Tim whetts who covers  is tuts in h tue instant for the associated press pled this report As the not service  in  Nii Jia pout Al Ifa Mph the Navy in the persian Gulf