European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d support grows Lor Gulf danger pay Page 2 d air Force suspends Omraam testing Page 5 d orioles beat royals 2-1 for 9th in Row sports Page 21 uth Okito in Orrieux. Public Tio of vol. 46, no. 9b saturday. July 25. 1987 n. 0 8693 a re flagged Tanker hits mine Kuwait a a kuwaiti Tanker flying the american lag under Navy is con nit a mine in the persian Gulf Fri Day As it passed an Island fortified by iranian revolutionary guards. No injuries were reported among Ilic 26 people on Board the giant Tanker Bridgeton bul the vessel look on a Brief delay it proceeded on to kuwaiti Waters and was turned Over to Kuwait. See related Story. Page 1. In Tehran Iran prime minister Hus in Musavi called the incident an irreparable blow to America s political and military he said the mine was planted by invisible Iran s islamic Republic news Agency monitored in Nicosia. Cyprus quoted Musavi As saying he hoped the Wise men in the United Stales have Learned a lesson and will now put an end to their tension creating adv mures in the per Sian worshippers at Tehran University responded to news of he mine blast by chanting death to the .a.," and persian Gulf of ran the graveyard of Reagan and we will fight we will die but i a a the giant kuwaiti Tanker Bridgeton carrying the american lag. In � photo taken before it Street a mine in the persian Gulf. Shultz derides Poindexter s Bright ideas. Washington a Secretary of state George Sulu Friday rejected a suggestion he should have threatened to resign to pressure president Reagan to abandon secret arms sales to Iran an said details of the Iran Contra affair make him feel like i d like to wring somebody s Shutlz s voice dripped with sarcasm As he disputed former National Security adviser John Poindexter s testimony thai Only his National Security Council staff had any ideas for gaining the release of american hostages in Lebanon. A terrific idea. Let s Trade the Dawa prisoners for inc hostages he said re Ferring to terrorists imprisoned in Kuwait. Fantastic. Lord deliver us from such Bright ideas As testifying for lie second Day at nationally televised hearings Shultz fended off gentle questions about whether he should now resign from Reagan s cab inet Over the affair. Shultz said he was glad that $10 Mil lion solicited from he Sultan of Brunei and intended to assist the Nicaragua Contra rebels never reached a Bank account maintained by middlemen Rich Ard Secord and Albert Hakim. "1 was glad the numbers or something had been transposed on inc account and they did t it their hands on it after All he said. Sometimes i feel like i d like to wring somebody s Shutlz was praised lavishly by Many committee members for his testimony but rep. Henry Hyde r-ii1. Challenged him to explain Why he did t threaten to resign As a deterrent to Reagan s secret arms for hostage initiative. Hyde asked Shultz whether he thought you could have slopped in dead in its tracks and if you could to you and defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger could replied Shultz " i doubt it very the Secretary then heatedly defended continued on Page 28 crowds Greet finishers of Nijm Egen trek suit writer Nijm Egen Netherlands accolades and Flowers showered nearly 28,000 marchers including More than 800 . Service members at fridays finish of the grueling four Day marches at Nijm Egen. I never had anybody ask me for an Auto graph before but 1 think it s great said spec. 4 Ralph Hodges of Chicago. I Don t think any body will ask me for an autograph again. Hodges took Lime of from duties with he co. 5th in 502nd inf regt. To March with the Berlin brigade learn. Gray skies failed to Dampen spirits among closing Dey crowd thai swelled the City s 14 ,000 population by More than 100.000 people a March spokeswoman Saij. The marches have Hcan held under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands league for Phi see nil Merem on Page 28 Safe of emergency called after storms in Minnesota Minneapolis a gov. Rudy Perpich declared a stale of emergency across Minnesota Friday As residents struggled to clean up after storms that spawned tornadoes and record rain killing two people and damaging hundreds of Homes. It s impossible at this Point to determine just which counties Are involved said state Public safely commissioner Paul Tschida. That s Why he s making i is a statewide a Tornado spinning 160-Mph winds roared through suburban Maple Grove on thursday night causing is million in damage to up to 300 houses. There were widespread Telephone and Power our Gas. The Airport was closed for almost eight hours and hundreds of cars were stranded throughout the area. The rain shattered a 95-year-old record leaving 10inches at Minneapolis is. Paul Airport on thursday night and Friday morning. The old re Cord of 7.8 inches was Sel in july 1893, and Normal rainfall for the whole month of july is 3.s inches. The two deaths were blamed on the rainfall. It was an incredible storm said Jim Campbell head meteorologist Ai the National weathermen ice in Minneapolis. He win the Shrai wave that Lias had the Eastern third of inc Nain in a sweat grip or the last week was a Factor. We had a High pressure system to the South of us bringing up warm and humid air across the twin Cit ies and a cooler drier air in up to the North of us and a front dividing the two air he said. The front stalled Over the twin cities area allowing the Long hours of heavy ram. Lie said. I think the lord is sending Down the great flood i m isl waiting for Noah s Ark in come floating by said Robert Wise 21, of Minneapolis who was stranded in a restaurant after his car stalled on a flooded Street. Some interstate in the area remained closed Friday because of flooding and hundreds of a Hields that stalled or were caught in the norms thursday night remained in ditches and along roadsides. We Here in this area Are not unaccustomed to heavy Blu Ards in the wintertime but we re seeing More cars stalled Alising Roadway now than we be seen in and said Minneapolis Deputy police chief feb cart Luu the heavy rom forced stun companies to close for part or All o f the Day. The Bloomington headquarter Sof control Dju corp. Was closed annl noon Friday a Seu storms on Paga 2b
