European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes northerly breezes bring cooler weather to Greece Athens Greece a temperatures fell below 100 tuesday As northerly breezes helped Cool off a nine Day heat wave in Greece that has killed 683 people kept hospitals on Alert and had residents fleeing the steamy capital. Temperatures in Athens dropped to 97 de Grees tuesday from 109 on monday. It looks like the heat wave finally is Over said a weather Bureau official who declined to be identified. The Athens weather Bureau predicted highs or around 97 until the end or the week followed by lower temperatures. The hot weather moved into Cyprus and officials in Nicosia Cyprus capital placed medical services on Alert. Sixteen people died of heart and respiratory problems since monday and they May have been affected by he record tying temperature or 111 fahrenheit. Residents began resuming to Athens tuesday after seeking Relief from the heat in the country Side. Political motive suspected in appliance firm blast Munich a police tuesday said a political motive could be behind an Early morning blast at a household appliance company that caused some 5,000 Marks j2.777 Worth of damage to the building. No injuries were reported in the predawn blast at the Bosch Siemens firm according to police. A police statement said a bomb consisting of about 2.2 pounds of explosives packed into a Green school bag was left in an inner courtyard of the Bosch Siemens building and set off with an electric timer at 3 . No one was working in the building at the time of the blast and damage was limited to one broken window and damage to several shutters the statement said. A 3,000-Mark ,666 Reward was posted for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the blast according to the statement. Senate panel approves Greenspan s nomination Washington of tie Senate banking committee voted unanimously tuesday to approve the nomination of Alan Greenspan a for Mer presidential economic adviser to be chair Man of he Federal Reserve Board replacing Paul Volcker. The panel also voted 17-3 to approve the nomination of David s. Ruder a Northwestern University business Law professor to be chair nun of the securities and Exchange commis Sion succeeding John Shad who resigned after six years to become ambassador to the nether lands. Of czech woman die when car skids off Road Oltersdorf Germany a 1st army div tidier and a czechoslovakian woman were killed late monday when their Auto skidded off the Road and hit a House a division spokesman said tuesday. Maj. John Shea said the 23-year-old Soldier apparently lost control of Bis car on a curve before hitting the House in the town of Ellers Dorf just South of Erlanger. The names of the Soldier and Hii a year of passenger Are being withheld pending notification Oil relatives Shea said. Wednesday july 29,19b7 Meese says funds Deal surprised president from Paga t diversion of profits. In fact North has testified Case knew All along. Meuse described in painstaking detail the twists and turns in his fact finding inquiry that climaxed nov. 25 with his Public disclosure about the diversion of arms sales profits to the contras at a Lime when direct or indirect . Military Aido he rebels was prohibited by Congress. Mccase testified about the moment he told the presi Dent what he had teamed about the diversion of arms sales profits. Reagan was quite surprised and indicated that he had not known anything of this Mcnese said recalling the nov. 24 meeting with the president and the former White House chief of staff Donald Regan. Meuse did not characterize Many of the statements made to him by North Poindexter and others. But asked by House Republican lawyer George Van a Csc whether it appears thai full disclosure was not made to you the attorney general replied that in May appear that Way based on the material that has been made Public in subsequent months. Meese defended his handling of the inquiry last fall and said there initially was no hint that criminal activity was in any Way Meuse said he began his review first to Clear up apparent confusion about the facts surrounding Israel s Safe of -made weapons to Iran in 1985. He then told How Bis investigators stumbled on a document in North s files describing How profits from direct . Sales to Iran apparently had been diverted to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Even after personally confronting Nonh Meese said he Felt there was no obvious criminality involved. Bui asked by House committee lawyer John Nields or. If he realized he was looking into something other than confusion Meese replied yes very definitely. There was a whole new aspect of the situation me Csc said my own counsel was to support the secret Sale of arms to Iran when he was asked nil opinion in january 1986. He said he advised the presi Dent it was Nepal la withhold notification of Congress for a Brief period. A desc was the second Cabinet officer to appear be fore the House and Senate investigating committees at hearings that entered their 11 the week tuesday. He told How his investigators came upon the diver Sion memo in North s files and then described his own interrogation of the Csc aide. Meuse said he first asked North to describe the Iran arms Sale activities of 1985 and 1986 without telling him he knew of the diversion memorandum. He said he then showed the memo to a surprised North who conceded that the diversion had taken place. North explained that $12 million had been diverted directly by the israelis to three Contra Bank accounts in Switzerland Meese said. North thus apparently concealed from Mcnese that la Money actually was Chan need through Swiss Bank accounts controlled by two North associates retired maj. Gen. Richard second and iranian american businessman Albert Hakim. Al 11 crash in Scotland kills Crew of 2 from it of and press Dii punches an air Force Al 1 if bomber crashed during a Low level training flight in Scotland on tuesday killing both crewmen aboard authorities said. The name of the Pilot was withheld pending notification of relatives but the 3rd air Force Headquarters identified the weapons system operator As capt. Phil lip d. Baldwin 32, of Kansas City to. The Jet from the 4sth tac fighter Wing i it the ground about 1 h Miles from Lauder 25 Miles South of Edinburgh. A Wingman from another Al 11 reported the crash to the Edinburgh Rescue coordination Center at about 12,35 p.m., said a spokesman for the Royal air Force Rescue service. The airman milking the Call said he saw no sign of the Crew ejecting from the air plane the spokesman said. Raf search and Rescue helicopters were sent to the scene of the crash. The crash site was about a Quarter of a mile from the nearest House he said. No injuries on the ground were reported. The air plane was on a routine training Mission when the Accident occurred said master sol. Phil Haines a 48lh tac fighter Wing spokesman. The plane was the second Al 11 from Raf Lakic Heath to crash this year. In february a plane went Down in Newmarket about 10 Miles South of the base. The Pilot and the weapons systems officer ejected from the plane and survived. The Al 11 was built for the air Force As a a wig Wing fighter bomber in the late 1960s and Early 1970s by general dynamics. It employs a capsule Type ejection system in which an explosive charge is used to separate a capsule from the Craft. The capsule then Falls to the ground under a Parachute. Al is from the 48th were used in the april 1986 bombing raids on Libya. Haines said there would bean investigation into the cause of the crash. Summit from Page 1 particularly America the soviet Leader said. Once Glitman advised the soviets that their latest offer was acceptable the while House moved swiftly to dramatize the Progress and to claim credit for in. Reagan revised a scheduled speech to a group of scientists and businessmen to declare that the climate is now receptive loan Accord Banning the . And soviet intermediate Range missiles. Referring to his own proposal in 1981 that All such missiles be scrapped Reagan said that until last week the soviet Union had insisted on whal could have been a major stumbling but Gorbachev agreed last week to destroy the 33 triple warhead ss-20 launchers with a Range of 3,12i Miles that the soviets intended to store in their asian territories and 50 ss-j2 single warhead launchers with a Range of 565 Miles that also Are targeted on China Japan and South Korea. Reagan said the United states had reiterated its insistence that both categories of medium Range missiles be reduced to Zero and we Are pleased that the Sooj Eis now endorse both concepts another key provision however reflected american acquiescence to soviet demands. None of the perching ii and cruise missiles the United states would with draw from Western Europe would be modified into other types of nuclear weapons. Nor can the . Rock Els be turned Over Lonato allies. Chief . Negotiator Max m. Kampman in a government sponsored telecast to Western Europe also noted the Progress and said we Hope to proceed to final drafting of a missile reduction treaty which would be Reagan s first after 6vj Yean in office. But Kampelman sharply criticized the soviets for continuing to insist on the destruction of american warheads that would be placed on 72 penning i a missiles that Ait in German hands. He said the soviets were being mis Chivious and it s not for us to decide whether the germans need the missiles far their own looking for a pen pal find one in the stars & stripes classified and Section find your Coupon in thursday s stripes Magazine. Addi Liona coupons May be picked up at your local stars and stripes Bookstore
