European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes sunday August 16.19b7 Ifo Pilot who flew near Reagan identified As awol a Santa Barbara and. Federal authorities have identified he Pilot who new Jingle engine Piper Archer plane dangerously near president Reagan s helicopter a pvt. Ralph William Myers Jet who was declared awol from fort Lewis. Wash., on aug. 3. We re confirming thai he is awol. We re reviewing actions both civil and criminal said Mary mime Ninen. A spokeswoman for inc . Attorney s office in los Angeles. Officials said Myers is in military custody. Bill Corb ii a secret service spokesman Washington said agents had questioned Myers in los Angeles late Friday. Natural Gas explosion rocks saudi coastal area Manama Bahrain a an explosion seen and heard Mil away rocked a saudi Ara Bian natural Gas Complex on the persian Gulf coast saturday and the saudi government said Jour people were injured. Other saudi based sources who refused to be identified by name said seven to 22 people were killed and As Many As is were injured in the Early morning blast in the Gulf of Oman a Small Supply boat exploded fatally injuring one crewman and Leav ing five others missing including the Captain Jerry Blackburn 38, of Hull England. It was unclear whether the vessel hit a mine As several have been reported discovered in the area. The vessel was owned by a United Arab Emi rates company the Gulf Agency whose main office is in Dubai. Authorities at he United Arab emirates port of Fuja Irah on the Gulf of Oman reinstated a ban on ships moving through pan of an offshore Tanker Anchorage after the Anita exploded about 10 Miles offshore. Blind Sailor takes a rest while boat is repaired St. George Bermuda a tired from Riding out a tropical storm legally Blind Sailor Jim Dickson rested saturday in Bermuda while his boat was repaired for the resumption of his attempt to Cross the  had left Portsmouth r.i., on aug. 4, bound for Plymouth England in his attempt to be the first Blind person to make the crossing. But he had to head for this British Colony 200 Miles out of his Way when his talking computer and automatic Pilot broke Down. The Side trip was lengthened by a tropical storm. Paul petronello whose Rhode Island base company designed Dickson s 36-foot Sloop the Eye opener boarded the vessel shortly after noon Friday and guided it lost. George. Retired Sailor found guilty of espionage gets 8 years san Diego a a retired Navy radioman Hii been convicted by a military jury or espionage while reworked As a civilian in a . Naval communications Center in the Philippines. Michael h. Allen who was in the Navy for 22 years was sentenced Friday to eight years at hard labor and ordered to pay a j 10,000 Fine. The Sis member jury deliberated for a Day before returning guilty verdicts on 10 of 12 counts. A 13th count was withdrawn Early in the Case. Allen 54, was convicted of giving philippine Intelli gence officers classified in formal Ion he knew could be used to the injury of the United Sipics or to the advantage of the Philippines during a six month period in 1984. Some of the documents he released were actually relied upon by the highest level of government in set Ting policy in the Philippines and in my mind that s a serious serious of tens prosecutor it. Mark wag goner said. Some of the documents concerned a planned coup against president Corazon Aquino by Juan Ponce Enrile Waggoner said in disclosing argument wednesday. Allen worked As a naval intelligence source for Morel an two years collecting  and criminal investigation information on about 100 Navy investigative service assignments. Alien faced a maximum sentence of life imprison ment and a dishonourable discharge. The government recommended 30 years in prison while the defense asked for leniency. After court was adjourned chief Jurist capt. George Morgan said the panel decided against giving Allen Adi honorable discharge because of his solid service re Cord prior to his retirement from Active duty. After the sentence. Allen said i be just witnessed she Graves injustice i be Ever encountered. Justice has not been  contras from Page 1 him it would be impolitic o pursue  my understanding was that they recognized the operational problems involved and they understood that in the interest of not incurring undue risk and danger to people trying to deliver things there was some operational need to permit that he said. The Miami Herald on Friday quoted a dec. 16, 1985, letter from Hamilton to Duemling opposing mixed loads and saying ii runs against the spirit of he Law to Wink at lethal use of transportation provided under the Guise of humanitarian  Hamilton was not available for comment Friday and did not return a message left for him. Slate department spokesman Charles Redman declined comment on the matter Friday and Abrams did not return a reporter s Call. However a stale department official said Abrams found the article on the Duemling interview Dis  we arc in the process of trying to obtain declassification of the documents in question so they can be released the official said. Duemling said he got policy guidance from Abrams that did permit a degree of latitude with the flights. But he said he and Abrams agreed that because the mixed loads would be politically controversial it was Only something we would have to do if sorely pressed not something we would do As a first  the two such flights he authorized were around february and March 1986, he said. One plane flew humanitarian supplies to i Lorango Airport in Al Salvador where it picked up weapons and flew them to the Aguacate Airstrip in Honduras. Both airfields were used by the con and by the private Supply network run by then White House Aidell col. Oliver North. Duemling said he did not recall whether the second flight made the same shuttle or flew into Nicaragua. A third flight he said also carried lethal Upp Liei but was not authorized and when he found out about it he refused to pay the contract airline that was flying the cargo. He said the Pilot had allowed Contra representatives to fill about 50 percent of the plane with weapons at i Lorango and delivered the Load to Aguacate. Duemling recently left the slate department to be president of the National building museum. Rivers from Page 1 poor health recently and depressed said Richard Grant a los Angeles based publicist for Rivers. A medical examiner was conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. Whartenby said the body was discovered by hotel Security guards after Rosenberg s agent called the hotel and said he could not reach him by Telephone. Rivers stunned the television world in 1986 when she broke off her longtime fill in Host relationship with Johnny Carson and the tonight show and jumped to the fledgling Fox broadcasting co. With her own show the late show starring Joan Rivers Rosenberg is often the Brunt of Rivers stand up jokes but friends said they had a Strong relationship. Rosenberg and riven were married 22 years ago and had one child Melissa born in 1968, Chicago from Page 1 the residence basement was 7 feel deep and the 14-Story building had been with out electricity Gas or elevator service since Friday afternoon. The a Plaines River Rose to nearly 4 feet above the 6-foot flood stage overnight at Riverside. The River was expected to risen additional 6 inches said Dietrich. Many Northern Illinois residents spent the night in Relief shelters or with rela Tives while others stayed up All night cleaning their Homes. It s very difficult to get them to leave. And there could be sanitation problems what with the sewage and All said Mark Neuman chairman of the Northern Coo county disaster services Center. Gov. James a Thompson declared Cook county and do Page county stat disaster areas and ordered about 300 National guardsmen to help residents pile about 400.000 sandbags m communities along the Des Plaines River said Greg Durham assistant director of the stale emergency services disaster Agency. Durham said the state declaration would enable property owners to seek reassessments of damaged property to reduce taxes. But he doubled damage estimates would reach the $40 million total of Lasi fall s flooding when president Reagan declared the counties a Federal disaster  weather service blamed the in tense storm on an unstable air mass mix ing Cool air 10 the North with warm very moist air. Thirty Miles South of Chicago Only got an Inch or an Inch and a half of  said meteorologist Bob Collins. Mae Mcalister 66, of rolling Meadows was one of 25 people forced to spend the night in a High school shelter. The water came up almost to the Ceil ing of my  she said. I wanted to stay bul they said we had a Gas leak and they turned our electricity  Commonwealth Edison co. Reported about 5,000 customers without electricity saturday Down from 42,000 late Fri Day. About 30,000 customers were without Telephone service after wafer drenched a switching Center said Illinois Bell spokesman Dick Hill. He said it could be monday before service is restored. In the South flooding along the Biloxi Tchula Cabuffa Pearl and Wolf Rivers followed 13.7 inches of  from wednesday through Friday said Wade Guice civil defense director for Harrison county miss the  River Rose Over 16 feel in three Days and that s never happened before he said. The weather service predicted that the River would Crest Al 18 feet id feel above flood  300 people remained out of their Homes saturday in Mississippi s Harrison county and about 55 people in Jackson county officials  Cla Ifield = = and Coupon on Page 12 of the stars and stripes