European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes Friday August 21,1987 2 More sept plets die 2 others in poor condition Liverpool England a the fifth and smallest of what were believed to be Britain s first set of Soplu pleas a Girt named Erin died wednesday and the two surviving infants remained in stable but poor condition Hospital officials  weighed Only 15 ounces when the Soplu Teu were born 15 weeks prematurely at Liverpool maternity Hospital on saturday. Earlier wednesday her sister Christy who weighed i Pound 1 ounce died. The surviving babies Laura and Kane remained on respirators in the no naval intensive care unit a Hospital statement  largest of the seven Jam weighing 1 Pound 10 ounces died before Dawn on tucs their Mother Susan Halton 27, had been taking Fertility drugs and gave birth to the sept Pledy caesarean Section at the Hospital in this Northwest port City. . Ambassador to Syria will return in september Washington a the Reagan administration in a step to improve relations with Syria has decided to Send . Ambassador William Eagle Ion Back to his Post in Damascus around sept. 1, . Officials said wednesday. The Veteran envoy was recalled last fall to protest what . Analyst concluded was a Pat Lem of syrian support for terrorism Over several years. Despite Eagleton s return the Middle Eastern country remains on the state depart Jent s list of countries that sponsor  an administration official in Santa Barbara 1 Calif with the vacationing president Reagan f confirmed wednesday night that Eagle Ion will be going Back to Damascus. The official spoke Only on condition he not be identified two other . Officials who demanded anonymity stressed the decision was taken before journalist Charles Glass gained his Freedom tuesday in Beirut and should not be seen As a j Reward for syrian intercession with pro iranian i groups believed also to be holding eight of heft americans captive a expert says dolphins Kilies common bacteria Norfolk a. A Hundred prof Del Klins m have washed ashore Frog Virginia to new Jerk this summer were pc Diwby common Ocean bacteria but scientists a Uncertain Whit was fatal Tihe mammals Warine pathologist Laid Wensby. We have a Tim Leipf Ballena that we be isolated said Cosmu Geraci Nead afar in vesting flute team. Geraci told  that the organism. Vibrio willed Mirr Ihan 200 Dolphin usually docs Jan cause wid bread death among the Anu Nawahe said the team ill conduct fur ther stir to see Why the dolmens immune d not fend it off. A an expert in wildlife Dis Feeal the Lenity of Guelph in Ontario canal also t no evidence has been found that the c " 1 endanger humans or other animals. Treasure Hunters retrieve Strongbox from titanic Paris a a Strongbox from the wreck of the titanic was brought to the surface by trea sure Hunters on wednesday after several Days of bad weather that prevented dives to the sunken luxury  Strongbox which was found last week a scheduled to be opened on live television oct 28. It was recovered 2w Miles below the surface by the mini sub Laulile according to sources at Taurus International who requested anonymity. Taurus International represents the French Institute for research and exploitation of the sea the Marine research organization that owns the  organizers have declined to speculate on the contents of the Safe which was los when the titanic hit an iceberg and Sank on its Maiden voyage from Southampton England to new York on apri ii4,1912. Crew failed to raise flaps crash investigators claim Romulus Mich. A the Crew of Northwest flight 255 apparently failed to perform routine flight procedures raising the possibility that human error May have caused the nation s second worst air disaster informed sources confirmed. The sources who spoke on the condition they re main Anonymous said the plane s flight data recorder indicated the Crew failed to set the Wing flaps to take off  source said a recorder that monitors cockpit conversation also indicated the Crew May have failed to go through a mandatory Takeoff checklist that includes the setting of the flaps. The flight recorder showed the flaps were left in a horizontal position and not extended downward As would have been required during Takeoff so that the Mcdonnell Douglas md-80 would have adequate lift said one  source emphasized that the information was a Minary and stemmed from an Early Reading of thet recorder. Tie Story was first broadcast Onne Day s Abc nightly news officials of the National transportation safely Board could not be reached immediately for comment there was no answer at Nosb s temporary office Here. Aviation sources although declining to comment specifically on the Northwest Accident said the general characteristics of the Takeoff reflect what Likely could happen if the flaps were improperly set a jetliner s Wing flaps Are extended at various angles to facilitate lift during Takeoff and Are retracted when  said there is no evidence in a review or a cockpit voice recorder which monitors Pilot Conversa Tonthat the Crew acknowledged setting the flaps while following their mandatory Takeoff checklist. Earlier in the Day officials said the plane apparently rolled Down the runway at Detroit metropolitan air port an unusually Long distance and that the nose of the plane lifted at an abnormally sleep Angle. Authorities Alio called on Amateur Wear her observers within a 2s-mile radius of Del Oil metropolitan Airport to give the National transportation safety Board any information thai would help investigators determine if weather played a role in sunday s crash. Also wednesday investigators look both of the air Craft s engines from the crash site to a hangar where they Are to be inspected. After inspection they Are Tobe sent to the Connecticut Headquarters of their manufacturer Pratt & Whitney to be taken apart under Nosb supervision. Investigators overcame earlier problems with decoding the flight data recorder and the process was to begin immediately said Nosb spokesman Mike Ben son. The tape will provide insight into the performance of the plane shortly before and during the crash. It is Likely to provide information for example on whether the aircraft had engine problems or encountered a wind Shear investigators said. A Northwest airlines Light Crew waiting to take off at the Airport sunday reported seeing flight 255 stay ing on the ground longer Ihan Normal during its Roll Down the runway before Takeoff said John Lauber an Nosb  appeared to be an unusually Long Roll he said during a news  same flight Crew had reported previously that the nose of the aircraft lifted off the ground at an unusually Steep  would t characterize the significance of that information and said evidence gathered thus far is too preliminary to Point to a cause for the disaster. He also said authorities want information Amateur weather observers May have for the Lime of the crash. 3rd Convoy sailing in Gulf Manama. Bahrain a the third Convoy of us warships and kuwaiti tankers slipped into the persian Gulf before Dawn to elude the iranian Navy and headed up the waterway wednesday behind a screen of mine seeking helicopters. They have really fooled us All a shipping executive said after learning the three tankers and three warships had passed through the dangerous Strait of Hormuz into the Southern end of the Gulf. A fourth Tanker unidentified tagged along in the dangerous Waters where Iran and Iraq have been at War since september 1980. About 50 Miles beyond Hormuz at a rendezvous off Dubai the assault Carrier Guadalcanal and two other . Warships joined the Convoy and apparently will Lead it to Kuwait at the top of the Gulf the Pentagon said. The Guadalcanal s eight Rh-53d sea stallion anti mine choppers scouted the water ahead. By Nightfall the hitchhiking ship had veered off and the Navy ships and tankers All flying the stars and stripes were reported Midway up the Gulf. The ships were to arrive thursday in Kuwait where four loaded tankers await escorts for the southbound trip. In Washington administration officials said the Pentagon ii tentatively planning to Send the four South immediately with tie same Navy escort making the current trip. They also said the Navy would Send mine sweeping ships to the Gulf Region from bases on the . Pacific coast in the War Iran said its artillery pounded iraqi Bor Der towns and warplanes bombed economic and Mili tary targets. A few hours earlier Iran had vowed retaliation for alleged iraqi air raids on civilian targets the Day before. Making this third trip up the Gilf Are the 294,739 Lon supertanker Townsend and twin carriers of Lique fied Gas the 46.723-ton Gas Queen and Gas Princess. In addition to the Guadalcanal their escorts Are the guided missile destroyer Kidd and the missile frigate Crommelin and Klakring which look hem through Hormuz and the guided missile Cruiser Worden and guid fid missile frigate Jamett it was not known whether the Convoy would Anchor overnight As the last one did to avoid travelling in the Dart through Waters thai might be infested with mines. On the first trip North last month the supertanker Bridgeton hit a mine 120 Miles from Kuwait near a fortified iranian Island used for speedboat attacks on shipping. The Bridgeton partially loaded is one of the four tankers in Kuwait the Convoy set out leu than a Day after a norwegian operated Tanker the 20,578-ton Osco Stern was fit by at least one rocket propelled grenade fired from an iranian speedboat in the outer Entrance to Hormuz. Damage was slight and no injuries were reported. Gunman from Page 1 a really began eight Miles outside Hungerford when he shot me woman in save make Forest in front of her two Young children As Urey were having a picnic. He then drove toward Hungerford stopping at a Gas Sta Tion and firing at a cashier who ducked and escaped injury. Just before 1 p.m., police got a report of shots being fired in the historic town on the 2,000-year-old roman Road to Bath. Police believe that was when Ryan killed his Mother Dorothy in the House they shared. He subsequently set it afire and firefighters were unable to reach the Blue because Ryan shot at them. Police Laid he collected a Rifle pistol and hand Gre Nade from a Garden shed behind the House went out into the main Street and began shooting. A policeman on his Trail was shot dead As he arrived on the scene in his police  sealed the town and appealed Over loudspeakers to residents to stay indoors. Police helicopters Hov ered overhead and armed reinforcements were rushed in Christopher Bowsher 29, Laid he saw Ryan stand ing holding a Kalashnikov Rifle on his Arm just like Runbom he threw the Rifle Down and held a pistol in his other  the gunman was pointing at people but he let two Little Girts run away he said. The attack was shocking in Britain where such Inci dents Art rare gun Laws strict and most police officers go unarmed. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher was informed  her office said