European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday August 22,1967 Foro Hays Decommer i Secir ext a Ion resident Reagan adj Hays for a year seadog the . Pacific session revealed dial Alfredo Cesar a in los an i hotel Fric Job normally Cami a two year term a the president has decide Dot  through september 1988, said. Thunderbird tour includes Stop in China Washington a the thunderbird inc air Force s Aerial demonstration team has added a far Eastern tour to its 1987 schedule that Wilt include a first Ever appearance in China the Pentagon said. The far Easl tour will begin on sept is i Honolulu and conclude oct. 17 in Brisbane Australia. It will include 15 Aerial demonstrations in nine countries including a sept. 24 appearance in the skies Over Beijing. The tour will be the first to the far Easl for the thunderbird since 1959. Besides China an Australia the team will perform in Thailand the Philippines Japan South Korea Malaysia Singapore and Indonesia. Reagan plans meeting with Contra leaders Santa Brbara Calif. Of rident Reagan will Noel with . Force leaders Nen Veek to demo Iube hit commitment to the cobras who Louse spokes Man Martin Fitzwater Filz Waler confirm wednesday by con said the meeting a Geles  staying. A i would Saj Khey Are going Little to discuss he  plan filzow Lucr said. He said Kagan will Confer with Alecx Mem Bers Ofik contras governing dire cute in Ludig of. Enrique Bermudez a one Lif off. Anastasio Somoza s National nude now is commander of he resistance s arthem front. Aussie 68, is oldest to swim Channel Folkestone England a a 68-year old australian on thursday became the oldest person to swim the English Channel. Clifford bait from Palm Beach on Queens land s Gold coast swam from France to eng land in just Over is hours arriving at the South Ern England port of Folkestone according to the Channel swimming association. The previous oldest crossing was by Ashby Harper of Albuquerque n.m., who was 65 whence swam from England to France in i9b2. Hess family doubts death was suicide wuns1edel, West Germany a Rudolf Hess son May ask West German authorities to conduct a second autopsy on his father s body the Hess family lawyer says. The family disputes Allied assertions that the 93-year-old Hess death on monday was a Sui cide. It depends on further investigations attorney Alfred Seidl told reporters thursday when asked if Hess family was considering a second autopsy British officials say their autopsy of the nazi Leader s body showed he died of asphyxiation after wrapping an electrical Cord around his  in West Berlin s Spandau prison. They also said a suicide note was found in his pocket. Earlier thursday the body was flown from West Berlin to Bavaria for eventual burial in his family s cemetery plot in the Remote Village fwu Siedel about 11 Miles from the czechoslovak Border. Gunman practice shooting Day before . Massacre a Longerford England a the Man who shot 29 people in an afternoon of death fire and Wail ing sirens took target practice the Day before the Mas Sacre and cheerfully shouted Sec you about Cheerio to others As he left the Range a shooting club official said thursday. Michael Ryan a gun collector shot himself to death minutes after speaking to officers who surrounded him at a school where he took Refuge. He left 14 dead including his Mother and 15 wounded. Of the 14 still hospitalized 12 were reported in satisfactory condition. Myrtle Gibbs 63, was reported doing very poorly and 34-year-old Ian Playle was in critical condition. Ryan s apparently motive less rampage wednesday in Hungerford 60 Miles West of London raised con Cern about whether the nation s Tough gun taws Are Strong enough Andrew White a staff member at the Tunnel shoot ing club which Ryan joined five weeks ago said he spent an hour practice shooting there on tuesday. The club ii at Devizes 25 Miles West of Hungerford White said in a television interview thursday with the British broadcasting corp he phoned in the morning and said could he come and shoot at 2 in the afternoon. He shot for one hour paid his Range fee of 1.50pounds s2.41. He used two targets no problems and he just left the Range. He was a very polite Man. Very articulate smartly dressed in casual clothes. He gave us no concern at  while said Ryan. 27, called out cheerfully As he left the Range see you about Cheerio White said Ryan was an average shot and very safely conscious each Lime he used the Range. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher flew to nearby Swindon to visit the wounded at Princess Margaret Hospital. It s an evil crime she said. This is something unknown to this country. It is unique. It just came out of a summer s Day like this. Dawn came like any other Dawn and by evening it just did t seem inc same Day. It was just another  the massacre was the worst in Modem British history. Police issued a statement saying ii is a Complete mystery. We genuinely do not know Why he did it. Chief Constable Colin Smith of the thames Valley police told a news conference that when finally cornered Ryan seemed Lucid and reasonable in talking with police. He expressed concern that he had shot his Mother Smith said. He expressed the View thai it was strange he could shoot other people but he could no shoot  soon afterwards however he fired that last shot. Ryan lived quietly with his widowed Mother in this town of 5,000 people. He worked Only occasionally Asa construction labourer. Neighbors described him As a Friendly polite loner. Iran from Page 1 ing of United Arab emirates coastal Waters and this week s iranian commando attacks on the yugoslav ship Wen in line with justifications provided by the United slates for its presence in the  american operated supertanker carrying iranian Oil was damaged by a mine aug. 11 in an Anchorage just outside the Gulf and off the United Arab emirates port of Fuja Irah in the Gulf of Oman. We Are stressing that Iran is making efforts to use its Fleet and Clear mines in International Waters and that by using mines Iran is not refusing Security to shipping in the Gulf. Rather we Are trying to us our maritime capabilities to defend our coastlines Khar Razi was quoted As saying. Earlier thursday Iran declared the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz which separates it from the persian Gulf free of mines. Tehran said the iranian Navy had destroyed four mines during a six Day opera Tion in the  radio accused Britain of using mine sweep ing As a pretext to drag West european allies into a Gulf powder Keg that could destroy them. Britain and France have dispatched mine sweeper to the Golf area. Five other nations in the Western european Union repealed their insistence on free navigation at a meet ing thursday but did not join the British and French in committing ships. The five Are West Germany Italy Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands. . Navy officers have been concerned thai bad weather particularly blowing Sand and dust could hamper the helicopters scouting for mines. Earlier thursday As it passed the Halfway Pom of the 550-mile voyage through the persian Gulf to Kuwait the Convoy was shrouded in a Haze of Sand Borneo Gusty winds. Visibility was Down to half a mile As winds up to 23 Mph and Waves up to five feel impeded the Convoy Progress said Gulf based shipping sources who spoken condition of anonymity the three lankers in the Convoy Are among 11 kuwaiti vessels to be re flagged with the stars Ana stripes and put under . Navy escort. The aim of the Rea Gan administration operation is to shield kuwaiti tank ers from attacks by Iran which regards Kuwait As an ally of raq in the 7-year-old Iran Iraq War. Body from Page 1 not the result of any hostile fire. Five men some of whom were injured were rescued after the helicopter went Down and the body of another was recovered. Duparl and the other two were subsequently declared missing. By Parl who also went by the first  of Omar had previously been identified As a passenger on the helicopter assigned to duty with the Navy s Middle East Force. The Pentagon has identified the two missing men As it. William e. Ramsburg 31, of Scotland s.d., the Pilot and air Force it. Col. Horace s. Gentle 44, of Morehead n.c., a passenger and  the . Ceu Lral come. The crash was the second fatal incident involving americans in the Gulf in a iwo Mouth Span. Thirty seven sailors were killed when an iraqi Pilot tired two missiles into the Stark a guided missile frigate that be mistook for an Banian target in the nearly 7-year-old Gulf War. The sh-3g sea King helicopter was attached to helicopter support so 2. Based in Norfolk a. The sea King is a Large single Rotor twin engine aircraft built by the Sikorsky aircraft division of the United technologies corp. Ii is familiar 10 Many americans because a variation of the same helicopter is used to transport the president. Command from Page 1 maintaining Crist s authority Over the entire Middle East while ensuring that in the event of a crisis a Navy Admiral is on hand to ensure the Battle groups work together. In other developments thursday sources said defense Secretary Caspar w. Wein Berger is reviewing a proposal to provide imminent danger pay of is 10 a month to servicemen serving in the gulfs Waters. Congress hat been prodding the Pentagon to Grant the extra pay but the administration his shied away from such a move by arguing thai .personnel Are not in any imminent danger. The arguments ire similar to a separate dispute be tween Congress and the administration Over whether to invoke the War Powers act the 1973 Law which limits a president s ability to Send troops to areas of imminent danger without congressional approval. Pentagon officials said the guided missile frigate haves had sailed into the Penman Gulf 10 relieve the guided missile Cruiser Fox. The turnover was describe Das routine and lied to the upcoming replacement of the aircraft Carrier Constellation and its Batlle group by the Carrier Ranger in the Northern arabian sea