European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 26 the Star Sand stripes monday August 24,1987 pow Mia recognition Day proclaimed. a. ,.i a Hii Annc in of thru to resolve the a separate three member Barbara Calif. A president Reagan on saturday declared sept. 18 a Day of remembrance for Vietnam Era prisoners of War and those missing in action. Reagan said the nation will not rest until the Mia mystery is solved. Pc haps no american could cherish out country s Liberty More dearly than those who have defended it and in doing so have paid he Price of capture and imprisonment Reagan said. The president was acting on a Call in a Senate Resolution for a proclamation establishing sept. 18 As National pow Mia recognition Day 1987." Reagan said the pow Mia Issue will continue to be a matter of our highest National priority until it a resolved. We As a nation will not rest in our efforts to secure the release of any who May still be held against their will to obtain the fullest possible accounting of those still missing to re Patriate All recoverable american re Mains and to relieve the suffering of the families he said. Reagan was recently briefed at the while House o efforts l resolve the question surrounding pos and Las As the United Stales has stepped up efforts to renew the search for the 1,776 americans listed As mining in action from the Vietnam War retired army Gen. John a Vessey jr., Reagan s special envoy who headed a Mission to Hanoi earlier this month is sued a statement at the time saying his talks with vietnamese leaders were de tailed candid and constructive. Vessey briefed Reagan but has said nothing publicly since then a separate three member delegation headed by National Security Council Side Richard Childress met More recently in Vientiane Laos to discuss the search for the remains of about 5 so americans missing since communist forces Defeated a govern ment in Laos in 1975. Reagan said in his statement sat urday that the pow Mia hag will Fly Over the White House the defense and state departments the veterans administration and the Vietnam veterans memorial on sept. 18. Ril is a Rifle thousands in Baltic areas protest 1939 Hitler pact Moscow a sources in the Baltic Capi tals said thousands of people braved police barricades sunday to protest the 1939 Hitler Stalin pact that paved the Way for soviet takeover of Latvia Lithuania and was the 48lh anniversary of the Nan aggression pact that delayed soviet fighting in world War ii and deeded control of the Baltic republics to the soviet Union. Protests banned by town where Hess will be buried Wun Siedel Germany a Northern bavarian officials on sunday banned All protests after Neo nazis rallied to Honor former nazi Leader Rudolf Hess and police quickly arrested five people who defied the s lutheran pastor also barred Fune ral goers from singing the nazi linked Deutsch land deutschland Ueber Alles refrain at serv ices for Hess who died last is to be buried on tuesday or wednes Day in this Remote Northern bavarian Village. Hundreds mourn victims hear prayer for Slayer Hungerford England a hundreds of churchgoers wept and prayed sunday for the victims of Britain s worst mass murder and they listened to Brief prayer Forth quiet local Man who turned into a killer on a sunny summer anglican roman Catholic and methodist churches were packed As this Small Market town 60 Miles West of London United in grief and remembered the victims of Michael Ryan s massacre wednesday. Al the largest service in the anglican Parish Church of St. Lawrence parishioner Trudy pin Lens read out the list of 16 victims killed and 14 injured and then added and Michael Ryan May god have mercy on his Twa from Page 1 equipment and medical facilities there Prail said. Passenger Mike Mirabel an air Force Security offi cer on his Wuy to Italy said he was a Little nervous. At first when he was trying to drop the gear by dipping the people were screaming. Mirabel Tad. When he landed people were pretty quiet the plane landed on the main runway Al the base about to Miles East of is. Louis at 1 11 p.m., touching Down on its left Landing gear its front Landing gear and on its right engine. The plane gave off a Shower of Sparks As it skidded Down the runway but there were no flames Diamond said. The plane came to rest about two thirds of the Way Down the right Side of an 8,000-foot runway Diamond said. The right engine casing had bucked and the ground was dug up where the engine had gouged the Earth to Bridgeton travelling far ahead of 3 smaller tankers in Convoy Manama Bahrain a the mine damaged supertanker Bridgeton and two american warships travelled toward the Strait of Hormuz on sunday far ahead of a Convoy of three smaller kuwaiti Tanker escorted by two . Destroyers. It was nol dear whether the other tankers would Cash up with the Bridgeton later for the transit through the mail past iranian anti ship missile batteries. Meanwhile Iraq said is warplanes bombed the Ira Nian petrochemical Complex at Bandar Khomeini on the Northern persian Gulf coast for the second Lime in 24 hours. Iran did not comment on the report the 401,382-ton Bridgeton and the guided missile destroyer Kidd were spotted by a team from the no television network aboard a helicopter about 100 Miles Southeast of the smaller tankers. By Early evening the patched up supertanker one of the largest in the world was reported to be in International Waters inside the Gulf off the United Arab Emi rates coast. Even farther ahead the amphibious assault ship Guadalcanal and its sea stallion mine sweeping Heli copters scouted the Waters said Gulf based shipping executives and another group of reporters ported Lar us Rhoulh along the Gulf. The Bridgeton was damaged by a mine july 24 Offan iranian Island in the Northern Gulf but it sailed Tafel through the same Waters saturday for the return journey. The 8l,28j.ton a Isle City and the 79,w9-on Ocean City both tankers and the 46,723-ton Gas King a liquefied Gas Carrier bad anchored for 12 hours 50 Miles on Bahrain. It was the fifth Convoy of kuwaiti tankers flying the american Flag and escorted by . Warships to protect them from attacks by Iran which accuses the Tau. Oil Rich nation of backing Iraq in the nearly 7-year-old Iran Iraq War. Thirty six iraqi warplanes sunday bombed the key iranian petrochemical Complex of Bandar Khomeini on the Northern Gulf coast the second attack on the Complex in 14 hours the iraqi news Agency reported. My from Page 1 target Lone he said. That s a Success rate of 60 per cent which scores a d1 most places Obora agreed that Only five tests used the production version of the guidance system but noted the Bottom line for the accuracy of the system is belter than the design specifications Call the report summarized a series of hearings held earlier this summer by the panel s research and development subcommittee and its procurement subcommittee. The dispute is Only the latest controversy surround ing the peacekeeper the 10-Warhcad weapon that has been one of the main components of president Rea Gan s program of building new nuclear weapons. Reagan proposed building 100 of the weapons and putting them in land based Tilos at Warren fab in Wyoming and in Nebraska but Congress limited the total to 50 i because of criticism of the Basing air Force now is considering building 50 More and putting them aboard trains but Congress has nol yet approved thai plan. Thus far 22 of the weapons have been deployed bul one third of the current fore is not operational be cause of problems in the guidance system. Of the 22 deployed so far eight Don t even have guidance system and Are thus clearly and obviously unguided missiles Aspin said. The air Force says the other 14 Are Fine bunt has appointed a scientific panel to look into the issues which indicates the air Force in t so sure he noted in a report detailed the problems at Northrop thai led to the production problems and criticized the air Force for not having an adequate system of checks and balances an contractors. Instead of checking for Quality the air Force pushed Quantity and Northrop responded by building the pro Gram so rapidly that Corners were Cut the report noted. The right of the runway. Several passengers were slightly injured and were treated Al the said three or four passengers suffered minor scrapes and Bruise while exiting Down the chutes bul other reports put the number of injured at Between nine and 12. After the passenger were examined All except the Man with the injured ankle were taken by Twa bus i to Lambert officials spokesman Robert Blattner said 12 of the is Tengen were staying in St. Louis and the others were making connecting nights to other locations. Air Force Security personnel carrying a Fie and wearing camouflage uniforms kept reporters and others at least 200 Yards from the plane and Twa personnel and air Force personnel at the scene refused to Mcguire a civilian flight instructor who works it Scott witnessed the Landing from about a half mile "1 thought the Pilot did a real Good Job of it my Cuire said in a Telephone interview with the aug cited press. The Meuiner came Down and hit the gear Doon which were Down. The gear doors looked like they collapsed and the Jet came Down on its right engine and then it came to a Stop. Ii kind of awed to the right a Little bit bul it stayed on the runway. Then they Ihrck out the Emer gency exit chutes and the passengers were evacuated. Mcguire said he was giving a flying lesson when he Beard on the radio that the jetliner was being diverted to soon and he was Lold to return to the Field. In Chicago the Midway jetliner bound for Minne Apolis with about 100 passengers circled Midway air port for a Short period then dumped part of us fuel Over late Michigan and returned to land safely said Chicago fire department spokesman Bill Crowley. There were no reports of injuries Crowley said. The passengers were transferred to a jetliner that proceeded to Minneapolis the official Denver Richard Boulade Deputy director of aviation at Staplton said an air Canada Boeing 727 in route from Toronto to san Francisco with 110 Passen Gers landed saturday night after one engine malfunctioned. Air Canada spokesmen did not immediately return phone Calls seeking comment
