European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Whits water country stripes Magazine q army id lab adds personnel Page 5 d Randy Barnett s car Corner Page 13 q team Canada tops soviets Page 17 the slurs ripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed vol. 46. No. 152 thursday. September 17, 19b7 Irmi. 06693 a Bork denies he acted illegally in firing Cox Washington a supreme court nominee Robert h. Bork wednes Day denied thai he had acted illegally in firing special watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox 14 years ago and said that he did my utmost la make sure the investigation into the Nixon administration went Forward. My moral and professional lives were on the line if something happened to those investigations Bork said As he recalled lie dramatic events of 1973, which culminated in the resignation of president Nixon. Bork also disclosed hat he had re buffed a request from the White House to resign As a top Justice department official Ai the time and become Nixon s chief watergate defense lawyer he said he convinced Hen White House chief of staff Alexander Haig thai i was nol the right Man for the  Bork stiffly turned aside a suggestion from sen. Howard Metzenbaum id Ohio that he had acted illegally in firing Cox in whal became known As the sat urday night massacre. No i Don t think it was senator Bork said in the opening moments of the second Day of his confirmation hearings. Bork said he had fired Cox because Nixon had Given him a Legal order to do see Bork on Page 24 Shultz reports Progress in Shevardnadze talks Washington a Secretary of slate George shull2 wednesday reported some Progress on arms control issues As he renewed or Summit talks with so Viet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze. The headway Shutlz said had been reached by a group of . And soviet negotiators and weapons experts who met for three hours tuesday night and also by a separate group that deals with . He did not provide any details in a Brief Exchange with reporters after meeting for More than an hour with Shevardnadze at the slate department. Despite initially downbeat . Forecasts the to sides have made ruled claims of Progress Ever since the foreign minister began his talks tuesday. They arc designed to Iron out differences in the Way of a treaty10 ban . And soviet intermediate Range nuclear missiles and Over human rights and Afghanistan Aswelt. Asked what he though of the optimistic statements see Shultz on Page 24 6 Hurt in Man Euver copter crash by Mark Walsh and Tim Boi vis staff writers Kirch Lintel. Germany six . Soldiers were hospitalized when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed As exercise certain strike charged into its third Day wednesday. The uh-60a helicopter assigned to he troop 1st in with Cav brigade air combatant ton Hood crashed near Linsburg 30 Miles South of Bremen. Hospitalized were chief warrant officer Roy a Westbrook the Pilot 1st it William Marchbank the co Pilot sgt. Dean Jones the Crew chief and Passen Gers maj. Richard Powell capt. Michael j. Teribury and Isi it. Laurence Shaber. The conditions of the injured soldiers were nol re leased wednesday afternoon. The Accident occurred at 12 10 . While the Crew was on a reconnaissance Mission said capt. Michaelg. Monnett a 111 corps spokesman there Are conflicting reports. It either hit the Tower or the  the helicopter burned on Impact and was reduced to a seven foot pile of rubble. High voltage wires were lying on the ground and draped Over Trees nearby. The lop of an electrical lower was damaged and hanging toward the ground. Power was disrupted for a Shon time. It was also announced wednesday that a British see crash on Page 24 ariane liftoff App Laie a european spare Agency mine 3 up re rocket lights up the French Guin sky during ill fret launch in 16 months following series of launch failures. See Story on Page 2. The Constitution Many things to Many people teens think Union could be More perfect charter s a mystery to some Survey finds by the situs Tad stripes ask the average Scricc member in Europe about . Constitution and he s Likely to plead the fifth. That s the finding of a random sampling conducted by the stars and stripes on inc eve of he anniversary of the document which turns 200 today. Dozens of Scricc members declined to be quizzed on the subject despite a concerted information pro Gram Over the last year aimed at bringing members of the military up to Speed on their nation s charter. Of those who responded Masl had trouble naming the first or last Amend meals did t know the Bill of rights and were Only vaguely aware of the repeal of prohibition. While respondents arc split on the question of the continued on Page 3 kids Quick to spot Vori cry Reay matters Bidav Walczak Mainz Germany Ilaoa gusts son Lay the Constitution does t quite suit his tute. V in hit opinion a More perfect Union would ensure that be can Luve a pizza when 1  Moo we erne of 34 fifth grader at Mainz a ement Arv asked by the Stan and stripes to write opinion about the 200ctr-old document while we Civ we jew like Jual i Bitt gun control and Loo Iran Centra Flur Ned upon i a number of ,. Numy it neb for. Instance questioned Why so kids on Page 3  writer ka1serslautern High school students say the More perfect Union thai Constitution Cramers sought to define 200 years can use a Lille perfecting. Where for Ampie is a Freedom often provision Rene Taylor s plea for an end to adolescent injustice was one of Many suggestions made to Alicr the Constitution As Kaiserslautern High school juniors and seniors responded to questions posed from the stars and stripes on inc eve of the Constitution s 200th birthday Taylor lacked the clarity of prow bul none of the Fervour of the Constitution s framers in outlining her proposal under which teen agers get to have like our own counsel and have certain things that we gel to do see Union on Page 3