European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes news briefs British Tanker attacked in Gulf sources report Manama Bahrain a a British flagged Tanker was attacked and set afire monday apparently by iranian gunboats off an iranian held Island i it the Northern persian Gulf shipping Salvage sources reported. Two members of the Crew were reported miss ing in the attack on. The 102,799-ton Tanker gentle Breeze the sources said. The ship was sailing empty in route to Kuwait when the attack occurred said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. The attack took place about 9 . Some 20 Miles West of Farsi a Smalt Island thai is used by iranian revolutionary guards for speedboat attacks against Neutral shipping in the area. Earlier monday Iraq said its warplanes flew More than 300 Miles into Iran monday and stated bombing raids that set fire to an Oil pumping station near Tehran Iran. The official iraqi news Agency monitored in Nicosia Cyprus said the jets hit inc Ezeh pumping station which supplies the iranian capital at 12 15 . It said other planes bombed a Power Plant and a factory near the Northwestern iranian City of Bakh Laran formerly known As Kermanshah. A military communique said the iraqi jets scored accurate and effective hits in All three raids and resumed safely to their base leaving their targets  wrecking Crews begin demolishing Spandau Berlin a wrecking Crews moved into Spandau prison monday Little More than a month after the suicide or its last prisoner for Mer Hitler Deputy Rudolf Hess and souvenir Hunters were offering 100 Marks about $55 for one its infamous red bricks. Plans Call for the 600-cell prison to be razed and the site to be turned into a Large shopping Center for British soldiers stationed in West Ber Lin. The prison is in the British controlled sector of West Berlin. The four world War ii allies who technically still govern the Western sector of the divided City decided to demolish the 19lh-Cenlury Struc Ture to prevent it from becoming a shrine for nazi sympathizers. He and six other nazi War criminals were imprisoned in Spandau after world War ii. Hess 93, hanged himself in Spandau on aug. 17. The former nazi Deputy fuehrer had been Span Dau i Only inmate since 1966. Armed British soldiers stood guard around the prison to prevent souvenir Hunters from Tak ing any bricks. Posted signs said they had orders to shoot at intruders. British officials have refused to say where the debris will be dumped. Repair work to disrupt an radio in Heidelberg Heidelberg an radio reception in the Heidelberg area Wilt be interrupted today and Mannheim pm reception might be disrupted thursday the Heidelberg an radio transmitter on frequencies 1143 am and 104.6 pm will be off the air from about 9 30 . To 4 30 . Today because of equipment repair and improvements Usa eur said monday the Mannheim pm frequency is scheduled to change from 101.9 to 107.3 pm on thursday which might also result in a broadcast outage. An Stuttgart will broadcast further information regarding radio transmissions during its local programs. Tuesday september 22,1967 Germany detains Iran air Jet until passenger gets of to exit by the stars and stripes Frankfurt German authorities monday detained an Iran air jetliner Al Frankfurt International Airport for several hours because a passenger was barred from disembarking after a flight from Iran. Authorities stopped the plane from returning to Tehran Iran after they Learned that a 34-year-old Ira Nian was not being allowed to exit in Frankfurt As he wished a customs official said. Border police spokesman Ralf Pistor said iranian Security personnel aboard the plane would not Lei the Man exit German authorities became suspicious when customs officers were not allowed on Board 10 make their usual Check he said. The iranians argued that the Man had committed a crime in Iran Pislor said. Our standpoint was that the 34-year-old Man had a right to remain in Germany because he had a valid residence permit he said. Following several hours of negotiations the Man was allowed offal 3 30 . And taken into custody for questioning by German Security officials. The plane was cleared for Takeoff at 5 . Without the usual customs inspection. 2 German soldiers die in collision with . Soldiers Utility vehicle Ansbach Germany is two German sol Diers were killed and to . Soldiers and one Ger Man Soldier injured near Ansbach Friday when the americans vehicle blew a tire and struck another vehicle a German police spokesman said monday. The 596th Maint co soldiers were taken to the army Hospital in Nuernberg where the Driver pal. 2 Tammi Hajjo remained hospitalized monday the passenger spec. 4 Edward Matthies was treated and released Friday night. Haijo s condition was not available monday said Cape. De Gribbins 3rd support come spokesman. The German army soldiers were on their Way Home for inc weekend said Karl Mayer Ansbach police press spokesman. Two were pronounced dead at the scene and one was in serious condition in an Ansbach Hospital. Preliminary German and military police investigations showed that the two . Soldiers were in a com Mercial Utility cargo vehicle travelling on autobahn 6 near Ansbach at 2 . Friday when the left front tire blew out causing their vehicle to veer across the High Way and strike the other vehicle Gribbins said. Mallies is assigned to Mannheim. Hajjo is stationed in Darmstadt. Accident from Page 1 shaped charge part of the m-180 exploded. The War head portion of the device which contains 40 pounds of explosives did not detonate. The shaped charge is designed to blow an initial Hole in the ground which enables the warhead to penetrate to a greater depth creating a larger Crater. Dye said there was nothing uncommon or unusual about having so Many soldiers around the device. The Range was set up round Robin fashion with the soldiers visiting Many stations to familiarize them selves with different types of demolition. Had the de vice been set up 10 detonate then Only a Small number of soldiers in the firing party would have been  he said the unit was using the m-180 kit instead of the m-270 training kit because the unit intended to Tel Onate the device the following Day. Dye said the investigation found no negligence on anyone s part and no one was relieved of duly. The safety officer and Range noncommissioned officer were present on the Range at the time of the explosion but not at that station Fie said. Recommendations from the investigation Call for All modified m-s7 firing devices to be suspended army wide until further notice. Also use of training devices should be used in lieu of live explosives. When con ducting training that requires live munitions the immediate Vicinity should be restricted to the necessary Crew and Trainer the report said. It also recommended that a policy be established that the detonation circuit of any munition should never be armed unless the device is intended to be detonated. Further it said the army technical manual for them Iso demolition kit should be reworded suiting that the safety bail should be in the Safe position. Reagan from Paga 1 Effort to end the War which enters its eighth year wednesday and to Stop spreading the false accusation thai somehow the United states rather than the War itself is the source of tension in the Gulf. Such statements Are not Hel  when the tension diminishes so will our pres ence he said. After taking the Rostrum Reagan met privately with Perez de Cuellar v of resumed to new York last wednesday after to Days of talks in Iran and Iraq on the cease fire Rosoli a. A senior administration official who spoke on condition of Anonym a said the president told the , Secretary general to it he is sceptical about Iran s intentions in regard to the Iran Iraq War. The official said Perez de Cuellar replied that inn feels they have already made concessions1 and that Iran probably will give no definitive answer on a cease fire tuesday. Reagan outlined his vision of the world s future in an annual address that took a relatively mild stance toward the soviet Union except for the criticism Over the Gulf and a demand for immediate withdrawal of the soviet army from Afghanistan. After nearly eight years a million casualties nearly 4 million others driven into exile and More intense fighting than Ever it s time for the soviet Union to leave he declared. The delegates from Iran and Afghanistan were not in their places in the Hall for Reagan s 25-minute speech. Declining to appraise the president s remarks. Soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze said afterwards i will give a speech on wednesday Bork from Page 1 rationalized paths to his negative ends Young said. Wailing in the wings As the committee began its second week of hearings on the Bork nomination were supporters of the Federal appeals court judge. Meanwhile sen. Bob Packwood r-orc., who is not a member of the committee told a Capitol Hill news con Ference he will Vole to deny confirmation after the Issue reaches the full Senate. Packwood said Bork s restrictive View of privacy rights threatens women s rights to Abor Tion established by the supreme court in 1973. The democratic controlled Senate is sharply divided aver Bork s nomination with Leaden saying the outcome of the Battle is too close to Call. A final Senate Roll Call is not expected until october. Boric named by president Reagan to succeed retired Justice Lewis f. Powell testified for a grueling five Days lost week a record for a supreme court nominee. Leading off the opposition witnesses on monday was William Coleman jr., who was transportation Secretary in the Ford administration and now is chairman often Acap Legal defense fund. The senators spent More than two hours with col nun the first of scores of scheduled witnesses this week and next. The committee members explored Fine Points of Law and the Constitution and also exchanged Sharp rhetoric Over Bork i fitness to serve on the High court. Coleman chided senators for missing the Point of his testimony. Coleman said he was not attacking boric personally but based his opposition largely on the nominee s Long held criticisms of supreme court Rul Ings that expanded individual and civil rights