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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, September 23, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 33.1587the stars and stripes finally Back together  master sol. Michael Newman holds a photograph of hit Selfond his Mother Elsbeth Mundl left during reunion in Schwa Tafurt Germany. Mundi put Newman up far adoption shortly after his birth 38 years ago. The two were reunited after years of searching when new Man came id Germany for the a forger exercises. See Story inside on Page 8. Aba foes of Bork concerned Over his extreme views Wasiqi Niton some Amer ican bar association lawyers challenging Roben u. Bork s fitness to serve on inc supreme court arc concerned about his comparatively pm Ferne views respecting constitutional  Aba officials revealed monday night. The disclosure came Al inc end of a Long Day and evening of to Alimony before inc Senate judiciary committee during which Bork was attacked by civil rights leaders and defended by four former attorneys general. The Aba to Alimony was submitted by Harold a Tyler head of the association panel thai reviewed Bork s record for More than two months. Tyler Lold the committee four flee 15 panel members believe Bork is not qualified. Be cause of concerns Aslo his judicial temperament Tyler said a fifth member of the panel voted not opposed 10 Bork. It was previously disclosed that the panel voted 10-5 in finding Bork Well qualified its highest rating for prospective justices. Earlier Atlanta mayor Andrew Young said bark is a protector of privilege and Power rather than Opportunity and free  had Bork s views prevailed in the United states and particularly in he Sputh Young told the committee non violent protest might have been under mined with harsher racial conflict inc result. Meanwhile sen Bob Packwood r Ore who is not a member of the com Milieu Lold a news conc Nincic he will Vole against Lark and would be willing to join in a filibuster to Block his confirmation monday s hearing was generally Low key. Bul Asil stretched into the evening there was an angry Exchange Between sen. Howard  a Ohio one of Bork s harshest critics and former at Torney general William French Smith. Metz Chaum said you can walk Down any Street and find women who arc Wor ried about Bork s position on privacy rights. What you have done is propagandize hat Issue Smith said. In Borders on dishonesty and it Border on lying to the american public.". To addition to Smith former attorneys general Edward Levi William sax he and Withiam p. Rogers testified for Bork. Leading off the opposition witnesses on monday was William t. Coltman jr., who was transportation Secretary in the Ford administration and now is chair Man of the a act Legal defense fund. He said he was not attacking Bork personally but based his opposition largely on the nominee s Long held criticisms of supreme court rulings hat expanded individual and civil rights. No Over Confidence cited in fatal blast by Connie Dickey staff rtt a Frankfurt an instructor  inc safety pin of the m-i8q cratering kit was a contrib uting Factor to the Hohenfels training Accident that killed three soldiers and severely injured 12 others june 2s, officials said monday. According 10 a v corps report the main cause of the Accident was mechanical failure of the Elf it firing device called a modified a . The firing device is issued As Pafvrfffielvf-1 so demolition kit Cral Cring. Of staff sol. Jose Phi act Dewease was very knowledgeable and experienced in the use of them id Kil and of jets intercept soviet spy plane Anchorage Alaska up two . Jet fight ers intercepted and turned Back a Seldom seen soviet spy plane off the Northwest coast of Alaska air Force officials reported monday. Air Force intercepts of Sovil aircraft flying near the coast of Alaska have increased recently but the surveillance plane steered off Friday is rarely seen in the area said master sgt. Jack Hokanson of the Alaska air come. The air Force scrambled two f-15 Jet fighters from their base in Galena in Central Alaska to intercept the Sovie la Yuthin Iho nicknamed a coot in the Chuk Chi sea 70 Miles Southwest of Cape Lis bume. It was the 23rd Lime this year that air Force Jet fighters have intercepted soviet aircraft in International air space around the perimeter of Alaska. In those incidents 42 soviet planes have been steered away from Alaska and Back toward Siberia. By comparison the air Force conducted 17 intercepts of 34 soviet aircraft off Alaska during All of last year. Another one of the big cargo like intelligence gather ing planes was intercepted june 16 South of Adak an Aleutian Island where there is a naval air station. Hokanson said. Many limes was called on to demonstrate in to sol Diers said la. Col. Jake Dye of the v corps Public airs office. Is was the primary instructor for the Crater ing Ufi Villon the Day of the explosion Kukull Juht Accident   the Nirdi and spec. 4 Sci i Juv a brim 11 in army Cav regt. Elbrt Fiatt of the Aen Tai the safety bail on the iring device was in the fire position. Tests indicated thai if it had been in inc Safe Pihion the explosion would not have occurred. The bail Wodni the firing device s handle and prevents it from fun toning. The report noted Dewesc knew thai the army Man Ual for inc cratering kit says the safety bail May be in either the Safe or fire position because the Spring pin is a positive safely   i i Iii ill Bluff Iii Joseph l. Do Tohtz. Relied too heavily on he pin As a safely feature the report said. According to the injured soldiers the explosion on june 28 occurred when Dow East s assistant pressed Down the flying device handle of the Fulty armed kit Dye said the investigation found no negligence and Jcj one was relieved of duty. Recommendations from the investigation include  the use of All modified m-s7 firing devices army wide unlit further notice. Hirohito undergoing surgery after a Brief physical examination st the Imperial household Agency Hospital on the Imperial Palace grounds the world s longest reigning Monarch entered the operating room Kyodo news service reported u was the emperor s first operation since his 1926 enthronement Agency spokeswoman Junto Mcnno said. Five doctors led by Yasuhiko Morioka a surgeon at Tokyo University Hospital were to perform the opera Tion expected id last one to two hours said the Emper or s chief physician Akira Takagi he said a rays showed an obstacle to the passage of food in an area 1.2 to 1.6 inches Long Between the end of the duodenum and the Small intestine adding thai doctors would not know what had caused the blockage until they performed the operation. Takagi asked earlier Al a televised news conference about the possibility of the obstacle s being malignant the possibility is very Small when we consider the site of the  he said he anticipated no complications. Train derails causing toxic spill Richmond Mich a a Motorist smashed into the Side Ofa freight rain monday and derailed 11 train cars causing a toxic spill that led to the evacuation of about 400 people officials said. Residents were allowed to return Home briefly after the morning Accident bul were evacuated again so officials could bang three cars upright authorities said. Three of the 11 can were loaded said David Wil Liams a spokesman for grand trunk Railroad which operated the 72-car rain travelling from Flat Rock 10 port Huron. One had carbolic acid and the other two carried harmless substances. The Motorist whose name was not released drove through a flashing Light signal and into the train. Wil Liams said. The Motorist was treated at port Huron mercy Hospital and released police said. The crash caused one train car to begin leaking logic carbolic acid. Residents were expected to be allowed to return to their Homes tuesday police said  
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