European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 5, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 senators introduce Resolution missile test laser incident protested Washington map soviet missile testing hat landed mock warheads within 600 Miles of Hawaii and the apparent aim ing of laser beams at . Monitoring aircraft an raising a new potential Issue for . Arms talks . Lawmakers say. Sen. Spark Matsunaga a Hawaii said saturday thai if reports arc verified that one soviet inter conf  ballistic missile test May have been off target by As much As 600 Miles that Means if they made another error it could just land right in  Matsunaga joined Sens. Malcolm Wallop r-wyo., and Daniel Inouye a Hawaii in introducing a Resolution to protest soviet testing that involved the firing of Multi warhead Dummy missiles into the Pacific from step within the soviet Union. No vote was taken on the Resolution which was proposed As an amendment to the annual state department authorization Bill and slates the Soviel Union appears to have been practising with this test a strike on the United states because of the Polar trajectories of  Matsunaga said he and no information about a Pentagon report Friday thai two . Planes lying Over the missile splashdown area were illuminated by in intense Light from a soviet ship temporarily disturb ing the vision of one Pilot. But he said the missile testing itself should not have occurred particularly during the .-sovict arms control negotiations. There should be a Strong protest and testing should be made � part of the negotiations. Things such As this should cease during the negotiations Matsu naga said. Onouye quoted in he Honolulu advertiser said he was horrified by the report but doubted the firing was a deliberate attempt to provoke the United Stales. It is inconceivable to me they would tire something and put Hawaii in harm s Way he said. Wallop old the Senate at least one warhead fell within 100 Miles of . Territory but the Pentagon said the closest was 600 Miles from hawaiian shores. Pentagon spokeswoman Cclia Sofce said saturday there were no additional details on either the soviet testing which took place tuesday and wednesday or the laser incident. Friday s Sial men did not give the name of person a photo the air Force s sr-71 reconnaissance plane rests on the Tarmac at new Orleans Nas. Secret Jet Mokes unscheduled Stop Belle Chasse la. A one of the air Force s most exotic and secret air planes made an unscheduled visit to the new Orleans area when it developed engine rouble Over the Gulf of Mexico officials Nave acknowledged. The sr-71 reconnaissance plane landed at new Orleans Nas Tor repairs last monday and left on thursday said it Vickie Owens spokeswoman for the station. Ii gave us very Little warning and when it came in in landed on one engine she said sat urday. Much information about the sr-71 including he number in the air Force is classified. According to reference material it Flics at 85,000 feel and reaches speeds of More than 2,100 Mph. The sr-71 reportedly is outfit cd with sophisticated cameras infrared sensors and other equipment. The plane Flics so High that the Crew must Wear astronaut suits and so fast that its Skio temperature hits about t ,000 degrees. Owens said the plane s two Man Crew asked for strict Security when they landed and the or 71 was moved into he biggest hangar on the base. All of our planes were moved out to make room for the sr-71," she said. Two c-141 cargo planes flew in the next Day from the sr-7l s Home base Beale fab in Northern California bringing Security and maintenance workers and a spare engine. Nel aboard an air Force wc-130 surveillance plane or a Navy p-3 Rico Naissance aircraft that apparently were targeted by laser from the soviet intelligence ship Chu the statement said that although preliminary tests on the surveillance plane s co Pilot s vision has shown no apparent damage further details tests May be required to determine if in fact no damage to her eyes  it said her vision was disturbed for about 10 minutes. A naval consultant quoted saturday in the new York times said it was possible the soviets were using Lite laser to truck incoming warheads and inadvertently shown it at american planes. The guess 1 would make is that they were trying to truck their own warheads the Consulla. Norman Friedman said. The soviets informed the United slates in Early september of plans to conduct two tests that would of Terkel the hawaiian islands from North to South. The United Stales protested the plans and both Nii Silti were fired into the same area North of the islands Pentagon chief spokesman Fred Hoffman said it was  known whether the change was in response to Ihu a. Protest. Gore s record As reporter is contradicted Memphis Tenn. A during an interview with an Iowa newspaper last month presidential Hope Ful sen. Albert Gore or. Exaggerated his record As an investigative reporter a Memphis newspaper reported. The Tennessee Democrat old the pcs modifies Reg ister that he got a Bunch of people indicted and sent to jail while working As a reporter in the mid-1970s, according to a Story in that newspaper sept. 27. But the Memphis commercial Appeal said saturday that Only two people were indicted As a result of Core s investigative work while a reporter at the tennessean in Nashville. One of them was convicted and he did not serve time. Core when asked by the newspaper about the discrepancies Friday said his misstate men was a care less statement thai was  but in was an honest mistake. The essential fact remains that the Story itself resulted in the conviction Ofa crime for which a jail sentence was meted  Core wrote a series of stories about alleged corruption in the Nashville metro Council. Councilman mor Ris Madden was indicted in bribery charges and acquitted in 1976. Councilman Jack Clariday also indicted on bribery charges was found guilty and sentenced on feb. 14, 1975, to three years in prison. Bui Clariday was Given probation and never served time Core said he had assumed that Clariday had Gonc to jail. The councilman in question was indicted and convicted and sentenced to a jail term but the appeals continued for several years. During he Lime the appeals were going on i left the newspaper business ran for Congress Ana was  reports of Aerial close Calls up this year Philadelphia a pilots reported 40 percent More near collisions this summer than during the same period last year and 1987 could become one of the worst Yean for Clow Calls in More thin decade the Phila Delphia inquirer said in an article published sunday. During the Busy travel months of june july and a gust 33-1 near collisions were reported compared to 238 reported for the same months last year the inquirer said. We be had kind of a hair raising summer the inquirer quoted James e. Burnett jr., chairman of the National transportation safely Board As saying. We still have a relatively High risk compared to previous years Ofa midair  the inquirer riling Faa records said pilots reported 752 incidents Between Jan. I and aug. 30 in which other air plane flew close to theirs. That compares with 6jo Inch incidents reported in til of 1936. The Faa defines a near collision As planes passing within 500 feet of each other although reports by pilots often involve greater distances particularly in cases of High Speed aircraft. Commercial aircraft have been involved in 40 per cent of this year s reported near collisions the newspaper said. On july 23, 10 near accidents were reported sin involving commercial of fight Over or near los Angeles Salt Lake cily Scurry tews Newman Toms Hunts Ville Ala. And Linden calif., the inquirer said. On that same Day a military plane Over Glenview 111., nearly hit an unidentified aircraft and Small planes nearly collided in incidents Over Merrill Island Fla. Knoxville Tenn. And Tel Ciboro n.j., the news paper said they re worrisome numbers said rep James l. Of Coslar. A Minn. Chairman of the House. Public works and transportation committee s investigations and oversight subcommittee. In does not indicate to me that the system is being fixed Al least not fast  but an Faa spokesman did the increased number of near collisions does t necessarily reflect a serious air safely problem. You can t measure safely alone with near midair collision  said Robert Buckhorn. They arc not the sole indicator of the safety of the  he said reported near collisions have increased Primar ily became the Faa has been encouraging pilots to report the incidents and because of increased air traffic. Many near collisions pose no harm to either plane but the pilots report them anyway he said. The inquirer said the number of near accidents on runways and us ways and mistakes by air traffic con trollers appears to have dropped slightly. Runway incidents during june july and August in creased 26 percent Over the same period in 1986. But the inquirer said All of the increases occurred in june while such incidents dropped in july and were even with last year s figures in August