European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 27, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 new nominee for High court expected soon Washington up president Reagan is considering a list of 12 to 13 names to replace Robert Bork As his nominee for the supreme court and expects to make a decision by wednesday a senior White House official said. Bork s backers and opponent alike mean while pinned his defeat Friday on a massive lobbying Effort by Liberal groups in creased Black voting strength in the South and Public perceptions of him As an extremist. Chief of staff Howard Baker in an attempt 10 Ward off any unanticipated hostility to anyone on the fist was meet ing with senators monday to gel their Baker advice said these Nior official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Reagan met with Baker and attorney general Edwin a Csc on Friday to go Over the names mostly conservative judges on . Court of appeals and he took background information on All of them to study Over the weekend at Camp David md., the official said. He said members of Congress were excluded from the list but did not provide an explanation for their absence. The president following Bork s defeat said Fri Day my next nominee Tor the court will share judge Bork s belief in judicial restraint that a judge is bound by the Constitution to interpret Laws not make them. He or she will share my belief that the courts of Law must administer fair and firm Justice to criminals and must show com passion to the victims of crime. I will seek a Nomi Nee who understands the dangers of judicial License and leniency in the  some observers attributed the 58-42 Senate Vole against Bork partly to a weakening of White House influence As a mull of such recent prob lems As he iraqi Contra affair and Reagan s lame Duck status. Those looking to place the blame for the Bork fiasco need look no farther than the White House said Richard Vigurie strategist and direct mail expert for a number of conservative groups. But Tom Korologos who guided the while House lobbying efforts for Bork said this nomination was basically lost last november when democrats look control of the Senate by a 55-45 majority. Kennedy Pell offer measure to ease costs of education Washington up Sens. Edward Kennedy a mass. And Claibore Pell , arc sponsoring a Bill to allow families to finance College tuition with . Savings Bonds. Noting that tuition Rose by is percent Between 1980 and 1986, bringing costs Al some colleges to 112,000 or More a year Kennedy and Pell introduced a Bill Fri Day to assist Middle income families who arc finding College costs out of reach. Student Aid programs assist Low income students Kennedy said but the Federal government has done Little for Middle income families for whom a College education is an important part of the american  he said a recent Survey showed that 82 percent of the Public believes rising costs will Pul a College Educa Tion out of reach for most families. We cannot allow rising costs to put a College degree out of reach Kennedy said. Widespread Access to higher education is the nation s Best Hope for economic growth and social Progress. Families must be Able to afford the Best possible education for their  under their plan All or part of the interest on Sav Ings Bonds turned Over to eligible higher education institutions As payment for tuition fees books sup plies or equipment would be tax free. If the taxpayer s adjusted Gross income was Between 175,000 and $125,000, 67 percent of the interest earned would be tax free. If the adjusted Gross income was Between s125,000 and $ i50,000, 34 percent of the interest would be us free. I Floc income was si50,000 or More none of the interest would be tax free. Tuition us. Other Cost a Jie Wail Pattri Cost flt currently the tax on savings Bond interest May be deferred until the Bond is redeemed. Pell also said a nationwide toll free student Aid Tele phone Tine is Back in operation. The Reagan administration discontinued the line but last year Congress ordered Reinsl Stutton when it reauthorized the higher education act. The number is 1-800-33 a info Pell said. Cruise missile test under Way Vancouver British Columbia up the . Air Force is beginning a new round of cruise missile testing tuesday Over a 1,500-mile route across Canada s Frozen Northwest the Canadian armed forces announced sunday. Tuesday s unarmed test will be a captive carry Fly with the 20-fool-Long missile attached to the wig of a b-52 bomber from Fairchild fab wash., during the 4 i hour flight maj. Janet Martinsen said from lest Headquarters at Canadian forces base cold Lake Al Berta. The flight is designed to test the missile s guidance system and a new round of free flight tests will not begin until january Martinson explained. We be modified the Southern portion of the lest corridor so that the flight path is along an even less populated area Martinsen said. So accordingly we have to relist the guidance system before another fryc flight the air Force has conducted without incident two previous tethered tests of the cruise Over Northern Canada one in 1984 and another in 1985. Two of the six free night tests along the corridor Hasenfus asks $35 million in suit Sam Francisco not Eugene Hasenfus the american whose air plane was shot Down Over Nicara Gua last year on a run to deliver weapons to the Cen trial has filed a civil lawsuit against the company that employed him for the Mission. In papers filed with the los Angeles county Superior court on oct. 5. Hasenfus asserts that he was induced to work for corporate air services a Pennsylva Nia corporation operating out of Miami based on representations made to him that it was run right out of the backdoor of the White  Hasenfus noted to Lake the Job after being told by an employee of corporate air that in would be ust like air America an airline operated by the Cia for which he had worked in Southeast Asia the papers said. The suit also names Richard v. Second a retired air Force general who is an officer in corporate air serv ices. A Call to Secord s office seeking comment was referred to his attorney Thomas Green of washing ton. Green did not return the Call. Also named As defendants Are Secord s business partner Albert Hakim a California businessman who was a key middleman in the diversion of Iran arms profits to the nicaraguan contras their company. Stanford technology trading group International inc. And a Florida company. Southern air transport. The lawsuit charges them with fraud deceit intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence arising out of very hazardous activities and asks for $35 million in damages. The lawsuit charges that the c-12jjc cargo plane was dilapidated with broken gauges and navigation system and that the Crew was not Given Basic survival equipment like parachutes compasses or a Faircl Aid Kil three other Crew members were killed in the crash of the air plane and Only Hasenfus survived. After Hasenfus was captured on oct. A 1986, he was imprisoned by the nicaraguan government and men tally tortured for three months while corporate air dented responsibility for or knowledge of his activities the suit says Hasenfus. 46, of Marin tie wis., was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison the maximum under nicaraguan Law but was pardoned by the nicaraguan National Assembly last december. The Hasenfus suit charges thai Southern air trans port performed the ticketing operation for corporate air and paid for his hotel rooms when he was on Bush. Ness for corporate air. There was a substantial Busi Ness relationship Between Southern air transport and corporate air including the interchanging of employees equipment and Money the lawsuit said at the Lime of the incident. Southern air denied any connection with the downed air plane. However have gone awry. In january i486, one of the missiles ran out of fuel near the end of its flight and crashed in an Isloa cd Bush area about 35 Miles off target. About a month later a second missile crashed into the Frozen Beaufort sea As it was launched from a b-52. Last Winter two tests were completed on target and on schedule the tests of the Low flying . Missile now the key weapon in the strategic air come s Arsenal have provoked protests from environmental and peace groups. Both major opposition parties in Canada s parliament also oppose the tests. Cruise critics argue the weapon upsets the nuclear arms balance because in avoids detection by flying below the Range of enemy radar. More than $00 air launched cruise missiles have been deployed on b-52s across the United states. A spokesman for Greenpeace the most vocal of he Anli cruise groups said this year s round of tests is particularly abhorrent because it dovetails with .-Sovici negotiations aimed Al reaching an intermediate Range nuclear weapons treaty. Jackson plans visit to gis on Gulf duty West Point a. A Jesse Jackson said Sun Day that he plans to visit . Scricc members in the persian Gulf although he disagrees with the policy that put them there. We must assure our troops there that we care for them Jackson said at a press conference before speaking in a High school gym in West Point near the Georgia Alabama slate line Job Citron said he is talking with the stale department about a visit to troops during thanksgiving week. Those who fought in Vicinal returned Home to be rejected by the countrymen they served he said. Those serving in the Middle East must not feel isolated and rejected by the american  he said. The United slates has a Strong military but a weak policy Jackson said. The nation could avoid warfare in the Middle East if we become More Energy sufficient in this  tagging it the Jackson doctrine during his speech before about 700 people Al West Point. Jackson called for a pan american Energy and Security Alliance. The Alliance would Lake advantage of Coal reserves in Canada and the United states and Oil reserves in Mexico and South America