European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 2 the stars and stripes sunday. November 1, 1987 news update thai air crash probe Bangkok Thailand a errors by he Pilot and control lower caused the crash of a thai airways Jet that plunged Inlo these last August killing All 81 peo ple aboard the head of he incs to gating committee disclosed Friday. Vague and indecisive instructions from the control Tower and miscalculations by the wavering Pilot and co Pilot of the Boeing 737 led to the aug. 31 crash off the resort Island of Shuket said air vice marshal Yut Thavong Kitti Bachom. Yut Thavong director of the air Force s air inspection department said the Pilot and Copilot of night th365 failed to Monitor the Jet s air Speed and were preoccupied with a dragon air Jet that was also preparing to land but was flying behind in at a lower Altitude. Temperatures october 30 Soldier killed in Accident Vicenza. Italy a Soldier assigned to the 559th . Army arty group was killed Friday in a one car Accident near Cona  name of the Soldier is being with held int ing notification of next of Kin a .  in Verna said Fri Day afternoon. The Accident is under investigation. . Actions May pave Way to stabilizing Money markets Washington Jap Steps by the Federal Reserve and the Reagan administration to Lei the value of the Dollar decline while casing pressure on interest tales appeared to be paving the Way on Friday toward a new monetary agreement aimed Al stabilizing world financial markets. The plan . Officials and analysis said would Amend a february agreement by Industrial nations to hold currencies stable at current Levels to accommodate he recent lower trading ranges of the Dollar but the Mill emerging agreement it based of to Evanl major difficult political ingredients including i deficit reduction plan Between the White Hob and con Troia and an accompanying Promise by West Germany to lower interest riles. Under such in agreement tour Cei Laid the Reagan administration would also reinforce ill opposition to restrictive Trade legislation in Congress thai could mull in sanctions against key trading partners including Germany ind Japan. In a letter Friday to  sin Cibin i official including Treasury Secretary a Rne a. Baker 111and Trade representative Clayton Seiil Ter proposed forging a bipartisan Cam Promise on Trade Simitar to the Effort to reach Accord on the budget. Gaming that the world l trading system u under unprecedented pressure the officials suggested that failure to reach such a bipartisan agreement could provoke a presidential veto of Trade legislation. We strongly oppose provisions that mandate american retaliation. Trade problems Are too complicated Tor thai said the letter also signed by Commerce Secretary c. William verily. Agriculture Secretary Richard e. Lyng. Labor Secre tary Bill Brock and budget director Jamesc. Miller Iii. Meanwhile Accord Between the while hour and congressional leaders on a deficit cutting Compromise possibly in the Range of 130 billion was viewed aside key 10 any new monetary Accord. Reuler Mitory pme-4. Germany in the past resistant to stimulating in Economy out of fear of renewed inflation appeared unlikely to move on ill own in the absence of such . Commitment via Lysis said. . Officials who spoke on the Condi Tion of anonymity said Sudi a budget Pun would strengthen the hand of Baker in forcing a new economic coordination Deal with Germany and Japan. Talk Between Baker and White House officials and congressional Leaden were scheduled Inlo the weekend. Official said that once a bargain is struck perhaps sometime Early this week the United states will Likely seek meeting of lop officials of the major Industrial nations itself Germany Japan Britain France Canada and Italy to draft the new pact. . Officials would like to see slight further declines in the Dollar to help ease the . Trade deficit but icy Are fearful that too Sharp a fall could backfire re kindling inflation and driving up interest rates. In Exchange for Concrete action on the . Budget deficit . Officials Are seeking promises from Bonn and Tokyo to Pennis lower Levels for the Dollar against their currencies. Analysis suggested that coordinated interest Rale cuts among the three major economic allies would also be part of an new monetary Accord. Easing of interest Rales in the United slates done to protect economic growth against a possible recession triggered by the Stock Market crash could drive the Dollar into a free fall unless accompanied by interest rate cuts abroad. Lower interest ram in Thi country i not matched by lower rates abroad can drive foreign investors away from trea sury securities Money needed to finance the budget deficit. The Dollar after Pun Pnat on foreign Exchange markets for most of the week posted gains on Friday partly in response to massive intervention by Cen trial Banks. The Stock Market plunge and the Fol lowing drop of the Dollar Are changing attitudes among this nation s economic allies toward Ine need to More closely coordinate economic policies analysts suggested. Both Germany and Japan Are very uneasy said David Jones senior economist for Aubrey g. London a co. Farone thing he said the recent intervention 10 prop up the Dollar is threatening to pump up monetary growth in those countries with accompanying dangers of inflation As they use their own currencies to buy larger and larger Quanti ties of dollars. Thus Jones and other analysts said the Lime now seems Ripe for a new agreement on monetary policy to help Check wild fluctuations in currency Levels. Senate passes Bill requiring airlines to give data on delays other problems Washington a airline con lend that a Senate poised Bill requiring them to release monthly statistics inflight delays and other problems unnecessary but that argument in t finding much support in Congress. The Senate pasted the measure Friday on an 88-i vote. The Bill would require . Carriers to report each month on cancelled and delayed flights lost baggage and passengers who lose their seats be cause of overbooking. The House has already passed a Simi Lar measure and the two Chambers must now agree to a Compromise version. In a regulation that took effect this month the department of transportation require similar reports. But it Cov ers  14 of the largest . Airline Sand the 27 busiest airports and lawmakers say that is insufficient. The airline Industry disagrees. We really Don t think legislation is necessary said Tim Neate of the air transport association which represents the nation s airlines. But it s coming at us  passage of the Bill capped three frenetic Days in which the Stalf a1o voted to ban cigarette smoking on must airline flights and authorized 11 s.6 billion for Airport and air traffic control improvements Over the next three years. The information required by the con Sumer legislation would be available to the Public Al airports and in some in stance from ticket and travel agents. This tells them we be had enough committee said of the airlines. Public exasperation with the airlines for shaky service has peaked this year. Complaints about the carriers received by the department of transportation reached 5,611 last month Down from7,280 in August but up from 1,088 in september 1986. Ford said at least some of the decline can be attributed to the end of the Busy summer travel season. Two other controversial amendments were also approved. One would require drug and alcohol testing Tor airline rail Road and trucking Industry workers. The other would require the department of labor to protect the jobs wages an working conditions of employees when airlines merge. The House passed its version oct. S. That Bill would require wider distribution of the performance information Force carriers to distribute tree tickets to passengers whose Luggage u lost and limit the number of flights the 40 busiest . Airports May handle Reagan administration Foll Cinalt have expressed opposition to several provi Sions in the legislation and have threat ened to urge the president to veto it. On thursday the Senate voted to pro Hibit smoking on Domestic flights of 90 minutes or less which would impose a ban on smoking on about 70 percent of All routes. This language will also have to be negotiated with the House which has approved a smoking ban on nights of up to two hours. Vietnam to release remains of gis Bangkok Thailand up Viet Nam expects to repatriate this month the remains of up to 10 americans missing during the Vietnam War . Officials re Luming from Hanoi said saturday. The vietnamese advised us that they have received 10 reports about missing americans which they have been investigating. In one instance of these 10 cases they have recovered remains and reached a tentative identification said it. Col. Joe Harvey upon arrival in Bangkok. . Embassy spokesman Ross Petz ing said the learn of six specialists were from the army Central identification Center in Barbers Point Honolulu a the join casualty Resolution Center a cry also in Hawaii. Harvey commander of the Jarc headed the team. We expect that in arc will be re Patria Tion of remains in three or four  Harvey nid. In the remaining cases in vietnamese Are continuing their investigation and will inform us of the results  i assume they have identified the one Man As american petting said. "1 also assume we arc talking about 10 i Dividu  Pitzing said the four Days of technical talk with vietnamese officials from oct. 28-31, were aimed at resolving the fates of 2,413 . Citizens still raining in Indochina As a result of the Vietnam War including . Servicemen journalists and other civilians