European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday november 9,1987 news update weapons plea Miami a a West Ger Man tourist whose female com Panion was shot to death in what police were told was a robbery at tempt has pleaded innocent to weapons charges. Dieter Riechmann 43, who gave his Home As Lemgo Ger Many on the Swiss Border was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of giving false information to a gun dealer. The indictment charges that Riechmann bought a .38-caliber Derringer pistol trom a gun store in Miami on oct. 9, and gave a false identification and a nonexistent address to the dealer. Loan to Mexico Mexico City up Meir co received 1872 million from its creditor Banks As the second and third parts of a More than $5 Bil lion package approved in april the finance ministry has said. The latest instalments bring to a total of $3.5 billion in Loans that began april 30. 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Some army investigators believe that the radio Waves made five of the sophisticated uh-60 Black Hawk choppers nosedive to the ground since 1982, according to a report published sunday by Knight Ridder newspapers. It cited Pentagon officials and documents. Twenty two servicemen died in those crashes. The report quoted a senior Black Hawk Pilot and investigator As saying thai he army has come out Ivich bizarre superfluous and inane reasons " Tor Black Hawk crashes that he believes were caused by the radio Waves known As electromagnetic interference or Emi. Army spokesman maj. Phil Soucy heatedly denied that the service presented any causes for crashes other than what were actually determined. He said the army has spent millions of dollars on continuing tests trying to learn if Emi docs endanger the helicopters. We have been studying this phenomenon. We have not been Able to tie a single crash to Emi despite tests in which choppers were bombarded with radio Waves he shirt. He conceded thai the Navy which also Flics the Black Hawk has stricter standards and has ordered the choppers which it Calls sea Hawks heavily shielded against electronic interference. Soucy said the Navy helicopters Fly in areas with much heavier radio Waves which come from ships at sea than the army choppers Knight Ridder said records show that army tests after a 15s6 Black Hawk crash found that 40 of the chopper s 42 systems were affected by High level transmissions common around weapons Radais and microwave towers. The article also cited 1987 tests in new Mexico that it said showed Emi could push the helicopter s rear Wing Stabilizer Down putting the helicopter into a dive. The newspaper Story said the army has blamed inc crashes on mechanical breakdowns but it cited unnamed Anny safely experts As saying the i the nose dive crashes were really caused by Emi. Soucy however said that no investigators Nave Ever voiced those concerns and that the army would ground its Heli copter Fleet if incr were evidence of danger from Emi. We Don t make up causes for Acci dents and anyone who says so is libel Ous he said in a Telephone interview. There s not a Nogic crash that can be directly attributed to  a former army major Jerry a. Mcvey who headed an investigation into a still unexplained a Van we crash last year told Knight Ridder that he was shocked at the Lack of shielding on the choppers. The army s Fleet of 820 Black Hawks was. Grounded twice last May once for inspection and once because of design flaws. Officials have said about 40 peo ple have died in crashes of the helicopters since 1978. Papandreou Cas for proof of benefits Greece threatens to close bases Athens Greece a Premier Andreas Papandreou saturday threat ened to close four american military bases in Greece if the United slates fails to show it helps his nation s National interests you have to prove to us that your presence serves our highest National interests Papandreou told the United states in an address to members of his governing panhellenic socialist move ment s Central committee if you prove it we will go to the people. If you Don to you la go Home. It is   negotiations on the future of the military installations Are to begin Mon Day. The talks concern a new agreement to replace the existing five year Accord which expires in december 1988. The new agreement would be subject to a National referendum. By National interests Papandreou was understood to mean Greece s Long feud Wilh Turkey Over Aegean airspace seabed Mineral rights some Northern Aegean islands and Cyprus. What exactly do the bases offer us today As far As the real danger from tur key i concerned Papandreou asked. Both Greece and Turkey Are members of the North Atlantic treaty organization. American officials have said they want a new Accord by the end of 1987, but regional issues could cause a delay. We will Start the negotiations As if the United stoles had nothing in Greece Papandreou said. For everything you propose we want you to prove. What contribution this has to the National Security of inc coun try. Whal it offers 10 you is your own  the bases Are a key Issue for Papan Dicou s government which came to Power in 1981 on a platform pledging to remove the bases and pull the country of Lonato but his government signed an Accord in 1983, asserting that the bases would be re moved when the agreement expired. Relations Between the two countries have since improved and Papandreou is Dow willing to negotiate a new agreement. Since the Early 1950s, the United Stales has operated four military bases in Greece two near Athens and two on he Southern Island of Crete As Well As 20 smaller installations around the country. Submarine tangles with fishing Boot Seattle a a Navy submarine collided Wilh a fishing boat in Hood canal the coast guard has announced the collision occurred Friday after the submarine became tangled in the boat s net said coast guard it. Pete Marsh. Buill cmdr. Kathy Woodcock of the Trident nuclear submarine base on the Hood canal at Bangor wash., said sat urday she was not aware of a  she did however confirm that a submarine from the base had become entangled in a fishing vessel s Gill net on Friday. She said it was her understanding there were no injuries. Marsh said the boat the Southpaw sustained minor damage and its net was Lorn away and lost. The boat s owner May file a damage claim against the Navy he added. Woodcock said she was aware Only of damage to the net. I am not aware of any other dam age she said due to the fact that the Navy is still investigating and there Are also Legal implications i can t get into any details about what the submarine was doing at the Lime or How it became entangled in the Southpaw s net the coast guard s Marine safely of fice was investigating. Woodcock declined to name the sub Marine involved. The Navy typically de Clines to comment on the movement of its submarines. Hood canal is an Inland waterway be tween the olympic Peninsula and the Kitsap Peninsula West of Seattle. Nna Koniw Jna Chii urn Una lev via Imi Iku _ Ion a Kuth of i oot con if ckx3 gift 4 i stowaway umps from cruise ship Cotov Fin Mflwc mfg Rig tog Tobi Mcrilll a occton4l to p a h-ghltT0kufe. Us monday 8. Tunn tub Huy 7 3 out Vao Tot t i Mamot Mai gtcoi4l in Mycol acres Tyva that Tui of Alhi Ixon.  Al i Nhi pet tip Ming Iran taut a Biry to  him ii Miami a the coast guard resumed its search sunday morning for a jamaican stowaway who jumped from a luxury cruise ship about an hour after in left port Here a spokesman said. A 40-foot patrol boat and helicopter searched an area of the Atlantic Ocean about three Miles Southeast of Miami s key Biscayne. A Marker buoy was released saturday night when the search was suspended said coast guard la Jim Mazzonna. Nothing else has turned up he said. Passengers aboard the song of Norway saw Sherry Brown 21, jump from the deck just after 6 . That was about an hour after the ship departed for a we Klong Caribbean cruise said coast guard spokesman Dan Vogeley. A ship s mate threw the woman a lighted lift ring bul it was recovered about an hour later. There was no sign of Brown Vogeley said. He pointed out that the 4-to 6-fool seas would have been difficult for a swimmer. The ship slopped dropped Small boats for a search and cabled the coast guard. It later continued on its voyage said to the song of Norway owned by the Miami based Royal Caribbean cruise line is a mull deck ship with pools restaurants and a disco on Hoard. Briton attacked in Fla fort Laud Erdaide. Flo. A a British tourist Stewart Tanner who had saved for a year for a trip to Florida was shoved by four Young men into the path of a car. Tanner a Uttend two broken legs and multiple cuts and bruises police said