European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes the s  a dip authorized unofficial publication fou tin . Ahmed forces vol.46. No. 212 monday. November 16. 1987 Midi 0 8693 a envoy predicts draft treaty d Rogers says . Should upgrade nukes Page 3 d Bush wins majority in Florida poll Page 5 d College football results sports Geneva a the chief . Negotiator at the superpower  talks said sunday he is confident a draft treaty scrapping Al intermediate Range mis Siles will be ready for next month s -Snvici sum Mit in Washington. Max Kampcik Anspake to reporters after arriving for two Days of talks with the chief soviet negotiator Yuli Vorontsov. The meetings announced last week in., Moscow Are aimed at re moving remaining Obsta Clos toward the .-Sovi Kampelman it  pact that president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev Are to sign at the dec. 7-10 Summit. . Officials have said details of verification  provisions still have to be agreed. We re very close to the end of negotiations on inf intermediate Range nuclear forces Kam Ciman said. There Are a few issues that remain and i hoping that ambassador Vorontsov and i can further help narrow the  he added that not All Points May be cleared up. . Officials have said Secretary of state Georges Hull and foreign minister Eduard Shvar dyadic May have to meet in Geneva before the thanksgiving Holiday nov a to ready the treaty test. Asked by a reporter if he thought All outstanding questions can be resolved by dec. 7, Kam Ciman said yes i do believe  two envoys were scheduled to Start talks Over dinner at the soviet Mission in Geneva sunday  declined comment on Points of an inf draft that still need work but he said that stringent verification measures arc essential for Senate ratification Ofa treaty.go1 Crement sources in Washington has spoken of 25 to 35 outstanding issues of which four or five were termed very  the main dispute is said to concern the data Moscow has provided on the number and location of ss-20 inter mediate Range missiles that have not been  . Concern cited is that the soviets might attempt to modify the ss-25, a longer Ranee weapon that has some similarities to the ss-20s that arc to be scrapped. Under the prospective treaty 472 . Missiles in Forunato countries and 683 soviet mini los would be de  said he and his soviet counterpart also will discuss Long Range nuclear forces the ones wit which the superpowers can strike each other directly and space and defense the two other issues being negotiated at the Geneva talks since March 1985. He said the two sides have moved very tar toward treaty to Cut both sides Long Range nuclear arsenals by half. Vorontsov a soviet Deputy foreign minister arrive Din Geneva saturday but made no Public statements. He is to meet assistant Secretary of state Michae Armacost in the Swiss City late monday and tuesday for pre Summit talks on regional issues including the persian Gulf War Afghanistan and the Middle East. Skipper of Stark faults gear by Norman Black a military writer Washington deficient radar equipment aboard the Stark and not the ship s Crew was chiefly responsible for the frigate s fail ure to defend itself against an Iraq missile attack last May the ship s Captain said in his first extensive comment on the incident. Capt. Glenn r. Brindl acknowledged deficiencies in the watch aboard the ship but rewrote their actions or inaction. Are not primary causes for Stark s failure to defend against the. , the ship s radars and electronics did not function As  his assertion contradicts the official Navy findings of a Board of inquiry released in a censored ver Sion on oct. 15. It also raises new question about the ability of similar frigates at least six ships of the Sam Type Are currently deployed in the persian Gulf to defend them selves against such attacks. Brindl expressed his views in lengthy letter to the editor printed in the weekly newspaper Nav times. The Springfield  see Stark on Page 28 3 killed 40 a ured in explosions Blaze of chemical Plant in Texas Pampa Texas up flames sub sided sunday and investigators ventured onto the ravaged smoking grounds of chemical Plant rocked by two explosions and a huge fire that killed three worker Sand injured 40. F Rural metro s a four Man team entered the grounds of the 775-Acrc Hoschst cd Lance Chemi Cal corp. Plant three Miles West of Pampa in the Texas Panhandle at 10 a.m., after the main fire died out in the Early morning hours Plant manager Ron Rescue workers move one of the blast victims into an ambulance near the Plant. Guard  other teams entered an hour later with a damage assessment team on their heels. Guard said at a news Confer  found ground fires said cola Nese worker Tea Reed. They went backing and put them  Reed said the last of the fires were extinguished Between noon and 12 30 . No Dollar damage figure was immediately placed on the devastated Plant. Two of the nine major Plant unit were damaged significantly in saturday s explosions and fire and some of the others also May have been damaged he  said the Plant would be closed for an undetermined length of time Butts 625 employees would continue receiving  environmental Protection Agency sent its own investigators to the scene spokeswoman for the Federal Agency said  said the dead and injured All were Plant employees except for Oneman a contract maintenance worker who was in stable condition with an Eye injury at a Dallas Hospital. There were about 65 people in the Plant when the first explosion occurred with a whoosh that blew in windows of adjacent Homes and vehicles travelling on nearby  of those killed were in a control room next to a Utility area the flashpoint of the initial explosion at 3 55 . Sal see blast on Page 28 Continental airlines plane flips on Takeoff in Denver Denver a a Continental airlines aircraft with about 150 people aboard slipped in a snowstorm while taking off from Denver s Airport sunday turning on its Back and splitting into More than one piece. Authorities said. An undetermined number of injuries and fatalities were reported. We have a number of injuries caused by Impact not from fire said Paul Spurgeon division chief with the Denver fire department. Spurgeon said the plane flipped upside Down on Anorth South runway at Stapleton International Airport and skidded for More than one Quarter mile before coming to a halt. The Accident occurred As the aircraft bound from Denver to Boise. Idaho was taking off about 2 30 . Said Rick Scott a Continental airlines spokes Man at the airline s Headquarters in Houston. Snow fell steadily in Denver most of the Day. An Airport authorities said earlier that visibility was Low and flights were hampered by Strong crosswinds. Spurgeon said the runway was not visible from the fire command Post because of blowing Snow but Tower personnel reported seeing a fireball when the Accident occurred said Norm Avery. Airport spokesman. Fire equipment and ambulances had been sent tothe scene