European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 24, 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 3 thousands attend Enniskillen service Enniskillen. Northern Ireland a thousands of catholics and protestants thronged Enniskillen Sun Day for a re enamel Mienl of the War me Morial service devastated two weeks ago by an Irish Republican army both. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher flew in unexpectedly and stood in the rain without an umbrella remembering the dead of two world wars and the ii protestants who were killed As they waited Tor the original remembrance Day memorial service to begin nov. 8. The re staged ceremony was organized As an act of Solidarity with the 13,000 people of Enniskillen and As Ashow of peaceful Defiance of Ira Vio Lence. The overwhelmingly Catholic Ira fighting to rid Northern Ireland of British Rule and unite it with the Irish Republic has expressed regret a the loss of civilian life and has said the bomb was meant to kill members of the Security forces. It has claimed the radio controlled charge May have been detonated pre maturely by the army s electronic bomb detection instruments. The army has dismissed the claim As base less. Usually War memorials arc a largely protestant affair in Northern Ireland since the Catholic minority tends to identify with the Irish Republic which was Neutral in world War ii. But sunday s event took on an Al most ecumenical flavor reflecting the revulsion Felt throughout the Island by catholics and protestants alike Over he bombing. Out of the rubble came the sign of Hope the most Rev. Robin Eames primate of the anglican Church of ire land said in a Sermon urging Northern Ireland s catholics and protestants to Bury their feud and unite against terrorism. Four members of the Irish parliament attended and radio to clevis Bircann the Irish state broadcasting service televised the two hour Cere Mony live along with he British net works. Wounded survivors of the bombing prime minister Margaret Thatcher at the War memorial in Enniskillen. Were Given to sets on which to watch the ceremony. Some were in tears As they Lay propped up in their Hospital Beds. The army and police threw a Mas Sive cordon around the town in the West of the province and questioned Al arriving motorists. Marksmen perched on rooftops and trained dogs sniffed the route of the memorial Parade for explosives. Arriving unannounced for . Thatcher 62, Laid a Wreath at the foot of a statue which depicts Soldier of the old and much decorated British army unit of Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers. She wore a red poppy the Symbol of War dead in the Lapel of her Black suit. Yards away stood the boarded up ruin of the Community Center where the bomb was planted. An unusually Large Honor guard of 250 carried a Forest of flags and. As marching bands began to play the crowd walked up a Hill through the. Drizzle to is. Macanany s Cathedral jamming it to overflowing. Families of the bombing victims sat in one Section of the Cathedral. Among them was Gordon Wilson who has be come a Symbol of fortitude and forgiveness. He has struck a chord by saying he bears no grudge against those who planted the bomb and by his moving description of How his daughter 20 year old nurse Marie Wilson clutched his hand As she died in the rubble. The words of astounding compas Sion from those who could have been forgiven for words of anger the wave of human sympathy that has swept across these islands such have spoken so much louder than the bomb or Bullet Eames said. Over the past few weeks so Many people have said is Enniskillen the turning Point has it really changed the course of events and the Way peo ple think time alone will Tell. Churchmen governments politicians Community leaders Ordinary people Young and old cannot live on As though Enniskillen did not  must be an important part in the process of  Navy notes Rise in soviet activity off Alaska aboard the Carrier Enterprise up Navy anti submarine air patrols in the North Pacific using sophisticated buoys so sensitive they can pick up the sounds of shrimp find More whales than they do soviet subs but the Navy says soviet activity is increasing Between Siberia and Alaska. A recent Navy show of Force in the Bering sea designed to respond to the soviet buildup ended up generating a considerable soviet response. That made the Navy s War games All the More realistic said vice adm. Diego e. Hernandez the 3rd Fleet commander who ordered a soviet spy ship to Back off and launched f-14 interceptors to Chase away soviet planes. The reported soviet buildup has been under Way for More than a year. Fourteen months ago Hernandez brought up a six ship Battle group for a Brief exercise that helped initiate a new policy focusing on the North and Dis Pelling any notion the Navy is strictly a warm water service. "1 must candidly Tell of that All this recent soviet activity has had at least one positive effect. It has brought an end to the United states Navy s Lon absence from the alaskan  he said. Hernandez made Good on that statement. Navy ships until recently a Novelty in icy Waters off alas a have become regular visitors. Last week aboard the Carrier Enterprise in the Bering sea at the close of a nine Day exercise involving 11 ships 100 planes and 10.000 men Hernandez reiterated that the Navy was there to counter a soviet buildup in the far North. Well be doing More of these As fuel permits in the future Hernandez said. He said soviet ships and planes have been Ventur ing close to Alaska More often and this intelligence collection activity is anything but  we have every right to be concerned about the Security of our territory and i m going to stay and operate Here As much As i possibly can Hernandez said. An increase in soviet reconnaissance and bomber training flights around Alaska has triggered 28 air Force intercepts of 51 soviet planes so far this year compared to 17 intercepts of 34 soviet aircraft in allow 1986. Unlike the air Force the Navy docs not disclose details about soviet sea activity off Alaska. But the confrontation involving a soviet spy ship and a Navy intercept of soviet aircraft occurred monday while a group of reporters visited the Enterprise. The Navy also acknowledged three earlier soviet reconnaissance flights aimed at the exercise two of them triggering interceptions. There were two soviet planes in each surveillance flight. Bill Navy officials refused to utter a word about soviet submarines supposedly operating in the area. Pm sure there s More whales than soviet subs said anti submarine warfare officer Michael con Way a Titusville fta., Man who for six months has been listening to underwater sounds in a Navy p-3 plane based at Adak is in Alaska s Aleutian islands. Conway s p-3 drops Sono buoys into the sea where Saltwater activates them and he listens to sounds they pick up until a plug dissolves hours later sink ing the buoys so the russians cannot retrieve them. If we discuss soviet submarine movements we Tell them something we Don t want them to know Hernandez said. But he also said the soviet naval Force the Fleet is increasing capabilities and pres ence and exercise  moments before he held a briefing for reporters Hernandez was ordering a soviet Adi intelligence gathering ship from Vladivostok to leave the area even though he conceded it May have been International Waters. He was very close to our forces. He was very close 19 Adak. He was very close to . Territory. That kind of boldness is something we should take note  Hernandez said in an interview. The soviet ship had followed the Enterprise Battle group for four Days from Uniak pass in the East Ern aleutians to Adak. In the Middle of the Aleutian Chain of islands 1,200 Miles Southwest of Anchorage and 2.070 Miles from Seattle and Tokyo. On the final Day of the exercises amidst heavy Snow the soviet Acil ship slipped up behind the Enterprise until Only half a mile separated the two. The soviets obeyed Hernande s orders to leave but. To make sure they would go. He assigned a guided missile destroyer to accompany the soviet vessel farther out in International Waters. Nonetheless the soviets Sta cd Cluse enough to watch the Maneu vers. This w As an Opportunity to practice what we can do in cold  mama div said of the exercise. The scenario is a scenario i won t gel into but i Twain t any place with Palm