European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 28 news briefs Cora sea Pilot Dies As Jet plunges into med Naples Italy is a Navy Pilot from the aircraft Currier Coral sea died when the fighter Sci he was flying crashed in inc Mediterranean sea Navy officials Laid monday. The plane a single mat f/a-1b Hornet As signed to fighter attack so 131, crashed dec. 8 during a night training Mission 30 Miles South Ecsi of the Spanish Island of Ibiza. Said it. David wmorris a Navy spokesman in Naples. Morris said the Carrier launched a land and sea search for inc fighter and its Pilot shortly after losing communications with the plane. The aircraft wreckage was located Ai 11 is . The search for he Pilot was called off dec. 9, Morris said no information was available on the identification of the Pilot who was based at naval air station Cecil Field Fla. American boy hit by car Dies of internal injuries Hanau Germany is an american boy has died from internal injuries suffered after he was struck by a car dec. 7, Hospital officials said monday. Leonard p. While the 12-year-old son of Sec. Leonard d. While of the 23rd engr in died thursday at the Frankfurt army regional medi Cal Cemer. While was crossing the Street near the in trance to argon or Cavern in Hanau when he was hit by a car. The Hanau High school seventh grader initially was taken to the Hanau City Hospital but was transferred to Frankfurt one Day later. A memorial service was Hud Friday Al the Pioneer Cavern Chapel in Hanau. Bobingen fire causes about $250,000 damage Bobingen Germany is a fire destroyed two storage tents and caused about $250,000 damage at the army s a Solingen maintenance facility army officials said Mon Day. German fire and police officials and the army s criminal investigation come Are investigating the Friday night Blaze which was re ported at 10 22 . And consumed a variety of military vehicle repair parts said Iris Wolf Van Hawker a Stuttgart Community spokeswoman. Bobingen firefighters had the Blaze under control by 11 30 ., and no one was injured she said. The fire destroyed property belonging to the 496th Supply co 13lh Supply and service in 2nd support come. Bowling in is a suburb of Stuttgart. Soviet bus Driver defects by walking to Norway Oslo Norway a a soviet bus Driver defected to Norway by walking across an ice covered River and trekking through forests in the heavily guarded Northwest soviet Union police said sunday. The Man in his mid 30s, knocked on the door of a norwegian family in the Border town of Vanvik late Friday. He was Given a cup of cof fee before local police picked him up Norway s National news Agency Nib reported. Its said the Man whose name was not re leased was a bus Driver in the City of Murmansk on the Kola Peninsula where the soviet Union has big military bases. But we have no reason to believe that the Man knows anything about sensitive soviet mat ters said police inspector Iver Frigaard. Judging from Simitar defections in the past there seems to be a Good Chance that the Man will be granted Asylum he added. Nib said this was the first time during the 1980s thai a soviet defector had crossed the Bor Der into Norway from the Northwestern soviet Union the Only area in Europe where a nato country and the soviet Union Border each other. Nib said the Man spoke Only russian and appeared nervous when he reached the norwegian Home in Vanvik 950 Miles Northeast of Oslo. The defector said he had walked through forests and across the ice covered Wasvik River. Tuesday december 15,19s7 Kennedy s hearings Start with bickering by senators Washington a supreme court nominee Anthony m. Kennedy won bipartisan Praise from senators monday at the Start of his confirmation hearings but a feud quickly erupted when conservative republicans advised Kennedy to restrict responses on his constitutional views. Don l be bullied or badgered sen. Orrin g. Hatch a Lylah said in his opening statement at inc Senate judiciary committee hearing. "1 Hope you would disregard that and follow your own judgment sen. Howard a Metzenbaum d Ohio shot Back when his turn came for initial re Marks. Kennedy a is year old Federal appellate judge from Sacramento calif., has espoused a conservative philosophy of limited role for judges. In one of four glowing introductions of Kennedy to the committee Liberal rep. Robert t. Matsui d calif., said Kennedy should nol be compared to presi Dent Reagan s two previous nominees for inc vacant court seat Robert h. Bork who was Defeated by the Senate and Douglas h. Ginsburg who withdrew from consideration after admitting past marijuana use. Vet opening statements were laced with constant comparisons Between the Calm atmosphere pervading Kennedy s nomination and the outpouring of emotion when Bork was selected by Reagan on july i. During Bork s hearings in september and october inc nominee s responses to committee questions were far More expansive than those of previous nominees. But those answers contained such a restrictive View of individual rights and liberties under the Constitution hat the Senate rejected the nominee 58-42. You Don t wan to prejudge your Case Hatch told Kennedy. Don l be bullied or badgered. There Are i millions. I Don t think you can offer informed views of doctrines before they appear As a  fog barricades a to Stop foam Kazes Frankfurt a motor Isle Tore Down Barri Cades reeled by police Al freeway entrances because of heavy fog and drove like kamikazes West German state officials said monday. Officials in nor Rhein westfalen state on sunday closed the a4 autobahn Between Cologne and Aachen about 4s Miles South after dense fog set in. Although superhighways with heavy Snow and ice have been closed before it was the first time Ever in West Germany Hal officials had shut Down a main Road As a safety measure because of fog. Motorists lore some of the barricades Down and sped through despite the fog nor Rhein westfalen police director Waller Melchers Lold the associated press. They raced on the freeway like Kamikaze pilots Melchers said. Highway patrol officers were driving through the heavy log Al 30 Kilometres 18.6 Miles per hour and people passed them doing 120 Kilometres 74.4 Miles per  Large stretches of West German freeways have no Speed limit but Drivers can be fined for nol adjusting their Speed in potentially dangerous weather conditions. Reagan from Page 1 Bakerjr. Said in is now less Likely that Gorbachev will try As he has in the past to link a Start pact with curbs on Star  there is simply no double that ski will come up again. But i think there is a reduced likelihood in will Block a Start agreement Baker said on Cable news incl work s news maker  Gorbachev and the president agreed to finesse their differences Over Siar wars testing Al inc three Day Summit and both expressed the Hope they might sign an agreement in Moscow within six months slashing by half the arsenals of the longer Range strategic weapons. On Friday Reagan was asked whether his under standing with Gorbachev resolves or postpones the Star wars Issue As an obstacle to a Start Ireacy. It resolves it Reagan responded. Baker however said he supposed thai the soviet Union can insist on a linkage Between their willingness to agree on a strategic reduction treaty Lodi but it is now less Likely than it  the two leaders smoothed Over their differences by instructing their negotiators to work out an agreement committing them to abide for seven years to 10 years by the anti ballistic missile treaty which limits test ing needed by the Star wars program. Under Reagan s Broad inner Bretalion of the abm treaty More testing is allowed. Congress however has restricted the administration to the narrow or More limited interpretation through september 19s8. Buck from Page 1 ago the Dollar was trading at 3 Swiss francs. The Dollar reached its lowest Point in nearly six years in Milan closing at 1,198,25 lire against Friday s final 1,205.50. In had not fallen that far since the 1.193.j5 lire at which it closed on Jan. 4,1982. The Dollar also closed lower in Paris Al 5.5090 francs against Friday s closing 5.54275. And in Brussels at 34.23 belgian francs against 34.36. In London the Pound Sterling weakened marginally 10 j1.8370 against Friday s closing $ 1.8385. In earlier trading in Tokyo the . Monetary unit collapsed to close at 128 yen lowest since the end of inc War. The previous Low of 128.75 had been set Only last Friday Al the closing. In Light of the Dollar s woes Gold showed expected strength closing in Zurich Al j5do per ounce from Friday s closing $493.50, and in London Al s499.50 per ounce against. $492.375. Silver also showed Bullion s attractiveness closing higher in Zurich at s7.05 per ounce against Friday s final $6 90 and in London Al $7.02 per ounce against s6.88. Former Hanau go pleads not guilty in Bathtub murders of wife 2 sons Frankfurt is a Soldier on trial for the murder of his wife and two sons pleaded nol guilty monday in the opening Day of testimony. Sgt. James t. Murphy formerly of the 8lh maim in in Hanau is charged with Ihrcke counts of premeditated murder one count of robbery one count of bigamy and one count of making false official statements. He pleaded not guilty 10 All charges. The body of Petra Murphy James Murphy s estranged wife was found Benl Over he Bathtub in her High Rise apartment aug. 24. The 25-year-old German woman apparently had been hit Over inc head at least four limes and then drowned. The bodies of the Murphys sons James or. 2, and Tim 6, were found in the Bathtub. James and Petra Murphy had been separated since september 1986 and were awaiting a divorce. Murphy had left Germany for a stateside assignment about one week before the bodies were found. He was apprehended at Redstone Arsenal ala., and has been held in the . Army confinement facility in Mannheim awaiting trial since being returned to Germany at the end of August. Prosecutors expect the court martial to last until the end of the week