European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside tripes attorney general Meese faces probes Page 4 d airman sentenced for bad checks Page 2 d spy Catcher wins round in Page 9 g cowboys beat Rama in nil Page 21 the ripes it hobbled unofficial publication for vol. 46, no. 249 wednesday. December 23. 19b7 g uwft1 St doff ant Hon def d 8693 a 3 White teens convicted in Howard Beach Case new York a three White teen agers were convicted monday of manslaughter in the death of a Black Man who wandered into their neighbourhood a year ago and was chased by a gang onto a freeway. A fourth defendant was acquitted on All charges. Convicted were Scott Kern and Jon Lester both 18, who originally had been charged with murder and Jason Ladona 17, originally charged with manslaughter. Michael Pirony is charged Wanh manslaughter was acquitted. Prosecutors said the defendants were Par of the gang that attacked three Black men outside a pizzeria in the largely White Howard Beach Sec lion of Queens on dec. 20, 1986, and chased one of them Michael Griffith 23, onto a freeway where he was struck and killed by a car. Our society said ii won t tolerate hatred by anyone based on anything that makes us different said Charles j. Hynes the special state prosecutor in charge of the Case. Kim Lester and Ladona Ilso were convicted of assault on 37-Ycarjld Cedric Sandiford a key prosecution wit see teens on Page 2b Navy opening up More jobs to women Washington More Navy women will be serving aboard combat logistics ships and in snore based air reconnaissance squadrons under new guidelines but it won t be happening anytime soon. About 9.000 billets on 27 500 billets on to women Over the War Lew years Secre tary Webb said. Aid the changes will Lake Lime be cause the Navy has the most diff Kull vices in assimilating duos and isolated nature its missions. _ this Ini Appun Over in t going to happen there Are. About 5,000 billets aboard ships now open to women. The Navy has about s4.000 women on Active duly rep resenting about 9 percent of inc Force. Webb responding 10 increasing con Gressional pressure to open More combat support on rcom Nita inc in report on How Al the heart of thitnom. Nation of combat a ship have a combat Mission if one of its Pri Mary objectives is to seek out recon not or and engage the enemy the Navy study said. Webb said hat prohibits women from serving on combat logistics ships pro _ . But there arc 111 her support ships carrying ammunition or fuel that Only make shuttle runs to Battle groups. Those Are the ships that now will be open to women he said. The policy covers selected ships of the logistics Force include a Shin and stores ships As air Craft Webb said. The new policy will require a cart ship by ship approach because Large see women on Page 26 3,000 May have been aboard ship that Sank off Philippines Manila Philippines a philippine Navy Frog men searched tuesday for 1,500 people whose Christmas trip to Manila ended in a collision with an Oil Tanker that sent their packed inter Island ferry to the Bottom of a flaming sea. Only 26 people Many of them badly burned were plucked from the Waters sunday night after one of the Century s worst maritime disasters. All but two survivors were from the 2.215-ton my Dona Pat and they said it was overcrowded Wilh Pas sengers bound for Christmas holidays in Manila. Some reported overhearing Crew members say about 3,000 people were on aboard and they said it was so full thai up to four people shared individual cots. The philippine coast guard said five of its ships and two vessels of sulpicio shipping lines owner of the passenger ship remained at the disaster scene Over night and resumed inc search at Dawn. No survivors were discovered. The Aerial search was temporarily suspended because nothing was found said a spokesman for the pc sue coordination Center. The coast guard is now concentrating on underwater operations using frogman. Al Clark a . Air Force spokeswoman Maricl Len Jadick said three helicopters were standing by in Case philippine authorities asked for assistance. On monday the three helicopters joined five commercial vessels and a filipino naval ship in looking for survivors. We covered about 100 Miles of sea area and except for maybe a piece of Driftwood or two we saw absolutely nothing As far As a ship wreck Oil spill signs of life or signs of an Accident said staff sgt. Cliff Davis a spotter on one of the helicopters. Both the Dona a and 629-ton philippine Tanker it Victor went Down after colliding in Clear weather and Calm seas 110 Miles South of Manila in a Busy shark filled shipping Channel off Mindoro Island. Sulpicio shipping lines said the three deck Dona see ship on Page 28 copter crash kills 14 on Oil Rig a. A a helicopter carrying 13 offshore Oil w6reelfilktein.a Christmas week shift in the cuff of Mexico i tttftitouiil11 the deck of an Oil Rig monday killing 12 of T
