European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday february 10,1868 Waldheim from Page 1 emerge fax knowledge of violations of human rights if the person concerned out of lock of strength or courage violated his human duly to take slips against such Steps on Waldheim s part have not be come known inc 10-Page conclusion said at another Many Points the report said Wald licit s presentation of his military pal is not in Harmony with the results of the work of the com Mission. He tried to let his military past pass into oblivion and As soon As this was no longer possible to make it on Waldheim s role the report said he was certainly More than a second rank desk officer Waldheim was often present at important meetings with his superiors and took an Active part in discussions. Inc report said. Thus his general insights were comprehensive. They related not Only to tactical strategic and and Mims Ralic orders but in some cases also included actions and measures that contradicted military Law and the principles but Waldheim countered in the austrian Tele vision interview to deduce that knowledge constitutes some kind of crime is simply not report shows that during the War 1 was t involved in any kind of War crimes actions the president said alter meeting with the head of the historians commission nans Rudolf Kurz. Waldheim said he fell the report would have no political repercussions. There was a 90-Minulc delay in giving the full report to the government monday leading to speculation it was blocking release of the document. A greek adviser 10 the commission Hagen Fleischer said the austrian government tried to gel the panel to tone Down the 200-Page report s conclusions he told austrian radio inc pressure came too late to have a major Impact. The world jewish Congress also said the aus Trian government pressured the commission and it contended inc pressure was successful. The world jewish Congress which Spear headed the Public Campaign to expose Wald him i wartime activities said the austrian government forced the panel to remove references 10 Waldheim s moral strike leads Ford motor to begin layoffs in Europe London a Ford motor co. Ltd. Began Lay ing off 2,500 workers in Europe on tuesday in response to a strike by 32,500 manual workers in eng land and said 100 others would be let go later this week. In other labor disputes in Britain 13,000 teachers staged a one Day walkout in London an overtime ban idled More than 4,000 miners and hundreds of ferry workers remained on picket Linn. Health workers announced plans fora series of pro tests Over shortages and surgical delays in the National health service following up a one Day walkout by nurses on feb. 3. Ford spokesman Martin Walkins said the automaker Laid off 2,500 of its 10,300 employees who produce transit vans in conk Belgium because of a shortage of British made engines. An additional 100 of Ford s 1,390 employees at the Antwerp Belgium tractor Plant will be Laid off on thursday because of a Lack of other British made parts Watkins said. There is no immediate threat to production at any of our other european plants he Laid. Ford workers produce escorts and Orion at a Plant in Saar Louis West Germany Granada and ficus i Cologne West Germany and fiestas escort and Ori on in Valencia Spain. Production at All 22 Ford plants in Britain was Shu Down tuesday the second full Day of the strike Over a proposed three year contract. The plants normally pro Duce 2,500 vehicles a Day. About i �0 workers who make transmission parts in South London joined the strike after working monday Ford is offering a 7 percent raise in the tint year and increases 2.3 percent above inflation in the second and third years. The company s highest Ofier would have Given � Middle Grade employee a pay increase or so pounds sub a week Over three years. The present salary Tor such a. Worker is 185 pounds i j2 i a week. Workers rejected the contract by a 60 percent major Ity largely because Fiti length. Previous contracts in the Industry have been for one or two Yean Only. The Ford walkout is the first major Industrial strike since 90.000 Coal miners staged a yearlong strike in 1984-1985. And it is the first for the British subsidiary of the . Automaker since a nine week walkout in 1978. Test from Page 1 More than 250 Miles High. Within four hours it had deployed All 14 simulated soviet rockets and began the first of 200 tracking Maneu vers like those that would be needed for an orbiting Star wars Battle station. A 15th suborbital target payload was launched by a Small rocket fired from the Pacific missile Range at Barking Sands Hawaii. Green said this provided mis Sile plume data that could help develop instruments for detecting a hostile missile coming off a launch pad. After the first few hours officials said they were elated with results. We will have a suite of sensors looking at is objects Over Many orbits Gordon Smith Deputy director of the stat Chic defense initiative office said. Al together we re very very pleased with the the office said four Folh payloads contain motors that were fired to simulate a soviet rocket As it climbs off a launch pad. The 11 others played the role of soviet missiles coasting through space before releasing their multiple nuclear warheads. Lasers radars optical devices and infrared and ultraviolet sensors followed the payloads against varying background such As land Ocean horizon and space. One of the things that s most important to in is what we refer to As target characterization said col. Ray Ross director of the program s kinetic Energy directorate. Exactly what does the object look like How does it behave what can we expect to see against vary ing backgrounds this data will build the data base on How the strategic defense initiative system will observe objects in the goal of inc flight was to obtain data critical for development of More Clement of a layered defense system a statement said. The data collected in the Experiment is part of an ongoing ski Effort to characterize the signature of space object and plumes in Low Earth orbit. It will help us design the proper sensors said Smith Iowa from Page 1 several contenders to declare Victory. The Rev. Jesse Jackson Savoured his double digit Iowa Vole totals and said he is looking past new Hampshire toward super tuesday on March 8, when 20 nates hold contests including Many across the South. Can Hart got almost no support in Iowa and he looked to make one last stand in new Hampshire. Bruce Babbitt disappointed in fifth place also was in democratic jeopardy along with another Mil place finisher Republican Pete Dupont. Gephardt who appealed to economic nationalism told cheering backers that his narrow win Means the democrats of Iowa delivered an unmistakable Mes Sage this in t just an election it s a fight for Ameri Dukakis told Abc. I feel terrific. To come in Here and do what i did against two next door neigh Gephardt won the Battle in the first round for 52 Iowa delegates to the National convention. With practically All precincts reporting he had 20 delegates com pared with 17 for Simon and 13 for Dukakis. Two were uncommitted. Hush up before Dawn to Greet factory workers in Nashua n.h., said he would do much belter in next week s primary in new Hampshire where he is one of them a twist on Dole s ads in Iowa that he was one of Bush who has an Ocean front Home in Kennebunk port Maine told reporters at the Nashua Plant just gel my message out.,. I m one of them. I under stand ibis Robertson however interviewed on Abc to s Good morning America said when asked what happened to Bush 1 Don t think he s very the former television evangelist said that Bush has been in president Reagan s Shadow of popularity but once that Shadow Burns off i Don t think he s going to be a major Dole the big Winner said simply i m not taking anything for he was flying to new Hamp Shire where he has trailed Bush in opinion polls. Simon and Dukakis interviewed in pcs Monics tuesday before leaving for new Hampshire gave up beat assessments of their second and third place finishes among the democrats. I was very close to a dead said Simon on Abc to s today program. He said he is optimistic going into new Hampshire though he conceded Duka Kis Likely would win that primary. Overall he said i think we have a real shot at doing this Dole said monday night s results gave the Campaign a whole new focus but he was t talking about his own win. He was referring to the big evangelical Chris Tian turnout and Robertson s second place Surprise at the expense of Bush. The vice president was battered in the precinct caucuses that represent the 1988 Campaign s first major lest of candidate strength. Tell hem i m coming Afler them Bush said after leaving Iowa Early monday night for new Hampshire. We re in Friendly territory with 70 percent of precincts reporting an incomplete count not Likely to be advanced Gephardt had 24,136 votes for 27 percent of the democratic Vole followed by Simon m 21,403 with 24 percent and Dukakis with 18,041 and 20.5 percent. Jesse Jackson ran fourth with 9,773 votes and 11 percent ahead of Bab Bitt who had 9 percent and 8,049 votes. Six percent were uncommitted. Hart All but disappeared receiving just 896 vote less than 1 percent and edging non candidate Mano Cuomo who had 223 Voles. Hart called himself a sprinter who n in the race to a missing element in Iowa was Tennessee sen. Al Bert Gore a critic of Iowa caucuses whose strategy is to look for big wins in the super tuesday primaries in his native South. He had 192 votes. On inc Republican Side with 98 percent of the pre Cincu reporting. Dole had 40,661 vote for 37 percent of the vote. Robertson had 26,761 Voles for 25 percent to Bush s 20,194, 19 percent. New York rep. Jack Kemp was fourth with 12,08 Voles and 11 percent while former Dupont former Delaware governor had 7,999 Voles and 7 percent. Former Secretary of stale Alexander Haig registered less than 1 percent having dropped Oul of Iowa week ago. The remaining voters expressed no preference. Dole who emphasized his Humble background and his Senate experience said with All these Good re publican candidates there was one candidate who was closer to the but the real crowing on the Republican Side came from Robertson the former to evangelist whose Christian supporters have been dubbed the invisible to come in with a solid Victory Over a Silling vice president is going to ignite my Campaign like it s got a rocket engine behind it he said. About 110,000 people turned out in each party to Render judgments reported around the world. Many were first time caucus goers and fully third of the republicans were evangelical christians giving Robertson a solid Core of support according to a lbs news Survey. The caucuses marked Only Pic beginning of complicated stale Delegate selection process that eventually will award 37 Republican and 58 democratic Conven Tion delegates. Candidates at the Bottom of the packs faced the inevitable questions about the viability of their campaigns. They tried different answers. We spent the fewest dollars and the fewest Days Jackson said. He called Iowa the league opener one game Down 49 More to Babbitt who Bills himself As the honest candidate on the issues tried honesty. It s not As great As i d like he said. Haig. In new Hampshire insisted he is in the race to the bitter Bush s son. George jr., declared we were
