European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stabs and stripes tuesday. February 16,1988 nazi files link to blackmail denied Berlin a prosecutors said Itiat Lens of thousands of nazi Era re cords appear to have been Sioteng from the u. Run Berlin document Center but they denied reports that they were used to blackmail former nazis. Volker Kaehne spokesman for he West Berlin Justice department said on monday investigators suspect he Deputy director of the Naii archives was involved in the thefts. He refused to identify him beyond saying the Man is a West German. There is the suspicion that an undetermined number of original documents believed to number in the teas of thou Sands have been removed from inc document Center Kaehne said in a statement. News briefs our investigation so far indicates that the documents were stolen for prof it. There is no evidence to indicate suggestions that they were used for Black  on sunday the Berlin Morgen Pom newspaper said 80,000 files were missing and that former nazis paid millions to keep their pasts secret and the documents from being made Public. It said Many documents contained secret information about leading figures in the third  it did not elaborate nor cite sources for its report. Kaehne said prosecutors believe the missing documents May have been sold id dealers and collectors around the world for considerable turns. There is evidence thai some of these documents were sold for sums of up to 5.000 Marks 12,900 apiece he said in his statement. Kaehne said several West Gentian dealers Are target of the investigation. He said authorities recovered about 1,500 document including a letter from Hitler s doctor and correspondence from High ranking nazi Leaden. He did not say where the documents were found Bui Morge nost said som document were seized during a police raid on a Hamburg dealer. Kaehne said an earlier investigation begun in 1983 was dropped in 1986 for Lacle of Progress but the probe was resumed last summer after authorities received an Anonymous lip. Thomas Homan spokesman for the . Mission in Berlin could no Fae reached for comment on monday an american Public Holiday. On sunday he confirmed a criminal investigation into missing documents is under Way and said Vas. Officials arc co operating with West Berlin prosecutors. Heinz Gali std Leader of West Ber Lin s jewish Community called on Amer ican officials to provide a full accounting of the matter. The Berlin document Center has Bee run by the state department since after world War ii and contains nearly 30 million documents captured at the end of the War. It contains about 60 percent of the personnel records of nazi storm troops and an almost Complete list of nazi parly members. Alpine avalanches kill 7, injure 4 in Austria Vienna Austria a seven people died and four were seriously injured in a series of avalanches sunday in the tyrolean Alps near Innsbruck. Two of the dead were killed when a Mountain Rescue helicopter crashed sunday night As it re Lumen with inc body of a woman found dead after an Avalanche officials said monday. The woman was one of four West germans killed when their six member group was caught in a Snow slide sunday afternoon. One of the two men killed in the helicopter crash was Heiko fill 45, a medical doctor who helped to Pioneer Austria s Mountain helicopter Rescue scheme. Both inc Pilot and a fourth Man aboard the helicopter were badly injured in the crash and were taken to a Hospital in Innsbruck. In another Mountain catastrophe a 17-year old austrian died in an Avalanche in a ski area near Sanders Southwest of Innsbruck on he Swiss Border. Air Force releases names of airmen killed in Accident we Brucken a Wesl Germany the names of the two 26lh equipment maim so air men killed in a traffic Accident  been released after notification of next of Kin. A Community spokesman said monday. . Alphonse g. Comet 23, of Redding. Calif., and . Larry l Garroll 21, of Cincinnati were killed in an Early morning one car Accident on autobahn 8 two Miles from the air base the spokesman said. A. . Scott Boehmer 20, of Butler pa., suffered multiple injuries and is in stable condition the spokesman said. He also is assigned to the 26th equipment Maint so at Wei Bruckn. Iranian use of drone planes confirmed when Iraq Downs 2 Nicosia Cyprus a Iraq said monday thai its gunners downed two iranian drone planes in the Southern sector of the War front confirming for the first Lime that Iran is using Pilot less reconnaissance aircraft. The official iraqi news Agency monitored in Nic Osia said both drones were dawned sunday night. I quoted an unnamed military spokesman As saying inc first plane crashed in iranian territory and the second in Iraq. On sunday Iran reported that it fired on . Heli copters lying ahead of a Convoy of related kuwaiti ships escorted through the persian Gulf try american vessels. The Pentagon said in bad no evidence of the confrontation. Iran recently reported that Home built drones have been successfully tested and thai is War factories now were working on drone fighter planes. It was not Clear from the iraqi report if the drones reportedly downed had been manufactured in Iran. Iranian officials had boasted that the drones would boost the country s air farce. Iran s  air Force is outnumbered by the iraqis by eight to one. Iran has had difficulty finding spare parts for its warplanes because of sanctions imposed on the islamic Republic after militants stormed the american embassy in Iran in november 1979 and held 53 american hostages for 444 Days. Western military analysts say Iran has 60 id 70 working warplanes. In recent weeks iranian warplanes have been act vein the War with Iraq suggesting Iran May have bought some of in air Force needs on the Black Market. Iranian officials also say Iran now makes its own version of the chinese made Long Range turf the to surface missiles and other projectile u part of a drive toward self sufficiency Iran stepped up Effort to manufacture its own weapons after the United Stales proposed an International arms embargo of Iran to Force its rulers to agree to a . Security Council Call for a cease fire in the 7 year old Gulf War. Iran claimed last weekend thai its forces opened direct fire on . Navy helicopter that were carry ing out reconnaissance operations Friday ahead of a Convoy of .-flagged kuwaiti ships in the Gulf forc ing the american helicopters to flee. But a Pentagon spokesman in Washington denied the report we have no reports. That indicated thai event occurred said . Air Force maj. Randall Morder. 6 Pershing launched in exercise Cape canaveral Fla. Up six Pershing ii missiles carrying Dummy warheads were launched monday in a combat readiness exercise despite a pro posed treaty that Calls for the destruction of the inter mediate Range rockets. The first 35-foot missile flown to Cape canaveral from a launch site in Wesl Germany blasted off from is Mobile launcher at 8 03 . And quickly streaked out of Light through a hazy sky. A second operational missile was launched 18 minutes later and a third was fired at 8 44 . Three Bush from Page 1 Iowa debacle would be devastating. Bush acknowledged his own shortcomings As a campaigner and made Clear he did t intend to give up no matter the outcome tuesday. For Robertson the former television preacher the missiles remark was one of a series of attention lining statements Over the past several Days that provoked Jack Kemp to say in me debate he has said some off the Wall  Robertson said in separate television interviews sunday that he would l have hesitated to kill libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi and thai he wants to gradually abolish the social Security system Over 40 years moving in into a private  Robertson the Surprise second place finisher in Iowa was in a struggle with Kemp for third place in most new Hampshire polls. Outside the debate at St. Anselm College about 25 youth for Robertson students jeered at about 70members of cure aids now a group that includes aids victims. The Robertson backers chanted it s your own  republicans Kemp and Pete Dupont and democrats Babbitt and Gary Han All faced the Prospect of having Little Choice but to drop out if they fan Short tuesday although Dupont and Hart vowed to go on in any event. Third place seemed to be the line that determined the future for Kemp and do font in the gop debate Kemp and Dupont Bath at tacked Dole As harbouring a secret desire to raise taxes. Dupont thrust a piece of paper in Dole s face and Dupont Dole said in Sharp reply a reference to the giant corporation that was begun by do font s ances tors and is the source of his wealth. Jesse Jackson boarded a 1930s train for a whistle Stop tour through the Lake Region of the stale and Drew Hundred at each Slop despite 20-Degrcc temperature and Gusty winds. I be stood with you. On tuesday i want you to stand with me Jackson said from aboard his ram Bow  More missiles were fired Between 10 . And shortly after 11 . The j15 million missiles were launched by Sroop with the 56lh Field arty come in West Germany to evaluate How Well the soldiers and equipment work together in a Battlefield situation said Dave Harris a spokesman for the army t Redstone Arsenal in Hui Uvine Ala. Everything looked Fine he said after the sixth and final launch. It was a very vent Good operation All the Way through. The soldiers pulled in off just like they were supposed  open meetings asked during Mecham trial Phoenix Ariz. A the Arizona Senate majority Leader called monday for his colleagues to scrap plan to meet privately during the impeachment trial of gov. Evan Mecham. The decision to allow for closed meetings had been criticized by medium s lawyer and had touched off prompt and editorials from news organizations. It Haj become evident after several Days of com ments regarding the adopted court of impeachment rules from both the Public and the press uial the intent of our actions has been misinterpreted Robert us danc said in a letter to Senate president Carl Kunasek and minority Leader Alan Stephens. In appears to me that the benefits to the Senate would be significantly outweighed by the detriment to the process he added. Usdane like Mecham a Republican suggested that the rules be changed to require that Oil deliberations be made in Public. He also called for either a ban on secret meetings or the requirement of a majority vote before any closed meeting