European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday March 19,19s6 colombian Jet hits Mountain kills 137 Cucuta. Colombia a a Den Tolic jetliner with i37 passengers and Crew crashed during storm in Northern Colombia s mountains thursday kill Ingall aboard a civil defense director Laid. The Boeing 727 had left Cucuta a boil 250 mile Northeast of Bogota and crashed on 8 Mountain 50 Miles away near Zulia official said Rescue worker who found inc wreckage of the plane tonight confirmed Tinl there arc no survivors said col. Miguel Bend Iii. Civi defense director for the stale of North Santander said in a Interne radio Telephone from Zulia. The Impact of the plane n so violent thai ii caused Aja the aircraft said bin Post Zulia Polim ii Lonree witnesses rezoned that the plane Dipp Rosom Trees then slammed into a Moun in Iain was thai buried Par of lain and bunt into flames. Passengers included a roman Catholic auxiliary Bishop and members of two colombian Forcer teams. There were no reports of foreigners aboard. We heard a tremendous noise. And ran i a use Mountain where we saw the ruins " is Hector Pineda  a inter radio a cup a err local rescuers could no which is at about 8,000 feet. Search for Sta began Friday morning. According to  s civil aeronautics Agency the plane left Basta near the venezuelan Border at 1 1 . For Bair Gujt a Caribbean port/5u Miles Northwest and then Watkin Tine to the port City of Cartagena. Vianca and the government air Agency r North Poindexter to face a nominal charges March 24 Diane left with 131 passengers and six Crew members. The Agency and airline earlier had Given different numbers. A a afraid the control Tower at Cuputi lost co Staci with the plane four minutes after Takeoff in Stormy weather. The Agency said the plane did not report mechanical problem it was on the route but it was flying Al very Low Altitude said a spokesman at the control Tower who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Agency said the passenger list included � roman Catholic auxiliary Bishop monsignor Hondo Olive Velandia of Tibu and at lean 31 soccer players from two teams Hying to a tournament in Cartagena. Olive Velandia 44. Was named an auxiliary Bishop lost month. The to ctr learns were affiliated with eco patrol the slate Petroleum company. Washington map former National Okurily adviser John m. Poin a cmdr it col Oliver l North and two arms scale to were ordered to appear March 24 of arraign Mcnol on criminal charges arising miam their Rales in thei ran Coulm affair. The arraignment was scheduled by u.5, District judge Gerhard a. Gesell who will try inc Case by Sucht by Independent counsel Lawrence Ems also against up indented. North and Reid he air Force maj. Gen. Richard v. Second and his former business partner Alicr Hakim. A Lone picket circled the  carrying signs that read free Oliver North and hog Walsh to test inc Velum wednesday of the in men against the former National to Council aide and his defendants. The picket s a is reflected of senti ments of two congressional a publicans who last year investigated Tadele of us weapons to Iran and the by Sion of proceeds to the nicaraguan Caf Itra rebels. I personally Hinl that the indict ment counts Are noetic said  Hatch ruin during Abc to s Good  Hatch was one of the Joe Assn administration staunches i renders during last year s Congressi Ejbl hearings. "1 Dor think that men like Point Chi it. Of & North deserve to end up being Utcy on criminal grounds that deals their service in government rep. Chard Cheney a Wyo said on ihc1bc-tv today program. Rep. Us Hamilton  chaired the House Iran Contra Jeff Emu acc. Defended the  i reflects Many of the commit Uffe findings even though the panel Dumol say Crimi Nal acts were involved a Secord called Theof fares it creation of fantasy. Ludo proud speaking in a Telephone inter he said he would crush the Wjk Wilh Legal mane vering in Hopes a Al nobody else has to go through Yuki i  re 101 Page indictment Wasby a special grand jury thai had  the Case for 14 months let rfcs that North. Hakim and Secord aged in a conspiracy to circumvent statutory ban on . Aid to the Nicara Guan rebels by Selling up a private Cap is Supply network the. Alleged conspiracy which the in diff print says Wai later joined by poin deify also com pied the arms for hos Lage oils Wilh Iran by diverting More than hah fihe 30 million generated by the weapons sales to foreign Bank accounts con tilled by Hakim and Secord the indictment says. This Owney is used for other activities of the alleged Enterprise including diversion la inc contras As Well As the personal gain of Hakim Secord and North the Funty Euzent charges. Hakim and Secord we further accused of conspiring id give North illegal gratuities in the form of ii51qo Security system at his great Falls vat Tomc and Selling up a $200,000 Eduali Ortlund for North s children. . Frade deficit up by about $200 million Washington up the .merchandise Trade deficit climbed a slight 1.9 percent or j200 million in january to $12.4 billion As both Export and import declined sharply the com Merce department rezoned thursday. The report coming on the heels of Sharp decline in the november and december Trade deficit figures was Bel Ter news than the si3 billion shortfall Many Era Nomitsu predicted. But some analysis were dismayed that a Long Wii la 6 percent drop in imports to $34,8 billion was offset by lower exports which fell 10 percent to 122.3 billion. Exports Are expected to grow this year since the weaker Dollar has made american products cheaper for foreigners. It s a bit of a Good Cwi bad new Story said Jem Jasinowski chief economist for the National Siori Alioa of manufacturers. The decline in Export is due partly to seasonal factors but also reflects slow growth abroad thai May cause our Export growth to slowdown in the next several months exports were Hurt by a $500 million drop in air plane Salaad a nearly 1130million fill in specialized Industrial machinery sales a foreign countries. The report did contain Welcome news that the nation s Trade shortfall with Japan and Western Europe had lowered significantly during the Moth. The Trade deficit with Japan dropped to $3.9 billion it lowest Point since 19m and nearly $1 Bivion below the i4.b billion imbalance in december. The move was caused largely by an Al most $400 million drop in japanese car imports which were reduced because of High dealer inventories. The shortfall with Western Europe fell from s2.t billion in december to 11.3 billion in january. The nation ran a surplus with England of $75 million the first ncel985t but the Trade deficit worsened Wilh Canada in january from s632.8 Millionth 11, t billion. Commerce Secretary c. Midiam ver Ity noted the $12.4 billion figure for january was below the 19s7 monthly image of $14.3 billion but said the Trade deficit ii still far from beg solved. There is obviously a Long Way to go to eliminate the Trade deficit but we arson the right track Verity said. But some economists were sceptical of the United states Progress in casing the Trade deficit i dont see any evidence hat the current Dollar deficit is on the decline said Norman Robertson chief Orono my for Melton Bank in Pittsburgh the january figure was has than the Market had expected but the fact of the Mailer u that there is no hand evidence to suggest real Progress toward a sign i Ciani reduction in thed Cicil jets from Paga 1 Ortega held an urgent meeting with his military chiefs. Later foreign minister Miguel d Escoto said he had Send a diplomatic Nole to Secretary of state or orc p. Shulti formally and energetically protesting so attack which he blamed on the United slates. The government voice of Nicaragua radio Law said thursday that unidentified planes from Honduras buzzed Corinto Nicaragua s main port and anti air Craft batteries fired on them. The broadcast gave no details. Corinto is on the Pacific about 70 Miles Northwest of Managua. Honduras has one of Central America s smallest armies and relies on air superiority for defense. It and Mexico Are inc Only nations in the Region Wilh i fighters Ortega called the dispatch of . Troops to Honduras one More escalation of the War against Nicara Gua. Al Nicaragua s request the . Security coun cil was to meet in urgent session Friday on the Nica Nguan honduran Border crisis and on Itie Dis Patch of . Troops to Honduras. In Managua Ortega Laid we logically Are going maintain our offensive. We Are not going to with draw our troops now that we have recovered our Terri tory. We Are ready to combat and liquidate the famous forces of the 82nd airborne  earlier a foreign ministry spokesman said Nicara Eua already had begun withdrawing troops from the Border Region after driving about 2,� Contra Reb Elsback into Honduras. The operations have successfully been concluded and we Don t plan to slay along the Border Region the spokesman Alejandro Bandana said on Abc s today show. The 3,200 . Soldiers who began arriving in Hon Duras on thursday include two battalions Tram thes2nd airborne at fort Bragg. . Ortega accused the United slates of pressuring Hon Duras into asking for the american presence. The c-i4i planes carrying the . Troops were arriving every 30 minutes at Palmerola a inc Mai Center of . Military operations in Honduras the base is about i2s Miles West of the Border where heavy fighting was reported wednesday. Bandana denied . And lion Duran allegations that san Misu troops entered Honduras. Ortega himself would t say if sandinista troops crossed the Border. But honduran Miti iary officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said about 4,000 honduran sol Diers were surround eng about 2,000 nicaraguan sol Diers thursday. The sources said the entire honduran military was on Alert. Ortega told reporters the nicaraguan invasion Only exists in the warped imagination of the North Ameri can  we demand that the United states withdraw its troops from Honduras immediately and with this contribute to the meeting thai is going to be held in Samoa March 2 1 having positive results he said. Government and Cornitt representatives Are scheduled to begin three Days of peace talks monday in Popaj a town in Southern Nicaragua near the Border. Ortega said the United suites would use the current situation to give the Cornu logistical and military Aid not approved by Congress. . Secretary general Javier Perez do cuellor called for restraint in the conflict but had not decide whether to tend in an observer team. Support from Paga 1 jul resumed tuesday from a training jump in Darling ton . Each Soldier carries a knife canteen first Aid kit. Compass flu Light and Rucksack containing a rain poncho change of socks food two Way radio and am munition. About of Quarter carried mfr Rifle lie rest carried 9mm . About 3,000 members of the s2nd air bomb div were activated m a similar manner in october 1983 forthe . Invasion of Grenada