European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Carlucci pledges Aid to bolster Tunisia Page 2 q Noriega arms buildup plan revealed Page 3 d Thresher tragedy still painful after 25 years Page 9 d Lyle wins masters on final Hole sports Page 21 Van j6, no. 356 ob693a terrorists offer passengers for fuel warn against attack Warnaca. Cyprus a the hijackers of a kuwaiti jumbo Jet offered to trails passengers for fuel sunday and threatened to crash the aircraft into Kuwait s Royal Palace. They had earlier warned of a slow and quiet massacre of their hostages if their demands were not met. A flight Engineer said the hijackers who Are demanding the release of 17 pro Rani an terrorists imprisoned in Kuwait had started to Hurt one of the passengers. H is believed there Are still 53 people aboard inc Kuwait airways Boeing 747, including three members of Kuwait s Rul ing Al Sabah family and at least sit hijackers. In Lebanon a pro iranian group threatened to kill kidnapped american and French hostages if any attempt was made to storm he plane. A statement from the islamic jihad terrorist group was delivered to the Reut ers news Agency in West Beirut along with photographs of journalists Terry a. Anderson an american and Jean Paul Kaul Toniann of France. To the families of the hostages we declare that we shall execute the Western captives in Lebanon if the plane and holy warriors hijackers aboard Are subjected to any military Foolhardy incs the statement said. In Cyprus the Arab hijackers who see terrorists on Back Pigeon Gri sunday .1 Airport in Cyprus pet moors line the once near the Kuwait airlines 747 had by terrorist. Pravda reports soviet military corruption. A it a nil in Iii luvs Ftp Init t in Moscow up the soviet amid fore nub so riddled with corruption poor discipline and improper personnel practices thai their combat readiness is greatly diminished in Many cases the communist party newspaper i Ravda said sunday. In a single two month period this year soviet Mili tary officers were fined a total of 2.5 million rubles s4 million for various abuses of military re Lanom including theft and wilful damage to array property 1 Yavda said quoting figures fron the military procurator s office. The attack on the an retd forces came As the country Celb Ralpd air Ferise Day honouring the country s air defense Boris i Popov chief of the military Procura Tor s of tick which is Lespo visible for investigating Vio lations of military discipline said part of the problem it 4ul Hii own office is full of bribe takers and run Ards War tvs willing to enforce the his. He said a major cleanup is the report corruption is the service. officers. Thefts of Roi Luet Prtt few. St con the Rise and the improper use of soldiers for a non military projects such As civilian construction has badly Hurt the combat readiness of some urls the report also implied that some senior omers have seen using soldiers for personal projects such As private Home repair. In just two months this year officers have been fined 2.5 million rubles fur various abuses. 11 was noted that a psychology of irresponsibility has taken. Breaches flaws and in Leftary standards by commanders and political work ers have become curl Mary and there have been Many cases of violations of military service rules the news paper said there arc cases of enlisted men and noncommissioned officers renting apartments on the blast. Martel red. Living olt base in blatant violation of regu lations " .-.,"thefts Are on the ,.jong with cases of wilful damage to military property great harm to combat readiness is caused by soldiers being diverted to Var ious non military economic works outside of Barracks and unit compounds pravda said. Soviet soldiers often Are used for a variety of non Seo pravda on Back Page Survey said lying has become More dangerous in the 10 years since deregulation began but Miny stressed they continue to regard it As the safest Way to travel the Survey of 1,360 pilots with if transport certificates a taken by the Atlanta journal and the Atlanta Constitution whet i published the results in he government began Tercsi Uluis the the Survey Al airline int Stry Iri 1978 fwe1iy? silk All travel is Dick i air travel is safer now and before the 1981 fir percent found no change. A 82 percent said they never had found 47 percent la All travel is just As Safe now As firings of traffic controllers and it percent o striking air Iid p added want the press is not giving the air lines a fair shake Trie . Airline system is far and away the safest in the said a Pilot for trans world a airlines Many pilots criticized the depart ment of transportation s 6-Monlh-old see pilots on Back Page
