European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday May 1,1988 co Pilot Mill Tonto Kent in door helps a Man slide Down in emergency Chute while Pilot Robert Schorn Shelmer standing at front of Iima cd Section looks on. Faa sets 23,000-foot Altitude limit for older 737s Washington a older Boeing 737s. Like inc Jet thai was ripped open Over Hawaii this week were restricted saturday ram lying at altitudes above 23,000 feel until they can be inspected for structural defects. The Federal aviation administration issued an emergency order Cor jets in the 737-100 and 737-200 Merics that have had More than 55,000 nights the order affects fib planes in the fleets of Aloha Piedmont and american airlines Faa spokesman Fred pc near said. Federal  Are focusing on possible Struc Tural failure in the Aloha airlines Jet that blew open thursday Al 24,000 feel. A flight attendant was swept out of the plane to her death and 61 passengers were injured. Under the airworthiness directive issued by Faa administrator t. Allan Mcartor the airlines must Complete visual inspections of the affected area within the next 500 flights. The area to be inspected is the lop of the fuselage. In the Aloha Jet a huge upper Section of the 737-200 Tare away leaving passenger a posed to the open skies and forcing he Pilot to make an emergency Landing. Farrar said thai at altitudes of 23.000 feet or below the pressure Between the outside and inside of the aircraft is such that a Struc Urai weakness would not cause a failure or damage to the plane. Last oct. I the Faa ordered Loic inspection of the upper skin of the Early Model Boeing 737s because routine inspections had turned up cracks near where sections of Sheet Metal overlap. The Agency warned Thi problem could cause rapid Cabin decompression. The earlier Faa directive covered the first 291 Doc ing 737s manufactured of which the Aloha plane was no. 152. H had been in service since 1969. Aloha airlines has said it conducted the inspections in october As ordered but found nothing that caused alarm. Ferrar said saturday s directive was broader than the inc issued in october because the new directive orders visual inspections of Thryn lira lop of inc fuselage. National transportation safety Board member Joseph t. Nail said Friday that invest Igneri believed the cause of the Aloha Accident was a structural problem with the Aloha Jet. He also said the Jet had been through 85.000 to 90,000 la coff and Len dog cycles and Calvd that a High Cycle number because of the stress caused by repeated Copan  fuselage. Meanwhile Aloha grounded thru c Juls similar in age to inc one involved in thu Utay s Accident defense from Page 1 rear lagging at around i percent. The United Stales also provides the greatest percentage by far of the s430 billion Allied defense spend ing total with 65.3 percent no one other ally lopped. The United states contributes 37,9 percent of the committed manpower of the allies. 63.3 percent of the naval tonnage 45.7 percent of the tactical combat air attack from Pago 1 land. Bush who also was campaigning in Ohio even though he has a mathematical lock on inc Republican presidential nomination called for the death penalty for drug Kingpins and said that both Jackson and Duk Kislack his toughness on this Issue. Both Dukakis and Jackson oppose capital punish ment. We be appointed tougher judges we arc getting More convictions and longer sentences. But where arc Hie democrats on mandatory sentencing on Laugher penalties for those who Poison our kids with drugs i favor Ilie death penalty for drug Kingpins those involved in drug related  he said. If Michael Dukakis and Jesse Jackson arc serious about this let s see where they stand on throwing inc Book Al those who Are poisoning the live of the Young  Jackson criticized Dukakis for not going far enough in committing himself to spend Money on such issues As Chat Gutare Southern Africa education and drugs. We need a massive commitment to invest in peo ple reinvest in America and end reaganomics Jack son said at a rally in Columbus. Craft and More than 98 percent of the forces that com prise the allies nuclear umbrella. Increased efforts from All allies arc needed the report said. Hut High unemployment and budget deficits some three to Lour times that of the United slates when taken As a percentage of Gross National product will continue to pose obstacles to increased Allied de sense  the report said . Officials have consistently urged the allies particularly Japan to do More but added that there is Only so much pressure the United states can bring to Bear on other Sovereign nations. The Pentagon has been stung recently on the Issue i a Sharp congressional criticism. In february rep fat Schr coct a Coio who Heads a new House panel on defense Burden sharing accused military officials of cooking number to mate . Allies look As though they re doing More than they really arc. That comment came after Richard cric former assistant Secretary of defense Tor International Security policy said at inc panel s first hearing hat the administration purposely looks Tor statistics that make the allies look  after the hearing. Schmo Cdr who supports reducing the . Presence overseas if the allies Don t spend More on defense urged defense Secretary Frank car Lucci to review the reports for 1981 through 1937 and make appropriate  a staffer for Schmo Cdr said he had not had a Chance to review the new report to compare it with the others. Schroeder s panel has been holding hearings for the past two months on the Issue of defense Burden Shar ing and her staffer said a Clear trend has emerged. Every witness we be had says these countries Are deficient to some Way in their support of the Alliance and could be doing More he said. Another round of hearings is scud Ujco for May 11-15, and a final report from the panel is due in mid june. Military Banks reopen monday Frankfurt is merchants National officials expect to reopen All military Banks in West Ger Many Greece and the Netherlands on monday officially ending the almost 40-year reign o american express. The Banks which will open Al Normal times should be Able to offer most essential services in their first week of operation including Check cashing and foreign currency Exchange officials said saturday. While some merchants checking and savings account materials already have been  the majority will not be in customers hands until monday. Bank officials stressed that customers should continue to use their american express checks until new ones arrive. However customers who do not receive the new checks by Friday should Slop by their local Bank for assistance. Most of merchants Green machine automatic idl ers were operating late saturday but mechanical prob Lem were encountered in Germany at Vaihinger kit Zingen Kirch cons and Mainz. The Bank still hoped to be Able to put those machines in operation before the end of the weekend. Teller machines Al sets Lyrberg and Schinnen in the Netherlands also were not yet operational inc officials said. We re asking everyone to Start using their new Green atm automatic Teller machine cards Mark Scheidler a banking Liaison officer for the european come said saturday. The old Blue ones will no longer work. The machines will take them and when a machine fills up in shuts Down. That can cause problems or All of us. Sec idler said the Bank already has delivered All of the new atm cards and customers who have not Yel received one should Check with their Bank monday