European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. May 7. 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 7 Aloha safety record tops spokesman says Aloha airline fatal flight april 28,1988 e plot limb Craim Riff Ali  Honolulu a Aloha airlines president and chief executive officer Maurice Mym says Aloha will match its maintenance inspection record against any Carrier in the country. According to Federal aviation administration documents an in depth inspection of Aloha by the Faa last de Cember found the airline did not have an adequate system o ensure that its air Craft were properly maintained. The inspection included examination of Aloha s compliance with a special surveillance requirement for aging aircraft Faul indicated no specific concerns about the Aulne Boeing 737 Jet which broke apart during a night last week. A 20-foot Section of the plane s upper Tutelage Tore away at 24,000 feet Send in a night attendant to her death an injuring 61 passengers although the plane limped to a Safe Landing. According to the Faa. The 19-year-old plane which had 89,000 landings was one of four Aloha aircraft under a special inspection program aimed at aging air Craft As Well As a special Faa airworthiness directive warning about possible cracking in the upper portion of the fuse Lage. The inspectors concluded that the air line did not have an effective internal audit program to make certain it was complying with Federal requirements including emergency Raa airworthiness directives. Myers said thursday the company had undergone the required investigation which he described at a very Thor Ough inspection which focuses on proce dures and record keeping not on  in our final briefing by the Faa we were told by the inspection team that the items found were typical of airlines across the country and that we run a Safe airline Myers said in a statement Weill match our maintenance inspection record against any Carrier in the  Aloha operates scheduled air service to four islands Kauai Oahu Maui and Hawaii in the hawaiian Island group As Well As some charter services. Drug seizures panel suggests ways to eliminate for fiscal 88 confrontation in the third world top past years Elpaso tews Impi More cocaine marijuana and heroin were seized by Law enforcement agencies along the  Border in the first half of fiscal year 1983, ending in March than during All of is86,spokesmen said thursday. Jerry a Podalino tactical coordinator of the Elpaso based operation Alliance said seizures of co Caine totalled 9.286 pounds up from 3,674 pounds in the same period last fiscal year. The Federal fiscal year begins oct. I and ends sept. 30. Marijuana seizures attributable to the agencies co operating with operation Alliance were up to 197,120 pounds in the first half of fiscal 1988, up from 175,452 pounds in Hyscal 1987, he said. Heroin seizures increased to 88 pounds up from38.5 pounds in the previous year Padalino said the successes Are the result of in creased cooperation by Federal slate and local Agen cies. Operation Alliance is evolving into an All out joint Effort to combat the smuggling of drugs he said. As Progress continues in coordinating efforts the level of successful interdiction is expected to  Padalino said the sharing of information and tactics by different Law enforcement groups is developing Amore cooperative spirit. Sheriffs departments and state departments of Public safety along the Border Are contributing detailed knowledge of local areas he said. Federal agencies arc sharing an in depth knowledge of investigative  Washington Nett a panel of american and soviet Public figures issued a report thursday suggesting ways to eliminate confrontation in the third world. But they disagreed at a news conference about Iligir key proposal a ban on the superpowers use of so called proxy forces in regional conflicts. The report equated United slates action in the korean War Slih the soviet invasions of Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. In called the Vietnam War the most divisive event in . History since the civil War and suggested that the soviet combat role in Afghanistan could have been analogous had the Kremlin not decided to with draw. The report was prepared by an american group headed by Arthur Macy Cox a former official of the stale department and the Central intelligence Agency and a soviet group led by Corgi a. Arkatov. A Mem Ber of the soviet communist party Central committee and director of the .  Institute. In its study the panel listed 14 Steps the superpowers could Lake toward stable  Amon them a formal agreement not to use combat troops in regional conflicts. The report listed events that it said constituted direct or indirect military intervention by the superpowers. For the United Stales it listed Korea Guatemala Lebanon the Bay of pigs in Cuba the dominican Republic Vietnam Angola Grenada Nicaragua Afghanistan and Libya. For the russians it listed Hungary Czechoslovakia Vietnam Angola Ethiopia Southern Yemen cambo Dia and Afghanistan. Black archbishop installed in Atlanta Atlanta a the most Rev. Eugene a. A Rino became Trie nation s first Black roman Catholic archbishop thursday idling his mostly White parishioners his status need not affect the Quality of my ministry among you nor the nature of our relationship with each  Marino a native of Biloxi miss., was warmly received by an overflow crowd at the Atlanta civic Cen Ter who applauded As he entered the Hall and interrupted him several times with More applause. More than boo clergy including nearly 100 roman Catholic Bishops and three cardinals attended the installation mass. Archbishop Pio Laghi Pope John Paul la s representative in the United states called the ceremony really unique because of the outpouring of interest. The crowd proved that the selection made by the holy father has been the right one he said among the local leaders attending the mass were Corolla Scott King and Martin Luther King Iii along with other relatives of the late Rev. Martin Luther King or. And mayor Andrew Young a congregationalist minister. Let our differences be a source of strength for All of us Marino said. The archdiocese of Atlanta covers 69 counties in North Georgia with a Catholic population of about 156,000, including about 10,000 Blacks. Folks in a non neb., love polyester image Lincoln neb. A the headline in Usa today could read proud Prairie people pounce on polyester  in other words Don t mess around with Lincoln residents when it comes to polyester. The polyester wars began tuesday when Usa today wrote a Story about Cliffs notes those cd Low and Black booklets explaining literary classics that have been a Boon to untold legions of High school and College students. The company that puts out Cliffs notes is based in this town of 172,000. Some might Call this Birthplace of Cliffs notes the Edge of nowhere a City still comfortable with fulsome waistlines and polyester wrote the reporter Karen s. Peterson. In mock retaliation Scott Young co Host of for radio s morning show urged Lincoln its to participate in the plethora of polyester  the plan was to Send Peterson pounds and pounds of polyester. The turnout was better than expected with a Little help from the folks Ai Goodwill industries. On thursday two Goodwill trucks loaded with 5,000 pounds of baled polyester clothing pulled up to the station. That was added to the 50 pounds already collected at the station. After checking the Cost of shipping More than 2 tons of polyester to Peterson at Usa today head quarters near Washington d.c., Young and company opted to Send her a representative sampling of Lincoln s sartorial  at Usa today on thursday the so to 60 Mem Bers of the life Section where the Story appeared were decked out in University of Nebraska red arid while to Greet a film Crew from an Omaha television station. Peterson was not in the office thursday night but was preparing to do some radio interviews on Friday including one with for. Obviously we be been following this very closely Tom Mcnamara managing editor of the Sec Tion said in a Telephone interview. We re More than willing to Good Nat redly eat some Crow on  we love Nebraska. We love Lincoln. We re try ing to make amends Mcnamara said. Then know ing the Way to a nebraskan s heart he added the life department roots every year for Nebraska to beat