European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 30,1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 North delivers memorial Day address Bensalem. A. A former Marine u. Col. Oliver a North invoked the memory of Hose who died in Vietnam in a memorial Day weekend address saturday at n fair in suburban Philadelphia. Let us. If we Musl. Debate the lessons Learned in  North told about 2,000 people Al inc Pennsylvania fair at the Philadelphia Park race Irasek. Today we simply say thank you dear son May god Cradle you in Hii Loving arms it is nol too much to ask that we remember them that Weihing of them that each one of us does our utmost to preserve what they died Tor in  about 20 protesters were visible As North spoke from an outdoor podium and some people tried to Block their banners from i View. North a fired National Security Council aide also joked about his status As a major figure in inc Iran Contra affair. It s Nice to be somewhere without a subpoena he said. There Are almost As Many Here As make up a congressional  North who has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and of obstruct ing investigations spas on commitment Trust and  he made few direct comments on his Legal prob lems but vowed to prevail even in  last week the judge in inc Case said that the con Gressional immunity granted North and two co defendants could make trying them on conspiracy charges a practical  . Duich judge Gerhard a. Gesell said thurs Day he hoped to decide by the end of june whether to Grant defense motions to dismiss the indictment. Certainly it was not my intention to be caught in the Middle of a bitter dispute Between the president and the Congress Over the control of our foreign policy North said of inc affair. But we Haven t been alone in this struggle  indicted official new demo chief in . County Williamson . A a state senator under indictment on a charge that he accepted a bribe while serving As a county commissioner has been named chairman of the Mango county democratic parly. Sen. Truman Chafin is the fifth consecutive Mingo county democratic chairman to face criminal charges. He faces a state bribery charge in a scheme to sell the sheriffs Job from Johnnie Owens to Charles Eddie Hil Ben for 1100,000. Owens a former county democratic chairman and Hil Bert have pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the scheme. Chafin accused of accepting a bribe to stay away from the commission meeting that approved the Transfer of the up from Owens to Hilbert has pleaded in Nocent and denies any involvement in the alleged scheme. The county democratic Ete Culive committee voted 7-6 thursday to name Chafin county chairman. The previous chairman e. Donald Evans resigned Al inc request of the . Attorney s office after being indicted a month ago on a charge of conspiring to commit vote fraud. His predecessor was Owens who is Servings 14-year Federal prison sentence. Owens predecessor As chairman was Stewart Justice who was acquitted on a state bribery charge last year. Justice s predecessor Noah Floyd was acquitted on Federal conspiracy charges in the curly 1970s. The politically powerful county chairmanship had been vacant for a month since Evans resigned. Local politicians say they can t remember the Post being vacant for so Long. Mingo a poverty stricken Coal mining county has had a reputation for corruption for Yean. In 15s6, the fire chief of  was convicted of running a drug carryout operation nest to the Lown police department. In elections for county office on May 11, the voters rejected three of five candidates under criminal indictment. Stockholders vote to take Ual Back to Basic business Chicago a first it was Ual inc. Now it is Ual corp. And in Between for a Brief but not very shining moment there was Al Lygis. Stockholders of United airlines Parent company voted to dispose of Al Lygis putting an end loan ill fated Effort to become a one Stop travel conglomerate. The company was known As Ual inc. Until february 1987. When it became alleges corp. Under then chairman Richard j. Ferris. Bui stockholders did t buy inc travel concept and Ferris was ousted. The company has since sold its Wustin and Hilton hotel chains its Hertz car rental business and a so percent slake in its Apollo computerized reservations system. The shake up left the Chicago company holding Only United airlines half of Apollo and the Al Lygis name which shareholders Al an annual meeting voted overwhelmingly to change Loual corp. Our objective in returning to our Core business of running an airline is to grow United airlines into this nation s pre eminent airline Ual chairman Stephen m. Wolf said in announcing plans to buy up to 60 new Boeing jetliners. The name change was filed Friday with the Securi ties and Exchange commission and the company s new Stock Exchange ticker Symbol Ual becomes effective tuesday said spokesman Matt Gonring Domestic Market share five biggest u.5. Airlines 197b Northwest airlines year deregulation occurred Cowans Tribune graphic source United airlines Tampa officials bulldoze Burn crack hideouts Tampa Fla. A bulldozers flattened so vacant houses in an at Empl by the mayor s office 10 quash the crack problem and columns of smoke Rose Over the City from heaps of rubble ignited by construction Crews. It s a win win situation mayor Sandy Fri adman said As demolition Crews finished three Days of work. One lady who lives near a House we Tore Down on seventh Avenue called this morning to say she d slept better last night than she had in  of the 50 condemned structures on the mayor s list a dozen were known crack houses and inc others Wen though Likely to become centers of criminal activity a release from the mayor s office said. Crack is a Smoka ble form of cocaine. Any vacant House in a High drug area is a potential crack House said police maj. Bert Hatcher. Ill sure feel More Safe getting in and out of my car when this Job is  said Louise Brown a teacher Al a Nursery. Meanwhile fire officials arrested a Man after he allegedly told Ihm he set fire to a crack House. Stale fire investigator a. Alcala said he haled to arrest 21-year-old Jolt Marshall Ayd Clohe but he had no Choice after Adye Lolle described How he ignited a cardboard Box and tossed it into one of three vacant houses. Hie resulting Blaze destroyed that building and heavily damaged the other two. None of the three buildings was among the so slated for destruction. A As Ca to a Beria flight gets of but faces delay Anchorage Alaska a a pro posed flight from Nome to the siberian town of provi Duniya Iron soviet clearance on saturday but it came As such a Surprise thai the Friendship flight dreamed up 2 i years ago must be delayed. Soviet officials told gov. Sieve Cowper inc 240-Mili flight can Lake place on tues Day the Day Alaska s organizers of the trip proposed months ago. Alaska airlines has to postpone the flight however to ensure provi Duniya s runway can withstand a Jet filled with politicians business leaders the press and eskimos seeking reunions with siberian relatives. We were aware of the fact thai the Sovi ets normally give you pretty Short notice on decisions like this so it was not a Surprise that they called four Days before it was sup posed to happen Cowper said. Approval of the trip clearly was lied to inc Moscow Summit talks Between president Cagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev Cowper said. He said he Hopes the trip can a acc place in june. Cowper said the clearance of a flight for tuesday was particularly surprising because he thought soviet officials were concerned the journey would draw some attention away from i Summit. Alaska airlines Hopes to Send technical staff to provi Duniya in a twin engine plane on tuesday airline spokesman Jim Johnson said. Permission for tic pc Dight was sought through diplomatic channels on sat urday. They gave us some information about the runway but we need 10 we first hand if it s suitable for a Jet Johnson said. Nome businessman Jim Stimpfle has been pushing the trip for 2w years. He said lie used 10 stand on a Bering sea Beach and wonder whal was going on across the water in the soviet Union. Nome residents remember How he used to Send balloons with gum and sew ing Needles Over the Ocean in Hopes they would reach people on Siberia s Chu Knish Peninsula it s been a Day that t think we will All remember and hopefully it will be the beginning of Many Good things Between inc soviet Union and the people of alas a Stimpfle said saturday. Alaska airlines wants 10 use a Boeing 737 for the 25-Minuie flight and Hopes that with Only about 70 passengers in Stead of the usual 111 and Luggage prov id Niya s runway can handle the plane. Airline officials Weir old inc runway is about 2,000 Yards Long and has a surface q gravel and Sand hut they be also heard it described As a dirt Landing strip. They wan to sir it for themselves Johnson said. He said the flight can be arranged quickly once the runway conditions arc known. Plans Call for a morning departure from Nome an Early dinner in provi Duniya and . Several weeks ago. Gorbachev s chief spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov spoke optimistically in Alaska about the prospects for warmer relations Between the neighbors. Passengers aboard the flight Are Eup cycled to include eskimos separated from their Kin for decades by the political chill Between the United Stales and the soviet Union