European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday August 15,1988 British forces might get new car plates London a the ministry of defense is considering whether British servicemen should continue to use Spe Cial License plates fool Wing the Ira kill ing of a Soldier driving in Belgium a British minister said sunday. In May after Ira attacks killed three British servicemen in West Germany and the Netherlands defense Secretary George younger promised an urgent re View of the policy of issuing distinctive registration plates for the cars of British servicemen in West Germany. Armed forces minister Archie Hamil ton said sunday that recommendations have been made and Are being urgently considered. He did not disclose the recommendations but raised the possibly of with drawing the special plates and replacing them either with West German or British plates. The death of warrant officer 1st class Richard Michael Heakin on Friday night prompted news Calls for a change in the policy of issuing distinctive registration plates. Heakin based in monchengladbach West Germany was shot by one of two men who approached his car when it stopped at a traffic Light Friday night in Ostend Belgium. He had planned to take the ferry from Ostend to England. Member of parliament Richard Liv sey representing Heakin s constituency in Wales said the Soldier had no Chancrin his private car with British forces number plates. The fact is that As Long As these number plates remain British servicemen will be sitting ducks to the  under the present policy West Ger Many gives special tax concessions to private vehicles owned by British Mili tary personnel based there but the vehicles have to be clearly distinguishable. The ministry of defense stressed that even with German License plates British right hand drive cars which Many servicemen use could be conspicuous. It also said there were unspecified circumstances where it was a Security advantage for servicemen s cars to have special forces number plates. Our prime concern is to take the right decision in the Best interests of the safety of British and civilian personnel serving in Germany Hamilton said in a statement. If we do decide to seek the withdraw Al of British forces Germany Numberplate we shall of course need to consult the German government very urgently he said. If German number plates Are to reused there will be a lot of practical difficulties to be overcome such As whether British cars could meet German Legal requirements concerning exhaust emis Sions for example German insurance requirements and duty free petrol con  Martin o Neill defense spokesman of the opposition labor party accused the government of dragging its feet and urge the ministry of defense to decide on a new policy quickly to allay Public  there will be a lot of servicemen Raveling Back to Britain for their sum Mer holidays. Their Security could be at risk he said. News briefs condition of Mandela improved doctor says Cape town South Africa a imprisoned african National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela has shown noticeable improvement since he was admitted to the Hospital for a lung ailment a doctor said sunday. Or. . Strauss medical superintendent att Gerberg Hospital said that microscopic examinations had been conducted on pieces of tissue from the lining of Mandela s lungs and that there was no evidence of malignancy Only chronic inflammatory condition of the Pleura the lung lining he said Mandela s Windpipe and lung area had been examined a Biopsy had been per formed on the lining of his lungs and drainage was performed saturday morning. Students Battle riot police in third Day of Seoul clashes Seoul South Korea a Radical Stu dents demanding unification with North Korea battled riot police with firebombs and Rock sunday As residents demanded a halt to the demonstrations to protect the summer olym pics next  of students staged several attacks against riot police at Monsei University in the Western area of Seoul to try and break a police cordon. Clashes also erupted at another College in Central  in Green combat fatigues and Black Visorde helmets fired volleys of choking tear Gas and hurled Back rocks to drive students Back into Monsei in a third Day of clashes at the  students have seized on the reunification Issue to try to mobilize Public support for their anti government Campaign. The students a Small but powerful minority on campuses have failed to gain support because of violent tactics and open advances to the totalitarian North. The students also demand the removal of the42,000 . Troops in South Korea under a treaty. Reagan from Page 1 great moment we have before us and of How future generations will Dishonour us if now in a moment of sudden Folly we throw it All away. We must hold to this moment of Hope and i Tell you with every ounce of Energy and every fiber of my being Only electing George Bush president of the United states can accomplish that. My fellow republicans America needs the strength vision and True grit of George  the speech was a preview of the one Reagan will make in prime time on opening night of the gop convention monday. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater told re porters on the flight from Washington aboard air Force one that the can Yenfoon speech will focus on successes of the administration including the presi Dent s policies on arms control and military  he said it will also contain some  monday evening former sen. Paul Laxalt r-nev.,will Welcome the reagans to the convention Hall where they will watch the opening proceedings from the presidential Box. Mrs. Reagan will then speak to the convention and a film about the reagans will be shown. When the lights go up it will be the president s turn to speak. Fitzwater said Reagan would spend monday at his hotel working on his speech and talking to friends and guests in the  after the speech the reagans will be hosts at a private reception in their hotel  tuesday morning the president will speak at a closed breakfast for big contributors to the Republican , arriving that Day to claim the party s Nomi nation will Cross paths with the president at Bellechasse naval air station. After remarks by both men the reagans will be off to their 688-acre ranch in the Santa Ynez mountains near Santa Barbara calif., where Reagan has spent 316 Days since becoming pre  said he did not plan to Brief reporters during the week in Santa Barbara so As not to conflict with the convention in any  there were three briefings while the president was at the ranch during the week of the democratic convention last  has been increasingly Active on Bush s be half As the convention neared with the vice president still lagging behind democratic nominee Michael s. Dukakis in Public opinion  thursday the reagans lunched with Bush and his wife Barbara at the White House and plans forthe previously unscheduled Airport meeting in new Orleans were  Friday Reagan and Bush addressed Cabinet members and political appointees the president say ing frankly i Don t think the american people want to Gamble their future on a Blind  his weekly radio speech on saturday the presi Dent continued to Hammer at this theme picturing Bush As a candidate with a proven National record an saying of the democrats while they talk we Deli  prison from Page 1 for the state corrections department s House arrest program under which non violent convicts can Fin their own housing and live under what is said to be close supervision by corrections officials. The department does t provide the apartment said John Perry director of planning for corrections. The prisoner does that. We Are Only concerned that i meets minimum standards no drugs no guns no College kids hanging around. Obviously some people or. Zaccaro among them have More Money than others and they can afford a better place. The Aga Khan probably would t think much of his apartment. It s a matter of standards of living. And we Are not paying for it so we can t decide a place is too luxurious if it meets the other  corrections officials did say there was concern How Ever that dissatisfaction in the Law enforcement Community with the comfortable Way in which Zaccaro is serving time May threaten the future of the House arrest program. It s a disgrace to put a drug dealer into the pro Gram Quinn said. I m not Happy about it and Nei ther Are other state s  Captain from Page 1 iranian jetliner and that there was no significant malfunction in the performance of the Vincennes High technology Aegis radar tracking and identification systems according to officials. Pentagon sources said Fogarty and Mem Bers of his investigation team Felt undercut by Crowe s apparent exoneration of capt. Will c. Rogers Iii the Vincennes skipper immediately after the incident. At a news conference in Washington Crowe said the Vincennes skipper had acted with Good  Crowe s pronouncement Vas based on Early information from the Gulf that the Fogarty team found to be highly inaccurate in almost every major respect officials said. This put the Fogarty Board inthe position of having to contradict the nation s highest ranking military officer to Issue an accurate report on the series of errors which led the Vincennes to mis identify the approaching Airliner As an f 14 fighter and to shoot it Down. The Fogarty Board s formal notification to less that he was considered a party in the investigation is one Indica Tion that the investigators decided to Dis Tance themselves from Crowe s initial judgment and question everyone involved in the decision to fire on the plane. Rogers radioed less that he in tended to fire at the approaching air Craft the Pentagon has said. Less gave Rogers permission to fire but left the final decision to him. The Forgarty report according to in formed officials documents a number of errors Many of them human rather than mechanical. A Sailor in charge of executing the firing sequence for the missiles Fumble several tunes military officials said in giving one example resulting in a delay. If head fumbled the sequence one More time they added the Airliner probably would have become visible to the Vincennes Crew possibly averting the mistake. Still to be explained is How the High tech equipment on the Vincennes could have been misinterpreted. The Navy investigators reportedly discovered that radar on two of the ships that were near the Vincennes the frigates Elmer Mont Gomery and John h. Sides had detected the iranian Jet As ascending not descend ing in a threatening Mode As the Vin Cennes had reported. In defending the actions taken by the Vincennes Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard and Carlucci said the Vincennes detection equipment not that of the smaller ships was the equipment to rely on i judging the threat posed by the aircraft. Asked at a july 3 news conference whether Rogers acted properly in firing at the plane Crowe replied it is my judgment on the information that is Avail Able to us that the commanding office conducted himself with circumspection and considering the information that was available to him followed his authorities and acted with Good judgment and at Avery trying period of time and under very trying