European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Williams succeeds Moranville As 6th Fleet commander Page 2 d White House withholds information on Noriega Page 5 d civilian named to head Burma Page 9 d computer hackers concern phone officials Page 15 y the St is and tripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol.47,no. 124 saturday August 20, 1988 Good morning 25t daily and sunday d 8693 a Crew made errors Dod says combat stress led to Airbus tragedy Washington a the Penta gon Friday acknowledged that the Crew of the guided missile Cruiser Vincennes made several mistakes in shooting Down an iranian Airliner but concluded that the ship s Captain based on what he had been told did what his nation expected of him the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff adm. William 3. Crowe said that an investigation of the july 3 tragedy found that capt. Will c. Rogers Iii and his Crew were acting under severe stresses the Airliner approached them during a surface engagement with iranian gun boats. The Vincennes mistook the airline for an f-14 fighter and shot it Down killing 290 people. The commanding officer never received the Clear evidence that he thought he needed to establish that the iranian aircraft had not come to participate in the ongoing surface action Crowe told a news conference. Defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci told reporters he had decided to with draw a letter of censure proposed for one of the ship s officers despite mistakes made by that officer. Crowe said that president Reagan had received the report and concurred in it findings. Crowe cited these mistakes a conclusion that the civilian air bus was descending rather than ascend ing As it approached the Vincennes. A report that the jetliner was trans mitting a signal identifying it As a Mili tary aircraft. A report by Crowe on the Day of the incident that the plane was outside a commercial air corridor crossing the per Sian Gulf. Crowe said that taken individually the mistakes were not crucial to the. See Crew on Back Page Bush Quayle plunge into Campaign by the associated press the Republican presidential ticket of George bus hand Dan Quayle proclaiming you have Given us a tremendous Send of left their convention City Friday confidently predicting Victory in november. Demo cratic nominee Michael Dukakis chided Bush for no mentioning the budget and Trade deficits in his acceptance speech. The Republican candidates opened a three Day join Campaign swing with Quayle still under pressure to answer questions about his military service. Their first Stop after leaving new Orleans was a rallying Quayle s Hometown of Huntington ind. The Indiana senator joked about the controversy when he and Bush appeared at a Post convention meeting of the Republican National committee inner Orleans. Adopting a military posture his shoulders squared his Back straight Quayle shouted in a clipped voice i stand at attention. Name Dan Quayle. Serial number303 50 4096. Indiana National guard six years and proud of  see related Story Page 4. The audience laughed and cheered. The conservative senator from Indiana has been dogged by questions about whether he used family influence to get into the National guard at the height of the Vietnam War virtually assuring he would avoid combat. Dukakis on a whistle Stop train tour through Illi Nois Missouri and Arkansas lost no time jiving at Bush s performance in new Orleans. Last night we heard a lot of talk about missions Dukakis said at a track Side rally in Belleville 111. He talked a lot about missions but i must have missed a Page he said. We did t hear a word from the republicans about the budget deficit or the Trade deficit last night or this week and we know Why. They Don t know How to Deal with  the democratic vice presidential nominee lloy Bentsen said in Dallas that the Republican convention Agop candidates Quayle and Bush. At final night of convention was dominated by the hard  what we saw was the republicans putting on convention for the far right Bentsen said. They had a Mardi gras for the moral  Bentsen also was asked about a report in Friday Washington Post that his Blind Trust invested in his son s business after being steered there by the senator. He said he reported the Trust s investment in Hisson s company. Frankly i did t have to report it Bentsen said. He said his wife s position As a trustee on a Mutual fund affiliated with the manager of his Trust in no Way compromised the Blind Trust. No not at All absolutely not he said. Now we Start said Bush. Now comes the begin Ning of the end and last night there was a shifting of the  the nominee said that he had received congratulatory Telephone Call from president Reagan thursday night after accepting the gop presidential nomination. We Are going to win this election he predicted. Bush told the republicans you have Given us tremendous Send off. I can t think of a better Way to get out of  republicans generally were upbeat and giving rave reviews to Bush s big speech. He hit it. He hit it out of the Park exulted  d Amato of new York. For me it was a question of survival the speech of his life and he  Massachusetts Delegate Joyce hampers called it a grand  Nebraska gov. Kay Orr said it was a sensitive speech because he was so Strong and yet so sensitive. He showed that he is attuned to the american people. Believe he revealed a George Bush people have not yet seen and had a Chance to  the gop also got Good news from the latest polls that said the race was a dead heat after months in which Duka Kis led by As much As 17 Points in most surveys. Army agrees to let cafes run liquor stores by William j. Bartma Washington Bureau Washington the army officially has agreed to a controversial plan giving control of its liquor stores to the Exchange service with the air Force expected soon to follow suit. At the same time the army has Bee asked by Congress to investigate charges that civilian and military store personnel in Europe illegally lobbied lawmakers to Stop the Transfer. Secretary of the army John Marsh or dered aug. 12 that the change be completed by oct. 1, a Date mandated in the defense Bill recently vetoed by president Reagan. A Pentagon source said a Simi Lar announcement from the air Force is expected. For the past two years Congress has been pushing for the army and air Force Exchange service to take Over the Mili tary run liquor stores. The Navy and Marine corps made such a change a year ago. Critics of the existing systems cited alack of centralization and accountability in stateside liquor stores which Are oper ated by individual bases. However in Europe the stores have been operated a command level. Many details of the plan Are yet to be worked out. Liquor store employees willbe offered positions with cafes but the future of management personnel remain Uncertain the army said. Also to be resolved is Usa eur demand that it be reimbursed for an Esti mated $20 million Worth of assets in the stores. That is under negotiation. There willbe some Price set. It will be worked out fairly said it. Col. Bob Williams an army spokesman. Williams said no Price increases Are anticipated on alcoholic beverages with the change. Both the army and Congress believe cafes centralized buying and distribution Power will Cut costs wit savings and benefits being passed on to service members. Congressional and Pentagon source say the liquor stores in Europe in partic ular have been huge  alone reported assets total ing More than $22.8 million in 1987 Anda net profit of nearly $ 11 million with $9 million of that going to the com Mand s morale support coffers. Since the possible Transfer of the liquor stores first was announced several efforts both official and unofficial have been made to Spike the move. The air see liquor on Back Page