European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 24, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 sea trials for repaired Stark set next week by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the guided missile frigate Stark blown apart at midship by two iraqi missiles 15 months ago has been repaired at a Mississippi ship Yard and is scheduled for sea trials aug. 29 and 30 and will then be returned to the Navy said it. Barbara Kent a Navy spokeswoman. It has been undergoing repairs at Ingalls shipbuilding in Pascagoula miss., since last november. Kent said repair costs were held under $90 million compared to an original repair estimate of $142 Mil  when the Cost of repairs has been tallied precisely the government will submit a Bill to Iraq she said. Iraq has accepted responsibility for the attack on the owner loses court Battle Over rooster Santa Ana Calif. A rudely awakened neighbors who had complained about Jose Sanchez s vocal 15 Pound rooster won a court Victory when the owner was convicted of illegally har Boring the animal in a residential area. Sanchez May now find himself in jail because of the pet Rhode Island red rooster named Travis who ruffled to Many feathers with his predawn makeup Calls in the tranquil neighbourhood 35 Miles East of los , 26, who fought the City Over its anti rooster Law for two years was convicted monday on four Misdemeanour counts. He could be ordered to serve six months in jail and pay a $ 1,000 Fine for each count. Sentencing is scheduled sept. 23. Deputy City attorney Frank Rhemrev said he doubts the maximum sentence will be assessed. Can you believe it i might end up in county jail with burglars and thieves. And i la be there because of a Chicken Sanchez said before monday s decision. Many people have told Sanchez he should t risk going up the River for a rooster but he remained Adamant. You can get warm and cuddly about a rooster just like you can about a cat or a dog Sanchez said. Travis is real Friendly. He s a companion just like any other pet. He just happens to be a Chicken he said of the 7-year-old Bird. Stark describing the May 17, 1987, incident As a Case of mistaken identity and has promised to compensate the United states and the relatives of the 37 Sailor who died in the attack although no Money has changed hands to Date. The Stark was almost lost As a result of the night time attack in which a Mirage Jet fighter fired two exocet missiles at it. Both missiles struck the ship although Only one exploded. The fuel from the unexploded exocet contributed to a fire that produced temperatures As hot As 3,500 de Grees starting an inferno that has been described As unique in naval warfare. The Blaze was so intense it literally cooked the decks above igniting equipment in those upper decks and spreading the fire vertically rather than horizontally. Ultimately the fire destroyed the entire combat in formation Center the electronic heart of the ship As Well As Crew berths radar equipment rooms and other compartments. In repairing the ship Ingalls had to Cut the front half of the superstructure away and replace it along with a 50-foot Section of the steel Hull Down to the second level below the main deck. Ingalls also installed a new computerized combat system built by the Uniss corp. According to Kent the Stark s Crew has almost completely changed due to routine rotations since the ship returned from the persian Gulf. The new Crew is grooming the ship for its return to the Atlantic Fleet and its Home port in Mayport fla., she added. California Highway workers look Over the nearly five tons of tomatoes that Highway pileup spilled from a truck on interstate 5 near los Angeles Early monday. A series of accidents injured at least 13 people and involved about 30 cars. Counselor of Vietnam veterans commutation of execution invited to assist soviet soldiers proposed in la. By the los Angeles times san Diego Nineteen Ameri cans skilled in the counselling and physical rehabilitation of Vietnam War veterans have been invited to the soviet Union to address the problems of soviet soldiers returning from Afghanistan the head of a Seattle peace organization said. Diana Glasgow director of citizen diplomacy projects for the Earth Stew Ards network said the trip has been approved by the Central committee of the communist party and by the soviet equivalent of the joint chiefs of staff. Glasgow said the representatives of the soviet government who requested the trip were interested in a delegation of experts in three main areas pros thetic devices especially those for the feet wheelchairs and psychological trauma. The experts from the United states including doctors psychologists and Engineer will share ideas with counterparts from the soviet Union and also work directly with soviet vet Erans of Afghanistan Glasgow said. It s not accurate to say that these men will be counselling soviet veterans so much As they will be meeting with them she added. How much coun seling can you do with someone you be just met the Point is to meet with veterans of the War in Afghanistan to describe programs and processes that worked for Vietnam veterans. We Hope that some of those programs and processes also work for veterans of the afghan conflict. " the soviets Are particularly Trou bled about the social and psychological integration of returning War veterans. They want to know tons about Post traumatic stress  consequently one of the headliners of the . Delegation Glasgow said will be Charles Figley a Purdue University psychologist and Vietnam Veteran currently heading a conference in London on Post traumatic stress syndrome. She said other participants in the conference scheduled for sept. 25 through oct. 9 in Leningrad and mos cow include Jack Smith director of the Cleveland based Center for stress recovery which deals with the prob lems of Vietnam veterans Shad me shed head of the Vietnam veterans Aid foundation which is based in los Angeles and the Rev. William Mahedy. Mahedy is the episcopal chaplain at both san Diego state University and the University of California san Diego and the author of a Book out of the night the spiritual journey of Vietnam  i Don t know what the parallels be tween Vietnam and Afghanistan will be but i can suspect Mahedy  the last few years we be found problems not just among Vietnam vets but veterans of All wars. I be dealt with veterans of world War ii Korea even the Spanish american War. Viet Nam really opened up a can of Worms and what it tells us is something we should have known All along that War is a ghastly  Angola la. A the state Par Don Board recommended monday that a Man scheduled to die in the electric chair this week have his sentence reduced to life imprisonment. Ronald Monroe 33, who is scheduled to be executed Early thursday has maintained his innocence for More than a decade in the 1977 stabbing death of Lenora Collins of new Orleans. Whether Monroe receives a commutation is up to gov. Buddy Zoerner who has not disclosed whether he will accept the recommendation said Yvonn Campbell chairwoman of the Pardon Board. She said in a Brief statement that the Board found Monroe had been deprived of due process of Law. She would no elaborate or disclose How Board Mem Bers voted. Monroe pleaded before the Board monday saying i am innocent and will be innocent until the Day i  the . Supreme court has rejected appeals twice but a third request to Block the execution was filed last week