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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday septembers 1988 news briefs 31 die As yugoslav bus plunges into Reservoir jablan1ca. Yugoslavia a a bus thai plunged off a Highway 50 meters Yards into an artificial Reservoir late wednesday was hoisted from the water thursday with three bodies still inside raising inc death toll from the Accident to31, official said. The state news Agency Tan Jug quoted officials at the scene of the Accident on the Mostar Sarajevo Highway As saying they believed they had accounted for All the passengers on he bus but divers continued to search the Muddy Bottom of the Reservoir. Tan Jug said 14 people had survived the crash and Alt were hospitalized. Gop senator denounces party of homosexuals St. George. Utah a sen. Orrin Hatch called the democratic party the party of homosexuals and said it has sullied traditional american values. The conservative Republican who spoke at a gop fund Raiser Here wednesday later denied making the party of homosexuals statement but a tape recording of the speech made by radio station a Dou contained inc remark. Hatch according to the tape said the demo cratic party is the party of big government anti defense continual failure to support free Dom fighters All Over the world weak foreign policy really a denigration of the Monroe doctrine if you look at what they be been doing to Reagan Over these last eight Yean. And of course they love they Are the party of homosexuals they Are the party of abortion they re the party that has fought school prayer every step of the Way Hatch said German party says nato should Cut forces by half Muenster. West Germany a West Germany s icel leaning social democratic party on thursday demanded that nato reduce in armed forces in Europe by half along with dras tic cues in Warsaw pact forces. The demand was incorporated into official policy at the party s annual convention which began in my Ensler on tuesday. The social democratic party Sudj is West Germany s leading opposition party in the Feder Al parliament in Bonn. The new policy Calls for a reduction of North Allaric treaty organization forces by 50 per cent with the Warsaw pact nations reducing heir armed forces to the same number As Nat forces. Western military experts say the soviet led Warsaw pact forces faced off against nato in Europe far outnumber those of the Western Alli Ance. The spa party convention ends on Friday. Carlucci to leave Friday for 10-Day visit to Asia Washington a defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci will depart Washington on Friday for a 10-Day trip to Asia including sin Days in China the Pentagon announced thurs Day. In China Carlucci is expected 10 discuss the prospective Export of . Communications satellites for hunching on chinese rockets and the subject of arms sales also is Likely to be on the Agenda. He also will visit Guam and Hon Kong. In the people s Republic of China Secretary Carlucci will be the guest of China s minister of National defense pm Jiewei and will meet with senior chinese military and political leaders to discuss a wide variety of global regional an bilateral  the Pentagon said. Carlucci will arrive in China on sept. 5 after a two Day visit to Guam and remain there until sept. 10, when he flies to Hong Kong. The Secre tary will return to Washington on sept. 11, the Pentagon said. Engine trouble suspected in Delta crash that killed 13 Grapevine Tettas a speculation cent Redon engine trouble As investigators and manufacturers representatives thursday tried to determine the cause of a Delta air lines jetliner crash hat kilted 13 people. Nearly 100 people Many leaping through thick smoke and blazing Jet fuel survived the crash of the Boeing 727 that broke open and burned luring Takeoff wednesday morning at Dallas fort Worth International Airport. Why Why did it happen that s the question behave to answer now Delta spokesman Bill Berry said thursday at a briefing in Atlanta. Ninety seven passengers and a Crew of seven we relisted aboard the aircraft flight 1141 in route to Salt Lake City but he exact count was Uncertain because babies were not included on passenger lists. The flight originated in Jackson miss. Nearly two dozen investigator from the National transportation safely Board converged on the crash sue. Spokesmen for Boeing and for Prall & Whitney manufacturer of the plane s three engines said they would also Send investigators a Delta official said there had been an apparent engine problem and a passenger on another plane said he saw names from the right engine. However Michael Benson an Nosb spokesman in Washington said investigators had no immediate Indi cation of the cause of the crash. Nosb investigator Warren Wandel said the aircraft flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder the so called Black boxes were found in Good shape. They were sent to Washington for examination. Delta released names of 95 survivors while Hospi tals who treated victims counted at least 90 people Many suffering from barns smoke inhalation and Bro Ken Bones. Some walked away unscathed and flew to their destinations. Thirteen fatalities were confirmed including an in Fant and two flight attendants. Berry said. All were front Texas the airline said. Sixty one people were treated and released fro seven hospitals officials said. Survivors said the 15-year-old Jet appeared to lose Power after leaving the ground in hazy Sunshine bouncing three times before it Slid along the ground and broke into pieces about 1,000 feet beyond the endow he runway spurting flames. The plane As Hull burned and Tail Section broken came to rest in a Grassy Field dotted by sunflowers. One of the three engines Lay noveral Hundred Yards away. However Delta officials in Dallas would not con firm speculation about the engine and Nosb officially Dickinson said we will not Rule out anything. All doors Are open Federal aviation administration records show in cockpit Crew had clean flying records and the plane reported Only minor problems during the past five Yean including replacement of a Wing Lap controller. 20 feared dead in mexican air crash Mexico City a Rescue Crews reached the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Remote mountains and said All 20 people aboard apparently died. Bad weather hampered the search for the twin engine brazilian made plane. A helicopter spoiled the wreckage wednesday morning about 210 Miles Southwest of Mexico cily. Helicopters were unable to Fly in inc area again until late thursday morning. Meanwhile army and Civitia rescuers hiked to the rugged Mountainside site. They found the plane. They have located the Bod ies and the parts Are dispersed in an area with a radius of about so meters said army Gen. Carm Clotean. They have found no survivor he said. He spoke by Telephone from Morelia capital of Michoacan stat where the crash occurred. The flight left Uruapan wednesday morning on the 25-minute, 100-Milc flight to the Pacific port town of Lazaro Cardenas an Airport official said. Officials said 17 passengers and 3 Crew members were aboard. The plane belonged u the  airline. Weather conditions improved enough thursday morning for helicopters to take off from Arteaga. The area had been lashed by Hurricane Kristy forthe past two Days and it had been raining Tor about four Days. People in Al Tahuana nearby Village had reported a loud explosion prompting Federal police and army troops to begin a search. Lazaro Cardenas Airport has no radar or air communications facilities that could have helped  the plane. Polish from Page 1 the Gdansk port was Ted by joint strike committee Leader Jacek Merck a who will attend inc round Labie talks with the government other strike leaders and Parish priest Henryk Jankowski a Friend of Walesa the regaining of Solidarity Alt at once was impossible. The results of the negotiations would have been different had we had 800 strike committees and not six Merkel said referring to the much bigger strikes that forced the Gdansk agreement eight years ago an that spawned Solidarity. During his talks to the shipyard workers Wales conceded he had struck a shaky Way Ofair Cement addressing the government Walesa warned if you cheat us once More i will do the same again i will jump Over the Fence of the shipyard and Lead another strike strike committee member Bogdan Polsz Owsald said that strikers in All workplaces in the Gdansk port Over night elected new strike committees Tor Quick action incas the government lets them Down again. To organize another strike would be a Mailer of whistle he said. Rosf upholds action against Moranville by Norman Black a military writer Washington the Navy s top Admiral has upheld disciplinary action against a senior officer found guilty of improprieties involving travel forc ing him to retire at lower rank the service said thursday. Adm. Carlisle . Troll the chief of naval operations reviewed the Case of vice adm. Kendall e. Moranville and approved the results of the Flag Mast disciplinary hearing ,.," the Navy said in a statement released in response to a reporter s query. Under these circumstances it would be inappropriate to nominate vice adm. Moranville for retire ment in his present Grade and therefore retirement was approved at the permanent Grade of rear Admi ral effective oct. 1,1988." the Navy said Trust had conducted his review on wednesday studying an Appeal tiled by Moranville after he was disciplined with a punitive letter of reprimand last month. In rejecting the Appeal troll decided that Moran Ville would have to retire with the permanent two Star rank of rear Admiral rather than the three Star rank he has held since june i 1985, the Navy said while there is almost no difference in pension Between the two ranks for an officer with Moran Vine s tenure Trost s action amounts to a permanent blemish for an officer of such High rank. The Navy which previously had declined com ment on details of the Case disclosed thursday that Moranville had been disciplined for improprieties involving travel claims and the use of government aircraft. Pentagon sources who demanded anonymity said the charges involved arrangements made by Moran Ville on behalf of a woman employed by the United service organizations while he we commander of the Navy s 6�h Fleet in Naples Italy. Moranville 56, stepped Down from that Post on aug. 20 in a routine rotation and had been expected to assume & new Post at the Pentagon until word of the disciplinary action surfaced  
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