European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday september 9,1988 Vincennes Captain received warning that targeted plane might be civilian Washington a1 the skipper of he guided missile Cruiser Vincennes was warned that a Plant approaching the ship july 3 might be a commercial air liner tit be ordered inc ship s missiles tired in inc mistaken belief it was on iranian f-14, Navy investigators Laid Congress thursday. The warning was called out by one of the officers in the confusion of the combat Center on the Vincennes the investigators Sard. Rapt. Will a Rogers waved his hand in acknowledgement of he warning. But other Factor most of hem human errors by Crew members made under stress led Rogers to erroneously conclude thai the plane approaching his ship was an iranian military Jet that had just taken off froma military civilian Airfield at Hondar Abbas. Ran air right 655, which had flown out of the same Airfield was Snow Down by two missiles from the Vin Cennus in inc Strait of Hormuz killing at 292 person aboard. Rear adm. William a Fogarty head of the Navy investigating team said his probe had turned up a number of mistakes by the Vince incs Crew. Among those mistakes were erroneously concluding that the plane was descending rather than climbing and that the plane was outside a civilian air corridor Fogarty outlined 10 he Senate armed services committee the report released by the Pentagon three weeks ago. Reagan to meet with Allied leaders during . Visit Washington a president Reagan wants to use a . Viii later this month to hold individual a i is a i i Ollk d leaders but is not trying to set up a new York Summit. White House spokesman Marlin Fil water said thursday. Saying the president will travel to new York sept. In and address the general Assembly the next morn ing. Pit water Lold reporters that news accounts Sug Gesting a Summit was bring  were . Angering questions at inc daily White Louse news briefing said Reagan will hold a number of meetings with Heads Oldi k gut ions some on a Bilat eral basis and mime in larger  he confirmed previous reports thai Reagan had invited the foreign ministers of Egypt and Israel to meet with him in new York to discuss sagging Middle East Peate prospects. In addition the president will meet with foreign ministers or Heads of state from several Oiler countries during the  the spokesman said. We re not prepared to announce any specific meetings at this Lime. However there arc erroneous reports. Of a so called meeting of Indus Riali de nation and that Story is  ii Waier said that undoubtedly the president will meet either informally or at lunch and for dinners with representatives from several countries but said that none of these meetings Ean be construed As  Wei vet Dies at age 94 i Petaluma Calif. Ai j Julius Forcucci wounded world War 1 Veteran who saved his City s veterans Day Parade by marching alone died at a convalescent Home tuesday after a Short illness. Hews 94. There was no criticism of Rosen among panel Mem Bers. The easiest thing any of us Ean do is second guess and that s not what we want to do said sen. Edward m. Kennedy a mass. The Vince incs is a is billion Ticonderoga class Cruiser equipped with the Navy s most sophisticated air defense system. Navy investigators attributed the incident to human errors made under stress and during the fog of  they said Navy officers misread data from the Aegis system and gave mistaken information to Rogers. A Public version of the report was released three weeks ago. A classified version has been sent to Capi Tol Hill sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the armed services committee said Many of the questions sur rounding the incident had been answered by the Fogarty investigation. Bui we want a Chance to talk to him in person and ask some questions Nunn explained. I think we Are going to be looking at How the Aegis system per formed How the weapons on Board performed and other secondary questions like  the Fogarty investigation found that the Aegis sys tem worked As designed. Overall i think i m pretty sympathetic to the plight of the Captain and i hint there s a lot of sympathy for him Here Given inc compressed Lime Frame for making a decision and Given the other constraints of operating a Blue water ship in a Brown water Environ ment Nunn said. He was referring to using the Vincennes. Which was designed for Large scale open Ocean situations in the Small crowded persian Gulf. The ship was on duly As part of the Reagan administration s policy of protect ing lankers in the Gulf. Nunn s comments echoed statements made by lop Pentagon officers last month when the report was re leased. Adm William Crowe jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said thai Given the confusion surround ing an earlier fight Between the Vince incs and iranian gunboats Captain Rogers acted reasonably and did what his nation expected of him in the defense of his ship and  Crowe called the Airliner s destruction a by product of the 8-year-old Iran Iraq War. The two nations Are now negotiating through the United nations to Endisc conflict. The Vince incs was 10 leave the persian Gulf last sunday but its departure has been postponed until . Officials have been assured there i no longer need for . Tanker escorts in he Region. Beatlemania David Singer who runs i garage and used cd outlet in san Diego Calif stands beside i line of shiny like new Volkswagen Beetle and sirs he s just one of thousands of Fiatt who i wort by the Bug. Smrt s Sipeo Fader b restoring elderly vows to their original glory. And he finds it Hud to up up with the demand. Nasa successfully completes practice countdown Cape canaveral. Fla. A discovery s astronauts completed a successful practice countdown aboard the spaceship thursday the last major lest before they lift off in As Little As three weeks on the first shuttle Mission in 2years Nasa said. The National aeronautics and space administration plans to announce & launch Dale on wednesday after As Sessing inc countdown Lesl and other fac tors. Officials have been discussing a Dale Between sell. 26 and 29, we clearly demonstrated that we reread to pick up the count for real i Hope thai we will be Able to do that by the end of the month Kennedy space cell or director of Orr so a Mccartney told the launch learn after the test. La certainly sets the stage for what we re about ready to do Here in Jusi a few weeks launch director Bob Sitck added. Commander kick Hauck and his four Crew males wearing new partial pressure suits switched  communications monitored systems and followed All procedures scheduled during the final two hours of an actual countdown. Everything appears to have gone quite Well said launch control commentator h ugh Harris As the lest concluded at 1 Ftp a.m., 34 minutes behind schedule because of minor communications problems be tween the Craft and control Center. The countdown clock was halted at six seconds before inc mock liftoff to Simu late an engine problem and give the launch learn practice in making inc vehicle Safe and restarting the count. Harris said that had this been an Actu Al launch attempt the Effort would have been delayed because winds of about 19 Mph were too High. Because it was a practice Sieck gave the go ahead to com plete the count. It All looks clean it All looks  Hauck said after an inspection of Dis covery on tuesday. We re going to be ready to  the other crewmen Are Pilot Dick Covey and Mission specialists Georg Enelson Mike lounge and Dave Hilmers