European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes saturday september 24,1988 army convoys to crowd German superhighways Schwabish Hall West Germany Drivers in Central Germany can expect increased traffic on German superhighways saturday As soldiers depart from he certain Challenge exer Cise area an Allied press information Center spokesman said Convoy traffic will be on the follow ing routes a-3 from Frankfurt to Nurnberg a-5 in the Vicinity of Frankfurt a-7 North and South from Wurzburg a-6 Between Nurnberg and a-5 and a by Between Wurzburg and Heilbronn. Traffic on some secondary roads in the exer Cise area also will be heavy. Motorists Are advised to Check with he adar the German automobile club for local Road conditions Hamadi Case prosecution wants to file new charge Frankfurt West Germany a prosecutors arc seeking a charge of attempted Mur Der against Twa Hijacker Mohammed All Ham Adi for mercilessly beating a . Army Reserve officer a court spokesman said thursday. Hamadi already is on trial on enough charges including murder to Send him to prison for life for the 198s hijacking that claimed the life of a .Navy diver and kept 39 americans captive for 17 have now asked a Frankfurt court to include a charge of attempted murder in the Savage beating of the Reserve officer Kurt Carl son of Rockford , a passenger on the ill fated flight gave some of the Hamadi trial s most dramatic testimony when he described on sept. 9 How the lebanese shiite moslem beat him with an rest from a cockpit seat. Twa flight 847 was hijacked to Beirut Lebanon on a flight from Athens Greece to Rome on june 14,1985, Ortega cancels . Trip no visas no speech Managua Nicaragua a president Daniel Ortega cancelled plans to speak before the United nations next week because of charges the United slates illegally put off issuing visas to members of his delegation . Officials said the problem arose because the nicaraguans submitted their request late. Speaking thursday night when he announced cancellation of Ortega s trip Deputy foreign minister Victor Tinoco said at a news Confer ence this arbitrary and illegal attitude constitutes a denial of Nicaragua s rights 2 Raf aviators killed when their f-4 crashes Abingdon a England up two Royal air Force aviators were killed Friday when their f-4 phantom Jet crashed during rehearsal for a Baltic of Britain show this week end a military spokesman said. The crash occurred about 5 10 . As the Jet fighter was making a pass above the military runway about 70 Miles Northwest of military investigation will be made into the Accident an Raf spokesman said. The names of the aviators were withheld until their families could be Jet was based at Raf Leuchars in Scot land and was to participate in an air performance saturday. Reagan nominates Miller As naval warfare director Washington a president Reagan has nominated the commander of the . 7th Fleet to become the next director of the office of naval warfare the Pentagon announced Friday. Assuming Senate confirmation. Vice . Paul d. Mulch will succeed vice . James r. Hogg. Miller would retain his current three Star rank. Hogg was tapped last May for a promotion and new assignment As the . Representative to the North Atlantic treaty organization s Mil itary committee. Mitler 46, is a native of Roanoke va., who i currently serving As commander of the . 7th Fleet which is based in Japan. Navy instructor guilty in Pool death of recruit Pensacola Fth. A a Navy Rescue swim Mer instructor was found guilty Friday of negligent homicide and conspiracy to commit Battery in the death of a recruit during a training exercise. Petty officer 2nd class Michael Combe 28, of temp ariz., was convicted by a five officer court martial panel that rejected a More serious charge of involuntary manslaughter. Combe could face up to one year in confinement for negligent homicide compared with three years for manslaughter along with a bad conduct discharge and loss of pay and. Allowances. The Battery count carries a six month maximum term. He became the first Serviceman convicted in the March 2 death of airman recruit acc Mirucki in a training Pool at Nas Pensacola. One. Officer was acquitted in the death and four instructors were punished administratively. The court martial panel Friday found Combe Wase of repeatedly forcing the said airman recruit Iki s head under water breaking his grip a a Pool rope grabbing him in a rear head hold and forc ing him Back into the water during the exercise. Mirecki 19, of Appleton wis., panicked during a lifesaving Drill climbed out of the Pool and asked to quit the voluntary training but instructors threw him Back in and dunked his head under water witnesses testified during the three week court martial. If the system is wrong then the system should be i accountable not the Low Man on the totem pole civil. 1 attorney . Wiltshire said in Bill Cloi. \ ing arguments. 1he contended that Combe was just following Orden \ and the custom of forcing reluctant trainees to Conan i be drills. ? but the Lead prosecutor la cmdr Larry Wynne re plied the arc is no system to prevent criminal behaviour i he argued that Combe and other instructors Shoudy have let Mirecki quit when he panicked. A Palho Lori testified Mirucki had a phobia of being dragged under water which triggered heart failure before he drowned. They had his life in their hands and they let it go the prosecutor said. 1 Combe admitted placing Mirecki in a Bead hold and dunking him to break his grip on a rope dividing the Pool about 90 seconds before the recruit collapsed. During part of the sequence other students were ordered to face away from Combe and Mirecki and. Sing the National Anthem according to testimony. The school has banned the use of Force on recruit since the incident. Four other instructors received non judicial punish ments of rank reductions or fines. I. Thomas a. Tor Chia formerly the officer in charge of the Navy Rescue swimmer school was acquitted sept. 1 of dereliction of duty charges in the Only other court martial. Deaver from Page 1 grips with the worst Demon that i faced and that was the admission he was an alcoholic changed my life More dramatically than any of these events that have happened to me Deaver said in court before the sen tence was imposed. Talking to reporters later Deaver said that alcohol ism is a disease that affects Many parts of your body and your emotions and certainly your judgment. To this Day i Don t recall making some of those phone Calls when i was in the Hospital sedated.11 in explaining the sentence however Jackson Dis missed that argument the defense had claimed thai a Caver s memory was clouded by alcoholism when he told a House subcommittee and a grand jury he could t recall contacting government officials for High paying clients. I am satisfied there is no physiological explanation and excuse for the incorrect answers he gave Jackson said. Or Deaver remains As accountable As of nicked or not for having testified untruth fully. .3 he knew he made the contacts with government officials his testimony disavowed Jackson said "1 suspect he thought he could safely answer As be 3 did because he believed those contacts were so Innoe-1 Nous and so Short lived that he could confidently Ai sume there would be no other evidence of them Jack a son said. But the judge said a Caver s motives were not entirely lied about his lobbying because he knew hot new occupation was not worthy of him even if lawful and that he testified As he did in part to avoid admit Ting that truth to himself Jackson said. In Jackson said Deaver s alcoholism does not excuse but it docs help to explain the lapses of judgment the former presidential aide showed when he gave Fatse testimony. See aver was convicted of three counts of lying when questioned about whether his contacting former it Lgan administration colleagues on behalf of his corporate clients was a violation of Federal ethics Laws ii Success from Page 1 see or. Called the Man Euver perhaps inc finest training exercise our Young officers have had and will have for a Long the commanders also praised their troops for successfully trying to minimize Man Euver damage. At an earlier press conference German police said the number of Man Euver related traffic accidents in Bavaria and Baden will Lemberg the German states where certain Challenge was staged was about As Low As could be expected Given the 23,000 wheeled Mili tary vehicles and 7,000 tracked vehicles involved. Bavarian police had recorded 393 such accidents by 11 . Friday including fatal crashes thai killed rive German civilians and an american Soldier. The Amer ican died when the Oil Lanker he was driving Over turned on a curve tuesday spilling about 2,900 Gal ions of motor Oil. Police said those accidents caused damage Ottalini. About 2.6 million Marks or $1.4 million in neighbouring Baden Wurst Embre which a bored Only a third of the Man Euver area and a fut or the troop movements police had tallied 145 Accident by noon thursday none of them fatal. The Costima Tedja damage total was 523,000 Marks or 5283,000. F in absolute numbers this Man Euver went very i Well said Klaus Waltrich a bavarian police District director. He said comparisons with past exercises difficult because of differences in weather and the number of participating troops and vehicles. A maj. Gen. Bruno von Mengden commander of we Germany s military District come in said a Haida fail Orother Man Euver related traffic accidents occurred in hoi land and in the West German state of Rheinland Pfalz 11 troops were . Raise from Page 1 United states and its employees he said. " it raises profound constitutional Reagan said he would in effect ignore that Section of the Bill because a similar provision in last year s appropriations Bill was declared unconstitutional by the . District court for the District of Columbia. The court concluded that restrictions on the implementation or enforcement of non disclosure agreements for government employees with Accel to classified information interfered with my ability a prevent unauthorized disclosures of our most sensitive to diplomatic military and intelligence activities Rea j Gan said. Of Reagan said it is his responsibility As president of tip ensure the secrecy of information that would threaten 1 National Security if it was disclosed. 1 in accordance with my sworn obligation to i serve protect and defend the Constitution action 619 t will be considered of no Force or effect unless and until the ruling of the District court is reversed by the us preme court Reagan said. A
