European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday september 28.1888 news briefs longtime Solidarity foe appointed prime minister Warsaw. Poland api parliament tucs Dav named Micczyslaw Rakowski a longtime foe of the Solidarity Trade Union As the country s ninth prime minister since world War ii. The Choice of party propaganda chief Rakowski comes less than a month before planned talks Between the government and Soli Darity on reinstating the labor federation s Legal status and reviving Poland s crippled Economy. Kakowski. A journalist who represented communist authorities in 1980-81 talks with Solidar Ity became prime minister by a 338-5 vote with 35 abstentions in a nationally televised parliament vote. The new prime minister immediately asked for two weeks to form a new government com posed of people with reformist attitudes and said he would seek to broaden the communist dominated governing coalition. Hirohito thanks japanese for expressions of concern Tokyo a emperor Hirohito thanked inc japanese people on tuesday for their out pouring of concern Over his fragile health but doctors expressed no optimism about his Condi officials said physicians have failed to contain Hirohito s internal bleeding and the government said it has summoned the grandson of the 87-year-old Monarch Home from Britain. Kanji Maeda head of general affairs for the Imperial Palace quoted chief Palace physician Akira Tangi As saying the emperors Condi Tion is stable but it s not improving either. It s in extremely difficult Maeda said doctors found slight traces of blood in the emperor s Bowel discharge monday night an indication of internal Haemorrhaging. Six Story building collapses in Mexico Monterrey Mexico a a six Story apartment building in this Northern Industrial City collapsed tuesday and at least two bodies were recovered including one of a Young boy officials at the scene said. At least two people were known to have sur Vived. An undetermined number were trapped. Francisco Javier Nakashima an investigator with the state judicial police said the Structure which had been built on a sleep Hill collapsed shortly before 9 . They be gotten out two people one Man and a boy he said referring to the dead. The three year old Cement building which had one apartment to a floor collapsed into a pile about one Story High and part of it Slid about 30 feet Down the Mountainside. Mat tresses clothing and furniture were strewn Over area and crushed air conditioners were among the rubble. Good Chance at a launch reported by shuttle team Cape canaveral Fla. Api guidance and navigation systems were triple checked aboard the shuttle discovery on tuesday As Nasa launch officials watched the weather and readied the $1.5 billion Craft for a thursday liftoff that will return America to space a 21-person launch directorate formed to overcome the communications breakdowns that contributed to the challenger disaster met for the first time to Dis cuss Point by Point whether the discovery is ready for flight. Robert Crippin one of several former astronauts who have moved into key shuttle management posts since the Accident Heads the unit and has sole authority to Stop a launch. The launch directorate is on Call All through the final 48 hours but on tuesday officials saw no problems ahead. As far As we re concerned said Nasa test con Ductor Chuck Honschel we be got a Good Chance at a launch on the shuttle Fleet has been grounded since Jan. 28, 1986, when a Booster rocket failure destroyed Chal Lenger and took the lives of seven astronauts. Mannasa workers were wearing Green ribbons on their work clothes this week to signify their Hopes for a Safe liftoff and successful Mission. Cloud covered skies loomed As always As a possible threat air Force spokesman Mike Beeman forecast a 20 percent probability of bad weather at launch time but added that s pretty historically launches have been delayed 40 percent of the time because of weather conditions. A lightning Alert delayed inc final preparation of discovery s Power producing fuel cells tuesday morn ing but the countdown was not affected. Nasa officials said there was Little trouble to trouble snoot and the countdown was to enter a 19-hour hold Al Midnight As a Cushion. Commander Frederick h. Haul pc and Pilot Richard o Covey were up at Dawn tuesday practising land Ings on the Kennedy space Center runway in an air Craft that handles like a shuttle. The three Raile runway would be used if a launching problem forced the shuttle to return Home. As discovery s five astronauts went Over their flight plan and relaxed with their wives the ship sat on launch pad 39b, nearly ready for flight. Heat Shields removed for engine checkout were Back in place and the cargo doors were carefully closed. Inside the cargo Bay a 1100 million Nasa satellite to be placed m orbit just six hours after launch. Hamadi from Page 1 differed on which of the two was in charge and might have killed to Navy said Ezzeddine who remains at Large seemed to be giving the orders during the hijacking. The 47-year-old Hosp said said was the name Ezzeddine used during the hijacking and that Hamadi referred to himself As testified in a steady deep voice occasionally waving her hands As she spoke and looking directly Al chief judge Heiner Mocken Berger. Hesp did not give her Home address or nationality but she spoke with a distinct British the courtroom at pre Ungetheim prison Security remained Light As it has been since the trial began july 5. There were about two dozen policemen near the in trance and at least three carried machine by mock Enberger if she had an opinion on who killed the 23-year-old Stethem Hesp said after a Long pause ves. But i did not see the shot so it is Only my opinion. It would be my opinion thai it would be said who added they were both terrifying of course but of the two men it is my feeling that said was the More remember when we first look off from Athens and they punched our Heads Down and they were run Ning up and Down screaming Hesp said. I remember i was always More afraid when i saw the Whit shoes because i knew they belonged to said other witnesses including flight Engineer Benjamin Zimmermann have testified that Ezzeddine was the More violent of the two hijackers but that Hamadi appeared to be More Alert and that both seemed to have equal authority. Hosp said that Ezzeddine could speak a line English and that he told her and others that a Friend of his drove a truck Laden with explosives into the is. Marine compound in Beirut in 1983, blowing up the bar Racks and killing 241 . Servicemen. Reagan from Page 1 made his Swan song visit to the United nations Rea Gan also heard an upbeat assessment of Middle East peace prospects. Bui the meetings were dominated by talk of the administration s decision to abandon the policy of escorting us flagged ships travelling the dangerous persian Gulf Oil shipping lanes. We did t top. This is just a slight difference Reagan said. It was a Navy decision made because of a change in the situation in the Middle East a s. Officials said the threat to commercial shipping in the area has waned since aug. 20, when Iran an Iraq began observing a , cease fire Resolution. Assistant Secretary of stale Richard Murphy acknowledged during a news briefing that the kuwaiti Leader had told Reagan he Hopes the United states Wilt keep open International shipping Channel. Murphy said the move from individual ship escorts to a More general . Military surveillance and Protection operation represents no significant reduction in our Force Levels and no reduction in our commit ment to help defend the Freedom of f Ramstein from Page 1 report on its investigation of emergency procedures involved in the disaster i Elien said. In Bonn the German parliament or bundestag will begin its investigation Imo the disaster with � hearing oct. 10. Maj. Kathleen while a Ramstein spokeswoman said an investigation into the catastrophe by German italian and . Teams was ongoing but she say when inc group Wai expected to Complete its work. A memorial fund at the Ramstein South Side Branch of merchants nation Al Bank for disaster victims has received 113,700, said senior airman Rich Romero a Ramstein spokesman. No use has been determined for the Money. With a list of 1,092 items to work from . Military and German officials still Are attempting to match up lost property with its owners the red and Black plaid shirt air Force master sgt. Keith Yaney lost Dur ing Ftp tag turned up in the Ramstein a Legal office neatly packaged in Plas tic. Yaney s Friend matter sgt . New Lun had less Luck. The ice Chest he lost in the confusion following the crash has t turned up at ran Stein. Possibly be was told the ice Chat was stored with other pm items at a German police Academy in nearby Eckenbach with an ice Chest it probably got taken from where you bad it to some place else said staff sgt Martha Lisinski a claims examiner in the Ramstein Legal office. People were using ice to help out the people who bad been last week . Authorities announced procedures thai americans must follow in filing claims for injuries and property loss suffered in the disaster. And in Ramstein s base Legal office visitors still trickle in or Call Lisinski in search of items they lost in the aftermath of the disaster. The week of sept. 12 was a real successful one for Matching up property with its owners Lisinski said. We matched up about a dozen. Now we re really slowing the 1,092 items found and catalogued Al Ramstein initially were kept in a temporary morgue where the Job of identify ing the dead was a Day and night task for several Days after the disaster. Initially they needed everything they had to try to help identify those people Lisinski said. Eventually Many items a stuffed dog a walking Cane clothing cameras passports medical supplies playing cards shot certificates for a cat from the German City of Lorsch and More were turned Over to the base Legal office. Week this is All 1 the americans traded what appeared to be German Iichi with German officials who then stored them in the Eckenbach police Academy. The germans handed Over goods that could have had american owners. No Complete list is available yet of what s been picked up and what remains at both lost and found facilities. Confusing the Issue somewhat ii the difference in terms americans and German used to explain what they have pm hand she said. In the meantime Lisinski u attempt ing to intact people who called her tarty on in search of particular item an asking them whether their missing prop erty turned up. No plans have been mad for disposing of unclaimed property. Y
