European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday october 1,1988 news briefs judge declares mistrial in Rowan shooting Case Washington a the next move in the weapons Case against syndicated columnist Carl t. Rowan is up to prosecutors after a jury was unable to decide if he should be convicted for using an unregistered handgun to shoot a to can age intruder in Rowan s Back Yard. District of Columbia Superior court judge Arthur l. Baumelt or. Declared a mistrial in the Case thursday after the 12-member panel had spent More than seven fruitless hours Over to Days in search of a  now must decide whether to con duct another trial before a new jury. Claude Bai Ley a spokesman for the City s top attorney said no decision had been made yet on that question one juror who declined to be identified said the panel s last Vole was 9-3 in favor of acquittal. A unanimous verdict was , 63, was charged Wilh using an unregistered handgun and ammunition to shoot a teen Ager who had taken in unauthorized dip in his swimming Pool. Conviction on the weapons charges is punishable by up to two years in Pris on and a 52,000 Tine. Hijacker of Brazil Jet shot sent to Hospital Rio de Janeiro Brazil a a Hijacker who killed a co Pilot and wounded three other aboard a brazilian jetliner was hospitalized in stable condition Friday authorities said. They described inc Man As a  forces shot Raimundo conc Tao on thursday night As he walked toward a Golaway plane with the Pilot of the Boeing 737 from Bra Zil s Domestic airline. Concicao then turned and shot the Pilot wounding him in he leg officials said. Cocci Cao killed co Pilot Salvador Evange Hsia and wounded two Crew members earlier they said. Concicao armed with a .38-caliber pistol held 105 people hostage for eight hours aboard the plane. He said he was pral Sling the economic poli cies of president Jose Varncy and wanted the Pilot to crash the Jet into a government building. Reagan denies making hostage Deal with Iran Chicago a president Reagan said Friday that there is no truth to a report published in Israel that the United states is negotiated successfully with Iran to gain the Freedom of eight americans and one Benton held hostage in Lebanon. We Are not negotiating directly with Iran. We have not talked 10 the kidnappers Reagan said shortly after arriving Here on a political trip. "1 think maybe Iran is putting these stones out he added. The report in the israeli weekly the nation said that in Exchange for he releases beginning in about a week Washington will provide eco nomic Aid gradually release billions or dollars in iranian funds Frozen in . Banks and resume diplomatic relations with Tehran. The newspaper quoting unnamed sources said the United slates and Iran had been negotiating directly on the matter since monday in Geneva. The hostages arc believed to be held by pro iranian shiite moslem. Erosion in Pilot retention projected for air Force by Deedee aching ton Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany the air Force May retain As few As 38 percent of its pilots who have served Between six and 11 years by the end of Fusca 1989 if current trends continue an air Force official said  the end of the third Quarter in 1988, retention of pilots within that experience Range stood at 45 percent while Between 6s percent and 68 percent is needed to Randolph fab Texas. Arvin and other representatives from the personnel denier held separate briefings for officers and enlisted members at rams Cin and other bases in Germany this week on promotion assignment and retention issues. The team which already has made similar visits to the azores and Mcguire fab nj., next week will visit the United kingdom. During his presentation to officers at the ram Stem officers club Arvin said the airline Industry a fre quent employer of former military pilots is expected to grow by 6.6 percent through the year 2000, resulting in record Levels of Pilot demand. Unfortunately we can t shut the airlines Down Arvin  at Zero growth Arvin said airlines still would need to hire Between 2.000 and 3,000 pilots annually to replace pilots who retire. Current projections indicate the air Force i l experience a net loss of Between 800 and 1,000 pilots in 1989 and approximately 1,000 in 1990, Arvin said. Since the Vietnam War the number of air Force pilots has dropped from 44,000 to 22,000, said it. Col. Gary Yarger another speaker from the personnel Cen Ter. Additional pay and entitlements could kind of slow it Pilot departures Down until additional solutions can be developed to retain pilots Arvin said. One solution favored by a Bunch of four stars is to increase to 10 years the minimum commitment pilots must make to the air Force provided hat such a move does not lower the Caliper of pilots the service attracts according to Arvin the air Force has been More successful however at retaining navigators with similar lengths of experience reflecting a 72 percent retention rate through the third Quarter of fiscal 1988, according to a visual Aid shown at the presentation. At the session Friday for enlisted personnel speak ers said the air Force expects the number of enlisted promotions in 1989 to approximate the 1988 figures with the exception of promotions 10 senior master ser Geant. If current trends continue the number of pro motions to that rank May increase Panama seizes american ship carrying military equipment Colon Panama a the . Southern come vigorously protested the seizure of a shipment of . Military equipment that panamanian officials said May have been destined for anti government groups. The protest on thursday came after attorney Gen eral Carlos Villalaz announced that customs agents had seized the .-rcgislered ship ambassador and its cargo. Panama said it discovered a 120mm Cannon and other War Materiel inside scaled containers on Board the vessel. The cargo identified on the ship s Manifest As Gen eral merchandise was destined for the Southern come Villalaz told a news conference in this Caribbean port City located 50 Miles North of Panama City he said the attempted delivery of War Materiel in the civilian port violated the 1977 Panama canal treaties. The Southern come is based in the former canal zone and oversees All . Military operations in Lalin America. Villalaz said that for Security reasons the govern ment prohibits ships from carrying arms into Las  10 Miles cast of Colon. The ambassador which arrived wednesday from fort Lauderdale fla., and its cargo were seized on thursday a Southern come spokesman speaking on Condi Tion of anonymity said the shipment was Legal under the treaties and that the Southern come had vigorously Prol Estl a the incident. He said a . Military officer was denied Access to the cargo shipment. They illegally seized equipment belonging to the United Stales army the spokesman said adding in was the first time Panama had confiscated . Mili tary equipment. Villalaz said customs agents discovered the canno nand iwo 5-ton troop transport vehicles on Board the ambassador. Customs officials suspected that boxes yet to be opened contained munitions and arms he said. Noriega. Authorities arrested 26 opposition activists last week and accused them of involvement in a .-Spon sorted subversion plan. The . Embassy denied the charge. The Reagan administration has imposed economic sanctions against Panama in a bid to Force the ouster of Noriega who is under . Indictment on drug Iraq Licking charges. The Southern come spokesman refused to identify the equipment on Board the ambassador but said the 120mm Cannon was totally useless and Send to Panama to be used in a testing Center where the effects of tropical conditions on munitions storage Are tested under the canal treaties the United sales is to turn Over control of the waterway to Panama on dec. 31, 1999. Gromyko from Paga 1 lion s top policeman was made an alter Nate member of the politburo As were Alexandra Biryukova the highest rank ing woman in inc soviet Hierarchy Andana Ioly Lukyanov general department chief. Two alternate politburo members lost their posts Vladimir i. Dolgikh and Economy soviet vice president. The changes left Only 10 politburo members Vitaly to Sotnikov chief of the russian Republic and Vladimir so Cherbitsky head of the Ukraine As pre Gorbachev appointees. There was initial confusion Over Gro Myko s status. Gorbachev in his speech to the session said Gromyko had requested he be allowed to retire on pension indicating he would step Down from the politburo and the presidency but it appeared that Gromyko could Only ask the Central committee to re Lieve him of his politburo Job. The ques Tion of whether he will remain As head of state could be Only be taken up by the supreme soviet parliament which meets saturday. I feel sad Over the fact that my position within the communist party Central com Mittee has changed Gromyko told the meeting. But age is a stubborn thing and there is no gelling away from a Gromyko 79, was named president injury 1985 alter serving a succession of soviet leaders As foreign minister for nearly 30 years. He was replaced As for eign minister by Shevardnadze. Tass said earlier that the Central com Mittee meeting would consider proposals on reorganization of the party Appa Ratus in the Light of the decisions of the 19lh communist parly  at that Congress in june the soviet Leader outlined a series of political re forms. His blueprint Calls for the creation of a full time standing legislature and a More powerful presidency. The agriculture Section now headed by i Gachev is one of six departments in a newly reorganized Central committee apparatus. Medvedev said the Central commit tee apparatus would be drastically reduced perhaps by As much As half Gieorgy Razumovsky a close Gorba Chev protege was assigned responsibility for party workers. Medvedev a political economist by training was Given responsibility for ideology Nikolai sly nov was put in charge of social economic questions Alexander Yakovlev was made chairman of a commission on International policy and Chubrikov was Given responsibility Tor Legal policy. Razumovsky and Yakovlev Are known to be very close advisers to Gorbachev. Boris k. Pugo the communist part chief of Latvia was chosen to replace Solomon Ley As head of the party control commission which reviews reports of misconduct by party officials