European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday october 2,1988 Panama returns . Ship loaded Whf War goods Washington a . Military equip ment and other supplies seized by panamanian authorities have been resumed after threatening moves by . Military personnel in Panama the state department said Friday night. Describing the . Response As forceful slate department press officer Sondra Mccarty said some . Military units in Panama were placed on heightened Alert  other officials said . Troops were flown by helicopter to bases near the site where the Sei Zure look place. Panama claimed it seized the .-Rcgistercd ship ambassador and its cargo on thursday drawing a vigorous proc so from the . Southern come. The . Officials could not confirm that the ship itself was taken into Pana Manian custody but did acknowledge that the panamanians seized some equipment aboard the ship. Panama said it discovered a 120mm canno nand other War Materiel inside seated containers on Board the vessel. Oakley said nothing in the canal treaties pre vents he United states from shipping equip ment through the port of Las Minas where the seizure look place. News briefs transfusions help Hirohito after bleeding grows worse Tokyo a emperor Hirohito s internal bleeding suddenly worsened saturday causing his blood pressure to plummet but doctors snid the Monarch s condition Stabil in d after he received emergency transfusions. The setback came hours after doctors fed the 87-year old emperor some porridge his first non intravenously supplied food in nearly two weeks. Court officials said his condition was moving in a very b00  group says it will release one hostage in Lebanon Beirut Lebanon up a pro iranian Clandes Tine group that holds four professors including three americans said saturday it will release one of the captives As a Goodwill gesture. We Wilt release one of the hostages which is a hard decision for us to prove our Good will and seriousness in this cause and As a Clear sign to Washington to do what it should in the area Middle East said the islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine in a statement released Lale saturday o an International news Agency. The statement in arabic was accompanied by a Polaroid color picture of hostages Jesse Turner andalan Slenn Clad in dark Blue track suits embracing and both smoking. The group did say which of the four hostages it is going to release or give a time Clement but it called on Al the families of the hostages to come to Lebanon Lowi Ness the release of the  Hardisty vows Strong Force in Pacific despite glasnost Honolulu a Navy adm. Huntington har Disty the new Leader of the vast . Pacific come pledged to keep . Forces Strong in the Pacific de spite Calls Tor cutbacks from the soviet Union. Americans who support cutbacks he said have mis taken Moscow s rhetoric for reality. They Overlook the fact that in he Pacific mos cow s words of peace have been accompanied by More weapons of War More ships More submarines More tanks and More aircraft said Hardisty who took charge of the Pacific come on Friday. They Tail to understand the broader nature of the soviet Challenge a Challenge for influence and Access that has com with glasnost Hardisty said. Geographically the . Pacific come is the a arcs of the . Unified military commands spanning More than 100 million Square Miles from the West coast of the americas to the cast coast of Africa from the Arctic to the Antarctic. About 368,000 military personnel Are aligned to the command. Its Headquarters is in Honolulu. The ceremony Friday at Hickam fab began with a 19-gun Salute and a Parade of 500 soldiers sailors airman and marines. About 2.500 people attended including Hawaii gov. John Waihee Tonga s Crown Prince Tupolo a Palau president Thomas ramen be Sau and representatives from Japan Korea Australia Canada and various Pacific islands. Hardisty s previous Post was vice chief of naval operations in Washington. He also has served As Deputy and chief of staff of he . Pacific Fleet Hardisty succeeded adm. Ronald j. Hays. Hays go retired after 38 years in the Navy. He and his wife Jane plan to remain in Honolulu where he has accepted a civilian Job. The details have not been disclosed. In addition to the finest military forces we be Ever had i declare that he health and Utility of the Alliance network in the Pacific is belter than it has Ever been Hays said at the ceremony. Hays also said Don t Bash Japan for its economic Success nor malign the country about it contribution to its own defense. Japan has created an economic Miracle by its own self discipline and dedication and has developed a self defense Force to be  discovery from Page 1 concerns about the future of America and whether we Are still capable of the things that make us a great  Hauck added i thought it was a particularly Good letter and really sent Home to us How much the experiences we have Here in space can have an effect on the youngsters of  the astronauts read a teletype message radioed lot hem overnight congratulating them Tor another super Job yesterday and giving baseball scores and the news of the shake up in the soviet government. The message also said without explanation that there was no update on the sinks at Pilot Richard o. Covey s House and said the wives of the Crew sen their greetings and report they represented you Well at the outpost. The outpost is a bar near the Houston space Center that is a favorite of the astronauts. Television pictures from space showed the Astro nauts obviously pleased As they floated about the Cabin in weightlessness. But they also were Businesslike a they conducted a series of experiments and tested spacecraft systems Many of them new and the res unused for More than 32 months. Saturday s planned experiments included growing crystals in weightlessness photographing the horizon at Sunrise and Sunset and testing an infrared communications  saturday Hauck and Mission specialist Gcorge Pinky Nelson wormed their Way into Bulky Orange pressure suits designed to protect shuttle Astro nauts forced to bail out of a disabled spacecraft. Nelson also helped Hauck into his suit while their Crew mates Pilot Richard Covey and Mission special Isle David killers and lounge  also practice installing a Long Bulky pole that would be used As a kind of fireman s slide to Speed the Crew i exit from a disabled shuttle. The equipment was designed in the Aner math of the challenger cd Phosion although it would not have helped the seven Crew members who died when the shuttle blew up on Jan. 28, 1986. The system which includes explosives to blow open a Hatch was developed to give Astro nauts a Way to escape if the Craft is in stable gliding night but unable to make a runway Landing. Canada from Page 1 commons was dissolved saturday the conservatives held 204 seals the liberals had 38, the democrats 32and independents 4, and four scats were vacant. Be cause of redistribution 13 seals will be added to the commons for the november election. An Angus Reid poll released thursday indicated Mulroney s party had the support of 40 percent of respondents compared with 31 percent for the new democratic party and 26 percent for the liberals. The free Trade pact Calls for the elimination Over 10 years of tariffs Between the United slates and Canada in a move its adherents say will encourage both Competition and investment. The agreement has been blocked in the unelected Senate by the Liberal majority. Liberal party Leader John Turner has promised that the Senate blockade will be lifted if Mulroney wins a majority in the elec Tion in the commons which has approved the free Trade agreement. Turner and new democratic party Leader de Broad Bent claim the fryc Trade agreement jeopardizes Ca Nadian sovereignty. Mulroney 49, Hopes the conservatives will be the first majority government returned with a majority since the liberals under Louis St. Laurent in 1953, he pointed to the creation of jobs in Canada More than 1,000 each Day he has been in Power he said. He also promised increased social Aid to those who need it. A National commitment to a pollution free Canada and an agreement with the United Sla Teslo Cut emissions believed to cause acid rain. Gorbachev from Page 1 soviet also approved without debate or dissent the selection of a new Kab chief career officer Vladimir Kryuchkov and Gorbachev s recommendation for a new vice president analogy Lukyanov. On Friday Gromyko retired from the 12-Man ruling politburo. The party s policy making Central committee also removed another aging full Mem Ber of the politburo and two Candi Date or non voting members and reorganized the powerful Central committee secretarial. Gorbachev installed supporters in key Central committee jobs and appeared to demote Yegor k., i Gachev considered to be a conservative Polit buro rival by pulling him in charge of agriculture. The Cream coloured Walls of the supreme soviet echoed in thunderous applause Al the end of the 79-year-old Gromyko s Farewell address in which he urged party Unity and thanked the deputies for thai r Faith in i m. Gromyko a communist party and government Stalwart from the time of Stalin served 28 years As foreign min ister before being elevated o the largely ceremonial presidency in july 1985, four months after Gorbachev look Power. The Star of socialism since october 1917 has been shining constantly giving Light Gromyko said. Thank you Comrade deputies for the Trust you be granted me in the past and now. I have very deep respect for it Gromyko then returned to his scat on the dais facing the deputies and Sal expressionless abstaining from the vote that removed him from office. When selected party Leader in March 1985, Gorbachev unlike his predecessors chose not to take the top government Job. He held a position As a member of the presidium of the supreme soviet the country s highest executive body that Gromyko headed. That gave Gorbachev sufficient ceremonial standing to conduct affairs of slate. Bui in june the soviet Leader pro posed creation of a More powerful presidency in line with his efforts to strengthen the government and limit the communist party s involvement inday to Day management. Gorbachev proposed that the new president be chosen by a reorganized parliament communist party officials have instructed the supreme soviet to make the reforms Between october and next Spring. It was Uncertain How Gorbachev s sudden Assumption of government Power affected those plans. Thai May become More certain at a meeting of the supreme soviet scheduled for the end of the month