European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 1988 the stabs and stripes Page 3 a sculpture called spoon Ridge and Cherry reposes in the new Minneapolis sculpture Garden Ullh the spoonful of Art City s sly lne in the background. The artwork created by the husband and a Lac team of claw Oldenburg and Roosje Van Bruggen shows a 9-foot-wid Cherry poised on a 52-foot-Long aluminium spoon. Panel told military needs More stress research Washington a psychologists who studied the Downing of an Ira Nian civilian Airliner in the persian Gulf say the military needs to better under stand stress and should spend More on psychological research and improve its Crew train ing. The judgment of the Navy Cruiser Crew that mistakenly shot Down the Ira Nian plane july 3 was clouded by mis conceptions caused by stress the psychologists said. There is much knowledge Aboul How decisions go wrong and How they can be improved hat is not being put to use in military decision making or Paul Slovic. A psychology professor from the univer sity of Oregon told a House panel thurs Day. Or. Steven Zorn Lucr representing the Navy s office of naval research responded that the service docs try to con Sider stress and is spending $ 12 million a year on Basic research into psychological questions. Another $18 million is being spent to apply the result of that research to Navy programs. While progess is being made he said it must be clearly recognized that these research problems Are among the most difficult and Complex in the entire re search  the hearing by the House armed serv ices policy Subco Millic was part of the panel s examination of the destruction of Iran air flight 655 that killed Alt 290 peo ple on Board. It was shot Down by the Cruiser Vincennes in the mistaken belief that the commercial jetliner was a military plane diving toward the Vincennes. A Navy investigation attributed the Inci Dent to stress related mistakes made by the Crew of the Aegis lass Cruiser one of the Navy s most sophisticated warships. The Navy said Crew members under Battle caused stress after just finishing afire fight with iranian gunboats misread or misinterpreted a variety of electronic data from the Aegis computers. Or. Richard Nisbet a psychology professor at the University of Michigan noted that the Vincennes Crew was on Alert for an attack by iranian planes. The Crew members interpreted the data to Sec what they expected to see he said. Expectations can color what people think they see and what they remember to a far greater degree than is recognized by common sense Nisbitt said Nisbitt also noted the example of the guided missile frigate Stark which was hit by an iraqi missile in May 1987, kill ing 37 seamen. Top officers on the Stark were disciplined for not firing their weapons against the iraqi plane an Navy ships in the Region were on a High slate of Alert after that. The Vincennes Crew wanted to avoid another incident like that involving the Stark Nisbet said. Usia barred from showing election debates overseas Washington a the . In formation Agency says a new austerity Law kept it from telecasting overseas this week s debate of the rival candidates for . Vice president. Restrictions that took effect oct. I May also prevent it from showing abroad the final televised debate Nam week Between presidential candidates George Bush and Michael Dukakis or live coverage of elec Tion night events the government Agency said in a press release thursday. On radio the government financed voice of America broadcast live around the world wednesday s vice presidential debate Between Democrat Lloyd Bentsen and Republican Daniel Quayle a spokesperson in Voa s newsroom said. Hut complaints were received from Many countries including Poland and India about non availability of the Tele Vised version of the vice presidential de Bate from  Usia s 5-Ycar old to system world incl director Alan Snyder said in a press statement. Voice of America broadcasts arc beamed by medium or shortwave trans Mitter directly to listeners radios. World net is transmitted by satellite to . Embassies where it is fed to local television organizations without Cost. The Law which prevented the telecast which Snyder said he Hopes Congress will change required world net to trim costs in the fiscal year starting last Sun Day by eliminating various programs worldwide unless it could demonstrate minimum daily audience in Europe of 2 million viewers. The political debate Sand the election night coverage arc among the programs affected. A viewers Survey ordered by Congress put the daily world net european Audi ence at Only 234,000. Snyder said the 2 million requirement is unfair because Europe s top ranked satellite service with eight times As Many broadcast hours As world incl reaches Only 1.3 Mil lion viewers daily. Michigan girl meets pen pal Panama s Gen. Noriega Panama City Panama a a 10-year-old Michigan girl who be came pen pals with Gen. Manuel an Tonio Noriega shortly after his indict ment on . Drug trafficking charges met the panamanian Leader this week and described her Host As Nice Noriega received Sarah York of neg Aunce Mich in his office thursday. He later led her by the hand to meet 13 of the 20 military chiefs of staff. Sarah in a Blue dress and White shoes Shook hands with the colonels and then sat at Noriega s Side As he joked about some of i men. That one s the chief of police far those who behave badly Noriega said. In a guest Book she wrote greetings from Negaunee Michi Gan and the .a." Sarah said she thought Noriega was  the girl and her Molher Pauline York arrived wednesday on a com Mercial flight after they accepted the general s offer to spend a week in Panama As his pulsts. Panama is pay ing for their visit. Sarah represents what is the Beauty and Candor of the innocence of intelligence Noriega told reporters during a tour of military Headquarters next to the Panama canal. After seeing the general on television Sarah wrote Noriega in March saying she was studying Central America and would like to know More Aboul the Region. They corresponded for six months establishing what a do fest forces spokes Man called a Type of spiritual relation