European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday october 16,1986 at least 55 people drown As philippine ferry sinks Cebu City overloaded ferry sail Philippines am inc coast guard cued. The vessel was officials did not everyone who had the 35-Lon to Waves before sins mar Island Earl port said. The boat Whid bound for Tacdol land of la Etc the Newf-1 will be be Flippines a a Small in in heavy scat in the Cen at least 55 people drowned Ted. It said 77 were res ill oried to carry 92  they had accounted for n on Board. Met a wind gust and Biging off the Southern tip of Friday the coast guard re icel the town of gip Orlos. Wasi City on inc neighbouring is porn said. Fighters ight by Navy san Diego bp1 the Navy has unexpectedly cancelled flans to refurbish its Force of crash plagued f-14v tomcat fighter jets opting instead to Purchase Yiew f-i4d tomcat models a Navy spokeswoman said.f-14a fighter jell five of which crashed in september were Sui posed to be refitted with larger engines but lint plan was scuttled when the Navy decided to increase its. Order of f 14ds, said it. Janet  Don t think we a going ahead and procuring any f-14a upgrades of any kind Mescus said ithe recent crashes Fie said were not a Factor in the decision to shift a the f-i4d. The Navy is continuing separate investigations of the five crashes which raised the total number of downed of is to 101 since the Tom cat s 1972 deployment said Mescus. German fraud suspect arrested in san Francisco Washington a a Man sought by West Germany in a $14 million fraud Case was arrested in san Francisco on Friday by Federal agents and police the , marshals service  Man identified As Michael Herman Kort Roann 46, was unarmed and offered no Resis Tance when he was taken into custody in the City s financial District the marshals  was carrying Large amounts of Money from at least eight countries including almost$28,000 in . Currency said Stanley Emor Ris director of the marshals , travelling on a false brazilian pass port under the name of Robert Herman Sander had been tracked through eight states during a four month search the marshals  German authorities said in june through Interpol the International police information Agency that Kortmann is wanted on charges of defrauding a Cologne firm Tek onix of More than 114 million the marshals said. Hirohito so condition reported leveling off Tokyo Apaluc fell Back u doctors decided transfusions Despi court officials Saith 87-Ycar-Oli Ingoff Kenj irial household a quoting Aki Cian Mazda Aning to give Hirol signs of slight ble Ramstein from Paga 1 / details have yet to be filled in on some issues the draft again will be discus tied by state officials on oct. 28 after parliament members questions about the report have been submitted and studied. Last week a member Oft Federal parliamentary panel investigating the disaster said he expected his group s inquiry to continue through next Spring. The panel will begin hearings on he disaster oct. 24. On Friday opposition spokesmen in Mainz repeat edly questioned Why improvements were not made Lojo int american German emergency Relief procedures after earlier disaster Relief practices indicated coordination problems f a Kaiserslautern county official testified that practices were too Small clip not involve enough German professionals and revealed flaws in procedures. During the four hour session of heated debate spa and greens spokesmen also pressed their Case to put names on authorities in charge of air show preparations demanding to know the identity of the key per son in charge at Ramsten a when the disaster occurred. The disaster the world s worst air show Accident killed 69 and injured More than 400 people. Three italian jets collided during a Man Euver and one plan plunged into a crowd of spectators. It cannot be denied that in some cases the first Aid Given might not have been sufficient Geil  according to the investigation reports up until now it can be assumed thar Mosi injured people received sufficient first Aid either right at the air base or at Lan Stuhl army regional musical  went on to say that autopsies on disaster Vic Tims gave no indication that their lives could have been saved if they had received Firu Aid  preliminary report determined that . And German intravenous equipment a re compatible de Spile complaints to the contrary Otil also said Deci Sions on where to Send injured peae were made by doctors at the scene or at receiving hospitals and not rescuers As had been alleged. Also defended were american Rescue efforts involving Quick evacuation to medical fac Ilik adhering to the German practice of Aat the scene before transferring victims instead of first Aid _ _ capitals Franz Rudolf Obeis a Rheinland Pfalz Payee doctor said the speedy evacuation was appropriate in thera Stcin disaster because of safety threats paced by the possibility of secondary explosions from the downed aircraft responding to criticism from state spa chairman Rudolf Scharping thai joint .-Gcmwn emergency procedures should have been improved before the Ramstein disaster Ceil said legislative efforts to better coordinate such procedures were under Way when the Accident occurred. After the meeting Friday Geil told the stars an stripes that he was not surprised by the opposition s attacks on the draft report. He termed the criticism subjective political