European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday october 29,1988 Bush picks up labor endorsement by the associated press George Bush pocketed a Tabor endorsement thursday and said his drive for the while House was All about creating jobs and  underdog Michael Dukakis accused his gop rival of airing negative Campaign commercials to divert attention from Reagan bus administration failures. The polls were Good once again Forbush with a Lead of 51 percent to 42 percent in a nationwide Survey taken Tornby and the Wall Street journal. Polls also showed a tight race in new York one a Fth country s heaviest democratic bastions. Dukakis made his Way toward Harry Truman s Home town of Independence mo., likening himself to the feisty Little Guy who won the White House four decades ago in a storied upset. Harry Truman was a fighter and so am i he said. In a 14-minute live interview on to herbs evening news Dukakis con ceded Bush commercials depicting Hamas weak on crime defense and the environment did him political harm. But he said they were intended to divert Public attention from the tact that this administration has probably had More corruption and malfeasance than any in recent memory if not in  this is not about who Pun together the Best commercials or Best Advertis ing he said. It s about which one ofus Mike Dukakis or George Bush has the strength and the values to run this country. Bush continued his we Klong emphasis on economic issues As he made his Way Down the Pacific coast from Washington to California. Along the Way he accused Dukakis of trying to fan the flames of protectionism in comments on Trade and of trying to scare the american people by putting japanese hags on these american commercials  Bush won the endorsement of  Marine Engineer beneficial association at a rally interrupted by protesters. Bush paused in his speech Long enough to remind the protesters of the High in Terest Rale thai prevailed at the end of the Carter administration this election is All about creating jobs and Opportunity he said prom Ising to keep the economic expansion alive. He briefly added an endorsement from the Columbus Ohio a act to his Union support but that was before the group s president reluctantly re versed course under pressure from National Headquarters. The vice president told cheering sup porters America needs a Strong defense and a vibrant Economy not the policies of the governor of  Dukakis campaigned in Illinois an Missouri ridiculing the idea that Bush s proposed capital Gams a Cut was a Job program. He said Bush wanted to give the peo ple at the top the Money and Hope the crumbs fall off the table for the rest  bade cracks caused f-16 of crash report says by William j. Bartma Washington Bureau Washington cracks in Jet engine Roto Blades a to the total engine failure of a Safe f 16 fighter plane that crashed in april in Hermes cil West Germany in Accident report says. The plane wit Nova general electric Al 10 engine caught fire and crashed after a Rotor Blade broke off and began a Cascade internal damage that destroyed the downstream Section of the engine com  the report said. The Pilot of the Ramstein a plane ejected safely. A general electric said it Lold the a a Force about the potential for such cracks months Biff re the crash. However be and the air Force initially believed the cracks occurred Only in engines with thousands of of crating hours a company spokesman said in july. Theair Force has t confirmed be s statement. The engine on the plane involved in inc  news Brief 13 palestinians arrested in alleged terrorist plot Dusseldorf West Germany a authorities have arrested 13 palestinians in West Germany who Are suspected of preparing a terrorist attack a prosecutor said thursday. Another source said the arrests followed la enforcement reports that a palestinian terrorist attack was slated for an undetermined location in West Germany. Jochen remand. Chief prosecutor in Dills Oldorf said the arrests were made in raids throughout the country wednesday and  said police searched apartments and offices in West Berlin Hamburg Frankfurt an Neuss just outside Dusseldorf and seized explosives and detonators. Unidentified document were also found he told reporter. Hesson state radio in Frankfurt said the palestinians Are believed to belong to the popular front for the liberation of  German authorities previously said the were concerned about possible terrorist attack linked to the Frankfurt trial of confessed Tjsha Hijacker Mohammed Ali Hamadi a lebanese shiite moslem being tried for murder in the death of a . Sailor on the hijacked plane. Crash had ass operating  be spokesman this summer cited the cracks As the potential cause of the april 18 crash bul company officials denied the statement. However the air Force crash investigation report states that thereof the first stage compressor Blades were cracked in the dovetail portion of their  of the Blades failed due to fatigue and broke off at the base causing an engine surge overheating and the tire leading to the engine s failure the report  May be and military engineers tested two out of service High use Al 10s at Ramstein a West Ger Many. Both engines showed the same Type of Blade cracks and at the same  both engines had been used thousands of hours engineers decided to remove and repair Al 10engines with 550 or More operating hours. The report also said that the engine of the Fig that crashed in a Field near her Mckeil had a Cyre moved for repair before the Accident. At that time Many of the engine s Rotor blondes and cracks requiring repair but none was in the pc dovetail base Section the report said. / crash investigators also found that a lever Arm Pinon one of the engine self ocl guide vanes which direct the flow of air i Tux the Turbine compressor was not hooked into in connector links for undetermined reasons. The reporting misalignment could have resulted in comp Esmur failure the report said but apparently did Norcon Tribulo to the crash. In Safe f-l6s have crashed since januaryi985.jftcluding seven in Europe this year. Not count int tote last two crashes for which reports Are not Avail i six of the mishaps were engine related. General electric has designed a Way to reduce stressor the engine s dovetail joint. The change will be made to the 650 of bios in service and on All new f-110engines, according to air Force officials. Embassy tally coins meted embassy or demolished and re constructed eth America Ermade components to be shipped from to Unile states and stored in Moscow warehouses undo to Btu ugh test possible Security. He said the building it be assembled by . Workers taken to  purpose. The soviets by not permitted to move into Inci newly built or Ubassy in to Ashington until the United slates can occupy its facilities in Moscow Redman said he said that tearing Down the ensling Structure and building a new one under High Security conditions will involve a very elaborate and costly  obviously we re talking years Redman  he said the final Cost cannot now be estimated because entirely new engineering and architectural plans will have to be drawn up. He said Reagan s proposed demolition and reconstruction plan was recommended by Secretary of slate George p. Shutlz following several reviews of the project by us. Experts. This option offers the Best Overall solution to be problem Redman said. Hales Hope leave said whales. This should free them Morri fully the whales will see the of Portum we be Given them the Best shot  the soviets had to leave thursday night. The plunging temperatures quickly refrain then Els the icebreaker had made earlier thursday  broke out Chain saws and Cut dozens More breaking hates leading away from the clogged cd toward the open sea. By Nightfall the workers were encountering dangerously unstable Ireasa Resul loathe icebreakers earlier efforts. As they did wednesday the whales readily followed the path Cut for them by the eskimos. As night fell they had advanced As far As the last breathing  a new tactic rescuers carved 30 new Hole thurs Day in Hopes the whales would follow the holes away from the Channel and eventually reach open water via another route the soviet ships were  re ready to go Home after nearly six months at sea said rear adm. Sigmund Peterson of the National oceanic and atmospheric administration. We Felt also Wilh the weather creeping in like this we Hadi to do something  nato from Page 1 an Overall Alliance strategy for arms control and Security. Younger called it unlikely the report would not be endorsed by the defense ministers. No final decision on the modernization question was expected until next year at the earliest officials said. The High level group report sought support for the concept of continuing to rely on Short Range nuclear weaponry As a pillar of Alliance defense. A purported summary of the classified report was released by the British based Campaign for nuclear disarmament and the British based British american Secu Rity information Council an anti nuclear information group. The summary outlined options for re structuring nato s Short Range nuclear forces. It included the deployment of More longer Range dual capable aircraft that would carry a longer Range tactical air to surface nuclear missile for attack ing soviet air defences from fighters. Dual capable systems can deliver either nuclear or conventional Warl other recommendations according tothe summary include support for the development of Sti Tebics combining the longer Range dual capable aircraft with sea launched cruise medium Range missiles and longer Range sea launched ballistic missiles. Support for . Efforts to develop replacement for the Lance surface to sur face missile which military analysts say will be obsolete by 1995, nato Security officials at the nuclear planning group meeting were investigating the leakage of the purported sum Mary of the classified report. Short Range modernization is a Touchy Issue in West pm Europe Wilh West Germany arguing that its territory could end up being bom the launching and the target Points of such weaponry in the event of War nato s Short Range Arsenal has com Eider More scrutiny since last december ten the United states and the soviet unfair signed the intermediate Range no Cir forces  the end of 1990, the inf treaty will eliminate Alt . And soviet land base missiles Willi ranges from about 300 Miles to 3,400 Miles.Short-range1 weaponry generally has a Range of up 10 300 Miles