European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday december 5, 19b8 the stars and str f pilots had 40-second reaction time report probes Downing of iranian Jet \ by the Washington Post Toronto Iran air flight 655 May have had Only about 40 seconds to react to a warning from a is. Warship before in was shot Down last summer Over the Penman Gulf the Canadian press Newi service quotes a report of the International civil aviation Organiza Tion Ai saying. Older source who have seen us report have told the Washington Post thai while the Crew of the Cruiser Vincennes Faid fired on the passenger Jet had Mira Feir or five warnings on two different frequencies toe behaviour of the pilots of the Iran air a30d Airbus appeared to indicate that 8 die 3 Hurt in train crash in e. Germany Berlin a a polish freight train slimmed into an East German train carrying Railroad workers saturday killing eight people and seriously injuring three the state run adn news Agency reported adn said the Accident occurred in the East German town of fir Zitzon the pol ish Border. The news Agency said the Engineer of he polish train apparently missed a Stop signal and rammed the East German train. Bolh i Csc locomotives burst into flames after he crash and sin cars being pulled by the Pulish train were derailed adn said. Adn said the polish Engineer was killed along with two other polish work ers on the train. Another pole was seriously injured. Five people on the East German train also were killed and two people were seriously injured adn said. The injured were transported to Hospi tals in Gorlitz adn said. Another polish worker on the train was treated for minor injuries and re leased adn said. Gorlitz is about 120 Miles Southeast of Berlin they had not received them. They certainly did not exactly acknowledge any one source said or act As if they did the Airbus cockpit voice recorder was not recovered after the july 3 crashing which All 290 aboard were killed Mak ing k impossible to determine what the aircraft Crew knew. The sources said the technical investigation by a team working for inc Mon Treal based organization an affiliate of the United nations did determine that air traffic controllers at Bandar Abbas Airport had been unaware that there we a Bailie going on in the Gulf Between the Vincennes and iranian ships when they dispatched the Airliner Over thai area of the Gulf. According to the Canadian press the report asserts that Only one warning from the frigate sides was coded for Iran air flight 655. And that warning came Only 40 seconds before the Jet was destroyed by surface to air missiles fro the Vincennes. Other sources said however that the airline had been Given the frequencies Over which the Vincennes issued it the Day of the disaster adm. Wil Liam j. Crowe chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the plane had been coming toward the warship in an apparent attack Mode and was mistaken for an in Jet because the Airbus was sending electronic signals used by such warplanes. The aviation organization s inquiry reportedly contradicts that assertion. One source said the report suggests that the Airbus had been identified us a civilian plane. But this source said . Military authorities had reason to believe that Ira Nian f-14s were equipped with signals to indicate that they were civilian aircraft. The report is to be considered monday by representatives of the 33 countries in the aviation organization. Driving Saucer it May took Myrd but this experimental in Tokyo is the ultimate parallel Parker. Speed the Driver can move the i hit for vehicle at Toyota s annual idea olympics by chanting the four saucers spinning Ward backward left or right soviet Rea gunmen Moscow a the soviet Union published on sat urday the details of its new government Structure that retains Central control Over the 15 republics while attempting their demands for More autonomy. Publication of the change by All the major soviet daily newspapers gave soviet citizens their first look at the final details of the political Structure under which they will begin living in March. After an intense five week Public debate in which 250,000 suggestions for revisions were made the supreme soviet and its presidium the country s highest executive body approved changes in about half the articles in the Constitution. The final project which soviet president Mikhail has said is crucial to his Reform Effort was approved thursday by the 1,500-Membcr supreme so Viet with five votes against it. Among the articles apparently watered Down in the final draft was one that republics opposed because the said it called into question their right to secede from the soviet. Union. The final draft gave the Congress of people deputies a new government body formed i by the constitutional chases the Power to Ori matters of National state Structure which Are in the jurisdiction of the Union of soviet socialist previous language had Given it the Power to make decisions of the composition of the .s.r." the new Law also establishes similar congresses of people s deputies in the i i republics but leaves it teach Republic s Constitution to outline inc Powers of the Congress. The original draft included a lengthy list of Powers of the Republican change also appeared to be an Effort to Corn Prola Mise with officials from the republics a up Crim esl pc Nia. Estonian president Arnold Ruutel in a to Rcch to the supreme soviet said the Republic did not want to be forced to form a Congress of people s deputies " if is impossible to nod an optimum political sys tem for All Region of Trie country so we have created our own Roux a said. Estonia has to the constitutional changes. On nov. 16 supreme soviet made a dec. La ration of sovereignty in in canal affairs and pro claimed its right to approve All Rieve National Laws. The National government declared thai move in. Constitutional. The two houses of the supreme soviet and also ensures that they Are represented on a new constitutional Over sight commission. It orders directives of the Central government to be published in the languages of the republics i " but it also gives the National presidium Powers to ensure thai inc constitutions and taws of the republics correspond to the National Constitution./-. There were complaints that giving organisations like the communist parly and unions inc right to elect one third of the members of the National Congress of peo ple s deputies would violate the principle of one Man one Vole by allowing Union or party members to Vole More than once or even hold several seals. The final draft says thai in selecting inc supreme soviet the Congress of people s deputies must make sure that members of the party or other organizations Are not Over represented. Gorbachev in a speech nov. 29, old the supreme soviet the National Congress 6f people s deputies win i Wude that in would have the right under the Law to veto any order representatives of such organisations As inc co mums a. From him or from the presidium. Under the new Law How party and Trade unions As Well As representatives elected Veitche presidency still is More powerful than the largely from geographical districts and thai ethnic territories. Ceremonial Post Gorbachev now holds. It will choose a new smaller supreme soviet thai is the resident becomes the head of the defense to meet for two four month terms every year. The Council ant Ftikas the right to conduct International no current supreme soviet meets several Days a year Gobi Lions and Siga final version of the Law gives the republics More the new Structure goes into effect with the election representatives in the soviet of nationalities one of of the new Congress of people s deputies on March 26
