European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Late news pan am Jet crashes in Scotland London a a pan am 747 bound for new York with 255 people on Board crushed in the Small scottish town of Lockerbie about an hour after leaving Lon Don s Heathrow Airport wednes Day night the Royal air Force res Cue coordination Center in Scotland said. Independent Telvi Siim news quoted the civil aviation authority As saying the plane crashed in Ink Kurbie a Village about 10 mile Northwest of Dumfries in Southern Scotland. Pan am spokeswoman Pamela Llalon confirmed in new York that radio Contact had been lost with flight 103 Over Scotland. She said there were 240 passengers on Board plus a Crew of 15. There is no report of a crash the Only information i have is that see Jet on Back Page the stars  authorized unofficial publication Fob the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 248 thursday december 22, 1988 25t duty a sunday Good morn Irv d 8693 a probe of 2 dropped in la Belle bombing Berlin a a prosecutor said wednesday that authorities have dropped an investigation or two suspect sin the 1986 nightclub bombing that killed two . Soldiers and led to a american retaliatory strike against Libya. The . Soldiers were among three people killed and More than 200 injured in the april 5, 1986, attack at the la Belle discotheque a popular haunt of american soldiers in West Berlin. Turkish woman also was killed. Detlev Achamer West Berlin Justice ministry spokesman said the investigation of Christianc Endrin kit and Ahmed Nawaf Hasi was dropped because of Lack of evidence. The participation of the suspects in the bombing could not be determined with sufficient certainty Achamer said. At the time of their arrests Endrin kit 28, and Hasi 38, were considered prime suspects in the bombing. The United Stales charged that Libya was behind the attack. Ten Days of see probe on Back Page Harpe was among 9 flying i Safe generals by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau the 16th air Force commander killed two weeks ago in an f-16 Jet fighter crash was one of nine Safe generals required to Fly an average of at least once a week because their wartime responsibilities could include combat flying. The generals involved oversee combat units or organizations with missions directly related to combat. Safe spokes Man it. Col. De Neunherz said. Using the primary aircraft under their command the nine generals including the Safe commander Fly a full spec Trum of simulated combat missions As Well As Basic instrument and navigation Al sorties Neunherz said. Maj. Gen. Winfield s. Harp com Mander of the 16th air Force was killed dec. 5 when the f-16 he was piloting crashed into a Mountain near Torr Jon a Spain during a night air to air re fueling Mission. At the time of his death Harp had flown 181 hours in the f-16. However the general had More than 5.000 total flying hours in other aircraft. Safe generals required to Fly arc the commander vice commander Deputy com Mander for the command s Southern area and Deputy chief of staff for operations As Well As the commanders of the 3rd, 16th and 17th air forces and the commanders of the 65th and 316th air divisions. All maintain proficiency in the f-16 except it. Gen. Clifford h. Rfcs jr., the Safe vice commander who has 212 hours in the of is and maj. Gen. Marcus a. Anderson the 3rd air Force com Mander who has 68 hours in the a-10. With 690 hours in the f-16, Brig. Gen. Lawrence e. Bose 316th air div com Mander has the most experience in the aircraft among Safe s current roster of flying general officers followed by Safe commander Gen. William Kirk with 304. At 82 hours maj. Gen. John a. Corder Safe Deputy chief of staff for operations has the least amount of time in the f-16. Officials said the generals must main Tain Mission support status meaning they can operate a plane but need More training evaluation or both before they would he ready for combat. Air Force regulations Call for All Mission support pilots to Fly a minimum of 30 flights per six month training period. Like other pilots the generals also see Harpe on Back Page starting at the top Santa Claus Waves from the roof of the one world Trade prepares for his annual toy deliver run. A Public rela censer skyscraper in new York s lower Manhattan As he Lions firm suggested the lofty Send off for Santa. Judge schedules North s trial to begin Jan. 31 Washington i i a Federal judge wednes Day scheduled Oliver North s Iran Contra conspiracy trial to begin Jan. 31, suggesting he believes that Ade quate precautions can be taken to protect National Security secrets and allow the Case to go Forward. It marked the second Lime that . District judge Gerhard go sell has set a Date for North s trial. After go sell earlier set a sept. 20 Date the Case bogged Down for months Over threats that the sex White House aide and his lawyers would expose classified information during testimony. A Csc set the new Date during a somewhat contentious ending to a Brief pretrial hearing in the Case that stems from the worst scandal of the Reagan presidency. Barry Simon an attorney for North repeatedly argued during the hearing that the defense would need More time to sort through classified documents and prepare subpoenas. But when go sell said he still hoped to Start the trial by the end of january Simon asked for a Date. Fine Well set a Date go sell snapped his face reddening. The trial will Start on january 31, 9 30a.m." we do object to the Date your Honor Simon re plied. But John pc scr named last week by Independent prosecutor Lawrence Walsh As the chief trial lawyer in the Case told reporters following the hearing we certainly Hope we can meet that  classified ads in stifle Magazine today