European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Friday december 30,1988 report addresses nato costs Mission by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington any actions taken to shift More or the Burden sharing Load within nato should not be taken As a signal for the United slates to reduce its defense commitments a top defense offi Cial said wednesday. Al a Pentagon news conference Dep Uty defense Secretary William h tall v released a report requested by con Gress summarizing a year of talks with european allies and Japan. The report titled sharing the  and responsibilities for the Corn Man defense stressed the familiar theme that the allies must contribute Marc to the common defense. But it is not an indication thai the defense department advocates a reduction in . Troop strength overseas or any other uni lateral defense action. The Way we have addressed this is not As an Opportunity for the United Stales to do any Jess than it is doing Taft said. Our View is thai the United Stales needs to do Al least As much As it s doing and can afford  the percentage of the . Gross National product devoted to defense is smaller than has typically been the Case since world War ii he said. The Point is that the allies in terms of their relative Prosperity can do More easily and should he said. There arc Force goals thai Are not being met now. Our first task is to see that they arc met. That does t mean that anyone stops doing what they Are doing. It Means that some Start doing things that they have been putting  he mentioned Belgium and Denmark As two countries that have not been meeting their nato commitments although he recognized the pressures thai government soften face from their electorates. It does t help the Alliance to have those governments fall simply because they wanted to do More in terms of de sense he said. Tan acknowledged that the recent uni lateral Force reductions and of her peace initiatives proposed by soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev have turned Public opinion in Western Europe particularly in West Germany against higher defens spending. But he said the governments of West Ern Europe continue to recognize the need to meet Alliance goals. Me praised the United kingdom and West Germany for their plans to reverse downward defense spending spirals in re cell years As proof of that the West German defense budget is increasing this year Tor the first time in Ihre ii or Lour years he said. Thai Demon Strates the fad hat the Federal Republic recognizes the need for increased invest ment in defense.". Taft cited several Burden sharing Victo Ries Over the past year notably the Alliance decision to pay Lor the relocation of the 401 is tac fighter Wing from Spain to Italy. That was a Strong sign of nato Unity in difficult circumstances he said. The report did not offer radically new initiatives for shifting More of the defense Burden from the United states to is allies. Eastern grounds 3 jetliners Boston not Eastern airlines said wednesday thai it had grounded three jets two because of cracks in the fuselage and one for apparent corrosion. A slim said thai a three Inch crack was found Early tuesday morning in the fuselage of a Boeing 727 in an inspection at Boston s Logan International Airport. Another 727 was grounded at Miami International Airport wednesday after mechanics found apparent corrosion in a part of the fuselage. Cracks were found on a Mcdonnell Douglas dc-9 in Atlanta. The Miami based airline ordered inspections of its older 7279 after an incident monday in which a rupture in a 727-100 fuselage caused an a slim jul on a flight from Rochester . To Atlanta to Sud Denly lose Cabin pressure. The Jet made an unscheduled Landing in Charleston . The crack and possible corrosion in the two 727s were found on top of the fuselage in roughly the same Vicinity As the rup Ture in the plane involved in the Charleston incident said Karen cd Romsak an Eastern spokeswoman in Miami. Ceremsak said 46of the airline s 111 727-100 and 200 mod Els had been inspected. The cracks in the 20-year-old dc-9 were discovered in an unrelated inspection car Cemsak said. The Federal aviation administration has directed airlines id More closely inspect All dc-9 aircraft with More than 55,000 flights she said. Go Ege Feacher charged in bomb threat Albuquerque . A a College teacher who says he was Only re laying a letter he found on the floor of an american airlines Jet was charged wednesday with making a bomb threat that forced the plane to make an unscheduled Landing. Peter m. Canning 40. A lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley was charged with violating a Federal Law concerning bomb threats made on Board air Craft. -. The letter was handed to a flight Atten Dant on flight 240 from san Francisco to Dallas on tuesday night. The Pilot diverted the Boeing 767 to Albuquerque International Airport where it was put on a Remote stretch of runway and the 198 passengers evacuated. No bomb was found. Canning was released on his own re cognizance after appearing before a . Magistrate. The Fri said Canning attendant a note that said read this. There arc guns pointed a you. If you want to live read the letter underneath and do what it says. This is a bomb scare. Read this. Is if you do what the letter says and have everyone else do it you Wil live. Psf you Don to you Are history there Are bombs planted allover this air plane and there is a gun pointed at your head. Take your Wallet and throw it in the aisle now. The Fri asked Canning for a hand writing Sample so they could compare it to the note. The Fri said he two showed definite similarities. Canning s attorney Ray Twohig said the incident was a mistake. This Man found a note and gave it to a flight attendant and because of some confusion on the part of the Fri this charge was hied he said i expect the Case to be dropped within a  Daniel from Page a named to command the air Force tactical afr warfare Center at Eglin fab  us Cossor will be Brig. Gen. I inc a Jamerson com Mander of face s6th tac fighter Wing Macdill fab Fla. Daniel Lee Birc and two other brigadier be sprals currently As signed lowest Germany have been nominal for promotion to major Genera also nominate were Brig. Get. Billy g. Mccoy 4ft, Deputy chief of staff for operations at 2nd Alicd tac air forces Rhei Dahlen Jed Brig. Gen. Gary. O Shaugh Elssy 49. Director of intelligence of the us. European Comdr 1live of fort Knox from the . Airin 1962 and s degree in Politi album uni yer Daniel a ky., graduate Force a adar earned a Mast Cai science Fra shy in 1973. He served fighter so in Vern bar 1965 Tolas a flight Cor 432nd tac fitting in Thailand 1973 to july 197 Daniel also i Mander of chewing at Seymour  Daniel  of the 65lh air Divjak Lindsey in april in Svino to in pos after iwo years As inspector general at Safe . He is a command Pilot with 414 combat hours and More than 2,000 flying hours in the f-4, plus 900 hours in other aircraft. A the 557th tap team from no ice 1966 and Ander with the tier and a con i from december served As com a tac fighter Johnson fab bomb from Page flight International told Independent television news. It May have been a suitcase bul it May on the other hand have been planted by an Airport employee who was under the pay of terrorists ii May have been planted by a caterer by an air plane serving person Michael Yardley a British expert on terrorism speculated the bomb contained Scilex a czechoslovak made High performance explosive British authorities say has come into libyan hands. Cape. John Guntrip of Britain s Guild Ofair pilots said plastic explosive is Mallea ble and can. Be folded into innocent shapes to beat Security a rays. Still under investigation Are three groups who callers said were responsible. They were identified last week by l. Paul Brem or who Heads the state department s office of counter terrorism As the guardians of islamic revolution the islamic jihad and a group of protestant extremists whose name Hadid not have. Ian Geldard research director at the London based Institute for the study of terrorism speculated the bomb was plan Ted by palestinian extremists who oppose the Palestine liberation organization s re cent peace oven urls in which the group recognized Israel. Among the groups he mentioned were he Abu Nidal group the May 15lh organization whose bomb killed four people in a Twa jct in 1986 and Ahmed Jib ii s pop ular front for the liberation of Palestine general command whose bombing of a Swissair flight in 1970 made it the first terrorist fulfil to blow up an Airliner in  w -.-, Gildard said a unit of the general com Mand captured in West Germany recently possessed bombs capable of being used on  \. A _-.-., authorities identified four victims wednesday Michael Joseph Doyle 30, of Voorhest . Robert Gerald Fortune,40, of new Milford . Sean Concannon 16, of Banbury. England and stewardess Noelle Lindie Burti 41, of Paris. Missing and presumed dead arc is passengers or Crew members and 11 Lockerbie residents. More than 600 police and troops searched dense Woods and icy rain swollen Waters in a Loo Square mile area wednes Day hampered by overnight rain and Low Clouds -v1 three men who appeared in court wednesday on charges of stealing parts of the air plane were released on bail for a later court appearance. A fourth accused of theft from a House damaged in the crash was held. Royal air Force Salvage experts examine the nose Section of the pan am Jet wedges Day