European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Nofre Dame beats vv.va., clinches no. I Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good Fri Brima vol. 47, no. 259 wednesday january 4, 1989 25 and sunday d 8693 a 101st Congress convenes vowing to work with Bush Washington a the 101stcongress tuesday convened with leaders of the democratic controlled chamber pledging cooperation with a Bush White House but with tensions already mount ing within the Capitol Over a proposed hefty pay raise for  George Bush acting in his role As vice president gave led the Senate into session and then immediately administered the oath of office to the new and re elected senators in groups of  galleries were packed with spectators including lady Byrd Johnson widow of the late president and Mother in Law of Virginia s new democratic sen. Chuck  the House the chamber was packed by members their families and friends a Texas Democrat Jim Wright was re elected speaker in a party line vote of 253-170 with two members voting pre sent Over Republican Leader Bob Michel of  speaker entered the chamber to a standing ovation before leading the mass swearing in  hold Strong majorities in both Chambers 55-45 in the Senate and259-174 in the House. Tuesday there was talk of cooperation with Bush from leaders of both parties. We re very optimistic that we redoing to be Able to work with Bush and we can solve some of the problems said rep. Tony Coelho d-calif., House majority whip. We need to have that cooperation. We d like to resolve some problems and get rid of some of this  i think at least at the outset. The appropriate tone is one of cooperation see Congress on Back Page ., Plo officials discuss pan am bombing Mideast los Angeles a . Ambassador Rober Pelletreau discussed Middle East peace prospects and the pan american jumbo Jet bombing with a Plo representative at a meeting in Tunis during the week end the White House said monday. Deputy White House press Secretary roman Popa Diuk  meeting saturday at the . Embassy was requested by Hakam Halaoui the Palestine liberation organization s representative in Tunis so that he could introduce himself to Pelletreau. Discussion entered on Middle East issues Popadiuk said. Since the meeting was caused by or. Halaoui the ambassador was principally in a listening Mode. The ambassador took the Opportunity to mention that the United states would Welcome any information the Plo is Able to develop concerning the pan am tragedy the spokesman  White House announcement came hours after president Reagan said he is sure the Plo chairman Yasser Arafat will Tell . Officials if he has information about the pan am  s comment came in response to a reporter s question As the president arrived in los Angeles to Complete a Holiday stay that began dec. 23 and willed thursday when he returns to Washington. An administration official said Halaoui took note of Pelletreau s views during the weekend meeting an told him he would pass them on to Arafat. The official  discussion did not amount to a see Plo on Back Page gov. Michael s. Dukakis Dukakis won t seek re election Boston a gov. Michael s. Dukakis announced tuesday he would not seek election in 1990 to another term in the Massachusetts  will be my last term As governor of Massachusetts he  three term Democrat the unsuccessful 1988 presidential candidate gave no immediate indication of his Long term plans including whether he would drop out of politics altogether or seek the presidency again in 1992. He said he would announce his plans later this week. He said he intended to spend the next two years fulfilling his responsibilities and wrapping up his  said his loss in the presidential race had Little Impact on his decision. Even if he had see Dukakis on Back Page military mail taken off flight 103 during plane switch officials say Heidelberg West Germany is four sacks of . Military mail loaded aboard pan am flight 103 in Frankfurt were removed when the flight changed planes in London Usa eur officials told the stars and stripes tuesday. All 259 people aboard were killed dec. 21 when the plane exploded and crashed in Scotland about one hour out from London s Heathrow International air port. See related Story on Page 28. The mailbag along with a Pouch of Bank documents from manufacturers Hanover Trust were not subjected to electronic Security screening before the Boeing 727 jetliner took off from West Germany pan am officials have said. Conjecture that the bomb that destroyed the plan could have been placed in one of the mail sacks surfaced this week in the West German Magazine Bunte. Usa eur spokesman col. Samuel w. Floca or. Said late tuesday however that the sacks were not aboard the plane at the time of the crash. Four bags of military mail were on the Frankfurt to London 727. They were taken off in London Floc Asaid in a Telephone interview. No military mail was on Board flight 103 at the time of the  Floca  sacks were delivered to pan am personnel by . Air Force mail handlers in Frankfurt. Although unsure of the number and types of Commer Cial carriers involved in moving military mail Floca said such transportation is common. Word of a possible bomb attack against a new York bound pan am flight was received by the . Embassy in Helsinki Finland in Early december. Based on that threat pan am Check in personnel were told to watch for a woman passenger travelling on a finnish passport. In recent Days however the crash investigation has entered on Khalid Jaffer a lebanese born american student investigators believed could have been duped into carrying the bomb aboard the flight. That allegation was challenged tuesday following the discovery of part of Jaffer s Luggage the Independent a British newspaper reported. Part of the zipped Duffel bag contained the 21-year old s identity card and a Roll of Money up quoted the paper As saying. Him Raven