European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 news briefs the stars and stripes thursday january 5, 1989 West German Diplomat named to world Uso Post Washington West Germany s former ambassador to the court of St. James in London has been named the world Uso representative for Germany. Baron Ruediger Vonwechmar currently a candidate for european parliament on the free democratic party s ticket took the Uso Posi Tion dec. 1.von Wethmar will help maintain the Uso s profile among the German political economic and business communities. A staff of 80 full time employees and More than 1,500 volunteers both German and Ameri can work in 23 Uso facilities in West Ger Many. Other diplomatic posts Vonwechmar has held include German ambassador to Italy and president of the 35th general Assembly of the United nations. Aschaffenbur go Dies of head injuries from fall Wurzburg West Germany is a21-year-old 3rd inf Day Soldier died in Paris Early sunday from injuries he suffered in a fall division spokesman said wednesday. Pfc. Hugh t. Fabian of co a 1st in 7th inf in Aschaffenbur West Germany was pronounced dead on the scene after he fell from a12-foot-High Wall and struck the Back of his head on the Street below capt. David Tippett  Accident occurred near the arc Detriomphe in Paris about 1 . The Soldier died of massive head injuries Tippett said. Fabian is survived by his parents Chester  Sally m. Fabian of St. Louis to. French and . Authorities Are investigating the incident. No other details were available Tippett said. 2 italians die american Hurt in 2-car collision Simonella Sicily is two italian died and one american was seriously injured sunday night in a two car collision in nearby Catania a spokeswoman for the . Navy s Fleet air Mediterranean said wednesday. Fausto Antonino and Guardo Sebastiano were reported dead at the scene when their Fiat 126 collided with a Bow driven by an american service member it. Virginia Callahan said. The american s name is being withheld until his family has beef notified. Due to the serious Ness of his injuries he was evacuated to the army regional medical Center in Lan Stuhl West Germany where he was reported in stable condition late wednesday. No other details were available. The accidents under investigation by italian police. Navy f-14s shoot Down 2 libyan jets Over med from Page 1 about 127 Miles North of the libyan coastal town of Obruk Carlucci said. The Kennedy was steaming eastward As it has been since leaving port shortly after Christmas. The f-14s were on routine combat air patrol about 50miles South of the Carrier when the two libyan air Craft were detected shortly after they left the military Airfield at Al Bumbach near Obruk. When the Mig-23s approached the f-14s, the . Aircraft mane Vered to avoid them by changing speeds Altitude and direction Carlucci said. Based on our current information the . Pilots descended from 15,000 feet to about 4,000 feet and took five different evasive actions he said. Each time the libyans sought to put their noses on our  when the libyan aircraft closed to about 14 Miles the f-14s fired hitting one of the libyan jets. The other was hit when it was about six Miles out. Although each f-14 fired a total of two missiles it appears that the Lead f-14 scored both hits one witha sidewinder and one with a Sparrow Carlucci said. The Fate of the libyan pilots is unknown but car Lucci said there Are reports that two parachutes were spotted shortly after the Mig-23s were hit and that libyan Rescue helicopter reportedly was heading to Ward the area. Carlucci said the pilots had the authority to make judgment Call to fire on their own without request ing clearance from the Kennedy. He had no information on what kind of warning was Given by the . Fighters when the libyans began their approach. Any time an aircraft demonstrates Clear hostile intent which according to our information is the Case Here we Are required by our rules of engagement to defend ourselves he said. There is no Way that the libyans could have interpreted our evasive Maneu vers As hostile  Carlucci said the f-14s were on routine operations and posed no threat to Libya and that these kinds of operations had been conducted in the same area Many times in the  Carlucci said the 6th Fleet operations have no connection whatsoever with the excessive speculation Over the chemical weapons facility that the libyans reportedly Are building in the desert South of Tripoli. If we were going to make an attack on the Chemi Cal Plant you would t position your forces 600 Miles away Carlucci said. And you would t use f-14s," added . Wil Liam Crowe jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Carlucci and Crowe said they had no reports of any unusual libyan military activity prior to the incident. The Kennedy and its Battle group will stay concourse and continue current operations in the East Ern Mediterranean. We consider the incident to be closed Carlucci said. The air Battle was the first fighting Between the United states and Libya since american jets bombed Tripoli in 1986 and came amid rising tension be tween the two countries Over Libya s construction of a Plant the United states says is intended to produce chemical weapons. At the state department spokesman Charles red Man told the associated press there was no link be tween the Plant and the warplane incident. There is absolutely no connection to any other Story or con Cern you May have he said. It May be ironic but the two things Are not  sen. Sam Nunn chairman of the Senate armed services committee said indications Are that Libya violated what we Call the rules of engagement. They mane Vered themselves into a position to be Able to shoot Down american planes. The rules of engagement permit self defense in those Circum  under those circumstances. Clearly it was Libya that took the provocative action Nunn d ga., told Atlanta radio station West. President Reagan was awakened and informed of the Aerial confrontation about an hour after it occurred White House spokesman roman Popadiuk said. He said National Security adviser Colin l. Pow Ell telephoned the president after speaking with White House chief of staff Kenneth Duberstein about the incident. The Awakening of Reagan contrasted with an Inci Dent in August 1981 in which White House aides ran into criticism for not Awakening the president after a similar encounter Between . And libyan jets. On tuesday . Officials said for the first time they had evidence the libyan Plant had started producing limited quantities of chemical weapons and has conducted trial runs of its production equip ment. Libya has claimed the Plant will make pharmaceuticals and offered to let International experts inspect the Plant. The United states claimed the offer was inadequate. Libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi has claimed that the United states is using the allegations As a pretext to attack his North african country. The Pentagon sources denied that the . Jets had been airborne As part of an attack on the Plant. Reagan pointedly refused to Rule out a military strike at the Plant and the United states was scheduled to discuss the Plant at a conference of allies in the North Atlantic treaty organization in Paris be ginning saturday. The president told an interviewer last month that a military attack on the Plant had been discussed but added that is a decision that has not been made  Qadhafi from Page 1 Hafi declared according to Jana. Also wednesday the yugoslavian news Agency Tan Jug reported Qadhafi has asked the soviet Union to use its Navy to help prevent a .-libyan Clashin the Mediterranean the dispatch from Tripoli gave no source for the report. Libya s foreign ministry said wednesday that the . Shot Down the libyan Jet fighters in a  and Libya s ambassador to Italy said the Downing of the planes was linked to . Allegations that Libya has built a chemical weapons Plant. At 1103 hours while two libyan reconnaissance aircraft were carrying out a patrol Over International Waters .aircraft carried out a premeditated at tack on them and shot them Down libyan radio said quoting a statement by the foreign ministry in Tripoli the libyan capital. Jana said the foreign ministry or dered its . Representative to present an urgent complaint to the Security Council concerning the aggression perpetrated by the .a. Against two libyan reconnaissance planes. And to de Mand the holding of an urgent Security Council meeting on this  the Agency said the . Warplanes were from the aircraft Carrier John f. Kennedy. White House officials said the Ameri can aircraft opened fire after being threatened. The Pentagon reported the soviet built Mig-23s were shot Down . F-14s from the Kennedy in the Mediterranean. Libyan ambassador Abdel Rahman Shagam said he heard of wednesday s incident on italian state television. He called the incident a unilateral act and a dangerous action of Escala Tion by the United states in its response to the chemical Plant situation. He declined to say How Libya would respond. On tuesday . Officials said for the first time they had evidence the plan Thad begun producing limited quantities of chemical weapons. Mourners pack service for victims of flight 103 Lockerbie Scotland a crowded into a Church clustered among tombstones or seated in overflow Halls relatives and townspeople wept and prayed wednesday for the victims of bombed flight 103 As a minister urged them to turn their thoughts away from vengeance. Lockerbie the town where most of theban am Boeing 747 crashed after being blown apart dec. 21, came to a standstill during the 40-minute service for the 259 people killed aboard the plane and the 11 residents who died on the ground. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis joined the other mourners who packed the dry Tesdale Parish Church sat in crowded hallways or clustered among nearby tombstones in the Chilly rain. The mourners who included local people dignitaries and relatives and pan am staff members flown in by the airline a r the service Sang hymns and prayed. Neil Kinlock Leader of the opposition labor party also attended and . Ambassador Charles h. Price ii read a lesson from the gospel according to St. John. After the service the 63-year-oldprime minister who visited the crash site the morning after the disaster met privately with the relatives in a school. Investigators have concluded a bomb blew up the plane and suspicions have focused on Middle Eastern terrorists prompting Thatcher to advise the United states publicly against Eye for an Eye retaliation. The right Rev. James Whyte Moder Ator of the Church of Scotland echoed that advice. Justice yes. Retaliation no he told the