European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday january 6,1989 . Bomb threats ran nearly 1 a Day by Mark Moor staff writer a warning that a pan american flight Between Frankfurt and new York would be bombed was one of106 such threats received by the state department in the 112 Days Between sept. 1 and dec. 22. The sheer number of warnings coupled with an intelligence determination that the pan am threat was not specific enough led state department and Mili tary officials to keep it within government channels. All 259 people aboard pan am flight 103 died dec.21, when the plane exploded and crashed in Lockerbie Scotland. State department sources told the stars and Stripe that the threat against pan am received in a phone Call to the . Embassy in Helsinki Finland on dec.5, also was not made Public because there had been several similar Calls to the israeli embassy in Finland during 1988. Intelligence analysts Are fairly certain the Call were made by the same Man. Based on their assess ment officials decided the pan am threat did not warrant a full Alert the official said. Pentagon state department and Cia analysts did not think the  am threat was specific enough to assign it a threat con level a Pentagon official said. Assigning one of the four Levels threat con Alph through Delta would have mandated More elaborate Security measures and precautions although not necessarily a Public announcement he said. We get these All the time and unless there is a specific target or threat they Are not publicly announced the official said. If All of them were posted no one would Ever Fly Onan aircraft again another Pentagon official said. So the Issue of classification is not that important in this  the . Embassy in Moscow was the sole govern ment Agency to declassify the intelligence message and notify staffers of the threat. Embassy employees i Moscow who Are returning to the United states often Fly to Frankfurt and frequently use pan am flight 103 through London to new York. Had the . Embassy in Moscow not made the information Public a Pentagon official noted questions about announcing the threat probably would not have come up. The state department has left itself open to criticism on that score the official said. An embassy spokesman in Bonn West Germany said he could not recall any other instance of a threat being made Public in his 15 years of diplomatic serv ice. The threat also was received at the . European omd and passed on to intelligence officers at the service commands in Europe but none issued an advisory to warn military travellers Neucom spokesman cmdr. Jerry Ryan said. Raw intelligence data is not released to the general military Public he said. Normal procedure was Fol Lowed in notifying  however a Pentagon spokesman said that although the raw information was classified if Dod Ore com wanted this notice posted they could have easily declassified the pertinent portions of the information and posted  one military intelligence officer in Europe who swathe pan am report said he doubted passengers would have altered their travel plans had they been aware of the threat. We see that stuff every Day he said. And any Way it the threat said a pan am plane flying Frank Furt to Juk John f. Kennedy International Airport inner York. Who would have thought it would have been a plane that stopped in London i could have told people and they All would have taken the flight  contributing to this report staff writer Chuck Vinch in Washington news update . Writer sentenced san Luis Obispo Calif. A a novelist and Oscar nominee was sentenced to six months in jail an placed on five years probation wednesday for stealing almost 750 books from nine libraries. Gustav Jerry Hasford who co wrote the screenplay for the 1987 film full Metal jacket was taken int custody and led from the san Luis Obispo county Superior court in Handcuffs. He had been charged with stealing thousands of books from libraries i England and the United states but negotiated a plea with the prosecutor to possessing stolen property. Retired israeli general 10 others cleared in  Sale conspiracy Case Babenhausen go killed in car truck collision Babenhausen West Germany a 27-year-old Soldier was killed when Hiscar hit a truck in the rear wednesday Ort the a3 and a5 autobahn interchange near Frankfurt a Community spokeswoman said thursday. The Soldier assigned to Btry a 4thbn, 77th Field arty was pronounced dead at the scene by two German Doc tors she said. The name of the Soldier is being with held until his family has been notified. No information was available about the Driver of the truck. The Accident is under investigation by German and military authorities. Army Captain 28, Dies of heart attack Wurzburg West Germany is a 28-year-old . Army Captain died of an apparent heart attack outside his quarters wednesday a 3rd inf div spokesman said thursday. Capt. Michael k. Gallagher of he co,3rd inf div was found on the ground outside his quarters in the Skyline hous ing area at about 6 45 a.m., capt. David Tippett said. Attempts to revive Gallagher were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene he said. Gallagher is survived by his wife Susan son Shawn daughter Megan and parents Joseph p. And Mary r. Gallagher of Radcliff by. A memorial service will be held at 2p.m. Friday in the Leighton Barracks Chapel. New York a prosecutors dropped an illegal  Case against a retired israeli  general and 10 other people after the defendants argued the United states would t have frowned on $2 billion in . Weapons sales to Iran. An investigation by the . Attorney s office found no evidence linking the  transactions charged in the indictment with the so called Iran Contra affair court papers said. However the defendants argued they had reason to believe their activities had or would receive . Govern ment approval a Contention that gained credence after the Iran Contra  scandal came to Light. The defendants said they believed their plan to sell fighter planes mis Siles tanks and spare parts to Iran was officially sanctioned by the . Government according to papers filed in . District court. Prosecutors could not produce wit Nesses to contradict the defendants claim so the conspiracy Case was dropped wednesday. Gen. Avraham bar am who left Theisraeli. in 1984 and later served As an  consultant for Israel an Samuel Evans an american lawyer based in London were among the 11people and four corporations named in the papers. They were indicted be tween May and october 1986. Evans also was the lawyer for  a multimillionaire saudi  dealer who was said to have Bee involved in some of the Iran Contra weapons deals. The . Customs service had setup an elaborate sting using a fraudulent Bank account in late 1985, about the time Reagan administration officials were secretly Selling  to Iran and using the proceeds to finance the contras fighting to overthrow the leftist nicaraguan government. The defendants charged that Cyru Hashemi an iranian oilman identified As the . Government s chief opera Tive in the sting was at the same time involved in shipping Covert  Toiran for the administration. Prosecutors said Hashemi Wouldhave contradicted the defendants claim that they had the government Blessing. However Hashemi died in 1986, and the government could not procure the attendance at trial of any other such witness court papers said. In september and october 1986,. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani s of fice was told by the department of de sense and the Cia that there were no documents to support allegations that the United states sanctioned the delivery of  to Iran by the defendants. But it was publicly revealed in no vember 1986 that members of the National Security Council had secretly engaged in the Sale of  to Iran. Turkish Leader rejects torture charges.  i i i i \i7aj_�tn., r./.ioa/4 Tii Ritrievi natp/1 Murp than 700 000 Neonile after 1ankara Turkey a Premier published wednesday accused turkish gated More than 200 000 people after the Turgut Ozal on wednesday rejected authorities of routinely torturing Politi military takeover in 1980. Charges by amnesty International that Cal detainees. Torture was widely practice by turkish the International human rights  Saj j it had received reports of torture i Turkey almost daily during the last two months. Ozal charged that amnesty International did not show any interest in tur authorities. Ozal told a news conference that the government had investigated every Tor Ture claim made by opposition parties or the news Media during the previous five years. Ozal said however that there had no been any reports of torture from these sources recently. The amnesty International report missing no s body found Aschaffenbur West Germany is an  sergeant missing for almost two months was found dead along the Banks of the main River about 10 Miles North of Aschaffenbur. Sgt. Mitchell Chavis 26, was found by a German citizen about 2 30 . On dec. 23 in Mai Flingen. An autopsy revealed the cause of death As drown ing a Community spokesman said thursday. Chavis who was reported missing by he admitted that there could have been some human rights violations atthe time saying they May have been due to Lack of personnel or other Rea sons. But now under Turkey s current i Yonai Usu Iun Anu air ,i%,9i, � Vilian conditions i want you to question key in the 1978-80 period when 5,000 the seriousness of the amnesty internal people died As a result of political fight tonal report Ozal said ing Between extreme leftist and rightist he added that the government was de groups Ter mined to improve the country s Ozal said Security personnel Anterro human rights record further. . Attorney general quits May seek top Post Trenton . A attorney general Gary Edwards resigned thurs Day to consider whether to seek the re publican nomination for governor. Edwards 44, said that he will announce later this month or in Early february whether he will run. Edwards has been at Torney general since 1986. A crowded Field is shaping up in Hegop race to succeed Republican Thomas Kean who is barred by the state Constitution from running for a third term. His wife on nov. 7, was last seen nov. 5 in downtown Aschaffenbur. He was assigned to the 3rd in 12th Field arty. His command considered his disappearance  Chavis who arrived in Aschaffenbur in september 1986, is survived by his wife Jennifer daughter Crystal son Mitchell and parents Preston and Dor Othy Chavis of Shannon . Military authorities Are investigating the death