European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday january 11,1989 news briefs  Flap continues Over libyan chemical Plant Bonn West Germany a a High ranking government official tuesday indicated a West Ger Man company is planning to Send chemical equip ment components to Libya but the deliveries will not be allowed if deemed illegal. The revelation occurred amid . Accusations that West German firms helped build an alleged chemical weapons Plant in Libya. West German officials insist they have seen no proof of the . Allegations. In a related development Chancellor Helmut Kohl was quoted As harshly criticizing . Re ports of alleged West German involvement in the libyan Plant. I think it s unbearable if someone puts the germans in the defendant s docket without us having the possibility of seeing the evidence. That is not How friends treat each other die Welt quoted Kohl As saying. The interview was to appear in the newspaper s editions wednesday but was made Avail Able to otherness organizations in Advance. Lorenz Schomerus head of foreign economic policies at the economics ministry indicated a West German company had planned to deliver components for chemical equipment to Libya. Norwegian general to head nato committee Brussels Belgium a the chief of nor Way s defense staff was named tuesday As head of nato s highest military authority. Gen. I Greik Eide was selected chairman of the Western Alliance s military committee to replace Gen. Wolfgang Altenburg of West Germany. Eide will begin his three year term As chair Man at the end of september. Altenburg has held the Post since oct. 1, 1986. The military committee is composed of the chiefs of staff of All 16 member countries except France and Iceland. It is responsible for recommending measures considered necessary for the common defense and providing guidance to key nato military commanders. Eide 55, was appointed chief of Norway s defense staff in August 1987. He was commander of the Allied forces in Northern Norway a nato position from july 1986 to August 1987. Texas instruments to build computer Chip Plant in Italy Dallas Texas up Texas instruments inc., in a strategic move to strengthen its euro Pean presence prior to the unification of the european economic Community in 1992, tues Day announced plans to build a $250 million memory Chip Plant in Italy. The Plant which will be subsidized by the italian government through tax abatement and capital contributions will produce Metal oxide semiconductor integrated memory wafers including four megabit dynamic random Access memory chips and other advanced logic wafers. A one megabit dram can store up to 1 million bits of information on a Chip smaller than the size of a Finger Nail. The Plant will be built on a 52-acre plot in Avezzano about 65 Miles Southeast of Rome. Construction will begin this year with initial production set for 1990 and full scale operations a year later. When fully operational the Plant will employ More than 500 people to said. 1 engine in jetliner was off when other started burning from Page 1 and said investigators Are now concentrating on in formation about the engines from the flight data and cockpit voice recorders both of which were recon  investigators searched on hands and Knees for de Bris that might yield More clues. Experts speculated that the crash was caused by contaminated fuel a rup Ture in a combustion chamber improper servicing or a mechanical fault allegedly missed during tests of the engine. Channon said monday that there was no evidence of sabotage but prime Margaret Thatcher said we Rule out nothing we simply can  the crash occurred less than three weeks after a bomb destroyed a pan am Jet Over Lockerbie Scot land killing All 259 on Board and 11 people on the ground. At the government s sophisticated Laboratory at Farnborough s9uth of London tests began on the Boe ing 737 s two flight recorders and the digital flight data recorder. The evening Standard newspaper said tuesday that evidence was emerging that at least one of the plane s engines broke apart. Wreckage thought to be engine Blades has been found six Miles from the crash scene the newspaper said. A transport department spokesman confirmed that debris probably engine fragments was found some distance from the crash but he did not know How far away. Lawyer Jim Helmer of Cincinnati who is suing the air plane engine s maker alleges the engines contained improperly tested parts. Helmer identified the parts As timer valves but told the associated press that he did t know whether they could have caused the crash. The cfm-56 engines were made jointly by the . Based general electric co. And the French company Snelma. General electric spokesman Dwight Weber said monday night that failure of the timer valves would not have caused an engine to go out. Snelma spokesman Olivier Fagard said the timer valves Are inspected and tested in each engine. Our records reflect All engines performed normally during the testing and there is no evidence whatever of any characteristics which could be associated with a malfunctioning timer. We deny this has anything to do with an engine malfunctioning he said. Investigators expect to be aided by Pilot Kevin Hunt and the other Crew members. Hunt 43, a 22-year vet eran with the airline was in poor condition with spine and leg fractures but Hospital officials said he spoke with his wife. Co Pilot David Mcclelland was hospitalized with a broken leg and spinal injuries. The plane crashed at the Edge of the my Highway 100 Miles North of London. North from Page 1 in part on a belief that the 12 remaining felony counts will require less classified information to be disclosed. However Gesell indicated that there Are still two major hurdles that must be cleared before the classified information Issue can be resolved. The judge noted that several of the remaining charges which include making false statements and obstructing official inquiries concern his efforts to conceal the diversion of Money to the contras. Regardless of whether the two broadest counts Are dismissed Gesell said the legality of the diver Sion will still be an Issue at the trial and that might require disclosure of some of the same evidence the administration has said cannot be revealed. Gesell also noted that the administration s Deci Sion was based on the 300 documents Walsh wants to use As evidence and that it still has to decide what to release from 300 additional documents the defense intends to present. Gesell also said North s lawyers Are asserting that nearly All of their proposed 300 documents apply to the 12 remaining counts. Meanwhile Walsh disclosed that he plans to Call former . Rep. Michael Barnes d-md., and Beer magnate Joseph Coors to testify against North. Their names were on a revised list of prosecution witnesses which have been reduced from 87 to 40 because of the plans to dismiss the conspiracy and theft charges. Coors and Barnes weren t on the original list. Coors after meeting with North in june 1985, provided a $65,000 donation to Supply the contras with an aircraft. Two months later Barnes inquired about North s activities on behalf of the contras. Barnes received a response denying that the National Security Council staff had provided fund raising or military support to the contras. North prepared the response according to two counts in the indictment of the former National Security Council aide charging him with obstruction of Congress and making false statements. Bar nes at the time was chairman of the House subcommittee on Western hemisphere affairs. Also among the new names on the prosecution s witness list is William Langton president of South Ern air transport a former Cia proprietary that was involved in Supply operation to the contras and in the administration s secret arms sales to Iran. North is still confronted with felony charges that could carry prison terms totalling 60 years if he were to be convicted on All counts. Retiree from Page 1 discharged in 1985, could receive a life sentence if convicted. A private investigator and Security guard in the nor Folk area Kunkle had served in anti submarine squad Rons in the Pacific and Atlantic fleets during his Navy career Steinmetz said. Kunkle held a secret clearance the spokesman said. Kunkle s activities were unrelated to the Norfolk area spy ring spearheaded by former naval officer John Walker who is serving a life sentence for Selling valuable Navy secrets to the soviets Steinmetz said. Military court refuses to bar retrial in abuse Case by Dave Diehl . Bureau Raf Lakenheath England the . Court of military review has de Nied a request to bar a retrial of an air Man awaiting a second court martial on child abuse charges. Attorneys for airman 1st class James Geho said tuesday they would Appeal to the . Court of military appeals the next higher level in a further attempt to Stop a second court martial of their Cli ent based on the double jeopardy Law. If the court decides to hear the Case a Deci Sion could take Between six months and l /2 years according to attorneys from both sides. Geho s March 1988 general court martial on charges of bruising and Burn ing his 3-year-old Stepson ended in a conviction and a sentence of 3 l/2 years in prison demotion to the lowest enlisted Grade and a dishonourable discharge. The sentence was set aside in a Post trial hearing when the military judge declared a mistrial after learning that a juror had performed Home experiments based on evidence he heard. Proceedings for a second trial in sep tember were stopped after defense attorney capt. Pat Ludemann Learned that the prosecuting attorney in the first trial knew that one of the jurors made inappropriate remarks during the Case to the 48th tac fighter Wing commander and his staff judge advocate. The attorney neglected to Tell the judge about his knowledge of the remarks As he was bound to do. The Post trial hearing was reopened and capt. Mark Devereaux who also serves As Geho s defense attorney argued that such prosecutor Al misconduct should bar a new trial. However the judge would not bar a second trial. Before the Start of the second trial Devereaux cited the double jeopardy Law and argued that a second court martial would give the government another Opportunity to convict Geho of the same charges. The second judge refused to bar another trial which led to the Appeal to the court of military review. Geho who because of the charges against him does not perform Normal duties As a Security policeman at Raf Lakenheath works in his Squadron s Dor Mitory. A British court this week returned Geho s Stepson to him and his wife. The boy had been in the care of another family since Geho s original conviction in March