European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday january 12,1989 news briefs germans to investigate 670 linked to War crimes Frankfurt West Germany a officials have begun nazi War crimes investigations of 670 people who the United nations says Alleg edly committed atrocities in world War ii a prosecutor said tuesday. Chief prosecutor Christoph Schafer said at a news conference in Frankfurt that the . Re cords which were not made available for nearly 40 years to West German officials contained names of people who were not investigated previously by the West German government. Jochen schors a spokesman for Schafer said authorities first will determine How Many of the people being investigated Are still  schors said the list included no prominent names. Until the investigations Are Complete and it is determined there is cause to file charges i cannot release any of the names he said. Airman pleads guilty to drug deals gets 4 years Wiesbaden West Germany a Lindsey air station airman who pleaded guilty to posses Sion of Ltd was sentenced in a general court martial tuesday to four years in prison and Given a bad conduct discharge an air Force spokesman said wednesday. Airman Troy l. Groves 22, a tactical Tele communications operations specialist with the 1st combat comm group pleaded guilty to at tempted wrongful Possession of two dosage units of Ltd wrongful distribution of one dosage unit of Ltd and wrongful Possession of less than one Gram of hashish. A jury of seven officers also found the Mari on iii., native guilty of two counts of wrongful distribution of hashish. Groves who joined the air Force in May 1986, had been at Lindsey since october 1986. He also was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered to forfeit All pay an allowances. Engine failure forces Jet to land in Moscow Moscow up a pan american airways Boeing 747 in route from Frankfurt West Ger Many to new Delhi India with More than 300 passengers on Board made an emergency Landing at Moscow s Sherem Stievo Airport wednesday after one of its four engines failed an Airport official said. The official said one of the aircraft s engines was shut Down after a drop in Oil pressure and the plane with 341 people on Board was diverted to Moscow Landing at about 2 . Moscow time. A replacement aircraft was being flown in from West Germany a pan am official said. Incidents from Page 1 installed submarine monitoring equipment on Nav aircraft. He served in the North Atlantic Indian and Western Pacific oceans and gained Security clearance in1984, when he was designated an anti submarine War fare supervisor. He was working alone in his attempts to sell the information to the soviets Wells said. Kunkle s wife Suzanne a. Kunkle is enlisted in the Navy. We Are interviewing her but there s no Indica Tion of any involvement on her behalf Wells said. Kunkle was first identified by counterintelligence surveillance of Telephone Calls to the soviet embassy a source said. . Counterintelligence agencies routinely Monitor Telephone Calls to the embassy in an Effort to investigators again question Pilot of jetliner that crashed London a the Pilot of a Boeing 737 was questioned again wednesday by investigators trying to determine Why his plane s apparently undamaged right engine was shut Down Long before the Jet crashed while the burning left engine remained in operation. The civil aviation authority said it would order stepped up inspections of engines on three types of air planes As a result of sunday s crash of the British Midland airways jetliner. The inspections will apply to Boeing 737-400s, the Type of aircraft involved the crash As Well As Boeing 737-300s and Airbus a320s. All of the aircraft have similar engines. The statement came after the transport department recommended the inspections. The department s air accidents investigation ranch said it was looking into the possibility that both engines might have suffered a related  the Pilot capt. Kevin Hunt was interviewed for 45minutes wednesday at Leicester Royal infirmary said the Hospital s Deputy general manager Carol , whose Back and legs were broken in the crash answered preliminary questions tuesday. She said that after the meeting Hunt is obviously alot happier that they have All the relevant  the Jet plunged into an embankment a half mile from a runway at East midlands Airport in Central England where it was trying to make an emergency Landing. Forty four people died and 82 were injured. Transport Secretary Paul Channon said Hunt had reported a fire in the right engine of the 12-week-old Boeing 737-400 shortly after it took off from London she throw Airport for Belfast. Britain s tabloid newspapers concluded wednesday that Hunt mistakenly shut Down the right engine be Lieving it was on fire instead of the left engine. Fatal error said the daily Star Pilot shut of the wrong engine said the Sun error on the flight deck said today. The British airline pilots association said the news paper reports were made without a shred of Evi  aviation experts said it was highly unlikely the Pilot could have confused the two engines Given the cockpit layout and the system of double checks be tween Pilot and co Pilot. Ban from Page 1 weapons use. Sorsa said the declaration illustrates the common will of nations to condemn chemical  this will has prevailed. In the preparation of the final text he said. Preparing the text required con Cessions and compromises from All sides. From Here on we can refer Back to the Paris con Ference and its  Arab delegations to the conference failed to turn the meeting into an implicit condemnation of Israel s nuclear capability. Foreign minister Tariq Aziz of Iraq said he and his Arab colleagues finally decided not to take a position that would prevent the Success of the  on the final declaration continued through tuesday night until Early wednesday morning because of the deep seated differences Between industrialized nations and Arab states that arose during the five Day 150-nation session. Arab delegates tried to draw attention to the partic ular situation in our Region Aziz said at a news con Ference. Where there is one country that has nuclear weapons and that country that has mass destruction weapons is not a signatory to the non proliferation treaty. And has refused to reach peace. That nation constitutes a real threat to the peace and Security of the Region Aziz said. Arab countries had wanted the final declaration to link nuclear disarmament to chemical disarmament. Their position was that so Long As Israel maintains nuclear Force its neighbors need to have chemical arms. Including the word nuclear in the final document became the main obstacle to a final declaration. The final document that received a last Reading by foreign ministers wednesday morning did not include the word nuclear but referred to general and com plete  an american Delegate to the conference speaking on condition he not be identified said that the . Delegation is very Happy with this  Kohl from Page 1 he has enjoyed with president Reagan in International affairs will continue after George Bush is inaugurated. Reacting to Strong american pressure Kohl s government tuesday tightened its Export Laws following allegations that West German companies had Bee involved in illegal exports of equipment for nuclear weapons production to South Africa India and Paki Stan. A fact finding team of West German intelligence experts and government officials left wednesday for Washington to meet with . Officials. . Secretary of state George Shultz assured Bonn last week that More information would be provided on the allege link Between West German companies and the libyan Plant. West German authorities last week cleared Imhausen Cherie the most prominent of five companies named by the United states in the scandal of .charges that it provided expertise and equipment for the facility at rata near Tripoli. But the weekly Stern scheduled to appear thursday said it had seen documents showing that Imhausen Cherie was involved in the construction of the rat Plant through the Frankfurt firm Ibi engineering which is owned by an iraqi living in London. Ibi is one of the companies named by the United states in the controversy. West German investigators have begun a criminal probe into Ibi engineering Over the allegations the a reported wednesday quoting an official with the Crim Inal investigation division of the West German Cus Toms service in Cologne. But the official who spoke on condition of Anonym Ity also said there is nothing yet to indicate Crimi Nal  prevent spying. The affidavit said that on dec. 9 Kunkle mailed documents photographs diagrams and related information to an undercover Fri agent at an Alexandri Apost office Box. Kunkle told the agent that his intention was to demonstrate the Type of classified information he was capable of providing to the soviet Union then and i future contacts the affidavit said. The Navy determined dec. 14 that the information was classified As secret and could harm National Security if released to the soviet Union the court paper said. We be prevented the soviet Union from receiving this highly sensitive information Wells said. At a court appearance Kunkle said he made about$260 a week As a Security guard at Portsmouth general Hospital and worked As a part time investigator for cup Pinkerton investigative services. Dick Rafferty assistant administrator at ports Mouth general said Kunkle has worked for the Hospi Tal for three months and was placed on unpaid leave pending the outcome of the Case. Kunkle worked for Pinkerton for five to six month last year said Paul Santana Pinkerton s Southeast Vir Ginia District manager. He said Kunkle was a Security supervisor who travelled from client to client making sure that Pink Carton s uniformed Security guards we redoing their jobs properly. He said Kunkle had a Good record with the company. . Magistrate Tommy e. Miller ordered Kunkle jailed pending a preliminary hearing thursday and granted his request for a court appointed attorney. Verlon Newman a Friend of Kunkle a said he Felt angry and betrayed by the arrest. He described Kunkle As a typical All american looking  the Case is unrelated to the Norfolk area spy ringled by former Navy Sailor John Walker who is serving a life sentence for Selling valuable Navy secrets to the soviets Fri spokesman Charles w. Steinmetz said