European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The a a is of sports in 88, according to Bucky Fox sports Page 25 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 268 Friday january 13, 1989 25$ daily and sunday d 8693 a Reagan tells nation goodbye says i thank you to his troops Washington a president Reagan hailed America s servicemen and women thursday As America s Pride at an elaborate military review designed by the Pentagon to bid Farewell to their commander in chief. Reagan speaking at the end of the 45 minute ceremony at Andrews fab out Side Washington also called for a moment of silence to remember the 595 per sons who had died in the service of their country Over the past eight years of his presidency. They Are not with us today because they Are at god s right hand. They volunteered. They chose to serve they gave their lives. They Are our heroes Reagan said. The president was treated to As much pomp and circumstance As the Pentagon could Muster for the Rainy Day ceremony which was moved inside a 14-Story-tall hangar at the Maryland base. Although a flyby of military jets had to be cancelled because of the foul weather Reagan was treated to a review of troops music by the Scarlet uniformed Marine band and a movie hailing his military buildup during his two terms in office. He also received service medals during the festivities. Arrayed As a backdrop was the air Force s new b-1b bomber along with Jet fighters and helicopters Many of them purchased during Reagan s trillion Dollar see goodbye on Back Page a perfect winners a Gus Schuettler a smiling capt. Rolfe Bott holds two super bowl tickets he won with this perfect ballot in the stars and stripes football contest. Bott won on the second tiebreaker earning him the trip to Miami for the super bowl game Between the san Francisco 49ers and Cincinnati bengals. Story Page 21. Humiliated Bonn finds libyan link Bonn West Germany a Chancellor Helmut Kohl s spokesman said thursday that the government has found traces of West German complicity in build ing a suspected chemical weapons Plant in Libya a stunning reversal that has embarrassed Bonn authorities. The turnaround of West Germany s claim to have found no evidence to support . Allegations of a West German role followed the confirmation by Libya s . Ambassador that West German companies helped in the project and the arrest of a belgian ship per linked to the Case. West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Gen Scher who a week earlier said no proof of West Ger Man complicity had been uncovered disclosed thurs Day that there Are a number of indications that evidently Point in this  the chief government spokesman Friedhelm Ost said in a statement the Federal government has Indi cations of the possible participation of German companies or persons at this Plant in Libya. West German authorities Are intensively pursuing these  official spokesmen at Ost s government press Bureau refused to answer any further questions on the libyan controversy. Earlier thursday Libya s . Ambassador Ali see Bonn on Back Page doomed flight 103 was carrying military mail by Dave Diehl . Bureau Raf Mildenhall England More than 40 bags of priority mail bound for the United states from Mili tary Post offices in the United kingdom were on pan am flight 103 when it exploded and crashed in Lockerbie Scot land air Force officials said thursday. Military officials last week said several bags of military mail loaded aboard the flight s Frankfurt to London leg had been removed before the plane left Heathrow Airport. At the time they believed no military mail was on the Boe ing 747 when it went Down dec. 21, kill ing All 259 aboard and 11 people on the ground. However officials on thursday acknowledged that at least 43 bags of Mili tary mail originally scheduled for an earlier flight pan am s daily 11 . Flight from London to new York had been put aboard the doomed jetliner be fore it departed Heathrow. Air Force officials had no explanation for the mail s delay that Day. All of the mail delivered dec. 20 to the 7025th air postal so s Aerial mail terminal at Bedford England came from Post offices in the United King Dom according to an information Bulle tin circulated to personnel at Raf Mildenhall this week. The bags were destined for the Dallas Forth Worth Airport in Texas and had zip codes beginning with the number seven. The bulletin said investigators have see mail on Back Page