European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes Friday february 10,1989 italians protest proposal on . Base annexation Isola Capo Rizzuto Italy is Sev eral thousand demonstrators protested wednes Day against the possible annexation of farm land adjoining an air base in Southern Italy where plans Call for the Basing of 72 . Air Force f-16 fighters. The demonstration mainly by local residents was called to protest government plans to take Over Large tracts of land in order to expand Cro tone a an italian police official said thursday. No arrests were made during the demonstration which he termed As orderly and peaceful. The italian government amid vocal opposition approved a nato plan last june to trans Fer the jets by 1992 from the air Force s Torre Jon a near Madrid Spain. . Vets break ground on Viet clinic report says Bangkok Thailand a a group of former . Soldiers hoping to deliver an Olive Branch of peace have begun to build a medical clinic in Rural Vietnam according to information received thursday from the veterans. Although a number of veterans groups have returned to Vietnam the clinic at Vung Tau in Southern Vietnam is the first known development Effort by former . Servicemen. A news release from the veterans Vietnam restoration project said a ground breaking Cere Mony for the 10-room facility occurred saturday with veterans Ruben Gomez and Gordon Smith and vietnamese medical official Van rep taking part. . Ambassador to dec announces his resignation Brussels Belgium a Alfred h. King on the . Ambassador to the european eco nomic Community said wednesday he has re signed his Post to return to the private sector. It s time for me to go Home said Kingon who has been the . Representative to the 12 nation trading bloc for nearly two years. He said president Bush has chosen a successor but declined to identify him. Workers seek to find out Why Jet flew into Mountain Vila do Porto azores islands a Salvage workers trudged across a Muddy Mountainside thurs Day searching for bodies and clues to explain Why Boeing 707 crashed into the Peak. Mayor Jose Humberto Chaves said 80 bodies of the 144 people on the . Charter Jet had been recovered. Much As i would like to say there Are survivors i appears there Are none Chaves said. The Independent air corp. Plane carrying 137 ital Ian vacationers and a seven member american Crew was preparing for a refuelling Stop on Santa Maria is land wednesday when it slammed into 1,794-foot-Highpico Alto Mountain. It was headed to the Caribbean. Officials searched for the flight recorder of the 20 year old Jet which had a history of service problems. Chaves said the aircraft was making Normal a Nevers preparing to approach the Airport s main runway but should have been at 3,000 feet and was much too the plane crashed about 24 mile Northeast of the Airport. The . Federal aviation administration reported fog in the area with a visibility of five Miles below 500 feet and scattered Clouds at 500 feet. Santa Maria is the easternmost of the azores a portuguese archipelago 750 Miles West of Portugal. The crash site is about s a Miles from Vila do Porto Capi Tal of the 40-Square-mile Island. Independent air based in Smyrna tenn., said the plane was flying from Bergamo Italy to the Domin ican Republic. It was chartered by the dominican fir Dominair by six italian travel agencies. Independent air is 15 years old and flies 400-500charters yearly mostly in the Caribbean and Europe. North from Page 1 judges Douglas h. Ginsburg and David Sentelle said in a Brief order that the stay should not be construed in any Way As a ruling on the merits of the Justice department s request. Later the panel ordered that the Justice depart ment s motion to Stop the proceedings be denied substantially for the reasons Given by Gesell. In denying the motion Gesell said the attorney general s belated general appearance is wholly mis placed the attorney general s attempt to Appeal is. At Odds with the purposes of the Laws establishing the Independent counsel who is prosecuting the Case. Ron Noble a Justice department Deputy to Crimi Nal division chief de Dennis went to the . Court of appeals in an attempt to get the trial stopped. The Justice department stepped into the Cas wednesday by demanding censorship control Over classified documents that the defense wants to enter a evidence. That position also was opposed by Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh who is prosecuting the former White House National Security aide. The judge called the department s intervention in the Case one of the most frivolous motions i have Ever said the Only person who May make an a peal in the Case is the Independent counsel but Noble responded that the government s position is that the right to Appeal is the attorney general a in an order denying the stay Gesell wrote that the ethics in government act places All investigative Anspro sectorial functions in the exclusive control of Walsh. Independent counsel Walsh opposes the motion he noted. Earlier thursday the jury was selected with lawyer from each Side eliminating prospective jurors from a panel of 45 without stating a reason. All of the people on the panel had said in open court they had read heard or seen Little or nothing of North s testimony before two congressional committees in the summer of1987. Nine of the 12 criminal charges lodged against North focus on accusations that he concealed from Congress and former attorney general Edwin Reeseiii his efforts on behalf of the contras fighting the leftist government of also is accused of illegally accepting a $ 13,800 Security system at his Home from co defendant Rich Ard Secord converting to his own use at least $4,300 in traveler s checks from Contra Leader Adolfo Cale Roand conspiring to defraud the Treasury of tax Revenue in connection with charitable contributions supporting the contras. Senate from Page 1 these rumours Are going to be checked out As they should be. They re going to be proved false and Well confirm John Tower hopefully in the next couple the experience of people including the chairman of that armed services committee have been that they have never seen John Tower impaired because of drinking they have never seen him drunk they have never seen him unable to perform duty never seen him fail to show up for an appointment sen. Malcolm Wallop r-wyo., said on lbs this the committee chairman sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., said wednesday following a meeting with White House counsel c. Boyden Gray that he still had serious concerns that would prevent him at this Point from voting in favor of Tower nomination. Each of the charges that have been levelled against him and investigated sub sequently have All proved groundless baseless Wallop said. But sen. Timothy Wirth d-colo., appearing with Wallop noted that the White House has asked that the vote beaut off until the Fri completes its investigation. Wirth said to suggest that there Are a whole lot of just silly accusations simply is not the information that we re getting from the White House clearly they must believe that there is some thing in these reports or they would not have asked us to put off the Nunn and sen. John Warner of Vir Ginia the ranking Republican on the armed services committee met with Gray for two hours on wednesday afternoon to discuss the Fri investigations and then closeted themselves with Tower for 90 minutes. The Washington Post thursday quoted an unnamed administration source As saying Tower presented the lawmakers with statements from his Doc tors that he does not have a disabling alcohol problem. President Bush meantime stood by his nomination of the former Texas sen Ator to head the Pentagon. If somebody has something other than Rumor and frenzied speculation please get it to the Fri or get it to the White House staff or certainly get it to the committee in the Senate. But let us be fair enough that we do not Deal in Rumor after Rumor Bush said wednesday. Nunn said that there Are still som matters yet to be received in an Fri review of allegations that Tower is heavy Drinker and Womanizer. A separate Fri review of new allegations of a financial nature. Will take another week or 10 Days to Complete Nunn said adding that it has to be completed before the committee can proceed to a the Senate begins a we Klong recession Friday meaning the committee could not vote before feb. 21 to reject the nomination or Send it to the full Cham Ber. A Republican on the committee John Mccain of Arizona said the new allegations linked Tower to the Pentagon procurement fraud investigation known As "111 wind which has entered on pay ments by defense contractors for Classi fied information on lucrative military contracts. Pentagon from Page 1 wants to take initiatives and there s no flow of even though president Bush in his first address to Congress thursday night was expected to Tell the Pentagon he wants it to Cut at least $6.3 billion in spending from its original request for fiscal 1990, military officials complain the Lack of leadership will delay crucial decisions on How those cuts will be made. It s very frustrating said one military is an awful lot of sitting on hands waiting for something to acting defense Secretary William h. Taft in who was Deputy Secretary under the Reagan administration was expected to begin preliminary work on the budget after Bush s thursday night speech. Taft is in place and doing what he can said on defense department official. But he s hemmed in by the realities. What he can do is limited and what the department can do is the Pentagon Public affairs office has suspended it twice weekly news briefings until a new Secretary is selected unless there is a crisis said one Pentagon officials also have refused to conduct interviews with the news Media on policy matters until a Secretary is named because they Are unsure what they should be saying said another official. Hundreds of Pentagon top level managers Are also troubled by More personal concerns their own futures. There s a lot of Strain said one defense depart ment official. Their future is Uncertain they be go kids in College. It s not a pleasant seat to be even Pentagon officials who Are solidly in the Tower amp have become increasingly concerned by the delay and increasing pressures that could jeopardize Tower confirmation. They re frustrated by the fact that the allegation continue to come up and delay the process said one Pentagon official. Although the transition team is continuing to con duct interviews for potential key players in the new administration team the delay in Tower s Confirma Tion also shoves Back confirmation hearings on officials nominated to fill other top slots. If Tower is not confirmed and the administration has to Start a search for a new nominee it s going to be disastrous for the Pentagon said one official. I just prolongs the Lack of
