European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 303 Friday february 17,1989 Good morning 254 daily and sunday d 8693 a la to pay Hershiser $7.9 million Page 21 is Vince Crawle Winter trim glazed with Snow sgt. David Priese looks out across the Highlands near Bayreuth West Germany during the 1st army div exercise Iron forge Iii. A gunner with Btry a 2nd in 59th air defense arty Priese helps run the Chaparral anti aircraft missile system set up in Bavaria. Related photo Page 3. Cassette recorder held pan am bomb Lockerbie Scotland a the bomb that blew up pan am flight 103 on dec. 21 was planted in a radio cassette recorder and was probably loaded on the plane in Frankfurt West Germany the detective heading the investigation said thursday. Chief superintendent John Orr refused to describe the size of the recorder. Answering reporters questions he also said the balance of probabilities pointed to Frankfurt rather than London where the new York bound flight changed jets and took on new Pas sengers. All 259 people on Board the plane and 11 people on the ground were killed after the Boeing 747, flying at31,000 feet exploded Over Lockerbie. While there is insufficient evidence at this stage to establish the identity of the person or group responsible for this dreadful crime the Progress made and the evidence obtained has been substantial Orr told a news conference. Asked whether the discovery would direct the investigation to a particular country on said it May. The particular baggage which contained the device has not been identified at this stage but there is the most detailed work under Way with forensic assist Ance to achieve this identification he said. Orr said the baggage Container had been reconstructed from pieces scattered Over 40 Miles of Hills forests and pasture East of Lockerbie the town that bore the Brunt of the flaming wreckage. While not spelling out Why he believed the bomb was planted in Frankfurt Orr said the reconstruction of the baggage Container suggests that the explosive device May have been among the baggage from the Frankfurt  he said the Container was filled mostly with baggage from Frankfurt and a Small amount of inter line baggage from connecting flights. Orr said he was aware of certain aspects of the explosive used but he would not elaborate. Anti terrorist experts have said the explosive most Likely used was semtex an odourless highly malleable substance made in Czechoslovakia and known to be in the hands of terrorist organizations. Scottish police Are heading an International investigation assisted by Scotland Yard anti terrorist specialists . Authorities and West German police. The most persistent claim of responsibility has come from an Anonymous caller who has repeatedly told International news agencies that the attack was the work of the guardians of the islamic revolution a iranian group. Defense says Walsh plan will Burden trial Washington a Oliver North s lawyers said thursday that a plan worked out Between attorney Gen eral Dick Thornburgh and prosecutors would impose intolerable burdens in the Iran Contra Case but Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh prosecuting North denied the assertion. North s attorneys Brendan Sullivan and Barry Simon filed a motion seeking rejection of the plan to protect classified material detailed wednesday by Walsh. Under that plan drawn up to reflect a court order issued tuesday by . District judge Gerhard a. Gesell Walsh said he will if necessary seek an affidavit from the attorney general to prevent the disclosure by North of classified in f9rmation that could harm National Secu Rity. The defense motion was filed a few hours after chief Justice William h. Rehnquist lifted an order that had delayed the Start of the trial. The Justice department said adequate safeguards to prevent disclosure of National Security secrets at the trial Are   Uii Auau Usu Ivari m  u i him i Uliassi lieu 1101131 Security seer mrs pm deaf i squads on Way to Britain to kill author reports say London a death squads from Pakistan and phone caller threatened to bomb British planes t place and there no longer is a need to hold up the proceedings. Thornburg Halso said he is satisfied with arrange ments for handling state secrets that North wants to make Public. The court s Oral ruling and its subsequent written order were clearly in tended to exclude the a attorney Gen see Walsh on Back Page other moslem nations Are headed for Britain to kill Salman Rushdie author of the satanic verses after Iran placed a $5.2 million Bounty on his head report said thursday. The foreign office summoned Iran s Lone Diplomat i London to Tell him that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini s Call for Rushdie s death was totally  one has the right to incite people to violence on British soil or against British citizens a foreign of fice statement said. Britain which reopened its Tehran embassy in de Cember for the first time in eight years said it has Frozen plans to expand diplomatic relations. Foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe later told luncheon for foreign j9urnalists that there can be no Case for the suppression of Freedom of speech handwriting on a worldwide  iranian charge d affaires Mohammed Basti emerged defiant from the foreign office and reiterated his support for Khomeini Call for the murder of Rushdie and the publishers of his novel the  United news of India reported an Anonymous Tele Phon India unless Rushdie emerged from seclusion. Two airlines British airways and air Europe said the were taking the threat seriously. The news Agency said a Man claiming to speak forthe previously unheard of iranian guards Tele phoned its Bombay office thursday. Rushdie cancelled a . Tour scheduled to begin Friday and was reported to be in hiding under armed police guard with his wife american novelist Mari Anne Wiggins. Tehran radio has quoted Khomeini As saying Rush die and his publishers were sentenced to  Teh ran radio and the iranian news Agency Irna have reported that two rewards of $2.6 million each were offered. Basti told reporters that Khomeini s statement was delivered after careful  it has nothing to do particularly with your coun try Basti said. Many moslem consider the novel  say the Book represents the Prophet s wives As prostitutes and suggests that Mohammed wrote the Koran rather than receiving it from god. Blames distracting curves for traffic goof Clearwater Fla. A a Driver who says he was distracted by two women wearing tight to shirts and hot pants wants the county to repair the damage caused when he slammed into the rear end of another car. Kenneth Larrison 27, of St. Petersburg submitted a Bill for $1,900 to Pinellas county to fix both his car and the car he hit on dec. 10. Larrison says he took his eyes off the Road to watch the women in skimpy to shirts and Short standing on a median strip advertising for a tire company. One woman swivelled a Hula hoop while theother held aloft a sign Larrison argues that the median strip should be free of any unusual distractions backing him up All the Way is Larrison s fian Cee Kathleen Zielinsky. She says her Beau s eyes weren t really on the other women but on the spectacle they presented by the Roadside