European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday february 20,1989 airlines were reportedly warned of bomb in radio London a Security staff members at London s Heathrow Airport began searching for a bomb in a radio cassette player on nov. 22, about a month before such a device destroyed pan am flight 103, the sunday Tele graph reported. The searches began after a transport department memo warned airline Secu Rity staff to look for a japanese made radio cassette player containing sheets of the powerful czechoslovak made sem Lex explosive the newspaper said. News briefs it said the warning came after West German police on oct. 27 raided 16 houses and apartments occupied by suspected Radical palestinians and found an air pressure activated bomb hidden in a radio. Police investigating the dec. 21 explosion of pan am flight 103 said last week that they believe a radio cassette player contained the explosive that blew up the plane Over Lockerbie Scotland killing All 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground. On Friday the transport department advised All airlines using British airports to examine travellers radios computers or other electronic or electrical equip ment for possible explosives. The sunday Telegraph said that after the transport department s warning last fall Security technicians at Heathrow built a copy of the suspected device that they used to train staff. It said the department memo warned Security staff to look for a Toshiba bomb beat radio cassette player that would have two different types of Batter ies but would not play. It would have two actuating devices the first a timer which would activate the second a barometric device the news paper said. This would detonate the explosives once the aircraft reached a pre determined  a transport department spokesman said we Don t comment on advice we give to airlines and All we re saying is As with All warnings the threat was assessed and appropriate advice issued to the  2 linked to Kab spy ring arrested reports say Rome a at least two people have been arrested in Northern Italy on charges of procuring classified military information for the soviet Union italian Media said sunday. The arrests broke up a Kab spy ring seeking to acquire top secret documents related to an electronic warfare system being developed for nato the reports said. Prosecutors confirmed that two people had been arrested on espionage charges but refused to give details saying the investigation was continuing. The reports carried by All major newspapers and the state run Rai television identified the suspects As Giorgio Stancich an electronics technician from Yugoslavia and Natalino Franca Lanci a fur dealer from Pont Edera near Pisa. The reports said Stancich had documents re lated to a project known As Catrin. The project involves computer systems capable of directing air sea and ground Maneu vers on an entire Battlefield the reports said. Baby makes Jet set debut with High Altitude birth London a a British airways jumbo Jet set out sunday from new Delhi India with 367 passengers and arrived at Heathrow Airport with one More a 6-Pound baby girl who entered the world at 30,000 feet. Rajapr Randhawa in route to Canada to join her husband gave birth aboard flight 142 with the help of three doctors and the moral support of the Crew and 366 other passengers. Randhawa who was seven months pregnant went into labor two hours out of Delhi and seats in the Economy Section were quickly curtained off to form an emergency maternity area an airline spokesman said. London doctor . Sri Viacava delivered the baby while the Airliner flew though soviet air space. Randhawa a Canadian citizen was travelling with her 18-month-old son to Brampton near Toronto where her husband awaited her arrival. Afghan Leader tightens his grip further Kabul Afghanistan a president Najibullah continuing to tighten his grip on the government and military will form and Lead a supreme military Council to coordinate the armed forces fight against moslem guerrillas the afghan government announced sunday. The announcement came a Day after Najibullah declared a nationwide state of emergency and replaced seven members of his Cabinet who were not members of his ruling people s democratic party of Afghanistan. In Islamabad Pakistan guerrillas trying to form their own interim government failed to agree on a Cabinet list. The Council was to reconvene monday. Foreign minister Abdul Wakil said in an interview with British broadcasting corp. Radio that the military Council will coordinate economic and military activities and will be formed in the next few  he said the new Council will not replace the Cabinet. Wakil also said the emergency declared saturday night was a precaution and a sign of strength not  foreign ministry officials said seven members of the ruling party s policy making Central committee Are re placing the ousted non party ministers. A Diplomat said the reshuffle and emergency indicate that Najibullah will be harder to remove from Power. The red army withdrew the last of its troops from Afghanistan on wednesday under a  Accord. They had been in Afghanistan for nine years prop Ping up the afghan regime. The Pakistan based guerrillas who saturday nominated leaders of a government in exile have vowed to bring Down Najibullah now that the soviets Are gone. Flights from Page 1 Adirondack Park Agency. In separate environmental assessment reports one for each route Over the Park the air Force called the Impact of the flights insignificant. Under the Law if the insignificant finding is upheld a much More elaborate and expensive Environ mental Impact statement is not required. The regional and local impacts were identified evaluated and found to be negligible the Sac said in announcing the change in the bomber pattern. But the Adirondack Park Agency called the Sac re port in error and totally devoid of environmental facts and analysis As related to Adirondack  it called for a comprehensive evaluation of the Possi ble Impact of the flights. The flights and the routes were also criticized by the Adirondack Council a private group representing Sev eral environmental organizations. It said the flights could disturb the nesting Sites of Peregrine Falcons and Bald eagles and would disturb the natural serenity of the Park. We would like to see them do Low level flights else where or to do them at higher altitudes said Charles Clusen executive director of the Council. After All if you can close the air space Over National Parks the Adirondacks deserve the same consideration and pro  but tech. Sgt. Alan Dockery a Sac spokesman said we have been using the main route for 23 years with no  he said the average number of bomber training flights would be fewer than 40 a week with planes flying no lower than 400 to 500 feet at a Speed of about 350 Miles per hour avoiding populated areas. A different air Force group the operational test and evaluation Center of Kirtland fab in Albuquerque n.m., is conducting the new f-15e fighter tests which it said would end in mid March. The air Force said it was planning four Daylight and 11 night flights of the fighter planes at altitudes of 200 to 2,000 feet at a subsonic Speed of Between 450 and700 Mph. The reason for testing Here is the similarity of the terrain and climate to that of Northern Europe to Ger Many where these planes will be based said capt. John Felsher a spokesman for the Rome air development Center at griffiss. The Birds Are surprisingly tolerant of flights he said quoting from an air Force study of Low flying Jet flights on six species of Peregrine Falcons and Hawks during the nesting season in Arizona in 1980-81. There was almost no Impact he said. The responses of the Birds consisted of momentary alarm. There were no effects on reproductive Success  two f-15es made Survey flights Over the proposed route Friday but the actual flight tests Are not scheduled to Start until this week Felsher said. Reagan from Page 1 which is  heading the list Are George washing ton and Abraham Lincoln whose february birthdays Are celebrated with to Day s National Holiday called presidents Day. Also ranking As elite among the 39 who preceded George Bush in the office Are Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wil son and Franklin d. Roosevelt. Schlundt said historians base that judgment on shaping policy so that the nation moved in a new direction and displaying skill in working with Congress to achieve goals. Addition ill the five avoided scandal and left behind a stronger nation when they departed office. It seems to me that those five presi dents achieved All those goals Schlundt said. Washington used Congress to accomplish his goals stayed free of scandal and left a Strong nation at the end of his eight years in office. There was less fear of a new conflict with England for example Schlundt said. Lincoln took the presidential oath at a crucial time in the nation s history and accomplished his goal of preserving the Union. What s interesting about Lincoln is that he was not in favor of ending slavery when he took office. He was really in favor of stopping its expansion Schlundt said. By the end of the civil War however Lincoln opposed slavery s existence. Lincoln s administration was fairly free of scandal and the civil War left the nation stronger than it was in 1860, when the South was preparing its secession. Theodore Roosevelt was Able to push significant legislation through Congress including the pure food and drug act and regulation of the railroads. His mediation of the peace Between Russia and Japan earned him the 1906 Nobel peace prize. Wilson earned the 1919 Nobel peace prize for efforts with the league of nations and with peace negotiations at the end of world War i. Franklin d. Roosevelt s social policies to bring the nation out of the depression and his leadership during world War ii earn him a spot on the list. I think Reagan did accomplish what he set out to accomplish Schlundt said noting that the most recent former presi Dent increased military spending and simplified the tax Structure. However problems associated with some senior officials coupled with an increase in racial tensions during his time in the White House Likely will keep Reagan off the list of great presidents he said. The staggering Federal debt also could haunt Reagan s Mark on history Schlundt said noting that time has been cruel to some past presidents. " Calvin Coolidge was considered one of the great presidents when he left office Schlundt noted. The country was prosperous and at  however Coolidge s policies were later blamed for the 1930s depression dropping the storekeeper s son in esteem. Reagan probably will fall somewhere at the top of the second Echelon of presi dents Schlundt believes along with James Polk and Dwight Eisenhower. Eisenhower suffers because there was no new direction for the country during his White House tenure. In Reagan s defense Schlundt noted that the president s role has become More Complex and demanding. In this Century especially presidents Are supposed to be much More involved in economics he said. Presidents Are supposed to look at social problems and come up with solutions for them. Twentieth Century presidents Are expected to do much much More than presidents in the 19th Century. You did t make a lot of proposals to the legislature in the 19th Century. That s a 20th-Cen Tury problem. It makes it much More