European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Celts Trade Danny Ainge of Sacramento sports Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 311 saturday february 25, 1989 25t daily and sunday d 8693 a rejects Tower Washington a the Senate armed services committee voted thursday to recommend rejection of John Tower s nomination As defense Secretary splitting 11-9 along party lines As it handed president Bush the first major defeat of his Young administration. In Tokyo presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Bush stands by the nomination which the demo cratic controlled Senate plans to take up next week. We now go to the floor of the Senate Fitzwater declared. A m going to strongly continue to Back sen. Tower and i Don t believe he s going Down the Drain Bush Toft reporters in Tokyo where he was attending the funeral of Japan s emperor Hirohito. Before the vote sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., the com Mittee chairman said i cannot in Good con science vote to put an individual at the top of the Chain of command when his history of excessive drinking is such that he would not be selected to command a missile Wing a Sac strategic air come bomber Squadron or a Trident missile sub Nunn opened the nearly three hour Long com Mittee session by saying Tower Tower s record of alcohol abuse cannot be ignored indy i have searched in vain for several weeks for the Point in time when the nominee himself acknowledged this problem and dealt with it decisively. The nominee made it very Clear that he has never sought medical assistance for his drinking problem Nunn said at a session that included an open discussion of Tower s drinking. Fitzwater said the committee had every right to io9k into allegations that included reports of heavy drinking and womanizing. But Fitzwater also complained we hear vague talk about concern about his personal habits and we think this debate ought to Beon a slightly higher level than if the full Senate should turn Down Tower a former see Tower on Back Page Jet with 354 rips open Over Ocean a jumbo Jet with a huge Hole in its Side sits at Honolulu Airport after turning Back from a new zealand bound flight. A Honolulu a the fuselage of a United airlines jumbo Jet carrying 354 people ripped open shortly after Takeoff Friday and As Many As 16 passengers were apparently sucked from the plane 20,000 feet Over the Pacific Federal aviation administration officials said. The damaged Airliner returned for an emergency Landing with at least 11 other passengers injured. A Hawaii transportation department spokesman said the Coroner s office was called in to investigate the possibility that a body might be on Board. Initial reports had referred to an explosion aboard the Boeing 747, but later Indi cations suggested structural failure might have been responsible. The Pilot and some passengers described hearing an explosion while others described a hissing sound and a tearing away of the National transportation safety Board spokeswoman Drucella Andersen said the Jet had departed from Honolulu International Airport with 336 passengers and 18 Crew members at 1 53 . For Auckland new zealand and Sydney. Australia. It returned 40 minutes later with a 10-by-40-foot vertical Hole in its right Side. You could drive an ambulance through it you could see the seats and the baggage compartment from the out Side said Ray mews a to. Robert Heafner a Honolulu Fri see Jet on Back Page leaders attend Hirohito funeral Tokyo a the body of emperor Hirohito was sealed on Friday in a Hillside crypt and offerings were made to his spirit ending a 13-hour funeral at ten led by the largest gathering of world leaders in modern history. A Day of elaborate ceremony concluded by Torch Light shortly before 9 . After the lace draped coffin was put on a cart and tugged 33 feet up a slope by a Pulley like device. It was then moved inside a prepared Stone Tomb dug into the Hillside and sealed with con Crete. Mii Phito s Mound like mausoleum is in a Grove of towering Cypress Trees at the Musashi Imperial Ceme Tery a St of Tokyo. Worshipped As a living god and branded a War Crimi Nal during his 87-year life Hirohito was honoured by official representatives of 163 nations including presi Dent Bush and his wife Barbara. The Bushes sat in the front Row at the funeral Cov ered with Wool and Cashmere blankets to protect them from the Winter chill. Bush the Collar of his Black overcoat turned up paused in front of the coffin and lowered his head in a slight Bow when his turn came to approach the coffin. A bomb exploded in a Roadside embankment about 20 minutes before a motorcade carrying Hirohito s body and members of the Imperial family passed by units Way to the burial ground. The motorcade was not delayed and no one was injured. Police said they suspected radicals planted the bomb. They said groups opposing the emperor system staged 11 demonstrations in the japanese capital an officers arrested five people. The Metropolis of 12 million came to a virtual standstill and 32,000 police mounted the largest Secu Rity operation in japanese history to protect the world leaders and contain anti monarchy protests. The Day was declared a National Holiday. Businesses were closed and Many residents took advantage of Thelong weekend to head for ski slopes. Hirohito renounced his purported divinity in 1946 As Japan began its climb from the ashes of world War ii toward spectacular economic Success. Police estimated 571,400 people braved the 37-de continued on Back Page
