European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday february 25,1989 president and mrs. Bush Center at funeral with from left indonesian president and mrs. Suharto zambian president Kenneth Kaunda West German president Richard von Weizsacker and French president Francois Mitterrand. Leaders attend Hirohito rites from Page 1 Grce weather to View the funeral processions including More than 200,000 who watched As a Black Hearse carrying the coffin drove slowly through Central Tokyo along a four mile route from the Imperial Palace to the main ceremony at Shin Juke Imperial gardens. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko led the Imperial mourners but Hirohito s 85-year-old widow the Empress dowager Nagako did not at tend the Public ceremonies because of reported poor health. In his Eulogy prime minister Noboru Takeshit described Hirohito s 62-year reign As eventful and turbulent times for Japan including the calamities of that deplorable War the struggle to reconstruct itself from the ruins amid confusion and dire Pov erty and to regain its full  during All these years emperor Showa ardently wished for world peace and the Well being of the japanese people he said referring to Hirohito by his posthumous name. After the eulogies Bush and his wife stepped tothe front of the Hall paused and made a slight Bow before the coffin. During world War ii Bush was shot Down by japanese anti aircraft fire. Also bowing before the coffin was Britain Sprince Philip a Royal Navy Veteran of world War ii who was at Japan s surrender ceremony in 1945. The Japan communist party boycotted the Fune ral and some members of the main opposition Japan socialist party stayed away from the shinto ceremonies. News briefs Bonn official suggests sanctions against Iran Bonn West Germany a West Ger Many should consider economic Sanction against Iran for threatening the life of author Salman Rushdie the head of a government coalition party said Friday. Related Story photo pages the comments by Otto Lamsdorff chairman of the free democrats marked the first time any of the parties in Chancellor Helmut Kohl s coalition government had suggested S.C. action against Iran Over the Rushdie affair. Lamsdorff made the remarks in an interview with the Giessen a Zeiger newspaper. The free democrats released a transcript of the interview in Advance of saturday s Publica Tion by the a Zeiger. Lamsdorff said measures already taken by the european economic Community against Iran were sufficient As a first  but he said that if Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho Meini persists in refusing to retract his order that Rushdie be killed i would not hesitate to sup port other  Iran has ordered that Rushdie be killed for writing the satanic verses which Many mos lems believe blaspheme islam. 2 Banks raise prime rate to highest level in 4 years new York a two major Bank said thursday that they were raising their prime rate half a percentage Point to 1 k5percent, the second increase in two weeks lifting the key interest rate to its highest Levelin Over four years. Chase Manhattan corp., which said the new rate was effective Friday announced the in crease first. Republic National Bank of Newyork quickly followed. See related Story Page 6 the increase reflects the higher Cost of funds charged of Banks by the Federal Reserve Board which is concerned about inflation and has been seeking to Cool off the Economy by soaking preserves from the banking system. That drives up Short term interest rates and discourages borrowing. Jet from Page 1 spokesman said agents were interviewing passengers and examining the damaged plane. Barbara Abels an Faa spokeswoman in los an Geles said the Pilot experienced what he though twas an explosion. There was a Hole in the right Side cargo  Abels said As Many As 16 passengers were believed miss ing from the plane United airlines flight 811, which had originated in san Francisco and stopped at los Aii Geles. Boeing spokesman John Wheeler in Seattle said the plane was a 747-100, delivered in november 1970. That s not very old in terms of the 747," he said. The air planes Are designed for Long structural life and to withstand some structural events. Obviously this air plane came through in relatively Good shape considering the size of the  Boeing was sending a two Man team to assist Nosb investigators Wheeler said. Passengers gave differing accounts of the incident. Rochelle Perel 48, of Beverly Hills calif., who was sitting next to the seats that blew away said there was kind of a hissing sound like air and then a tearing away of the plane. It did t sound like an explosion. It sounded More like the plane cumin apart and a Large Section of the aircraft on the right Side just blew away with the passengers in those seats with  Max Thompson of Denver said his wife Sherry Peterson a passenger on the plane told him by Tele phone our plane just blew up Over  she said it was like a very loud pop like you would closed for inventory stars and stripes bookstores will be closed for inventory on monday feb. 27. The paper can be bought at other vending Points within the local communities. Pop a paper bag. Four rows of seats were just gone. Steven sucked her earrings off Thompson said adding that his wife was uninjured. All of a sudden i could see the sky and feel the wind said passenger Koji Yamamoto 23, of Osaka Japan. The roof was breaking. Something was blow ing toward  the people who were sitting adjacent to us next tothe window. There was i d say near six or eight of them were blown out the plane with the Hole and we were sitting about a foot and a half two feet from the Hole said passenger Gary Garber of los Angeles who suffered minor injuries. Hospitals in the area treated at least 11 passengers mostly for minor injuries. But a 49-year-old woman was in guarded condition in intensive care at Queen s medical Center with cervical and abdominal injuries. A coast guard helicopter and a search plan scoured the area 100 Miles South of Honolulu for any debris any survivors that might be there said coastguard spokesman Dave Goff. The Navy auxiliary ship Coronado and three coast guard cutters were on their Way to the scene he said. Last april 28, a flight attendant was killed and 61persons were injured when a portion of the fuselage on a Boeing 737 peeled off during an Aloha flight fron Hilo to Honolulu exposing the first class Section to the open air at 24,000 feet. The Pilot and co Pilot managed to land the crippled Jet 13 minutes later in Maui Al though one of the two engines quit. Tiny cracks were found later in nearly half the aging Boeing 737 jetliner inspected in the months following the Aloha Accident. Tower from Page 1 senator who used to chair the armed services com Mittee it would be the first time in history that newly elected president had suffered a rejection of a nominee to his first Cabinet. In All eight Cabinet nominations have been rejected the most recent 30 years ago. Tower in a statement said he was obviously disappointed with the outcome of the Senate armed serv ices committee  but the statement said Tower will continue to work at the Pentagon and await the vote of the full Senate on his  but sen. Robert Byrd d-w.va., urged Bush to withdraw the nomination before a full Senate decision. It does t do the nominee any Good. It does t do the president any g09d," Byrd said. It s a tremendous Burden for any nominee to go to the floor with a vote of no  Fred Mcclure the White House Liaison to Congress attended the committee vote and said the president told him prior to the committee s action just hang inhere and i la be Back  Nunn opened the session by noting that in last year presidential Campaign Bush spoke about putting ethics at the Center of his Agenda and promised that higher standards would be required when he took of  he said the committee also took the same Steps tonsure High ethical standards sending a letter to Bush and former democratic presidential candidate Michae Dukakis stressing the need for Quality nominees. Tower failed to meet that Standard Nunn said. On the other Side John Warner of Virginia the committee s top ranking Republican said the allegations amounted Only to a cobweb of fiction and fantasy and he said he supported the nomination. Sen. Strom Thurmond r-s.c., said this commit tee ought to have the courage to do what is  he shouted perception should not control this commit tee. It ought to be the  other republicans on the panel alleged partisanship by their colleagues and suggested that Tower was being held to too High a Standard. The majority believes Weare confirming a defense god not a defense Secretary said sen. Malcolm Wallop a Wyo