European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday. March 7,1989 news briefs pilots continue to keep Eastern airlines crippled Miami Gadd who retired from the air Force in 1982 As a lieutenant colonel also described North s involvement in other details of us Contra resupply  said a crewmen Ian Crawford described what went wrong and we Jill went right with an Airdrop of military supplies Northc contras in Southern Nicara Guan near the cos Larican Border in april 1986. Add also said mat he billed one of Secord s Compa Nies. Lake  1392,000 for construction fan Airstrip in Cost Arica that was designed to help Supply the contras on Fly Southern front in Nicaragua. Gadd said my rth enlisted him to help build the airs trip for secret nil Ilary Supply missions to the Nicara Guari contras while Congress had banned . Aid to the rebels. & v. Among Ifica 12 criminal charges against North Are four court of lying to Congress by denying his in  in the Contra resupply operation. Bush from Aga 1 audience. I stand by him because he is uniquely qualified As the right Man to take charge of the per Wagon. He said going to get it off my Chest i m letting sick and tired of som of the rumours and the innuendo that arc used against this decent  monday White House press Secretary Varlin Fitzwater reiterated that administration office by arc not searching for a substitute nominee and plan la carry the Tower fight All the Way to a Senate floor pc we arc l thinking of fall Back positions he ibid reporters. We re supporting the candidacy of senator., Tower. Tower said sunday that hts excessive drink drug in the past does not indicate any Long term problem and that he would Welcome the Chance to  Nomi nation on the Senate floor r. Appearing on the lbs to program face the nation Tower said he would not ask thai his Nomi nation be withdrawn arguing that the of Pulc Over his selection has escalated beyond consideration of his Quajo nations. The former senator repealed his pledge to Stop drinking if Conn Rcd As defense Secretary and he acc cd his detractors of hypocrisy i Power sought to deflect the most common criticism gains him by drawing a distinction Between the past heavy drinking he has acknowledged and an alcohol abuse problem that would disqualify him from sen Sitivi military positions "1 still have a sip of wine now and again Tower responded when asked whether he had slopped drinking since pledging a week ago to do so if confirmed by the Senate once confirmed i will give it up altogether. The chairman of the Senate armed services com Mittee sen. Sam Nunn a a. Has said Tower would fail to qualify for a sensitive military position because of his history of drinking. Tower denied that saying would be disqualified if you could prove alcohol dependency or chronic Alco a holism. In the final analysis it is a decision to be made by the commanding officer that should be Basedow hard evidence. In my particular instance the presi Dent of the United states is the commanding officer. The fact is t am not alcohol dependent he added. Baker from Paga 1 Shadow of a doubt he said. I Baker told his fellow mind stars that All europeans should have the Freedom lift have a say in decision which affect their lives and to express their political differences As Well As the Freedom to be Safe from military intimidation  in the East,".he said should be free of the fear that armed soviet intervention justified by the Briah nov doctrine would be used again to deny them Choice. The doctrine named for the late soviet president Leonid i Brezhnev was invoked by the Kremlin to justify the 1968 soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia to crush the Liberal reforms of Alexander Dubcek then communist party  s speech made favourable references to the changes Gorbachev has instituted. The rhetoric of soviet foreign policy is being reshaped with less emphasis on the use offered he said. At another Point he said that As Europe approaches the end of the decade new horizons Are beckoning and. Realism has begun to Triumph in the soviet Union bake began his three Day visit to the austrian Capi Tal on sunday with meetings with the foreign ministers of Hungary and Poland setting a signal that the i  wants to encourage those countries1 in creasing political and economic reforms. Baker sa6j in his speech that people want Freedom Freedom of Ilie i no Freedom in the Home behind what has become a rusting Iron  he said whue the East should be free of the Prospect of soviet inter Camion those in the West should be tree of inc Carof Wakaw pact forces pointed in their direction. We shall new be Able to set East West relations on an irreversible course toward enduring improvement unless we Deal Siili the huge conventional military imbalance in Europe he  called Gorbachev s offer in december to withdraw sin tank divisions and 50,000 men from East Ern Europe a very Good  even after such a pullout he said the Warsaw. Pact would retain a 2-to-l Edge in tanks and artillery. Trains from Paga 1 Don. Investigators found signs that the Driver of one passenger train tried to Stop at a red signal before his train struck another London bound train. Gordon pct list general British rail s Southern Region and Sun Day that Driver David Margan made a severe Brake application Long before his train passed the red signal. Morgan was one of 94 people injured wnerimtratii1iimelipgftom Little Hampton to London hit a train tar whim. From Horsham to the capital. Police said monday that 31 people remained hospitalized 10 in serious condition. Six cars rolled Dowa re Ort in Bank enl a usr.njh0 cry huh and several  Yards of Homes. Fv"1jisiiioriiies said the Horsham train Vas crossing from a slow track onto the main line when it was struck from be Hind near Purley station on London s i Southern outskirts. Morgan has told us that the signal at the end of the platform at Purley station red. Yet he went through it pour. To. A it rfcs in _., was hospitalized8" broken legs pc Lill said. The safely of our signalling system docs obviously depend on Drivers Slop Ping at red lights he mid. We have quite a lot of evidence that a severe Brake application was made prior to the collision and Long before the signal Pettit said. He did not detail the evidence ? Jhai Phi tiny of Driver error is not uppermost in my mind at the moment though in obviously a a in area of Lequir had Perlitt said the train s braking system As being examined. So twid there was no evidence of Sab Otaie Iid Lac signalling equipment a Purley appear to tic working  trains crashed near a Busy South London Junction during nah Jour dec.12, killing 35 people. Railway officials believe a malfunctioning signal cause that crash. "