European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 f the stars and stripes monday March 13,1989 Eastern airlines resuming More flights Miami a after being All but shut Down at the beginning of the machinists so Rick a week ago. Eastern air lines was planning to resume 40 round trip flights sunday and monday including Scricc to 13 latin american cities from Miami company officials said sat urday. Labor rallies saturday boosted the spirits of striking a slim workers while the struggling Carrier worked to restore routes and attract customers by Price cuts of nearly 90 percent for some flights. Aircraft on the Northeast shuttle link ing new Vork with Washington and bos ton once Eastern s most profitable serv ice were again flying near capacity saturday on the second Day of $ 12 fares. The pc strike fare was �99. This has just created a tremendous groundswell of interest in travelling be win the cities said Eastern spokes Man Robin Matyll. Joe Scott another Eastern spokesman said the shuttle remained popular sat urday but ticket lines at new York s la Guardia Airport were not As Long As they had been Friday. Because the hourly shuttle operates on a first come first serve basis Many Pas sengers waited far hours before getting on a nigh. Maulell suggested the Solidarity of pilots honouring the machinists picket lines might be cracking. We have More than 200 pilots now and yesterday we had inquiries from about 300 about proce dures for returning to work he said. Bui air line pilots association spokesman Jim Host an Eastern Pilot for four years disputed that claim saying so fat they Are still hanging tight with us. As far As we can Tell the line is still holding solid machinists Leader Frank Ortis said he strikes resolve was unwavering de spite urging from Eastern to return to work. Picketing continued at airports in Miami new York Washington another cities. At Chicago s o Hare International Airport civil right. Leader Jesse Jackson joined machinists pilots and flight Atten Dant on picket lines for about 10 min utes donning a Pilot s Cap shaking hands and kissing babies. About 1,000 people attended a related rally. De Weiss an Eastern Pilot for 10years, was among about 200 people who linked hands along the main service Road at the greater Buffalo Airport in upstate new York in a gesture of labor Unity. We re out to show the Public that we Are firm and standing Strong and we will prevail he said. The Al Cio announced in washing ton the establishment of a Relief fund to help Union members at Eastern and said it reached $250,000 almost immediately. The fund was started with an Al Cio contribution of 1100,000 and donation by labor unions and other groups quickly raised it to $250,000. The airline sought Protection from creditors under chapter ii of the bankruptcy Laws thursday five Days after the so Rick began the machinists have fought wage Cut sought by the company since contract renewal talks began in october 1987. The company claims drastic austerity measures Are needed to Stop easter from losing Money. Pills and flight attendants reached concessionary agreements last year that slashed their pay 20 percent bombing. From Page 1.a source said. Vav another Navy source pointed to the attempted bomb ing in March 1987 of a car belonging to capt. Kenneth r. Barry commanding officer of the Felc Liu an amphibious assault ship based in Long Beach. Thai incident was blamed on a d disgruntled Sailor the source said. The Fri has assigned the very. Highest priority to this Case but has t made  on whether it s a terrorist act or not. Although it sure looks that Way said one High Law enforcement official in Washington. In Washington a cmdr. Chris Baumann a Navy spokesman said no order has gone out to increase Secu Rity at Navy installations worldwide As a. Result of the incident. However he said some bases especially those in the san Diego urea decided to tighten Secu Rity on their own and were taking such measures As stopping cars and checking for identification instead of waving cars with locals through the Gates. The burned out remains of the vehicle from which Sharon Rogers escaped uninjured after the attack Fri Day remained at the intersection in the wealthy la Jolla Section of san Diego where the blast  Navy saturday confirmed newspaper reports from Anonymous sources in Washington that mrs. Rogers had received a threatening Telephone Call last summer during which her husband was called a  Tom a Hughes special agent in charge of the feb office in san Diego said teams of investigators arc running out just hundreds and hundreds of  there Are fragments that would Lead one to believe this is a pipe bomb he said but added we re not in a position to confirm what kind of device it  the explosion Friday ripped through the Toyota Van As mrs. Rogers was in route to her Job at a nearby private elementary school. Hearing what sounded like we loud noises from underneath the vehicle she said she initially thought a Motorist had struck her from behind. Moments after she stepped out to look for damage the Van exploded into a fireball thai burned through the vehicle. In his account of the phone threat received by mrs. Rogers  cmdr. David Dillon said therall came at the Rogers san Diego Home two or three Days after the iranian plane was shot Down july.3, Dillon said mrs. Rogers described the Call As frighten ing and quickly Cut it Short he said no specific threat was made by the unidentified male. Fir Dillon gave this account of the conversation caller is this mrs Rogers. " ,. -. Sharon Rogers who s this caller " is this mrs. Rogers. Sharon Rogers who is this j caller Are you the wife of the murderer mrs Rogers then Hung up and Jevning further was heard from the Man Dillon said. He said he knew of no other incidents approaching threat to Rogers his wife or oter Vince incs Crew Mem Bers.  \ Rogers and his wife wore trying to maintain a Low profile saturday and have decided not to speak 10 report ers Dillon said Jcj Jive them in a Safe place headed.-. V. At the scene of no bombing the 30 investigators including experts of Jim the Fri bomb lab in los Angeles and. The Agency s explosives unit in Washington delicately. Marked examined and removed almost every shred of debris along the normally Busy intersection. Twas the cleanest Street in san Diego said a poli officer who was guarding the perimeter from crowds of motorists bicyclists and other spectators. Most of the Federal agents worked throughout the Day saturday. By Early afternoon they were clustered around the vehicle As a forklift hoisted the burned out Van into the air. -.--.-. With a photographer snapping pictures of the Van s charred undercarriage Fri agents wearing White gloves rifled through blackened debts on the pavement. Plainly visible from the police perimeter were charred strips of met can s rear tires. Vav. Uso from Page 1 sea duty has been one of the most unstable of the Uso s regions draining As much As $350.000 a year from world Headquarters Bank accounts far More than other regions Mccarthy said. The Uso which relics solely on donations was awash in red Ink amounting to tl.3 million As recently As 1986. The had shake up has restored the organi Alion i solvency through scaled Bac operations and corporate sponsorships to pay for celebrity shows. Although More than $1,7 million of this financial funding environment the $2 million taken it by the United today of there s no Community support services organizations ?88 came in it particular location we can i do i from corporate sponsorships the Uso  cannot afford to prop up an operations in More than one Case the us set up the size of the med Mccarthy said a  a port and put staff in place Hagel in a letter to lop Uso manage As much As a week before a scheduled mint staff members last month Savoy a port Call Only to have the ship cancel or recognizes the need Tor services it Joca be rerouted Lions that Don t have a Uso Pis Cnoc b. We made a lot of up Frant investments but that his first responsibility is that Ajja those situations Mccarthy said. We we continue to manage a fiscally sound  of the Uso needs Community sup port tic said. We just can t support operations front Obj Headquarters Levels we have in the cast. It s not possible in in place perhaps put moneyed it on some hours we had set up and we d lose if the ship never showed. We need Lormil Back on that kind of thing until we can Hay a thorough review of How Wedo business in the  Mccarthy said the Uso has met with adm. William j Crowe jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff adm. Leon a. Leney the vice chief of naval operations and other defense department and regional commanders. Discussions have focused on the us s Lack of control Over the business activities and a blueprint on Navy need Sand the amount of Navy and Uso re sources available for the regional opera Tion Mccarthy said. He could give no estimate of what locations May reopen in the Mcd or when something definite May happen but he said some decisions should be made within the next  pact from Raja 1 Issue in Nevsky bail. The soviet Delegate noted that the talks mandate that participants concentrate on weapons that create the possibility of Surprise or larger scale attack. Refer ring to the nato proposal Grinevsky asked arc these three Chou git to solve this problem this is a conference1 of conventional arms and these1 conventional arms arc excluded from the nato , i Don t understand such  Ledogar however dots not believe the soviets really arc serious about addressing aircraft issues in the talks in Yin  historically has been unable to pin the soviets Down on their own aircraft holdings. 1 if we got the aircraft and the numbers of them properly identified the soviets would probably with draw their proposal he said. They want to Deal with air Craft the. Way they count  the two sides also differ an the amount of weapons Vilics in 12 countries have been formally observed by to be Cut. Cuts proposed by the Warsaw pact actually representatives of other participating Stales Are deeper than nato wants with the soviet hoc the West wants to clarify the Stockholm agreement calling for reductions in weapons 10 percent to is while the East wants to broaden it to include restrict percent below the lowest Levels held by either Side Lions on military exercises and the monitoring of naval nato s proposal would Cut about 5 percent below i fid air forces current lowest Levels. The soviet bloc believes reductions can be achieved in three phases from 1991 to 1994, participants would eliminate All imbalances. Between 1994 find 1997, he pact proposes a 2s percent Cut in the armed forces of both sides. During the third hag from 1997 to 2000 the armed forces of both sides would be Given a strict defensive character. Nato on the other hand offers no timetable. We on the West Are quite anxious not to put deadlines on ourselves Ledogar said. We think it s unwise to negotiate against a deadline on something this import  there is More Hope for immediate Success in the talks on Confidence building measures the foundation of which is an agreement forged two years ago i Stockholm since then More than 35 military Cliv " put nato which operates at a numerical disa Dvan a agcy needs to conduct frequent Large exercises to ensure military readiness said John Maresca who Heads the  to the Security building talks for these reasons constraints could Only come after reductions in  he said. Constraints made outside reductions would Only add to soviet Adan tages,1" although Trio diff a Ronces appear Large both Side said they were not severe enough to kill the negotiations. \ maybe the first lesson for me As a negotiator when t first Sec the nato paper and the Warsaw paper is to wonder if it is possible to Lay Bridges Between these two approaches or arc they just Iso degrees apart Grinevsky said. In spite of the differences. It is possible "