European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 15. 1989 the stars and stripes night goggles not Factor in copter crash Tucson map Crew members on a Mili Ary helicopter trial crashed and burned in inc a ctn were wearing night vision goggles but that was no a Factor in he acid pm thai killed 15 servicemen. Air Force officials said monday use of the Ziehl Arne Liying goggles has been questioned in a n us her of previous Milliar crashes four air Force Reserve crewmen and 11 army Spe Cial forces soldiers from fort Bragg. . It ere1 aboard the ch-3e helicopter that went Down sunday night in inc desert 15 Miles Northwest of Davis Mon Jian fab near Tucson. Cape. Carlos Ruque. A spokesman at Davis Mon than said he had no informal Ion on the sequence Ofca cols leading to the crash and did t know if there had been any radio transmissions sol. Jilt Archer quoted airman 1 is class John e. It crack a spokesman for the 71 St special operations so at Davis Domhan. Inc Crew s unit As saying we Don t know what height they were lying at when the crash  the vict Norn cd helicopter assigned to dams Mon Han. Was ferrying the soldiers from the army s Fon . 70 Miles Southeast of Tucson to an air Force gunnery Range Al Gila fetid 124  of Tucson. La Wen Down in in uninhabited area adjacent to the Saguaro National Monument about 20 Miles North Wisl of Tucson after slopping Al Davis Monthan to refuel. Kofu said. I looked up and i a n yellow Ball like tin men com ing out of lie Buck Vaid Mike Skrekas  live a few Miles from the crash site. Five seconds later 1 saw it hit inc ground and then there was a red  a second helicopter was accompanying the one that crashed Hul was a reasonable distance away and was. Nil involved. . More ihiiii"300 ii jes and similar helicopter be longing to the air farce. Navy and coast guard were grounded for i week that ended Friday to inspect for a bad part in the main Rotor head. Navy or nor. Duvid Thomas a i to Wagon spokesman said Early tuesday. Air Force . T lil. Parrel Hayes said the helicopter that crashed was inspected last Friday and had its main Rotor head Shaft nut replaced. It was flown Sci div three times after that work. Officials Al Davis Monthan grounded the base s five remaining cd jes until the cause of inc Erath is deter mined the Public Al fairs office said. Roque said previous helicopter crashes in which pilots were wearing wearing night vision goggles that amplify Low Light were flying Low level or in close proximity with other aircraft and that the goggles of ten used in Clow proximity or Tow level May have caused a vision  military and civilian officials Check the wre Kajy. Of a ch-3e helicopter that crashed sunday killing 15 Surv Cimon. He said the flight from Tucson in Gila Bend was to be a regular straight level  thai is. It did t ii Olvce any capabilities other Nan flying in a straight line As opposed to Low level Nap of the Earth flying following inc contour of the land he explained they were riot doing that on this  said Roque and is a result when they were using the night vision goggles they were in open airspace and not in proximity to anything Grilies have questioned whether the goggles Tunc lion adequately when there is no Moon orm Cloudy weather that obscures stars the National weather service said there were High thin Clouds Over the Tuc son area sunday night Ana thai visibility was 3 1 Miles. The crash occurred about an hour after Sunset and about two hours before the Rise of a Quarter Moon. The Orange county Calif Register reported that Linch 1978, 37 of 41 army  in which night Gogg is Werc used occurred when there was nol War protesters phony newspapers cover genuine article in three cities by the associated press of newspaper readers in san Francisco Chicago and Spring Field. Ill on monday found mock  of  Dat ii s spouting Ami War harangues printed by groups Pra Risting . Policy in Al Salvador groups in the i rec cities said they placed  pages around actual copies of the papers in vending Vij Chines. Offi Tuu to ill three papers denounced the Irnita Lions and at least no arc considering Legal action , the fake front pages appeared to be. The real fronts of the Chicago Tribune. Inc  Francsco chronicle and the  , hut renders Ola sur prise on closer examination. The file. C hic ago to Bunc Hud the newspaper s  but contained stories huh headlines proclaim into us. At War in it Salvador and death squad activities Tribune officials said the other phony new spa pen had similar headlines bleary a cd commuters in san fran Cisco might not have Tomc Daiely noticed that i heir newspaper was called the Chormicle not the  but they Maha a done a double take at the front Page apology from chronic la editors for the new spa. Per  of Al Salvador. A news release delivered to the associated press in san Francisco said i members of a group called the citizens against inc 1x5, War in Al Salva Dor put out More than 10,000 copies of the phony papers "10 we out the truth about the situation in Al  we believe that actions like this can contribute to building a political movement in the , that can Stop the air in Al Salvador and support self determination for the salvadoran people the news release said. In Illinois a group calling itself the Leotie for z free Al Salvador claimed  for the ploy. The Baltimore Sun and tiie Arizona daily Star were inc targets of similar stunts in january. A Tribune spokeswoman Nuich Ellen Roguski said the Bagu front Page was placed on thousand1 of news papers in the City and in stale cd icons circulated in Springfield. Roguzki said he Tribune assumed he protesters merely placed a Coin in the % ending machines to Gam Access to the newspapers. While the right of free i peach and political proles is understood and appreciated tampering with the front Page of. The Tribune interferes with and distorts our Mission As a newspaper and our right to do business the Tribune said. The Tribune will Lake every Legal step possible to prosecute the people responsible and prevent any reoccurrence Steve Fagan. Editor of the state journal Register said the phony from Page placed around Liis newspaper had she headline us continues to wage. War in Al Salvador a Box on the Page  any affiliation wit the newspaper Fagan said about  inc newspaper s 200 Street Bones were the target of the protesters. We View this m a childish prank As Well As an Ines Deal of vandalism and criminal  Sgan said the worst part of it is this is an Unwar ranted intrusion on our  Jessie Knight vice president of the san Francisco newspaper Agency which handles printing and Disiribu-1 1 Ion functions for the chronicle said. He would be meeting with attorneys to see if criminal or civil action could be filed against those responsible we think that it s certainly some thing that we want to Stop from Hap pening Knight said. Enough Moonlight for the devices to amplify. Those crashes killed 65 soldiers the newspaper reported the ch-3 series of helicopters was designed in the be 1950s and Early 1960s and is still flown by the air fora. Navy and coast guard. The air Force began flying he choppers in 1962 an j has 63 left in is inventory. Archer identifier four of the victims As it col. Lawren m. Roll 41, of Phoenix the Reserve squad Ron commander who was flying As co Pilot maj Dnn Ald d. Thomas 42, of to pc the Pilot Maser sgt. Malta Brillow 4s, of Tucson arid tech. Sol William a Slavon. 37, also of tucs on. Other names were not immediate released. Rotruc said the bodies would have to be identified through medical and denial records. The soldiers were attached to the jail Fin 5ih special forces group at fort Bragg . Said array my. Richard Adams,.another.spokesman at the Ion said hey had been at Forl Hua Chuca since wednesday and had been scheduled to leave april 9. Woman 60, gets 20 years for Selling dope Syracuse . L f Ibbs of Brooklyn her co defendant. However Cibbie was a quailed of ail charges after claiming  to Weih Crsp Oon s residence to buy drugs riot sell them. Prosecutor Richard Southwick asked judge Walter Gorman ears 10 life. Soul Wick said Weatherspoon was involved in a fairly sophisticated narcotics distribution system that used elec tronic pagers and slash houses