European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 17, 19b9 the stars and stripes Page 3 Alert preceded pan am bombing London had tip on possible attack London a the government secretly alerted airlines and airports about a possible terrorist attack two Days before a bomb blew pan am night 103 out of inc sky Over Scotland the trans port department has announced. It said wednesday night that the Alert gave precise details of a new Type of bomb hidden in a  player similar to inc device that destroyed right 103 on dec. 21. Killing All 259 people aboard inc jumbo Jet and 11 on lit ground in Lockerbie. The Alert was similar 10 an earlier warning sen i but on nov. 22, but included a photo or the radio cassette player the depart men said i am Han Loii. A pan am spokeswoman in new York said thursday there is indeed a memo dated dec. 19, but we did no receive it until Jan. 17. T am not going id say More than  said she did not have the memo in front of her so she would not talk Aboul what it contained. A new Jersey woman who lost her husband son and daughter aboard flight 103 said in a radio interview thursday thai inc plane should have been searched. Flight 103 originated in Frankfurt West. Germany passengers changed planes at London s Heathrow Airport be fore heading for new York. A radio Casscile player containing Plas Lic explosives and a device that could be set to detonate the bomb at a Given Alii Ludo were found in october during raids by West German authorities in which 13 alleged members of the syrian backed popular front for the liberation of pal Este general command guerrilla group were arrested. The transport department said the Alert from its principal aviation Security adviser Jim Jack followed an initial warning in november of a possible bombing. It said the barometric timing device indicated it was intended in sabotage an aircraft. We sent advice to the relevant Security authorities. They were Lold what to look for. The american authorities would have done the same for american  asked Why transport Secretary Paul Channon had not mentioned the dec. 19 warning in his statement after the bomb ing a department spokesman who in accordance with British practice declined to be further identified mid these Are things that or. Channon May want 10 answer on in due course. He said an initial warning was sent on nov. 22, or 17 Days before a dec. 9 warning by . Intelligence sources that a group planned to bomb a fan am Jet from Frankfurt within two weeks. The spokesman said some members of the group arrested in West Germany were still being detained while investigations continued into the Lockerbie bombing. The Case of the terrorist group in Frankfurt is being looked at in relation to Lockerbie he said. The dec. 19 Alert was sent with a Pic Ture of the Fodroc Arcito device to . And British airlines to Israel s Al Al air line to air India and to South african airways the spokesman said. The London tabloid the daily Mirror said thursday the latest revelations will come As a huge embarrassment to or. Channon and Premier Margaret Thatcher. Both have come under mounting pressure from anguished relatives and members of parliament to disclose How much the government knew of a terrorist threat to air safety Oera Dinc Buser of Glen Rock n.j., reacted angrily thursday when she teamed the government had warned air lines about a possible terrorist attack mow the hell am i supposed to feel if they knew this the bomb was going to be there Busch told webs radio. Buser who lost her husband. Warren son Michael and daughter Lorraine Howe said if it s going to save a plane Load of people and you have a report that this thing might happen it s Worth wait ing two  earlier wednesday Thatcher rejected Calls for an Independent inquiry into Brilain s assessment of the . Security bulletin issued before the bombing. She said in a let Lerlo labor party Law maker John preset to that unfounded at tempts to suggest that the information on the Federal aviation authority Bull Lin was wrongly assessed Are More Likely to hinder rather than help the process of improving Security to which we Are giving High priority contents of her idler were made pub Lic by Prescott. Pc Scott called for the inquiry on tuesday As did Elizabeth delude Dix. An american woman whose Irish Hus band was among inc victims. Do Ludo Dix released a . Document in London warning of a terrorist threat ton pan am passenger Jet flying Between Frankfurt and new York. The document said a Telephone caller to the . Pm. Bassy in Helsinki Finland on dec. 5 said such a Jet would be bombed within the next two weeks.". Us. Opposes Mould a guest of Neyva chief pan of create Cebu Agency Washington apr the Bush administration which is asking Banks to voluntarily forgive part of the $410 billion Deb owed by third world countries opposes establishing an Antem Lional Agency that could require writing off some of the Loans Congress was told thursday assistant Treasury Sec Clary David Mulford. The principal architect of the voluntary Debl forgiveness plan said such an Agency would cause More incr rup Lions in the repayment1 of Loans and interest and further reduce the value of the Loans in secondary markets. Last year Congress directed president Reagan to explore Selling up an International debt management authority thai could require renegotiation of the. Loans to developing countries on More favor Able terms. Many lenders have been Able to gel Only 40 percent of the Loans face value by Selling them to other lenders. We have concluded after months of  debt reduction and dbl serv ice reduction can be successfully accomplished in the marketplace Mulford told the Senate banking Commilles s subcommittee on International finance and monetary policy we believe hat a Market oriented approach. Addresses congressional con Cerns with less risk to taxpayers than a new Inu Mai ional Agency would he said. The panel s chairman sen. Paul Sar Banes d-md., praised the administration Tor  necessity of for giving some of the debt. To paraphrase Winston Churchill to Iii is not so much the beginning of the end. Or even the end of the beginning. But it is perhaps the beginning of the beginning Sarbanes said. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady told the House ways and Means com Mittee on wednesday that Many of the details arc Likely to be worked out Only after individual negotiations begin with some of the major third world debtors major . Economic allies Banks and International institutions. Continued Tram Page 1 used in Vietnam. "1 think that s a very serious  ought to be addressed. So far 1 think the Burden of proof with agent Orange is on inc Veteran. U seems to me in should be on inc government Mauldin said he also believes the a has been too much interfered with by Congress such As where you have a a Hospital in a congressman s  Mauldin said be nevertheless senses a generational change in attitudes from the old do in yourself if you can View now he said people seem quite willing to be the recipient of government handouts. The Way to become a professional Veteran is to Lake Money oui of one pocket and put it in the other he said Mauldin also believes inc draft should be reinstated perhaps one based on the conservation corps.,programs, of the Franklin Roo Scvell Era. I think generally the idea of putting two or three Yean of a Young Man s life in Public service be in conservation work or whatever is a Good thing. U makes better citizens on hem. Kids tend to regard that kind of obligation As something to be  although Mauldin Lias Ciu Rcd to Europe and Italy a number of limes since inc War i m not one of those people who go Hack to the old Battlefield. But i Don blame Hose Guys who do in bom Orra farm in , Maul Jin made his first cartoon Sale to an an i nut Medicine show when he was 9, he lacks a High school diploma but has been conferred with six honorary degrees and doctorates has conducted seminars Ai Yale Uri Iver Siviy and is the author of 13 books he is an accomplished correspondent As Well As a biting satirist through his Art. When inc 1967 Middle East War broke out for Cut ample he was the Only Ameri can newsman covering the Story from the israeli egyptian Border and in it try 1965, when the View Cong attacked a . Army helicopter base at Plesku Vietnam Mauldin was awakened from a sound sleep to cover firsthand the ambush and its tragic results. Bui he is Best known for his bedraggled do faces. Willie and Joe told inc truth of the War. World War ii and the fatigue sad Ness anxiety and humor of the period Derwinski said in his remarks at the while House Mauldin close by him on the podium. Reminded of his comm Colof same bureaucracy. Different name after inc ceremony Mauldin softened a Little i could he wrong now he said i could be different a Orwinski s a Good Guy. And i m hoping everything will workout very  just Gimme th1 aspirin already Gal a purple