European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 21, 19b9 the stars and stripes Page 5 e a Stern a d Verti is n g f or. N new p i lots  in its 3rd week Miami a Eastern airlines began advertising sunday for the new pilots it says in needs id is Arvue a crippling machinists Union strike now in its third week. We be wailed patiently for the pilots Union to come to its senses Eastern spokesman Robin match said As an Adver Lisments in sunday s Miami Herald appealed for pilots to be part of the new  the pills Are honouring the machinists picket lines and refusing to come to work. He said the ads will begin running tuesday in other major newspapers across file country Matyll said Eastern is not lowering its requirements Tor experience and is offering the same pay and Bene fits that pilots have been getting under Eastern s con tract with the air line pills association. Only about 200 of Eastern s 3,600 pilots Ore flying and Eastern is operating less than 10 percent of its pre strike schedule of i co daily flights. Eastern which is losing millions of dollars daily has filed for Protection from creditors under chapter 11 of Federal bankruptcy Law and insists in will keep flying with a smaller. Cos . Pilots Union spokesman . Stokes said the advertisements Are aimed As much at picketing pilots As at new  s  Stokes said. They want to lest the marketplace and they also want to try to frighten our pilots into thinking they re being replaced. They should have Learned by now Hal intimidation in 1 going to  said other major carriers arc hiring pilots and offer belter working conditions and Lone term stability. Maloll said Stokes was engaging in Alpa prop  he said Eastern had received More than 100 unsolicited resumes from qualified pilots before the ads began  new York Alpa lawyer James flt Lon i us Tolby the los Angeles times san Dincolo calling in the single biggest Roundup of Mcalli amphetamine manufacturer in . History Federal and state drug agents ended a successful 9-month sting operation sunday with some 100 arrests and the closing of 23. Myth labs in the Sim Diego  350 officers from several Law enforcement agencies descended on Doz ens of Homes at 6 . And arrested numerous suspects in san Diego and Orange counties and As far North As Mammoth lakes in Central California. Officials said the majority of the arrests were made in Sari Diego county. Dea officials say 45 percent of All the illegal  labs in the United Stales arc in California with the majority of them located in isolated areas of san Diego county which Law enforcement officials Call the mesh Cap ital of the  the suspects were taken to the metro Politan correctional Center in san Diego and were expected to be arraigned in . District court monday. Charles Hill who Heads the local of fice of the . Drug enforcement administration and Phil Donahue jr., head of California s Bureau of narcotics enforcement office said the arrests were made without incident. The operation began last june 28 when inc owner of triple neck scientific a chemical company operating in a san Diego Industrial Park agreed to co operate with undercover officers in an Effort 1o help fight drug abuse Ray Mckinnon chief of Dea investigations in Washington said the Man whose name was not released became suspicious when several customers made repeated purchases of unusually Large quantities of chemicals that Are commonly used to manufacture myth Amphy Lamine also known As  the owner who closed the business two weeks ago when agents told him thai arrests were imminent agreed to allow a califor Nia narcotics agent to work in his store. Authorities credited the undercover agent described As a biker Type for Muc of the investigation s Success. Other agents said he negotiated drug deals and put up with gun waving suspects throughout the investigation. In addition to allowing the agent to work the owner of triple neck scientific allowed agents to install video und audio equipment to record hundreds of illegal transactions and purchases of chemicals that agents said were used to manufacture illegal drugs. We recorded approximately 1.700 Inci dents or transactions involving about 58s individuals said Mckinnon who super vises All  investigations for the Dea. Only three of the individuals were legitimate  my successfully launched by airborne control Center Vandenberg fab Calif. A ground based my missile was launched sunday by an order from an airborne control Center and flew to a target area 4,715-Miles away in the South Pacific air Force officials said ii was the ibid in a scheduled series of 20 test flights of the intercontinental bal Listic missile dubbed the peacemaker by the Reagan administration and the first in the series to be fired in an air borne launch capt John Sullivan said. The missile was launched at 9 45 . By a Crew of two from an airborne launch control Center on Board a pc 35, a Boeing 707 modified for military use Sullivan said. The pc a 35 was flying near Vandyn Borg 130 Miles North of Las Angeles when us launch Crew gave the order to fire the ground based my missile Sulli Van said. The missile landed successfully at the . Army s Kwa Salem missile test Range in the Pacific Ocean he said the missile carried seven unarmed Mark 21 warheads into two target areas the lest data Musl be evaluated but the launch appeared to be such a Complete Suc Cess that the last two tests scheduled in the series of 20 May be cancelled said maj. Gen. Edward p. Barry jr., commander of the air Force ballistic missile office. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today ,. March 21,1949 Western commanders in Berlin announced the Weil German Mark would henceforth be the sole Legal Lender in the three Western sectors of inc City outlawing the East German Mark except for private transactions. 30 years ago today ,. March 21,1959 the French minister for cultural affairs approved the build ing in Paris of Europe s highest skyscraper a 52-Story building As part of a vast Complex on the City s left Bank. 20 years ago today. March 21, 1969 defense Secretary Mclvin r. Laird told Congress inc soviet threat to . Missile bases was increasing at a rapid rate justifying deployment or an anti ballistic missile system. 0 years ago today March 21, 1979 former Cia director George Bush said he a pc Clad to enter the 1980 Republican presidential race and would look for victories in Early primaries to propel him to his parly s nomination