European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday March 23.19b9 Bush proposes safeguards on fax Deal Washington a president Bush is trying o counter complaints that a joint  Fig nor plane project is a High Lech Giveaway by promising Light restrictions on the computer technology involved. Bush said tuesday that he has decided to endorse the joint venture to produce the fax tighter plane but with changes in the agreement to safeguard . Technology.  said he we Send Congress a modified version of  struck last year by the Reagan administration with Japan to build the plane a new version of the american made f-16. The project has come under fire on Capitol Hill and even with administration assurances some lawmakers remain  to keep a lid on sensitive . Technology could prove Almas impossible once the project gets under Way said Charles Smith an aide to sen. Alan Dixon d-lll., a chief opponent of the fax project. How do you keep data away from them we Weald like to ice How the Deal is structured he said. Amo the changes being sought by Bush according 10 administration and congressional sources Are Light restrictions on computer source codes for the son Ware used 16 Fly and Contr by the plane and a require ment that some of the fighters be made in the United slates. A formal decision by Bush was expected within the next few Days. White House aides said but the presi Dent announced his general support for the project on tuesday. We be pretty much finished our deliberations Here inside the administration he said. I be made my decision to go Forward with certain clarifications on the 1988 agreement the changes would also give the Commerce depart ment an a handed role in monitoring the project and keeping track of japanese compliance said he sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Although the modifications will include a require ment that some of the planes be built in the United states they will not go As far As the 40 percent level reportedly proposed by Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher source said. Japan however still wants the original agreement to stand./. The japanese government strongly Hopes this agreement would be implemented said Shimgo Yamagami a spokesman for the japanese embassy. Marlin Fitzwater Bush s press Secretary said that the decision to seek changes already had been Dis cussed with the japanese government. We re interested in their review of some of the suggestions we be made and some of the options we Vela id out Fiti Waier said. The Reagan administration negotiated the arrange ment Afler Japan refused to buy f-16s and indicated it would build its own Jet fighters. The new fax plane would be built jointly by general dynamics and Japan s Mitsubishi heavy industries. Project backers in the administration argued it should go ahead to avoid damaging  relations. But sceptics including Mosbacher argued that the technology Transfer could work to the disadvantage of . Industry particularly if the japanese used tile advanced technology in building other aircraft. Under the proposed restrictions on computer source codes the technology would be shared with the japanese for the fax project but in such a Way that the data could no be used on other enterprises. The codes Are used to change or expand the software thai Supply the fighter s computer with information on How to control the plane and its weapons. Code restrictions were not part of the original agreement. Co Pilot disputes theory of gunshot on tape by de reav1s staff writer Frankfurt West Germany the up Pilot of hijacked Twa right 847 has dimmed a Conn s Hopes of identify ing the Tiller of a . Navy diver Mur dered during the 1985 ordeal. The Lesli Mony by Philip g. Marcs a came wednesday during the trial of Mohammed Ali Hamadi a lebanese shiite moslem Wajih family ties to the Radical party of god. Hamadi is charged with air piracy and murder in the hijacking during which .19 americans were held news update tank blast killed 5 Moscow a five people were Kilko and 30,000 were evacuated from areas surrounding a lithuanian Plant where a tank containing thousands of cubic Yards of Amnion a exploded a newspaper reported wednesday. I to Vious reports1 had listed two killed and had not Given a number for those evacuated from the City of Lonava. Located about 45 Miles Fromi. The Baltic Republic s capital Vilnius. The Cwi Cucus were allowed to return Home wednesday the news Agency Tass reported. The newspaper socialist sichts Caya Indus Tnya said the latest information  card that five had died and eight of the 41 people hospitalized were in critical condition. The blast released an ammonia Cloud that passed Over the Republic hostage for 17 Days. Hamadi has confessed to the hijacking but denied shooting chief Petty officer 2nd class Robert Dean is Elham. He faces a possible life sentence for his Rolein the crime. Authorities have identified Hamadi s accomplice As Hassan Ezzeddine who is being sought internationally. Marcs a. 46, told the court that he was sure no one was in the cockpit talking to the lower at the time Stethem was shot challenging the court s deduction about who the killer might be. Corrections a photo Capon yesterday incorrectly stated the Price of discount tickets Avail Able is the Uso for. A special English Lan Guage performance of inc Disney world on tee Al the Frankfurt fast Hall on april s. The tickets arc being sold at prices ranging from 1� to 36 Marks or about s101020. An article tuesday incorrectly stated that Agni James 8. Busey has retired to take out inc Federal aviation administration. While Busty has been nominated to head inc Faa he is still serving As Keimr Nandur of Allied forces Southern Europe and . Naval forces Europe. A headline tuesday incorrectly stated sunday s earthquake in Italy was the strongest in Van in the Naples area la was the strongest in 45 years in the immediate mount Vesuvius area. His testimony came one week after a German phonetic specialist told the court thai he could identify a gunshot on inc tape of a conversation Between a Hijacker in the Twa cockpit and the Tower Al the Beirut Lebanon Airport. Maresca said he warned the Beirut Tower that the hijackers were preparing to shoot passengers and informed hem right after he heard the shot. It is not possible that a Hijacker was in the cockpit at the  marcs a said. None of the witnesses in the rial has been Able to identify the killer. And the court led by chief judge a cinch Mack in Creer had deduced thai,1 if the shot was fired at the time the phonetic specialist said it was the Hijacker not in the cockpit could be identified As the one who pulled the trigger. But Maresca repeating statements made to the. Court last november indicated that the court had been led Down a Blind Alley by he phonetic expert s Testi Mony. Mocken Burger told the court it hoped to hear defense and prosecution arguments on inc Case by mid april Gummi pacifiers Candy banned in . By staff and wire reports Washington the food and drug administration on tuesday announced a recall of Gummi pacifiers imported soft Gelatin candies thai look like pacifiers because of fears they could choke infants and toddlers. The Fra said in concluded from its examination of the product that be cause of its name and shape As a pacifier and because it becomes very Slippery when wet and could Lodge in the upper Airway the product could choke and even asphyxiated infants and toddlers inc associated pm reported. No complaints or injuries have been reported inc Fra said. Gummi pacifiers arc made by West chocolate handels Grid productions in Karlsruhe West Germany. The firm s managing director Edgar Lieson told the stars and stripes that he product is marketed in Fjor Annn speaking countries As fruit gum Schnulo Ler. In non German speaking countries the product goes by Gummi pacifiers. It is banned Only in the United states and will remain on Sale in other countries. Lieson said. Gummi pacifiers slave been Disirio Utcy in the United states by Dae Julie inc., according to the associated press. Dae Julie which distributed the product nationwide in 1,585 cases each con Taining four live Pound bags recalled the Candy from its 82 direct accounts of which 73 arc retailers and tour Are wholesalers the Fra said. However the Fra said the company estimated that 40 percent of the product remains on the Market. Gummi pacifiers also have been re packaged and. Distributed in the United Stales by , Sanfilipo & son inc. Of Elk Grove iii., under the Evan s Label the Fra said. The a mount distributed under this Label is unknown the Fra said $2,000 crime spree lands my in prison Mannheim West Germany is a Serjeant assigned to the army confinement facility found himself on the wrong Side of the bars after committing a $2,000 crime spree last fall with a stolen id a 21sl theater army area come spokesman said wednesday. Sol. Marvin , a confinement specialist with the 277lh my co was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty in a general court martial March h o 10 counts of larceny eight counts of forgery and one count each of wrongful use of government property and alteration of an Edeard. A military judge also gave Taylor 27, a bad conduct discharge demoted hint to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered him to forfeit All pay and allowances. Taylor will serve his sentence at fort la Vanworth Kan Taylor launched his crime wave nov. It after finding an id card at a Gas Sta Tion the spokesman said. After replacing the original photo on the card with his own Taylor used the altered id and the original name on the card to open a checking account with service fed eral credit Union in Heidet Berg. He then cashed bad checks on the account at financial operations and retail outlets in Heidelberg Ramstein a Kaiserslautern and Mannheim. Tic spokes Man said Taylor also received a refund of $250 from the Rhein Mariab Exchange when he returned stereo equip ment purchased with a bad Check Al Kam Stcin. Taylor a Jackson miss native eventually was caught when the card s owner was Able to identify him As being at the Gas station when the card was lost. No jailed for abusing stepdaughter 5 he1deldero, West Germany is a 30-year-old army sergeant was sentenced monday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to committing sex Ual acts with his 5-year-old stepdaughter. The sergeant who was assigned to ins 7th Medica come initially received a nine year prison term but under a pre trial agreement he will serve the lesser sentence a spokesman for the 21st Thea Ler army area come . The Soldier a 10-year army Veteran also was demoted to the lowest enlisted Grade ordered to forfeit All pay and allow ances and Given a dishonourable discharge. He was charged with two specifications of committing sodomy with a child younger than 16 and one count each of. Indecent assault and false swearing. The incidents look place Between de Cember and january Ai the Soldier s Home when he punished inc girl by forc ing her 10 commit a sexual act the spokesman said. Initially the spokesman said the Soldier denied to investigators hat he had sexually abused the girl which resulted in the false swearing conviction. The Soldier will serve his sentence at fort  Kan. The name of the sergeant is being withheld by the stars and stripes to pro Leci the identity of the victim