European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday March 29,1s89 training flights for a lbs halted Over Wing problem news briefs b Norman Black a military Wriler Washington the air Force temporarily sus Pended 1nuiiing flights of us bib bombers tuesday Afie Roni of inc planes suffered a Wing malfunction just before a training flight the Pentagon said. Dan Howard the Pentagon s chief spokesman said lilt incident occurred monday at dyes fab Texas during a rout  Check by the  Crew could t get the plane s wings to move Back and Hrth in tandem Howard said. A one Point. Inc left Wing apparently moved too far Forward and punctured a fuel Lank inside the fuselage he added i lie strategic air command has placed a precautionary stand Down of training flights on its by b air Craft until further notice he said. The rib is the nation s newest Long Range bomber to improve is performance the plane has wings that can  Forward or backward in flight. The wings Are normally swept Back for High Speed attack runs and Forward for takeoffs and landings. Howard declined tuesday to estimate How Long the grounding would last saying the air Force had immediately launched an investigation. He also insisted there was no current indication thai monday s prob Lem was linked to any of three by b crashes. The air Force now has 97 of inc planes. Howard said the grounding order affected Only training flights and did no apply to the few a lbs on 24-hour nuclear Alert. Of the three a lbs that have crashed one Low on nov. 8 at Dyess has been blamed on a Wing fire that was fed by fuel. Air farce investigators have said it is doubtful they can Ever determine with certainty what caused that fire ,.another bomber was lost in 1987 when it ran into pelicans on a Low level training flight. The third crashed nov. 17 during Landing attempt at Ellsworth . Besides the three crashes the plane still suffers from problems with its radar jamming gear. I Ucli it at la returns to up in flame at Ajaccio curse in As striking French Hwy eminent workers taxpayers tempers flare who have Blia nut for five to eks underscore i Liler demand fur higher wages. Spill from Page 1 protect the very precious Enron mint out there to make sure everything is being done to clean up this disaster. And then Well have All these penalties and All thai later on " Lluli said he still supports a proposal to open a Pristine Arctic wildlife Refuge to Oil drilling although inc plan Fps More scrutiny after the spill in Alaska. Rut souk members of Congress which must approve opening the Refuge for drilling said the spill a discs questions about whether environmental Safe guards can be assured. It s to Early to Iclet whether the controversy 9vcr me spill will  a the Oil Industry s Hopes for Quick Pas Sage of legislation allowing drilling m inc Refuge. The american Petroleum Institute the Oil Compa pics Washington lobbying group called the spill very re callable and said we cannot Tell what Impact it might have on pending Petroleum Industry issues Here in  ,./ at a news conference tuesday 11 major Environ mental groups blasted the Oil Industry for breaking promises of assuring that environmental accidents such As the spill in Alaska would not occur or thai if such accidents did occur they would be cleaned up quickly. The great Accident they said would i happen has no happened said Michael Mcclosky chairman of the Sierra club Brock Evans of the National Audubon society said we be had enough of Oil Industry promises. They can t be  other speakers from the environmental movement ridiculed suggestions thai the Exxon Valdez Tanker spill is an isolated Accident. The term environmentally Safe Oil development to a contradiction said Lisa Spear of the natural re sources defense Council. Meanwhile a House Interior  jurisdiction Over Alaska Oil drilling plans hearings into the spill and its significance for opening inc Alaska Refuge la Oil exploration. Test from Page 1 Wing like devices to guide the crude. Vacuum machines then pump it onto floating barbies which. Lake 11 ashore in tanks and Transfer it la trucks. Far Oil that has hashed ashore or entered Shal Low areas where Skimmer boats cannot be used cleanup Crews can use a string of absorbent puds that soak up the crude a variety of chemicals usually liquids can also be used to break up sections of the Slick. Some Chemi cals Are used to make be nil sink to the Bottom where it poses no direct threat to Birds burning agents Alia Are used although questions hate been raised about whether the adm Clunes of these and other chemicals outweigh the Duad in Lages of adding pollutants to water and air. Iraq to pay $27.3 million to families of Stark victims Washington a the United Stales and Iraq have reached a tentative agreement calling for Iraq to pay $27. Million to inc families of 37 Ameri can sailors killed in the 1987 missile attack on the Stark . Officials said tuesday. ,. The agreement was accepted after what amounted to a take it or a Cave it offer to a delegation of slate department and defense department officials who trav eled to Iraq the officials said. Thirty seven Crew members died on the guided mis Sile frigate when an iraqi Jet fighter fired two French made exocet missiles at the ship May 17,1987. Bush awaits fax details As talks with Japan go on Washington a president Bush said tues Day he is still seeking clarifications on a revised pact with Japan for joint production of an Ultras Philli caled Jet fighter. The president said the sides were continuing to Lalk but he did not know whether a Friday deadline would to met. The deadline was bet by Japan to meet require mints of its fiscal Calendar. Japanese ambassador Noburo Matsunaga was sch cd. Used to meet later tuesday with Deputy Secretary of state Lawrence Eagle Buijck the first official meeting Between the sides since a negotiating session last thursday Bush said last week that he endorsed the pact for joint manufacture of the fax fighter which was concluded during Ronald Reagan s administration but Bush wanted some changes to protect . Technology. Administration sources said the Holdup now is Over nailing Down who owns the technology derived from the fax project and what percentage of the fighter should be built in the United Stales activists Block rail line used to carry . Tanks Bremen West Germany a peace activists placed Trees on a new rail Spur used to transport . Army tanks and several hours Lacr held demonstrations on the rail i inc police and . Officials said tuesday. A . Official said tanks were transported along the line on tuesday in route to Maneu vers but the traffic was not disrupted by the peace protests. La s been pretty much business As usual Here said Cape. Keith f. Jordan spokesman for the army s 2nd army div few j in girls Ludl. According to Jordan protesters placed Small Trees onto the 5.2-Miic-Long rail link during the night but the debris was easily removed. Police in Bremen said that protesters held Demon Straiten along the Rait Spur for several hours during inc Day tuesday but that no incidents were reported. Haitians with machetes wound . Missionaries port a Prince Haiti a a haitian mob with machetes attacked and seriously wounded seven . Missionaries after a pickup truck carrying the americans accidentally ran Over two haitians radio Haiti inter Raj or cd monday. In Washington a state department official put the number of americans injured in the sunday incident at 12, but said none was Hurt seriously. The official speaking on condition of anonymity said some Ameri cans were treated at a Hospital and released while others remain under treatment. The report by Independent radio Haiti inter said seven free methodist Church missionaries were hospitalized in serious condition with multiple Machete wounds after the attack and the two haitians who were run Over sult Rcd broken legs Greece won t take part in annual nato exercise Athens. Greece a the government on tues Day said Greece would not join in nato s annual drag on Hammer military Csercse from april 20 to may3. The greek or Nice forces will not take part in this exercise government spokesman solons Kostopoulos told a news  wid it was his government s finn policy not to Lake pan in nato exercises carried out with Spucci a cations Ihal Iolati Lei its  treaties the spokesman was referring to the military status of the Northern Aegean Island of lemnos. Greece claims that incr Valiona treaties allow it to Garrison the Island while nato neighbor Turkey says it has no such right