European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 31. 19b9 the stars and stripes Page 3 nuclear Plant staff fails exam Miami a a Utility turned Oft a nuclear reactor after nearly half the control room operators who look a refresher exam flunked. Unit 3 at the Turkey Point nuclear Plant was shut Down wednesday Afler a meeting Between Florida Power & Light co. And the nuclear regulatory commission. The or Tias fined Turkey Point about is million Over the last five years for safety and Security violations identifying the Plant As one of the nation s 10 worst. Utility spokeswoman Laccy Shaw said at. Least three of six con Trepl room Crews and ii of 24 individuals who took qualification exams this month failed All or part of the test which is regularly evenly operators. The Plant has 52 control room operators. Those who fail any part of the test cannot work in the control room until re certified or spokesman Ken Clark said. Shaw said the reactor will re main closed while the Utility demonstrates to the nyc that i Hose running Al Are qualified. She said the Plant was to shut Down this week in any ease for maintenance. Clark said the nyc also is de manding thai the Utility present a plan to solve training deficiencies. Teen charged with hijacking other youth awaits court ruling from wire reports Frankfurt West Germany a czechoslovak teen Ager was charged with hijacking a plane of Frankfurt while a juvenile judge considered charges against second youth authorities said. The hearing by the Frankfurt juvenile court followed & request by the Czecho slovak embassy that the two be extradited to Czechoslovakia a West German Justice department spokesman said one of the two hijackers has Bee charged with hijacking and dangerous interference with air traffic said Hubert Harda spokesman for the Frankfurt Public prosecutor s office. Hardt declined to identify the youths but said the second Case was still being heard. Authorities said that if convicted the youths could face up to 10 years in Pris on. It was not immediately Clear How the charges might affect the extradition re quest which the police spokesman said could depend on the Likely punishment they would face if they were returned to Czechoslovakia. Meanwhile in by Lapel Hungary the state run mt1 news Agency reported  Malcov airlines Jet the two had hijacked returned to the communist nation s capital with the Crew of four and Czechoslovakia s h ungarian Consu san eral Lajos Taba Taba Rad cd himself to the hijackers wednesday to gain the release of All but id male passengers before the plane look Oft from Prague. Czechoslovakia. Officials had said inc pair initially wanted to go to the United Stales but their plan was foiled when the Crew said. Inc Typo lev a 54 could not make the trip Over the Atlantic. The two icon a Gers armed Wilh a sawed off Shotgun a Rifle and a fake hand grenade commandeered the air Craft in Prague on wednesday. The Inci Dent ended less than three hours later without any reports of injuries. Hans no Itzel chief spokesman for the Frankfurt police department said officials did not be know Why the i to Young men Ages 15 and 16 decided to Hijack the Airliner. They said icy wanted logo to Amer Ica but Why they wanted to go whether they have relatives there or what we Don t know. Maybe it was just Youthful adventure he said .".-.  news Agency reported that Tulba boarded the seized aircraft be fore it left the czechoslovak capital and negotiated the release of 82 passengers including All women and children who had been aboard no Itzel said three hungarians four. Czechoslovak a dutch citizen two canadians and it romanian were Passen Gers on the aircraft when it landed  along with a Crew of four. The. Stars and stripes incorrectly re ported yesterday that the hijacked plane attempted to land at Rhein main a and had radioed the . Military control Tower at the base. We Don t have a  it. Col. Patrick Maloney said thursday. The Only runways out there Are the Frankfurt Airport runways. The hijacked airline never made direct radio Contact with Rhein main air base the base spokesman said. All of their communication was with the Frankfurt Nir traffic control  after asking permission to land no Frankfurt the Jet then asked to Park on Rhein main s ramp he said. The request was relayed to the Rhein main ram control workers who passed it on to base officials. Maloney said the request was denied in accordance with Carlin ency plans that give Frankfurt Airport Juris diction in hijacking eases. However base Security police were dispatched to i hearer he said.,-we had no idea what was going to transpire everybody was very Fon Unate it was a very peaceful ending. When the plane slopped at the end of inc runway,1 Rhein main vehicles were on the taxiway to Block any Aliemi to reach the base. The hijackers were me by base Security policemen who told Ihm to halt. It was just a matter of minutes before West German authorities arrived in Lake them . Maloney  v. Maloney said he believed the teens were no armed when hey came off inc plane. None of our people Ever saw any weapons he said canal Board meeting cancelled Over harassment Washington api the chairman of the pan Ama canal commission announced wednesday he was cancelling a Board meeting because of harassment by panamanian Leader Manuel Antonio Noriega against waterway employees the meeting of Floc five american Sand four Panama in ans on the Board that oversees the canal s operations was scheduled april 5-6 in Baltimore. All of the members. Known As directors Are appointed by the . President. This decision is the result of the numerous unprecedented actions by Noriega against canal employees said chairman William r. Gianelli. If Noriega keeps putting this pressure on canal employees it could endanger the operations of the canal said Michael Rhode the commission s Secrce tary. We by Ticye the.  should he Kepi out of poli tics he added in an interview.  i Rhode said inc panamanian directors had no participated in the Board a quarterly meetings since january i 98h. This january the panamanians Camilo the meeting and read a statement saying they would not take part As Long As the United slates continues to recognize Eric Arturo act Vallec As i ctr country s president Rhode said. Delvalle was ousted by Noriega in february 1988. The absence of the panamanians has not affected operations of the Board and the running of the waterway be cause the . Directors Are in the majority Rhode said. Bui Gianelli feels the canal s administrator Dennis Mcauliffe and his senior staff cannot come to the Baltimore meeting at this critical lint Rhode said Noriega is under indictment in Florida on drug trafficking charges and the United states has refused to recognize inc authority of his cohort president Man mls Olis Palma \ As the Rush administration vowed to continue efforts to Force Noriega to step Down the panamanian government began to Lake Steps against the canal work ers such As denying them License plates for their cars. The 1977 Panama canal treaties give the United states primary responsibility fur canal operation and defense until dec. Al 1999, when Panama assumes responsibility and sovereignty Over inc waterway. Superb new louvre opens Complete with Pyramid Paris a after years of Contro Versy and Public debate a renovated an sparkling louvre museum opened wednesday crowned by a tall Glass Pyra mid at its new Entrance. After president Francoi Mitterrand Cut a ribbon at an inauguration ceremony and poured the collection hundreds 6f.people Crow ded in for a look. It s Highl ily Beautiful it s Superb said Martine Bicari Duminy who lives nearby and watched Law Pyramid go up.1 the dark Dingy louvre troit tourists remember is now a thing of the past. In its place is what is called the grand louvre an ultramodern and High tech facility. Thursday is the first full Day for the revamped museum but officials made a late decision to allow the Public to Stream in through the new. Entrance after the inauguration Cyri Monics the six year $850 million of haul is the first leg of a vast project to turn the louvre once a medieval fortress an then a Royal Palace into the world s larg est museum. Thai will become reality when the museum s Northern wings of. Cupid by the finance ministry for the past 100 years open in 1993. The grand louvre blends grandeur history and convenience. Visitors who once wandered in search of the museum s Entrance can t miss Shenew one a 70-fool transparent Pyra mid soaring Between the louvre s main wings and flanked by i rec smaller pyramids and fountains. At the ground level Entrance arc escalators and a spiral  Down Pai vast Light filled lobby featuring ticket windows the museum Bookstore boutiques restaurants and a 40q Scal auditorium. The 6iq,Doo Square feet of additional floor space allows for hundreds of paint Ings to be dusted off and. Displayed for the first Lime. When the grand louvre is completed in 1993, it will display nearly double what it now displays. Pothole snares Jet wheel Rio de Janeiro Brazil a the from wheel of a jetliner Wilh 83 peo ple aboard Gol stuck in a runway pothole at an Airport in Northwestern Bruil but no one was injured an official said president Francois Mirie Mim Center leaves the Lou a s new Pyramid wednesday