European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 20.1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 envoys avoided pan am paper says London a Large numbers of . Diplomats cancelled seals on pan am flights in the weeks before the dec. 21 bombing of flight 103, a British news report said wednesday. The Independent a respected British daily said pan am  sent to a . House inquiry into the bombing show Ilia Christmas Holiday traffic for . Embassies was heavily rebooted. All 259 people on pan am flight 103 and 11 persons on the ground were killed when the new York bound Boeing 747 was blown up Over the scottish town of Lockerbie the flight originated in Frankfurt. West Germany and Passen Gers changed planes at London s Heath Row Airport. The Independent reported a private House of representatives transport lion subcommittee memorandum on inc documents which has been seen by the in dependent said that in had asked i an am for All internal documents relating to Security procedures and for information about who knew of inc threat. Included among the documents in received were internal company telegrams and memoranda. The subcommittee memo said that one pan am internal request read hat specific details on loss Revenue for . Stale department officials were required. A second was a re quest for Public information guidelines in View that about 80 percent of embassy Holiday traffic was rebooting. The subcommittee memo dated 13 March goes on to say that pan am needed to be asked what were the details of loss Revenue since Han am was obviously keeping track of in cat Rel Ald cancellations " the . Government has denied Ihal its officials lifting in warnings were Able to save their lives by avoiding pan am nights. Said the report by. Nick Cohen the report noted thai relatives of those who died have been angry Ihal warnings of a possible bombing Ofa pan am flight from Frankfurt to the United Stales were not made Public copies of what Cohen described As a. Supposedly secret Alert bulletin from the . Federal aviation adminis Lra Ion were posted on notice boards at the . Embassy in Moscow on or around dec. 13. The Faa bulletin was drawn up Afler a Man telephoned inc . Embassy in Helsinki Finland anonymously to warn thai a bomb attack would be made in the two weeks after dec. 5. Tie Faa bulletin was sent to embassies so that they could inform foreign governments. Since the Lockerbie bombing the United Stales and the finnish police have maintained that Ilic telephoned warning was a Hong. Lizul no attempt was made 10 withdraw the bulletin in inc Days before the bombing. Cohen reported. Police Tell of hooligans at Sheffield London a  drunkenness and hooliganism were major factors in the soccer stadium disaster in which 9i fans died but a Liverpool coun Cilman wednesday accused police of Cre Aung a cover Story for their i a competence. The controversy Over Britain s worst sports disaster heated up As police and government inquiries go underway. The times of London quoted police officials wednesday As saying they were sickened by reports portraying the disaster at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield As a consequence of their failure to control a orderly crowd. Paul Middup chairman of the South Yorkshire police federation the local police Union Chapler claimed drunkenness contrib used to the uncontrolled crush of Liverpool fans outside the stadium just As the Malch Between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest was beginning. To relieve the dangerous crush outside inc stadium polite ordered that a locked Gate be opened. The fans poured into a standing room Terrace area Al ready crowded with Oiher Liverpool fans and Vic Tims were trampled or crushed to death against a 10 foot High steel mesh Fence. We Are quilt convinced thai a lot of the fans Many Many hundreds of them outside that Bate had been drinking very heavily he said on British broadcasting corp. Television. Given the. Behaviour police faced outside the stadium Middup said i Don t know what we arc sup posed to do and Why in should All be our  he also said . People picking up Vic Tims belongings. The times said other polite officers reported seeing Liverpool fans picking the pockets of the dead. Liverpool City Council Leader Keva Coombe called the police allegations baseless Nat vicious and wicked and said they Are contradicted by the of a Orkmon re Moi fun Cir Al Totle hum i in Puri stadium a Lon inn in preparation fur u Jami saturday. To Are quite convinced that a Sot of the fans. Had been drinking very Paul Middup Servai ions of thousands of people who were present from All sections of society news reports have entered on speculation the deaths May Hae been caused by the decision of South Yorkshire police sup. Roger Marshall to order the Gate unlocked. In was reported wednesday thai some British stadiums were planning to dismantle potentially dangerous perimeter fences. Police officials quoted by the times expressed disgust Al the behaviour of Liverpool fans As offi ears attended to the victims. The paper quoted one unnamed senior police officer As saving As we struggled in appalling conditions to save lives fans a Landing further up. Were openly urinating on us and the bodies of inc dead Don Page South Yorkshire s chief ambulance offi cer said one of his men needed Hospital treatment after being attacked As he treated an injured victim. Pane bocks 3 envoy choices cafe ays 2 other votes Washington