European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes q Exxon defends Sotl response. Page 7 d touring Copenhagen with itt. Stripes Magazine q classified ads today stripes Magazine q streaking rangers win again.,.sport3, Page 22 and 5tripes unofficial publication Bathe . At Mcd of facet vol. 48, no.4 Friday april 21, 1989 d 8693 a blast aboard Iowa kills 47 toll could go higher fire put out in Turret Norfolk. A. A a huge gun Turret packed with Gunpowder exploded in names on the battleship Iowa near puerto Rico on wednesday killing at least 47 sailors in one of the worst naval disasters since the Vietnam War. The death toll from the Accident Dur ing a gunner exercise could go higher but we Don t know at this Point said it cmdr. Steve Burnett a spokesman for the Atlantic Fleet based in Norfolk. The death count was taken from a list of sail ors assigned to the position rather than body count. Despite the deaths in the explosion and fire there were no serious injuries. A sailors suffered minor injuries mostly bumps Anil bruises said chief Petty officer Bobby him blot an other Fleet spokesman. Each gun s i 6-Inch-Diamclcr projectiles propelled by explosives in fabric bags loaded separately from the projectiles the gun requires up to five bags each containing i 10 pounds of powder to fire 2,700-Pound round. The Turret which extends through seven deck Levels of the ship was full of Gunpowder said u. Cmdr. Chri Baumann another Fleet spokesman Iowa crewmen put out flip fire in 80minutes, hooded several Magazine compartments holding explosives As a pre caution and declared the ship out of Dan Ger. Baumann said. Two ships participating in the Sam exercise collided wednesday afternoon about 500 Miles East of Jacksonville,fla., causing one minor injury said Archie Galloway a civilian Public affair officer at Norfolk. Neither the Platte a Fleet Oiler nor the frigate Trippe was in danger of sinking. Galloway said. The ships were not in the same area us the Iowa the fire was in Lac second of the two Forward turrets at inc loading position sea Iowa on Back Page them was 18-Inch guns can lire a 2700-Pound Ahe 23 Miles. Lawyer says North just took orders Angeles times Washington Puth Duorth s defense attorney. In an emotional summation Offitt Siwaski wednesday that the former White House Aid More guilty of crimes than former president Reagan who directed his staff to support the nicaraguan con tra rebels while a congressional ban on . Military assistance was in effect what s the difference Between what Oliver North did and what the president did attorney a Rondao a us Jivan or. Asked in concluding his jury was to receive the Case thursday. North merely carried out presidential directions he believed to be Legal Sullivan declared nevertheless the president is happily retired i last 5w years i California. Oliver North has spent the l Washington Flag Ling for his reputation he said Sec related Story Page 4in Sullivan s impassioned address to the Jur Wea hcs a was countered by a 7$-Minumyt Nilal argument John a who summarized his Case for Wos. North to n0false,statements to Congress Abam Hrej financial and Iri tillary support he was orchestrating Forisch Csoto the assertion hat North was a Scapegoat Aguy a sacrificial Lamb is no defense pc scr said. This Case is about what Oliver North did the prosecutor told jurors. Don t worry about who else is being investigated. The fact that others also Are guilty does not make North Sullivan standing at a courtroom podium facing the spoke for three hours. The attorney s voice choked with emotion several times As he implored the jury to Sec North As an honorable Man caught in a High Lerel Power play Between the. While1house and the Congress. Oliver North does t want to be a hero As Reagan once described him Sullivan said he just wants to go with the conclusion of the final arguments and eight weeks of testimony . District judge Gerhard a. Go sell Sio instruct the jury thursday on the 12 counts against tvs Tudi Center on allegations that he lied to con a activities. Abc news Moi who staid two jurors May face Dis qualification for failing Todisco Lutc previous dealings with courts both were civil suit defendants. Five alternate jurors stand ready to take their places Bond Jesse James Are military Meh zip r staff the name s Bond honest. And it s a Good thing the sergeant with the 18thcombat equipment co in Brun sum Netherlands has a sense of humor. Otherwise he could get pretty darned tired of those same old jokes. All i Ever heard was 007, " says the Soldt who shares his name with the famous . As a matter of fact it s still going on. To never for a person Burtchet in a famous Moniker sense of humor is Ummat. After Ali How Many times must Soonwon endure the obvious sometimes it gets so embarrassing 1 Don t know what to do says staff so. John Fitzgerald Kenned of inc 59th Ord in in Parma sons West Germany. They Don t believe me when i Tell them my full Kennedy inc Soldier did t help when he married a woman named Jacki in the Sam name As the former first lady try or. A a conc think it thai we looked tvs tube mrs just to get that a s Ken Raj to says his wife s name is simply a Coin cd Dediw. Of there is an Abu? famous names within the american Soldier Popup Uinn in Europe there Are a half dozen Gary Coopers Wash Matons a Daniel Webster a Robert Nula Terry Bradshaw and a Bill Cosby. To there is a Gerald Ford a Mel Brooks and a Doit Las Macarthur the list goes on including 64 sol Diers named Michael Jacksch. Spec. Jesse James of the 10th engr co in Schwin Furt West Germany is constantly explaining his no. Tortious handle. A a bib ask him Why do they Call you Jesse James that s my name he tells hem. And when his name comes up on the duly list sergeants often shout outlaw thinking it is an original joke. The name is especially avid Chi when James the Soldier does business at the Bank his namesake s idea of banking was to Rob them yeah Banks that s where i get a lot of smiles he says. When the watergate scandal was daily news fare a Man with inc same name As the affair s Central figure was a to can Agar and fortunately far far fro the fray. Was living in Japan on the Economy says it. Richard Nixon of the 52 in combat in Mannheim whose father was Pool to Jihor of the Pacific stars and stripes. I diititt4ally associate Wilh Many continued on Page 3
