European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. April 23, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 North jurors deliberate for 2nd Day Washington a the jurors in he Oliver North rial spent 3w hours in a Small room saturday their second Day of pondering inc guilt or innocence of the former National Security Council aide who is charged with committing 12 felonies in the Iran con Ira affair. The jurors who were asked by the judge to begin by 030 each morning were brought to the Federal Cornhouse from their hotel at 8 20 . In a Van driven by . Marshals. They began work at 8 45 and quit at j2io pm. Afterwards they began a weekend of coun supervised activity. In the two Days of deliberation heir concern seemed to be mostly for office supplies a note sat urday apologized for resuming exhibits outside their folders and had this postscript please Sharpen pends. And we need More pencils and highlighters on Friday two requests came from the tiny room where they discuss the Case for pencils Piper paper clips and a question is Tunch at 12?" the jurors spent about Sis hours in their first Day of deliberations Friday. They got inc supplies they wanted and were assured that the caterers would be thereat 11 45 they ate lunch Friday in the lightly guarded room of 18 by 12 feel where they held their deliberations or in a neighbouring room set up As a lounge Tor them in the . District courthouse. When not deliberating the jurors arc sequestered in a Down Ilori hotel. The jurors won t work sunday in fact i hair families Ean visit but everyone will have to slay together under the watchful eyes of . Marshals. The jurors arc forbidden to talk about the Case even among them selves when they Are not in the jury room. North is charged with 12 criminal counts including withholding information from Congress lying to at Torney general Edwin a Csc Iii about his activities in the Iran Centra affair destroying and altering documents misusing Money entrusted to him and accept ing an illegal gratuity a $ 13,800 Security system at his Home. Nonh testified during the 12-week trial that he was acting under orders even when he lied to a congressional committee in denying he was assisting the can iras he said that he had no idea any of his actions violated inc Law and that he had Good motives for what Hadid. Most of the charges carry penalties of five years in prison and $250,000 tines upon charge is punishable by a maximum of 10 years one of three years and one of two years with the total possible punishment being 60 years and fines of $3 million. Som e to to blast victims died of suffocation n by Molly Moore the Washington Post Washington the Crew Mem. Hers in the upper Chambers of the Mas Sive Sun Turret aboard the Baill Eshop Iowa were killed by the explosion and fire while sailors working several Levels below suffocated when the blast sucked All the oxygen from their Chambers Navy officials said Friday. The blast which filled 47 men on five of the six Levels inside the. No. 2 gun Turret left two fully loaded gun barrels in the. Same Large Turret unscathed Accord Anglo Navy offi als. Six Navy incs Ligator Friday Conlin tied their examination of the Turret and interviewed ship officer s and members of the Crew in i he preliminary stages of a probe that could take several weeks officials said. Meanwhile teams of forensic expert Sand medical examiners at Dover fab del., began in grim Kiisk of Dejerf Twining the causes of death and identifying inc bodies of men who died one of the largest peacetime accidents in naval history. Ives Nten Bush Ivio will Itti Crid a me Moria service monday in a the Iowa s Home port of Norfolk ordered that lags at half staff until Sunset tues Day As a sign of respect for the. Officer and i ilk preliminary forensic reports indicate la Al the men in the gun Houise where the explosion occurred and men in some of the mechanical and electrical machinery decks immediately below died result of the massive blast from 660 pounds of burning powder used to fire the ship s powerful 16-Inch guns officials said the men in lower Chambers a Herb the projectiles arc stored apparently died of smoke and flames pour Frum the nit 2 Turret of the imm i fkr the Jilin Wedris Dikiy. Asphyxiation when the tremendous expansion of Gas from the blast instantaneously siphoned oxygen from several Levels officials said eleven men working. In he lowest level of inc. Lum a inc powder loading room were protected by the multiple doors and seals thai separate the powder magazines from the rest of the Turret and the ship officials said. Navy officials Friday said the investigative team As Well As explosives experts expected to be brought aboard the ship to assist in the probe will sift through the rubble of House and other parts of the Turret for clues to inc cause of the Accident. occurred after iwo of inc three guns on the no. 2 Turret had been loaded and just after the Crew had been Given permission to Load and fire the Center gun officials said after fire fighters extinguished the blazes in inc. Turret and the massive cooled the Crew worked quickly Tore move the shells and powder from the two loaded gun fearful that they could explode officials said. The breeches of both guns had been closed before the blast sealing the pow Ders and projectiles from the explosion officials said.,Navy officials said a. Sailor with a Home video recorder taped the Ceplo Sion then dropped his camera on the1 deck and stopped aping when the ship sounded general quarters the emergency Call to Buttle stations. Officials said the huge Turret vibrated during the explosion. The battleship is scheduled to return to Norfolk it 5 . Sunday. Navy offi repairs will begin on he ship until the Board of inquiry has finished its investigative work. Texas aggie stick together in life and death continued from Page 1 world. In All an estimated 100,000 aggie gathered in thousands of locations 7 from Seoul to continue a tradition that dates to j883/ the spirit of am you can t describe it you have it said Boll evil is class of i9i6 Ana an. Employee of the army audit Agency in Frunk Furi. Tic idea of the mutter is that an aggie is not dead if there is someone to remember him at the annual loll Call. of nearly 800 names of aggie who have died since 19s8 s Rusler was sent by the school to each Muster location. Each alumni present responded to a mime he or she wheeled. from their Hometown or class. Some if so fated choose the name of a person they knew. ".-.--. The aggie Muster has been held by soldiers in if Weir during world War i shortly before court Gordor Immon the japanese in world War ii 25. Aggie held Muster. Musters have been held on or planes aboard a submarine and in hospitals. I is perhaps the most cherished of Al traditions pouring Frum a Campus Rich in traditions for example when the ibo Hall learn scores Stu dents kiss. If wins the freshmen fish they. Are Ca cd Ore permitted1.to throw the yell leaders into the fish Pond. Yes. That s yell leaders. None is female and they Are Neve called cheerleaders at graduation Lime seniors elephants they Are called take a final walk to the burial Laid Milani who organized i Frankfurt in Usler. The military history of the school is also Rich and n Point of Pride. Scott i Karilyn a ass of 79, a former army officer now working with the european division of the corps of engineers in Frankfurt said More army officers have come from am than from the. . Military Academy Al West Point. , fact he said. Liere has a Taaje been a feud be tween officers from am and officers from Husum. High Garden wearing red suspenders and a red am Necktie has in explanation for the tradition and loyalty at his Alma mater. There was no such thing As an ind dual Leuid. Freshmen. Receiving military at the school. Were under orders to take care of one another. If one fish a brass was t shined All the freshmen paid the Price the Muster is Only one part of he aggie ing system. Aggie mafia Zine is mailed Lon uni eight times each year it includes the death notice of every aggie who recently has died he Al babies born to aggie. An Dii list of the new Burn Saggie relatives and on and on 16 aggie Infin Tum. Every four Jears a Book is published Wilh names. Addresses and Lela phone numbers of All known aggie alumni. The Sci oui s alumni arc second in the nation in Don to Hei Ralma neater. "1 think Harvard still beats us said Bearden who lit trying to Organ e a Texas am club in West Ger Many. Stilt the trend Itin is hard to describe even for some of Liki Milam. Vou just feel in inside she said. My Grandfather Ulsan aggie. My Broth of in Law is an and Milam s children Well they re free to attendant College icy choose. Bui she said ill pay for them to go to ."
