European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mark Twain visits Mark Twain Page 9 the stir4andiitripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good Rhoun Inais vol.48, no. 14 monday May 1, 1989 2s Day Foj Sundy d 8693 a Thatcher Kohl differ in talks Shorf Ramge missile Issue remains stumbling Block the Eidesheim West Germany up British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl indicated sunday that the failed to agree on Western defense issues during three hours of talks. There Are Mill some differences Kohl told a news conference after the talks in did sheim a Village in the wine growing Region where he was born. No two nations can alter the Nat position Thatcher said in apparent criticism of Kohl s recent demand Fornato negotiations with Moscow on a reduction of Short Range nuclear weapons in Europe. Flexible strategy which is the agreed nato strategy requires Short Range nuclear weapons she said. Flexible response includes the proper mix of conventional and nuclear weapons and Short Range nuclear weapons arc absolutely vital to flexible  she said it was essential for nato to keep the weapons necessary to put in practice that doctrine and to deter an would be aggressor and because obsolete weapons do not deter to do As thelast Summit communique said to keep the weapons up to Date where  Kohl whose government is faced witha Large anti nato lobby reiterated his government s refusal to Back plans forthe modernization of nato s Lance Short Range nuclear missiles before 1992.repeating a policy statement his govern ment adopted recently. Kohl tied the proposed modernization to Progress in newly opened negotiations on conventional arms and in the talks he has proposed on reducing Short Range nuclear weapons. Kohl s statement Drew Strong criticism from the British and . Governments. West Germany has made her own position Clear in her own statement As she is fully entitled to do Thatcher said sunday adding however that a decision on the Issue could Only be taken by see talks on Back Page British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and West German Chancellor 1clink glasses of Lucula mine after holding talks in Deid sheim on sunday. Gun misfired before blast Iowa survivor says Norfolk. A. A the Iowa s no. 1 gun tur ret had a misfire in one of its 16-Inch guns shortly before the battleship s no. 2 Turret exploded on april19, killing 47 sailors a survivor said. Petty officer Kendall l. Truitt said the misfire occurred during gunnery exercises just before the blast ripped through the no. 2 Turret the virginian Pilot and the Ledger Star of Norfolk reported in its sunday editions. Related Story. A re 4. Later after the explosion and firefighting attempts they still had bullets in Turret one s gun Truitt said. However Cape. Fred p. Moosally has said there were no indications of any problems with the guns before the explosion. The ship s weapons control officer cmdr. Robert , said that the guns had passed a rigorous inspection that morning. They had been fired last nearly february he said. The powder also had been inspected before the exer Cise Kissinger said. The newspaper also reported that survivors said 12sailors in the Turret area survived the explosion. The Navy has reported that Only 11 men lived. A Navy official in Norfolk who spoke on condition of anonymity said he could t comment on the  Washington Navy spokesman it. Cmdr. John mar Chi said he had not heard reports of a 12th survivor. The newspaper also quoted Truitt As saying Quick action by gunner s mate John m. Mullahy or. Prevented the fire from spreading to the ship s powder magazines. Truitt was contacted by the newspaper at his parents Home in Illinois Truiel and the other sailors who survived the blast were working at the Bottom level of the Turret in the nearby powder magazines or in a narrow hallway that ringed the armoured Turret. Mullahy was on the Turret s internal communications system when the explosion occurred the newspaper reported. Unable to raise anyone on the upper decks of the six deck Turret Mullahy opened the blast proof door Between the Magazine and the hallway letting in the three men who were outside Trail said. Then Mullahy opened the door to the powder Flats an area on the Turret s Bottom level where pow Der is temporarily stored before being sent up to the guns the newspaper reported. There were no lights Only a thick Brown Haze and Asee Iowa on Back Page Shotgun armed assailant kills 1, injures 14 Wii Itley Bay England a Aman armed with a Shotgun roamed the streets near the North sea resort of Whit Ley Bay on sunday shooting at everyone he saw killing one Man and injuring 14 other people officials said. The Northumbria police said the gun Man w As arrested without an Exchange of fire. They said tin suspect was 22 years old and lid m slut la a but police declined to identify him police said they did not yet know what motive the Man had for the shootings police identified the dead Man As Kenneth mail Lynh. 41, a Telephone company employee who was married and had two children. Witness Angela Baltic said the Black Clad gunman looked very Calm. He was t shouting anything after about 15 minutes of shooting witnesses said the Man fled in a vehicle As police approached. Police said he was arrested about two Miles away. The Northumbria ambulance service said the gunman first stalked the suburb of monks Cairn shooting one victim in a car. One on a bicycle one who w As mow ing the Lawn and another outside a Church. Police said All the victims were gunned Down in the St reels or in their Yards. Ambulance service superintendent Ken Heads said the first emergency Call came at 12 01 . With a report that Trio people had been shot and one was dead. An ambulance was sent to the scene but two shots were tired at it forc ing the Crew to dive for cover he said. A second ambulance was dispatched to the scene and. Within three or four minutes the ambulance service was swamped with Calls reporting a gunman on the Loose and people lying injured in the streets he said. There must have been about 12 Dif Ferent Lix Tom Gen where this Man  gone around Heads said. He was having a go at any person he met seven minutes later five ambulances Rorn i Lyle a and nearby Newcastle and North ten Side were on the scene soon joined by a team of three paramedics he said. Each ambulance Crew had Bee warned by police to proceed with Cau Tion until the gunman was captured Heads said. Heads said the first Crew to arrive found one Man lying dead in a Street in monks a ton. About a mile from Whilley Bay. The injured were All taken to North Tyne Side general Hospital by 1 15 .,Heads said. The ambulance service s assistant divisional officer Greg Holmes said the 14 wounded men and women taken to Hospital with gunshot wounds. Three were in serious condition