European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday May 15,1989 news updates Egypt readmitted Kuwait a the Organiza Tion of Arab Petroleum exporting countries voted on saturday to readmit Egypt 10 years after that country s membership was sus Pended for signing a peace treaty with Israel the kuwaiti Oil minister said. Sheik Ali Khalifa Sabah declined to say whether the vote was unanimous but sources said Libya had cast a negative ballot. The vote came at a meeting of 10 Yapec nations. Egypt is the i Ith member of the Kuwait based organization. Egypt lost its place in All Arab institutions after its membership in the Arab league was suspended in 1979 for signing the Camp David peace accords with Israel. Allegation denied Washington a presi Dent Bush s ambassador designate to South Korea has defended him self against an allegation that he assisted Oliver North s secret con tra resupply operation in 1985 and then lied about doing it. Donald Gregg who was Bush s National Security adviser when Bush was vice president disputed the Alle gation of sen. Alan Cranston and also said North had testified incorrectly about dealings with Gregg. Gregg who testified at his confirmation hearing is to be called Back for further questioning. At the hearing Cranston d calif., accused Gregg of sponsor ing a free Lance Covert operation out of the vice president s  Flo. Abortion ruling Daytona Beach Fla. A a state appeals court has called Honda s abortion consent Law constitutionally infirm agreeing with a lower court judge who had declared the Law could not been forced. In a 2-1 ruling the 5lh District court of Appeal in Daytona Beach upheld a decision by Lake circuit judge Jerry Lockelt who ruled on May 4 that the Law requiring parental or judicial consent for a minor seeking an abortion was too vague. The appeals court also said the state Law failed to protect the Pri Vacy of minors guaranteed under Roc is. Wade the 1973 . Supreme court decision that made abortion Legal. The appeals court remanded the Case Back to locket with the order than he dismiss the petition filed by a 15-year-old pregnant teen Ager who had sought his Permis Sion for an abortion. Marcos petition filed Manila Philippines a lawyers for Ferdinand Marcos filed a petition with the supreme court on saturday to allow the ousted president and his family to return to the Philippines to defend themselves against civil suits. Lawyer Juan t. David said in a statement that the petition also was filed to Stop a special anti graft court from proceeding with civil suits against Marcos his wife Imelda Ana close associates. The petition said the govern ment which has banned the mar costs return for fear it would serve As a rallying Point for his followers had deprived them of their Freedom and urged the supreme court to lift the ban. Researchers ready to tackle fishermen s problem with subs by Dave Diehl . Bureau University researchers May have come up with a Way of keeping fishing trawlers from falling prey to unsuspecting submariners. Steve Ridgway and Keith Haywood think a device proposed to the european economic Community will solve the Crux of the problem submarines snagging trailing nets from fish ing boats particularly in and around the Irish sea. The problem is that submariners cannot pick out any noise from the net said Ridgeway head of Hull University s fishing systems technology department. They need to know that a fishing vessel is engaged in  submarines from the Royal Navy s base at fas Lanc and the . Navy sub Marine so 14 at holy Loch in the Firth of Clyde Inlet routinely hold exercises and sail through the area. We arc confident that we can build and test a device that will go a hell of a Long Way to solving this problem said Haywood the director of the Humber Side fisheries Institute at the University in Hull England. Haywood said that for about $250,000 his engineers could develop a transmitter for Fisherman that would let submariners know where the nets Are located. Ridgway said the giant synthetic nets which arc often pulled up to a half mite behind trawlers arc virtually impossible for submarines to detect. Ridgway said the transmitter would give out coded information on the nets to submarine sonar personnel. It is something that would t require any modifications to the sub he said. Ridgeway said he thinks the net minder system would be Ideal in solving the traffic problems without compromising the submariner s location or asking the fishermen to move. Scottish lawmakers visiting British and . Naval bases in Scotland last week received promises from sailors that they would be More diligent in efforts to avoid submarine and fishing boat mis haps. The Leader of inc delegation. Member of parliament George Foulks brought up the transmitter proposal to the navies and Haywood said he Hopes the ministry of defense will want to know More about it and possibly help fund the project in the last 10 years the . Govern ment has paid out some $910,000 in admiralty claims to fishermen who have come to grief with submarines. Those claims involved collisions sinking and settings. Since february 1987, the United states has paid out about $50,000 in three similar claims. Two other claims Are still pending. A Royal Navy spokesman in London said his service knows Little about the proposal but would keep its options open. The Royal Navy is always willing to give favourable consideration to any equipment that would help avoid Colli Sion the spokesman said. I Don t think anything Concrete has been de  fuda planting ceremony symbolizes .-German Friendship cooperation by John Millar Wurzburg Bureau Fulda West Germany if the test of a Strong tree is whether it will Bend or break in the wind then those recently planted at Sickols army Airfield passed. Sometimes shivering against harsh gusts of cold wind at the Hilltop Airfield volunteers from Fulda s boy scout troop 168 and the society for the Protection of the German Forest planted More than 1,000 Bushes shrubs ground cover plants and three Trees. But Trees Aren t the Only things required to Bend and not break. Bigger things such As the relationship Between nato allies must also be flexible said Irmgard Reichardt minister for agriculture forestry and nature Protection for the German state of Hess in. Since 1945, peace and Freedom have been guaranteed in our country by the presence of our Western allies and in particular by your nation Reichardt told soldiers and civilians at the recent tree planting. This however is also combined with constant training of the soldiers and the testing of the functioning and operation of equipment and material. In a densely populated Industrial country like the Federal Republic of Ger Many the necessary military exercises require understanding from both  this she said requires German Citi Zens to understand that readiness entails constant combat training while soldiers arc expected to show the upmost consideration for the population and Environ  the planting emphasized the Friendly relationship Between the two countries she said. The planting itself As the be ginning of beautification and landscape measures symbolizes the integration of a military installation into the landscape. In the joint venture Between the two countries both will share the Bill 10,000 Marks or $5,300, each according to a spokeswoman for the Lith army Cav regt. Jewish leaders cancel meeting with Pope Rome a a spokesman for a delegation of jewish leaders said sat urday that the group cancelled a meeting with Pope John Paul ii after the Vatican said it would not discuss a roman Cath Olic Convent whose presence at Ausch Witz has offended Many jews. Jewish groups arc upset about the presence of a dozen carmelite nuns on the site of the nazi death Camp in Poland which has become a memorial to the 6 million jews murdered in the Holo Caust. The groups have expressed outrage that the carmelite Convent has remained at the site of the death Camp despite a 1987 pact with roman Catholic leaders to move the Convent by Early this year. Catholic leaders say the nuns new quart ers arc not ready. Rabbi David Rosen of the anti Defa mation league of b Nai b Rith said group members from the United states and is Rael were to meet the Pope Friday at the Vatican for three purposes to compliment him on his recent document on racism to ask him to consider the Situa Tion of jews in upcoming documents and to discuss the Auschwitz dispute. But Rosen said that in talks last week at the Vatican Cardinal Johannes Wille brands of the pontifical Council for the promotion of Christian Unity said Church leaders had not approved of the Agenda. He indicated that things could t go ahead under those terms the Jerusa Lem based representative said in Rome. We decided we re not going to hide our  said the anti defamation league which originally requested the meeting decided to put it off indefinitely. It was obvious if everyone was insistent there was going to be a clash he  added however that his group re Mains completely committed to the continuity of the dialogue Between the faiths. He said the disagreement would not hinder fruitful discussion of other  Vatican spokesman could not be reached for comment saturday. Blaze hit Supply ship towed to Subic Bay Subic Bay naval facilities Philippines a a . Navy Supply ship was towed into the Subic Bay naval facilities saturday four Days after a Blaze on Board the vessel killed six sail ors and injured five others. Four tugboats Lowed inc while Plains a combat store ship to the Dock shortly after 10 . The skipper Cape. Robert Tracey of los Angeles said the Crew needed showers sleep and to make Calls  fire broke out tuesday aboard the White Plains As it was transferring fuel to anole or Navy vessel about 100 Miles Castor Hong Kong Tracey said. Tracey refused to give further details of the incident pending the outcome of a Navy investigation. The Navy refused tallow interviews with the Crew. All we know is we were transferring fuel and we had a Large leak Tracey said. He said about 50 Crew members battled the Blaze for about an hour be fore it was  said the fire broke out in the main engine space covering four decks near the Center of the ship. Since the fire the vessel has been without electrical Power except for an emergency Generator that provided lighting in critical areas he  White Plains had to be towed from the scene of the fire to Subic Bay abase that includes some of the Navy s most extensive repair facilities in the Pacific. . Officials said engineers would spend the next two Days assessing dam a by. The ship was returning to its Home port in Guam when the fire broke out