European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. May 25, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Sailor says he s being made Scapegoat by new Day a crewman aboard the battleship Iowa who is inc Bonifi Ciary of another crewman s life insurance policy claims he is being made a Scapegoat in the investigation of the fatal explosion in one of the ship s 9-Inch gun s male Kendall Truitt. 21, one of the ii men in the Turret who survived the blast and who was credited As a hero by the Navy after the explosion for helping mop further damage was the beneficiary of the policy taken out annul a year ago by gunner s mat Eclayton Hartwig 24. Who was one of the -17 sailors killed in the april i blast occurred during a practice tiring of the battleship s 16-Inch guns at policy provided for double indemnity or a total of $100.000, in Case of accidental death. Several sources said officials considered it highly unusual for the men to have such issuer of the insurance policy the Atlantic Fleet Federal credit Union in Norfolk a. Has withheld payment until the investigation is completed Accord ing to the an interview with the Newport news a daily press. Truiel said he was asked such questioned As was i suicidal was Clay suicidal right now. They be got a closed mind Truitt said. They be decided i somehow was the cause of the explosion which in t . Two. That Clay committed suicide. And that too i can t believe is Ruilt said investigators also asked if he had a homosexual relationship with Halwig. Truitt strongly denied it. Sources familiar with the investigation said Federal investigators Are examining the possibility that the explosion was caused deliberately and arc focusing on the re ported breakup of the Friendship Between Hartwig. Who was the Captain of the gun that exploded and Truitt. The sources say officials believe the blast was not caused by a mechanical problem but either by an Acci Dent or a deliberate action and arc considering whether it might have been caused by Hartwig committing Sui cide in despair Over the breakup of the Friendship or by right now they be got a closed mind. They be decided i somehow was the cause of the explosion. Iowa crewman Kendall Truitt Truitt to collect on the policy. According to one scenario being investigated the explosion could have been triggered by a Small Deto Nator concealed in a tiber mat that a gun Captain would place by hand in the gun Breech when he helped Load in bags of explosives and shells. The Liber mat known As a helps clean the gun barrel As the mat is expelled during tiring according to sources. A gun Captain normally would have inserted the Patch into the Breech but stacks of patches Are housed 125-Story building proposed Chicago a a Developer has announced plans to build a 125-Story skyscraper that would Tower Over the world s current Law Lisl building and said it already has inquiries from prospective tenants. Mij pm chiller developments inc. A major devel oper of offices in Chicago and its suburbs has announced it plans to build a 1,914-foot downtown sky scraper nearly 400 feet taller than the 110-Slory Sears Tower which was completed in 1974. Migli Sciller presented its plans to the City s planning department last week and Hopes to gel approval in time to Start a i instruction in december. A. Paul Heiller said four years ago when i joined the firm that he was going to build the world s tallest said Miglin Citler spokesman Mark Jarasek. It is a dream every Developer has " lie said the company would t identify any prospective tenants who have made inquiries until we get approval of the building from the however renting All the space could be a prob Lem. Sears Roebuck and co. Announced last fall that in planned to sell scars Tower and move its6.000-employee merchandise group out of the building As part of a restructuring plan opening up abundant office space in the City. The proposed building being designed by architect Cesar Pelli of new Haven conn., would be built on an acre parcel about three blocks from scars Tower Jarasek said. It would contain 1,2 million Square feel of office space Only about one third inc reliable space of the bulkier scars Tow or. It would contain two floors of retail space at its base a third floor Mezzanine level 10 stones of parking and a two Story health club. In would be Buill with Concrete ribbing reinforced by steel. The Core of the building also would be Concrete. The outer skin would be reflective Glass and aluminium ribbing Jarasek said. An architectural Model slums the new surpassing Lite Sears timer Riuli office in the Turret and arc accessible to anyone in the gun Crew the sources said. A Small Detonator concealed in the Patch would not have been visible from the out Side the sources said. Afler extensively questioning Ruiu last week investigators advised him to temporarily leave the Norfolk area where the Iowa is based for fear he might be harmed by sailors on the Iowa when word of inc investigation got out sources said. In the interview with the Newport news newspaper. Trill said he and Hartwig were often harassed by the other sailors. Clay and i Hung out together because neither of us Truiel said. The other sailors Razz you if you re not there with them gelling in my opinion they have no idea what s going on what caused Ruilt said of incs Ligator who he said had searched his Home and shipboard locker. Authorities had been alerted to the existence of the insurance policy by Hartwig s sister. Kalhleen Kubicina of Cleveland on april 24 when she and her parcels attended a service for the Iowa s victims in Norfolk. She said that it was her understanding Hal Ruilt had taken out a similar life insurance policy with her brother As the beneficiary but he made his wife the beneficiary after he married. She said All her parcels have Golten is the $34 her brother had in his savings account at a credit Union. It does t seem fair Ruiu ends up with $100,000 and my parcels with $34," she Norfolk the Iowa s Home port Navy officials said tuesday that the Iowa s 16-Inch guns will not be fired until a Hoard of inquiry issues a report on the cause of the blast. Americans fatter Survey suggests Washington a More americans than Ever arc overweight and too few of Vliem Are trying to fight the Battle of the bulge according loan annual health Survey released Survey conducted by Louis Harris and associates for Prev Calion Magazine found Hal 64 percent of those polled last november were overweight an increase from 59 Pyrc Cal inc previous year. In the 1985 Survey 62 percent were overweight and in 1983, the Survey found 58 Pyrc Cal weighed More than recommended for their height body build and sex by the Mclroy Bolilan life insurance tables used by Many doctors. The poll found Hal about one in five of those who weigh More than they should do not feel overweight and Only 48 percent of those who should shed pounds have tried to do Survey produced a mixed bag of Good and bad news on americans health but Overall it found that people 65 and older arc More Likely to take preventive health measures than those younger than 35. Among the findings 48 percent said they try a lot to avoid Caling Loo Many High Choc Slefo foods up 6 percent from 1987. 36 percent said they exercise str Sously sustain ing an accelerated heart and pulse rate for at least 20 minutes Al least three Days a week. Stress appears to be on inc Rise. About 63 Pyrc Cal reported that they feel under Garcal so Russ Al least once a week up from 55 percent in 1983. Americans arc continuing to kick inc cigarette habit with the percentage of smokers declining to 26 percent Down from 30 percent in 1983. The rate of heavy drinkers 11 percent has changed Little since i9 83. And inc percentage of adults who say they never consume alcohol Rose 5 Points Over the period to 39 percent. One out of 10 people under age 30 said they used drugs in 1988, compared with two Oul of 10 in 1984. Kennedy says Bush has no ideas to guide him by a news service Austin Texas the Bush administration seems Frozen in the ice of its own intellectual emptiness sen. Edward m. Kennedy speaking to More than 1.000 people Al a fund Raiser for the Liberal Texas observer political periodical said tuesday. The Massachusetts Democrat charged that unlike former president Reagan president Bush has no Clear set of ideas to guide him. Kennedy was the featured speaker at the dinner honouring former sen. Ralph Yarborough of Texas. Kennedy praised Var Borough s willingness to take chances and Reagan s willingness to land for something Al though he said Reagan punished the poor while leaving inc nation with a massive debt. The administration has no Agenda Oiler than coping no real budget. No major initiatives and very Little to say about what George Bush Calls the vision thing " Kennedy said. I be said the democrats should have Defeated Bushin 1988, but took for granted thai simply being there As an alternative would be enough. To avoid thai mistake in the future he said the democrats must put Forth their vision for the future and take the croat in e he said democrats can figure out bet Ter ways to help More people without huge lax increases. One area for that Kennedy said is in helping the 37 Mil lion americans who have no health insurance even though most of them work. Kennedy echoing the Call of 1988 democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis said private employers should be required to provide health insurance for their employees. That proposal opposed by Bush would require government health assist Ance Only for those who arc both uninsured and unemployed Kennedy said. He charged Hal Bush s Threal to veto the $4.55 minimum wage endorsed by democrats in Congress is an Effort by Bush to show he s Tough by taking on the most underpaid workers in our society. It s the Doc slip equivalent of invading Grenada beating up on someone who can t fight but Kennedy said democrats must accept the responsibility for providing Job programs that actually put people to work
