European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday May 30,19b9 news updates palme indictment Stockholm Sweden a prosecutors on monday handed Down an indictment of first degree murder against the suspected gun Man who shot prime minister Olof palme three years ago. The 3,000-Page indictment against Call Gustav Chrisler pet Orsson. 42, also included a charge of attempted murder against palme s widow Lisbel. Who was slightly wounded in the attack. I am convinced that this is enough to win a conviction Stockholm prosecutor Jorgen Almblad said. This is a step to Ward a  palme a dynamic four term prime min sur was gunned Down feb. 28, 1986, by a Man who fled Down a darkened Lane and disappeared. Pct Cresson who has a record of violent crime and a previous Man Slaughter conviction was routinely questioned and released within the first weeks of the investigation. Trial delayed Alexandria a. A a Federal judge has moved Back the starting Date of the Iran Contra trial of a former Cia agent to july 24. . District judge Claude Hil ton granted the two week delay after lawyers for Joseph Fernandez said the government s Case has been tainted with testimony Given under immunity from prosecution. Fernandez the Cia s former Sta Tion chief in Costa Rica is accused of covering up his tics to Olive North s secret Contra resupply operation. The network operated during a congressional ban on military Aid to the nicaraguan rebel Force. Fernandez is accused of obstruct ing and making false statements to the Cia s inspector general and  appointed Tower commission Early in 1987. Storm toll rises Bangkok up the toll from tropical storm Cecil which ripped through Central Vietnam last week has risen to 78 dead with 364 others missing and 150,000 left homeless the official Vietnam news Agency reported monday. Cecil which hit the cast coast of Vietnam thursday and Friday dumped nearly 20 inches of rain in some areas flooding about 50,000 acres of Rice Fields and causing Large scale damage to populated areas the Agency said. According to the latest reports 78 persons were killed 50 injured and 364 others Are reported miss ing it said. It estimated that property dam age was More than $20 million a vast sum in poverty stricken Viet Nam. Airborne units to re enact a Day drop in Normandy  Stair writer much As they did 45 years ago a multinational Force of airborne troops will Lead the commemorative assault on nor Mandy that begins sunday on one of the original drop zones used in the 1944 d Day invasion. Paratroopers from the 82nd airborne div based at fort Bragg . Will be joined in England by a cadre of British airborne soldiers. On sunday morning the group will link up Over the English Channel with some 250 paratroopers from the 3rd in 325th inf regt air borne in combat Tea based in Vincnza Italy. The Force of roughly 400 jumpers will leap from the bellies of 10 air Force c 130s from the military Airlift come at10 20 . Over the Umfreville drop one about three Miles West of  list. The drop serves As the Kickoff for a Host of official and unofficial ceremonies commemorating the 45lh anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. Aside from official participants,.planners also Are expecting thousands of veterans to return to the area. The jump also will provide a historic backdrop for the two airborne units. The 82nd, alone with the 101st airborne div made the initial assault on Normandy pimping behind the lines to Seal off roads i iming to the beaches where ship based troops would be Landing. The 325th also fought in Normandy in 1944, but came in As part of a glider borne infantry assault. Following the airborne operation other select events with times and Loca Tion include sunday 5 ., , concert by 229th  National guard band from Maryland and the 82nd air borne div chorus. Monday 10 ., memorial ceremony at Utah Beach. 11 ., memorial mass at the town Church in . 3 30 ., groundbreaking for nor Mandy memorial Garden at the museum in Caen. 4 ., joint . And French ceremony at the american military cemetery at  overlooking Omaha Beach. 10 15 ., seven nation commemorative ceremony Utah Beach. Tuesday 9 15 ., British Canad an and French ceremony at the Canadian cemetery at Bony re vices. 11 ., . Ceremony at the Ameri can military cemetery including flyover. 3 ., National guard ceremony at the memorial in vice Villa. 4 ., . Ranger ceremony at pointed hoc. Wednesday 10 ., commemoration ceremony in cretan. Noon interdenominational service in cretan followed by a banquet. 2 ., Parade in Bayeux including approximately 1,500 world War ii vehicles from the International military vehicle collectors club. 3 ., concert by the 8th inf div band cretan. 7 ., liberation Ball. Signy sur Mer. News of 1973 nuclear sub Accident covered up by Navy researchers say Eagle scout Vilseck West Germany a ninth grader at Vii Eck High school has been awarded the rank of Eagle scout the highest award in boy scouting. James Rush 15, a member of troop 240, has been a boy scout for less than four years. For his Eagle project he collected More than $1,000 to Purchase toys for the children of families receiving  Community service Holiday food baskets. He also supervised and help Mak Christmas stockings for the project. His parents Are it. Col. James a. And Andrea Rush. By Norman Black a military writer Washington a serious Acci Dent took place 16 years ago with the nuclear reactor inside a naval submarine despite the Navy s claims it had never had such a propulsion incident private researchers charged  Navy had a major nuclear Acci Dent and then lied about it said Wil Liam Arkin a researcher with the Institute for policy studies a Liberal Washington think tank. We caught them with their Bill Colloms  the Navy denied it had Ever tried to cover up news of the Accident describing it As a minor mishap in which there were no serious injuries or radiological problems the ship remained fully Capa ble to perform any Mission required of stand there was no damage to the  the service acknowledged however that the Accident had never been publicized and spokesmen were unable to say Why the sub s deck logs and official com Mand history made no mention of it. According to the deck logs of the  for april 21, 1973, which we obtained the submarine was under Way submerged As before for the entire Day without incident Arkin said. In fact the submarine suffered a Pri Mary coolant leak. And then surfaced ventilated decontaminated and repaired its reactor unassisted. Five crewmen were later sent to the puget sound Wash naval Hospital for radiation  Willis s. Rich the sub s skipper at the time and now a professor of engineering at Boston University said in an inter View about the report that had he noticed there was nothing in the log about the Accident he would Nave told the navigator to add the information. It was a minor mishap he said. Nobody was injured. But it was a Pri Mary coolant leak and you can t take that  and Joshua handler a researcher who Heads the Greenpeace environmental group s nuclear free seas Campaign re leased their findings monday. The Institute for policy studies and Greenpeace arc about to publish a study of serious naval accidents around the  in May the two researchers Dis closed new details about the loss of a Hydro Gen bomb off the coast of Japan in 1965. The . Navy claims that it has never had a nuclear propulsion Acci Dent handler said of the guard fish incident. But their own documents show How misleading they be  it. Cmdr. Craig Quigley. A Navy spokesman responded we did not try to cover anything up. Everything about this incident was properly reported through Navy channels. Now it s True we Don t Issue a press release every time something Breaks Down. That depends for example on whether there is a Hazard to people a Hazard to the environment or danger to the  said he had not seen the deck logs obtained by Arkin and handler under the Freedom of information act and would not speculate on Why they made no mention of an Accident. Lie did however release a statement outlining exactly what happened that day16 years ago aboard the guard fish a permit class attack submarine that is still in service and based at san Diego Calif. While transiting from Pearl Harbortt Bangor Washa crewman was per forming a tightness Check of a Small valve and inadvertently set up a Pat that allowed for a minor loss of primary coolant water through a test fitting opening of one Quarter Inch in Diame Ter the statement  about 10 minutes the ship stopped the leak. The estimated amount of coolant released was less than 5  in such cases it is Standard practice for a submarine to surface. In order to ventilate the spaces overboard and Tregua redfish did just that the statement con  sailors were subsequently found to have Low Levels of radioactivity on their skin from the  crewman had the radioactivity re moved by washing with soap and water. The maximum radiation exposure. Was similar to what he would have received in getting a common Chest a Ray. When the ship reached Bangor these five crewmen were monitored for internally deposited radioactivity. The results showed that none of the crewmen involved had ingested any delectable  Rich who retired As a Captain said he was not surprised the deck logs made no mention of the incident because deck logs for a submarine arc a general synopsis at lower classification whereas the Quarter master s notebook and patrol report would be More definitive and  part of Jet s Landing gear collapses Denver a the right main Landing gear on a Continental Jet col lapsed and the right Wing hit the grounds the plane approached the Gate at Sta Pluton International Airport officials said. Continental flight 73, carrying 44 passengers and six Crew members from Newark n.j., landed at 8 08  Sun Day and had turned onto a taxiway when two tires blew and the right main Landing gear collapsed Stapleton spokesman Norm a cry said. The right Wing of the aircraft hit the pavement he said. It Felt like a car with a Flat tire you know bump bump bump said Vin cent Calarco of Princton n.j., who was travelling with his wife Penza and their three children. One woman was taken from the plane and briefly treated for hyperventilation at the University of Colorado health sciences Center spokeswoman Barbara thrower said. The cause of the Accident was no known said Ned Walker a spokesman for Continental at the Carrier s hous ton Headquarters. He said the aircraft underwent a Thor Ough Check earlier in May and there were no indications whatsoever of any  the plane an md-80 made by Mcdonnell Douglas corp., can seat about 145 people he said