European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday May 31,1989 news updates palme indictment Stockholm Sweden a prosecutors on monday handed Down an indictment 6f first degree murder against the  gun Man who shot Prim minister Olof i  three years Ajo. The 3,000-pag indictment against Carl Gustav Christsr pct tar soon. 42, also included a charge of attempted murder against palme s widow Lisbet who was slightly wounded in the attack. I am convinced that this i enough to win a conviction Stockholm prac Cuylor Jorgon Almblad said. Palme a dynamic four Ter prime minister was gunned Down feb. 28.1986. � i Elt 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 Federal judge has moved Back the Starling 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 Tor Joseph Fernandez said the government s Case has been tainted Wilh testimony Given under imm urmy from prosecution. Fernandez the Cia s former Sta Tion chief in Costa Rica is accused of covering up his ties to Olive North s secret Contra resupply operation. The network operated during 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 the presidential appointed Tower commission Early in 1987. Storm toll rises Bangkok up the toll from tropical storm Cecil which ripped through Central Vietnam Las 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 income 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 damage was More than $20 million a vast sum in poverty stricken Vietnam. Bodies returned Salt Lake City a the bodies of two mormon missionaries gunned Down by suspected terrorists in Bolivia last week have been resumed to Utah for burial. Cardboard covered coffins con Taining the bodies of Todd Ray Wilson 20, and Jeffrey Brent Ball,20, were lowered from a Delta Jet liner at Salt Lake International Airport on sunday As members of the Ball family and mormon Church officials looked on. The caskets were transported by Hearse to two funeral Homes. The slain missionaries were to be buried tuesday. A statement distributed to newspapers in la Paz Bolivia claimed responsibility for the at tack on behalf of the Zaratz Willa armed liberation front a group named for a 19th-Century Indian revolutionary in Bolivia. Airborne units to re enact a Day drop in Normandy  writer much As they Didi 15 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  the 1944 d Day invasion. % paratroopers from the 8jnd airborne div based at fort Bragg no will be joined in England by a  British airborne soldiers. On sunday morning the group will link up Over the englis Channel with some 250 paratroopers from the 3rd in 325th inf Reg air borne in combat Tea based i Vicenza Italy. I. 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 am Freville drop zone i about three Miles West of  Lise. The drop serves As the Kickoff for Host of official and unofficial ceremonies commemorating the 45th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. Aside from official participants planners also arc expecting thousands of veterans to return to the area. The jump also will provide a historic backdrop for the two airborne units. The 82nd, along with the 101st airborne div made the initial assault on Normandy jumping behind the lines to Seal off Road leading to the beaches where ship based troops would be Landing. The 325th also fought in Normandy in1944, 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 Ceredo Inyat Utah Beach. \ 11 ., memorial mass at the Tow Church in . ? "1 30 ., groundbreaking for nor Mandy memorial Garden at the in scum in caen.4 ., . And French ceremony at the Arne rican military cemetery  overlooking Omaha Beach. 10 15 p.qi., seven nation commemorative ceremony Utah  9 15 ., British Canad an and French ceremony at the Canadian cemetery at Bony a evicts. 11 ., . Ceremony at the Ameri can military cemetery including flyover. 3rp.m., National guard ceremony atthe memorial in i Erville. A ., . Ranger ceremony at Bointen do  wednesday 10 ., commemoration ceremony in car Tan. 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 disband. Car Tan. 7  Liberation Ball Signy sur Mer. News of 1973 nuclear sub occident covered up by Navy researchers soy by Norman Blackcap 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 Bel Bottoms  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  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 repair edits 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 Tho report that had he noticed there was nothing in the log about the Accident he would fac told the navigator to add the information. It was a minor Inisha he said. Nobody was injured. But it was a Pri Mary coolant leak Tad you can t take that  5arkin and , 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 Are about to publish a study of serious naval accidents around the world. Earlier 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 Hadaa nuclear propulsion Acci Dent handler said of the guard fish incident. But their own documents show How misleading they be  it. Cmdr. Craig quigly a a a spokesman responded we did not try to cover anything up. Everything about this incident was properly reported through Navy , it s True we Don t Issue a press release every time something breakdown. That depends for example on whether there is a Hazard to people Hazard to the environment or danger to the  quigly said he had not seen the deck ogs obtained by Arkin and handler under the Freedom of information act and would not speculate on Why the made no mention of an Accident. He did however release a statement outlining exactly what happened that day16 years ago aboard the guard fish a permit class attack submarine that is Stillin 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 path that allowed for a minor loss of primary coolant water through a test fitting opening of one Quarter Inch in Diame Ter the statement said. Within 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 fora 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 common Chest  the ship reached Bangor these five crewmen were monitored for internally deposited radioactivity. The results showed that none of the crewmen involve had ingested any detectable  Rich who retired As a Captain said hews not surprised the deck logs made no mention of the incident because deck log for a submarine Are a general synopsis at a lower classification whereas the Quarter master s notebook and patrol report would be More definitive and  part of Jet s Landing gear cd lapses Denver a the right Mai Landing gear on a Continental Jet col lapsed and the right Wing hit the ground As the plane approached the Gate at Sta Pleton International Airport officials said. Continental flight 73, carrying 44passengers 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 Mai Landing gear collapsed Stapleton spokesman Norm Avery 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 Princeton n.j., who wast Raveling with his wife Penza and their three children. One woman was taken from the plan 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 foal scr 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