European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. June 1. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Truitt blames new crewmen for blast from wire reports Washington the Navy gun Ner s male who has been a key figure in the investigation of the explosion aboard the battleship Iowa said tuesday that he thought it was caused by an inexperienced hastily assembled Crew. At a news conference Here the Petty offi cer. Kendall i. Truitt singled out a Sailor whose task was to ram the powder into the gun As the possible cause of the explosion. He said the Sailor who was new to the Crew May have pushed the Gunpowder too fast causing friction and thus heat and the explosion. Truitt asserted that the gun Turret s Crew had not worked together before and had several members missing because they were absent without authorization. Their places were taken at the last minute by other sailors some of whom he said he did not believe to have been qualified. Truitt s theory appeared to contradict an assessment by the ship s commanding officer. Capt. Fred i. Moosally. The Captain has said his Best gun Crew was in the no. 2 Turret the site of the explosion which took 47 lives in a firing exercise 330 Miles Northeast of puerto Rico on april 19. A Navy spokesman. C mar. Mark Baker said the Navy would have no comment until its investigation into the explosion was completed. Ruilt flanked by his wife. Carole and his lawyer. Ellis Rubin said lie wanted the Navy to apologize for the allegations and rumours that have received prominent play in the press Anil on television for the past week. Some reports have suggested that he caused the explosion to kill a shipmate. Gunner male 2nd class Clayton Hart wig and collect si0 1.000 from a life insurance policy. Alter Ruilt s news conference the Navy issued a statement saying the x by has sued no official statement re Garding possible culpability nor made am allegations concerning am individual relating in the explosion. The statement added. The Navy is committed to pursuing a thorough investigation of All known factors that could Bear on the circumstances leading to the tragedy. When the investigation is com plete and reviewed by the proper author Ity it will he released for the record. Until that time speculation and report ing of bits Ami pieces of information gleaned from interested sources Are not representative of the Navy s a Navy spokesman declined to name the interested sources hut said they included officials who might have Given out information without being authorised to do so or to have been in a Posi Tion to know. Meanwhile. Rep. Glenn i shard. D Iii., tuesday said he will begin an inquiry into the source of the leaks. Poshard said he took the step at the urging of Ruiu s attorney and his family who live in Marion Iii. In Poshard s congressional District. I am starting an inquiry to determine if the Navy has handled the Public affairs portion of this investigation appropriately or if the leaks came from some other outside Poshard said. These Are serious allegations against or. Ruilt. And we need to be sure that Justice is carried out appropriately in this slain missionaries buried Fri to Aid probe in Bolivia Salt Lake City a mormon Church Lead ers tuesday Eulogi de two missionaries gunned Down last week in Bolivia As martyrs who were two of the Best god had to tour Ray Wilson and Jeffrey Brent Ball both 20, were killed Max 2-t As they walked to their apartment in la a. Their deaths Yvere believed to be the first politically motivated Sla Ings of missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints. A group calling itself the armed liberation front of Zarate Wilka claimed responsibility for the killings. An Fri team was dispatched to Bolivia to help in the investigation. Art kingdom aide to rep. Wayne Owens said the state department informed the Utah Democrat s office about the Fri s involvement and that the Agency said it had no theory about the motivation for the killings. Mormon Church president Ezra Taft Benson and Thomas s. Monson. Second Counselor in the Faith s governing first presidency attended a funeral for Ball at the Coalville stake Center about 40 Miles cast of Salt Lake City. Jeff has gone Home to god on a missionary trans Fer. He carries on his Mission he has not been re Monson told the gathering of 400 people. The frail x1ear old Benson who did not speak was helped to his feet and went on to bless Ball s family. After the sen ice. Ball was buried at Coalville cemetery. About 120 Miles South of Salt Lake More than 300 people packed the Wellington stake Center for Wilson s funeral. Gordon i. Hinckley first Counselor in the first presidency and l. Tom Perry a member of the Faith s Council of he twelve apostles were keynote speakers. California explosion scene this burned nut Shell is All thai Milns of one of the 10 Homes which were destroyed by a gasoline pipe line explosion and fire Hill in san berm Dinu calif., on May 25. The explosion which killed to people occurred in the same where a Truiti derailment two weeks earlier killed four people. Dukakis described in Magazine Adas a product that could t be sold Boston a a California com Pany is running an advertisement show ing a photo of former presidential Candi Date Michael Dukakis beneath the headline there Are some pe9ple even we could t make More the two Page and for precision tech Nolor a inc. Appears in the latest Cali Fon. Editions of nexus Wick and inc. Magazines. Fortune Magazine declined to run it. The and s creators at Mandelbaum Mooney Ashley advertising Agency in san Francisco say the and was t meant to demean Dukakis a Democrat who ran against George Bush last year. But a spokesman for Dukakis said the unauthorized use of the Massachusetts governor s photograph to sell a product shows a Lack of common sense and de the and is for a precision technologies product that can make a photographic slide from the image on the screen of a personal computer. It s something that will allow anyone to make More persuasive presentations the text reads. We were sitting around talking about who was a poor presenter who could t get his Points across and Dukakis was the Guy who leapt into mind said the Agency s Ken Mandelbaum. The other candidate the Agency considered for the photograph was Neville Chamberlain the British prime minister remembered for his appeasement policy toward nazi Germany. But they decided few people would know who chamber lain was Mandelbaum said. Dukakis was in Toronto tuesday and could not be reached for comment. But Donald k. Stern the governor s chief Legal counsel said Massachusetts Law prohibits the use of a person s photo graph for advertising or commercial Pur poses without their consent. That Law reflects common sense and Stern said. One would Hope that any company would show restraint in using someone s likeness for Commer Cial purposes and that any Maga inc would Lake Steps to consent has been Given before they ran Mandelbaum said there had been some debate about the legality of using the photograph. I think the company looked at the risks and accepted them he said. Hank Thunhorst. National advertising manager for inc. Said he did t think the precision technologies and was derogatory just trying to make a Point. Fortune spokesman Gary Belis said the Magazine would not discuss its Rea sons for rejecting the and. Mandelbaum said the and had Gener ated some Calls of protest but it s not like a nuclear some people might groan a Little but then they laugh he said. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday. June i. 1949 a . Military spokesman in Frankfurt West Germany said that voice of America had scored a Success the Day before when 15 pea enl of the programs beamed to the soviet Union were received despite jamming attempts. 30 years ago foday. June 1,1959 unrest was reported in three latin american countries Over the weekend with martial Law being pro claimed in Nicaragua a report of Mutiny in Ecuador and a state of siege in Paraguay. 20 years ago today. June 1, 1969 .officials announced that a strike which had Par Al Zed activities at . Installations in Turkey for 44 Days had ended. To years ago today. June 1, 1979 Oil Industry officials in now York reported that saudi Arabia had raised the Price of some of its crude Oil by $1.40 a barrel
