European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday August 17,1989 news briefs forensic experts begin identifying crash victims Addis Ababa Ethiopia a military forensic experts wednesday began identifying the remains of . Rep. Mickey Leland and 15others who were killed when their plane crashed into a Cliff in southwestern bodies arrived in Ethiopia s capital tuesday evening. Helicopters were used to remove the from the wreckage of their tight plane a twin Otter on i he Steep slopes of mile High Tarn Mountain. Seven ethiopians and nine americans including Leland a Texas Democrat who chaired the House select committee on hunger die Din the crash aug. 7 in route to a refugee Camp near the Sudan Border. The plane crashed about100 Miles Short of its destination. Ethiopian and . Authorities declare that Al bodies have been recovered Marine la. Col. David Titus said later in a statement read to said the task of identifying the dead probably would take five to seven Days. Retired Brig. Gen. Fuller Guadalcanal Veteran Dies Spetsas Greece a retired . Marine Brig. Gen. Horace Fuller a Veteran of the Guadalcanal Campaign has died a doctor of this Island s health Center Southwest of Athens re ported wednesday. He was 81 years . Christos Ressos said Fuller died tuesday night and was to be buried wednesday on the is land. Fuller a resident of a Putsai for the past 10years had been ill following several operations for cancer in the United states. According to retired new York times correspondent by Sulzberg or who is a summer Resi Dent of up Casai. Fuller was one of a handful of survivors of his regiment when the marines hit the Beach at Guadalcanal in the South Pacific during world War ii. Dea agent being held on trafficking charge Boston not a Federal drug agent was arrested Here monday by fellow agents and charged with trafficking in cocaine. The agent Edward k. O Brien is a staff coordinator at the Headquarters of the drug enforce ment administration in Arlington was arrested As he stepped from the curb outside the Northwest airlines terminal a Logan International Airport and was charged with transporting 62 pounds of cocaine. Spokeswoman for the drug Agency said o Brien was being held tuesday for a hearing thursday in . He was charged with violating the controlled substances act said the spokeswoman Kathi Sullivan and was the fourth employee of the Agency to be arrested on drug charges this year. O Brien who is 44, ran the Agency s office i Springfield mass., from 1980 to 1988. Sullivan said he has been under observation by Dea agent since december when the Agency was alerted to procedural inconsistencies ranging from minor to severe after an audit of that office. Sullivan said o Brien received the drugs and $14.000 from an informer in Miami Ando Brien expected to receive $14,000 More when he met another informer Here. After Day s delay b-2 takes to sky for second flight test Edwards fab. Calif. A the $530 million stealth bomber took to the sky for the second time wednesday on a test flight Over the Mojave desert. The Black batwing b-2. Whose Fate is being debate Din Congress by legislators shocked by its Price took off at 7 31 . Heading cast with the wind at its usually take off from Edwards heading West into the wind. The air Force did n9t give the destination or Dura Tion of the flight which followed a Day of delays blamed on wind and a Long list of pc flight checks. The radar evading Jet s Landing gear remained Dow for As Long As the plane was visible from the Tarmac. Air Force officials have said that they would probably test the lifting of the gear on the plane s second test flight. During the plane s july 17 Maiden flight. Northrop corp. Test Pilot Bruce j. Hinds and air Force Couch flew the b-2 for nearly two hours at up to 10,000 feet. The tailless 172-foot-Long Wing with bulges in the Middle was described by Couch As a very nimble aircraft and a lot of fun to Fly. The air Force had planned to Fly the plane again after Dawn tuesday but the test was rescheduled. There was nothing wrong with the air plane said air Force col. Don Sci sort a b-2 Deputy program director. We expected winds to come up and we wanted to make sure we could get in a full Day of the bomber the most expensive warplane in history was Given a unique contour and built with radar absorbing composite materials. It is designed to carry nuclear bombs and with the conventional by will replace the aging b-52 bomber. Bishop reminds w. Germans of heavy Burden of nazi past Frankfurt. West Germany a the head of the roman Catholic Church in West Germany in a message marking the 50th anniversary of the Start of world War ii. On wednesday reminded fellow Ger mans of the heavy Burden of their nazi past. Bishop Karl Lehmann chairman of the West Ger Man Bishops conference also called the nazi massacre of the jews unparalleled in human history. Lehmann released his message two weeks before the50th anniversary of the Start of War on sept. 1, 1939. Nearly a half Century ago Adolf Hitler s troops savagely attacked Poland sparking the conflagration that killed More than 50 million people and spread world wide in history s costliest War. During their 12-year dictatorship the nazis also killed an estimated 6 million jews. In his message Lehmann said that later generations arc not responsible for what happened under the nazi dictatorship. But that alone does t take care of the question of guilt and its causes Lehmann wrote. All in fact arc affected by the common heritage and must carry along this heavy Burden in Solidarity. And what s More All arc responsible for what will become of our people in the future the 53-year-old sch Mann wrote in the message distributed to the news Media. He blamed the outbreak of the War on the nazi leaders megalomania As Well As their thirst for Power and their criminal contempt of the head of the Bishops conference also called on West germans to be on guard against movements that Lead to hatred and enmity West germans recently have been watching a surge in support for the extreme right which has been blaming foreigners for Many of the nation s troubles. Spies from Page 1 while Markus ii. Of Hannover has been released Pend ing trial. There was no indication when the trial would take place. Rebmann said the hackers provided the soviets with information from and passwords to a Large number of computer systems in the research Industrial and Mili tary he said the systems were located in West Germany the United states France Britain Switzer land Italy Norway Austria Spain the Netherlands. Canada and Japan As Well As Hon Kong. The prosecutor said other information delivered to the soviets included computer programs As Well As a Security pack designed by one manufacturer to pre vent unauthorized break ins into its computers. Rebmann cautioned however that the full scope of the information the soviets received is not known. After the three men were arrested in March West Germany s Ard television network reported that the computer hackers at soviet agents bidding gained Access to a key . Defense department compute known As Optimus. Other computers included those used by Nasa an Star wars researchers As Well As computers tied to nuclear weapons and Energy research in los Alamos n.m., and the Fermi Laboratory in Illinois Ard said. Rebmann said that the espionage activities for the Kab stretched Back at least until september 1986 and that the soviets paid about 90,000 Marks $49,000 for the information. The defendant Peter c. Delivered to his soviet con tact agent Serge information in some 25 separate meetings Over the course of 2vi years in communist East Berlin Rebmann said. He said the hackers at first offered to sell All of their know How to the soviets for about $540,000. But the Kab refused Rebmann said because the soviet wanted the three West germans to get As much information As possible themselves and then deliver it tothe Kremlin agents. Authorities have said a . Computer specialist first detected the espionage ring s activities. Hackers who specialize in gaining unauthorized a Cess to computers have been especially Active in West Germany in recent years. Cuba from Page 1 with Cuba in 1961. The two nations Are currently represented in each other s capital by interest sections rather than full fledged embassies. The president embarked on a three. Week Maine vacation wednesday by taking a route through Washington to boost Ros Lehtinen s bid to succeed Chelate democratic rep. Claude Pepper in a House District that includes Man cuban americans and other hispanics. The cuban born candidate s Campaign manager is the president s son Jeb Bush. Bush s trip to Miami comes amid a bitter debate Over Justice department efforts to Deport an anti Castro Cuba militant or. Orlando Bosch. The Justice department says secret . Intelligence information implicates Bosch in bombings and assassination attempts during Castro s 30-year Rule of Cuba. Bosch s supporters including Ros Lehtinen View him As a hero in Theattle against Castro. Ros Lehtinen said she planned to ask the president to overrule the deportation order and sen. Connie Mack r-fla., has requested a meeting with Bush on the matter. However White House press sure tary Marlin Fitzwater said the presi Dent could not address the Case. It s a matter before the Legal system and we can t comment on it he said. Bush called Ros Lehtinen the kind of uncompromising experienced crime fighter we need in Washington right and in a District whose ethnic Vot ing population is critical to Campaign strategies Bush said that Ros Lehtine has an increased sensitivity to the problems of All oppressed minorities wherever they May be he recounted a Story about her Grandfather who helped smuggle jewish refugees out of Cuba when Castro s tyranny crushed Freedom on the the president was campaigning for the37-year-old educator As the gop. Eyed what it considers a Golden Opportunity Todd to its 10-8 majority in Florida s con Gressional delegation. Pepper held the seat for the democrats from its inception until his death 27 Yean later. He died May 30 at age 88. Ros sch Linen will face Gerald Rich Man who won the democratic nation in a heated Runoff tuesday night in the aug. 29 election. Bush was to travel to Kennebunkport Maine later on wednesday to spend the next 20 Days at his family compound bythe sea. Bush s staff said the Maine trip would be. Mostly recreational wit Bush s family and friends on hand. First lady Barbara Bush has spent most of the month there. However Bush is expecting visit from Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney and danish prime minister foul schluter.,
