European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes wednesday August 23.1989 France will add 2 ships to its Force off Lebanon by the Baltimore Sun Paris France announced monday that it will reinforce its naval rfcs once in the Eastern Mediterranean by sending two More ships toward Leb anon despite threats that two . Hostages would be executed if the French intervened militarily in Lebanon. J As the aircraft Carrier Foch an escort frigate and a Hospital ship Boga the last leg of a three Day journey toward Lebanon France announced that it also would Send the destroyer Jean de Vienne and the Tanker la Mcusic pc the area. France which sail its military presence off the coast of Lebanon if meant solely to protect the approximately 7,006 French citizens there also called a meeting of european Community foreign ministers to discuss humanitarian Aid to Lebanon. France which holds the presidency of the euro Pean Community failed the meeting a Day after the revolutionary Justice organization threatened to kill . Hostage if the United states does not prevent France fro i committing a stupidity in Lebanon. New Sec in effect Ity measures m River thames London ubi new safety measures for charter boats we e implemented tuesday on the owing the weekend collision of a a Barge that police now believe River thames of pleasure boat an killed 57 people. A Scotland i Pic Are believed the Early Sui when the 1,47 spokeswoman said that 57 pc cd and that 79 people survive morning Accident that occurred ton Barge Bowbells rammed the 80-Lon marchioness. The bodies of 26 people have been recovered since the Crown d pleasure boat was rammed and sent to the Botti m of the thames. Police said to of 31 people is search said Hebe found. Well it s n Cir search continued for the bodies ii missing. The officer leading the i As confident All the bodies would y experience that father thames r ii. To Oft. To delivers them Ifo eventually superintendent Ted Allen said. It s very very rare indeed for. A person to go on and never be recovered. That s very rare  i As of noon tuesday charter boats were required to record the number of passengers and leave a copy of that record ashore. Pleasure boat operators were also required to give passengers instructions on what to do in an emergency under the new regulations issued Mon Day by transportation Secretary Cecil Parkinson. Newton from Page 1 against the people Newton had he was con1 death of an Oal Cei cd a sentence overturned on a and the charge Hung juries. Newton it deadly weapon i the Early 1980s, parole violation the panthers arrests Deal pies. The i and Eldridge minister and country for ind the verdict is  y run ins with the Law Ted of manslaughter for the shooting id policeman oct. 28, 1967, and ref two to 15 years. That conviction was Al after he served two years in prison dropped after two retrial ended in had been convicted of assault with a 1964, was found guilty As a Felon in Possession of we tons after a 1974 incident in which he allegedly pistol ripped his tailor. Police also found two guns in his apart it. He then flee he country and lived for three years in Cuba. He was a lined of a charge of assault in connection with the Inci int earlier this a Newton received six months in jail after pleading m contest to misappropriating s15,000 in Public Money a marked for a school the panthers ran in e was already in jail at the time for a terrorists May use missiles or psf panes Jane says by Dave . Bureau terrorists Sta a want to Down civilian aircraft in the future May use Small portable heat seeking surface to air missiles Rath Tynan Plant explosives on Board according to the Edito if the latest Jane s  up until now the Normal method of attack has been by smuggling Ceplo Sirun Board but it is becom ing easier for terrorist Organ nations to acquire Small portable heat seeking surface Tapir missiles a Brinkman wrote in the Forward or Hie Book wifi published today. The majority of these missiles Are St Rikalo oper ate and could have a devastating  again Stan Airliner on the approach to Ord parture Tom an Airport the 34-year Veteran a the Royal air wrote. A he said some  arc using Infra i  syst Cantlo defend against missile at tacks. Such syster fray become Standard equipment on  if present trends continue he said. Of a Jandorf spokesman said such systems use High Tom per stuff of arcs that when shot from a plane attract Cha seeking missiles. The flares steer the missiles away from their targets which usually arc the air plane s engine exhausts. Between panthers and police. Initially died out because 9f infighting imprisonments and differing Piloso aces were especially Between Newton Iver the one time Panther information rior of soul on  Eldridge fled the ral years in the 1960s after a shootout in their recent with final from Afghanistan the soviets  the flares during their airlifts from Kabul thy Ocsman said. On  Brinkman said nato pilots still arc in anger of being shot Down by Friendly fire  Alliance has no Way of telling who theer Byis. An effective Iff identification Friend or to system won t be on the nato front lines until he mid-1990s, according to Brinkman a former staff member of the Royal military College of science. The past year has shown a lot of Progress for such a system and companies in the United states Britain France and West Germany Are working on viable sys tems he said. Brinkman also said the soviets might be looking for profit rather than political gain in their attempts to Market their newest military hardware at two recent major air shows. The showing of their newest and most advanced Ter the Mig-29 fulcrum at the Farnborough eng Lar land Paris air shows could Well have marked the Kimting of a concerted Effort by the soviet Union to sell Mil Norv aircraft As a commercial venture rather than As a rothans of extending political  Brinkman in said countries such As Brazil China India exp do Iii ii Blu 3u1u Tull Lam 3ul.ll u3 diox1i, 1ii11iu, and indo Flettia arc now also actively promoting sports from their Waraft and avionics  Emo arrays no faults reported in Iowa Crew s maintenance of gun by the Washington Post Washington the Navy investigation of the Iowa explosion that killed 47 sailors has revealed that the battleship s Crew failed to follow maintenance procedures designed to prevent breakdowns in the gun Turret that blew up Pentagon sources said monday. The preventive maintenance just was t done said one defense official familiar with what he called the embarrassing findings of the Navy investigators. The Navy is going to. Have some explaining to do when this comes  Navy spokesman Brent Baker monday declined to confirm or deny the allegations which came from for Mer Iowa Crew members and Pentagon officials. All those things will be gone into in the report he said. The Iowa report has been completed but Pentagon officials said it will not be made Public until after defense Secretary Richard Cheney returns from his vacation this weekend to read it. The thick document May be released aug. 30, they said. What is not known is whether faulty maintenance caused the explosion. There arc scores of systems that hoist the 16-Inch projectiles and bundles of powder which have a combined weight of 3,355 pounds from the Depths of the battleship to the gun. One Navy official said the no. 2 Turret s guns passed their pc Flung checks before the explosion indicating that if any maintenance jobs remained undone they did not keep the systems from being operational. But he added that maintaining such complicated systems by the Book is a constant Battle and there could have been gaps not discovered in pc flying checks and ear Lier inspections which the Iowa passed. Former Iowa crewmen said the Navy issued cards covering gun maintenance such As what kind of grease to use where and How to discover and fix Hydraulic leaks. They said some of the sailors in the no. 2 Turret were not fully qualified to do their assigned jobs. Baker said the service would have no comment in Advance of the report. Just before the no. 2 Turret blew up on april 19, capt. Fred p. Moosally of the Iowa turned to a visiting a Miraland said hey this is my Best Crew coming up Here. Admiral. You be got to watch these Guys  in the next moments the battleship shuddered from three explosion below decks and fire leaped out of the Turret Moosally said at a press conference april 23 that super vision in the no. 2 Turret was outstanding. Senior chief Petty officer Reginald Ziegler paid meticulous attention to detail in the Turret the skipper said. If somebody screwed up training he made them Start All Over  agents in the naval investigative service have been working with the Fri on possible non mechanical causes such As sabotage. As part of this probe they explored the possibility that Iowa Sailor Clayton Hartwig was so despondent Over his rejection by two shipmates that he blew up the Turret to kill himself. Hart wig died in the fireball. Iowa gunner s mate 2nd class Kendall Truitt whom Hartwig once considered his closest Friend was the Benefi Ciary on Hartwig s $100,000 life insurance policy. Truit said Hartwig talked of committing suicide but it was t very serious. I think we All talk about suicide at least once in our life exod from Page 1 escape have fled Aero of darkness. The hungarian no that an East German was shot to death aft an Border guard who the victim s wife Tai cd. 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