European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday August 24,1989 poles need communists Gorbachev says Warsaw. Poland a soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and Poland s communist party chief conferred tuesday and agreed that solving Poland s problems is impossible without the communist party a party spokes Man said. The conversation came As Tadusz Makowiccki the Solidarity prime min ister designate held talks on forming the East bloc s first government led by non communists. Gorbachev the head of the soviet Union s communist party held a 40 minute Telephone conversation with Mieczyslaw f. Rakowski head of Poland s communist party said party spokesman Jan Bis Tyga. Gorbachev expressed Confidence that the polish party would successfully solve the social and economic problems in the interest of socialism and voiced the conviction that solving these problems is impossible without the communist party Bisztyga said. Poland s communist party is pressing for maximum representation in the new Cabinet. Mazowicki met with leaders of Poland s political factions and said he Hopes to form his government within a week. The parliament vote to confirm his nomination As prime minister was postponed from wednesday to thursday to allow further consultations said speaker Mikolaj Kozakiewicz. Although there arc enough votes for Mazowiecki s election even without sup port from the communist party the prime minister designate faces the Deli Cate task of balancing competing inter ests in the new Alliance. Mazowicki met Jan Janowski the floor Leader of the democratic party outgoing prime minister Czslaw Kiszczak and Marian Orzuchowski the parliamentary Leader of the communist  Long one on on meeting with Kiszczak at an undisclosed location was serious and  Mazowicki said afterwards at the offices of the Soli Darity weekly he edits. The last journey Pla s International Airport shortly aft Erwn tuesday was scheduled la arrive in Washington weat igday after an overnight Stop in Frankfurt. Leland the Otho Ameri Cam and seven ethiopians died aug. 7 when 111 slammed into a Mountainside. The co to fintain into the remains of rep. Mickey Leland of was is earned off a plane at Rhein main a West by Many. The aircraft carried his body and those of Euln other americans who died in a crash in Ethiopia to Wirks ago. The . Military plane which left ethic i says Reform essential of seem Man exo Bonn West Many a Chan Ccu Helmut Kohl warned the 06 German leadership to Day that it must give in to pubic pressure for demos tic reforms like those sweeping i Al tory and Poland a wants to Hal the exodus  to twee so. Kohl returned to bomb after a  vacation in have made their Way rough Legal Migra b. Many claim they Austria and immediately  refugee Issue that has strained tics with Easi Mary and flooded West German embassies in cig Monifi countries with hundreds of escapees. More than 65,000 East to West Germany so far the lion and illegal flight to lira. Had lost Hope that  system will change under the Icador flip of Erich Hluck or. Kohl has  with Honecy about How to resolve the crisis Adb told reporters he prepared to meet with the easm German Leader. East  found a new escape Rob this sum Mer through Jud Gary which began dismantle us Iron curtain wit inc West in May. Travel As to Hungary Are relatively easy if East germans obtain from their government. But Jawun Garian authorities still require that East germans my exit Vuks to Cross into Austria those seeking to is have died across Rural boundaries under cover of dark Sci St German authorities have warned West germany1, the relations could suffer if West Germany s embassies in Dap Cost Hungary East Berlin Prague Czechoslovakia Rand Warsaw Poland continue to shelter More than 300east germans seeking to emigrate. Probe reveals lapses in Iowa Maine Pence b7 Evv Ashington Post Washingto Jhc Navy investigation of the explosion tnwiijkd47 sailors on the battleship Iowa has Rcv Altum ship s Crew failed to follow Saintc procedures designed to prevent break Downs in the gun Turret that blew up Pentagon sources said monday. The preventive maintenance just was t done said one department of de sense official familiar with what he called the embarrassing findings of the a investigators. The Navy is Goin Youj some explaining to do whoop Tcomus  a Navy  Baker declined  which came tier Iowa Crew members and Pentagon officials. All those things will be gone into in the  he said. The Iowa report has been completed but Pentagon officials said it will not be Ade Public until after defense Secretary _  it after he returns  Mckend. What is not kno apr tabs Rault maintenance   that hoist the it and bags of powder which of us 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 pre firing checks before the explosion indicating that if any maintenance jobs remained undone they did not keep the systems from being opera Lii Al. But he added that "-"1"complicated systems. Bvjiluoo1c is a con slant Battle Matjo Swald have been gaps no Jugg it Rinere Firine checks and car sections which the Iowa passed. Former Iowa crewmen said the Navy issued cards covering gun maintenance such As what kind of grease to use and How finds and fix Hydraulic leaks. They said _ sailors in the no. 2 Turret were not fully  assigned jobs. Just before Thuot zif of Alp on april 19, capt. Fred p. Moos Al. Iowa turned to a visiting Admiral and said i Ley this is my Best Crew coming up Here Admiral. You be got to watch these Guys  in the next moments the battleship from three explosions below decks and fire leaped out of the Turret Moosally said at a press conference april 23 that supervision in the no. 2 Turret was outstanding. Agents in the naval investigative serv ice have been working with the Fri on pos sible non mechanical causes such As sabotage. As part of this probe they explored the possibility that gunner s mate 2nd class Clayton Man wig was so despondent Over his rejection by two shipmates thai he blew up the Turret to kill himself. Gunner s male 3rd class Kendall Truitt whom Hartwig once considered his closest  the beneficiary on Hartwig s$50.tkxfbi  life insurance policy. He. Imtllll1nig, in of commit Ting suicide but it was Tintey  Newton from Page 1 land a Law Book in one hand and a gun in the other interrupting arrests and other police activities when they believed Black people were being treated unfairly. In one particularly provocative stunt armed panthers once pushed their Way on to the Assembly floor at the legislature to protest a Law Banning the carrying of loaded weapons. Later the panthers concentrated on programs to feed the hungry teach the Young and Battle drug abuse and the pushers who encouraged it. Newton disbanded the group in s982 after he was accused of embezzling $600,000 in state Aid to the Panther run Oakland Community school. Most of those charges however eventually were dropped and Newton pleaded no contest to a single allegation of cashing a $15,000 state Check for his own use. He was sentenced to six months in jail and 18 months Proba Tion. That Case settled last March and the drug charge were the latest in a Long series of confrontations new ton had with the Law. One year after organizing the panthers Newton was shot and wounded during a furious gun Battle with Oakland police that left an officer dead. Newton was convicted in 1968 of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to spend from two to 15 years in prison. He was released in 1970, after serving 22 months in prison when a state appeals court ruled the jury in therase had received improper deliberation instructions from the trial judge. In 1974, after being accused of killing a 17-year-old prostitute and pistol whipping his tailor Newton fled to Cuba and claimed political Asylum. He returned in 1977 to face the charges two trials ended in Hung juries. A year later he was found guilty of being an sex Felon in Possession of a handgun. He was found guilty of the same charge in 1979 As Well and finally was sentenced in 1981 after lengthy appeals. Even during these difficulties Newton the son of a Louisiana preacher pursued an education. He eventually earned a . In social science from University of California Santa Cruz