European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside strides d e. German Leader Honecker reported very ill Page 2 d witness collapses at Bakker trial Page 5 d world War ii special today stripes Magazine d Mcenroe beaten at . Open sports Page 17 the stars and Stipes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 48, no. 137 Friday. September 1. 1 d 8693 a Faa Steps up explosives search by the Washington Cost Washington the Federal government will require . Airline to screen All checked Luggage for plastic explosives on International flights through 40 of the busiest airports Here and abroad officials said wednesday. The Federal aviation administration s new Rule will require . Airlines to pay an estimated $393 million Over the next 10 years 10 screen for the Type of bomb believed to have caused the destruction of pan Ameri can world airways flight 103 Over Lockerbie. Scot land in december killing 270 people. But the airlines have questioned the Cost and effectiveness of the technology available to satisfy the Rule. We cannot support the widespread deployment of this equipment in the near term because its capability Lias not yet been said Stephen , spokesman for inc air transport association an airline Industry group. The Only device that currently satisfies the Faa s requirements is a 10-ton, truck sied machine called Thermal Neutron analysis device or Tea. Manufactured by science applications International corp. Of Santa Clara Calif. The Faa paid $1.1 million for six prototypes the first of which was installed this month at new York s Kennedy International Airport. The others Are scheduled for installation by the end of the year at London s Catwick Airport and airports in Frankfurt West Ger Many Detroit Miami and san Francisco. The Faa citing Security precautions would no identify the other airports Allocc cd by the Rule. The government estimates that once production gears up the machines Cost will drop to $750.000 each through 1991 and then to $500,000 each. Over the firs three years airlines would have to install about 200 of the devices. To keep Pace with the expected growth Nair traffic another 100 devices would be needed by 1999. Faa spokesman John Leyden said. The Faa conceded it had originally underestimated the associated costs of the equipment such As terminal space maintenance personnel training and add on de vices such As a Ray scanners that would Cost $75.000to $15 1.000. said. That boosts the estimated Cost by 1999 to $393 million. The Faa will continue to consider whether to require the screening on All International flights by . Carrier. That would increase the number of devices to 860 by1999, at a total Cost of$896 million. Leyden said. Rosemary Wolfe of Alexandria va., a Board Mem Ber of victims of pan am flight 103 who lost her 20 year old stepdaughter. Miriam in the Lockerbie crash said. It s not enough to have these Al just those air ports. You probably have to have them at All the major International airports and on All International under the Faa Rule the airlines would have to have50 of the devices by inc end of 1990 and 150 by the end of 1991. Investigators believe the pan am plane was blown up by plastic explosives hidden in a radio cassette player. Colombian drug cities set curfews Bogota Colombia api authorities imposed curfews wednesday on Medellin and nine Ether cities in the heart of cocaine Courry in an Effort to curb violence by Dru Barons stung by Colombia crackdown in narcotics. Also wednesday . Government ordered families of Ilse embassy staff to leave Colombia a sportsman said. The order was prompted a fears of attacks by drug traffickers uni Bassy officials also recommended thai american Stu dents in Colombia leaves a shipment of weapon bound for my Dellin was authorities said three More in the City that reputedly suppl s 80 percent of the cocaine sold in the twitch than 100 judge have resigned since drug traffickers vowed to retaliate for a crackdown on drug trafficking the curfews imposed wednesday by Interior minister Orlando Vasqucz affect about 3 million people. He said the May ors of inc municipalities under the cur few have broader Powers to conduct searches inspect vehicles and arrest sus mayor Juan gome. Marti see drug on Hack Page hundreds of cats headed South Jam Al Llanes of the Only Highway leading from moslem nest Beirut to the u Banes fleeing Beirut const. People fled their Homes wednesday after shells begun Fulling on residential areas of Beirut in a clash Between Chris Tian army units and syrian troops. The Nassin exodus also blocked cars headed toward the divided City. Bush Aid to focus on 3 Washington api the drug control strategy president hush will pre sent tuesday will Call Lor $250 million to$260 million in economic and military Aid for the three main principal producing countries Colombia Peru and Bolivia an administration source i Jet wednesday. A a the president is Sci Eduth to describe his new National Liffon penalties for individual users in a nationwide broadcast. Earlier sources had said that Aid Fig ure coutihat�3ipo million and National Security advise f Croft indicated tuesday the figure a my higher. Ask cedi Boatfi rezoned $300 million is Flor the andean countries. Scow Croft said that figure. I think you can assume has already been increased bythe fact that we have Given Colombia j65 million to help it fight the Lota War declared by the drug traffickers there. However the $65 million is coming out of a available for which ends sept. 30. The strategy covers fiscal 1990. Scowcroft had not intended to add the onto year s budget said the president Bush his top lieu tenants in the drug War Badai at his vacation Home in Kenne Umaine to discuss the strategy sources said wednesday the focus of the meeting was Colombia not the strategy and thai no specific decisions were made on changing plans for future Aid to that country the fundamental issues of the strategy did not change on source said noting the final strategy had gone to inc Printer before the meeting took place. The source declined to be named. Colombia has suffered numerous bings by drug traffickers since co n president Virgilio Barco imposed pm ency regulations nearly two see Bush on Back Page
