European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday september 2,1989 Vincennes probably sought encounter officer contends by the Washington Post Washington the Vincennes the guided missile Cruiser that shot Down a civilian Airliner in the persian Gulf on july 3. 1988. Killing 290 people had gained a reputation for being an Overly aggressive Robo Cruiser and probably provoked the sea Battle with iranian gunboats which preceded the shoot Down according to the commander of a ship on the scene at the time. Writing in the september Issue of the . Naval Institute Magazine proceedings cmdr. David r. Carl son said the radar on his ship the John h. Sides a patrol and escort frigate showed that the Airliner was climbing in a non threatening Way inside the designated commercial airline Comdr. He said he would not have ordered his own Crew to fire missiles at the plane As did capt. Will Rogers Iii the commander of the Vincennes. In another part of his remarkably Frank account which is Likely to reignite the controversy generated by the shoot Down Carlson wrote that the Vincennes started the sea Battle in response to what May have been nothing More than warning shots fired from Ira Nian gunboats that were feeling threatened by the Cruiser s helicopter. Having watched the performance of the Vincennes for a month before the incident Carlson wrote my impression was clearly that an atmosphere of restraint was not her Long suit. Her actions appeared to be consistently aggressive and had become a topic of Ward room conversation. Who s driving the problem i Vincennes was a question asked on numerous Occa Sions prior to 3  the Vincennes Crew misidentified the civilian air liner As an iranian f-14 fighter plane which does not carry anti ship weapons and shot it Down with mis Siles to the horror of Carlson watching the same plane on radar. We locked up and illuminated the approaching iranian Airliner with Pur missile fire control radar Carlson wrote. The aircraft continued climbing on a southwesterly course that would take it directly Over the Vincennes position. Based on closest Point of approach to the sides Range and Altit Delack of any significant known f-14 anti surface warfare capability. Lack of detected radar emissions and precedent evaluated the track As a non threat. The Vincennes announced her intentions to take to 4131 track number 4131, the iranian Airliner with missiles at 20 Miles. I wondered aloud in disbelief but i did not do the one thing that might have helped. 1 did not think to push for a re evaluation of Iff identification of Friend or foe car heat seem unbearable psst psst Spray it away Washington a to combat the unbearable feeling of climbing into a Sun baked car or. Domingo Tan has a remedy a few squirts from his air conditioner in a can. Tan a chinese born physicist who lives near Washington invented instant car Kooler an Aero sol Spray containing 10 percent Ethyl alcohol and 90 percent water mixed with a mint fragrance. In less than three weeks Tan and his two Busi Ness partners have received orders for More than 25.000 cans from prospective distributors from new York to Texas and As far away As Austria and Switzerland. One exporter wants to ship instant car Kooler to the Middle East where Tan says the heat inside automobiles can soar to More than 165 degrees fahrenheit. Me demonstrated on a recent sweltering Day by opening the door of his aging Dodge Sedan. Even with with a cardboard sunshade in the Windshield a Large circular thermometer dangling Over the front scat registered 122 degrees f. Tan leaned into the car and pointed his can of instant car Kooler.  within half a minute the thermometer had plunged to 80 degrees. Tan 57, began working on his invention about 10 years ago when his Young son complained frequently about the suffocating heat in the family car. From physics i know that water absorbs plenty of heat. It is a Good medium for moderating temperatures Tan said. It s like making rain inside the car but the difference is that we Don t make the whole car wet. Instead of rain there arc drops of Spray so Fine that they vaporize right  he knew that a baby s fever is reduced when its body is rubbed with water mixed with alcohol. So Tan added cuban of to the car Spray to make the water vaporize faster and reduce the air tempera Ture even further. Born in Fukien China and reared in the Philippines Tan obtained a doctorate in physics fro the University of Oregon in 1968, taught College physics in Rochester n.y., and did laser research at the National Bureau of standards in Washington until he entered private business in the 1970s. Hand his wife run a jewelry and gift shop. Tan received a Patent for instant car Kooler in april and he began marketing 16-ounce Spray cans in mid August. The retail Price is $3.50. A devout roman Catholic Tan is pleased that he s helping motorists slay Cool. I try to serve god he said in an interview. He gave me a Mission to do and i consider this As a gift from god to  potent new form of Speed veal horror Story in Hawaii san Francisco a ice a potent new for of the drug known As Speed with a High that lasts 12 to 24 hours is on the streets in Hawaii and is threatening to invade major West coast ports. This is a real horror Story Honolulu police  Lau told the san Francisco chronicle on thurs , a colourless and odourless form of the stimulant myth amphetamine is smoked much like crack the highly addictive Rock form of cocaine. But unlike a crack High which lasts less than half an hour a few puffs of ice can keep the user High All Day. Ice has been found at All Levels of society in Hawaii authorities said. It s a Nightmare Here and there is still Only a Glim Mer of understanding of its Long term effects said . Attorney Dan Bent in Honolulu. Only now Arete learning that its High is Many times More potent and longer than crack that its Low is deep morbid and entrenched and that its addiction is at least As great a crack and possibly far greater most of the ice in Hawaii appears to be coming fro Masia. Normally we arc not on the cutting Edge of some thing like this said maj. Mike Carvalho of the Honolulu police narcotics  usually come Here from the Mainland head ing West but this drug is coming from the opposite direction the far East. Its couriers arc not . Gang members like the rips and the bloods but gang members from the Philippines Korea and Japan who arc just As  have become their lest tube for Smo Kably Crystal  costs two to three times the current Price of crack cocaine Hawaii police said. While crack might Cost $2,000 a Pound ice is $4,000 to $6,000 for the same amount. Stateside Man s right to shut off Respirator gets backing Atlanta a Georgia s attorney general tide thursday with a paralysed 33-year-old Man who has asked a judge for permission to turn Oft the Respirator that keeps him alive. Larry. James Mcafee a quadriplegic has both constitutional and statutory right to refuse medical treatment and there is no countervailing Public policy to prevent him attorney general Michael j. Bow ers said in papers filed in Superior court in Fulton county. The fact that the exercise of his rights May result i Petitioner s death is a consequence to be considered by him not an invitation for the state to abridge his right to free  Bowers wrote. Judge Edward h. Johnson made Bowers a party tothe Case to represent the state s position and scheduled a hearing on Mcafee s petition to end his  held a bedside hearing two weeks ago to hear Mcafee s testimony before his Transfer from Grady memorial Hospital to a nursing Home in Ala Baster  wants to activate a timer with his Mouth that will turn off a ventilator he has used since his neck was broken in a 1985 motorcycle Accident. Delaware River fouled by singaporean Tanker spill Marcus Hook a. A an 865-foot singaporean Tanker spilled at least 1,000 Gallons of crude Oil thursday into the Delaware River while discharging cargo at a refinery the coast guard said. Preliminary reports indicate that human error maybe responsible the coast guard said about four hours after the Tanker Minerva s 11 20 . Arrival atthe British Petroleum refinery. The cause remained under  coast guard which initially reported the spill at 4,200 Gallons revised its figure after British Petroleum said the spill involved Only 600 Gallons. A stick extended 4 i Miles downriver from the  of the Minerva owned by Argo Dua shipping pet Ltd. Of Singapore and the refinery immediately notified authorities and put containment booms around the Tanker the coast guard  ship hired a pollution contractor which deployed a boat and trucks to vacuum up the  officer Jery Scheddel said spills of less than 10,000 Gallons Are considered minor on the  june 24, the uruguayan Tanker presidents Rivera spilled an estimated 300,000 Gallons of heating Oil. Historic building escapes severe damage in mishap new Orleans a the historic lower Pon Talba apartments sustained no structural damage when three stories of scaffolding collapsed during renovation of the French Quarter landmark an architect reported  scaffolding on the 138-year-old Structure regarded As the nation s first apartment building col lapsed aug. 23 into Jackson Square. There were no injuries  Ronald w. Thomas said balconies on the second and third floors were damaged in the collapse some third floor timbers also need to be shored up and bricks and Stone in the attic should be stored on the ground floor. It was the second Jackson Square Accident in 16months. In May 1988, fire destroyed the top floor of the nearby Cabildo where the Louisiana Purchase territories were transferred from France to the United states. To. City cleanup starts at the top mayor says Lake Ozark. To. A exterminators began their attack on a closed Down City Hall in their War to rid the building s basement of rats mice fleas an squirrels. Building inspector Tom Harmon declared the build ing in this Small resort Community unfit for humans because of the rodent and parasite  Ozark mayor Rick Moss said he saw the action As a positive step toward cleaning up the  if that Means shutting Down City Hall we re going to do it Moss  april the City Council passed a dangerous build Ings ordinance and hired Harmon As part time inspector