European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news update. The stars and stripes saturday september 16,1989 bookshop bombed London up1 one pen Guin bookshop was bombed i Northern England and three More bombs were found outside other Penguin stores in other cities in what appeared to be a continuing protest against the publishers of Salman Rushdie s novel the satanic  in York 209 Miles North of Lon Don a bomb exploded about 9 . Wednesday night outside a Penguin bookshop. No one was injured in the  two hours later a Man telephoned the Independent Tele vision network and warned that bombs had been planted a bookstores in Peterborough 118 Miles North of London notting Ham 30 Miles North of London Guildford. 30 Miles Southwest of London and York. The caller had an Indian accent. Of experts looking for cause of my missile s malfunction Vandenberg fab Calif. A military officials Are trying to pinpoint the malfunction that forced the destruction of an my missile during the sys tem s first test As an operational weapon system. The my missile was destroyed three minutes into flight thursday the third test failure since March on a new Genera Tion of . Nuclear missiles. A team of air Force and department of defense contractor engineers is analysing data from the night to Analyse the cause of the anomaly said air Force tech. Sgt. Ernest Dawson. After they have completed their tests the air Force will determine if any system modifications Are necessary to Correct or improve the peacekeeper weapon  the $75 million my also known As the peacekeeper was destroyed by a Sig Nal sent by Western test Range safety officers after telemetry indicated a prob Lem aboard the four stage intercontinental ballistic missile. The launch was under the control of a 44-Pcrson task Force from . Warren fab wyo., and was overseen by it. Col. Robert Cook commander of the 90th organizational missile Maint so. Fifty my missiles Are deployed at Warren located near Cheyenne. Three my missiles were scheduled to undergo similar tests next year. It was not immediately known How or if thurs Day s missile failure might affect that schedule. It was the my system s first operational test under the strategic air come. Nine Dummy re entry vehicle warheads were to be delivered to various targets 4,700 Miles to the Southwest in the Kwa Yalcin missile Range. The my is capable of carrying 10 warheads. Eighteen previous tests of the my missile were termed developmental. Thursday s was the first that had to be destroyed. In March the Navy s newest and most powerful weapon a $23.7 million Tri Dent ii missile was destroyed seconds after an undersea launch from a submarine off the Florida coast. The missile spun wildly out of control before it was  first launch of the air Force s midget Man missile in May ended in fail ure when it began tumbling 70 seconds into flight. Bush under pressure doubles food Aid to Poland Washington a president Bush prodded by congressional leaders to do More for the new polish govern ment announced thursday he is Dou bling the $50 million the United states plans to Send in food Aid. Food to be sent to Poland All from existing surpluses includes beef pork Corn butter Butler Oil Sunflower Oil Cotton and Rice. The $100 million for the fiscal year that begins oct. I will follow $8.4 Mil lion in emergency food Aid sent to Poland this year. The food Aid is separate from a $ 119 million package of economic assistance to Poland previously announced by the White House. Saying High prices and food shortages have placed a particularly heavy Burden on the polish people Bush estimated that shipments of the new assistance will arrive in time for the difficult Winter  the presidential announcement came As congressional pressure mounted for Bush to give More Aid to the new govern ment in Poland the first country in East Ern Europe since world War ii to have a non communist Premier. Meanwhile on thursday the chair Man of the Senate s agriculture commit tee sen. Patrick Leahy d-vt., propose the United states increase its food assist Ance to Poland to $2.5 billion. Poland is a country with a history of food  Leahy said. It docs no Good to say seek Freedom unless we can Point to Poland and say they did and Sec what they got " in Advance of the White House announcement state department officials extended assurances to Poland and its congressional supporters. The polish government can count on our continued support department spokesman Richard Boucher said. We Felt that additional measures might be  Bush announced the first food offer of $50 million during a trip to Poland ear Lier this summer. But the administration has moved reluctantly in offering new Aid to the Solidarity led government of Premier Tadeusz Mazowiecki suggesting Poland should demonstrate its ability to make the transition to More of an open Market Economy  Walesa the Solidarity Leader whose non communist labor Union com mands a dominant role in the Warsaw government has called for $ to billion in emergency assistance including $2.7 Bil lion from the International monetary fund $3 billion from the world Bank and $4.1 billion in new bilateral credits. Walesa plans a november visit to Washington. Panel wants to compel sex Hud Boss to testify Washington a former Hud Secretary Samuel Pierce did not appear Friday As scheduled before Ahouse subcommittee investigating scan dals at his department and the panel s chairman said he would seek a subpoena to compel his testimony. Pierce abruptly cancelled plans to testify thursday evening saying he had no Thad Lime to prepare and had Only recently hired an attorney. But rep. Tom Lantos d-Calif., sub committee chairman said As the hearing opened i can understand not being Able to find affordable housing in washing ton but not an  Lantos said he would ask his House government operations housing and employment subcommittee to Vole next wednesday on a subpoena that would re quire Pierce to testify at future hearings. The ranking Republican on the subcommittee also attacked Picicc s decision. Not Only is silent sam1 silent apparently today he s also invisible said rep. Don Ald Buz Lukins a Ohio. In a statement thursday night Pierce said he was willing to testify at an appropriate time and accused the sub commit corrections an article in yesterday s editions in correctly identified a . Army vehicle involved in a fatal Accident near Siegen West Germany. The vehicle an armoured vehicle launching Bridge was assigned to theists . An article in yesterday s editions in correctly identified a baby girl who died tuesday of bacterial pneumonia. Her name was Stephenie Lynne Appolo. Tee of unfairly denying his request for an Extension. I Wilt not voluntarily appear said the former housing and Urban development Secretary. I have fully and completely cooperated with the subcommittee right up until today but its refusal tallow me an additional two weeks Prepa ration time when numerous other wit Nesses have been granted even longer postponements simply is  the panel is investigating allegations that prominent republicans and former Hud officials received favored treatment from and arbitrary fashion to break a firm agreement i made with him and his attorney to appear voluntarily at this  he then referred to a letter from Picicc s Hud file in which former Inte rior Secretary James Watt referred to Pierce As a Man of your  regrettably that statement appears to apply Only to mod rehab units Lantos said referring to Watt s work As a consultant for developers who sought Federal contracts for work under Hud s Moder ate rehabilitation program. Pierce s attorney Paul Perito said in h in in or of it Nero Wal Etc try ti1l Lull Llund Vivi vow 1m., a  Agency during Pierce s eight years As Sec an interview or. Pierce wants to Tell rotary undo the Reagan administration. It is his entire Story. However he needs to be. A adequately prepared to do so. Picicc s announcement was the latest twist in an investigation that already has seen two former top Pierce aides at Hud refuse to testify before the sub also alleged that poor management left Hud unable to account for hundreds of millions of dollars. Opening the hearing Friday Lantos said or. Pierce has chosen in a unilateral committee asserting their fifth Amend ment rights against self incrimination. Pierce appeared voluntarily in May and said he took no direct role in Hud funding decisions. But his sworn Testi Mony was challenged by a former Hud official who said Pierce personally or dered her to fund a $15 million Durham. N.c., project that was opposed by several Agency  project was supported by Charles Markham then the City s mayor and a former Law partner of Pierce s. The Developer also hired As a consultant Lou Kitchin who was Southeastern political director of the Reagan and Bush presidential  also has been criticized for lift ing restrictions on a Hud Lender whose portfolio now includes More than $538 million in defaults. Burba named to head . Forces come Washington up president Bush has nominated it. Gen. Edwin h. Burba or. To replace Gen. Colin Powell As commander of army ground forces in the United states. Burba 53, commanding general of the combined .-korean Field army in South Korea will be reassigned As com Mander of the . Forces come at fort Mcpherson a. Burba will be promoted to general be fore assuming the Post. Powell 51, will become chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on oct. 1, replacing the retiring adm. William Crowe. The forces come is responsible forthe defense of the Continental United states and for preparing troops for deployment in support of other . Com mands around the world. The forces come has an Active Force of 270,000 backed up by members of the army Reserve and National guard. 10 Usa eur officers to be promoted Heidelberg West Germany ten colonels assigned to the . Army in Europe were among 46 army officers nominated by the president for promo Tion to brigadier general officials announced Friday. The president has forwarded the list to the Senate for confirmation. The Usa eur colonels arc Thomas f. Sikora Deputy commander of the 1st personnel come Robert s. Hardy jr., chief of the combat arms training div at the 7th army training come Vemon l. Conner chief of staff of the 32nd army air defense come John w. Hendrix assistant chief of staff for operations at nato s Central army group George e. Frill chief of Usa eur s nuclear chemical div Fred Erick h. Essig assistant Deputy chief of staff for information management at 5th signal come Raymond t. Roe the Usa eur inspector general Eric k. Shinski commander of the 3rd inf div s 2nd brigade James l. Noles the v corps assistant chief of staff for operations and John n. Abrams commander of the 11th Ardc Avreet