European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 21, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Senate panel to review Iowa probe by the Washington Post Washington the Senate armed services committee will review the Navy investigation of the battleship Iowa explosion to determine whether the service s panel was justified in blaming the disaster on gunner s mate 2nd class Clayton m. Hartwig. Even though Una Thori cd practices were followed in firing the battleship s guns. This is not the initiation of a separate investigation where the Senate is serving As a court of a  hut rather a review of the Navy s procedures and weighing of  said Virginia sen. John , the committee s ranking Republican on tues Day. The Senate inquiry is reasonable Given the Large amount of circumstantial evidence he added. Committee chairman Sam Nunn a a. Said the review would begin shortly after House and Senate conferees resolve differences in the Pentagon s budget authorization Bill. Sen. John Glenn a Ohio who pressed for the Fol Low up. Tuesday deplored what the Navy has said was Una Thori cd loading of the Iowa s 16-Inch guns wit bags of extra dangerous powder called Delta 846 and the Over ramming of five rather than the Standard six bags of it against the heavy projectile. Whoever is responsible for breaking the Navy s own regulations should receive stiff  Glenn said. He added that the committee must get a full accounting of Hrna experiments were conducted Wilh out the skipper s knowledge As Well As an evaluation of the experiments possible role in the disaster which killed 47 sailors. Navy documents show that the abnormal loads were part of Range and accuracy experiments with High explosives conducted aboard the Iowa at the request of the naval seas stems a omd the Agency whose naval surface warfare Center at Dahlgren. A. Played a major role in fingering Hartwig. Some committee interest centers on master chief . Skelley. Who supervised Many of the experiments according to Navy documents. Skelley. Who was de scribed As a walking data Bank on what can be Don with 16-Inch guns was above deck when the Center gun in the no. 2 Turret blew up april 19. He is still attached to the Iowa the Navy said tuesday. In one transcript released by the Navy. Rear adm. Richard i. Milligan. Who headed the Navy s probe of the blast asked c mar. John i. Morse. Iowa s executive officer about the close relationship Between Skelley and Navy researchers at Dahlgren on Shore. He was constantly working with weapons people to develop and to test different projectiles and different powder arrangements to have Iowa be a test platform for things that weapons stations were looking at for future gunnery Morse said. Milligan pressed him you certainly Don t see the i1ss Iowa As a research and development asset As an re ship. It s a Fleet ship is that right  Morse replied. However. Milligan concluded the improper Load and its Over ramming against the projectile did not cause the explosion and that Hartwig most probably caused it by placing a detonating device Between the two bags of powder nearest the projectile. Secretary of defense Dick Cheney said monday he has no reason to question the result of the Navy s probe although he added it might never lie known with absolute certainly what happened. He said that based on available evidence Milligan s conclusion citing Hartwig was reasonable. New Jersey fires guns successfully Washington a the battleship new Jersey fired its 16 Inch guns on tuesday the second battleship to do so since 47 sailors were killed in an april explosion aboard the Iowa. Navy spokesman cmdr. Mark Baker said the new Jersey fired its weapons successfully off the califor Nia coast. The ship s nine guns in three tur rets each fired three times resulting in 27 successful rounds. The firing was approved by the Pacific Fleet commander. Adm. David e. Jeremiah. Baker said. He said the firing of the guns was approved after the ship had completed an extensive review of its ordnance certification and training procedures As called for following the Navy inc ligation into the april19. Explosion in the Iowa s no. 2 tur ret. The investigation was unable to pinpoint a cause but did cite gun Ner s mate Clayton m. Hartwig Cap lain of the Middle gun who died in the  the crewman most Likely to have caused the disaster. Jurors see Bakker Tell viewers on videotape he would t lie Charlotte. . A. Pal founder Jim Bakker assured his followers he would not lie to you about anything in excerpts from his television shows viewed tuesday by jurors at his fraud trial. The jury is being shown eight hours culled from broadcasts of Bakker s pal  much of it dealing with lifetime  followers were asked to buy $1,000 partnerships guaranteeing three nights lodging a year for life at pal s Heri Tage Usa theme Park in fort Mill. . I m sincere i would not lie to you about anything Bakker told viewers in one excerpt. Or. Irs got to me first. Uncle Sam just took everything we could scrape together. Next month will be a Little better for  in a 1984 videotape Bakker urged his audience to pay for partnerships with a credit card saying he bought his with a credit card because he did t have any Cash. That same year prosecutors said. Bakker received $ i million in salary and bonuses and bought a Palm desert. Calif., Home and a Rolls Royce. Bakker is accused of diverting More than $3.7 million in pal Money raised from lifetime partnership sales to Payfor personal luxuries. If found guilty of the 24 counts against him Bakker could be sentenced to 120 years in prison and Jim Bakker fined More than $5 million. The jury saw about six hours of the videotapes tuesday and was  to begin viewing More of the tapes wednes Day after which the prosecution is expected to rest its ease. In a december 1984 videotape. Bakker was shown saying. If i Ever see anyone at this place robbing or stealing they Are going to jail to which someone in the courtroom audience shouted  in another broadcast. Bakker complained that More than 900 people had used invalid credit cards or bad checks to buy partnerships in the heritage Gran hotel at heritage Usa. Some people s credit cards did not go through and some people s checks went through and through and through again. They bounced from Here to . I to also sold partnerships for another hotel at heritage Usa. Towers hotel. Sales were reopened in 1986, even though investigators say More than 30.000 partnerships in the towers hotel already had been sold. Bakker told viewers he had $8 million i unpaid Bills on the towers. I m going to give something that s the Best bargain in the world Bakker said on a show recorded May 31, 1986. When you re desperate you do desperate  witnesses called earlier in the trial have testified they bought the partnerships but could not get rooms. Others have testified that partnerships were oversold and that the Money from such promotions often was used to cover pal s Day to Day operating costs rather than finance construction of the guaranteed rooms and buildings. Gabor says she was screaming like a pig at time of her arrest Beverly Hills. Calif. A actress Zsa Zsa Gabor took the stand in her cop slapping trial tuday telling a jury she feared she would be shot by a Tow ering motorcycle office who handcuffed her while she was screaming like a  tuesday Gabor collapsed in sobs after stomping out of court during one policeman s testimony that immediately was branded a lie by the Star of such films As picture Mommy dead and Queen of outer  in afternoon testimony the actress acknowledge scuffling with officer Paul Kramer the 6-foot-4 motor Cycle cop who pulled her Over on a traffic  m a hungarian woman. Not a  but she said she came to fear the motorcycle office More than she feared nazis during world War ii. The bpm cry Hills officer actually stopped her twice the Day of her june 14 arrest the second time after she drove away As he attempted to cite her. When he closed on her a second time she testified she feared he was going to shoot  was saying to myself us of Zsa Zsa Gabor. Now you be had it she said she sat on a curb handcuffed. I was screaming like a pig she  in the Day Gabor bolted from the courtroom when she disagreed with testimony from another offi cer who assisted in the arrest. I can t take this. It s a lie Gabor blurted As she left the courtroom seven Days into her Misdemeanour  attorney William Graysen immediately led his client Back into the courtroom and she broke Downin sobs. Municipal judge Charles g. Rubin ordered a recess while Gabor regained her  outburst came during testimony by police offi cer Scott Thompson who was called to assist the motorcycle officer Gabor admitted striking june 14. Thompson said Gabor cursed  looked at me and said you expletive m having your Job. I m calling the reagans on this Thompson testified. Gabor a longtime Friend and neighbor of the former president got up and left a that Point. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 21, 1949 Neucom officials announced they were initiating a study to determine How much could be saved on commissary food procurements As a result of european currency devaluations. 30 years ago today. Sept. 21, 1959 the soviet news Agency Tass reported All soviet factory and office employees would go on a seven hour work Day by 1960 in accordance with Premier Nikita Khrushchev s promises. 20 years ago today. Sept. 21, 1969 the Justice department said supreme court nominee Clement Hans won Pur chased 1,000 shares of Brunswick corp. Slock six weeks after reaching a pro Brunswick decision. 10 years ago today. Sept. 21, 1979 the Price of Gold went above$380 an ounce to record highs in London and Zurich and the Dollar dropped to its lowest Levels for the yearn some european Money markets