European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse 89 the year in review from Page 1 March 24 Tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground about 25 Miles from Valdez Alaska causing massive ecological damage with a huge Oil Slick at Prince William sound March 29 two armed czechoslovak teen agers Hijack a hungarian Airliner in Prague and surrender after Landing at Frankfurt International Airport. April 4 nato celebrates its 40th anniversary with Secretary general Manfred Worner saying without nato no Gorbachev Reform. No glasnost without nato april 7 forty two soviet sailors die when their nuclear submarine catches fire and sinks to the norwegian sea the soviets say no radiation was released april 12 boxing great sugar Ray Robinson generally regarded As the Best Pound Lor Pound fighter Ever Dies after a Long illness he was 67 april 15 ninety three soccer fans in Sheffield England die and at Leasi 200 Are injured when a crowd control Fence collapses under the Strain of a surging crowd May 4 Oliver North is found guilty of falsifying and destroying documents accepting an illegal gratuity and aiding Aru abetting in the obstruction of Congress in Iho first trial following the Iran Contra affair May 12 president Bush sends 2.000 troops to Panama and evacuates dependents to protect americans from violence and bloodshed " May 17 Mohammed All Hamadi is sentenced to life in prison for the 1985 hijacking of a Twa jetliner and murder of Navy diver Robert Stethem May 26 president Bush arrives in Italy to Start a european tour including a meeting with nato leaders embroiled in an arms dispute May 29 president Bush proposes a 20 percent Cut in combat troops in Europe under an agreement that would set superpower Oliver North was troop ceilings at 275.000 convicted May 4. May 31 president Bush addresses nearly 2.500 people during a Stop at Rhein Mam a. West Germany june 1 House speaker Jim Wright resigns As speaker and congressman amid 69 charges of violating House rules june 3 the Ayatollah Khomeini who led the Shah s overthrow and turned Iran into an anti Western Republic Dies. Iran s Ayatollah Khomeini died june 3. Smoke Billows from a gun Turret on the Iowa after the april 19 explosion that killed 47. April 19 a gun Turret packed with Gunpowder explodes on the battleship Iowa killing 47 sailors. April 26 comedian Lucille Ball Dies of a heart attack in los Angeles. She was 77. May 1 italian police find Petty officer 3rd class Jennifer Muir unharmed in Villa san Giovanni. Missing Lor nine months she had been thought a victim of foul play. May 3 a Federal court orders the army to reinstate a Soldier denied re enlistment. The army previously had re enlisted the Soldier despite knowing he was homosexual. June 4 chinese troops in Beijing s vast Tiana men Square shoot and beat their Way through a pro democracy crowd in clashes witnesses say killed nearly 500 people and injured thousands. June 14 former president Reagan receives a Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth ii at Buckingham Palace. June 15 Mikhail Gorbachev ends a four Day visit to West Germany saying the cold War is Over and there is Little room Lor us and soviet forces in a common european House. June 24 a jury of live officers sentences spec. Michael a pen to 30 years in prison for giving defense Sorc to to East Germany june 26 a soviet nuclear submarine catches lire off the norwegian coast in the second such Accident since april officials say no radiation was release i. July 2 Andrei a Gromyko. Longtime foreign minister and former president of the soviet Union Dies in Moscow he was 79 july 4 a soviet Mig-23 Jet flies 560 Miles after its Pilot ejects Over Poland. It crashes info a House in Belgium killing a 19 year old occupant july 5 former Marine it. Col. Oliver North receives a three year suspended prison sentence $150.000 Fine two years probation and is ordered to perform 1,200 hours of Community service he was convicted of aiding and abetting the obstruction of Congress by helping create a false chronology of us Iran arms sales and for destroying or altering government documents about the Iran Contra affair. July 10 two Chicago businessmen buy the Denver nuggets basketball team becoming the first Black owners of a major professional sports franchise. Mel Blanc who entertained millions As the voice of bugs Bunny Porky pig Barney rubble and tweety Bird Dies in los Angeles he was 81. July 11 sir Laurence Olivier the Foremost actor of his generation Dies he was 82 july 13 Cuba executes War hero Arnaldo Ochoa and three other former army officers for shipping tons of drugs into the United Stales. July 17 the $500 million stealth bomber flies for the first time on a two hour flight aimed at keeping Congress from scrapping the warplane. July 21 United airlines dc-10 jumbo Jet crashes in a Field near Sioux City Iowa initial death loll is 74. July 27 study released by Institute of German economics in Cologne shows that a Complete . Troop pullout would cause a $5 39 billion blow to the West German Economy. July 28 president Bush nominates air Force i. Gen. James p. Mccarthy for his fourth Star and assignment As Neucom Deputy commander. Aug. 1 pro iranian shiite moslem execute Marine it. Col. William Higgins in Beirut. On aug. 24, Cincinnati reds manager Pete rom we banned from baseball for gambling. Aug. 5 sailors aboard the guided missile Cruiser Thomas s. Gates and the frigate Kaufman become the first american seamen to visit soviet shores in More than a decade. Page 14 the stars and stripes wednesday Dace
