European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes saturday March 3,1990 House panel faults Navy investigation of Iowa explosion Washington apr the Navy a inquiry into the Iowa disaster failed to prove its Contention that gunners mate Clayton Hartwig probably set off the explosion that killed himself and 46 other Crew members a congressional panel said Friday. A by the standards of this subcommittee a and the standards that we think should have been applied in the Navy a investigation a there is Only a hypothesis and a tenuous one at that a said the report by the House armed services investigations subcommittee. The Navy in its report on the blast concluded that Hartwig a most Likely caused the explosion last year by inserting some Type of Detonator Between bags of Gunpowder in one of the ships 16-Inch guns. Navy officials acknowledged that their evidence was circumstantial since All the witnesses including Hartwig were killed in the blast in the battleships no. 2 gun Turret. In response to the panels criticism a Navy spokesman cmdr. Mark Baker said a we stand by our original the House subcommittee found fault with four aspects of the Navy a investigation into the april 19, 1989, explosion As the battleship sailed near puerto Rico. Rep. Nicholas Mavroules d-mass., the subcommittee chairman said the flaws were the Structure of the probe the technical tests police work and psychological analysis. A first the Navy convened a one Man investigation without the use of formal hearings a Mavroules said in a statement accompanying the report. A if the Navy had convened a Board of several members operating through formal hearings the theories and hypotheses that evolved would have faced More rigorous on the technical inquiry Mavroules said that when Navy investigators were told Hartwig owned a timing device the tests a a proved that a timer was used to trigger the blast. Later he said when the timer information proved to be false the technical tests a suddenly found a chemical Detonator to be the logical Mavroules also criticized Fri psychologists who took part in the investigation calling their analysis the a real villain of this last december three Fri psychologists testified that Hartwig was a egocentric shy. Not sufficiently aggressive and had a Low they based their assessment on his letters interviews with the Seaman a family and friends and his personal history. Nasa receives support for Moon Mars plan Washington apr nasal a plan to establish a base on the Moon and launch expeditions to Mars appears reasonable but other strategies should also be studied the National research Council said Friday. President Bush endorsed the Basic elements of the plan in a speech last july 20, marking the 20th anniversary of the Moon Landing by american astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. The proposal Calls for a base that would be established Early in the next Century and would have a full time Long term staff. The National aeronautics and space administrations strategy Calls for frequent flights to the Moon and construe Tion of living quarters laboratories and Power stations there. The lunar soil would be mined to extract oxygen which then could be turned into rocket fuel. Putting a space station into orbit has already been scheduled for after 1995. Nasa scientists say a Moon base would be a Laboratory for a voyage to Mars. But critics have said that the Moon is not similar enough to Mars and that establishing the Moon base would delay the Mars exploration. The National research Council an of the congressionally chartered National Academy of sciences was asked to evaluate nasal a strategy for the Mars Beckwith vice president Dan Quayle a press Secretary said a a it a a very interesting report and we Are pleased and the Council said any program for exploring the Moon and Mars a must incorporate ideas from a variety of concepts some that now exist and others that will arise in the weary passengers in Indianapolis wait Friday for word on a bus to the East coast. Thousands stranded by greyhound strike by the associated press greyhounds 6,300 Drivers went on strike Early Friday at the country a Only nationwide bus company stopping their buses outside terminals and stranding thousands of travellers. The walkout Over wages began after contract talks in Scottsdale ariz., Between greyhound lines inc. And the amalgamated Council of greyhound local unions failed to reach an agreement by the 12 01 . Strike deadline. No new negotiations were scheduled. Stranded passengers complained that they were unaware a strike was looming and criticized greyhound for Selling them tickets when it was Likely they be Able to Complete their trips. A they Haven to even apologized a said Lisa Olkon who was stuck in Atlanta while trying to get Home to St. Paul minn., from Florida. A i called about an hour before i went to get on the Bush and was told nothing. A we went on strike because the company has refused to bargain in Good Faith and we have struck because the company insisted on imposing its original offer said Union spokesman Jeffrey Nelson. Besides the 6,300 Drivers the strikers include 3,075 of the company a office and maintenance workers whose three year contract expired at Midnight thursday. Dallas based greyhound carried 22 million passengers last year an average of about 60,000 a Day. The Union told its Drivers to continue Only As far As their next destination As the strike deadline passed. The company said it did no to know How Many passengers were stranded but estimated the number is in the thousands. Greyhound had said it was operating a limited schedule Friday using replacements trained during the past few weeks. The company also said some Drivers had crossed picket lines but did no to know How Many. Soviets had moles in state dept., defector says Victor Ivanovitch Shey mov Washington apr the soviet Union in the late 1970s had two sources inside the state department capable of providing information on . Policy and negotiating positions a former Kab officer said Friday. Victor Ivanovitch Shey mov also said he is confident the soviet spy Agency was Bent on assassinating Pope John Paul ii when then chief Yuri Andropov who later was the communist party a general Secretary sent a Cable directing agents in Poland to a obtain All the information possible on How to get physically close to the a in Kab Slang it was clearly indicated that there was Only one reason to get close to a person and that was to assassinate him kill him a said Shey mov who has used the last name Orlov since defecting to the United states a decade ago. A they would never say kill or assassinate directly a he said. A there were gentler terms.�?�. Shy a a a a wl10 was an expert in the Kab s Cypher code breaking and communications intercept systems at the i me j5j�ia-arransed defection on May 15, 1979, told a news conference that the soviet spy Agency had two sources inside the state department. Asked if he meant that two . Citizens were providing information to the soviets about state department activities he replied a apparently As asked to provide specifics and declined saying a i cannot comment on these kinds of Shey mov described the information he said was received from the sources Only in the most general terms. He said it included a policy matters positions on negotiations outlines of arms control positions a not Only arms control some other matters As pressed again for specifics he replied. A i am not going to discuss operational allegations of soviet involvement in a plot to assassinate the Pope surfaced after an attempt on the pontiffs life in 1981 by turkish gunman Mehmet an Aga but no connection to Moscow was Ever firmly established. Shey mov whose defection was kept secret for a decade said he told what he knew about Andropov a interest in the Pope to the Cia but he does not know what the Cia did with it
