European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes saturday june 23,1990 Navy Combs through debris for clues to Midway blasts a tugboat pushes the Midway into Yokosuka port Tokyo Orpi a a . Navy vice Admiral and two teams of Navy investigators searched through debris in a storeroom on the aircraft Carrier Midway Friday searching for the cause of the explosions that killed two sailors and injured 16. Six of the nine most severely burned Crew members were airlifted in a Mobile bum unit to Brooke army medical Center in san Antonio Texas said cmdr. Mark Neuhart the Public affairs officer for the 7th Fleet. Three others including one who was too ill to be moved were in serious condition at the Navy Hospital at Yokosuka the Midway a Home port Neuhart said. Vice adm. Henry h. Mauz jr., commander of the 7th Fleet flew in from Hawaii to conduct a personal inspection of the emergency equipment storeroom where two explosions rocked the 45-year-old Midway while it was on routine Maneu vers wednesday 125 Miles off the coast of Japan. The Midway which limped Back to its Home port in Tokyo Bay thursday afternoon is expected to return to sea shortly Neuhart said. Upon its return rear adm. Lyle Bull commander of the 7th fleets Carrier group five said the warship was Safe and seaworthy in All respects. Residents near the port of Yokosuka had demanded that the japanese government verify the Midway a safety. The Carrier is capable of carrying nuclear weapons although the military refuses to disclose whether it does. Two Navy teams one from the naval investigative service boarded the Midway to investigate the Accident including the possibility of foul play Neuhart said. A there is nothing to indicate that there was foul play a Neuhart said adding that such a line of inquiry was routine. The two teams also conducted interviews and inspected the damaged storeroom Neuhart said. A steam line next to the storeroom was being examined As a possible source of the blasts Neuhart said. The steam line Powers the two catapults used to launch aircraft from the ships deck. At the time of the explosion the steam line next to the storeroom had to be secured and alternate lines used to continue launching planes Neuhart said. A damage to the steam line is being investigated a Neuhart said. The storeroom itself does not usually contain explosives Neuhart said. A they Are trying to reconstruct what materials were in the storeroom a Neuhart said. Education is key to reducing . Deficit Japan author says Tokyo up a if the United states wants to solve Trade problems with Japan it should devote 5 percent of americans Gnu to education Maverick japanese politician and author Shintaro Ishihara said Friday. Noting that the United states wants Japan to spend about 10 percent of its Gross National product on Public works Ishihara told reporters at a news conference that the United states was making absolutely no capital investment in education. A i am of the View that the vital question for the . Is education. At least 5 percent of american Gnu should be spent on  Independent estimates of current . Spending on education Range Between 3.5 percent and 6.8 percent of Gnu. Ishihara admitted he did not know what the . Figure was but said Japan a comparatively Low expenditure of about 1.5 percent of its Gnu on education was adequate in View of the Good results of its school system. Ishihara a education proposal is one of 109 a Friendly recommendations he wants his government to negotiate with the United states during next weeks final round of Trade talks under the so called structural impediments initiative. The talks aim to resolve fundamental obstacles to balanced Trade Between the two countries. Among the other recommendations Ishihara made were putting a Stop to what he called the a Money games of leveraged buyouts mergers and acquisitions raising the minimum age of credit card users and limiting Home equity Loans. Ishihara a hawkish member of the ruling Liberal democratic party and co author with Sony chairman Akio Morita of a a Japan that can say no a criticized what he termed his party a failure to be assertive during the Sii negotiations. A the lip has no opinion they leave everything to the bureaucrats a he complained. A if you re not a nationalist you can to be an internationalist. You must have an opinion a he said. A senior foreign ministry official said that Ishihara a suggestions would not be added to the Agenda of the final round of Sii talks scheduled for monday and tuesday. A we put priority on solution of what son our table a said Taizo Watanabe the ministry a chief spokesman. A we done to have time or Energy to look at what son others  Watanabe added that the japanese government was determined to wrap up the negotiations on schedule even if it meant going until Midnight tuesday. The Plain speaking Ishihara recently returned from a . Tour that included a visit to Detroit where he bluntly said that americans Industrial decline was its own fault. In his press conference Friday in Tokyo he said Many of his criticisms were drawn from . Studies of Industry some five years old. A Why Isnit America implementing those recommendations there is no Trace of such an Effort on the part of Congress or the administration a he said. Ishihara a 109 recommendations were compiled by a parliamentary research group that he leads. It includes his son Nobuaki Ishihara a newly elected member of the lower House and Shizuka Kamei a right Wing ideologue. World today artefacts from Pompeii to be exhibited in . Rome apr the biggest collection of artefacts from Pompeii Ever to be shown in the United states will be featured in an exhibit that opens in new York on july 12, officials have said. The exhibit a rediscovering Pompeii a combines computer exhibits with a display of artefacts from recent and older excavations to depict daily life in the City a commercial Center and Seaside resort during the roman Empire. Pompeii was buried in lava Ash and Stone when the Volcano Vesuvius erupted suddenly in the year 79. The ruins Are considered some of the Best preserved in Italy. The show which lasts through sept. 15, will be at the ism gallery of science and Art in Central Manhattan. The horror of the disaster is depicted at the Entrance to the show with casts made of victims. One is a women trying to escape with her jewels and a purse filled with Money. The show travels to Rome next  carrying Thatcher rushes to Aid of yacht Fowey England apr a Lifeboat with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher on Board dashed to the Aid of a yacht battling High seas off Fowey in Southwest England. The prime minister on Board the 44-foot faithful forester had just witnessed a 10-minute Royal Navy air sea Rescue demonstration at Fowey Eastern Cornwall when the Lifeboat was scrambled. She watched from the Cabin As the Lifeboat Crew delivered a Salvage pump to the 32-foot Sloop Slipshod which was taking in water a half mile from Fowey Sharbor Entrance. The Slipshod later moored at Fowey. A there was a yacht in trouble with a Loose keel so we went out to see if it was All right a Thatcher said. Gary Heward 24, from Southampton one of the Slipshod a five Man Crew said a we did not know anything about the prime minister until afterwards. I did not even look in the  unveils machine for washing airliners Tokyo up a Japan airlines has unveiled a $13 million giant fully automated and robot Zed aircraft washing machine which can be adjusted to Wash any plane in the company a Fleet including jumbo jetliners. Using robot units and controlled by computer the machine can be operated by five people and cuts the washing time of a Boeing 747 jumbo Jet to one hour 20 minutes from four hours required by conventional methods the company said. The machine is 295 feet wide 328 feet Long and 86 feet High the company said. Japan a leading International Carrier said the machine will enable the company to clean its aircraft More frequently and reduce the risk of corrosion which could seriously damage the  Plant extracts May help heart patients Stockholm Sweden apr swedish researchers have discovered that tobacco plants can be used to help heart patients. A team at Reseca the swedish tobaccos research company injected human genes into a tobacco Plant and later extracted tissue Plasmin Ogen activator. Spa dissolves blood clots and is used in treatment of heart patients. A we Hope to be Able to produce Many different medicines with the help of tobacco plants a said professor Curt Enzell who Heads the project which seeks More efficient and less costly methods of spa production. The state owned swedish tobacco company which produces and Sells cigarettes and pipe tobacco has been searching for alternatives at a time of tightened restrictions against smoking. Enzelle a project started in 1986, Aims at finding ways to produce medicines animal food and various chemicals from tobacco plants