European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 6, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 Washington a the . And Canadian governments bungled the probe of a crash that killed 256 american servicemen and May be concealing a possible terrorist connection / a congressional panel was told tuesday. Rep. Robin Tallon , told the House judiciary subcommittee on crime that Federal agencies appear to be guilty of a ineptness or the Best contrived cover up. Ever Quot in the dec 12,1985, crash in Gander Newfoundland the dc-8 carrying . Peacekeeping troops Home from the Middle East crashed less than 30 seconds after Takeoff. A the National transportation safety Board and other agencies of the . Government chose to sit Back and watch As the Canadian efforts became embroiled in controversy a said subcommittee chairman William Hughes . Quot the Nosb routinely rubber stamped the Canadian  the Canadian investigation attributed the probable cause of the crash to ice on the wings of the chartered military Jet. The Man who piloted the plane on the first leg of its journey to Cairo Egypt told the Fri he believed it experienced structural failure or that a bomb exploded on Takeoff. The Pilot also told the Fri that the egyptian army guard assigned to the plane while it was on the ground disappeared from his Post several times. The Fri and the Royal Canadian mounted police a found very serious allegations but that information apparently was t turned Over to the Canadian panel investigating the crash Tallon said. The Fri said it has no reason to ques Tion the accuracy of the Canadian fired Ings. A subcommittee staff report that formed the basis for tuesday s hearing said there was no evidence that either the United states or Canada had seriously investigated possible terrorism. Witnesses say they saw a Bright Orange object in the sky at the time of the crash suggesting the plane was on fire. An Anonymous caller later said that islamic jihad a pro iranian terrorist group had put a bomb on the plane. A when a terrorist organization took credit for this abomination Why was this claim not investigated and a report made to the american people a asked retired army col. Lewis Millett. Millett a medal of Honor Winner wiped his eyes As he spoke of his son a Soldier in the army a 101st airborne division who died in the crash the theory of ice on the wings is a preposterous a said . Filotas a Canadian aeronautical Engineer who served on the investigating panel and dissented from the majority s finding. Filotas said the five member majority of the Canadian Board refused to set aside the ice theory Long enough to investigate other possibilities. V Tallon and others suggest the plane might have been blown up by terrorists in connection with the Iran Contra affair. Retired army col. Lewis Millett wipes his eyes after testifying before a House panel tuesday. His son was one of256 americans killed in a 1985 crash in Newfoundland. S inquiries former a amp a regulator testifies Washington not a former chief Federal savings and loan regulator testified tuesday that he considered it unusual but not improper that sen. Alan Cranston had questioned him on numerous occasions about the troubled Lincoln. Savings and loan association. M. Danny Wall who was the chairman of the Federal Home loan Bank Board from 1987 to 1989, told the Senate ethics committee that frequent contacts a from one senator on one institutions were out of the Ordinary. But in Daylong testimony before the committee which is investigating whether Cranston and four other senators acted improperly in intervening with regulators on behalf of Charles h. Keating jr., Lin coins owner Wall repeatedly said none of the lawmakers had done anything improper in their contacts with him. Wall recounted How Cranston d-calif., and to a lesser extent sen. Dennis Decon Cini a Ariz a urged him in Early 1989 to give prompt consideration to approving a Paio Ltd of Tirzie in the stars and stripes Sale of the failing Lincoln rather than allowing it to be seized by the government. The witness who is now a financial and real estate consultant testified that the Calls had had no effect on his actions. The Bank Board subsequently considered and rejected three proposed sales of the Irvine calif., savings and loan which was taken Over by regulators in april 1989. Wall said he had received no Calls about the Sale of Lincoln from any of the three other senators who Are subjects of the inquiry Donald w. Riegle jr., a Mich. John Mccain a Ariz. And John Glenn a Ohio. 1 Walls testimony was far More tame than last weeks testimony by his predecessor Edwin a Gray who had More frequent contacts with the five senators and has become one of their chief accusers. Wall in fact said that Early in his tenure he knew Little about the history of the five senators contacts with Keating and Gray about Lincoln savings and loan. The former chief regulator said he did not know until late 1987 that four of the senators had discussed Lincoln in april of that year with Gray and other regulators. And he said he Dia not learn that his staff had made a criminal referral about Lincoln to the Justice department until at least a year after his aides alerted the five. Senators in april of 1987. Members of the committee expressed Surprise that Wall was not aware of the criminal referrals particularly when he had the conversations with Cranston and Deconcini. A. A you Start believing in ghosts and spooks in this thing and you get a Little paranoid a said a committee member Seri. David Pryor d-ark., speaking of the referral. A i wonder if someone was deliberately holding this from you a c Wall had commented in More detail about his concerns about Cranston a conduct in a sworn statement to the committee last month. 1 a. Wall said in the affidavit a i would say that it was unusual for a senator to place so Many Telephone Calls to me with regard m. Danny Walt to a single savings and loan institution. Also with the Benefit of other facts now coming to Light it is apparent to me that senator Cranston got substantially involved in the affairs of Lincoln.�?�40 years ago dec. 6, 1950 a British informant said that Gen Dwight a Eisenhower was expected to be named supreme commander of North Atlantic pact armies. The general was expected to travel to Europe within Days to begin organizing the defense forces. 30y�cir$ 090 Iwu dec. 6,1960 France boycotted the . Genera Assembly a main political committee As that body started its annual debate on the six year old War in algeria.20 years ago today. A dec 6,1970 the United states and its nato allies agreed to continue trying to get the soviet Union to discuss Mutual Force cuts in Europe officials said.10 years ago dec 6,1980 a Syria pulled Back soviet made t-62 tanks from the jordanian Border in the first tangible sign of easing military tensions Between the two Arab neighbors. Western diplomatic sources said up to 15 tanks were seen rumbling away from the Border area on the Derma Damascus , Pepsi for recycled new York up coca cola co and Pepsi cola co., the nation s two largest soft drink companies tuesday announced plans to use recycled plastic in their soft drink bottles starting next year. The a breakthrough development Means food will be packaged in direct Contact with recycled plastic for the first time the companies said. More than 200 million pounds of plastic soft drink containers recycled m the United states Are currently used in making carpeting fiber fill stuffing for jackets lumber piping and other non food uses. A Coke spokesman said the new recycling Effort will expand usage and increase to 28 percent the recycling rate for All plastic soft drink bottles made in the . Coke the nations largest soft drink company with 40 percent of the Market will use plastic soft drink bottles made with a blend of recycled plastic. Coke and Hoechst celanese corp. Said they developed technology that Breaks Down plastic bottle polymer into its original molecules then reconstructs purified resin for manufacturing new plastic bottles