European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 30, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7bush urged to clean 2 Pearl Harbor slates san Antonio up a former joint chiefs of staff chairman William Crowejr. Is among 36 retired admirals urging president Bush to reinstate the wartime ranks of two men blamed in the attack on Pearl Harbor a newspaper reported monday. The admirals oct. 22 letter is the latest in a series of resolutions notes and Telephone Calls urging Bush to posthumously restore the reputations of rear adm. Husband e. Kimmel and maj. Gen. Walter c. Short. The Admiral Nimitz foundation in Fredericksburg Texas is among the groups that already have adopted resolutions supporting the move the san Antonio Light said. Kimmel was commander of the Pacific Fleet and Short headed the army at Hawaii when japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor on dec. 7,1941. Shortly after the attack a panel called the Roberts commission began investigating the attack and issued a report in 1942 blaming Kimmel and Short for . Forces being caught off guard. The two officers retired soon afterwards. At that time officers retired at their permanent ranks. Kimmel an Admiral retired As a rear Admiral while Short a lieutenant general retired As a major general. Quot but in 1946, when Congress passed a Law allowing the army and Navy to retire officers at their wartime ranks Kimmel and Short were the Only world War ii officers to be left off the lists submitted. Short died in 1949 and Kimmel in 1968, both believing they had been made scapegoats by . Leaders. The letter begins a was part of the observances of the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is fitting that our country rectify a regrettable injustice which has prevailed since that time. A a partial atonement can be achieved by posthumously promoting these two officers to the ranks they held at the time of the attack promotions to which they Are entitled by  the list of those signing the letter includes some of the nations most distinguished naval officers including retired adms. Stansfield Turner Huntington Hardesty James l. Holloway Iii Thomas h. Moorcr and Elmo Zumalt or. So far however the Bush administration has rejected similar requests from other groups. In a recent letter to the Nimitz foundation the defense department cited technical reasons for the  memorialize legendary Rock promoter David Graham right escorts his father s casket following a memorial service monday. Noriega did t know of drug deals witness for . Says weakening Case san Francisco up with Carlos Santana singing i love you much too much in the background the Rock Community bade Farewell to famed promoter Bill Graham who died last week in a helicopter crash. A crowd of 1,500 family and friends a including Rock stars Jerry Garcia Grace Slick Paul Kanter and Huey Lewis actor Dan Aykroyd rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner and former basketball great Bill Walton a gathered monday at Temple Emanuel to remember Graham. Meanwhile investigators were continuing their probe of the crash in which a helicopter carrying Graham his longtime Cam Panion Melissa Gold and Pilot Steve Kahn slammed into a Utility Tower during a driving rainstorm Friday night. Schell Vista fire chief Mitch Mulas who was one of the first on the crash scene said it appeared the helicopter was hampered by the Low Clouds and rain. He said All three victims were thrown from the helicopter upon Impact. A it looked like he Kahn was flying parallel to the Highway a Mulas said. A but he just slowed into the top of the  the promoter had been at a Lewis concert in nearby Concord and was re doomsday clock to be turned Back Chicago a the bulletin of the atomic scientists will turn Back the hands on its a doomsday clock in the december Issue an editor said monday. He  say How much. The clock which appears on every cover of the Magazine symbolizes the threat of global nuclear War. Midnight Marks immediate danger. The hands have been set backward and Forward eight times since the publications inception in 1945. The last change was in March 1990. Revolutionary developments in Eastern Europe and the Reform policies of soviet president Mik ail s. Gorbachev prompted the magazines Board to move Back the hands from six minutes to 10 minutes to Midnight. Assistant editor Alan Lonstein said the new setting and the reasons would be disclosed nov. 26. A a we be made a decision about moving the hands Back but i can to confirm How far it will be a he said. The closest the clock came to Midnight was two minutes. That was in 1953 after the United states tested the Hydrogen bomb. Mem ered fondly by the Rock Star. A if the objective is to leave the world a better place to have put More love into the world than you take out then Bill Graham was a huge Success a Lewis said. Santana a longtime Graham supporter and Friend likened his relationship with the promoter to that of a family member. A the was like a brother and a father to me a said Santana who along with Graham put together a highly successful fund Raiser for the victims of the 1989 san Francisco earthquake. A the Only peace i find in this is that i know he a collecting tickets and checking press passes on the other  Garcia whose band Graham helped turn into an american institution said the grateful dead went ahead with the first of its annual halloween concerts sunday night As a tribute to the promoter. A it was painful but i think Bill would have wanted us to play a said Garcia. Grahams career began in the 1960s when he put together a fund Raiser for the san Francisco mime troupe. Over the next 30 years Graham promoted concerts for most of the top names in the business including such memorable events As the bands a last Waltz concert. New Day Miami a a prosecution witness undermined the governments own Case against Manuel Antonio Noriega on monday testifying that he had told Noriega a subordinates in 1984 that the general was not informed about drug dealing Between Colombia and Panama. The testimony raised another series of discrepancies in the testimony of government witnesses against Noriega who is charged in a 10-count Federal drug conspiracy indictment. Noriega a attorney Frank Rubino has pointed out significant disputes Over times and places with the first dozen or so of an estimated 65 government witnesses expected to be called. He also has hammered away at the deals obtained by some of these witnesses for their Estimo Anchorage Alaska a he a cute. He a cuddly. And he a a kleptomaniac. No one knows the name of the stray dog that began showing up last week at the Anchorage Home of Dennis and Nancy Downs. They named him Rover and put a Blanket outside their front Gate along with water and dog food. By and has alleged that some fabricated their versions to get out of jail. But mondays witness Ricardo tribal Dos gave the most blatant admission under direct government examination that he thought Noriega had been kept in the dark about the drug deals he is charged with. Tribaldos 41, a panamanian real estate broker was on the stand to provide details about a $4 million payoff delivered by the Cartel to intermediaries they thought would turn the Money Over to Noriega. Tribaldos however could not link the payment directly to Noriega saying instead that he gave the Money to his Friend and business partner it. Col. Julian Melo. Melo had negotiated the payment with Cartel Leader Jorge Luis Ochoa at a meeting in Medellin in 1983. In return the wayward Mutt with no identification has retrieved the newspaper every morning since last wednesday. Problem is the Downs family does not subscribe a i guess he feels like everyone else gets a paper and we should too a Dennis Downs said. Sometimes Rover brings Back More than one. On Friday morning he piled weeks after the payment however Panama busted a cocaine processing lab in Southern Darien province and began seizing Ether shipments intended for processing cocaine. The colombians demanded their Money Back. Melo told the Cartel Noriega was a a crazy to have busted the lab Tribaldos said. The defense characterized Mcloz a response As an attempt to cover up his orchestration of the affair and his keeping the Money without any involvement by Noriega. The government attempted to use Tribaldos As one in a string of witnesses providing circumstantial evidence that Noriega was surrounded by drug dealers. But the testimony served the defense claim that Noriega prosecuted drug dealers even among Nis own friends. Three newspapers next to the Gate. A we called around to see if anyone was missing their paper but everyone had theirs a Nancy Downs said. A when you reach Down to pick them up he looks at you like he a just done you a  the Downnes already have a dog so they re looking for a Home for Rover. Neighbors meanwhile Are keeping an Eye on their newspapers. Mutt steals Way into family s affection