European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 11, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 3suspected scud ship reaches Iran Washington a the Pentagon acknowledged tuesday that a North korean freighter believed to be carrying scud a missiles for Iran or Syria has reached an iranian port despite the intention of . Warships to find and Challenge the vessel. A we did not encounter the ship. I can to Tell you Why a defense department spokesman Pete Williams told reporters. A i can to say precisely Why we did no to see it All the  Williams argued that the search for the Dae Hung to was not the a highest priority for the . Navy vessels in the Region since it apparently was not headed for Iraq in Defiance of a . Embargo. The United states is authorized by International Law and by . Sanctions against Iraq to intercept shipping that May be destined for Iraq or for a port where goods might be transshipped to Iraq. But . Officials say they have Little authority to divert a vessel containing cargo bound for Iran and perhaps Syria. Williams said . Officials a a done to know for certain what cargo the ship is carrying nor would he say whether it had begun to unload any cargo. However other officials have said they believe the ship is carrying medium Range missiles which would fuel even further the arms race in the Region. A senior Pentagon source said the North korean vessel was a just sitting in Waters outside the Southern iranian port of Bandar a a Abbas near the Strait of Hormuz and had not begun to unload its cargo. The ship apparently hugged the coast line off the strategic Strait of Hormuz to reach the Southern iranian port Williams said. The spokesman said the destroyer Ingersoll earlier tuesday challenged a second freighter the iranian flagged Iran Salaam which is in the arabian sea. He said it too has been monitored by the . Fleet because of its suspicious contents. The ship was hailed and declared its cargo to be steel and drilling materials and said it was headed for Bandar a a Abbas Williams said. If either ship had sailed toward Iraq he said the . Navy would have a taken other action a Williams insisted. He asserted that the Pentagon need not be embarrassed by the ability of the North korean vessel to elude the . Navy a 22 ships in the Region since the Navy was not focused on blocking its movement to Iran. Pressed to explain Why no action was taken against the Dae Hung to Williams said there is no a embargo on ships to Iran. The maritime intercept operation is focused on  a we were aware of the ship curious about where it was going but there was a limit to what we could have done Quot Williams said. Iran s official press has warned that any attempt to Block passage of the ship would be an act of piracy. An administration official speaking on condition of anonymity said the United states has made diplomatic Contact with North Korea Iran and Syria to shed Light on what is happening and to underscore the . Position against missile proliferation in the Region. 10 sex soviet republics join nato forum on Security Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii smiles As he almost gets seated by mistake with Uzbekistan a delegation at a nato meeting tuesday. Sergeant s son 6, killed after fall from school bus by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a ten former soviet republics took seats for the first time around a nato conference table tuesday As members of a special Security forum. Foreign ministers from the republics were joined at the North Atlantic cooperation Council meeting by their counterparts from the North Atlantic treaty organization and Central and Eastern european nations formerly belonging to the Warsaw pact. Six months ago when the Council was first proposed a no one really suspected i done to think that we would be meeting today Here in Brussels with 35 nations determined to heal the divisions of yesterday and determined to build a new future a Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said of the meeting. The new members Are Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Russia assumed the soviet unions spot on the Council. The Baltic states of Estonia Latvia and Lithuania plus Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland and Romania joined at the councils first meeting in december. Along with welcoming the councils new members foreign ministers turned their attention to ethnic fighting Between the republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia Over the enclave of Magorno Karabash. Council members pledged to support All efforts to resolve the conflict peacefully especially those being con ducted by the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe said nato Secretary general Manfred Firner. A we Are greatly alarmed by the rising spiral of violence in Magorno Karabash and by the mounting loss of life Quot Wornor said. A a. The North Atlantic cooperation Council appeals urgently to All parties to cease hostilities immediately to facilitate rapid provision of humanitarian assistance to the population of the area and to enter a dialogue to find a peaceful  the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe joins Canada and the United states with 46 european nations to consider economic human rights and Security issues. More than 1,000 people Are believed to have died in fighting Between Christian Armenia and Muslim Azerbaijan Over Magorno Karabash an armenian enclave in Azerbaijan. Several ministers expressed interest in the cooperation councils increasing its support of the is Cen a Security role although they stopped Short of suggesting any direct intervention in Magorno Karabash. A i done to envision that in the present circumstances As a matter of treaty compliance or As an Alliance function Quot Baker said when asked if nato could support the Csc there. Nevertheless greater cooperation in the Security Arena Between the Alliance and the Csc is a an idea that we think Well of a Baker said. Wurzburg Germany a amps a 6-year-old child was killed monday after he fell from and was apparently run Over by a . Army contracted school bus a 3rd inf div spokesman said. The incident occurred at about 2 20 p.m., As children were getting off the contracted school bus in Hohnbach Germany near Amberg said capt. Edward Hartl. The child a somehow seemingly fell out the rear Side door of the bus a Hartl said. A upon feeling a unusual bump the bus Driver immediately  Hartl said he could not release further details on the incident including the nationality of the victim until an investigation by the . Criminal investigation come and German police is completed. Information released by the department of defense dependents schools in Wiesbaden however identified the child As Vilseck elementary school first grader Nicholas a. Radik son of sgt. John and Debra Radik who Are assigned to Vilseck. Hartl said a civilian ambulance took the victim to a German Hospital in Amberg but the boy was dead on arrival. Training command s Meigs becomes brigadier general Grafe Wohr Germany the commander of the 7th army training come was promoted to brigadier general tuesday during ceremonies in front of the commands Headquarters. Brig. Gen. Montgomery c. Meigs who assumed command of the 7th army training come in november was promoted by Gen. Crosbie e. Saint commander of the . Army Europe and 7th army. Meigs who is also the Usa eur Deputy chief of staff for operations training is responsible for training at the army a four major exercise areas in Northern Bavaria. Before assuming command in Gra Fenohr Meigs commanded the 2nd brigade 1st army div. He took that unit through operation desert storm and its re designation As the 2nd brigade 3rd inf div. He is a 1967 graduate of the . Military academy.3 indicted in fatal Chicken processing Plant fire Rockingham . A three officials of a Chicken processing Plant were indicted on manslaughter charges in a Blaze last september that killed 25 people Many of whom investigators said were trapped behind locked doors. Imperial food products inc. Was fined by state inspectors after the fire for locked exits and other workplace violations at the Plant in Hamlet. A Richmond county grand jury monday indicted Imperial food owner Emmett j. Roe his son Brad m. Roe who was director of operations at the Plant and Plant manager James n. Hair on 25 counts each of involuntary manslaughter. Each count carries up to 10 years in prison. District attorney Carroll Lowder had sought charges against a fourth Man but the grand jury refused to in dict maintenance supervisor Kinlee d. Mangus. Asked Why he sought involuntary manslaughter charges Lowder said a the evidence is All about workplace safety. That a what the evidence supports in my  he  elaborate. State labor commissioner John Brooks said the indictments confirmed his investigators findings. A the wheels Are turning a he said