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Boa is sentenced to he in prison for a 1989 parse snatching was freed after a new aspect was charged with the crime. Thomas bad been sentenced to life because of previous convictions. Nato nations Send ships to form first Force in med Naples Italy apr nato officials on thursday inaugurated the alliances first permanent naval Force in the Mediterranean sea a step in transforming nato forces in the Post cold War Era. A the Mediterranean Force is to strengthen the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization along its Southern flank and enable it to move More quickly to face military threats. Eight frigates and destroyers making up the new standing naval Force Mediterranean were docked in Naples for the inauguration their dozens of colourful flags battered by a driving rain. A the Force we see assembled Here today will provide nato with an immediately available deterrent naval instrument to be used in operations during peace and crisis and if needed in response to limited aggression a said natos Deputy Secretary general Amedeo de Francis in a ceremony in an auditorium at the port. The ships were provided by Germany Greece Italy the Netherlands Spain Turkey Britain and the United states. Tie Force is scheduled to leave Naples on sunday for an intense training search for Lilesville . Apr divers groped in Muddy water wednesday for the bodies of eight of nine air Force crewmen killed in the crash of a cargo plane. Tuesdays Accident was the second fatal crash in three months of an air Force c-130, the. Military a Workhorse aircraft. One body was recovered tuesday before the search was suspended because of darkness. Recent rain and the Impact of the crash stirred up mud around the plane creating hazardous conditions for diving said col. Ronald Blake commander of Pope fab. A the water is so murky our divers can to see their hands in front of their face a Blake said. A we have to go Over the plane Inch by Inch. To determine the condition of the plane our divers Are literally feeling their Way around and when they come out drawing it on a piece of the names of the Crew based at Pope have not been released and the cause of the crash was not immediately known. Witnesses told authorities the plane circled the 2,550-acre Blewett Falls Lake for about 15 minutes before rolling Over and plunging into the water sideways . Gen. John r. Galvin natos supreme commander in Europe told reporters in Naples that the alliances new strategy emphasized a that we do not have adversaries that what we do have is a situation of instability and a we done to see a War All the Way across Europe we see the possibility of regional conflicts a he added. The allies concern about Southern Europe increased during the persian Gulf War. Nato sent planes to Turkey an Alliance member to underscore its commitment to the country which Borders Saddam Hussein a Iraq. Until now nato had no permanent Navy in the Mediterranean. Ships were called up at least twice a year for Maneu vers. However the . Navy maintained a major presence in the Mediterranean through its 6th meet based at Gaeta near Naples. The new nato Force based in Naples will have a rotating command. During its first deployment it will be under the command of Navy capt. Lutfu Sancar of s bodies Anson county sheriff Lummy Allen said. The weather was Cloudy but Calm. Capt. Gail Bennett said the planes often Fly at Low altitudes during training missions and Circle the Lake which is in South Central North Carolina about 50 Miles Southeast of Charlotte and 40 Miles from the air base. On feb. 6, a Kentucky National guard c-130 crashed into a Motel and restaurant near Evansville ind., while on a training Mission. All five Crew members and 11 people on the ground were killed. The air Force has not disclosed the cause of that crash but a congressman who was briefed said human error apparently was to blame. In tuesday nights Accident a fuel spill in the Lake delayed efforts to Send in divers. Crews used absorbent materials to sop up the fuel from the aircraft. A water treatment Plant several Miles downstream on the Richmond county Side of the Lake was closed to keep fuel from getting into the filters officials said. It remained closed wednesday. Blake said the fuel should not be a problem because it ordinarily evaporates quickly. Us doctors amputate hand of injured farm boy from wire reports St. Paul Minn. A doctors on wednesday amputated the right hand of a Wisconsin Kinder Gartner whose left Arm and right hand were reattached after a farm Accident. A the circulation had dropped dramatically and they determined that the hand would not be functional a said Robin Rainford spokeswoman at St. Paul Ramsey medical Center. Six year old Michael Conoboy a limbs were reattached on saturday after they were torn off while he was Riding a piece of farm rounded up Washington More than 3,300 fugitives a including 224 people convicted of or now charged with murder a were arrested during a 10-week Roundup in 40 cities the Justice department said thursday. The nationwide Campaign dubbed operation gun smoke to arrest people suspected of violent crimes was waged by the . Marshals service and state and local police. The Justice department said 751 defendants charged with Federal crimes and 2,562 people wanted on state charges were arrested during the 10-week a rays sought Washington a John f. Kennedy assassination researcher filed suit in Federal court wednesday in an attempt to Force the National archives to disclose about 200 photographs and a rays of the slain president that have been kept in locked files since 1966. D. Mark Katz the Rockville researcher and the Public citizen litigation group alleged in the suit that the National archives have improperly withheld the material and they maintain that restrictions on disclosure imposed by the Kennedy family Are legally invalid. The suit maintains that the material should be released under the Freedom of information act. Pending Bills in Congress would release material collected by committee investigations but the proposals contain an exception for autopsy records
