European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday May 27, 1992 at a glance the . Navy prepares to depart the Western scottish Village of Dunoon creating the biggest upheaval in 30 years for the areas residents. See Story on pages 14 and 15. He Deere s Jay the tonight show entered a new Era monday when Jay Leno took Over As Host and immediately broke tradition with predecessor Johnny Carson by giving the 38-year-old series a major face lift. A Page 4 shooting suspects sought police were looking Lor three men in a shooting at a posh Chicago hotel that left the Road manager of the grammy award winning group Boyz ii men dead and an assistant injured. A Page 6 she wants her shoes Back Imelda Marcos asked the philippine government to release property it seized from her family including her huge shoe collection and underwear. A Page 8 tourists avoid Thailand the bloody crackdown on demonstrators has emptied hotel rooms and shrivelled the flow of visitors to Thailand. A Page 9 a new Walton takes Over s. Robson Walton son of the late Sam Walton has his own style for running the $44 billion Empire of Wal Mart stores inc., the nation s largest retailer. Page 17 Index i Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 faces a no places .22 letters.12 Money matters 17-18 sports.23-28 to listings.27 weather. 11 Frankfurt Airport put bag on flight 103, court told by new Day new York a within hours of the 1988 crash of pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland officials at the Frankfurt International Airport produced computer printouts strongly suggesting that the ill fated Airliner was carrying a bomb Laden suitcase transferred aboard in Germany testimony in a Brooklyn Federal court revealed last week. Gunther Kasteleiner the airports assistant chief of baggage transportation said his review of work sheets and a computer printout clearly showed that an unaccompanied piece of Luggage from air Malta flight 180 was loaded aboard pan am flight 103 in Frankfurt. Flight 103 was bound for new York via London. International criminal investigators have determined that the Samsonite suitcase was not accompanied by a passenger and that it contained a bomb concealed by libyan terrorists in a Toshiba radio cassette player. Kasteleiner a testimony came during the fourth week of a trial that will determine whether now defunct pan american world airways and two subsidiaries pan am world services and Alert Security management were grossly negligent in allowing a bomb aboard the plane. Pan am and its insurers a Pool of companies managed by . Aviation underwriters inc. Of new York Are being sued for at least $300 million in damages by relatives of passengers killed in the crash dec. 21, 1988. Manhattan attorney Lee Kriendler Heads a committee of attorneys who represent relatives of 170 of the 259 Passen Gers and Crew and one of the 11 locker in residents killed in the crash. Families of other victims Are pursuing damage claims independently and some families did not file suit. Evidence and testimony placing an unaccompanied suitcase aboard flight 103 is crucial to the plaintiffs Case alleging pan am was grossly negligent for failing to follow Federal regulations concerning the More stringent screening and examination of interline baggage and the Han soviets from Page 1 Yeltsin a decrees. The court also said former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev the party a last Leader should represent the plaintiffs seeking to overturn the ban. It then adjourned until july 7 to give both sides time to prepare their cases. A Gorbachev spokesman Georgy Shak Nazarov took Issue with the ruling. 4,he resigned As general Secretary while the party existed. Its senseless to require that he represent it now said. Yeltsin issued his decrees after hardliners in the party military and Kab tried to seize Power last August. Quot the communist party that seized Jer and dissolved the parliament by Force in 1918 is now trying to return to Power using democratic institutions and procedures Yeltsin Stop Legal adviser Sergei Shakh Rai said monday. He read a May 16, 1975, document describing the decision by the party scentral committee to Supply arms to the popular front for the liberation of Palestine headed by George Habash. Habashy a group was involved in the 1976 hijacking of an air France Airliner he to Entebbe Uganda in which four people were killed during the Rescue opera to ii p i doing of Luggage not accompanied by a passenger. The plaintiffs claim that the bomb began its journey in Malta and was transferred undetected to pan am 103 in Frankfurt. The defense contends that the bomb was smuggled aboard by baggage handlers at Frankfurt and never came from Malta. During two Days on the stand testifying through an interpreter Kasteleiner led the jury through technical aspects of Frankfurt a baggage system the worlds most sophisticated Complex of computerized conveyor belts coding stations and Small carts that carry baggage from one terminal to another. Kasteleiner said that the documents showed a specific baggage tray carried one piece of Luggage from air Malta for loading on pan am 103. The witness did not waiver under intense Cross examination by defense attorney Clinton h. Coddington who suggested computer malfunctions May have made the records inaccurate. He further suggested that Kasteleiner received some documents from unofficial sources. Tion by israeli paratroopers. Quot in accordance with the communist party Central committees decision the Kab has handed Over to the head of the foreign operations service of the pulp a shipment of foreign weapons and ammunition a the document read. It added that the weapons were intended a to continue the Oil War by special Means accomplishing actions against . And israeli personnel in third countries and conducting terrorist  Shakh Rai said the document came from a Quot special dossier passed to Yeltsin by Gorbachev. The dossier contains secret papers on Clandestine party activities from the 1917 bolshevik revolution through the 1980s, Shakh Rai  Page 1 croats along with serbian irregulars from Bosnia. The fighting has claimed More than 2,200 lives and left More than 600,000 people homeless. The Belgrade based Tan Jug news Agency quoted the Leader of bosnian serbs Radovan Karadzic As saying his forces were prepared to remove their heavy artillery from around Sarajevo if the army is permitted to leave and if serbs living in the City receive International guarantees. The serbs have for weeks been pounding Sarajevo from the surrounding Hills although a relative Calm has prevailed for the past six Days. On monday the presidency of Yugoslavia now comprising Only Serbia and its ally Montenegro said in a statement that it distances itself from All unacceptable military activity including that of serbs. The United states Germany and other countries support claims that Serbia is invading its former federation partners to seize land. Citing the fierce bombardment of Sarajevo and Mostar attacks on _ Relief workers and the grabbing of two thirds of Bosnia the United states has imposed sanctions on Serbia and is seeking . Action including an economic embargo. European Community talks on Yugoslavia and potential sanctions were expected to continue tuesday in Brussels  Page 1 cide with computer program changes later in the year he said. Quot i done to think there is anyone who is not intending to make the change. Its to their advantage to do so a he said. The format change will enable electronic sorting machines to read the addresses eventually speeding up mail delivery . Postal service officials say. The address format change and realigned zip codes Are the first Steps toward fully automating overseas military mail a process that will take several years. The a a hit list of non complying mailers is growing Shorter a said a message to air Force postal officials in Europe from the military postal service Agency the Liaison organization Between the military mail commands and the . Postal service. Army Navy and air Force postal officials in Europe have passed All complaints about mailers who won t comply with the changes to . Postal service officials who in turn Contact the Mau ers. If a commercial Mailer will not comply with the four Fine address format the Agency suggests customers in the meantime can use the essential elements of the address a their name pc car or unit number and Box number and Apo or Fpo number. Italian president elected after 13 Days from wire reports Rome a the Marathon election of Italy a new head of state concluded monday when members of parliament and regional representatives elected Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 73, As Italy a ninth president. The election came after 13 Days and 16 ballots. When voting ended Scalfaro had collected 672 votes with 508 needed for election. Scalfaro is a highly respected Christian Democrat who started his parliamentary career when he was elected to the constituent Assembly that founded Italy s postwar Republic in 1946. He has been a member of the Cabinet several times but has never been prune minister. The duties of the italian president have traditionally been ceremonial. But president Francesco Corsiga who resigned on april 25, expanded his role openly promoting political Reform in Italy and sometimes publicly belittling his opponents