European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 1, 1993 . The stars and stripes a Page 5urged truth in Kal Case Princeton . Apr hours after the Down ing of a korean Airliner soviet foreign ministry officials concluded the Best Way to Deal with the Nasty problem was to Tell the truth. But the military and political leadership refused to follow their advice. Moscow also ignored a dear signal from . Secretary of state George p. Shultz that the truth about the Downing of Kal flight 007 was known. Shultz and former soviet officials gave their versions of the incident at a two Day conference at Princeton University on the end of the cold War. The Confer Shults ence ended saturday. A soviet fighter plane shot Down the commercial air liner off the soviet Pacific coast sept. 1, 1983. All 269 people aboard were killed. The soviets at the time claimed the Kal flight was on a spy Mission. Sergei Tarasenko said he was in his soviet foreign ministry office that morning when he got word a plane had disappeared. He ran across the Hall and asked the duty officer for soviet Border guards what he knew. A look its not an Airliner its an american reconnaissance plane a he was told. When he called the defense ministry he said an official Quot started to explain to me that they destroyed and then suddenly there was a pause and in a couple of minutes he said 1 cannot continue talking to you a. Quot to me it was obvious from the beginning that we Are in a mess that we have a Nasty problem on our hands a said Tarasenko. To started to think what shall we do a a he said he and other officials concluded that Quot the Best Way to proceed was to Tell the truth a to describe the incident As human error in bad weather complicated by the military tension Between the superpowers. He said that course was proposed to foreign minister Andrei Gromyko who Quot agreed in principle but said he would t go against defense minister Dmitri  to to it was obvious from Tho beginning that we Are in a mess that we have a Nasty problem on our hands. A soviet foreign ministry official Sergei Tarasenko a am moments later at a politburo meeting Ustinov said the soviet military action against the plane was Quot absolutely  Shultz said that . Intelligence had a transcript of the conversations Between the soviet Pilot and ground control officers. He said he read from the transcript Quot As the soviets that we had would be Well advised a very deliberate Effort to say to this information and that ency not to say  Quot it did no to turn out that Way a he said. It is in stars act stripes 10 years ago March 1,1983 a defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger character lied As Quot very strange the presence of Long Range Sa-5 anti aircraft mis site systems manned by soviet personnel in Syria. 20 years ago March 1,1973 a three former army sergeants including the services one time top enlisted Man leaded guilty in connection with charges they took kickbacks and payoffs from the operation of Vietnam servicemen s clubs. 30 year Sago March 1,1963 a defense Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara said the United states would not stand idly by if soviet troops in Cuba were used against a popular uprising. 40 year Sago March 1,1953 a iranian prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh said he would seek Refuge in Tho parliament after tank supported police held off supporters of Shah Reza Pahlavi who threatened to storm the prime minister s Home. 50 year Sago March 1,1943 a an Allied air offensive from bases in Britain completed 72 hours of raids across the entire Northern rim of Germany s Continental defences. 50 years ago today mar. 1 1-9-4-3 a boats begin a month that will come closest to defeating Allied convoys in the Atlantic but it will prove to be the its High water Mark in Germany s submarine Campaign. Soviet troops recapture Demy ask Bychkova and Galuchie West of the Valdati Hills on the Moscow front. In Burma the allies Complete the Burma Road for carrying supplies from India to China. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War a Bison books corp., 1981 a Indian activists gather to Mark 1973 Battle at wounded knee by Chet Brokaw the associated press wounded knee . American Indian movement members returned in peace saturday to the Pine Ridge reservation Village where they waged an armed conflict with Federal authorities 20 years ago. A a several Hundred aim members and supporters accompanied by traditional Indian songs and drumbeats marched into wounded knee and gathered under a right Sun at the Snow covered Cem Means every where one casualty of the 1973 Battle and hundreds of victims of an 1890 massacre by . Soldiers Are buried. J Many of the veterans Quot of the 1973 wounded knee conflict said the Only time they Ever Felt truly free was when they occupied the Village and proclaimed it the Independent Oglala nation. Quot it was about the right to be free the right to be left alone the right to be indians a said aim Leader Russell Means who gained National prominence if the 1973 occupation. On the night of feb. 27, 1973, aim members went to wounded knee and occupied several buildings to dramatize Federal violation of treaties and to draw attention to alleged corruption in the . Bureau of Indian affairs and the tribal government of the time. Federal Law officers and b1a police surrounded the Camp. In the next 71 Days the two sides exchanged gunfire until the aim members finally surrendered. Two members of the occupying Force were killed. Nine other people were wounded including a Federal marshal who was paralysed. Aim leaders gathered saturday around the grave of buddy Lamonte one of those killed 20years ago. The cemetery stands on a Small Hill surrounded by Snow covered ridges sprinkled with Pine Trees. Quot now. Buddy Lamonte ,. Lies Here totally forgotten except by those of us who know and recognize the truth Means said choking with emotion John yellow Bird Steele president of the Oglala Sioux tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation said the aim activities of 20 years ago helped All indians. Quot everything has had an Impact today in All areas on Indian Peoples lives being proud to be Lakota people again a Steele said. Aim Leader Clyde Bill court said he visits wounded knee frequently to remember the 1973 occupation and the 1890 massacre in which . Army troops killed several Hundred Sioux who were travelling with chief big foot White supremacists March in Delaware City Newark Del. A about 100 Kun flux klan members and other White supremacists marched through this College town saturday chanting Quot White Power while observers threw snowballs and cursed them. About 2,500 people lined the route of the Parade which lasted barely 15 minutes. The police presence almost overshadowed the demonstration in which no one was Hurt and Only one person arrested. Quot How can you predict this i said if it went real Well it would took like overkill a Newark police chief William Hogan said. He would not disclose How Many offi cers were on duty but Newark new Castle county Wilmington University of Delaware and Delaware state police provided Baton wielding officers in riot gear. They were stationed every few feet of Cong both sides of the Parade route and at least 75 More followed along with the marchers. There were officers with dogs officers on horses and a police helicopter flying overhead. Chester Doles the Imperial officer of the territorial klans of America had said the March was a protest against homosexuals and race mixing and to test Delaware s so called Quot mask  some klan members wore the traditional White Robes Complete with hoods while others wore camouflage fatigue pants Black klan to shirts Ana ski masks or bandanas to partially conceal their faces. When the general Assembly passed the Law several years ago it was chiefly aimed at preventing klan members from covering their faces during such marches. No one was arrested for concealing his face saturday. The attorney general s office said since no one s rights were being violated wearing a mask was insufficient reason for an arrest. The one arrest was for trespassing when a Man sat in the Middle of the Street just As tie March was beginning Hogan said. Indicted couple found dead in apparent s St. Louis a a husband and wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide the same Day they were indicted on Bank fraud charges the Fri said. Don and Patricia Chilton were found shot to death with a .38-caliber pistol at a rented House near Palm Springs calif., on Friday Fri agent John Gulley said. Gulley said the deaths appeared to be a a Mutual  Don Chilton 45, was former chairman of the first Exchange corp. And of a subsidiary the first Exchange Bank of Jack son. He was indicted on 26 Bank fraud counts and one count of conspiracy. Patricia Chilton 37, was former corporate vice president and vice president of the Bank. She was indicted on three counts of Bank fraud and one count of conspiracy. Bill Chilton 47, Don Chilton s by flyer was indicted on 27 counts of Bank fraud and one count of conspiracy. He was former advisory director to of the corporation and the first Exchange Bank of St. Louis another subsidiary also indicted was Arkansas Bond Salesman Andrew j. Crawford. According to the indictment the four defrauded the now defunct first Exchange corp. And its five subsidiary Banks by giving false information to get approval for More than $15 million in Loans. A j the bad Loans forced the Banks to shut Down said assistant . Attorney Mitch Stevens. A Quot they went belly up and the Odic paid $250 million to buy out the bad assets a Stevens said. Quot no depositors lost any