European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 r the stars and stripes saturday july 2, 1994 at a glance fati Tonya Harding has been stripped of her National championship and banned from the ils. Figure skating association for life. See Story on Page 8. Cash offered cafes Europe customers can receive up to $48 for their old Coffee makers if the machines Are among recalled models. A Page 4 a Quot 1 a a a abortion foes lose judges May order Buffer zones around abortion clinics As Protection against demonstrators the supreme court has ruled. A a Page 6 controllers faulted a plane crash that killed 23 soldiers at Pope fab in North Carolina was caused by air traffic controllers the air Force says. J a pages Fri heading East the Fri plans to open an office in Warsaw Poland to help in the Battle against International crime. A a Page 10 moving on after 34 years an episcopal priest has taken himself and his congregation to the roman Catholic Church. A Page 11 no action foreseen ., japanese and German officials signalled that they Arentt planning any coordinated moves to halt the dollars slide. A a Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 24-28 comics .21-23 commentary. 15 crossword. 21 faces a no places. 12 focus. 17-19 Horoscope. 27 Jumble. 27 letters. 14 Money matters 16 religion. 11 sports 28-36 to listings .35 weather 13 report from Page 1 including the two f-15 pilots. The ultimate decision on punishment rests with Perry who is scheduled to receive a full briefing next week. But senior military officials expected some of those responsible to be relieved of their duties and possibly court Martiale. A Pentagon spokeswoman Kathleen Delaski confirmed thursday that Perry had been briefed on the report. But she declined to comment on its findings. She said the two f-15 pilots Are at. A  Base in germany.. Military officials in Europe were Given the responsibility of drafting the Accident report. Such a report is supposed to state Only the facts of the Case and not make recommendations for discipline. If however the commander of us. European come  Army Gen. George a. Joulwan feels that the report shows grounds for possible disciplinary action it would be up to him to decide whether to proceed through the military a Normal Legal processes to determine the guilt or innocence of the parties involved and the Type of discipline. The inquiry affirmed initial findings that the fighter pilots misidentified the helicopters As russian built iraqi Hind aircraft. It also found that an electronic system on one of the Black Hawks designed to identify aircraft As Friend or foe was operating but was emitting the wrong code for , said military officials in Washington and in Europe who Are familiar with the reports findings \ the report also examines How the a acs plane a military version of a Boeing 707 with a rotating radar on top of the fuselage failed. ,. Inside the windowless a acs aircraft More than a dozen controllers and their supervisors peer at separate radar Scopes that track different Aerial regions. In this Case inc report says information that some controllers had was not. Passed along to others who were Indore a other air planes not  which ground the second f-15 shot Down the second Black Hawk As it tried to land in several interviews pilots who have flown Over Northern Iraq say they receive semiannual refresher training on identifying both hostile iraqi planes and helicopters As Well As Friendly american and other Allied aircraft. But the emphasis is Contact with the fighter pilots. The Black Hawks were shot Down in Broad Daylight and in Good weather Over the kurdish enclave in Northern Iraq. The United states and some of its allies in the persian Gulf. War. Are engaged in a combined Relief and military operation to assist the minority kurdish population in Iraq and to keep iraqi president Saddam Hussein a forces at  the accidental Downing of the helicopters Perry immediately ordered a change in the rules that govern  Military operations in Northern Iraq a a military officials also began reviewing engagement procedures in other parts of the world. Immediately after the Accident teams to of investigators were dispatched to interview the fighter pilots a acs Crews and american ground commanders in Turkey where the aircraft were based and to review the wreckage and electronic tapes from the a acs and f-15s. Investigators and senior Pentagon officials said the failure of the identification Friend or foe equipment known As Iff in the military was but one of several critical mistakes in a Chain of errors that led to the tragedy. The report found that an air Force f-15c, piloted by a Captain flying in the Lead position shot Down the first Heji cop Ter after his Squadron commander a lieutenant colonel visually identified the helicopters As hostile. About 20 to 40 seconds later according to witnesses on the pose Little or no threat to f-i5cs, because of threats from anti aircraft and other ground fire pilots flying Over no them Iraq Are Way of lingering too Long Over Low flying helicopters. Flying at 500 Mph pilots say they have Only a few seconds to look at a slower moving helicopter which would be about �?o2 inches Long through the jets wind screen. The Black  were carrying two external fuel tanks which made them resemble the russian made Hinds and a leave ample from for confusion a one senior air Force official said. No iraqi helicopters however have ventured into the Northern zone since a flight ban was established there and the Black Hawks were not acting in a threatening Way a. F-l5cs have several other technical devices on Board to help determine whether an aircraft is Friendly or hostile. A but those systems Are designed mainly to identify other fixed Wing aircraft a said one. Former commander of the operation in Northern Iraq who added that the devices could have trouble distinguishing helicopters flying close to the ground. The Black Hawks had distinctive  Military markings but an american Flag emblazoned on the underside of the helicopter to reassure. Kurd on the ground would not have been visible to the american pilots. Conf Butl no to thl report Tho ago Clatos prom. Is 1 my a. J.4. 1 �v1 Quot a a a a a a a a by i a a photograph of a knife similar to the one . Simpson allegedly purchased is displayed at his preliminary hearing thursday. Alibi from Page 1 a looking. I seen a body. A it was woman laying Down horizontally All the Way to the path face turned to me on the right Side. A i Tell my wife there is a dead person there and we should Call 911,&Quot boat pc said. His wife Bettina Rasmussen also testified she saw a woman a body. The couple went to a nearby House and summoned help. The prosecutor displayed a photograph of the body to Boz Tepe and Simpson seemed overcome with emotion. He blinked sat with his Mouth opened wiped his eyes and Jook deep breaths. Television viewers could not see the photo. A Goldman was found slain near Nicole Simpson but neither Boz Tepe or Rasmussen mentioned seeing a second body. Earlier witness Pablo Fenyves said he was watching the 10 . News when a about 15 or 20 minutes into it i heard a dog Barking sort of a plaintive  a this was a pretty persistent Barking that  Stop a Fenyves said. Another witness Steven Schwab said he was walking his own dog at around 10 55 . When he saw a targe White Akita dog with what appeared to be blood on its paws. The dog was alone and agitated he said describing How he tried to help the dog and find its  Nicole Simpson owned a White Akita and authorities have said bloody Paw prints were found at the slaying scene. Earlier in Friday s proceedings Simpsons attorney Robert Shapiro unsuccessfully asked the judge conducting the preliminary hearing to throw out thursdays testimony of a Salesman who described Selling Simpson a Kufe earlier this year. Shapiro asked Kennedy Powell to reject the testimony of Jose Camacho an employee of Ross cutlery. Camacho admitted he sold his Story to the National enquirer for $12,500