Gif of the ?an ao Cao, w Vuseam 4 the Tropic imes Vol. II, No. 28 Quarry Heights, Republic of Panama Aug. 14, 1989 Panama will not bow to U.S., Noriega says PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) exercises to defend the Panama retired military officers, Noriega committee of the Organization of -- Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega said Canal under the 1977 treaties, and reiterated earlier accusations the Military Men for Democracy, his regime will not yield to U.S. Panamanian troops in some United States wants to replace him Integration and the Liberation of pressure that he quit as Panama's instances have been shadowing them. with a "docile" government to elude Latin American and the Caribbean. Defense Forces chief. In Washington, White House treaty obligations to turn the The Bush administration and "Panama will not bow to the law of spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Panama Canal over to Panama. opposition politicians have been force that those barbarians from the today that the recent exercises were "You," Noriega said pointing at trying to force out Noriega since two North, their lackeys and tame r o u t i n e m a neu v e r s, but h e the retired officers, "are front-row federal grand juries in Florida politicians are trying to impose on acknowledged they were to some witnesses of the aggressive and indicted him on drug trafficking and it," he said Thursday night, referring degree a show of force. arrogant policies of the United States money laundering charges last year. to his Panamanian opponents. The comments were Noriega's first "We have always said that we towards Panama." U.S efforts have included reaction to a weeklong series of would feel free to carry out exercises But he said Panama "will not bow, diplomatic pressure and trade and confrontations between his Defense in support of our rights under the will not humiliate itself, will not give economic sanctions against Panama. Forces and U.S. Southern Panama Canal Treaty. from time to up its project of liberating itself (of But the steps have yet to budge Command troops that included time we do conduct those kind of American soldiers) in the face of Noriega, whose regime annulled arrests on both sides and the exercises," he said. "They're all injustice or arrogance." May 7 presidential elections. blocking of nearby Fort Amador by designed to ensure our rights and The group of officers, believed to International observers said American soldiers. access to protect the canal." have been founded recently by opposition candidate Guillermo U.S. troops have been conducting Addressing a group of about 20 Noriega, calls itself the executive Endara won by a landslide. Columbia swoops home after secret mission EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, and Air Force Maj. Mark Brown, 37 Even so, the overall success of the Force Secretary Donald Rice as "a Calif. (UPI) - The crew of the - were expected to leave the shuttle flight was hailed Wednesday by Air very successful launch." shuttle Columbia swooped to a about a half hour after touchdown. graceful desert touchdown Sunday, It was the first flight for Columbia, closing out a successful if secret NASA's original shuttle, since the military flight and presumably Challenger disaster and its successful leaving a spy satellite behind in orbit. return to Earth signals the end of the Preceded by twin sonic booms, accident recovery process, giving the Columbia dropped out of a clear space agency three operational dawn sky after a high-speed plunge shuttles for the first time in 3 1/2 across Southern California, gliding years. to a powerless landing at 6:37 a.m. The agency blacked out live PDT on a dry lakebed runway at communications with the crew, Edwards Air Force Base. forcing the NASA spokesman to With commander Brewster Shaw, relay the traditional congratulatory 44, and co-pilot Richard "Dick" banter between the astronauts and Richards, 42, at the controls, mission control. Columbia barreled down the Mojave Likewise, Edwards was closed to Desert runway, kicking up twin the public and the usual throng of roostertails of dust as it raced spectators was absent. The five through the final seconds of the fifth astronauts planned to fly back to post-Challenger shuttle flight. their homes in Houston later in the Seconds later, the 100-ton day, bringing the 30th shuttle spaceplane rolled to a gentle stop, mission to an end. ending a five-day one-hour mission Left behind in space was what has that spanned some 80 orbits and two been widely reported to be an million miles since blastoff Tuesday advanced reconnaissance satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in believed to have been launched into Florida. an orbit allowing it to fly over 80 "A superteam and a great percent of the Soviet Union. machine! Welcome home The satellite presumably was Columbia," astronaut Frank launched Tuesday, about seven Culbertson radioed from mission hours after blastoff, but the exact control in Houston, according a deployment time has not been - NASA spokesman. confirmed. A 1/508th Infantry Battalion (Airborne) soldier (right) establishes radio Air Force Col. Shaw, Navy Cmdr. Because of the military nature of contact with other battalion assets while the battalion's A ir Force forward Richards and their crewmates - the mission, NASA refused to release a ir traffic controller talks with air support elements during Thursday's Navy Cmdr. David Leestma, 40, any details about the payload or the training exercise held at Fort A mador. (U.S. Army photo by Spec. Paul Army Lt. Col. James Adamson, 43, crew's activities in space. Sweeney) Search efforts locate Leland's plane, some bodies was ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (UPI) wreckage of a relief plane carrying Sunday and reported 13 of the 16 the area where the wreckage -U.S. helicopters found the Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, people aboard were killed and three found as "very mountainous." were missing, the State Department In Leland's office, a spokesman said. said, "All we've heard is the plane is 176qw n rSenmpty qfterBladeJewe1 In Washington, Mary Swann, a down and that there are 13 bodies." spokesman for the Leland Task The DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprop by Spec. Bob Blocher "Generally, command-sponsored Force at the State Department, said carrying Leland, 44, chairman of the families in transit to Panama when the wreckage was sighted at 5:45 a.m. House hunger committee, and 15 FORT CLAYTON (USARSO travel was banned will be able to EDT, 20 miles east of Fugnido - its others disappeared Monday on a bigger-than-expected tax refund in o , said the ging De o arChief original destination. flight to an Ethiopian refugee camp the mail or a $10 bill behind a sofa ' s She said paramedics were dropped at Fugnido. south of Addis cushion, USARSO's Housing Office Ratcliffe. Messages saying those at 6:29 a.m. and reported back a few Bad weather Ababa had hampered search efforts ash srsd whe t found 176 families are free to travel to Panama minutes later that they had found 13 ua rterrrisedawan it fperati7 have already been sent to their home bodies. There were 16 people on the Saturday, but a massive effort using was launched in Blade Jewel. And a st ffiOpertion cases. plane when it disappeared Monday. the U.S. aircraft are pleased the empty quarters will Some oftheemptyquarterscame The identity of the dead was not good weather Sunday. on the assurefsome families willsoon be on from under-projecting the number of known. Nine of the 16 people their way to Panama. Continued on Page 8 A Pentagon spokesman described downed plane were Americans. 2 Tropic Times %6 Aug. 14, 1989 U.S. news Pilots cross picket lines MIAMI (Reuter) - More than 250 leader said. Eastern Airlines pilots have defected Eastern, which filed for from the ranks of striking employees bankruptcy protection five days after to return to work since last weekend, the strike began, is now pressing giving owner Frank Lorenzo a major ahead with its plan to rebuild using boost in his plan to rebuild the replacement pilots and those who carrier, industry sources said Friday. have crossed the picket lines. Pilots have crossed the picket lines Eastern is operating 350 daily at a rate of around 50 a day since last flights, one-third of its pre-strike Sunday, bringing Eastern close to its schedule, and plans to have a total of goal of 1,700 pilots by the end of the 800 flights daily by the end of the year, the sources said. year. Before the strike, Eastern, then The number of pilots returning to the nation's sixth-largest carrier, the cockpit is the largest since the operated around 1,100 daily flights. strike began more than five months Eastern officials said they had ago with 3,400 members of the Air been ordered to stop disclosing the Line Pilots Association (ALPA) numbers of pilots returning to work. staging a walkout in sympathy with Striking Eastern pilots in several striking machinists. major cities voted overwhelmingly The wave ofso-called "crossovers" Tuesday to continue the strike appears to have been spurred by despite recommendations from some Z recent recommendations by pilots union leaders that they consider union leaders that strikers consider returning to work. going back to work, union officials As pilots debated their options said privately. They said there was no prior to voting, the number of pilots sign of a slowdown in pilot crossing the picket lines accelerated, defections. Eastern officials said. Pilots have played a crucial role in The tense meetings and the the three-union strike that virtually defections have provided the clearest grounded the Texas Air Corp.