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News Digest USS Iowa shipmate says Hartwis didn't cause blast WASHINGTON - Gunner’s mate Kendall Truitt told Congress Wednesday former USS Iowa crew mate Clayton Hartwig was no “suicidal Creak” and didn’t cause the explosion that killed Hartwig and 46 other sailors. Truiu accused the Navy of us ing “a big coverup” to thwart theories that the shipboard explo sion was accidental rather than caused intentionally, “most likely” by Hartwig, as the Navy has concluded. The sailor said Hartwig wasn’t told until the morning of April 19 that he was going to be positioned at center gun in the No. 2 gun turret, “so there would have been no time for planning” a suicide explosion. He said Hartwig had once talked of suicide, but Truitt said he did not take him seriously. Truiu said his own theory is that the blast was caused by a defective hydraulic rammer - the piece of equipment used to shove the pow der tegs up against the projectile in the huge gun. He said he had had a problem with a rammer on the left gun in No. 2 gun turret about a year ear lier, describing it as behaving like a transmission stuck between neu tral and drive. He theorized that the rammer might have “suddenly taken off,” putting too much pres sure on the propellant. He also maintained that gun powder on die Iowa had been stored in high heat, that the cans were not airtight, and that “you could smell ether.” Questioned about his personal relationship with Hartwig, Truitt said they had a basically strong friendship, with occasional quar rels. ■h h mb mmm mm mm mm mt mm mm mm m ! B„o> This coupon to worth j ; $40.00 | | for 2 donations in one week, | | for new donors and repeat donors who have not ■ returned in 2 months. Our fully automated donor center is medically supervised by a friendly, professional staff. Your Donation May Save A Life! LINCOLN PLASMA NXBI We honor all coupons from competitors. ■ 126 North 14th Suite #2 474-2335 I Bulgarians strip Zhivkov’s powers | SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The parly that took Todor Zhivkov’s orders for 35 years expelled him Wednesday, and his replacement as leader exhorted Communists to prepare for “a na tionwide exam” in free elections promised for May. The policy-making Central Com mittee also agreed to join other War saw Pact parties in surrendering its constitutional guarantee of supreme power. Members made the decisions in a threc-day discussion of reform, while tens of thousands of people stood outside to remind them prom ises must be kept. Petar Mladcnov, who became party chief when Zhivkov was forced out Nov. 10, said Monday that free elections should be held in May. On Tuesday, he told the Communist leadership: ”We have to . . . conquer -- this time in the real sense of the word -- the hearts and minds of the millions of Bulgarians. “Soon we will face a nationwide exam: free and democratic elections. .. and it is there we must show that we are not only worthy of, but also prac tically capable of, leading’’ the coun try. The news agency said the Central Committee would propose to Parlia ment today that it remove two constitutional clauses in which the party is given sole power. One defines the party as “the lead ing force” in society and the state, and the other says the party 4 4 heads the construction of an advanced so cialist society.” As the Central Committee meet ing drew to a close, a crowd estimated by Western reporters at 60.000 gath ered in the plaza outside to show support in a rally sponsored by the party. Mandela, de Klerk discuss end to racial conflict in S. Africa i JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Black leader Nelson Mandela, expected to be released within weeks after 27 years in jail, visited President F.W. de Klerk on Wednesday to dis cuss prospects for negotiating an end to South Africa’s racial conflict. The main far-right party de nounced the meeting, the first ever between Mandela and de Klerk, as a step toward white capitulation. Liberal leaders, however, hailed the event as evidence the government accepts the central role of Mandela’s outlawed guerrilla movement, the African National Congress, in any political settlement. The Justice Ministry said Mandela requested the meeting at Tuynhuis, the presidential office in Cape Town, and that de Klerk “welcomed the opportunity.” Mandela, the country's best known black leader, has been impris oned since 1962 and is serving a life sentence for plotting an anti-govem ment sabotage campaign. The two discussed “ways and means to address current obstacles in the way of meaningful dialogue,’ ’ the ministry said. “Follow-up talks in the new year are envisaged.” Signs hoisted above the throng said “A Bulgarian Communist Party of Untainted People,” and ‘‘To gether with the Bulgarian Commu nist Party for New Democratic Com munist Socialism.” Nearby, outside the Alexander Nevski Orthodox Cathedral, about 2,000 people applauded a speaker from the Agrarian Union party who declared: “Today we end this semi existence/^_ January election for Czech leader PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - The opposition and Communists resolved their last major dispute by agreeing Wednesday that the president should be elected by Parliament before the end of Janu ary, negotiators reported. They told The Associated Press there was no agreement on who would become president, only that the person chosen would be a Czech not affiliated to any politi cal party. That seems to pave the way for opposition leader Vaclav Havel, a jailed playwright and symbol of Czechoslovakia’s peaceful revo lution, and dash the hopes of Alex ander Dubcek, the 68-ycar-old Slovak who led the “Prague Spring” reforms of 1968. While the presidential negotia tions were being held, the govern ment said Wednesday it was draft ing laws to ensure freedom of reli gion, assembly and association and provide more protection to people who are arrested. — 3 a a a a a a a a a a a Lee « e Storm | Riders 5 in _ t) Pepperwashfc Hie Brand That Fits" ® A Storm Rider' ^ A long-time favorite is now available in Lee's newest finish, Pepper Wash. 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