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THE BATTALION
Commander of submarine facing court of inquir
HONOLULU (AP) — The commander of
the Pacific Fleet said Saturday that the Navy
would convene a court of inquiry, the Navy’s
highest form of administrative investigation,
todearn why a U.S. submarine surfaced di
rectly underneath a Japanese fishing vessel.
The hearing could result in a recom
mendation for court martials of the USS
Gfeeneville’s officers, Adm. Thomas Far
go said at a news conference. The inquiry
would be similar to a grand jury hearing in
ciyilian courts.
The submarine’s commander, executive
officer and officer of the deck have been
named parties to the inquiry, which is ex
pected to be convened at Pearl Harbor on
Thursday, Fargo said.
“The court of inquiry will provide a full
and open accounting for the American and
Japanese people," he said. The meetings will
be open to the public, he said.
The submarine’s commander, Cmdr. Scott
Waddle, was reassigned to a staff position im
mediately after the incident. The other two of
ficers named were Lt. Cmdr. Gerald K.
Pfeifer, the executive officer, and Lt. j.g.
Michael J. Coen, the officer of the deck.
Three Navy flag officers will make up the
court, Fargo said. A flag officer of the Japan
ese Maritime Self-defense Force will be in
vited to participate as an adviser.
The USS Greeneville, a 360-foot nuclear-
powered submarine, was on a one-day mis
sion Feb. 9 with 16 civilians aboard as part
of a community relations program. The Navy
released the names of all 16 Saturday.
The submarine performed an emergency
surfacing drill as a demonstration for the
civilians, Fargo said. Two civilians were at
key controls during the drill.
As the 6,900-ton submarine surfaced, its
rudder superstructure knifed through the
hull of the 500-ton Ehime Maru', which
sank within minutes.
Late Friday night, a deep-sea robot locat
ed the wreckage of the 190-foot fishing ves
sel 2,033 feet below the ocean surface and
1,000 feet from where the collision occurred.
«
My brother is at the bot
tom with the Ehime
Maru. I'm not asking you
to bring him back alive. ”
— Shizuko Kimura
sister of victim
None of the nine people still missing were
seen in the wreckage.
The Ehime Maru sat “almost upright” on
the ocean floor, the Navy said.
Whether the Ehime Maru is in a condi
tion that would allow it to be raised intact
could not be determined, said Jon
Yoshishige, a spokesman for the Pacific
Fleet.
Anguished family members and the
Japanese government have called for the
ship’s recovery, an operation experts say
would be difficult and expensive.
Shizuko Kimura, younger sister of crew
member Toshimichi Furuya, said all she
wants is for the United States to recover the
bodies of the four high school boys, two
teachers and three crewmen still missing.
“My brother is at the bottom with the
Ehime Maru,” she cried loudly at a news con
ference held Friday by family members. “I’m
not asking you to bring him back alive. So
please bring back my brother’s body to us.
“Promise us. Give us hope!”
“It’s your responsibility as human be
ings,” said Masumi Terata, mother of 17-
year-old Yusuke Terata. “If your blood is red,
you’ll understand our pain and sorrow.”
The preliminary report on the incident
was expected to be released in the re
days after consultation with the JcB
government. Pentagon officials said
The Navy has barred civiliansfeg|p W
marines during such drills until i
gation is completed.
The relatives who spoke Saturdayirl
olulu released a list of 31 questionsth
the United States to answer. includr.yA Jeremy
was steering the submarine andBatta.
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sist survivors immediately after the j im
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vivors onboard. Within an hour, thei'r 4 - ,. . .
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ers and crew.
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bodies at least through the holiday»frflu.yy c • re
On Friday it added two cutters, a lie. th . - ^ {
and a Navy plane to the sole Navy ere, '
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HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Police
around the country were asked to be
on the lookout Saturday for two teen
agers charged in the murders of two
Dartmouth College professors who
were stabbed to death in their home.
Robert Tulloch, 17, and James
Parker, 16, both of Chelsea, Vt.,
should be considered dangerous, au
thorities said at a news conference.
Both were charged as adults with
two counts of first-degree murder in
the deaths of Half and Susanne Zan-
top, whose bloody bodies were found
in their home Jan. 27.
The two stabbed the popular pro
fessors “multiple times in the head
and chest,” Senior Assistant Attorney
General Kelly Ayotte said at a news
conference.
Authorities refused to discuss
hoV they identified the suspects, a
motive or any connection between
the boys and the victims. The two
were last seen in or near Chelsea on
Thursday, Ayotte said.
Officials had said earlier they be
lieved the Zantops were killed by
someone they knew or let into their
home. Ayotte refused to discuss that,
saying it was still under investigation.
Hanover is a close-knit college
town of about 9,600 people just over
the Connecticut River from V t gin of vict
and Chelsea is a small townat emshed th
miles away. Many Hanoverre that Texas
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in Colorado, but had toretumte|
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came infected. Tulloch saidhec
leg on a maple tree sap bucket^
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