World IN BRIEF : ITALY : No Court-Martial in Missile Firing

A U.S. Navy court rejected a court-martial for eight officers and crewmen involved in the accidental firing of a missile that killed five Turkish sailors. But the panel, whose findings were released in Naples, Italy, ordered disciplinary hearings that could end the careers of the American servicemen. Navy officials would not identify the eight aboard the aircraft carrier Saratoga being held responsible for the Oct. 2 firing of a missile that hit a Turkish destroyer during NATO maneuvers. Military sources in Washington, however, said one was the ship’s commander, Capt. James M. Drager.