European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars at Titt the toy july 4. Russians free jetliner Pilot denies violation continued from Para p department which had apologized for penetration of russian airspace by the dc8, reiterate that there is reliable information to this effect. A spokes Man said the information included radar sightings. The department also said it had no information about the Pilot s declaration that designed a soviet statement admitting a violation even though he later insisted there had Bee no violation. The United states source said conceded that the plane penetrated into soviet air space after a thorough Check by the Federal aviation Agency. It was not disclosed How the Check was made. According to some informants the plane strayed 80 to 100 Miles off course the passengers emerged from the plane apparently carried russian cigarettes and said the russians fed the Tea bread cheese and butter but kept them penned up i their plane on the runway of the Kurile Island known chiefly forts Volcano named Ivan the release followed two Days intense but quiet diploma tic activity in Washington an Moscow and after the United states apologized for the piano violating soviet air space. Diplomatic sources in Moscow said the Kremlin did not Wantt make a cold War incident of the plane for fear of harming the recent warming of . Soviet cooperation in disarmament. Tosolini indicated no apology was really necessary except to get his plane and passengers out of red hands. He said the flight fro Seattle Wash was routine until North of Japan i looked out the window and was startled by seeing this aircraft. 1 saw a red Star. It was u he said the soviet fighter made a Man Euver and came up on my Tosolini asked his navigator to Check the pcs s position. My navigator claimed we were not Over soviet the Pilot said the Mig fire machine guns but apparently just As a warning not aiming atthe Airliner. He was parallel to us and fired straight ahead i had no Choice the Pilot said. I figured the Best course of action was to he said the mjg led him to the Island Sturup. In i was positive a wore invading their Tenhor a said. To ill said the Kiis Symthe ground let 31 or passengers at a time i 0 to Little girl s i d been under interrogate for the past three Days by to russians said Tosolini a Captivity lasted by asian tis part of sunday All of Mon Dwand much of tuesday. V he said the Type of question during the interrogation indicate. De they Felt we were spying judge denies motions in Spock Case Boston a Federal judge Francis j. W. Ford denied All 11 motions wednesday seeking to reverse the convictions of or. Benjamin Spock and three others on charges. Ant draft conspiracy . City sniper killed by police Marksman the 85-year-old Jurist made no comment on the motions. Lawyers for Spock 65, Yale chaplain William Sloane coffin jr., Harvard graduate student Michael Ferber and author Mitchell Goodman of Temple Maine had sought a change of the verdict by one of three Means � acquittal by the judge a new trial. Or an arrest of verdict on the grounds of an imperfection in the indictment drawn up bythe Federal government. The next step in the Case which the defense has vowed to Appeal As High As necessary will be sentencing of the four on july 10. To set sentence Ford who presided Over the month Long trial which resulted in the conviction of four of the five defendants by an All male jury will set the jury acquitted a former White House disarmament Raskin cod Rector of the Institute for policy studies in Washington. Spock and the others face pos sible jail terms of up to five years and fines of up to $10,000.neither lawyers nor the four convicted were on hand for Fil ing of the judge s decision with the . District court judge heard 90 minutes of defense arguments monday on the motions. Asst. . Atty. John Wall prosecutor in the Case spent 10 minutes at the hearing going Over the government s objections to the motions. Continued from Page wound and his condition was described As wounded policemen patrolmen Philip Sheridan of say Ville ., and James Hubbard of the Bronx were in the Sam Hospital with flesh wounds. Margaret Lacy a nurse who was nearby in the Park with 2 year old Jennifer Lowonn said she saw the Man on the Comfort station roof fire a fired a second shot she said. I was in the play Yard cops subdue . Rifleman with Mace Medina . Up a with a Rifle barricaded himself in his Home and fired a authorities wednesday until Sher Iff s deputies broke Down his front door and subdued him with chemical said Ralph Lorio 56, was carried from his Home without resistance. His wife was found unharmed inside the House. Authorities were called Solorio s Home by a neighbor who complained Lorio was walking around with a .22-caliber Rifle. Police said Lorio took Refuge in his Home in this Small town of 6.700 in Western new York after they arrived to investigate the complaint. Landon backs Rocky Topeka Kan. Up Alf , the 1936 Republican presidential nominee says that new York gov. Nelson a. Rocke Feller is the top s Best Quali fied presidential candidate. And ran to the Corner. I put Jennifer on the ground and Lay on top of Salvadore Fiorenza who arrived shortly after said an unidentified Man handed Jennifer and another child Over the Fence. Fiorenza and an other officer pried open the Fence so the Man and mrs. Lacy could crawl through on their hands and Knees. Terry Brown a photographer s agent said he was in the play Yard with his 2-year-old son heard two shots like fire crackers he related. Some one said move.1 i guess it was the Guy with the gun i grabbed Brian and moved to the right. The cops pried open the bar Sand let us in Washington president John son expressed horror at the shooting and called on Congress and All the people of America to pass the gun control measure which Are needed to protect the american people against insane first in 40 years and reckless murder the president issued hit statement in new York City this Mora Ling bullets from a sniper s have brought Heartbreak horror. Again senseless tragedy Al has struck at gunpoint. 1 Caf Luport the Congress mid All of Thyl people of America to pass tin gun control measures which att needed to protect the America people against i sum and red less murder by gunfire " shots fired Wildcat transit strike at brother cripples Chicago area my a Eisenhower week Washington up the Senate has adopted and Seipt to president Johnson for his signature a Resolution designating the week of oct. 13 As Salute to Eisenhower baseball by United pret International tuesday i major league line score National league Pittsburgh 000 104 0008 t 0new York 0100000001 7 i Blass and c. Taylor Hyan Keonee 6k. Taylor and Grote Martin s. W Laasi -2. L Hyan ft-7. Hka put Burkh 14lei Denon 8. Philadelphia. Zoo 100 000 3 10 0 Choc too. 0000000022 90 l. Jackdon abort 9 Miu Hyan to Lumen us babe it and Hui Joey. A it. 7 to. L. Hult Nian 6-6. Chicago a a Wildcat strike of City bus and elevated and subway train employees left thousands of workers unable to reach their jobs wednesday an caused massive morning Rush hour Auto traffic congestion on Chicago s expressways. The work stoppage which be Gan tuesday spread swiftly during the Early morning some trains and buses operated on various lines the City s mass transit system which normally carries 730,000persons daily was badly Crip work stoppage created a situation of confusion. Rider who Are required to Transfer from one form of Public transportation to another were left stranded part Way to their Desti nations. Thousands of others waited on Corners for buses that never came. Chicago taxis continued cooperate. Car pools were formed. Thousands of workers reached downtown Chicago on commuter trains operated by walkout the first in Chi Cago s mass transit in More than 40 years began Early tuesday As a dispute betwee some members of the Amalga mated transport Union an their Union leadership. More than 900 of the chicag transit authority s operating Fleet of 2,700 buses were Idle tuesday. Some of the subway elevated trains serving the we stand Northwest sides halted operations from 3 . To 5 . When the strike spread wednesday service was shut Down completely for some Timeon the City s North South elevated subway route that runs from the far South Side to suburban Evanston on the North. A cat spokesman said that the South Side service in the City had improved by late morn ing. He estimated that about 900 of the authority s 2,800 buses in about 450 of the 900 available elevated subway cars were Idle. The strikers calling them selves concerned transit workers submitted a list of demands tuesday to James Hill of the Union s division 241. They complained that Hill re fused to Deal with the transit authority on matters which the described As unsafe equipment improper scheduling no sic leave and inadequate insurance and hospitalization plans. Of Sirhan from to weather partly Cloudy and Windy. Warmer Friday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High t2, Low 52. Temperature recorded wednesday police that a White pulled up on his right and a Chevrolet pulled up n his Mitas he cruised the freeway and a the shots came from he bus. One Bullet passed in front o this Chest and hit the left door and the other ricocheted came to rest on ins jacket in the Back seat police said. Sirhan said he saw a Handgis Albring pointed at him from the bus window but could not Tell if twas held by the Driver or a Pas Senger. He said there were four Imen in the bus and three in the car. I after the shots he . Both the other vehicles turned off and he drove directly to police head a quarters. Sirhan said he had been i Angeles to visit a writer but unable to make Contact officers advised him to go his Mother s Home which m been under police guard since sir Han Sirhan was arrested Fin Kennedy was shot to death5 in los Angeles. Get 4 4 am pm 73 04 Adana p 73 81 Athene e 72 82 Valano p 3 m Berlin p c1 64 Frankfurt p s3 m London p 4 4 9ft1 Piti 59 88 Madrid 78 Munich p 64 m part p 53 64 prot twice m Rome o u i wheel i of Clear p partly Cloudy. Ind weather Wing police let gunman marry hostage Sydney Australia up ayoung gunman wednesday mar ried the teen aged Mother of an11-week-old child both of whom he vowed to kill unless the Wom an became his wife but then he broke his Promise to release the woman and baby be had been holding hostage and give himself up. He resumed holding off the riot police sur rounding the woman s House. The police commissioner whose men the bridegroom had kept at Bay for 32 hours before the ceremony served As the wedding witness in a Gamble that the gunman would sur Render. After the ceremony during which bridegroom Wallace Mai ush 23, set aside his automatic Shotgun and two automatic rifles police served him a soft drink and cake. They told him that if he now gave himself up As prom ised they would carry him off to a mental told the police to give him an hour and a half of mar ried life and then to would sur Render. But he broke his Promise and said he would not surrender until 8 . Thursday. The More than 60 policemen he was holding at Bay settled Down for the the Rev. Cuve Paton of Long Bay jail performed the ceremony that ended the Long police siege of the House where Mellish had held Beryl muddle 18, and he baby Leslie As hostages. Mellish had chased away with gunfire two policemen who had come to serve a warrant charging him with burglary. He then vowed to kill the Mother the baby and himself unless he mar ried miss muddle. He also threatened the triple killing if police tried to Force him baby slept to miss mud die s arms during the ceremony. Kills 7 in 1 London a Abritis elizabethan freighter air Rani collided with two stationary ajl liners on Landing at London air port wednesday Killim persons and injuring five Rotnor i the twin engined Pisi Craft of bks air transport carrying racehorses and from d e a u v 1 11 e in a Hrell believed the dead were have been aboard tl1bethan. The eight Racehorse the aircraft were in the crash. The freighter Tore a tails kill two parked British ways Bea Trident a then ground on ripping i and strewing the runway debris
