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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, July 24, 1968

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes 5 arabs Force Israel Airliner to Algiers Algiers up five Ara commandos armed with pistols and hand grenades hijacked Anel Al Israel airlines Jet tues Day and forced the Pilot to Flyte Algiers. They demanded that the 48 persons aboard be Hellas hostages for captured Arab  refused the demand and ordered All 38 passengers including 14 israelis and one american  was not Clear however if the 707 jetliner and its 10 Israel Crew members including two hostesses would be  of the passengers were flown to Paris tuesday evening aboard an algerian Caravelle  hijacked plane ind the remainder of the passengers an Crew were still being held in  was pressing through the United nations and other International organizations for release of the plane and Crew but this threatened to be a Long process. Algeria is still officially at War with Israel since the june 1967 War. No diplomatic ties there have never been Diplo Matic relations Between the two countries and no nation discharged with representing israeli interests in  plane had taken off from Rome late monday for the flight to Tel Aviv when the commandos overpowered the  of the passengers said in Paris that a Hijacker took Over the controls of the Fil Al Airliner after the Pilot was hit Over the head with a pistol. The Man then flew the plane to Algiers while passengers and Crew kept their hands in the  government sources said an Arab palestinian com Mando unit of five men one of them a syrian air Force officer burst into the cockpit of the Jet liner shortly after it left italian air space after taking off from Rome in route to Tel Aviv. Pilot slugged the sources said the Pilot Captain Oded Abarbanell was clipped across the Skull with the butt of a pistol when he tried to protest but that he did not lose consciousness. Officials said that shortly after the plane landed Here at 12 35 . The passengers underwent lengthy questioning before being Given  popular front for the liberation of Palestine one of a least three terrorist groups operating against Israel mostly from Jordan claimed in Beirut to have engineered the Hijack wednesday Fortas accused of garbage can Law Washington up  j. Ervin d-n.c., charged tuesday that chief Justice Nomi Nee Abe Fortas had thrown Legal precedents into the judicial garbage can while on the supreme court and Ervin proposed a drastic limit on the Power of the president to appoint justices. Ervin Strong critic of pres ident Johnson s nomination of Fortas. Announced that he would propose a constitutional amendment to restrict a chief executive s Choice to five men selected by a panel of state and Federal  believe that my proposed amendment will make it As certain As possible that Mem Bers of the supreme court will not be chosen on the basis of personal Friendship with the president political service rendered to the political party in Power or past association with politically potent groups Ervin commented. Ervin s plan would set up judicial panel of the highest judge in each state and the chief judge of each Federal judicial circuit when a supreme court vacancy occurred. The group would Send the president the names of five qualified men and he would nominate from that list and submit the appointee to Senate for confirmation. A constitutional amendment to become valid must be approved by a two thirds vote of the House and Senate and ratified by three fourths of the  Fortas present Ervin made his strongest criticism yet of the nominee for chief Justice at Senate judiciary committee hearings. The. North Carolina senator made the comment about Fortas actions while questioning Deputy atty.  Christopher about a Justice department memorandum defending supreme court the opinions i participated. Which the 27-Puge memo Analyzia Nanna rna Yam the scope and Impact supreme court decisions also praising Fortas a Uona to be chief Justice has Pmj it t _. Become Hata controversial new element in Senate considerate of the Fortas  i succeed the retiring pm Warren a s chief . Roman a Truska a neb a senior Republican member Dithe committee predicted mor drawn out hearings on the Fortas nomination As a result of the Justice memo. Hruska said it raises All sorts of interesting  8 attackers escape Shotgun blast misses Newark police director Newark . A police director Dominick a. Spina escaped injury tuesday when Shotgun blast was fired through the living room window of his Home. Police said Spina was watch ing television in the room. His wife Mother in Law and so were also in the House. Spina said the attackers appeared to be two negroes in a late Model car. But police said there were few other details available. According to police the car stopped at the House at about 2 30 . One Man jumped outland fired a blast through the window then jumped Back in Theca which sped away. Spina said he ran outside Intima to see the car go around a Corner. He said he could not Geta Good look at it. Spina 57, was in charge of Newark police during the riot last summer that took 2? lives. Civil rights groups who have often criticized the operations of the Newark police have concentrated much of their fire on the police director. Vigilantes beefed up in new York unrest new York a some ing. Charges denied an Al Al spokesman in Tel Aviv dismissed charges by the front in Beirut that Al Al planes took part in israeli air strikes during the six Day War last  is so absurd it does t warrant a reply he said add ing it just goes to show How stupid they  the accusation that Al Al carried ammunition he replied that is a blatant  300 members of the specially trained tactical patrol Force moved into puerto rican sections of the lower East Side Early tuesday and disperse several Hundred residents after sporadic incidents of arson an bottle throwing broke out. Police said the crowd Gath ered monday night about 7 30 . To protest the presence of about 50 Topf men who were As signed to the neighbourhood aftera fire bombing incident sunday ice Rau hearings Washington up spokesman for the interstate Commerce commission inc said the Agency will conduct hearings sept. 18 on a proposal to set minimum standards for Railroad passenger service. Night. The total Force withdrew about 4 .in another part of the City police at Coney Island encountered a night of occasional Dis orders. They arrested a Manana a 15-year-old youth on charges of hurling fire bombs into the offices the the Brooklyn daily a local  the Manhattan disturb ances 10 persons were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. No injuries were re ported by police. Paper says Sirhan plans insanity plea los Angeles up sir Han b. Sirhan will enter an insanity plea based on alleged brain damage suffered in a fall from a horse to the charge of assassinating sen. Robert f. Kennedy the Pasadena inde pendent Star news reported  copyrighted Story said defense attorney Russell  is expected to enter a plea of innocent and innocent by reason of insanity when Sirhan returns to court aug. 2. A Ray requested Parsons last Friday requested the court to appoint a neurosurgeon to take an Encey Hologram or a Ray picture of Sirhan brain apparently to determine if brain damage  judge Richard a. Schauer appointed or. Edward Davis to make the examination and granted Parsons a continuance of the preliminary hearing until aug. 2.records of the state Industrial accidents commission show thai the fall occurred sept. 25, 1966, while the 24-year-old jordanian was working As an exercise boy at the Granja Vista Del Rio ranch near Corona Calif. Dog bites child 5 owner sought Stuttgart Germany is the 5-year-old daughter of an officer at Neucom he faces painful series of rabies inoculations if the owner of a dog that bit her last saturday does t make himself  Man in civilian clothes entered the Patch Barracks food land july 19 and asked the checker at the door to watch his do while he shopped. Whilo the Man was inside. Melissa Lynn Janutolo daughter of maj. And mrs. Dan. M. Janutolo was bitten Byth animal. The dog described As probably Small Spaniel or Dachshund Reddish Brown with dark hang ing ears broke the skin on Mel Issa Lynn s hand. The youngsters under observation by Randi Cal  owner of the dog is urged to get in touch As soon As possible with the Patch Barracks maps. Or Janutolo. His office number is Patch military 8534 or 7591, and his Home number i Stuttgart civil 787257. Kassel Frankfurt Schwein Furt. Dam Stadt Hochstad Mannheim Heidelberg Nurnberg Feucht Wong err a Irani Taedter econ Hersfeldt Wuerzburg autobahn to be opened Bonns a the 75-Milestretch of autobahn Between bad Hersfeldt and Wuerzburg will reopened tuesday a year ahead of time the traffic ministry announced Here. The $225 million Section is expected to relieve some of the pressure on the Frankfurt Auto Bahn segment and eventually will be extended to Heilbronn and then to Stuttgart to provide a second route to Germany Southwest. Construction began in 1062,and through Day and night work the earlier completion Date was achieved the ministry said. Twenty two Large Bridges we reconstructed for the new Road called the Rhoen autobahn forthe Mountain area through which two mines explode wound four israelis Tel Aviv a three israeli soldiers and a civilian were injured tuesday by two mines the army said. A member of a collective far stepped on a shoe mine and lost a leg. An hour later a command car ran Over an anti vehicle mine and three soldiers were wounded. Both incidents occurred near Shaar Haglun South of the sea of Galilee. It cuts. 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