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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, August 11, 1977

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes August Somalia preppy for hew foe Nairobi Somalia claimed As Many As troops from an unnamed for sign country wednesday were being sent ii Ethiopia to fight against secessionist guerrillas occupying vast Northern and Southeastern which backs rebels controlling Mast of the Southeastern also said that a military Mission was due shortly in its capital of Mogadishu to assess arms needs in the face of fears of an inva Sion of the territory by somali ambassador to Kenya Hussein Haji All accusing Ethiopia of seek ing to internationalize local conflicts by attracting foreign troops to prop up its military said his country is grateful for Anglo american offers of defensive he told a news conference Here guerrillas fighting on three fronts had totally liberated All but two towns in the Scala Oschrt occupied ninety live percent of Northern Eritrea and were fighting 90 Miles South of the Ethiopia capital of Addis Ababa in the Southern Bale the ambassador also claimed Christian Ethiopia was using israeli pilots flying american and israeli advisers in its armed Somalia latest claims of territorial gains by guerrillas and charges by Ethiopia that somali regular including warplanes and Ionia Are fighting on the two Southern cannot be independently Western correspondents Are barred from leaving the capitals of the two but Dalch promised journalists they would within a week be Al Lowed to visit the Ogaden Region said to be occupied by this Western somali liberation the Wolf is fighting to Annex the the promo liberation front seeks to control the Bale province and tie Eri trea liberation front insurgents aim to create an Independent state in Northern Moat the somali envoy said his government Hod information that Between and 000 troops from a foreign country to would not name were on their Way to Al Huinia to help foes of the marxist military govern ment fighting the he refused to say whether the troops were believed to be coming from which reportedly has As Many As men stationed in marxist declaring his country expected to be said the Mogadishu govern ment was grateful for offers of military Aid from the and other Western doffed frames on of engine writer uie Netherlands Ham was surprised when she was told shawls receiving die air mans awarded for heroism involving the voluntary it Sec of life under conditions Ouw than those of conflict with an opposing armed the air Force in her fourth year of had performed the same act for which she was being honoured three did what i had to the f1 Crew chief said the engine caught ire and i had to pot it Ham was starting up the p4 with an explosive starter Cartridge when a Sheet of name shot Back up into the it happens once in awhile we use starter cartridges some times in training to test reliability and the cartridges Start the engine faster than the Normal starters from its an explosion and every so often you get a Torch Sheet of it usually hits the ground and goes sometimes it comes Back inside the even then it Usu ally goes out right t this time it didst go out and there wag a full Load of fuel we use Dpi fuel and 11 wont the 20vear Oid Noo but it there were Over pounds of fuel on this time the Torch came Back in and was Burn ing inside the engine pretty the Crew asked if they should leave and i said it would probably be then t got out the c02 and put it it burned the starter pretty bad and a lot of electrical it would have burned the but the one step below the distinguished flying was a greater Surprise than the fire for the Ive had to put out three similar though two we rent hardly but one happened when 1 was in Zulu the Alert the plane had a full Load of fuel and t was scared to death that so this Lime i really didst expect anything like the airmans who on the list for promotion to staff said she became interested in aircraft mechanics after spending four Yean doing secretarial i wanted to do anything but sit behind a both of my Brothers had been in the air Force and worked with aircraft so t knew what to expect when my Recruiter said the Crew chief career Field was 1 really enjoy Ham said there were six other women in her technical school and that there were Many women in the Field when she came they Are trying to phase in Down a Little i a lot of women didst know what to expect and they just we rent suited for the air Force Pat Harn what 1 had if Harn said a Crew chief is responsible for the we do some maintenance like changing minor cleaning the engines and but mostly it is inspecting and nuking sure the Craft is ready for  maintenance is specialised and we have to have the different shops do the Whites team up in Cape town protest Cape South Africa Apt police fired tear Gas wednesday into a crowd of Blacks and whiles who joined to Gether to protest the destruction of scores of dismal squatter shacks on the outskirts of Cape one Black baby was injured when police tried to disperse the hundreds of Demon arc sporting equipment Catalon is now available the armed forma Alec Ratlan centers afr i 1977 78 sports equipment mail order Catalon is Tow available with an expanded list of equipment an aftic spokesman said All products listed in the Catalon Are manufactured by leading spurting goods companies and arc offered for Sale at the same prices As in the Akrc sports shops us Chtenz Munich Columbia hotel i and Neu u 1m i Nelson initially published As a supplement to the August Issue of off duty the Catalon is also available by the spokesman anyone authorized to use arc facilities May obtain a free copy of the Catalon by writing he attn sports Mer Tuu dising Apo in addition to a Complete line of sports the Catalon contains All the necessary equipment for playing Mountain Back packing and the spokesman articles on How to select and maintain sports equipment arc included in the Cata in addition la information on recreation activities available at Akka and the prices far billeting and ski As a new service to customers this the cauling includes a Complete description of each item offered for Sale so Cusco Infra can select the equipment to fit their Persona the spokes Man Tennis shoes and Warmup suits have been added to the Catalon this year and the listings of ski equipment have been expanded to include Many new items which have been often requested by he about 100 whiles participated in the including the wife of a consular it was the latest flare up Here after authorities began the systematic destruction of squalid tin and cardboard shanties which serve As Homes for an estimated 000 people about 15 Miles North of the of where will we go wailed one Middle aged Black tears rolling Down his what will happen to my family a some of the White protesters including members of women for and the Institute of race relations said they would form a human Barrier to halt the further destruction by bulldozers of shacks in the three squatter if our presence Here will prevent the fronted loaders bulldozers from being used we will have achieved our said one White woman Judy wife of consular official Tom said she had come to the squatter Camp called Modder dam which Means Muddy dam in afrikaans in a show of sympathy with the her contacted at the consulate and asked whether she was acting in a Pri vate of the authorities claim must of the Blacks at the Modder dam and nearby Onibel and Werg not squatter Camps Ore there illegal at scores of their Homes destroyed in the past two have been forced to sleep under rugs and plastic sheets in cold weather with nowhere to am in tells its to get ready for suicide Mission Kenya a Uganda presi Dent Idi amen claims Friendly countries will fight alongside Uganda air Force Sui de squad pilots soon in an impossible Sui cide the official Uganda monitored Here quoted amen As warning the pilots to be prepared for what he called the impossible suicide Mission in the near future the radio said amen was addressing air Force officers at Entebbe scene of last years dramatic israeli commando raid to Rescue jewish and other homages held captive there by pro palestinian terrorists following the Hijack of an air Franca amen described Mission As confidential and did not identify the Friendly coun tries or the nature of the Mission he appealed to the pilots to be disciplined and described Ilas the key to the radio said amen later watched Rescue operation exercise by the suicide squad pilots Over nearby Lake observers Here believe the planes Are replacements for soviet built Mic 17 and mig21 Jet fighters which were destroyed on the ground by the israeli commando soviet physicist Dies at 51 Moscow Iarj a leading soviet physicist and since Rector of Moscow state has died at the age of Tass  
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