European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 36, no. 141 of Ond Sund a tuesday september 6,1977 if 21855 a terrorists slay 4, Kidnap top industrialist Heads up their faces reflect the Tough Battle for the Ball being waged by players in a girls soccer game in Frankfurt. Freya Manvan of the local team is flanked by Jenny Fechner left and Julie Geiger of an american team that has been undefeated to Date on its european tour. For Story and pictures of the California state champions invasion of Europe see Page 3. Is by Gus Schuettler Cologne Germany up terrorists in a daring Daylight attack killed a top West German industrialist s four body guards and kidnapped him police reported. The terrorists abducted Hanns Martin Schleyer chairman of the federation of German Industry and of the federation of German employers associations in an apparent attempt to gain the release of imprisoned terrorists. Conflicting reports circulated on the Fate of the 62-year-old industrialist until Chan cellar Helmut Schmidt in a television appearance said Schleyer had been kidnapped in an attack carried out at a Cologne inter Section at 5.33 . Witnesses told police the terrorists drag ged Schleyer into their Small Volkswagen bus after killing the bodyguards. Launching absolutely flawless voyager 1 is on its Way Cape canaveral a thousands of Holiday Beac goers applauded As Voy Ager 1 blasted smoothly into space monday taking a shortcut that will put it near Jupiter and Saturn ahead of its twin Craft which was launched 17 Days earlier. I m tickled Pink said Rodney Mills voyager program director. Things went off just the Way i officials at Kennedy space Center said the three Day launch delay to give Engi neers time to put extra Springs on voyager 1 s had paid off. A spokesman said the booms loaded with cameras and scientific equipment were fully deployed. We have confirmation that both booms Are fully deployed with everything locked in place. That s another Milestone for Voy 2 Sens Tell Carter Lance should quit Washington up sen. Abraha Ribicoff and sen. Charles Percy told presi Dent Carter monday that allegations of illegalities of a serious nature have been uncovered against budget director Bert Lance and he ought to resign. In a two sentence written statement 35 minutes later the White House said Carter expressed his appreciation to the Sena tors and hoped Senate hearings on the Lance dispute would be conducted expeditiously to allow All parties the Opportunity to present the facts to the american according to the two senators Carter replied that Lance feels he has been wronged and he is determined to defend himself. Ribicoff d-conn., chairman of the Senate government operations commit tee and Percy r-lll., the ranking member asked for the special labor Day afternoon meeting with Carter. It lasted 45 minutes. Related Story Page 7. The committee opens hearings wednes Day on the financial problems surrounding Lance one of Carter s most Loyal and trusted advisers. During the course of preparation for the hearings Ribicoff told reporters out Side the White House certain material came to our attention in which there were alleged illegalities in the conduct of or. we Felt it was our duty to bring these alleged illegalities to the attention of the Ribicoff and Percy refused to disclose what the illegalities were. They did How Ever say committee investigators had continued on Page 28, col. 2 Ager 1," a spokesman said. John Casani project manager said the Craft s third Boom also locked in place shortly afterwards. See photo Page 28. From the spacecraft s Point of View it was absolutely flawless he said. A similar Boom on voyager 2 failed to move completely into position after launch and scientists worried that the Mission would be crippled. It is now believed to be within a fraction of its assigned spot. Project scientists trying to avoid the same problem with voyager 1, delayed launch from sept. 1 and installed the extra Springs on both to give them More of a push to put them in position. The launch went smoothly from the Start. The spacecraft lifted off into Clear Blue skies at 8 56 a.m., carried aloft by a Titan Centaur rocket that left a Long Whitetail in its Wake. Multimillion mile journey the rocket s Thunder startled a flock of eight rare Roseate spoonbills feeding in a marshy area about three Miles away. The Birds ruffled their Pink plumage As the spacecraft sped on its multimillion mile journey to the outer edges of the Sola system. The Titan portion of the rocket Sepa rated shortly after liftoff and an hour later the Centaur broke away leaving voyager 1 on its own. At that Point voyager s own engines took Over propelling the Craft at32,481 Miles an hour. Even As voyager 1 lifted off voyager 2 was speeding through space with a head Start of nearly nine million Miles logged since its aug. 20 launch. But voyager 1 will Fly a More direct route and will be first to arrive near Jupiter and Saturn scientist said. We do not know if he was wounded a Cologne police spokesman said. Schmidt authorized Security forces to use All available manpower and Means to capture the terrorists. He promised these purity forces his unlimited an Anonymous phone Call to the Bild Zei Tung the newspaper with the largest circulation in West Germany said monday night Schleyer would be killed at 5.15 . Tuesday unless Andreas Baader and other imprisoned terrorists Are freed. Baader a Leader of the Baader Meinhoff Urban guerrilla gang is serving a life sen tence for murder in a prison at Stuttgart. An Anonymous Telephone Call to the West German news Agency spa in Hamburg said the red faction took responsibility for the kidnapping. The red faction is the Nam Baader s gang uses. Opened fire from vehicle police said five Young men in the bus opened fire with sub machine guns on a three car Convoy taking Schleyer to his suburban Cologne Home and killed three police bodyguards in two accompanying automobiles and Schleyer s Driver body guard. They raced to an autobahn and escaped in heavy evening Rush hour traffic. The terrorists forced the Convoy to Hal by rolling a baby Carriage in its path at an intersection police said. The terrorists opened i ire ruthlessly on the automobiles with the bodyguards Burkhard Hirsch the Interior minister in North Rhine Westphalia the state where the attack took place said. It was the third terrorist attack on a prominent West German since april. West German chief prosecutor Sieg Fried Buback and two bodyguards were continued on Page 28, col. 1 spurs sch in birth rate Cleveland up the record Winter chill of 1976-77 produced a significant increase in the Cleveland area birth rate statistic indicate. A total of 1,601 babies were born in Cleveland last month 21.3 per cent More than in july when 1,320 were Bora. Births last month also showed an increase Over August 1976, when 1,532 babies were born. Last Winter was the coldest on record according to Marvin e. Miller meteorologist of the National weather service in Cleveland. People had nowhere to go and nothing else to do said or. Ronald f. Swanger City health director
