European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday september 27,1977 cease fire taking hold in Lebanon Beirut up an american medi ated cease fire took effect in South Leba non monday and officials said it appeared to be holding. The Radical popular front for the liberation of Palestine pulp said Israel troops and tanks were seen pulling Back across the Border to Israel from positions they had taken up inside Lebanon. Newsmen in the South reported relative Calm after 10 Days of escalated fighting be tween israeli supported Christian rightists and joint palestinian lebanese leftist forces. However they said the rival groups swapped fire with each other right up to the 10 . Monday deadline with particularly heavy artillery mortar and machine gun exchanges sunday night. But after the deadline Only a few minor shooting Inci dents were reported. Observed on All sides emerging from a one hour meeting with president Elias Sarkis House speaker Kamel Assaad said the cease fire had taken effect. Asked by reporters if it was being observed he replied when i say the cease fire went into effect at 10 ., this Means All sides Are observing  . Ambassador Richard Parker also confirmed the cease fire had taken hold along the embattled Frontier and that it is being observed by All sides. He spoke after a meeting with foreign minister Fuad Butros. The . Has been conducting an intensive round of diplomatic contacts with officials in Beirut and Tel Aviv in order to negotiate a halt to the fighting. We Hope it will last Parker said. Troops stand by a Force of 800 lebanese regulars and 80 armoured personnel carriers reportedly was standing by at Rayak a town in the Eastern Bekaan Valley about 40 Miles North of the main War zone in the Southeast in order to move into the South. Western diplomatic sources said the move by lebanese regulars would have to be preceded by a palestinian withdrawal from the Border areas a key israeli demand. They said the palestinians syrians and lebanese had negotiated such a pullback two months ago in the Bekaan Valley town of Shatura 27 Miles East of Beirut. However the so called Shatura Accord allows for a Token palestinian presence of some 300 men in designated Border areas and the israelis have categorically rejected any palestinian presence near their Northern Frontier. The . Has voiced its support for the agreement. We Hope this will pave the Way for the implementation of the Shatura Accord House speaker Assaad said. But diplomatic sources stressed that the cease fire would probably have to be tested for several weeks before the Leba Nese regulars would move South. Youth a so killed police slay Soweto rebel Johannesburg up police monday killed an armed guerrilla in a shootout in Soweto and about 500 Miles to the South riot police fired into a crowd of Black youths raging through the township where Black consciousness Leader Steve Biko was buried sunday killing a  flare up of scattered violence monday brought to four the number of Blacks killed in township unrest in the past 24 hours. Sunday afternoon a crowd of about 1,200 mourners returning to East London from the Biko funeral stoned to death two off duty Black policemen. Biko 30, lived in the Ginsberg Black township outside King William s town and about 15,000 Black mourners and a Small number of Western diplomats and Whites attended memorial services at his funeral in the town sunday. There were no Inci dents Over the weekend but a crowd of Blacks gathered in Ginsberg and neighbor ing dim Baza monday morning. The crowd burned Down the offices of the local Bantu african administration Board which runs the townships stoned buildings and overturned a police vehicle. When the crowd tried to set fire to a fac tory his men were forced to open fire on the mob said Brig. Piet smal divisional commissioner for the Eastern Cape prov Ince. The police also fired tear Gas canisters into the crowd which tried to set fire to several other build rigs and damaged the Home of a Black traffic policeman. By later afternoon Brig. Smal said the two townships were quiet. In Soweto Security police surrounded a House in Dob Sonville a suburb of Soweto shortly before Dawn while investigating a report of terrorist activities when the occupant opened fire with an automatic weapon. Police commissioner Gen. Gert Prin Slob said police major Jaap Burger was wounded in the shoulder and hip in the first burst of gunfire and a Constable was slightly wounded. Both Are in Hospital but neither is in serious condition police said. 74 of its $ j 03 seats empty sky train makes Maiden flight to new York by the associated Presosky train British entrepreneur Freddie Laker s gift to cheap travel took off from Gatwick Airport monday on its Maiden transatlantic flight. Five minutes late and with 74 seats on the 345-seat jetliner unsold the flight marked the end of a six year court Battle Laker fought to gain acceptance of his cheap air travel plan. The overwhelming response from the 271 passengers from 21 countries who made the flight was Well done. The fare was $103. It s one of the Best bits of business initiative in Britain today said John Marsh of Petersborough Ontario As he sipped his last English Beer before returning Home. We have the Best show in town Laker told an audience of journalists passengers and Well wishers at a Champagne and cake party which kicked off the inaugural flight. Laker As effervescent As his free drinks said that according to his rough calculations he had made a $3,776 profit from this flight. Drinks on the House came a voice in reply to this news. They Are Laker retorted. The new York to London Takeoff was planned for 11 . Est. Each flight can carry 345 passengers. One Hundred seventy people were wait ing when tickets went on Sale at Laker s ticket office in Queens. At mid morning the firm reported that 220 tickets had been sold and 125 still remained for the first flight. Eastbound tickets Cost $135 one Way. At Gatwick Laker personally collected the first fare from Ann Campbell a 23 year old fashion buyer for a store in Lon Don s West end. She and Jenny Turton 25, another buyer from the store had been waiting since Friday night. The first ticket sold in new York went to Nick Ratner 18, of Berkeley Calif. He got a certificate signed by Laker along with his ticket then said he planned to go to an Uncle s House in Manhattan to try to get some sleep before the flight. There will be daily sky train flights from now on with tickets sold on a first come first served basis on the Day of the flight. The round trip fare is $236. It must be paid in Cash and there Are no movies meals or beverages. Several other airlines Are of Fering a similar standby fare with a few More frills at $256 round trip. Temperatures have one on me aviation tycoon and Laker airways Boss Freddie Laker shares a Drin with Sarah Jane King at Gatwick air port where he greeted passengers wait ing for tickets on his sky train inaugural flight to new York monday. Ausaf logs 117 med games missions Decimo Mannu Sardinia by sunday night air Force units supporting exercise display determination had logged 117 missions Over the Mediterranean opposing an american British ital Ian and portuguese naval Convoy sailing toward the Eastern Mediterranean. The Convoy guarded by italian and portuguese air Force units was opposed by surface warships and submarines from other nato nations participating in the exercise. Fill fighters from Raf upper Heyford and f4 phantoms from Span Dahlem Germany and Torrejon Spain Are Here to support the exercise. Rf4c reconnaissance phantoms from Wei Bricken Ger Many Are also at the italian base. The goal of the Convoy is to land a combined Force of ., British and italian marines and turkish naval infantry on the turkish coast. During the Landing . Air Force units in Europe will support and oppose the Landing. Four Torrejon f4s were to move to Greece sunday and monday to oppose the Landing Force. Other units and aircraft supporting Dis play determination from Here Are Mili tary Airlift command c130 Hercules cargo aircraft kc135 Strat tankers of the strategic air command eb57 Canberra from the 17th defense systems evaluation group at Malmstrom fab mont., Greece s 28th air Force Turkey s 1st air Force ov10 Bronco Forward air control aircraft from Sembach Germany the 1st combat comm so from Lindsey air Sta Tion Germany and a Navy ea3b aircraft from Rota Spain. Display determination is part of the autumn forge series of exercises. It is de signed to test nato forces and practice combined operations in the Southern area of the nato Alliance. 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