European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 36, no. 181 15c Doiy and 5undo sunday october 16, 1977 if 21855 a air hostages say Schmidt is Only hope7 sad Mission Harry Crosby 19-year-old son of crooner Bing Crosby receives a consoling embrace at Madrid International air port from Cesar de Zulueta who was his father s Host at the la Moraleja Golf course Friday when tragedy struck inthe form of a fatal heart attack. Young Crosby flew from London to assist in arrangements for returning the entertainer s body to the . A photo by United press International president Carter led the nation in paying tribute saturday to Bing Crosby who died Friday of a heart attack on a Golf course near Madrid Carter in a statement said Crosby 73, lived a life his fans around the world Felt was typically american successful yet modest casual but elegant. He revolutionized popular music Sang the biggest hit of All time and yet was a Man who would be at ease in any american Sinatra said that Crosby s pass ing leaves a gaping Hole in our music Andin the lives of everybody who Ever loved him and that s just about Hope Crosby s sidekick in the memorable Road movies was one of the see stories photos pages 12,13,24. Hardest hit by news of Der Bingle s death from a heart attack. I still Don t believe it. I m absolutely numb he Astaire who starred in a number of films with Crosby said his death was a tragic thing a great loss i m so sorry for All of us who valued him so Dorothy Lamour who made up a roman tic Trio with Crosby and Hope in the Road pictures said she heard of Bing death on the radio As she was Reading a newspaper Story about plans for the thereof them to make one More film. I could t believe it she said. It s such a great loss Bing Crosby was an individual person. He was Bing Crosby. He was a wonderful Man a religious Man. My Only wish is that his Road to heaven is Shappy As our other roads were. I always was closer to Bob Hope but they were both like big Brothers to me teasing said Lucille Ball i never worked in movie with Bing but i was around him quite often socially. I always enjoyed being in his company because he intrigued me with his vocabulary and knowledge. Hews a Brilliant Crosby from his Early years a 70 shooter in Golf gained acclaim in the sports world for his annual tournaments at Pebble Beach calif., where he became the crony of the most famous figures in the Nicklaus who co designed and built the Spanish course on which Crosby was playing was s death is a great Shock to me Nicklaus said. Only recently we Dis continued on Page 24, col. 1 Dubai United Arab emirates up eighty two passengers and five Crew members of a hijacked West German Jet liner saturday made a dramatic Appeal to Chancellor Helmut Schmidt to prevent them from being blown up on a desert air All depend on your decision said the Pilot of the aircraft in relaying the Mes Sage to Schmidt through emirates defense minister sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Makh Toum. You Are our Only and last Hope said the climbed inexorably towards a Climax in the shimmering heat of the per Sian Gulf As officials in West Germany and Turkey consulted in frantic crisis sessions Over whether to give in to the demand by the four hijackers for the release of 13 terrorists imprisoned in West German and turkish hijackers said the prisoners and the Ransom Money had to be safely in Somalia North Vietnam or South Yemen by sunday or they would blow up the plane and every one in it. Somalia said it would accept the hijacked plane to save the lives of the Pas Ransom was set at $15,480,700. They also threatened to execute kid naked West German industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer who was abducted six weeks ago by Urban guerrillas. The West German government sent message saturday to West German terrorists in league with the spokesman Klaus boiling announced the government sent the Mes Sage to the red army faction through Geneva lawyer Denis payot who relayed Friday the hijackers ultimatum threaten ing to blow up the Boeing Jet unless its de mands Are met called the message very import , in Geneva said it was an extremely important and urgent need for precaution appeared at one Point to have been borne out when arrange ments were made to hand Over the $15 Mil lion Ransom at a Frankfurt hotel Only to be continued on Page 24, col. 2 Jackson Sparks 4-1 win yanks make it 3-1 los Angeles up Reggie Jack son who buried the Hatchet with his Man Ager Friday helped to dig a grave for the los Angeles dodgers saturday with double and a Long Home run to give the new York Yankees a 4-2 win Over the dodgers for a 3 games to one Lead in the world Yankees sent Ace left hander Ron Guidry to the Mound and he allowed Only four hits one of them a two run Homer in the third by Dave Piniella helped Guidry with a leap ing one handed catch against the left Field Fence to take a Homer away from Ron Cey in the fourth , deciding to concentrate on baseball instead of making controversial comments started a three run Yankee rally against Doug Rau in the second witha double to left and hit a 400-foot Home run in the sixth Yankees tattooed Rau for three successive hits to Start the second began the rally with an opposite Field double and Piniella followed with Aline single to right to score Jackson with the first run. Chris Chambliss then lined a double Down the left Field line which sent Piniella to third. Rau was relieved Ybrigh Thunder Rick Rhoden. Graig Nettles scored Piniella with aground out to second base and Bucky Dent knocked in the final run of the inning with a ground single through the Hole into right , the Yankees Best starting Pitcher this year mowed Down the Dodg ers in the first two innings but was tagged for a pair of runs in the third when Pitche Rhoden hit a ground Rule double to left with one out and Lopes ended an o-for-13 slum with a 400-foot Homer to Straightaway Center retired 13 consecutive batters until with two out in the sixth inning Jack son tagged a 1-1 pitch into the left enter Pope appoints . Bishops Vatican City up Pope Paul visas appointed a new archbishop for okla homa City and a new Bishop for Steuben Ville Oklahoma City archbishop is msgr. Charles a. Salatka a native of grand rapids Mich. The new Bishop of Steuben Ville is msgr. Albert h. Ottenweller who served for the past three years As an auxiliary of Toledo Ohio. Ottenweller is from Stanford Montana. Field bleachers. It was Jackson s third career series Homer and increased the Yankees Lead to 4-2. The play by play account Yankees first Rivers singled. Randolph popped to first. Munson hit into double play. No runs one hit no errors none left. Dodgers first Lopes walked. Lopes stole second. Russell struck out. Smith grounded out. Cey struck out. No runs no hits no errors one left. Yankee second Jackson doubled. Piniella singled Jackson scoring. Chambliss doubled Piniella stopping at third. Rhoden relieved Rau. Nettles grounded out scoring Piniella. Dent singled Chambliss scoring. Guidry sacrificed Dent to second. Rivers struck out. Three runs four hits no errors one left. Dodger second Garvey filed out. Baker filed out. Lacy struck out. No runs no hits no errors none third Randolph grounded out. Munson struck out. Jackson lied out. No runs no hits no errors none left. Dodgers third Yeager popped out. Rhoden doubled. Lopes homered. Russell grounded out. Smith struck out. Two runs two hits no errors none left. Yankees fourth Piniella grounded out. Chambliss grounded out. Nettles grounded out. hits no errors none left. Dodgers fourth Cey filed out. Garvey struck out. Bakur grounded out. No runs no hits no errors none left. Yankees fifth Dent grounded out. Guidry grounded out. Rivers grounded out. No runs no hits no errors none left. Dodgers fifth Lacy flied out. Yeager grounded out. Rhoden flied out. No runs no hits no errors none left. Continued on Page 24, col. 3
