European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday october 19, 1977 Airport ceremony in Frankfurt in left photo during an Airport ceremony for the hijacked passengers Are the widow of Pilot Jurgen Schumann and minister president of the state of Hessen Holger Boerner. At right Are from left Gabi Kilimann stewardess mrs. Victor and her husband Copilot Jirgen Victor. Is Schuettler arrival of Frankfurt survivors get a solemn Welcome by Leah Larkin staff writer Frankfurt is it was a solemn chilling occasion. Hundreds of Lufthansa employees and journalists had assembled to watch the arrival of the hostage Passen Gers who had been captive for four Days on the hijacked plane. There were no loud showy outbursts of emotion Only soft applause As the first passenger hobbled from the plane her leg sir Michael Balcon Dies at 81 major film producer Hartfield. England i up sir Michael Balcon. Who produced Many of the British movie Industry s most famous films died at his country Home Here at the age of 81. Balcon was responsible for dozens of famous movies from the thirty nine Steps and goodbye or. Chips to Tom  he was perhaps Best known for the unmatched series of postwar comedies which came to be known As the baling co  Many of them starring Alec guinness in a variety of disguises. Bandaged. Then others followed some carrying bouquets of Flowers they had been Given by airline personnel while still on the plane. The strange silence was pierced Only by the constant clicking of cameras. Every one watched the Parade of passengers. Some were without shoes. Others were wrapped in airline blankets. One woman carried her dog. Several carried children or helped one another into the waiting buses. They seemed exhausted. Some smiled reflecting Relief that the terror had ended. Others seemed stunned not quite sure Why or How their Mallorca vacation had turned into such a Nightmare. There were those who shed quiet tears. German government officials including the mayor of Frankfurt and the president of the state of Hessen personally greeted the passengers. It was a time to be Happy Happy and proud at the performance of the German commandos who staged the dramatic mid night Rescue of All 86 passengers aboard the Airliner in Mogadishu Somalia. But the passengers were too drained to be overjoyed. They could not forget the terror of the past few Days especially the murder of their Pilot which they had been forced to watch. The spectators were sym pathetic. This was not a time for shouts and cheers but a time to show respect for those who had lived through such horror. From the plane passengers were taken to a Lufthansa canteen where they met for the first time with relatives. They were Given food and clothing. Those who wished were then taken to hangar 3 for a Short Welcome ceremony. The Pilot s widow mrs. Jirgen Schu Mann was escorted by government officials to the Brief ceremony where she listened As her husband was praised for giving up his life for others. Earlier in the Day flight operations at the Airport had been shut Down for 10 minutes As a tribute to the slain Pilot. 0 during the Brief speeches after the a Kulikov visiting Bulgaria Sofia Bulgaria up soviet mar Shal Viktor Kulikov the commander of the armed forces of the Warsaw pact communist military Alliance arrived monday on a visit to Bulgaria the official news Agency Bra said. Rival of the plane passengers sat with relatives. A Mother kept hugging her Young son with whom she had been reunited. A Young Man Clung tightly to his girl Friend s hand. He never took his eyes from her face As if trying to convince himself it was Over and she had really survived. Many eyes swelled with tears when a German police band played the country s National Anthem. A Lufthansa spokesman said he was encouraged by the manner in which the plane had been rescued and the support Ger Many has received in the form of congratulatory messages from so Many different countries. We have even received congratulations from the soviet Union. This incident has crossed not Only Borders but religions and ideologies. This is the first time this has Ever  temperatures casual commandos Back from raid Cologne Germany up the Mil itary heroes of the daring commando raid that liberated the hostages on a hijacked Lufthansa Airliner came Home tuesday As casually As a football team returning from a winning match. They loped Down the runway of a Lufthansa Jet at the Cologne Bonn Airfield dressed in sport shirts sport jackets and sweaters to the applause of their wives children Well wishers and government officials. Not even Ulrich Wegener head of the 28-Man commando of the Antiterrorist unit of the Frontier troops wore a hat or tie. The Lack of spit and polish was deliberate. The government exultant in a major Victory Over terrorism after a Long series of defeats did not want to mar the Home coming by any ceremony that might remind the world of German militarism. So absent was the military note that we Gener Shook hands with Interior minister Werner Maihofer who has jurisdiction Over the Force instead of saluting him. Maihofer summed up the feeling of the country in a Brief Airport speech. It is a Small Miracle he said. All the surviving 86 hostages were rescued alive. Only one Man in the unit suffered a slight injury. We had not dreamed of such a Happy outcome although we hoped for it when we made our decision. We Are proud of  sixty men of the Antiterrorist unit known officially As unit 9 of the Border police flew to Somalia to storm the hijacked Lufthansa Airliner at Mogadishu. The unit which has 90 men in All was formed after the Arab terrorist massacre of israeli athletes at the Munich olympics in 1972. The Bonn government wanted a Force that could prevent another incident. It had never gone into action before but its first operation proved its Worth. Maihofer promised Somalia that Ger Many never would forget the cooperation that made the raid possible. Somalia won a Friend who never will forget it when it needs one he said. The operation shows that in the last analysis terrorism has no future when civilized nations stand together As Somalia did with  the special commandos flew from co Logne to the greek Island of Crete monday and went into action just after Midnight. L ii 41 4943 80 48 8126 31 38 5337 62 44 5148 83 39 5339 63 36 6341 59 40 7248 52 59 8736 48 43 4631 68 41 6331 54 37 5937 6$ 33 6423 55 39 5234 63 26 5543 65 25 5838 74 43 6623 54 30 5545 82 33 6719 21 43 6033 75 38 6845 so 30 6879 90 56 78 Albany Albuquerque Amarillo Anchorage Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Burlington Casper Charleston . 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