European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sky nerd Trio in crash Mccomb miss. A six persons in eluding three members of the Lynyrd sky nerd Rock band were killed when their twin engine air plane crashed while at tempting an emergency Landing. Twenty others were injured in the thursday night crash. The propeller driven con Vair 240 skidded across treetops for about 100 Yards then slammed nose first into a swampy area and split open about eight Miles Short of the Mccomb Airport after reporting it was having fuel trouble or was running Low on fuel an air traffic controller reported. The dead were Lead Singer Ronnie Van Zant guitarist Steve Gaines his sister vocalist Cassie Gaines Pilot Walter Wiley Mccreary Copilot William John Gray and Dean Kilpatrick assistant Road manager for the group officials said. Six other members of the band were injured. Others injured included members of the group s Road Crew and a television continued on Page 28, col. 4 bomb blast defies Hunt for terrorists from press dispatches Bonn a bomb believed planted by a terrorist exploded Friday in a doorkeeper s Lodge at a courthouse in Hannover As West German police stepped up their nationwide Hunt for 16 members of the Baader Meinhoff  injuries were reported. Police said the bomb apparently was planted on a window Sill of the building by sympathizers of the terrorists. The Stuttgart District attorney s office meanwhile said experts found explosives hidden in the Wall of an unoccupied cell at the Stuttgart Stamm Heim prison where Andreas Baader and two other members of his gang Jan Carl raspe and Gudrun Ensslin committed suicide tuesday. They also found headphones cables and a radio connector in the cell of a fourth terrorist Irmgard Moeller who unsuccessfully tried to kill herself tuesday a spokesman said. Moeller refused to answer any question Friday on How she obtained the equipment or How two of her colleagues managed to obtain and hide hand guns at the Maxi mum Security  mystery Over the jail cell deaths of three terrorists deepened Friday with a report that one of them told prison Chap Lains the Day before her death that she reckoned with her execution. Government spokesman Klaus Bolling told reporters Ensslin voiced fears of her possible execution during a meeting with prison chaplains monday. Boiling denied claims by Ensslin s lawyer Otto Schily that she had Given the chaplains a letter to be delivered to Manfred Schiller chief of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt s office. Schily called on the government to re lease contents of the letter in View of ens Slin s death. But boiling denied such a letter existed and said a search of her cell turned up no correspondence addressed to continued on Page 28, col. 2 memorial service honors slain Pilot  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol.36, no. 187 in doily ond Sumroy saturday october 22, 1977 if 21855 a Hijacker kills himself to end Atlanta drama Byrlea Larkin staff writer Babenhausen Germany is his death was called a sacrifice for All  we All feel the pain. We have lost a Comrade a speaker told the crowd assembled in the City Hall auditorium Here for memorial services in Honor of capt. Jurgen Schumann. See photo Page 28. The Pilot was killed by terrorists on a Lufthansa Jet which had been in route to Frankfurt from Mallorca last week before it was hijacked. The 86 passengers who were later rescued watched As the Kidnap Atlanta up Bank robbery suspect Thomas Michael Hannan frustrated by his failure to Force the release of his jailed homosexual Lover by hijacking a Jet liner and holding 15 persons hostage shot himself to death late thursday night As his lawyer pleaded with him to surrender. You re playing games with me he had warned authorities earlier Over a radio  the Frontier airlines plane parked on a taxiway at Hartsfield International Airport the nation s second busiest air terminal. If you re playing games with me i have nothing to lose. My life is Over he said. Police and an Fri swat team were poised to Rush the Airliner if necessary and officials stood ready with the $3 million demanded by Hannan 29, As additional bar gaining Power. Heeding the pleas of his buddy George David Stewart 29, who was taken to the Airport Hannan had released the remain ing 11 passengers unharmed More than 13 hours after he commandeered the plane in grand Island neb. Nineteen other Passen Gers mostly women and children had been let off the plane during a refuelling Stop at Kansas City. After the last passengers alighted in at Lanta on the dimly lit runway Hannan kept the Pilot and Copilot on Board while his at Torney j. Roger Thompson tried to talk him into surrendering. Thompson a 44-year-old former . Magistrate argued with Hannan for about 30  said Hannan paced Back and Forth in the plane s aisle a sawed off shot continued on Page 28, col. 1 ready for the action american tracked vehicles Roll off their carriers during a Rhine River crossing exercise near Oppenheim conducted for touring National guard officers from the . Story Page 2, other photos page3. Is by Jim Cole ers made Schumann Kneel in the aisle and then shot him. Hundreds of Lufthansa employees mainly pilots who came on chartered buses were among those who listened to the eulogies in the Flower filled auditorium. There were also 160 French airline pilots and Copilot at the memorial serv ice As Well As friends and neighbors. Seven americans came people who knew the Pilot from the German american club in Babenhausen. Schumann participated in social act Sites at the Cavern said col. Kenneth r. Bailey commander of the 41st Field arty group and sub Community commander in Babenhausen. Hundreds were turned away from the auditorium which had quickly filled to capacity. Hundreds lined the Street in front of City Hall. All could View the armed policemen positioned on the roof of the building their machine guns held ready. It made the circumstances of the Pilot s death All too real. Schumann is dead but the terrorists have warned that terrorism is not. The music played by the German Mili tary band during the 45-minute-Long Cere Mony was solemn bringing tears to the eyes of men and women. Among officials from the German government attending the service were Chan Cellery minister Hans Jirgen Wischnewski and the minister president of Hessen Holger Borner. Six Lufthansa pilots carried the Flag draped coffin from the auditorium. Mrs. Schumann walked behind reflecting the same controlled dig nity she had shown earlier in the week at the Airport ceremony after the return of the hostages and her husband s body. Schumann will be buried tuesday. Carter opens tour vows Aid to poor Detroit a president Carter on a hopscotch Cross country tour to defend his policies acknowledged Friday that fed eral officials tend to forget the human suffering of poverty and promised re doubled efforts to help the poor. We have made some first major Steps toward meeting the needs of the people you represent Carter told a forum on Urban poverty. In the future Well make even greater  Carter spoke at a Public forum sponsored by the Community services admin continued on Page 28, col. 1