European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 2 the stars and stripes january an agitated Sosa lne Kurik Center is about receive oxygen for High blood pressure at Kennedy Airport Afler aviation age version of Pilgrim Story dashing from a Montrea bound airline she was one of 35 iraqi christians who bolted the Royal air maroc plane and requested political Asylum to escape what they termed religious persecution in their Al photo 35 iraqis Force Way off an Airliner at ask political Asylum vf7uf a new York up a group of Mon trea bound iraqi several with wives and forced their Way off a Royal air maroc plane refuelling at Kennedy Airport Friday and asked or political officials three persons Mere injured in the none according to a spokesman for the pert authority of new York and new operators of the air a spokeswoman for the airline said the iraqi group of including seven Young boarded flight 202 for Montreal in they claimed to be a minute minority in the Ara dominated the night arrived at Kennedy More than 20 minutes ahead of its scheduled when they heard they were in the they pushed their Way past flight attendants toward the spokeswoman 260 million in soviet Union Moscow up the Central statistical Board said the population of the soviet Union had reached 260 million As of Jan 1 according to the official news Agency Tass the a spokesman said the excited confined to a sterile corridor bet Ween the aircraft exit ramp and the customs and immigration then asked for political while the group was in the there was some shoving and three persons were the spokesman including an unidentified Airport Security Guan whose Arm was the guard was treated at the Airport the group was talked into returning to the but they became the airline spokeswoman the Captain refused to move the plane from the Gate because of the commotion and ordered All passengers off the aircraft at about 3 the commercial seamen and their families were taken by bus to police Headquarters at the where statements were the a spokesman shortly after the iraqis asked Tor lawyers representing the group appeared in District court in Brooklyn and submit Ted an application for a writ of Hareas Cor pus on their District judge Mark Costanno Sig Ned an order Permuting the group to remain in the new York area and to go to the Homes of friends and relatives pending the outcome they were ordered to appear at immigration Headquarters a Mitau far who fled Iraq to avoid religious and economic persecution by the Rustie baath which is 8 political officials said the group had in Parmly planned the escape for to teens ii picked up a flight la Casablanca to and from quake shakes Guam Guam api popped and downed Power lines an earthquake scale Shook this Heine severe injuries were reported hot spots monitored in Canada Alberta up Canad an forces aircraft reestablished Contact saturday with a number of radioactive hot spots in the Northwest territories but officials would not confirm they were pieces of a fallen soviet defense department spokesman Craig Mills said monitoring equipment aboard the planes was functioning normally and a report Friday that faulty equip ment May have been responsible for the reported Contact was scientists with an incredibly heavy Load of data released preliminary information without analysing further inform he they said that on first it appeared that there had been a malfunction of the detection but after continued data showed there were indeed contacts Mills said he could not con firm the beeps recorded on the Monitor ing equipment were caused by debris from a fallen nuclear powered Cosmos 951 Satel Lite that reentered the earths atmosphere we now have five planes searching an area we Call it sector 5 about 15 Miles Northwest of fort Reliance and about Iso Miles West of Baker he he said the search would continue until we Are 100 percent sure that there is no danger of chief of defense staff Robert Falls 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