European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes August 1978 stranded still clog Europe airports f confirmed Page i through their air space and coordinate the Takeoff and landings of the French controllers Are going strictly by this Means that a controller is accepting Only eight aircraft at a time in his control space instead of 15 or i find particularly regrettable Liat such movements happen at a time when so Many Frenchman and foreigners Are using air French Premier Ray mond Barre told a news conference at Cholet in Western this rebounds not Only Ori the operations of our own air lines but also on the traffic of foreign air lines that overfly French but aage oils president of the danish air controllers expressed sympathy with his French col leagues and said their action is in the Long term interest of air of for passengers who spent 24 hours waiting in an Airport it May be hard to appreciate what the French air control lers Are he but this is first of All a matter of safety in the Johansen said that in France there Are too few air controllers to handle the traffic Kwh rather outdated and in the he the air con troller is taking the rap if something goes the worst of it is that very often he to completely without influence on his work yet is held in where the Airport and ticket office crowds Are further swelled by thou at Rod main an air Force spokesman said monday military have not been affected by be French air controllers slow everything has been running on the spokesman on the civilian Side of the spokesman for the Frankfort International Airport said there have been flight delays ranging from one the situation Here is Well in hand and Thote who Are forced to Cope with Toog Alu have been Well taken care there is no chaos the spokesman Sands of transatlantic holidaymakers waiting up to eight Days for Cut Price tick a civil aviation authority spokesman this weekend has been the wont we have Ever we have still got a couple of flights left Over from and at least a score from there still some indefinite r he said now British authorities fear the controllers will continue their into the causing a Snow Rhall effect that will make the situation worse and London big Heathrow Airport was not Bard hit because it handles no charter but authorities in said nearly persons spent sunday night at the Airport sleeping in walkways and even on window Sills and then were joined by hundreds of hopefuls monday there Are very few spaces left in the terminal for anyone to squeeze said one Britain Majorca flights were the worst at Gatwick Airport South of London 500 passengers who expected to spend saturday night on the Mediterranean Holiday Isle were still waiting on alongside More than others who should have been airborne a report from Madrid said More than 70 planes were waiting to take off from Fauna de Majorca and takeoffs were run Ning at one an hour compared to the sea sons average of 500 a British stoicism prevailed in most English but there were suggestions monday it would not last said Dennis president of the National Union of who has been spend ing his vacation so far at Gatwick they have done absolutely nothing for the passengers apart from one rubbish meal yesterday i have to spend the night lying on a Concrete yet there is no suggestion of people arc very bitter and very British the charter Arm of British announced it was imposing a delay of 24 hours on flights scheduled for monday afternoon and in order to give the airline a Chance to Clear its in Iberia airlines said it had to cancel 48 monday flights to and thousands of travellers were stranded in Spain for a third consecutive Union officials were planning a 24hour strike of most Grout personnel and 10 per cent of pilots on it was expected to add Seri Ous disruption to the Diveto Sixour delays already caused by the French officials at several West German air ports have waived bans on night flights in an Effort to Speed up a backlog caused by the the transportation ministry appealed to state and local officials late sunday to lift the nightlight ban to keep i passengers from being stranded ports because their flights we Redd in Airport officials pet nighttime takeoffs and nine departures Between 10 officials at i handles a Large number said they allowed Teves landings but no Airport officials in Frankfurt and also announced relaxation of the tons on lat night cuban flees aboard is rescued Miami up a 27yearold who fled Cuba in a homemade raft nearly seven ago was plucked out of the sea near key Largo sunday by the Crew of a pleasure Ramon Estevez who survived by eating raw fish he caught with his was rescued by the Crew of the 50 foot pleasure boat Tabay on their return to Shore after a night of when we pulled him the first thing he said Neuva said Lonni a 23yearold i told him in Spanish he had Miles to Cardova said he fled Cuba to join his parents living in new his escape raft was made of two inn tubes sewn together with twine and covered with he carried with him a a Wallet with no a Belt buckle and a Jar of suntan Cardova said he survived by eating Little fish he trapped under the Burlap of his he had a slight fever and rope Burns where he had tied himself to his but was reported in Good Cordova told authorities he left Cuba from the Southern Side of the Isle of Pines on july his 27th he said he worked As a waiter in a Havana hotel before soviets Grill american for nearly five hours Dii 5k Moscow a soviet authorities questioned american businessman fran Cis Crawford for nearly five hours Mon Day and asked him to return to Lefo Tovo prison later in the week to continue the Crawford told Western correspondents later the atmosphere was pleasant and the interrogator covered the same ground As when Crawford was held prisoner i Lefor Tovo for nearly a the who is employed by International reasserted he was innocent of any violation of soviet As somebody has i am a Pawn in a political chess he Crawford said he had been asked to re turn wednesday morning for another ses Sion and added he expected soviet authorities to keep calling him in As Long As their investigation answering a Crawford said he was not frightened because i am in no Way guilty of anything in the soviet i know my company the embassy knows i am not guilty of any violation of soviet Ive done Noth ing to create this after the 2hhour morning session ended Crawford declined to go into detail about the substance of the the afternoon session lasted was arrested june 12 and probe of recruit deaths continues at Jackson fort up a Mili tar style grand jury hearing resumed monday to determine whether two Drill instructors should be court Martiale for their part in the heatstroke deaths of two teenage the which is being con ducted behind dosed was delayed because attorneys for Willie Alexan of and class Lawrence of 80 killed on Italy roads in weekend accidents Rome a eighty persons were killed and were injured in Road Acci dents Friday through sunday in a massive vacation exodus in traffic police have the toll was lower than in the like period of 1977 when deaths totalled 100 and the injured Road police noted that the worst Acci dents involved in a single Accident near Rome eight persons were crushed to death when a heavy truck swerved and smashed into four cars coming from the opposite direction on the had prior commitments last Alexander and Chapman Are charged with involuntary dereliction of duty and maltreatment of recruits in the deaths of the 18yearold trainees june 29 at this massive Basic combat train Lester of and Wayne of died after their first Day of training from heart at tacks brought on by heat the army re v w Sam of the House armed investigations said his staff is probing the incident to deter stratum emphasized that no comments m ssh Slof made on the Mcdent i til Legal proceedings against the Drill sergeants Are Chapman and who have been held at the prison two during i time he was interrogated this is my first official visit said he was released june 27 to the i of american ambassador Malcolm 1 on condition that he remain in the co to face the offence carries a sentence of up to eight in Exchange for Crawford t russians accused of spying in the us states were released to the custody of 8 it ambassador Anatoly Are awaiting trial in new 3 dependent girls die As trailer bums on Crete Greece a Young girls aged 2 to children of us military personnel stationed on the g Island of were killed monday fire gutted a trailer Home at the t embassy in Athens an embassy spokesman old old boy was rescued after Burns and was flown to a i Pital in West Germany for the Childs Mother is being to locally for lesser the spokesman said an launched has not yet determined the c of the fire which swept through the the Rary residence at the air Force i the three children who died in the i were identified As Elizabeth Black and Chriselda daughter and i daughter of Bobby Black of w and Tanisha of Robert Richardson of new j Blacks was taken treatment in 30 injured in chair Accident in new Jersey a a stalled set off a Chai reaction Accident i a a tractor trailer Rig and i near the Hackensack River least 30 persons were eighteen persons were treated at i Hospital and and others were i ing examined for what appeared to bit nor Europe p 4pm a u n to 11 d