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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday August 4, 1978 israelis hit Plo base _. ,., Wall. It is not just that in Lebanon shas Given the airline emergency a sly to Fly Back to the United states some of the thousands of american tourists stranded in London while a tag for Low Cost standby scats on scheduled cart spokesman for trans inter a ional Arthur Behrstock. Said the British depart mint of Trade approved a request for such authority for a 30-Day period or  the standby problem has been solved. The airline s president. Henry p.  Many of the stranded passengers arc running out of funds and others Are faced with the possibility of missing the dates v arc scheduled to return to  arc sen. A rave cars who of Tel Aviv api the israeli air Force thursday attacked a palestinian  base in Lebanon following a terror bombing in Tel Aviv in which 49 were wounded earlier in the Day. The govern ment announced. The murderers will be hit wherever they will  the announcement  israeli bombers attacked several positions in Southern Lebanon thursday wounding five civilians a palestinian guerrilla spokesman said in a commune que the Brief communique said a formation of israeli planes attacked an area about 10 Miles Southeast of the port City of Sido Nall the israeli planes returned safely according to the israeli announcement. I did not say How Many aircraft participated . The attack came a few hours after 49 persons were wounded when a bomb hid Den in a Black briefcase exploded under Astall Selling to shirts and children s clothing in Tel Aviv s Carmel Market. Police Athirst said one of the victims died but later admitted this had been a mistake. The Palestine liberation organization command in Beirut claimed responsibility for the blast. And the army spokesman Here said the Camp struck by the air Force had been in use by Al Fatah the Plo s main military Arm. Not by one of the More extremist palestinian guerrilla groups. The Camp held caches of ammunition and heavy weapons the army spokesman  the Tel Aviv blast enraged jewish spectators interfered with police who detained a number of Arab suspects. Air crash. Continued from Page ii were notified that Obenshain was dead. Autopsies were to be performed thurs Day. Obenshain was opposing Democrat an Drew Miller a former state attorney Gen. Eral in the nov. 7 election for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican sen. William Scott. Republican spokesmen said party rules Call for a new gop candidate to be chosen by the state Republican Central commit tee. The conservative Obenshain. A tall dark haired bespectacled Man considered to Haye grass roots Appeal won the go senatorial nomination at a tumultuous state convention june 3, defeating former Navy Secretary John Warner on the sixth two other candidates for the Nomina Tion former gov. Inwood Holton and state sen. Nathan Miller had dropped out of Contention earlier.  in Manchester  said he was very badly shaken on the death of a dear  he would not com ment on the possibility that he would be named to replace Obenshain As the Republican candidate for the Senate. Obenshain a Richmond lawyer had if31 i in to Tate Republican affairs i960. He was married and the father of three children a son. Mark. 15. And two aught. Anne Scott 13.andkale.9. F of or the Senate was his third try . And one in which he had been accorded a Good Chance of Victory in staunchly conservative virginian 1964. He fell 54 votes Short of election in a three Way contest for the 3rd District seat in Congress. In 1969. He was Defeated by a Drew milk for the office of state at Torney general. His current Campaign had Obenshain Potung almost a fit one part Ortr Feu or another. Aides said he tune wast have landed at 10 pin. U crated " h Lent. Torn apart by Trees. Thing in air travel in recent  Secretary Edmund Dell announced he had dismissed an _ Appeal by British caledonian which had hoped to win the los Angeles route away from Laker the Choice of the Caa. Unconventional and Wighly distinctive. Laker said his airline would have a Belte Chance of Success on the l. A. Run. Adam Thomson chairman of British caledonian reacted disa pointedly clearly we Are banging our Heads against a Buck hears blames a Forney for making trial a farce san Francisco a Patricia Hearst asked a Federal judge on wednes Day to set aside her Bank robbery conviction alleging that attorney f. Lee Bailey s ineffective counsel reduced her trial to a mockery a farce and a  motion to set aside or change the sentence and a companion motion to re Duce sentence were filed in . District court by attorney George Martinez who replaced trial counsels Bailey and Albert Johnson by agreement on May 1.a declaration signed by Hearst on july 30 also was filed in which she supports the request to set aside the seven year sen tence she is now serving. In it she contends that she was con Vinced by pre trial publicity that she would not get a fair trial that she testified at he trial against her wishes and judgment and that she was talked into signing an agree ment concerning a Book Bailey was to write about the trial. I noticed during my trial that it was necessary for him Bailey to ingest what consider hangover Medicine his hands were shaking that he seemed to be suffer ing from the effects of insomnia that his judgment seemed impaired. And that during his summation to the jury he seemed fatigued his hands were shaking so badly it was necessary to hold one with the other Hearst s statement said. Hearst kidnapped by the terrorist sym ionese liberation army on feb. 4, 1974. Was convicted March 20. 1976. Of joining her captors in a san Francisco Bank Rob Bery 10 weeks after her abduction. She was sentenced in september 1976 to seven years in prison then was release Don bail two months later pending Appeal. She was returned to prison May 15 to serve the rest of her sentence after the . Supreme court refused to review her Case. She will be eligible for parole in july1979. Judge William Orrick jr., who sentenced Hearst will Rule on the motion. Neither Bailey nor Johnson could breached for comment. Hearst s declaration also noted that she was kept in a closet for 10 weeks after her kidnapping and that months before her Tri Al she bad advised Johnson of the follow ing that while in the closet after my kid napping. And before the Bank robbery. I experienced sensations a lot like what 1 had experienced when i experimented with Ltd while living with her former Fiance. Steven Weed. She said it was possible that members of the Sla might have Given me drugs without my knowing at that  Hearst and Sla members William and Emily Harris were arrested separately in san Francisco in september 1975. At her trial Hearst said the harrises threatened her and instilled in her a fear of the Fri. She said she took part in the Bank heist under threat of death. However she re fused to testify about an entire year of her 19 months As a fugitive invoking her fifth amendment rights 42 times. Hearst currently is incarcerated in. A minimum Security facility at pleasanton.30 Miles East of san Francisco. The harrises Are scheduled to stand Tri Al oct. 2 on charges of kidnapping Hearst. Dollar crumples to new Low in Swiss trading London a _ the Dollar crumple to a new record Low against the Swiss franc thursday but gathered strength against the japanese yen and some european currencies despite terrific downward pres sure sparked by events in Zurich. See con version rates p. 27. Pt8 a a wild four hour Selling spree in Zurich during which the Dollar lost More Ian two percent of its value to hit 1.6910 Swiss francs recovering slightly in late but major intervention by european Central Banks reversed the Dollar s stole and it closed at 1.7060 francs. In Tokyo the Dollar closed at 188 85 Ven regaining 4.2 yen of the 16 6 yen it Hao to rows pcs the Price of Gold dipped amid the Dol Isa Keu f Stead Ess i Money Europe a  Sam f main Bulli i  ,?1T " nce to bold closed ill Toni Wall i that been licensed for los a hard won los Angeles taken away. We believe 1 Community especially Wilt there arc Al present no i nations on the number of 84new York the spokesman Hority recognizes that not have spare aircraft car in order to ease the i Hority would be prepare airways to carry sky rits advanced booking cd  to ensure that microns the Atlantic on other,1 the authority is prepared airways. Twa and pan a Ward on individual routes Fances Between now and to for standby and budget be located on a weekly basis. J for example they maj own discretion the quota Gers on the London a route. And a real Jackpot for hers because of the exc stances the authority airlines filling empty first standby passengers. Floods. Continued from up feet in one hour Surbridge. Heavy Rains that hit the and wednesday turned be Placid Rivers into surging d48-hour period ending we Kerrville had received 22 in the flooding devastated i a. Comfort and  resembled a w tonal guard troops army helicopters and scores of p stunned refugees at  rescued from Camp on the Medina River the pipe Creek volunteers mint. Refugees from Camp taken to a Church in Banden National guardsmen foliate wednesday night to from the isolated Herman girls were taken to a High i fort where they were families. Early thursday the of Public safety report River Rose 10 feet in one Highway Bridge on Highway Miles North of san Antor gov. Dolph Briscoe i counties be declare made eligible for i funds and  to the lbs 1 Wall were blocked by the ters of the Pedernales b ters failed to reach the within feet of the Stone fun family cemetery where tit Lyndon b. Johnson is by Handera s lucrative 1__ranches were the hardest copters rescued Man Trees or rooftops Amah miss Usa. Kim tomes Amiin Comfort police Sab was seven feet deep Over a local football stadium \  b mmic1 � Boom Tali � ass  .9m outgo sports in j thursday National l .twiftl.d. La two id t v t  
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