European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Maybe he issued a Detour sign by Richard Blystonel London api sir Francis he s not. But in this land famous mariners Farmer Bill Nith seems Likely to make his own Cristable Mark or scar lawsuits not plaudits and horse laughs instead of homage have been s lot Ever since arriving wednes Day in Yarmouth on England s East vast after a misadventure packed Veek Long Solo voyage from Scot and in his new trawler distorted and fair says Smith and his wife june denying press reports that he navigated with a hand Compass Andla Road map. I but a coast guard spokesman Saidi Smith and his 53-foot Craft f sailed from Fraserburgh Scot hand with a Leaky fuel tank and without a communications radio an with Only a Compass for navigation. The family said he had admiralty cant on Page 24, col. 3. The stars and stripes authori1eo unofficial publication of he u � armed forces vol. 37, no. 110 sunday August 6, 1976 if 21855 a Carter vows to keep Navy second to none Norfolk. A. A president car Ter saturday commissioned a $262 million nuclear powered Cruiser the Mississippi in deference to that state s powerful sen. John c. Stennis Carter pledged we have not and we will not become a second rate his remarks the president praised Stennis. Saying it was fitting that this new guided missile Cruiser be named for the Home state of a Man who has done so much to keep our nation Safe and although the administration has Cut the Navy s proposed shipbuilding plan in half Carter sought to reassure his audience that the Navy will remain Strong. "1 have pledged As president and As Anavy Man that the United states will maintain military and naval Force second to none he said. The president noted that he served on the last Mississippi a world War ii Battle ship converted into an experimental Gunn Ery and radar ship when he was stationed in Norfolk As a Young naval , apparently referring to the shipbuilding controversy called Tor Deci Sive action to move ahead with rebuilding the Navy. The Mississippi is a much needed addition to a Navy that has had its share of problems in the last some have recently tried to downplay the importance of the Navy to . Nation Al Security. This is pure nonsense. Our continued on Page 24, col. Ii 1 die As bus lunges into Anada Lake Eastman Quebec Apt a bus car ing mentally and physically Handi a Ped people Home from an Outing Wentt of control on a Hill shot off a Roadway id plunged into a deep Lake drowning 41arsons who screamed for help As they of in the murky Volunteer assistants and the Driver Ped before the vehicle Sank in about 60of water in Lac d Argent 50 Miles least of Montreal. The Friday night. Ray was the worst bus disaster in Ca Ian Alain Pouliot said the brakes a and the Driver was unable to make the Bottom of the Hill. He said the floated for about five minutes before it with Down. Police said it had drifted out lout 150 Yards on the surface of the the victims members of the society of irl Tfirn and handicapped of the Asbestos ranged in age from 14 to 86. Twin wheelchairs but the rest were be i"1 bed Able to move unaided. Some were. Mentally handicapped while the others j id a variety of physical ailments " also among the dead were two nuns a Riest and parents of the disabled the victims were returning to their Homes in the nearby mining town of Asbestos at about Midnight after seeing a play called a simple double wedding in Eastman. It was a special performance forthe handicapped group. We have already investigated the Driver and he was in perfect condition no Al Cohol nothing police Constable Alai Perron told a news conference. The bus started to Speed and the Driver told me to Tell everyone to get set be cause he was going to do a 90-degree turn said Pouliot. But at the Speed we were go ing he could t turn and drove right into the Pouliot said he managed to get the bus door open and the first thing he saw was a boat anchored swam for the boat. There was nobody on Shore so i yelled for help he said. Peo ple came running from nearby summer cottages and tried unsuccessfully to help him free the boat from its mooring Pouliot in the bus was Yelling help help " he said. Moments later continued on Page 24, col. 2 that non sinking feeling golfer Pete Adolph of amstel spreads his arms As if to take off Ike a Bird. Actually it s his missed Birdie reaction on the eighth Green during sat urday s play in the Woodlawn invitational Golf tournament at Ramstein Germany. He wound up with a 75 and a 224 total after 54 holes. Watching i tourney co Leader Rick Colt. Story on Page 221. Is Schueller shoe of Egypt proc Rolfes Vance starts new Mideast Mission i of a Jerusalem api Secretary of. Cyrus r. Vance began his fifth and ably most critical Middle East Mission Day determined to get the peace pro i Back on the track again but Privatel carting no major change in the israeli pm egyptian positions israeli foreign minister Moshe Dayan who greeted him said that that there Mustbe concessions to achieve a settlement and warned that any other approach to the conflict is far far we shall do our share Dayan prom ised As he welcomed Vance and the Ameri can diplomatic team at bin turion air port outside Tel Aviv the talks were to begin sunday wit prime minister Menachem begin. Vance in a statement lacking any Hin of . Pressure said we Are at a crucial Point in the peace initiative begun in this City last year by egyptian president Anwar Sadat has run out of steam and the Carter administration is looking for a Way to Salvage what remains in Good will Between the two sides. Dayan called the Stop in Israel one of the most important visits to the Middle East by an american the parties know that everyone has to make Compromise and concessions Tot continued on Page 21, col 2
