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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mork play Carter mends fences with labor then Heads for Plains and West Washington Dpi president car pledged his aggressive support of e Humphrey Hawkins full employment ii Friday before departing for a two Eek vacation to Plains ga., and Wilder is areas in the West. M Carter went fishing with his 80-year-old� other Lillian at Sunrise saturday on the a full Day of his vacation then made Al liking tour of Plains. The 4-hour fishing interlude was at Small Pond on family owned property it five Miles outside Plains we caught enough he reported later. Carter told leaders ranging from Al president George Meany to Vernon Jordan of the Urban league and Corol Laking wife of slain civil rights Leader or. Martin Luther King we need to continue our efforts to gain passage of the Humphrey Hawkins  an apparent bid to Patch up his quarrel with labor. Carter announced plans to address a steelworkers convention next month. Carter s labor relations have soured somewhat recently climaxed last week by his administration s open spa with Meany. After the Friday meeting. King told re porters we have the Active support and full participation of the , who has been critical of Carter Roylynn Carter stand in a helicopter Friday on the White House Lawn and reaches for president Carter s Brief Case As he tosses it up to her. The car ters were of to their Hometown Plains ga., for a vacation. A photo for inaction said i m satisfied that As result of this meeting that we re going to have the aggressive support of the Whitehouse for this piece of legislation. The Issue is not on the White  Issue is on the almost hostile con Gress. I think the Issue is whether the con Gress is going to provide True  the trip to Plains also marked the Cele bration of first lady Rosalynn Carter s 51st birthday and the president and mrs. Car Ter were joining in a belated 80th birthday party for his Mother. Lillian which brother Billy Carter was hosting. Lillian Carter turned 80 tuesday. The president s youngest son Jeff was 26 Fri Day and that will also be  plans to Fly to Boise. Idaho. Mon Day for a three Day White water raft trip on the Salmon River with his wife and Daugh Ter.  Idaho the president will travel on to the grand Teton National Park i Wyoming remaining there except for Side trips to other Parks until sept. 1, when Hewill Fly Back to Washington. During labor Day weekend. Carter will go to his Mountaintop Retreat at Camp David to prepare for the three Way Summit with israeli prime minister Menachem be Gin and egyptian president Anwar Sadat starting sept. 5. Authorized unofficial publication for the us. Armed Force vol 37, no. 124 i  or sunday sunday August 20, 1978 if 21855 a 9 bombs Jolt British army of Rhine Sites Bonn up nine bombs explode near British army of the Rhine Baor garrisons and buildings Between about 11p.m. Friday and saturday morning injuring one woman  10th bomb was discovered still unexploded near a British Barracks in Bielefeld and defused a British army spokesman  warning was Given of the bombs and by saturday breakfast time no on had called the British to claim credit for the explosions the spokesman  warnings broadcast by the British forces broadcasting services. British sol Diers and their families were instructed to be on the Alert for further bombs and checking particular their automobiles before driving them  bombs exploded near British army installations in the areas of Munchen Giad Bach. Baor Headquarters and Del Seel Dorf within a few minutes of 11 . Fri Day the army spokesman said. About two hours later two More bomb exploded in Minden and in Bielefeld. Sometime after that according to Ger Man police a ninth bomb exploded in a parking lot next to a British army postal sorting office at the Dusseldorf Airport. That bomb injured one woman  army spokesman said each of the first eight bombs appeared to have been either placed against fences around British Barracks or thrown Over  of the bombs knocked 60 feet of Fence while others that landed against the Walls of buildings forming a Garrison s outer perimeter caused structural damage tothe Walls. Ice was main problem German a of ends record trans Polar flight by David m1nt110rnmunich a German Lone Eagle Dieter Schmidt completed the first non stoplight across the North pole in a single engined Light plane saturday and said ice Wasa critical problem during the 33-hour trip. The 54-year-old Heidelberg resident landed his Bce Shcraft Bonanza at Munich s Riem Airport at 5 38 pm Munich time nearly a Day and a half after departing an chorale. Alaska in the plane crammed with extra fuel tanks and special com passes. The balding Stocky Pilot smiled an waved to about 50 reporters on the runway As he brought the White aircraft with Maroon stripes to a halt on the Tarmac and then crawled out of the tiny cockpit to embrace his wife. Ursula. I would t want to have to Fly across the pole under conditions like those again he said. The icing was critical for several hours and i had to drop Down to 1.000 feet at time above the Polar . Who is a great admirer of the continued on Page 24. Col ii  
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