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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, September 11, 1978

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday september 11, 1978 president Carter is flanked by egyptian president Anwar Sadat left fore ground and israeli Premier Battlefield visitors Menachem begin at the Gettysburg pa., Battlefield. Carter and his visitors travelled from Camp David md., site of their talks on Mideast peace. The spokes of a civil War Cannon s wheel Are in the foreground. A photo Smith discusses Downing massacre Rhodesia to strike Back Salisbury Rhodesia up prime minister Ian Smith announced sunday the introduction of a modification of martial Law and warned of strikes against Blac insurgents in Zambia and Mozambique in the Wake of the Downing of a civilian Airliner and the subsequent massacre of Surv  placed the major share of the blame for last week s Airliner disaster and other acts of terrorism on the United states and Britain and warned he would move against the local affiliates of the guerrilla backed patriotic  his policy address awaited eagerly by White rhodesian clamouring for re Venge for the slaying of 48 people in the air liner incident contained no details on what he had promised would be a new course marked by less talk and More  the 28-minute speech broadcast on radio and television Smith repeatedly said he cannot Bend to the White demands for violent reaction and must instead keep a Cool  said the introduction of martial Law has been repeatedly considered but that on examination it was decided that put Ting All manpower and National resources under military authority could create a Many problems if not More than it  so with typical rhodesian ingenuity we have adapted to our Peculiar circumstances and have now produced a plan to maximize the advantages and minimize misplaced tool knocks atom sub out of action Pearl Harbor Hawaii up i Cost the Navy $171,000 to fix a problem in the nuclear submarine swordfish caused by a misplaced 54-cent paint scraper the Pearl Harbor naval shipyard log  vessel was dry docked for a week be cause someone apparently left the scraper behind after working on the sub and it fell into a torpedo launcher jamming it. Jammed up in her launcher the log said Between the Piston and Cylinder Wall was a Navy Garden variety paint scraper which is Selling today in shop stores for 54  Little 54-cent paint scraper Cost about $171,000 to locate and  the jammed Piston was discover. Red. Divers tried for Over a week to re move the scraper while swordfish was waterborne. They Cut it with an underwater Torch and used a 40-ton Hydraulic Jack to try and free the Piston. No Luck. That s Why she docked so we could use our big guns on it so to  log theorized the scraper could have gotten lodged in the launcher by be ing sucked in but said the most Likely thing is that the tool was left somewhere inthe superstructure and fell through Sev eral passages until it got  log said the Cost of repairs was equal to 10 years wages for a Journeyman and noted it was a sheer loss of funds completely  the disadvantages he  could term it a modification of martial Law which will enable us to streamline procedures in order to facilitate the prosecution of our War Effort while at the same time leaving intact those civil authorities which Are required to continue to play their  will be introduced to particular areas As and when required and not on nationwide basis. It will Lead to tougher stronger measures against our enemies this is the precise  the same time we will continue to guard against injury and hardship to those innocent civilians who inevitably Fin themselves in the Middle wherever terrorists operate he said. Smith did not make Clear How his new plan would differ from the present Situa Tion whereby All Able White rhodesian have a military commitment and the armed forces operate in All parts of the country. The terrorists responsible for the Airliner disaster Are members of Joshua Nkomo s Wing of the patriotic front with bases in Zambia. Smith warned Zambia and Mozambique both neighbouring Black countries of the danger they run harbouring thousands of rhodesian  must warn the neighbouring states to the North Zambia and the East Mozambique that we cannot tolerate a situation in which these murderous terrorists can operate from within their Borders with in  they permit this then they must Bear the consequences of any defense strikes we May undertake against terrorist bases i their countries. As we have done in the past we shall take every precaution to avoid their civilian  Carter Call reaffirms Shah s role Camp David my. Up president Carter telephoned the Shah of Iran Sunda to express his Hope that violence in Iran would soon end and to reaffirm the  of Iran s continued Alliance with the West the White House  a statement designed to bolster the Shah s position the White House said tha Tcarter called the Shah and discussed the present situation in Iran where antigovernment protests led by moslem extremists have claimed at least 95  president reaffirmed the close and Friendly relationship Between Iran and the United states and the importance of Iran s continued Alliance with the West a White House statement said. The president expressed his deep re � Gret Over the loss of life and his Hope that ithe violence would soon be ended the White House  further expressed the Hope that movement toward political Liberal Zatic would  visits postponed the Shah postponed visits to Romani and East Germany saturday after order ing thousands of troops to enforce martial Law in Tehran. The wave of violence stemmed from the Shah s attempts to fur ther develop and westernized his Oil Rich country. The White House said that Carter made the Call on sunday morning apparently be fore he led two other leaders in Summa la talks egyptian president Anwar Sadat and israeli prime minister Menachem be Gin on a tour of the Gettysburg pa., Battlefield 20 Miles  opened fire sunday on Iran demonstrators for the third straight Day kill ing at least one person and nine members of the parliament walked out on a speech1 by the country s new  Iran said troops in the holy City of qom fired Point Blank into a crowd of religious moslem who had ignored the mar tial Law directive imposed Friday. The re port said one person died but it gave no other details. Oppose liberalization trend it was the third consecutive Day of blood shed Between the troops and moslem who Are demanding that the Shah end his liberalization trend and return Iran to the ways of islam. The government also confirmed that dozens of persons fired upon by troops i Tehran Friday have died raising the offi Cial death toll in three Days of fighting from 58 to 95.but ambulance Drivers and employees at South Tehran s main cemetery corroborated initial reports from witnesses that As Many As 250 people were  massed in front of parliament Square where Premier Jaafar Sharif Emami presented his National Unity pro Gram to parliament during consideration of a vote of Confidence in the government prompting the protest walkout by nine parliament  was named Premier by the Shah 16 Days ago to solve the political crisis. The new Premier said that the Shah had been forced to declare martial Law be cause his political liberalization program was abused. Temperatures l h 69 90 65 75 65 8155 65 60 73 52 72 68 91 66 91 60 81 73 93 56 69 63 69 63 69 51 68 71 87 Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Boston Buffalo Burlington Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Dallas it. 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