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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday september 12, 1978 Mideast Sweden s Ronnie Peterson peace try intensified Camp David my. A president Carter has begun an even More intense Effort to Bridge differences betwee Egypt and Israel but neither optimism or pessimism is justified at this Point spokesman Jody Powell said monday. The president is trying to refine areas of apparent Progress and trying to find Compromise approaches in areas where egyptian president Anwar Sadat and israeli prime minister Menachem begin Are apart Powell said. The process began sunday at a 65-min Ute meeting Between Carter and begin. It continued monday when Carter met for two hours with Sadat. Powell briefing reporters for the first time in More than 48 hours said Carter had no immediate plans for a three Way meeting with the egyptian and israeli leaders. Earlier israeli sources had said such a session would be held by the end of the Day. Powell warning Powell said it would be inappropriate to draw the conclusion of a stalemate from the fact that there has been no triangular Summit session since last thursday. You Are Barking up the wrong tree the spokesman said. He said the Summit had grown evermore intense and the discussions were being conducted in a More detailed  it is certainly a More intense Effort by the president Powell said. The israeli sources asking not to be identified said the talks had moved from the exploratory to the operative stage. The president was understood to have made suggestions to begin at their meeting and presumably was doing the same with Sadat. There was no Public word about what the suggestions were. Carter is seeking compromises from both sides to break the Mideast impasse. Sadat is said to be looking for far More than a framework for negotiations at lower level after the Summit. Wants hard results the egyptian Leader is known to want hard results from the conference. But there was no Way of knowing whether be Gin was yielding to his demand for full withdrawal from lands taken by Israel in the 1967 six Day War and for recognition of palestinian  we need another two or three Days to crystallize things Ezer Weizman the israeli defense minister told an egyptian reporter sunday As Carter guided begin and Sadat through a tour of the civil War Battlefield in Gettysburg a. So far Carter begin and Sadat have met together for a total of seven hours. In separate meetings Carter has spent More than 13 hours with begin and about one third less time with Sadat. Crash at Monza kills Star continued from Page 1 Peterson onto a Stretcher and into the ambulance. Also unhurt were the other Drivers involved in the crash although some of the cars were damaged beyond immediate re pair. Brambilla was reportedly struck by flying wheel which caused his Skull Frac  s teammate Mario Andretti finished first after the race was restarted but was penalized for a false Start and was Given sixth place with austrian Niki Lauda awarded first place. Andretti s sixth place finish however was Goodenough to assure him the world driving championship. Hunt was tight lipped on How he went tothe Rescue of Peterson. I did what any other Driver would have done in the same circumstances he said. Swiss Driver Clay Regazzoni put the blame for the crash on cars coming from the Back. He said these cars had no stopped after the warm up Lap waiting for the Green Light so their motors were Al ready rolling. Then he said they outspend the Lead cars at the Start bunching together much More than usual at the narrowing of the  starter waved his Flag As the cars in the Back rows had not yet stopped after the trial Lap Regazzoni added. Competitors from behind gained ground and when the track narrowed they tried to drive in and dozens reported killed in Nicaragua clashes continued from Page 1 Masaya before the downtown Battle started. A sandinista who claimed to be a deserter from the National guard told a newsman the rebels would attack the downtown area at 10 . And minutes after that hour can non fire machine gun fire and Small Cali Ber weapons fire could be heard from the Plaza area. The army trucks rolling into Masaya As the fighting started had about 30 men in each vehicle All heavily armed with machine guns and much ammunition. A National guard helicopter strafed the ground around an area where a rebel a Chin gun truck had been parked despite the presence of at least 10 civilian non combatants waving White flags. The people scattered and took cover be Hind a nearby gasoline station and other buildings. Nobody in the immediate Vicin Ity was hit although the shots could be seen impacting nearby. People fleeing a Barrio across the Road said residents of that area had been hit although there Wasno count of casualties. The helicopter could be seen Landing at an abandoned fort that had been in use until recently As a boy scout Camp. The fort is located atop a Hill on the outskirts of town and area residents said it appeared to Bere arming. Sandinista meanwhile set up a flying Roadblock on the main Highway outside the City. Some stopped cars and solicited Money for the bombs. Smoke Rose from scattered Points of the City and people fleeing the downtown area said some buildings set afire Over the weekend were still burning. A woman who lived across the Street from the Cecal a shoe Plant said the build ing caught fire the night before when the Guardia fired into it thinking they had canadians evacuate All 42 from icebreaker in Arctic Edmonton Canada Apall 42crew members of a Canadian coast guard icebreaker that was pierced by ice in arc tic Waters were evacuated from the vessel late sunday a Canadian forces spokesman said monday. Capt. Jim Grey said the Captain on the icebreaker Camsell ordered All personnel be transported by helicopter to Jenny Lin Island in the Central Arctic. Grey said there were no injuries an that the ship was in no danger. The Camsell s Hull was breached by ice Early sunday while escorting two tugs on a Supply trip 115 Miles East of Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island. A c-130 Hercules was dispatched fro Canadian forces base Namao just outside the Alberta capital carrying four Rescue specialists and gear to assist the Camsell s Crew Grey  least nine members of the Crew were transported by air to Cambridge Bay near Wick Island in the Central Arctic from Jenny Lind sunday night and another 20were to have been moved monday. The remaining Crew members stayed overnight in the two tugs the Camsell was  said the icebreaker will be towed to its Home base in Victoria British Colum Bia. Flushed out a nest of rebels. It still was soldering monday. A patrol of at least 30 guard troops and a Convoy of at least 12 vehicles including two jeeps mounting .60-caliber machine guns and one with a recoilless Rifle passed on their Way toward downtown. The trucks carried at least 10 men each. More fighting was also reported in Este i about 125 Miles North of Managua on the pan american Highway where at least five persons were reported killed Over the weekend. Sources said the fighting in Esteli was As violent As that in Masaya but Telephone lines to the City were Cut As they were to Masaya and the reports could not be con firmed. The National guard has not released any details of casualties or action against the rebels except to say that it had begun the neutralization and capture of subversive elements in the cities of Masaya and Este i. The office of president Anastasio Somoza has also declined comment beyond re leasing a declaration of martial Law in the states of Esteli and Masaya. Blaze. Continued from Page 1 while about 500 firefighters Cut line around the Blaze. We flew through one of the blowouts Jefferson county sheriff s Cpl. Mike Wells said. It was almost like a Hurricane inside the thing. There was nothing but smoke. We could t see More than five  Wells said he saw several barns and out buildings burned by the fire but no Homes were damaged. Most of the fire was on the 10,000-Acrejohns-Manville property. Some of the flames leaped onto Public  departments were aided by 150 Volunteer airmen and residents of nearby Homes. I looked out from my House and i swathe smoke said Jim Kling. Then the flames started shooting Over the Forest Andi figured i d better get Down Here to  Europe partly Cloudy to Cloudy with Gusty winds and isolated rain showers tuesday. Little change wednesday. Frank Furt Heidelberg High 68, Low 55. Sunset tuesday 6 47 . Sunrise wednesday 5 58 a. M. Temperatures recorded monday. 4pm Athens c Berlin r Copenhagen p London cd Munich p Rome c a partly Cloudy cd Cloudy a rain a Clear. Det 25,31 St weather so 4am 4pm 67 Adana 59 72 Aviano cd 70 64 Brussels cd 70 66 Frankfurt r 63 95 Madrid c 67 70 Paris p 4am 4p 67 77 65 61 58 61 68 64 59 75 65 82 collided according to  experts estimated that cars were running More than 110 Mph when the Colli Sion occurred. Wheels went flying into the air and the Black smoke was visible fro mall parts of the track. It could have been far worse. It was Amiracle nobody was killed immediately a team official  Boss Colin Chapman said the Acci Dent could be blamed on the irresponsibility of some Drivers but he would mention no  brazilian Ace Emerson Fittipaldi said the Munza track is too old and  he said Drivers would discuss the problem of Monza track safety to the inter National sports commission and would explore the possibility of dropping it from the formula one circuit. Andretti agreed that the narrowing Parton the track after the starting straight was dangerous and should be  Monza track has always had a reputation of being dangerous and several fatal accidents have occurred on it in the  worst was in 1961, when German Driver Wolfgang von trips ran into the crowd after a collision with another car killing 15 fans. The Driver also died of in juries suffered in the Accident. In 1970, Austria s Jochen Rindt was killed at Monza during official trials when he ran off the  before the Start of the race Peter son had escaped unhurt from an Accident during an unofficial practice run. He went off a Bend and badly damaged his  started the race in a spare car pre pared by mechanics at the very last min Ute. He had won the Monza race three time previously and was seeking an unprecedented fourth Success which could have threatened Andretti s efforts to Clinch the title. Syrian shelling reportedly kills 10 in Beirut Beirut a syrian Armor battered right Wing Christian strongholds in Beirut for the fourth night in a Row and police said monday that 10 lebanese were killed and More than 100 wounded. A police spokesman said night Long Syri an shelling set 26 buildings in scattered parts of Beirut s Christian sector ablaze and wrecked a total of 300 cars. The rightist voice of Lebanon radio station conceded one Christian killed and 25 wounded in the syrian bombardment that tapered off at Daybreak. The government of president Elias Sar Kis scheduled an emergency Cabinet ses Sion to decide whether or not to seek an Extension of the mandate of the 30,000-Man Arab league army that halted Lebanon s civil War 23 months ago. Local newspapers reported that the government was split Over the Extension Issue in View of the escalation of hostilities be tween the syrians and rightists. The syrians make up the bulk of the Force that oversees the civil War armistice Between rightists and an Alliance of Leba non s leftist moslem and palestinian guerrillas. The Force s mandate expires oct. 26 newspapers reproduced a report by the authoritative Cairo newspaper Al a Rani that the lebanese foreign and defense min ister Fuad Butros had asked the Arab league to delay a Resolution on the Exten Sion Issue. Rightist political party leaders want the mandate terminated. But moslem Premier Salim Al Hoss said that an Extension is imperative because Lebanon has not built an army of its own capable of preserving Lawand order  
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