European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 18, 1978 hang gliders leap from 1,500-foot Cliff an emotional thing something Beautiful by Bill Beecham dead horse Point Utah a Paulo Sieblitz balanced atop a 10-foot Long wooden Plank made last minute wind checks then took three running Steps and leaped from a 1,500-foot Cliff. He soared like an Eagle. Sieblitz a University of Rio de Janeiro fourth year medical student had wings fashioned from aluminium Cov ered with Dacron for his dramatic leap in this Southeastern Utah state Park. He was among the participants in the 10-Day world invitational hang gliding tournament at dead horse Point a red Sandstone Cliff overlooking a Scenic splendor carved by the snaking Colora do River. Sieblitz leap brought gasps from a crowd that ringed the starting Plank saturday. Seconds later he banked his 52-Pound glider and sailed with the wind sometimes up then Down but always in control. Rain forced cancellation of the last scheduled event sunday the freestyle Competition and professional hang glider Malcolm Jones 22, of Tampa fla., was declared Winner of the $2,000 top prize. Sieblitz like All tournament participants carried a Parachute strapped to his belly. Four minutes later Sieblitz 20, made a near perfect Landing on a target nearly one Quarter mile below the take off Point. It s totally Safe very very Safe he had said before his Takeoff. And you can t be afraid. Like anything else you have to measure yourself know your self know your limits. It s really very  and quiet said John Lindburg 24, of Honolulu one of the tournament s judges and himself an accomplished hang glider Pilot. Sometimes you know it s so quiet really quiet. You hear the wind hitting your Kite. Sometimes you hear a Bird but that s really about All. And that s what probably attracts people to this. That and the Challenge. It s a wonderful  some have flown great distances with Only the wind to propel their Multi coloured crafts. The recognized world record for distance is 105 Miles in 4vfe hours. One after another they took off Over the Canyon silently gliding soaring slicing through the currents that car ried them to the target below. Your mind is at Liberty said Seib Litz with a smile. That s the Beauty of it you Are free. You can Fly All Over. It s an emotional thing something very  negotiators working to end . School strikes by the associated press teachers in Bridgeport conn., rallied on behalf of jailed colleagues while negotiators elsewhere worked to end strikes that have delayed the opening of classes for thousands of pupils. All told at least 425,000 pupils in eight states have had the Start of the fall semes Ter delayed by strikes most of them caused by salary disputes. About 700 teachers held a rally at a Bridgeport auditorium As a show of sup port for 135 colleagues who have been jailed during the strike which began sept. 6 and closed the 22,500-Pupil system for the first time on wednesday. Negotiations scheduled saturday be tween the Bridgeport teachers Union and school officials were postponed until sunday. However negotiations did take place saturday Between striking teachers and school officials in Cleveland and fall River mass. Talks also continued Between striking teachers in the 100,000-Pupil Chi Cago City College system and City officials. In Cleveland where 10,000 teachers and other employees struck the 100,000-Pupil system sept. 7, the talks were held under an order by and supervision of common pleas court judge Harry a. Hanna. The talks broke off without a settlement but negotiators agreed to meet again monday. Union and school officials also were under court order to talk in Everett wash., where Superior court judge Robert Bibb said he wanted to see at least 10 hours of negotiations Over the weekend. The Seattle school Board voted unanimously Friday to go to court if necessary to break a strike by 3,500 teachers that has delayed school for 55,000 pupils. And in Tacoma wash., the school Board will meet monday to consider hiring re placements for 1,600 striking teachers. A judge in Dayton Ohio has scheduled a hearing monday to determine if 19 striking teachers should be held in contempt for violating an order against picketing. The strike by 2,200 teachers has delayed school for 37,000 pupils. Candidate Warner admits mistake Washington up Republican John Warner fears his statement that he slowed efforts to integrate the Navy while he was Navy Secretary May Cost him a . Senate seat in Virginia. I think i be made a terrible mistake Warner said. It could Cost me the elec Tion. It could mean two years Down the  Warner the husband of actress Eliza Beth Taylor was asked in a television interview taped last week and televised Sun Day about his record on integration while Secretary of the Navy in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He was asked to re Spond to a statement by Elmo r. Zumwalt former chief of naval operations that Warner delayed his efforts to integrate the Navy. No question about it Warner said. I Don t deny  you did Wila to interviewer Jim Clarke said. I think let s say that we had a clash on the subject quite clearly Warner said. Warner s news aide questioned the re Mark after the interview and the Senate candidate called Clarke from National air port 30 minutes later asking that the state ment on integration be deleted from the interview. Clarke declined to edit the tape. Warner said he thought he had been asked about Zumwalt s efforts to modern ize and upgrade the Navy. He thought such efforts naturally moved slowly. I misunderstood the question Warner said. I missed the word integrate " but Warner would not specifically deny he attempted to slow Down integration in the Navy and he admitted his differences with Zumwalt. Admiral Zumwalt and i looked at it in a Hamburg to new York trolley the first foreign trolley to arrive for proposed International Streetcar museum is towed from new Jersey to Newyork City. The Hamburg Germany Streetcar was to be in the Steuben Day Parade. A photo different perspective As to How fast to go Warner said. We both had the same goal and we achieved a great Deal working to Gether. But mind you there was a War go ing on and racial tension aboard several of our  Warner could gain no real Relief from Zumwalt s judgment of his record As Navy Secretary. Zumwalt said Warner did not act in a positive or negative Way about integrating the service. \ it was just a Lack of decision he said of Warner s two year tenure As Secretary. I was constantly pushing him to make decisions. 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