European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday september 20, 1978jmbe Castro says plot on Juk would be been "insanity7 a huddle in the Balcony president Anwar Sadat of Egypt bends closer to hear prime minister Mena chem begin As Rosalynn Carter smiles Between them. The two leaders and the first lady had first Row seats in a Spe Cial Balcony gallery in the House. They smiled Down at president Carter addressing a joint session of Congress monday night on the peace initiatives achieved at Camp David. A photo Congress gives Carter his warmest reception Washington up members of Congress forgot party lines and past differences with the White House to pay presi Dent Carter tribute for a masterful performance in rekindling the Hope for peace in the Middle East. Republicans and democrats joined Mon Day night in hailing As the Best yet Carter s speech to a joint session of Congress on the peace initiatives achieved at the Camp David Summit. They gave the president his warmest and most enthusiastic reception since he took office. The loud cheers and whistles Given car Ter were As enthusiastic As those for egyptian president Anwar Sadat and israeli prime minister Menachem begin. The two leaders sitting on either Side of Rosalynn Carter smiled Down on the president from front Row seats in a special Balcony gallery in the House. Against the backdrop of those two Lead ers it was about As emotional a moment As anything you la find around Here said rep. Morris Udall a Ariz. I be seen Many presidents and Heads of exercise will delay Frankfurt flights Frankfurt a travellers Hying to or from the International Airport Here can expect delays for the next 10 Days due to nato Maneu vers officials say. Officials said priority on air lanes East of Rhein main Airport one of Europe s busiest had been assigned to military planes during the certain shield exer Cise. The exercise part of the autumn forge series of fall Maneu vers began monday. Frankfurt is one of the major hubs for flights from Eastern Europe and the mid dle East. State address joint sessions but there has t been a warmer or More genuine reception since Winston Churchill spoke Here added House speaker Thomas o Neill. It was Beautiful. It had a touch of reverence statesmanship and desire the desire for  House Republican Leader John Rhodes said in his 25 years in Congress he could recall Only three presidential addresses that elicited As warm a reception As Carter received Richard Nixon s speech upon his return from his historic trip to China an appearance by John f. Kennedy after the cuban missile crisis and one of Dwight Eisenhower s speeches following a korean peace initiative. Only a Boycott by sen. James Abourezk d-s.d., the Only senator of Arab descent put a Damper on the congressional enthusiasm. Sen. George Mcgovern d-s.d., de scribed the agreement As one of the most dramatic diplomatic successes of our time and retiring foreign relations chairman John Sparkman d-ala., called  i just think that this has to be a tremendous boost for him by any Standard said sen. Paul Laxalt r-nev., who headed Ron Ald Reagan s 1976 presidential Campaign. Washington a cuban presi Dent Fidel Castro says it would have been a tremendous insanity for Cuba to have plotted the murder of president John f. Kennedy the House assassinations com Mittee reported tuesday. I am going to Tell you Here that nobody nobody Ever had the idea of such things Castro said during a 4-hour interview with committee members and investigators last april. The committee played portions of the tape recorded interview during its hearings tuesday. Repeating his consistent denials of cuban involvement in the assassination of Kennedy Castro said Wever in 20 years of revolution i never heard anyone suggest nor even speculate about a measure of that sort because who could think of the idea of organizing the death of the president of the unite states most perfect pretext that would have been the most perfect pretext for the United states to invade our country which is what i have tried to pre vent for All these years in every possible sense. From the ideological Point of View it was insane. And from the political Point of View it was a tremendous  Castro said he knew nothing about Lee Harvey Oswald and Oswald s visits to the cuban consulate in Mexico City until after Kennedy was slain and Oswald was identified As the killer. The committee is weighing the merits of a mysterious intelligence report suggest ing that Oswald hinted to cuban officials atthe consulate that he might  and that Castro Learned of this before the assassination. The committee took Public testimony about the secret report but the commit tee s chief counsel Robert Blakey said cuban authorities blamed the Central intelligence Agency for circulating the re port As a disinformation tactic to implicate Cuba in Kennedy s death. Blakey said the committee has reached no judgment on the Overall reliability of the intelligence source. More specifically he said whether the source provided reliable information in this instance is an Issue the committee Groom need t Ever worry about a divorce la Roche sur Yon France a the priest the bridegroom and 165 guests were All on hand for Denis Hornet s wed Ding. Only the Bride was missing but mor net had planned it that Way. The 50-year-old Farmer tired of always attending family marriages but deter mined to remain a Bachelor threw a wed Ding party for relations and friends com plete with a cake and dancing but minus Bride. Hornet s honeymoon plans have no been announced. Carter backed for the Nobel Washington a resolutions pro posing that president Carter be awarded the Nobel peace prize for his Middle East peace efforts were introduced monday in both houses of Congress. The Senate Resolution introduced by Delaware Republican William Roth sup ported the Camp David Summit agree ments and placed the Senate on record As favouring the Nobel award to Carter egyptian president Anwar Sadat and israeli prime minister Menachem begin. I think he Carter richly deserves a Nobel peace prize for devoting his time and Energy to a task that is so meaningful to the people of the Middle East and so important to the cause of world peace rot said. A similar move was made in the House. Two american presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson have received the Nobel peace prize. Henry a. Kissinger received the award in 1975 while serving As Secretary of state. Must decide in december As it prepares a final report. The committee then ended Public examination of Oswald s interest in Cuba and Mexico and turned its attention to these Cret service and the Quality of the Protection it had provided Kennedy. Nine killed As Iran mercy plane crashes Tehran up the official death toll in Iran s major earthquake Rose to 16, 000 tuesday and another nine persons were killed when a mercy plane crashed at Tehran Airport. Radio Iran said four persons survived the crash of the iranian air Force c-130 transport ferrying Relief supplies to the devastated Oasis town of Tabas and 100 surrounding villages. The four survivors were admitted to the Hospital at the Dushan Tappe air base with severe Burns the radio said. The plane was carrying Relief goods it loaded in Shiraz South Iran to the East iranian Oasis town of Tabas where thou Sands died in saturday s killer earthquake according to official figures. The Pilot Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali a Vandi five officers and two other person son Board were killed. At the quake scene Light planes sprayed disinfectants to guard against disease from the decomposing bodies of the quake victims who died in the quake. Authorities said the Lack of water result ing from shattered irrigation pipes May Force them to move survivors away from the wreckage of the town and its suburbs. Communications from Tabas were still Cut. The iranian air Force supplied c-130 car go planes and Chinook helicopters and moslem clergymen who oppose the Shah s regime hired aircraft of their own to move out the injured and bring in supplies. Convoys of water tankers struggled Down a narrow dirt track from Mashad the nearest major town to Tabas but 260miles away. Quake poisoned water from local Wells was used for the required washing of the corpses before burial in shallow hastily dug Graves in the hard dry soil. As of late tuesday about 6,000 bodies were pulled out of the wreckage and buried at Tabas. 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