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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Worst . Air crash kills 142 smoke Billows Over a san Diego neighbourhood after a Boeing 727 Airliner and a Cessna collided and plunged to the ground. A photo 727, Cessna hit plummet on san Diego san Diego up a commercial Boeing 727 jetliner collided with a Light plane piloted by a student flier 3,000 feet Over san Diego monday killing at least 142 people in the worst air disaster in . His tory. The planes plunged to the ground smashing through a do in Homes in a residential neighbourhood. All 136 persons aboard the Pacific Southwest airlines 727, the student Pilot and instructor of the Light plane and at least four persons on the ground were killed. We Don t know How Many for sure said san Diego police chief Bill Kolender. The intense heat of the fires did t leave much of  the spa Jet flight 182 on a morning commuter flight from Sacramento and los Angeles was approaching the san Diego Airport Lindbergh Field about 9 . When the Airliner collided with the single engine Cessna 150. The Cessna owned by Gibbs flying service was being flown by student Pilot Marine gunnery sgt. David Lee Boswell 35, of Oceanside Calif., accompanied by an unidentified instructor according to continued on Page 28, col 21 s. California heat crowds beaches schools shut Early the authorized unofficial publication for the us. Armed forces vol. 37, no. 161 15c daily and 5undfly tuesday september 26, 1978 if 21855 a by United press International the extreme heat in Southern California sent hundreds of thousands of people scam Pering to the beaches and prompted los an Geles Public school authorities to schedule Only half Day sessions for students monday. Light showers and scattered Thunder showers dotted the Plains states and North Central Texas Early monday. Most of the rest of the nation had Clear skies. The Mercury at the los Angeles civic Center reached a record High of 106 degrees sunday breaking the old Mark of 102 set on sept. 24,1975. It was the second consecutive Day of 100-plus  than 500,000 sunbathers sought Relief at los Angeles county beaches and an estimated 300,000 More jammed the Shore lines in Ventura Orange and san Diego counties during the  of continued hot weather prompted los Angeles schools superintendent William Johnston to order Public schools to keep students in class Only four hours a Day beginning  temperatures and Gusty winds hampered the efforts of firefighters trying to put out several Brush fires including a huge Blaze that already has burned More than 5,000 acres of tinder dry Waist deep Brush in san Diego county. Elsewhere Light rain ranged from okla homa into Eastern Colorado and Kansas. Scattered thundershowers produced Hea vier rainfall Over the Western and North Central portions of Texas and also in parts of new  to 3 /2 inches of rain fell near Abilene  thundershowers also fell along the Eastern Gulf coast Region. Reverse discrimination figure Bakke attends first class Davis Calif. Up Allan p. Bakke Winner of an historic reverse discrimination suit settled by the . Supreme court began classes at the University of California medical school monday during a noisy but orderly protest. I m glad to be Here the balding Blond 38-year-old Engineer who wants to be a Doc Tor remarked As he was hustled into a lec Ture Hall guarded by University police in Street  100 chanting demonstrators Lake Wood Ohio up four months ago the Rev. Richard Morris Pas Tor of St. Peter s episcopal Church stepped off the pulpit pulled out a fistful of new $10 Bills and passed them out. He told the congregation to take the Money and  did and on sunday they brought Back $8,575 to St. Peter s. We did very Well Morris said. We be gotten Back about 150 of the 220 Bills i gave out and the average addition to the original $10 is $60.1 expect to get things in the mail and to hear from some people who i know could t be Here this week. We re hoping for $10,000 to $12,000," he said but i am also Happy that people have had a Good time and got to know each other a Little through  one Young parishioner Morris said took his $10 and bought a bag of fertilizer. Then he fertilized a lady s Lawn and Cut it All summer. He turned in a $100 Bill to  Man spent $9.80 on bus tickets and turned into the Church the $86 he saved on Gas for his car. A woman spent her $10 to continued on Page 28, col 4 marched in a picket line. However the racially mixed protesters did not try to Block his Entrance to the first Day of medical school  a Short sleeve print shirt Bakke emerged smiling from an Automo bile and swiftly headed for the lecture Hall and his first class an introduction to molecular and cell  appeared to pay no attention to the protesters who chanted dare to struggle dare to win we will see to Bakke s end and us regents you can t hide we know you Are on Bakke s  Bakke a Vietnam Veteran was rejected by the medical school in 1972 and 1973 in favor of a fixed quota of 16 minority Candi dates out of 100 students accepted. He sued on grounds that he was the victim of re verse discrimination and last june was ordered admitted by the supreme court. Bakke is the 101st member of his class which includes 20 minority group members 14 asians four Blacks and two mexican americans. Thirty three Are women. In the Wake of the court s decision in favor of Bakke the University went Back to the drawing boards to try to devise a constitutionally acceptable admissions policy. Race will continue to be a Factor in admissions the University has said  
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