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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday september 26, 1978 begin asks san Diego toll . Worst Knesset to of accords by the associated press prime minister Menachem begin of Israel asked parliament monday to Dis Mantle jewish settlements in the Sinai desert and accept a peace agreement with Egypt in the supreme National  begin also told the Knesset he stands by his position disputed by the White House that he committed Israel to Only a three month freeze on the building of new Settle ments in other occupied lands. At a turning Point in Middle East history the prime minister said the Knesset faced the Choice of approving the new israeli egyptian accords in full or every thing agreed upon at Camp David will be nullified. There is no third alternative he said. This is the Way that leads to  majority expected begin was expected to Muster an Over whelming majority of the 120 Knesset members most analysts said 90-100 votes when the lawmakers decide later this week on the two framework agree ments he negotiated at Camp David with president Carter and egyptian president Anwar Sadat. Opposition Leader Shimon Peres critical of begin s handling of the negotiations told the Knesset his labor party would reluctantly support the accords. But he asserted that they will Cost a double Price the unavoidable Price of peace and the Price for the mistakes of the government. We have chosen to be supporters of the Only existing possibility for peace Pere said. In other Middle East developments Secretary of state Cyrus r. Vance briefed president Carter on his largely fruitless Mideast trip last week to sell the Camp David accords to Jordan and saudi Arabia and to soften the opposition of Syria. The state department announced that Jordan s King Hussein has decided against a proposed mid october trip to the United states but that he would probably go at a later Date. Jordanian government sources said Hussein would visit other Arab Lead ers this week to explain his stand on . Peace initiative. Hussein s participation is considered crucial for talks on the future of the israeli occupied West Bank of the Jordan River but he has expressed major reservations about the accords failure to guarantee total israeli withdrawal. . Special envoy Alfred Atherton picking up where Vance left off met with leaders of Kuwait. Officials said later ath Erton was told Kuwait is dissatisfied with the accords because they ignore the pales Tine liberation organization As a Factor in a Mideast peace. Sports in Brief san Diego a Tommy Prothro re signed monday morning As head coach of the san Diego chargers and was replaced by former St. Louis cardinals coach Don Coryell who coached san Diego state from 1961-1972. Plane collision kills 142 continued from Page i Bill Gibbs owner of the flying service. A Marine spokesman said Boswell al ready held several Pilot s licenses including a commercial Multi engine License and was taking instrument flight lessons. The Cessna had left another san Diego Airport Montgomery Field about a half hour before the crash and was on an instrument approach to Lindbergh Field. It crashed eight blocks away from the Jet. Both planes plunged to the ground the 727 careening through a Block of houses and exploding near the intersection of Dwight and Nile streets in san Diego s North Park District about five Miles from the Airport. Bodies were scattered throughout a wide area on roofs and in backyards. Sev eral Homes were demolished and investigators were unable to Tell if anyone was in Side. This makes our Job very difficult said san Diego county Coroner David Stark. Well have to rely on friends and neighbors to Tell us who was in which House and who s  the death toll was the worst for an air plane collision in . History. In Decem Ber 1960 two commercial planes collided Over new York City killing 128 aboard the planes and six others on the ground. Re lated Story on Page 4. The worst air disaster in history occurred on March 27,1977, at Tenerife in the Canary islands when two jumbo jets collided on the ground. The collision killed 582 persons. The spa plane was on its Landing approach when it collided with the two seat Cessna 150, the Federal aviation administration said. I saw the Jet plane. It was smoking on the right Side said Phil Hopkins a wit Ness. The right inboard engine was Burn ing and it exploded into a fireball and spi rated to the  there were bodies lying everywhere said Barry Fitzsimmons a photographer for the san Diego evening Tribune who was one of the first to arrive at the scene after the Airliner careened through the residential area. A Block of Homes was on fire. It was horrible. The Only thing you could see of the plane was a spa engine. All the other wreckage appeared to level the whole  residents of the neighbourhood were said to be mostly elderly persons. Lynn Durling a reporter for radio Sta Tion Kudo said the 727 crashed with a sound like a sonic  the station is in a High Rise building Only a few blocks from the crash site and in the plane s flight pattern. I looked out the window and saw people dodging the wreckage Durling said. Spa said the plane left Sacramento at 7 20 . And made a Stop in los Angeles. It had 129 passengers and a Crew of seven aboard. Captured in shootout West German authorities monday identified one of two wounded terrorist suspects captured sunday As Angelik Speitel left26. She suffered a thigh Bone fracture in a bloody shootout with police in Woods outside Dortmund. He companion Michael Knoll right27, was in critical condition. One police Man was killed and another wounded in the shootout. A photos Cia test hints at highly placed spy new York a american Intelli gence fears that the soviet Union has a spy highly placed in the executive Branch of the United states government or in the Central intelligence Agency new York Magazine said monday. In an article called a mole in our midst Washington writer Michael Ledeen said the possibility of such infiltration was so great that the Cia recently ran a test by circulating purported secret information to a limited number of highly placed individuals. The information was such that if it fell into the hands of the soviet Union there would be an immediate and detectable russian reaction Ledeen wrote. Shortly after the documents were distributed the predicted response from rus Sia occurred he said. What this meant was that someone High in the . Govern ment had purposely or perhaps inadvertently passed what was believed to be secret data to the  there was no immediate White House reaction to the article. Ledeen was described by new York Magazine As executive editor of the Wash the article said the suspicion of Penetra Tion by a so called mole was heightened by the Case of William Kampiles a 23-year old Cia employee who has been charged with stealing and Selling to the soviet Union the top secret manual of the United states most important surveillance Satel Lite. According to Ledeen the russians May actually have gotten the information first from their mole and set up Kampiles to be ? burned to protect the More important agent. Kampiles who has pleaded innocent in ton quarterly and former aide to Henry awaits Trail next month on charges of theft Kissinger the former Secretary of state. And espionage. Among the passengers it was known there were 19 spa employees. A command Center and temporary mor gue was set up at St. Augustine s High school several blocks away. The Rev. James Clifford a teacher at St. Augustine a said i was standing in the Patio talking to two other teachers and looking up in the sky. I saw the 727 and the Cessna. The Small plane looked like it was ascending slightly at the same time the 727 was descending for its approach. Right then i said they look too close the next thing they hit and exploded into a Ball of  he said the spa Jet appeared to Bank around and downward and then it crashed. At first it looked like it was coming right at the school. I yelled for everyone to get out and run because it was coming right for  after the crash Clifford said i got into a car with a Baptist minister and we administered general absolution after we got to the scene. There were bodies and parts of bodies everywhere. Everything was in flames in the  More than 200 Law enforcement officers and firefighters rushed to the scene along with 20 ambulances. Rescue helicopters were using the schoolyard for a heliport. Mrs. Georgia Miller who lives two blocks from the site said she was outside talking to her sister when she heard the noise. I looked at her to say run but there was no place to run she said. It came Down with flames and i heard a tremendous explosion. Debris flew  the Faa said the spa Crew was Able to Alert ground controllers before the crash. The Pilot called the Tower and said he was going Down an Faa spokesman said. The spokesman said the spa Jet was Mak ing its Landing approach to the Airport s runway 27 under visual flight rules and said air controllers saw the Cessna disappear from radar scenes at the same times the 727. Money returns sevenfold continued from Page 1 hire a Helper then with her new spare time whipped up a quilt raffled it off and donated the $80 in proceeds to St. Peter s. Morris said he knew one parishioner who spent the $10 for nautical supplies gave sailing lessons and made $95, and an a other who spent $10 on Gas enough for a trip to Columbus and a consulting assign ment that brought the Church $200. On the last sunday in May. Morris finished his Sermon pulled out the Money and i walked up and Down the aisles of the Church handing out $10 Bills. Morris said he got the Money from five businessmen l with whom he shared the idea an idea ii just thought  i but it was Jesus who provided the Insp \ ration in a parable found in Matthew. A Man going on a trip gives Money to his three servants and then returns to Praise two servants who have traded with the Money he entrusted to them and doubled it. The third servant who buried the Money fearing he d lose it is chastised by his master As wicked and  Europe Cloudy to partly Cloudy with occasional Light rain tues Day and wednesday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 68, Low 48. Sunset tuesday 6 16 . Sunrise wednesday 6 19 . Temperatures recorded monday. 4pm Athens c Berlin cd Copenhagen m London p Munich c Rome up partly Cloudy cd Cloudy a Clear a mostly Cloudy. Del 25,31st weather so 4am 4pm 59 91 Adana c 58 70 Aviano cd 56 54 Brussels cd 48 79 Frankfurt c 58 88 Madrid c 54 73 Paris c 4am 4pi 75 59 63 54 59 59 66 50 77 58 77  
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