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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes hard line confirmed by Hussein Amman up King Hussein said tuesday that Washington had not come anywhere near his demands in a Middle East peace and that he and hard line Syri an president Hafez Assad saw Eye to Eye now on most issues. Hussein s toughest comments yet on the  Camp David peace accords came at Amman Airport after Assad wrap Ped up a Day Long visit. The syrian Leader accompanied by foreign minister Abdel Halim Haddam and other officials left for talks in saudi Arabia on the Summit accords. Hussein s comments suggested a difficult Mission for president Carter s roving Middle East envoy Alfred Atherton who arrived later tuesday evening in the latest . Bid to persuade the sceptical Hussein to Back the peace accords. Atherton s plans Atherton said he would Brief the King on his recent visit to sell the accords to some Arab Gulf states and would visit both is Rael and Egypt after leaving Jordan. He was expected to be in Amman until Early thursday. Hussein also sharply criticized recent statements by israeli prime minister men Achem begin on such issues As the future of Jerusalem. This. And his attitude on All negotiating matters is not a very helpful Factor As far As the impressions we re already forming regarding what happened at Camp David he said. Hussein was reminded by reporters that he said at a weekend news conference sub Stantial changes were required in the Camp David Accord before he would con Sider joining the current peace moves. Asked what these changes were he said i believe a total examination of the entire Summit position is  wants total withdrawal he said Jordan still wanted total israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab land including old Jerusalem and self determination for the palestinians. I Don to think that what we have heard on Camp David so far comes anywhere near that the King said. He said that at the current stage in mid dle East developments he and Syria see Eye to Eye on most if not All  asked where the differences were he said there Are hardly any at this  he said both Jordan and Syria wanted a just peace but not on the basis we have seen before us in the very recent  Europe Cloudy to partly Cloudy wednesday with occasional Light rain in the morning. Partly Cloudy and Cool thursday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 60, Low 50. Sunset wednesday 6 14p.m. Sunrise thursday 6 21 . Temperatures recorded tuesday. 4pm Athens c Berlin cd Copenhagen cd London cd Munich p Rome c a partly Cloudy cd Cloudy a Clear a rain. Det 25, 31 St weather so wednesday september 27, 1978 soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko Center is assisted from the podium Gromyko gets help at the . General Assembly tuesday where he suddenly became ill and had 2nd Cessna possibly confused Pilot of Jet 4am 4pm 66. 83  64 73 Aviano cd 45 61 Brussels p 55 55 Frankfurt r 55 84 Madrid p 57 61 Paris p 4am 4p 63 72 50 59 48 55 45 64 50 73 55 79 continued from Page 1 Field advised both the Cessna and jetliner of their positions and both acknowledged. The Pilot said he was going Down Hogue said. But he said it in such a Calm voice like something you d routinely say to an air traffic controller Tower. The Tower acknowledged that and said it would Send equipment Hogue emphasized that the theory of the second Cessna was not conclusive and was Only a possibility raised by the tapes. The spa jetliner and the single engine Cessa collided Over the quiet neighbourhood of North Park raining bodies debris and flaming fuel Over the area in America s worst aviation disaster. Federal aviation administration officials also confirmed tuesday that the sin Gle engine Cessna and jetliner were being mane Vered to the same runway at Lind Bergh Field by different control towers at Miramar and at Lindbergh Field. But since both planes were flying under visual flight rules and were supposed to be . Rail strike spreads. Continued from Page 1 struck at least three commuter lines in the Chicago area Early tuesday forcing up to 100,000 daily riders to seek other Means of getting to work. There was no ruling monday from the supreme court on a request for an injunction which would bar the clerks from pick eting 73 railroads that Are contributing a reported $800,000 daily to then a under a Mutual Aid pact. A temporary stay issued last Friday by chief Justice Warren Burger remained in effect until the full court rules. A court spokesman said that decision could come next monday the first Day of the court s fall term. Among other railroads reportedly affected by tuesday s picketing were major carriers such As Louisville and Nashville Seaboard coastline Atchison Topeka & Santa be Illinois Central Southern rail Road Union Pacific and Northern Pacific. The clerks strike against new began july 10 when about 20,000 employees of the Railroad walked off their jobs in a dispute Over Union demands for better Job Security. Aware of each other there was nothing unusual about the twin Tower controlling. Hogue said controllers at Lindbergh Field at the same time they were guiding the spa jetliner also were directing a twin engine Cessna in the Vicinity al though it could not immediately be deter mined where the plane was flying from its exact location or its relation to the other two planes. Hogue said taped conversations with the crash bound single engine Cessna were garbled and he could t confirm whether the Pilot acknowledged a warning from the Tower that the spa jetliner was in the same airspace. There was no transmission from the Cessna that i m aware of Hogue said. I could be  the investigator said it was his impression that the spa Pilot had the twin engine plane in his sight but failed to see the other Cessna that Tore  Jet s Wing Caus ing it to plummet to the ground. Meanwhile Coroner s deputies Here searched through a devastated Row of Homes tuesday fearing that More victims of the disaster were yet to be found. The death toll of 151 includes 13 people killed on the ground. A Force of 100 marines stood guard against looters through the night at the the site where the Jet dropping bodies and burning fuel smashed into the residential neighbourhood. Nine looters were arrested earlier. Italian pension hike favored Rome up the government says it will ask the parliament to raise the Token pension paid to italian world War i Veter ans from 60,000 to 100,000 lire $72 to $120 a year. To interrupt his speech. He recovered later and finished his remarks. A Gromyko ill during speech United nations up soviet for eign minister Andrei Gromyko became ill Halfway through his address to the . General Assembly tuesday and had to be helped from the chamber but recovered in about an hour and returned to finish his speech. There was no indication immediately As to what caused the illness although Gro Myko complained about the very very hot lights on the podium. A soviet spokesman said Gromyko al though very tired from a series of meet Ings definitely did not suffer a heart at tack. The 69-year-old Veteran Diplomat was about one half hour into his address in which he criticized Egypt s role in the Camp David accords when he turned asked and abruptly gripped the Rostrum. However he did not collapse. A . Official quickly stepped to his Side and asked Are you All right two . Aides moved in to help Gromyko from the podium and into the general Assembly president s chamber and a Brief recess was called for what one official said was Gromyko s momentary  but within 30 minutes Gromyko was up and walking about and . Officials announced he was feeling better and in tended to continue his address after West German foreign minister Hans Deitrich Genscher was finished. Gromyko returned to the podium to thunderous ovation from his fellow Diplo Mats about 1 15 . If someone tells you there Aren t Many lights shining on the speaker he said with a slight smile Don t you believe it. These lights Are very very  in his speech Gromyko had accused egyptian president Anwar Sadat of a surrender to Israel and said the Camp David accords have Only sidetracked efforts for peace in the Middle   
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