European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 4 the stars and stripes thursday. June 12, 1980 Reagan gains gop support Kennedy should quit race demo mayors say 40 to 50 Small aircraft wrecked As Tornado rips Airport at Palm Beach Seattle up democratic big cily mayors have unanimously endorsed presi Dent Carter and asked sen. Edward Kennedy to drop his Challenge saying Carter has made solid Progress in solving City prob lems. At the same time the National Confer ence of Republican mayors unanimously backed Ronald Reagan. Carter s probable opponent. The democratic group meeting during the . Conference of mayors heard three mayors plead for full support of the presi Dent. Syracuse. N.y., mayor Lee Alexander the new president of the National Confer ence of democratic mayors said he hoped Kennedy would heed their plea to quit con testing the democratic presidential Nomi nation. Sen. Kennedy has to realize that we would consider his continuance to be obstructive and not in the Best interests of the Alexander said. Moon Landrick. Secretary of housing and Urban development and former new or leans mayor warned the mayors a divided parly could bring a repeat of 1968 when Hubert Humphrey narrowly lost the elec Tion to Republican Richard Nixon. Landrieu said Humphrey could have been one of the greatest presidents of our time but lost because the democratic party did not pull together in transportation Secretary Neil Gold Schmidt. Once mayor of Portland ore., said the administration needs More time to meet its promises and carry out its programs. Several big City mayors skipped the convention including Jane Byrne of Chicago and William Green of Philadelphia both of whom have backed Kennedy. By United press International a Tornado packing 92-Mph winds lore through the Palm Beach International Airport badly damaging or destroying 40 to 50 Small aircraft and causing an Esti mated loss of $ i million. In Columbus ind., a Workman was killed when a gust of wind during a violent thunderstorm tuesday afternoon lifted the roof from a condominium under construction and hurled it to the ground striking Walter Eugene Hamilton 52. The Thunder showers in the West Palm Beach storm dumped More than 2 inches of rain on the county. Power lines were Down in Many areas and Trees toppled. Florida Power & Light co. Reported scattered Power failures affecting about 500 families. The damage estimate of $1 million was made by Alan Richter the county civil chutes tangle former a demands death rather than life in prison2 fort brag paratroops die fort Bragg. . Up two paratroopers with the 82nd airborne div were killed tuesday when their parachutes became entangled during a practice jump. One of the men was identified As pfc. Michael Andrews. 19. Of key Largo Fla. The other Man was not identified pending notification of next of Kin. Tactical training jump an army spokesman said the men were participating in a mass tactical training jump when their parachutes became entangled shortly after they jumped from a c-130 plane at 1,000 feet. The deaths were the second and third in Parachute jumps at fort Bragg this year. Cape. Lawrence Hill died March 26 when his Parachute failed to open. Army investigators said the Static line of the Chute had been Cut. Parachute rigger Alvin p. Williams was accused of sabotaging the Chute but was found innocent in a court martial. The army spokesman said a Board will be appointed to investigate tuesday s Acci Dent. S. African denied visa Cape town South Africa a Norway has refused to Grant a visa to Al Wyn Schlebusch. South Africa s minister of Justice and the Interior the norwegian con sul general in Cape town Egil Winsnes said. Seattle up former Soldier Roger Cutsinger said he was innocent but demanded to be put to death rather than face a life in prison for he conviction of his Roommate s murder in a plot aimed at collecting on a $500.000 life insurance policy. I demand the death sentence the 21 year old avowed homosexual told King county Superior court judge James j. Dore tuesday. I will not go to prison for 13 years or even one year for a murder i did t instead Dorc handed Cutsinger a life sentence and ordered that he must serve at least 20 years behind bars before he be comes eligible for parole. Cutsinger was found guilty on feb. 22 of fatally shooting Larry puck san 29, a University of Washington librarian As the two walked on a Campus path. An analysis of the evidence made it apparent that Cutsinger planned the slaying at some length the judge said at the Tri Al s conclusion. There is no question that it rail engineers refuse to work 800 stranded Milan Italy a eight imm Rcd passengers bound for Milan and Switzer land were stranded 18 Miles from Milan s railway station after engineers refusing to work overtime stopped an express train and walked out officials reported. Railway authorities said they opened an investigation which could produce disciplinary and penal action against the personnel. Was but cursing or. Whose voice trembled with emotion told Dorc he did t kill Duck san. Said the people who testified against him lied and said that made him so angry he wanted to burst out in you have convicted an innocent per son he said. I admit i look guilty but that does t mean i am guilty. The state did not prove that i did it. It could t because i did not do a Soldier from Battle Creek mich., stationed at nearby fort Lewis wash., Cut Singer last year lost a Battle to remain in the army after admitting he was a homosexual. Defense communications coordinator. He said there were 40 to 50 planes damaged or destroyed some of them flipped onto their also swept through portion of Texas Colorado and Kentucky causing no injuries and Only minor damage. The great lakes Region remained unusually Cool with night temperatures near ing the freezing Mark but the Mercury climbed past 100 degrees in the Southwest Ern desert tuesday afternoon. The official hot spots reported in Arizona included Coolidge and Casa Grande with 112 degrees. Tucson and Phoenix trailed behind with 106 degrees. The National weather service reported much of the nation suffered near record breaking severe weather during the past two weeks including tornadoes that killed six people. 3 aboard plane die in fiery crash into 2 backyards Compton Calif. Up a twin engine plane crashed Between two houses in a densely populated neighbourhood exploding on Impact and killing the Pilot and two Pas sengers. No one on the ground was injured. Two of the victims were identified by police As californians Earl Kundricks 39, of Compton and Joseph a acc 40, of West Chester. A third Man was not immediately identified. The plane crashed into the backyards be tween the houses moments after Takeoff from the Compton Airport tuesday. Fire men put out the flames before they could spread to either Home. Interest rate for single family Home Loans will be reduced Washington up the Farmers Home administration Omha wednes Day confirmed plans to reduce the interest rate for most of its single family Home Loans from 13 percent to 11.5 percent beginning saturday. Omha spokesman Marlyn Aycock said Loans for Rural rental housing would also be dropped at the same Lime from 13 percent to 10.75 percent. He said this was the first reduction for Omha Loans in Mure than a year and a half. The last increase which sent the Home loan Rale to 13 percent came on april 14. Omha finances annually about 150.000 housing units of which 110,000 Are single family Homes in Rural areas and Small towns for Low and moderate income families. Aycock said the new lower rates would apply for All Loans not closed before the saturday effective Date even though they May have been approved. Persons who obtained Omha Loans at higher rates in the past will retain the higher interest rate. We Don t Aycock said. If you got it. You got the Omha changes follow similar reductions by the housing and Urban development department and the veterans administration. On a five seater built for two of
