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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 4 the stars and stripes sunday september 14. 1980 Clatt Jeike a St Cost bridle her Joy. Her Boot Backo had int take second right to the horse s Mouth Rize la the Halter class at tie Spokane interstate fair. But instead of a loner Wreath As a Reward she presented him with two lips b the fora of a gnat big kiss. Cindy 13, b from Spangle Wash. A photo 2 Navy fliers rescued after arabian sea crash b-52 gunner accidentally elected at 29,000 Teet Bossier City la. A an air Force gunner who was accidentally ejected from his b-52 while in was Hying at 29,000 feel limped Down an Arkansas gravel Road to get to the nearest town officials said . Sgt. Charles j. Johnson 26. Landed in a heavily wooded area near a gravel Road and after walking All night hitched a ride into Sheridan Ark., with construction workers coming off an All night shift. Grant county sheriffs Deputy Eddie Wilson said. He appeared to be in Good physical As Well As mental shape As far As the ordeal that he went through Wilson said. He said Johnson flagged Down a sheriffs Deputy about 7 15 . Almost exactly 11 hours after an air Force spokesman said he was ejected. The plane was at 29,000 fret during a training flight near Little Rock Ark. Air Force base when Johnson was ejected said maj. Rod Duchesne information officer at Barksdale air Force base in Bossier City. The Accident occurred about an hour after the plane left Barksdale on a training flight Duchesne said. The plane returned to Barksdale with the other six Crew members. Wilson said Johnson s Only obvious injury White House car took Billy to libyans 9 Days before he got first payment Washington a Billy Carter was driven to the libyan embassy in a White House car nine Days before he received his first payment from the libyan government. White House records show. The president s brother was accompanied by a business associate. Henry r. Randy Coltman of Plains a. According to Ray Jenkins of the White House press office the reservation for use of the car was made by the while House usher s office. Jenkins said the records show a White House car was used on dec. 18, 1979, to take Carter and Coleman to the embassy. On dec. 27. Coltman has testified he went to the embassy at Carter s request to pick up a $20,000 Check made out to the presi Dent s brother. Neither Carter nor Coltman mentioned the dec. 18 visit to the embassy in their testimony before a special Senate subcommittee looking into relationships Between the president s brother and the government of Libya. Coltman did testify however that when he and Billy Carter staved at the White House they were offered the use of White House cars accepted the offers and were driven to places in Washington including the libyan embassy. Carter and Coltman could not be reached for comment. Carter s lawyer Henry Ruth referred an inquiring reporter to Carter s testimony which does not men lion the incident. Ramadan Barg. A press spokesman forthe embassy asked the purpose of the visit. Said they should be Able to answer i really can t give you any  Jenkins said records of the White House military office did not indicate that Carter and Coltman used a White House car Dur ing april 1980, when Coltman picked up a second Check for $200,000, made out Ocarter from the embassy. Alfred h. Moses special counsel to the president told the Senate subcommittee on wednesday however that White House transportation logs indicate Billy Carter and two other persons took a while House car to National Airport on March 19,1980. Moses said White mouse investigators were told by the Driver that they made a local soviet space program will focus on Mars Paris a soviet cosmonaut Val Ery Sci Asianov says his nation has no plans to Send men to the Moon but May be considering a future flight to Man. He said the soviet space program would continue to progressively increase the length of time cosmonauts spend in orbit because a flight to Mars would require in total three  so Vastiano in Paris to attend the annual fair organized by the French communist party newspaper l humanize said the next foreign cosmonaut to Fly on a soviet space Mission will be a cuban followed by mongolian and a romanian. Stop at the libyan embassy. Silly Carter who made trips to Libya in 1978 and 1979, says the $220,000 he received constituted instalments on a loan he had been no rotating since August 1979. He has testified that in March 1980 he asked Coleman and financial adviser Ronald Sprague of Bakersfield. Calif., to Fly to Libya to see if the loan could be  Sprague testified be got in a White House car to go to the libyan embassy Topick up his visa for the trip. After he returned to the United states Coltman picked up the $200,000 Check from the embassy. Carter deposited it in a tank in Lagrange ga., on april is. Both Billy Carter and president Carter As Well As other Carter administration officials have denied that the president s brother made any Effort to influence us. Policy toward the libyans. Coleman has testified be did not know what the $20.000 payment was for when he picked it up. Both he and Carter said that Tarter made the arrangements for the pay ment. Carter said he called a cd Hodari the libyan charge d affaires in washing ton. A couple of Days before Randy went up there to get the Check. He also said i think he Coleman was probably in the room when i arranged for the loan " the younger Carter registered As a u �k?8es july k 18 T nil of prodding by the Justice department. The Senate panel has said it expects to conclude its hearings this week. A preliminary report is due by oct 4 was the Limp. Johnson a native of Palestine Ark., was taken for observation to the hos Pital at Little Rock fab Duchesne said. Each scat has ejection controls and a Parachute he said. Military and state police units spent the night searching about 900 Square Miles of Central Arkansas for Johnson. Wilson said Johnson flagged Down a sheriffs Deputy after the construction workers gave him a lift to Sheridan a town of about 3,200 about 150 Miles Northeast of Bossier City and 30 Miles South of Little Rock. Duchesne said Johnson would be questioned by a Board of inquiry to find out Why his seat ejected. We re just very much relieved to learn that he s been found alive after bailing out from the air plane at that Altitude dil Chesne said. Wilson said the airman had told him what happened but air Force officials had asked deputies to say nothing about it until they had had a Chance to question Johnson. He said he did not know exactly How far Johnson had walked. Meanwhile in Norfolk a. A Navy spokesman said two Navy fliers safely ejected from their f-14 tomcat Early sat urday before it crashed in the arabian sea. The crash occurred about 40 Miles from the aircraft Carrier Dwight d. Eisenhower. Cmdr. Jim Lois a spokesman for the naval air Force of the . Atlantic Fleet Laid. Lois identified the Pilot As it. . C Wayne Hallford 25, of Witchita Fato. Texas. The other officer was identified u it. 0  Steven c. Sch Huntz. 26, of to cum can n.m., a radar intercept officer. The aircraft was on a routine training Mission at the time of the Accident. Loo said. Both men were picked up by a Rescue helicopter and taken to the Eisenhower. Lou said both were in excellent condition. The Navy u investigating the Accident sex rep. Colmer Dies Pascagoula. Miss. A former rep. William m. Colmer a Mississippi of Mccrai who took office with president Franklin d. Roosevelt and Rose during a 40 year career to be chairman of the House Kulics committee has died at age 90  
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