European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes june 1985 Hijack victim hailed As american hero Andrews up the body of the Navy diver killed by moslem hijackers of a Twa jetliner in Beirut was returned to his native and president Rea Gan hailed Robert Dean Stethem As a Young american As the setting Sun broke through a thin Blanket of Gray the body of the 23yearold victim arrived tuesday night in an Olivian Darcy camouflaged c141 Navy trans port flying from an american base near Stethem was bludgeoned with the butt of a pistol and shot to death by shiite moslem aboard hijacked Twa flight 847 the hijackers then dumped his body onto the Tarmac of Beirut International members of St them family each associated with the Navy wept a few Yards from the White draped with an american during the speaking on the Tarmac at the outside the nations capital and Only a few Miles from Stethem Hometown of vice president George Bush declared Robert Dean Stethem was an innocent victim of a cruelty that knows no Bounds and a barbarism that selects the blameless for we cannot and will not tolerate this eight guards in dress White uniforms carried the casket to a White Kenneth wearing his Navy tearfully saluted As his Brothers casket was slipped into the the silence of the procession was broken by solemn strains from a Navy at the 15minute Bush Robert Dean Stethem was killed by criminals who singled him out for death because he carried with Pride among his papers the information that he was a member of the armed services of the United states of tears streamed Down the face of the victims and she embraced her husband a retired Navy while uniformed chaplains offered prayers for the slain Secretary of state George three senators and several top Navy officers watched the ceremony with out a diver and underwater Steelworker in the Navy sea Stethem held the rank of Petty officer second he will be buried at Arlington National cemetery thurs the president consoled the Stethem family in a Tele phone Call to their Home earlier Stethem had visited his family two weeks blast from Page 1 departure and i saw a fireball and i heard the terrible noise and All the windows on the Back Side of the departure Hall crashed he said the explosion took place during a relative its just the time Between two Peak so it was not As crowded As it is at 2 ambulances and a Mobile emergency medical Center were rushed to the a military police vehicle also was seen speeding to the a spokesman at nearby Rhei main a told the stars and stripes that the base fire an undisclosed number of Security police and explosive detection dogs and three ambulances had police at first said they found a second bomb in the devastation and defused the up but a spokesman later withdrew the report and ascribed it to investigators said they believe the bomb had been placed in a wastepaper Catholic Airport chaplain Walter madder told the stars and on the ceiling the plane which hangs there was As Well As the insulation in the firemen were immediately on the Reagan from Page 1 Gan said he has ordered the secretaries of state and transportation to determine the feasibility of assign ing additional sky marshals aboard International flights of a travel advisory for All citizens travelling by air through Athens International Airport until the greek government corrects Security lapses that enabled the hijackers to Board the trans world airlines Boeing 727 on a full explanation from Greece of How the hijackers boarded the a review of Landing rights for foreign carriers whose countries do not provide Ade quate Airport cooperation from friends and Al lies to prevent travel to places where lawlessness is rampant and innocent passengers Are voluntary curbs on travel by Ameri cans to any Middle Eastern country that does not publicly condemn and dissociate itself from this atrocity and Call for the immediate release of our greek officials protested the action Asun unjustified and unfriendly and contended that the arms and ammunition car ried by the hijackers More Likely came aboard in the planes previous Reagan rejected Calls for retaliation against the unidentified hijackers and indicated he is prepared for a test of i could get mad enough now to think of a couple of things we could do to he but i probably would be sentencing a number of americans to in a display of emotion and Rea Gan admitted feeling As frustrated As any one Over the continuing Saga in Beirut and said he has pounded a few Walls himself out of the same frustration experienced by Many other the 34minute Exchange with reporters the first in three months was dominated by an onslaught of questions about the standoff in Beirut on a Day marked by the release of three More hostages and the return of the body of a Navy diver killed saturday by the who earlier telephoned Condo Lences to the Mother of Robert eulogized the slain 23yearold Serviceman As a Young american hero beaten and shot at Pointblank Range by his he said Stethem murder and the plight of the other hostages underscore an inescapable fact the United states is tonight a nation being attacked by International terrorists who wantonly kill and seize our citizens As their this attack is an attack on All citizens of the world who seek to live free from the fear and Scourge of he Reagan flatly rejected the demands by the hijackers that were reiterated Over the previous two Days by moslem militia Leader Nabih As he released the three additional hos tages Berri said the crisis could be ended in 24 hours if the United states would pressure Israel to free some 766 shiite prisoners captured in spot and put the fire there was not much just loud moaning from Many one Man was dead and also one child whose face and head were mangled by the another child was badly Hurt prayed Over the injured people and tried to Calm them As the doctors from the clinic below came up and took care of Wagner said the injured were first treated at the Airport which has extensive emergency medical and some were then taken to a spokesman at the army Hospital in Frankfurt told the stars and stripes that the Hospital was put on mass casualty level one which is standby to help treat the injured if As of no casualties had been the spokesman the Airport is the busiest on the Conti nent according to the International civil aviation is the worlds third busiest in terms of International Pas it had million International passengers in air traffic into and out of the Airport was held up for a when it was re there were Long a spokesman for pan american air ways told the stars and stripes that serv ice members and their families holding tick ets on pan am flights should report to the terminal As they normally temperatures june 18 Pilot from Page 1 Julie Flint and Derwin Johnson were permitted to approach the plane and stand under the cockpit for eight minutes to inter View Pilot John who was de scribed As looking very Testrake told the not very much is happening to us since sunday because they removed the other Pas sengers and took them and the three of us have been on the aircraft since its just a Case of wait and see what Hap so weve just been taking up quiet housekeeping on the asked about the remaining Tes Trake weve been told that Treyve been taken to a Safe that they Are Comfort Able and being Well taken care in a state department official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Tes Trakes remarks confirmed for the first time that three crewmen remain on the plane and the passengers have been asked by Glass about a possible Rescue Testrake i think we would All be dead men if they because we Are continually surrounded by Many Testrake and his two remaining crewmen appeared frequently in the cockpit and occasionally peered out of an open first officer Philip of Salt Lake told the Abc report ers in and the message to my family they can worry a Little not too our treatment has been flight Engineer Benjamin Zimmermann of said everything is were a gunman with a Rifle fired six or seven times Over the where dozens of reporters and photographers watched the plane from Many reporters below you to the the gunman told the control there popping up from everywhere like i will begin late tuesday one gunman on the plane told the Beirut control Tower if there was no Progress on the hijackers demand for release of the shiite prisoners held in he would order the plane Fly the explosive rigged Boeing 727 to Israel and blow it up Over Tel an air traffic controller l h 63 83 79 los Angeles 65 85 80 Louisville 49 59 81 Memphis 69 80 87 Miami Beach 69 81 Atlantic 70 68 82 83 Nashville 47 74 80 new Orleans 68 73 79 new York 55 95 91 Norfolk 63 76 82 Oklahoma City 60 72 72 Omaha 61 77 94 Orlando 78 94 81 Philadelphia 70 80 112 Phoenix 53 71 74 Pittsburgh 63 78 63 Maine 57 73 96 67 82 77 Providence 53 74 88 Raleigh 59 73 101 Reno 52 69 76 47 66 93 56 71 91 Salt Lake City 64 80 74 san Diego 74 89 68 san Francisco 68 84 89 san Juan 63 77 88 Seattle 75 91 81 Syracuse 56 75 Kansas 108 Tucson 79 113 Las 81 Washington 68 81 Little 80 Wichita pan am suspends daily flight to Athens new York a pan american world airways on wednesday temporarily suspended its daily flight Between the de states and Athens in response to presi Dent reagans complaint about poor Security at the Airport the airline suspended flights through june 26 and said it would accommodate passengers booked on those flights on other the safety of our passengers and Crew members will never be according to a company trans world airlines was also studying reagans said spokesman David we Are taking the presidents advis Ory into he on tuesday Reagan accused the Ore Eek government of enforcing lax Security at the Athens warned Citi Zens of dangers of flying there and encouraged airlines to Stop Hying through Athens until Security is the state department earlier issued an advisory saying an above average Poten tial for terrorist activity exists at the Athens two shiite moslem gunmen apparently got through Security checks at Athens International Airport last Friday before hijacking Twa flight and flying it to Beirut and european weather forecast for thursday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies with widespread Light rain and isolated thunderstorms As a frontal moves eastward across Central High temperatures from mid 60s to Low 70s lows from upper 40s to mid Outlook for Friday rain will end and skies will gradually Clear from the West As a front moves skies will become fair to partly Cloudy Over most areas by Early temperatures will be slightly temperatures recorded wednesday 4am 4pm 4am 4pm p 72 82 f 45 64 r 54 61 p 54 70 f 72 79 m 55 62 m 61 72 m 66 84 p 46 68 p 43 68 p 50 70 r 54 61 p 55 63 m 59 75 Pearlly Cloudy mostly Cloudy hair by det 7th weather tra Bentzar