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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, June 24, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes june flu tag 85 draws crowd of by Dick Hodgson Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Ramstein Germany threat ening weather sunday dropped attendance at the bases annual flu tag to about half the number of people originally base officials late sunday afternoon estimated people had passed through the Gates for the they had predicted would Booths operated by various groups Dur ing the eight hour open House sold More than liners of soft pints of ice Cream and officials a four hour series of Aerial Demontra highlighted by performances by Italy recce tric Lori and the rats red arrows precision flying teams was flown at lower than scheduled altitudes because of a heavy Cloud officials despite earlier fears of possible violent action by some Kaiserslautern police president Werner Ochs said fewer than 200 people were involved in a peaceful demonstration at the bases West Ochs police contingent confiscated dozens of weapons during searches of autos entering the base during the at a lat afternoon press Confer police officials displayed a table full of pistols 2 loaded automatics and three Blank pistols and other Ochs said those on display were about half of what was confiscated by author police reported six people arrested in connection with All were taken into custody before Dawn sunday and were subsequently officials Rheinland Pfalz minister president Bernhard Vogel called the annual open House a demonstration of Friendship among the nato member nations partic he said despite earlier Coni Cerns expressed by German he Felt it was Good that flu tag was held again this Cecil assigned a week ago As commander of ram steins 316th air said his organization had two goals for we wanted to renew old friendships with our German neighbors and to pro through a display of our military an enjoyable he we accomplished both of those jetliner from Page 1 flew Over the scene in a c130 the 67th aerospace Rescue and recovery so based at Raf Woodbridge sent two hh53 Rescue helicopters and two hc130 Rescue aircraft to participate in the a Safe spokesman told the stars and one of the hc130s was on temporary duty to and joined the search from four aircraft have been Inte grated into the Rescue search being directed by the Rescue coordination Center in the spokesman a British Rescue helicopter Pilot said de Bris was strewn in an East West Oval five Miles an Oil Slick about a mile Long snaked through the Joe chief controller of Ireland Marine Rescue coordination said in Shannon that the jets flight data record known More commonly As the Black had been its radio transmit Ter was giving off a continuous beeping Kerin said the device was under feet of but there  be any problem in recovering India civil aviation Ashok said an explosion was considered a distinct possibility As the cause of the asked whether it was connected with the Narita Airport he there May be linkage Between the Twenty nine passengers from Vancouver origin of the Canadian Pacific flight to Tokyo were on the air India air line officials in Montreal the airlines office in new York said that a total of 307 including two were along with 22 the Crew and 23 nonpaying passengers were due to disembark at Lon a refuelling Only most of the planes passengers were Ca Nadian nationals of Indian airline officials in London in Mike editor in chief of the respected aviation journal flight said it was most Likely that a bomb caused the its the most Likely reason for a Catas so sudden and so to an aircraft which has had a very Fine record of safety and has before survived quite Exten Sive the magazines air transport David added that the scenario screams at you that it was a it could have been some kind of Freak he but it would be highly the principal evidence favouring the bomb he was the fact that Pilot Hanse Singh and a 26year air India had not radioed a Dis Tress which he could have done by voice or with a Button under his thumb on the control column even if All Generator Power is the Boeing considered one of the safest planes can cruise with just one engine at would Glide for a half hour before Lear mount said in a British broadcasting pilots and air traffic controllers suggested that the available evidence pointed to an explosion somewhere near the flight they said it would Likely have been a relatively Small As the plane did not seem to have disintegrated at its cruising if it had done the debris would Likely have spread Over a much wider they sundays crash was the fourth for air and apparently the crashes in and 1966 claimed a total of 347 the worst Accident in aviation history was in March when two 747s an american and a dutch collided on the runway of the Airport at Tenerife in the Canary killing in March 346 people were killed when a Turk ish dc10 crashed Northeast of f the crash was the first for a commercial Jet on the Busy North Atlantic plied by hundreds of Craft each the inter National air transport association in Geneva Hijack from Page 1 Berri discounted the idea that the prisoner release was linked to the hijacking of flight 847 and said release of the 31 would not Speed the freeing of the Ameri can hostages because it is not what were asking were asking for about not he said on Secretary of state George Shultz also declared there is no connection be tween the arabs being released and the americans in Beirut and it is important for us not to allow a group of terrorists to create an impression by assert ing we dont want to get ourselves in a position where we invite those who have a grievance somewhere to grab americans and then assert a connection and then try to cause us to put pressure on somebody to do something about with the Twa hostage drama in its 10th Shultz he said was informed at about 2 by israeli prime minister Shimon Peres that Israel would release the 31 Pris israeli officials contended that the re lease was dictated by israeli which allows prisoners not charged to Appeal for their and not a move to Settle the Twa we support completely position taken by the president of the United states and this not to surrender to Peres said in an interview on abcs meet the carried from Jerusalem by he said the decision to release the 31 was made a few weeks ago and passed through our legislative Shuitz sounded a new Call for Berri to increase his stature As a political Force in Lebanon by securing the release of the 40 hijacking victims and seven other Ameri cans kidnapped previously in Shultz also complained that Berri has moved Back and Forth in his alternate roles As a mediator and a party to the Bush begins diplomatic Mission to Europe Washington up vice presi Dent George Bush flew to Europe sunday to help bolster Allied support for president reagans arms policies and promote his Call for a concerted attack by the West on inter National Bush flew to Rome at the Start of an 11 Day diplomatic Mission that took on added importance with the hijacking drama in Lebanon and an eruption of terrorism else where in the originally planned As a Mission to reinforce Allied Solidarity on arms control and other Bush carried a specific charge by Reagan in the aftermath of the he was told to devote his attentions to promoting greater cooperation among the Western allies in fighting after his return from Reagan said Bush will Convene a government wide task Force to determine How All available resources can Best be brought to Bear in dealing with this Bush first Stop was Rome for talks with officials of the italian government and the he was then to Fly to Paris and while in he will meet with officials of nato and the european Community and watch As food assistance is loaded on a cargo aircraft bound for drought stricken Bush winds up his european tour july 3 in Ohio from Page 1 for parts of the Texas Hill country and sout Central up to seven inches of rain was reported and More heavy rain was expected ers Many streams and creeks were at or near their Banks in the flood watch two Inch Hail accompanied Strong thunderstorms in and Marble sized Hail was reported in Central and East Ern wind gusts in excess of 70 Mph were recorded in parts of Iowa and More than 40 Mph in parts of Eastern a 76mph gust blew an electrical trans overturned a parked truck and uprooted numerous Trees in sunday a severe thunderstorm watch was issued for Large parts of Central and Eastern Northern Illinois and a Section of Northeast the combination of High pressure Over Southeast Saskatchewan and Low pressure Over Northern Ontario produced Strong Westerly winds across the upper great lakes reported an overnight Low of 39 which broke the old Mark of 40 degrees for june set in in moslem gunmen sunday re fused to free any of their american hos tages in return for the 31 lebanese detail it will not be done by said Ali spokesman for the amal shiite moslem militia organization which has the americans in its custody in secret hideouts in Southern asked about reports that Berri promised to free two hostages who got sick last Hamdan i dont think it will be like we release two people if the israelis release it is something out of the role that we Are playing As Hamdan our role is they get the and we get the temperatures l h 56 79 68 88 60 78 64 82 63 83 59 79 74 94 62 92 62 81 74 91 74 88 67 88 77 103 Albany Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Kansas City Las vegas june 22 l h 60 74 76 90 63 83 73 93 65 79 73 91 75 108 62 84 60 80 48 70 58 93 55 70 64 88 los Angeles Miami Minneapolis new Orleans new York Orlando Phoenix Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland Salt Lake City san Francisco Washington european weather forecast for monday mostly Cloudy skies we Liq scattered rain throughout Germany and the Benelux through the late evening and Early morning to Patchy dense fog will High temperatures lows Sunset monday Sunrise tuesday Outlook for tuesday continued mostly skies and isolated fog will dissipate highs lows temperatures recorded sunday f cd f the r f f 4am 4pm 64 84 52 61 70 79 59 64 59 61 54 66 52 64 4am 4p m 54 p cd f f p f 52 54 54 50 50 64 partly Cloudy mostly Cloudy cd Clouds of far rain by Del 7lh weather Trade Nora  
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