European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Abc accused of Check Book journalism7 network paid Tor tour hostages families flights to Germany new York up three television net works blasted rival Abc for flying four families of Twa hostages to West Germany for a reunion with the freed and putting them up in posh hotels in Exchange for its not a moral thing to said one executive at Abc tvs Good morning America program Mon it seems said the shows a Chelene in a its Check Book but Abc defended the its like the loser at a poker game Deal the cards said Steve the executive pro Ducer of abcs today we beat them the other networks with Good hard work and now there looking for Friedman the Issue arose when the today show flew eight people firs class to West where they were to meet with four of the freed the show also paid for the families accommodations at first class network officials Friedman would not name the families flown to among people interviewed on the today show monday were hostage Allyn Conwell of his and Lois Axel and Susan brother and sister inlaw of hostage Ralf Traugott hostage Robert his and Melissa and hostage Stuart Darsch and his Terry criticizing abcs Cable news network charged it was prevented from interviewing some of the hostage if a network comes up with extra Bucks to buy a family and to deny that family to our cameras i think its most can correspondent Peter a Nett its like buying said Jane can director of special people feel obligated to who paying that Friedman denied the interviews were exclusive and said the other networks talked to sonic of the families who appeared on the Abc we didst exploit these people the hostage Fame he we tried to help and hopefully they helped Demave said Abc tvs Good morning America made a conscious decision not to Fly families of hostages to Frankfurt because we just didst feel it was right to intrude on people at a time like this by giving them promises that their expenses would be the show did charter a plane to bring Conwell from Corfu to Cyprus for an interview but that was because we televise from Demave a hostage disturbed by sympathies to shiites by the associated press former hostage Jimmy Dell Palmer said monday he was disturbed that other americans held captive by moslem extremists began to sympathize with their captors the shiite militia was attempting to explain their position and naturally sell their position to and on several Occa Sions i found that fellow hostages were and not Only agreeing but seem ing to Side with the shiite and it disturbed me at Palmer another former Thomas Cul said he was embarrassed at having told a news conference in Beirut that the hostages have been treated Well and we Are appreciative of that in retrospect i always Felt i made a mistake in that first press conference by using the word of told lbs i was embarrassed by it personally after Palmer criticized Allyn who As a spokesman said he was distressed after officials late last week linked the re lease of the 39 hostages with the release of seven americans kidnapped in in most part i agreed with but toward the last i was beginning to get the feeling that he was slipping a Little bit too much toward their Palmer told lbs Conwell answered telling abcs today we were a pretty Large highly individualized lets face we were we still Are and As such we have very varied opinions on just about anything that gets thrown up to the Palmer returned to Little Rock on Fri Day to a heros he and his were aboard a Twa air plane hijacked june 14 during a flight from to Palmer and the couples youngest Joe were released the next Day in Palmer was released by the shiite moslem on wednesday because of his heart the air conditioning Engineer who works for a pipeline company in saudi Arabia said his captors win his sympathy for their in being held captive by the people that Are trying to indoctrinate me and Tell me their cause and How right they and 1 cannot ignore the fact that in being held he Palmer said she conformed her remarks after her release to what she thought the terrorists wanted to i said a lot of things that i want being totally my husband was Over she before he and the Oiler hostages were moved from the hijacked air plane to a site in Palmer said he heard some Man screaming bloody and i knew he was being whether this was the unfortunate Sailor that was i do not 1 presumed that it Navy diver Robert Dean St them was then shot to death by the Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today july Eva Helene according to nazi diaries found by russian married Adolf Hitler 48 hours before the German capital a dispatch from Stockholm 30 years ago today july 1955 Tony Trabert beat Denmark Kurt Nielsen to win the Tennis championship in Trabert is the first american since Don Budge in 1938 to March through the seven match tournament without the loss of a 20 years ago today july 1965 Claude band Leader and famed pianist who played with Artie Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 30s and Early was stricken by two heart attacks and died at his Home in 70 years ago today july 1975 the Eastern airlines jetliner that crashed at new Yorks Kennedy International was about 200 feet too Low on its said a Federal safety Board member in he said Strong Shear winds might have forced the plane below its Normal Glide shipbuilders strike after rejecting wage freeze Maine a some ship builders at Bath Iron works went on strike monday after rejecting a wage freeze and other concessions the company argues Are needed to compete for Navy no new negotiations were scheduled in the which followed a near Nani Mous rejection of concessions sunday by members of the Industrial Union of Marine and shipbuilding workers of America at a meeting in the rejected offer called for a three year wage reduced health insurance benefits and liberalized Job assignment under the contract that expired a top Mechanic for the company received an no disturbances were reported As pickets appeared monday at the Gate to the main shipyard and at smaller Bath facilities in Portland and the number of pickets faded quickly in the summer heat from 350 in the morning to about 20 in the while production remained at a stand about salaried employees continued to do planning and other the strike could delay completion of one of four Aegis guide missile which is to be launched and a guided missile frigate to be launched this said company spokesman Jim he the strike is not Likely to affect Baths standing among Navy bid As a general the Navy Grants excusable delays for work he a clerical workers Union representing nearly 400 employees has been on strike since late that strike had been the first since shipbuilders stayed off the Job for two weeks in make up after doonesbury strip Atlantic a Frank Sinatra said monday he will end his self imposed exile from this Casino resort be cause a state official who once called him an obnoxious bully has criticized doonesbury comic strips satirizing the enter a 69yearold Hoboken said in a statement issued by his spokesman that he will appear at the Golden for which he does television As soon As there is an Alfred a vice president of the Golden said Casino executives would have to Contact Sinatra representatives to talk Over appearance were going to make ourselves free to try to accommodate his Luciani because Sinatra is a major attraction in the Casino it would be counterproductive to schedule his appearance during the Peak summer and so he May not return until Luciani Sinatra announcement came a Day after Joel Casino control commission said cartoonist Garry Trudeau did not accurately portray the events at a Casino last year that led to Jacobsons during a visit to the Golden Nugget in december Sinatra and fellow enter Tainer Dean Martin demanded that a Black Jack dealer Deal from her hand rather than from a plastic Container holding dealing from the hand is a violation of new Jersey officials Martin and Sinatra apologized to Casino saying they were unaware of the and offered to pay fines imposed on the employees involved in the after the Jacobson said it might be time to consider licensing Casino entertainers when someone like Sinatra walks into a Casino and exhibits himself As an obnoxious forcing working men and women to commit infractions because of the fear of losing their in his Trudeau portrayed Sina tra who was honoured May 23 by presi Dent Reagan with the medal of Freedom As an admiring acquaintance of organized crime associates and a foul mouthed bully who intimidated a Casino
