Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, August 19, 1985

You are currently viewing page 2 of: European Stars and Stripes Monday, August 19, 1985

   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2 the stars and stripes August 1985 envoy talks with King ends Mideast tour Jordan a envoy Richard Murphy ended a six Day Middle East tour saying that the United states remains conditionally willing to meet a palestinian jordanian team to help launch an Ara israeli peace statements by jordanian and american officials and the fact no meeting took place during Murphys stay indicated that obstacles remain to the which Jordan is seeking As a Way to promote King Hussein peace an assistant Secretary of met Hussein for several hours then left ending a trip that took him to Egypt and Back to Jordan a embassy spokesman said Murphy would Stop in Europe before re turning to the United the objective remains to Chart a feasible and expeditious course for the entire process not just one Murphy said in a prepared departure the United states remains willing to hold a meeting with a joint jordanian Al estonian group if it contributes to launching us on such a the statement jordanian foreign minister Taher Al responding to Murphys said that such a meeting would do things were not going As fast As we thought they but there is still a he told israeli leaders strongly objected to any meeting that did not involve Israel and complained that most of the palestinians proposed for the meeting were Plo Mem american officials have said they would take part in such a meeting Only if it led to direct peace talks with and they ruled out any but the officials said a meeting was possible during Mur phys neither jordanian nor american officials gave any sign of compromising on their with Jordan insisting on an International conference and the United states on direct there will be no direct negotiations with Israel before the conference is Jorda Nian prime minister Zaid Rifai Murphys statement said he had a Frank and detailed Exchange of views with the leaderships of Israel and these leaders Are urgently seeking ways to Advance the cause of he Murphy said he would report Back to president Reagan and Secretary of state George towns residents return after chemical spill cleared up about people returned Home sunday after being evacuated because of a explosive chemical that spurted from the top of a Tanker car on a passing officials emergency Crews controlled the leak of Vinyl from a Conrail train tank car about hours after it was discovered a Conrail spokesman authorities tested air samples sunday to determine if the chemical had dissipated to a Safe although the chemical is there was no fire or blast and no serious injuries were officials the chemical is rated As dangerous to breathe at Low Levels and can Burn the skin and there was no derailment or other rail an Engineer noticed the spill at about and stopped the authorities they said the with a capacity of developed a leak of eight Gallons a minute where a spout is secured with four one of the bolts broke off and the contents of the tank spurted out under a Conrail team resealed the car by 8 by tightening the remaining three by the train continued its journey to a Plant where it is used to make officials just what caused the Bolt to break off was not immediately police said Vinyl acetate has dangerous fumes and a Low but a Chi Cago spokesman for the environmental Protection Ross said the chief danger was explosion and its not All that but it is deadly if it goes Boom in the Powers the wind took the fumes away from town at but reversed and blew to Ward people were evacuated from residences near the spill and from a Mobile Home Park on the West Edge of Pendleton and another housing Madison county and Indi Ana state police cooperated to empty nearly the entire North end of the about 20 Miles Northeast of an elderly woman who fell As she was being taken from a retirement Home was the Only injury officials High stepping fan a photo James of tries to keep in step with one of the governor generals foot guards at Rideau Hall in the summer guards stir the imagination of Many Young tourists visit ing Canadas capital iranian president wins reelection by 88 percent Athens up iranian president Sayedah Khamenei easily won reelection capturing about 88 percent of the vote in the fourth presidential election since Ayatollah Khomeini islamic Tehran radio Khamenei had received almost 9 million of the 10 million votes counted by the official radio of the two attorney Mah mud Mostafavi Kashani received votes and Commerce minister Habibollah Asghar Wladi ran a poor third with the iranian Media said in reports monitored in the official islamic Republic news Agency said Iran has an estimated 20 million eligible it was not immediately known what percentage of the electorate turned out for the leads the ruling islamic Republican diplomats in the Ira Nian capital of Tehran had predicted an easy Victory Over his two lesser known it was not immediately Clear when Khamenei would be sworn into Thatcher copters near collision with Jet reported London a two newspapers reported saturday that a Royal air Force helicopter with prime minister Margaret Thatcher aboard narrowly missed colliding with a taxiing British airways Jet last month at London Heathrow the newspaper said the Boeing carrying 126 Pas was taxiing at 138 Mph when it was forced to abort its Takeoff to avoid an air collision with thatchers they said the incident occurred july thatchers office and the defense ministry both con firmed that an incident involving a helicopter and a jetliner occurred at Heathrow on july but neither would give details or say if the prime Minster was on Board the thatchers Deputy press Jean told the associated press the prime minister and her party were not aware that anything was a defense ministry Alan said a report on the incident was being prepared by the civil aviation according to the sunday express and the the near collision occurred As Thatcher was being taken to Heathrow to Board a flight to in Early editions available saturday the newspapers said the helicopter was coming in for a Landing when it moving into the flight path of the an air traffic controller urgently radioed the jetliner abort helicopter about to Cross your flight the sunday express the newspaper said the jetliners Peter slammed both engines into reverse thrust and applied full Power to the brakes to halt the speeding it said it took 55 minutes for the jets brakes to Cool the a flight eventually took off for Thatcher was accompanied by four members of her staff and two the newspapers neither report specified How close the helicopter and jetliner came to each Thatcher left last week for a two week vacation in aus  
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade