European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d att eliminating 5 d travel in the year 2000 see daily Magazine d Slaney sets Mark for women 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 127 August 1985 Dom Ond sunday d 8693 a More than 50 die in plane fire England a an engine exploded on a British air Tours Boe ing 737 taking off on a vacation flight for Greece thursday with 137 people and authorities said 54 people perished when flames swept through the survivors reported mass panic in the crowded aisle of the twinset aircraft As Pas sengers tried to escape Down emergency chutes when the burning plane came to a Stop at the Edge of the runway at Manches Ter Airport in Northwest the Airport who said the plane was racing Down the runway at about 100 said the Jet was saturated with fuel after the engine explosion and became a towering All 83 survivors were Hospital authorities but Only 15 were Many suffered Only from they we were about two thirds of the Way on Takeoff and there was a loud bang that sounded like an engine passenger David Ashworth i looked out to the where the sound had come and the left engine and Wing were already on fire when we came to a by the time the doors were open and the first people were out in the emergency exit the fire was already inside the and the rear of the plane was completely full of he told reporters at the the operated by a subsidiary of Brit ish carried 131 passengers and a Crew of it was unclear if any americans or other foreigners were on but air Tours usually handles package Tours for Bri Mike of still trem bling under a Hospital Blanket from the or also said be heard a and there were people inside that plane who had no Chance of getting Many didst stand a Chance at Airport manager Gil Thompson put the final death toll at 54 and blamed the Acci Dent on an explosion in the engine on the left Wing As the Pilot poured on Power to take we understand that there was an explosion in the port engine which severed the main fuel line and saturated the aircraft with Thompson it then became really a towering an Airport authority who spoke on the condition that he not be said there was a second explosion after the plane came to a two firefighters Al ready had climbed the explosion was in the rear of the plane and blew the firemen out of the air the official they had Man see crash on Page 28 a photos survivor Mark Tatlock left embraces his at Wythenshawe Hospital in at firefighters Hose Down the soldering wreckage of the lotto winners share million new York a Twenty one fac tory workers who shared one ticket and a Brooklyn Man claimed two thirds of new York states 41milliondollar lottery Jackpot and officials waited for a Call from the Holder of the third winning ticket in North americas largest prize a computer Check indicated there were three winning tickets and that they were sold in mount just North of new York and the new York Borough of according to John lottery each ticket was Worth he and would be distributed in 21 an Nual payments of an exuberant group of 21 workers at an offset press factory in mount Vernon showed reporters a ticket with the win Ning they said they had agreed to Pool to play the lottery and Divide any win who confirmed their winning declined to identify the other known Winner except to say he was a Brooklyn the third winning ticket was bought in the state lottery officials said they could not confirm any winners claims until they saw the lottery computers whirred through the night to determine whether any of the record million held the win Ning combination of and or the supplementary lottery officials placed the Odds of win Ning the pot at bettors wagered a record million exceeding the previous one Day High for new York state lottery million set said James regional lottery director for new York the Jackpot was the largest lottery prize in North american sur passing the million won last septem Ber by Michael of suburban who Divide the Money with his sister and rejects soviet denial of using spy dust Washington a the Reagan administration thursday brushed aside the soviet unions denial that it has used a chemical agent to track american Diplo Mats in Moscow and rejected any Sugges Tion that the United states was trying to sabotage the upcoming superpower the evidence is state depart ment spokesman Charles Redman insisted when asked about the soviet rejection of the charges made the trac ing chemical allegedly was intended to Monitor contacts Between diplomats and soviet including we have absolutely no doubt in our mind that what we described As happening has been happening in the manner in which we described it As Redman at the same Redman confirmed that the United states had denied Permis Sion for three members of the soviet consulate in san Francisco to travel to nearby Daly for a Volley Ball match at the cow Daly City is closed to soviet and Redman said no exceptions will be made until the soviet Union makes Good on its Promise to allow american officials to travel to of limit areas in the soviet on the spy dust the official soviet news Agency Tass said thursday that the Kremlin resolutely rejects the absurd inventions that some chemical substances Are being used against personnel of establishments in the soviet it was the first soviet Media acknowledgement of the accusations that the soviets have dramatically increased use of the chemical identified by the state department As or Nitro he which is said to be a Poten tial cause of Tass asserted the claims were made As part of a slanderous Campaign against the soviet to Poison the atmosphere in relations Between our two countries and see spy dust on Page 28