European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday december 1, 1985 Egypt massing for attack Libya charges London up1 Libya charged saturday Tiit he egyptian army was massed on its Borders and ready to attack with the help of . Forces which Tri poli said were carrying out naval spy mis Sions and daily reconnaissance flights off libyan shores. Libyan a Idio monitored in London also said All ambassadors accredited in Tripoli were summoned Friday by the lib an foreign ministry and were in formed of the alleged egyptian military concentrations. It said the ambassadors were told that 4,500 american soldiers arrived thursday in the Northern israeli port of Haifa aboard an aircraft Carrier a guided missile Cruiser and a destroyer and thai . Forces in he Mediterranean had been put on a state of maximum fighting egyptian foreign minister Esmat Abdel Meguid Friday denied libyan charges Egypt was preparing to attack Libya in retaliation for the bloody hijacking of an Egypt air plane by five sky pirates last week. Abdel Meguid said in Brussels that pre cautions were taken because of the serious Ness of the situation following the hijacking of an egyptian he said that egyptian troops were on the Border but that they were not ready to attack. Egypt has accused Libya of being behind the hijacking. A total of 59 people were killed during the hijacking and in the storming of the plane by egyptian Comman Dos. In Washington a state department spokesman declined to comment on the libyan charges. Malta from Page 1 that Malta had rejected their request and that it would have to act in Washington. Charles e. Redman a state department spokesman declined to comment on the assertions. We offered to provide assistance he said. Beyond that we have steadfastly refused commentary of any operational last tuesday. Reagan administration officials said Washington had offered to 5?-. An american counter terrorism Force the Delta team to Malta to help Egypt carry out the storming of the plane. They said president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt had turned Down the offer. The maltese government spokesman Paul Mifsud denied Friday night that the United states had asked Malta to permit technical advisers to Fly into the country. The report that the United states had sent a technical team was the latest in a series of assertions about the episode that have emerged since the Boeing 737 was hijacked last saturday night soon after it left the Athens Airport. Commandos stormed the plane in Malta 24 hours later. Mifsud the maltese spokesman said to request was made by the . Govern ment to Fly in technical advisers. No re quest to Fly in technical advisers on an ital Ian helicopter from is Gonella air base was made. No permission was Given for a Pri vate plane to land from one maltese source said it was not Clear Why Egypt did not wait for the american anti terrorism team to arrive before storm ing the plane. But an official close to the investigation asserted that the egyptians had apparently not been informal that Malta had dropped its initial objections to Egypt air Hijack victim in Good condition from staff and wire reports Lan Stuhl Germany american Jackie Pflugk 20, who was shot in the head by a terrorist during the hijacking of an Egypt air jetliner was listed in Good condition saturday in a . Army Hospi Tal after being flown in from Malta. Pfluge spent Friday night at the army Hospital in Frankfurt after heavy snows diverted her medical evacuation flight from farm twin a and her original Desti nation of the army Hospital at Lan Stuhl medical spokesmen said. On saturday morning she was moved to lands Uhl which has a . She was accompanied by her husband Scott. She is in Good condition a Lan Stuhl Hospital spokeswoman said. A . Air Force Hospital plane on Friday flew Pflugk out of Malta. Medical attendants lifted Pfluge from an ambulance parked on the runway at Luna air port and belted her into a Tel Char is her husband and . Am Assai to Gary mat thews looked on the associated press re ported. Also on Board were other patients picked up at bases at Naples and Simonella in route to Malta according to Joel Levy . Deputy chief of Mission. The White plane with a Black nose and a red Cross on its Tail was parked in the same isolated stretch of Tarmac where the body of fellow american Scarlett Rogen Kamp was put aboard a commercial Airliner thursday and flown to los Angeles. Rogenkamp was shot in the head and thrown from the plane by the hijackers. Rogenkamp had worked As an Industrial properties management specialist at the air Force contract management Center detachment at Tanagra air base near Athens. Funeral services were held saturday at Saint Mary s Star of the sea roman Catholic Church in Oceanside Calif. Rogenkamp s Mother was presented with the purple heart medal at a graveside burial service. The military dec oration normally Given for wounds suffered in Battle was awarded posthumously to the civilian air Force employee. Pfluge of Pasadena Texas was first treated at St. Luke s Hospital in Valletta Malta for wounds suffered when she was shot in the head. Doctors said the Bullet stopped at the Skull Bone. A third Ameri can Patrick Scott Baker of White Salm on wash., who was Only slightly wounded when a Hijacker s Bullet grazed the Back of his head remained at a Malta hotel Friday according to the a space from Page 1 connected by beams such As the one Assem bled by Spring and Ross to Power and communications modules. Both Spring and Ross said the repeated manipulation of the i Inch thick aluminium struts exhausted their hands. They re said Spring. I would t want to go outside again until sunday. In water tank practice sessions before the stars advisor Dies Santa Monica Calif. A a. Morgan Maree jr., who handled invest ment for Hollywood figures including Humphrey Bogart Robert Taylor and David o. Selznick has died at 85. Mission both Ross and Spring said the tedious construction technique left their fingers very sore. Each time they close their hands while wearing their space suits they said the gloves press against their fingertips. On sunday s spacewalk the astronauts were again to assemble the 45-foot Tower or beam and the 12-foot Pyramid and move them around by hand. While they floated freely in Friday s demonstration on sunday they were to per form the work while standing on the end of the shuttle s robot Arm steered from inside the Cabin by astronaut Mary Cleave. Scientists want to compare the efficiency of the two methods. Guest astronaut Rodolfo Neri of Mexico the first of his nation to Fly in space took photo Raplis of his country saturday using infrared and color film. The infrared film May help to detect hot spots of potential volcanic activity. Mcdonnell Douglas Engineer Charles Walker operated a drug purification machine that is reaming a hormone to be tested on animals. by Tuc . A Cuero drug administration the hormone May eventually be used to treat anaemia in humans. The Mission commander is Brewster Shaw and the other me Ber of the Crew is Pilot Bryan o Connor. Atlantis is scheduled to end its seven Day Mission tuesday with a Landing at Edwards fab Calif. Juk cake Baker Dies fall River mass. A Omer d. Plourdi whose bakery made the wedding cake for the wedding of John f. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier in nearby Newport r.i., in 1953, has died at 74. Plourde who ran the bakery for 35 years retired five years ago. The american team s presence. He described the atmosphere in the control Tower which was communicating with the hijackers and the Pilot of the plane at massive egyptian officials said that Only six com Mandos took part in the operation. Only seven bullets were fired they said and one smoke bomb was detonated. Most of the 57 people whose bodies were found on the plane had been killed either by shrapnel from phosphorous grenades thrown by the hijackers or by smoke inhalation Egypt said. Maltese medical authorities also said most of the passengers died from smoke inhalation. But it remained Uncertain whether the smoke had been caused by the fire ignited by the grenades thrown by the terrorists or by the explosions detonated by Egypt in the cargo hold to gain Access to the plane or a combination of the two. Meanwhile a reported that the hijackers wanted to divert the plane to Libya or Tunisia but decided on Malta because the Crew said there was not enough fuel the co Pilot said Friday. Emad Barcy 27, said one Hijacker announced the demand after entering the cockpit holding a hand grenade with its safety pin removed. We told him Athens Cairo Italy were Blahey said. That s when he said what about going to Libya " Blahey said he told the Hijacker the plane did not have enough fuel to go to Tripoli Libya or Tunisia and thai we would crash into the sea before we the suspected Leader of the hijacking remained under heavy guard and under intensive care at St. Luke s Hospital in Valletta for treatment of gunshot wounds to the Chest maltese authorities have said he is a 20 year old tunisian Man out tunisian authorities have said he is not a tunisian citizen a said boy 7, "stable7 after heart transplant Des Moines Iowa Dpi a 7 year old boy was in stable condition with a new heart transplanted Friday just Days before doctors say he would have died of an enlarged heart. Ryan Meloni Iowa s youngest heart transplant patient was in critical but Sta ble condition Friday night hours after his surgery. He was diagnosed in infancy As having an enlarged heart said or. Steven Phillips the surgeon who performed the three hour operation at mercy Hospital medical Center. The condition is often fatal in the first few months of life Phillips said. Ryan s Mother Shelley Melom. Laid her son s new heart is the Best Christmas pre sent she could receive. Ryan bad never been healthy Phillips said. He weighs Only 32 pounds and his heart had begun deteriorating so badly in recent weeks that he would have lived Only a few More Days or weeks without a Ryan s new heart was flown in on the private Jet of Des Moines businessman John Ruan Phillips said. He said the donor was from out of state and from a 10 to 13 year old or. 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