European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes see pages 8-9 the stars and stripes Yfe Obj Guss vol. 44, no. 239 Friday december 13, 1985 lit Roll tvs 8693 a 250 gis 8 Crew killed in Jet crash Gander Newfoundland a a chartered dc-8 full of . Soldiers return ing from the Middle East crashed in Snow covered Woods thursday at Gander inter National Airport killing All 258 aboard in a fiery Christmas time tragedy. Families and friends Learned of the disaster As they assembled for a brass band Wel come Home Celebration at the Headquarters of the lost airborne div at fort Camp Bell. By. The cause of the Early morning crash remained under investigation let the White House said preliminary reports showed no indication of sabotage or an in flight explosion in history s eighth worst aviation disaster. The Charier flight operated by Arrow air of Miami carried 250 members of the 101st airborne who were being rotated Home after six months service in the multinational peacekeeping Force in lip yet s Sinai Peninsula. Csc television showed charred debris soldering in the Snow beneath tall Ever greens in sparse Hilly Woods where the continued on Page 28 president signs Biff requiring balanced budget Washington up president Reagan signed historic budget balancing legislation thursday declaring deficit reduction is now the the Bill which Reagan admitted contained a constitutionally suspect provision will require Sharp reductions in the deficit now above $200 billion until the budget is balanced by fiscal 1991. The president said when the new process begins Early next Spring. I anticipate that we will have to take some significant across the Board reductions in a wide Range of but he repealed again that increasing taxes is not an option. Deficit reduction must mean spending re Reagan signed the Bill which was passed by the House and Senate wednesday without the customary ceremonies for such important legislation. In addition to rejecting tax increases Reagan also urged Congress to never lose sight of the necessity to maintain a Lirong National defense when it begins shaping the Nec Essary budget cuts. With the passage of this landmark legislation the Congress has made an important step toward putting our see budget on Page 28 Tornado hits Day care Center Drin were at the Center when the Tornado struck wednes Day but Only two received minor injuries. Officials Survey inn do damage at Ibe Rabbit Hill Day care Center located near Georgetown Texas. Forty chit allies told to expect less . Aid for military programs Brussels Belgium a the United states told Western foreign ministers that because of the . Budget its Western allies thursday to expect a diminishing . Deficit defense spending will undergo special scrutiny. Ability o help finance their military programs because of conference sources said pressure to Cut up to j20 billion from the United states defense budget. At a private opening session of nato s annual year end meeting Secretary of slate George Shultz told 15 in meetings with individual leaders the Secretary has been talking a great Deal about the economic situation in the United states and where we might be going in he legislation concerning the deficit a senior u a. Official said. In terms of Conlin cd . Aid to some of the poorer countries of the Alliance he did make the Point that obviously there is a connection below can what we can do and How much we have to do with said the official who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. . Defense department officials have been talking see allies on Page 28 paper says Kab abducted lebanese of end kidnapping London up a soviet Kab unit abducted 12 lebanese extremists and killed one of them when gunmen executed one of four soviet hostages in Beirut Lebanon in october the daily mail said thursday. The newspaper quoting intelligence sources from an unidentified country said the Kab team sent the body Back to the group s Leader with a message saying. Release our three hostages or we will shoot yours one by the brother of one of the lebanese kidnappers was among the 12 extremists abducted by the Kab the mail said. It said the Quick release of the Sovil to slags amazed the ., British and Krench governments All of which have citizens held captive in Lebanon. The four Sovil embassy personnel were abducted sept. 30, and two Days later the previously unknown islamic liberation organization announced it had killed Arkady Katkov a Counselor whose body was found with five Bullet wounds on a Street in West Beirut. The group had demanded that the soviet Union pres sure Syria to Stop an offensive by pro syrian forces against palestinian backed moslem fundamentalists. Officials in Beirut said syrian intervention helped secure the release of inc other three hostages oct. 30
