European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 28 the stars and stripes wednesday january 1,1986 Paris Madrid attacks reportedly planned from Page 1 tary Hospital was quoted by i tempos saying there Ore 300 of us Alt devoted to suicide action. When i left Lebanon preparations were being made fur two other at tacks like ours at the airports of Madrid and  the Rome daily usually has Good police sources and us past reports on the attack have proved to be accurate italian newspapers previously reported that Sarham told investigators that be and ins accomplices belonged to a palestinian faction headed by Abu Nidal Abu Nidal Hai been reported at various limes to have Headquarters in Baghdad Iraq Damascus Syria and most recently in Tripoli the capital of Libya. Italian investigators believe the terrorists who attacked he airports were rained in Iran and were dispatched from Lebanon us their target cities via Switzerland Accord ing to italian press reports. In Bern Switzerland. Tuesday the fed eral prot Char s office said ant of the suspected terrorists stopped in Geneva but authorities have no evidence the attacks were prepared in Switzerland. Spokesman Roland haul Stcin said investigators determined the Man arrived in Geneva on a night from Beirut Lebanon last week and then boarded a train Tor Vienna. He did not identify the Man haul Stcin said the investigation turned up no evidence that the terrorists were trained in Iran and sent from Lebanon to Switzerland. Sanaa reportedly told investigators the attacks were supposed to be suicide actions. However if Security was lax or if any of the terrorists survived they were supposed to take hostages Hijack 0 plane and Force it to Fly to Israel where it would be crashed into Tel Aviv ii Tempo quoted sure Iii As telling investigator. Such plans would coincide with austrian investigators statements that the two surviving in Orais there reported they planned to Hijack a plane not to make a suicide attack. Italian and austrian officials were con Ferring on their theories about the attacks. In Israel prime minister Shimon Peres tuesday called for International sanctions against Libya and reiterated hat Israel will strike against terrorism whenever wherever and however it sees tit.  not directly blame Libya for Friday s attacks to Israel s Al Al airline counters in the Rome and Vienna airports. However he noted that Libya called the attacks  he added that Libya is believed to be the base for Abu Nindl Leader of a palestinian guerrilla group that israeli officials Are inclined to believe carried out the Attucks. The world Mut act against the coun tries which Send the terrorists and enable them to hide and to Send weapons even through diplomatic mail he said address ing about 800 High school students in Kfir Sava u Miles Northeast of Tel Aviv Israel. At the head of these countries there is no doubt Libya he said. Israeli foreign minister Yitzhak Shamir meanwhile sent a Able to Secretary of slate George Shultz commending . Statements monday in support of measured focused retaliation for the Airport Miller from Page 1 rai7 association journal air mail seek ing other members of the Lancaster s Crew. Ross said members of the appreciation society believe the defense ministry had been asked about the matter years Ajo and the ministry replied. Not even he pigeons were flying that Day defense ministry officials however could not recall such a query. Records found at the ministry by . Monday of the air historical Brunch can firmed that a Squadron of Lancaster had in fact taken off at noon dec 15, 1944, and had flown on a course Over Northern France near the belgian Border on a mis Sion Tallack railway Yards in Germany. Before entering German controlled air space the Force was recalled monday said. According to standing orders the bombs were jettisoned in designated areas before Landing in & litter last May Munday wrote Shaw until your Story appeared in the South african press in 1984, the Raf had always regarded Miller s death As a strictly . Aah matter As the result of some sort of flying Accident probably As a result of poor weather condition -. We have received let ters at various times asking about it some of which put Forward theories some feasible and some not so feasible. Up until 19b4, the Only Raf connection a is that Miller s plane had taken off from the Raf Airfield at twin Wood farm Bedfordshire in weather conditions which could be described As marginal or at least marginal for that Type of aircraft your Story to a greater extent changed this and we carried out an investigation earlier Thi year into the aborted bomber operation of is Dee 1944. Because the of trillion was aborted there is no raid report of bomber command records As would have been customary with a completed operation. We did find reference to the in tended  the Miller flight took off from the air Field near Bedford 50 Miles Northwest of London at 1 55 . The Pilot did not file a flight plan and his course is unknown. Munday said that although the bandleader was flying to France at the time the Raf Squadron was returning from its aborted Mission they could have been Miles apart. Victor Gregory the Pilot of the Raf plane no living in Weston super Mare answered Ross advertisement thinking it had something to do with a reunion. He confirmed Shaw s Story. We had a foil Load of bomb Gregory said. We had to Jettison them near Blachy head near Eastbourne on the South coast. When we arrived there the bomb Aimer asked me to open the Tomb door and he dropped the bombs including a big 4,000 Pound bomb we colled a coot it exploded six or seven fee above the surface of the  the Bombardier Ivor Pritchard who would have had he Best View ask a the navigator if he could see the bombs exploding Gregory recalled. The Pilot said Shaw got up and looked out of die Little dome and spotted this aircraft a  the rear gunner who was looking around All the time Caw it lip up and go into the Tea Gregory said. When these bombs go off the cause a lot of explosion. The gunner. Harry fellow a Hen asked on the intercom did you see thai Kite go in " a Kite in Raf Slang far a plane Pritchard died in 1983, according to Ross but fellow a May still be alive and his former Crew member arc anxious to French general Dies Chantilly France up Gen Alfred heurtaux a world War i Ace Pilot who shot Down 21 enemy planes and who holds two of France s highest honors the Croft de Guerre and the legion d Hannur has died at hit Home North of Paris heurtaux s family said tuesday. To was 92. Pay from Page 1 Frozen at 515.50 a month due to surpluses in the system s accounts. The average ssi monthly payment for an individual will Rise by is i to $336, and Tor couple by 116 to ss04. Gut about half the ssi recipients also get social Security and As their retirement benefits go up Many will Lind their ssi checks reduced. The 3.1 percent Benefit increase is the smallest since social Security benefits were linked to the consumer Pri Index in 1975. It will Boon the average payment for retired workers by 514 a month to s419. For elderly couples the average Benefit Wilt climb to so 12 q month s24 incr a. The new year will not bring any pension increase for military and civilian Federal retirees at least for now under the recently enacted deficit reduction Law their pen Sions Are fran in until March 1, at which time their raises could be restored retroactively or skipped depending on where the deficit stands. Brown Taid the maximum social Security Benefit for someone turning 61 in 1986 will be $760 a month. The social Security tax rate increase is earmarked for medicare coverage which now will consume 1.45 percentage Points of the payroll lax. The payroll tax will stay at 7,15 percent until 3988, when it will climb to 7.51 per cent. In 1990, it will Bil 7.65 percent. The ceiling of wages taxed also rises each time benefits go up. The deductible a medicare patient must pay for the first Day s Hospital Sun will jump on Jan. 1 from 1400 to $492. Medi care pays the Hospital Bills from Day 2 through �0. The patient s share of costs for Hospital Tayi of 61 to 90 Days will climb from 1100 to is 23 a Day. The amount for plays lasting beyond 90 Days will Lump from $200 to $246 a Day. Abo medicare will charge people $61.50 a Day instead of so for stays of More than 20 Days in skilled nursing Homes up to 100 Days some of the 2.6 million people drawing social Security disability benefits will Start getting notices next week that the govern ment is org to re examine their eligibility for the Aid. The Reagan administration imposed a moratorium m 1984 on the controversial disability reviews but is sinning them up again under new ground rules. Federal workers hired before january 1934 will pay up to 1609 in 1986 toward medicare at the 1.45 percent rate. Thane hired since then pay the full social Security tax. Assaults. Former foreign minister Abba Eban said tuesday the White House statement was an important step Forward in the War Nga Insl terrorism. For the first time a world Power de scribes terrorists As pirates and  that whoever takes action against Hern is Piatt. Fied in doing so Eban head of the israeli j parliament s defer the and foreign offal no committee snid on Israel radio. J White House spokesman Larry speaker said monday in Washington if we Cani find who they the attackers Are or if an other nation ran find who they Sre and the attack them wipe them out that s Fine with  j five americans we among the 18 pc pie who died in the attacks. Eban called the . Response very sub Stantial ideological progess in the War against terrorism.11 Peres called Libya a wicked country i full of murder at whose head stands a Man. Who does not hesitate to murder his oppo a Nants in cold blood temperatures talk to him mid to the other Crew members Robert o Hanlan the radio operator Derek Thurman the Engineer Derek Arnold the mid upper gunner and Frank Appleby the mid under gunner. They also want to locate the Erewe of other bombers in the area. When asked Why it had taken so Long for him to come Forward Gregory said he had forgotten the incident until contacted by Ross. When we got Back from that raid in was an aborted raid so we did t go in for our Normal debriefing. Dao l think me unsympathetic or callous but when 1 heard of the plane going Down i would Haw said that he should t have been there forget him. My own concern was getting my air plane Home safely. We were fighting a War and we lost thousands of planes we had some pretty grim raids after that and they did t announce Miller s death until later it had gone completely from my mind he explained Miller was first reported missing on dec 24, 1944. 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