European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday january 3, 1s86 _ engine problem on Nelson s plane reported de , Totsas a the dc-3that crashed and killed Singer Rick Nelson and us other list engine trouble before its hot flight am one member of Nelsons band had miked of willing because lit did t Uusi the plane friends and relatives said , 45, who Etc Arne known to Mii Lions of americans As a youngster on his family adventures of Oliie and Hal rid to series was flying with his Fiancee and five members of he band from Ala Bama to Dallas for a new year s eve conceit when the plane crashed near this Northeast the a  Pilot and co Pilot survived arid were hospitalized with Burns with the Pilot in fair condition and the co Pilot critical. National transport Ilion safety boar chairman Jim Burnett said wednesday investigators were unsure if the fire that consumed the wreckage was ignited before the plane clipped Power lint and crashed into a pasture witnesses reported intake trailing from the plane. In aviation in Vance does not always Indi Cate fire Burnett said at t news Confer vat Vii Nelson and his band had appeared Mon Day at pm s lounge in gun Casville Ala and took off tuesday afternoon. Lynn Upton wife of pm s co owner Pat Upton a former member of Nelson s Stone Canyon band mid Nelson had trouble with the dc-3 on his flight from Orlando a 10 of Ayersville. The trouble reappeared tuesday. They were a Virtu trouble Wilh the left engine. It would t Crank Over mrs. Union said. Everyone was concerned Over cams one engine. Pat asked hat they slay and Fly out of Huntsville on a commercial night mrs. Upton said the pilots worked on the engine and Felt better about it. Risk fell he half to be there Dallas for the show Burnell said he could not confirm thai the plane bad mechanical trouble. The Federal aviation administration flight service in Anni Aton Ala said the plane was registered to Century equipment co. Of to Angeles. Telephone Calls to the company wednesday went unanswered. Laurel same Stiler in Law of band member Andy Chapin 30, who died in the crash said from los Angeles the dc-3 Hod developed a proof pm with one of us can incs about a month ago and Chapin was afraid to Ity in i ,. Fac did t won to Goon thai air plane the told the Mas morning news he complained and complained for Mcellis. He was going to quit the Job because it Odin t want logo on that  Barbie said Chapin Hud told her that it was a bad plane. He did t Ruit it. He always to Ltd to my husband about it that he did t Trust the air plane that All the Guys fell the same in the band Burnett said authorities hid no been Able to talk to either of int two Urivon. The Accident occurred on the last Day of he deadliest year Ever for commercial aviation in which almost 1,000 people  also was the 50th anniversary of the debut of the dc-3, a twin engine a an de signed for Early passenger nights and world War ii transport that t survive Din private and regional airline service around the world. 8 americans 2 chileans die when plane crashes on Antarctic Island Punta Arenas Chile a eight american tourists flying to Antarctica to celebrate new Tafs a died along with two chilean crewmen when their plane passed a fog shrouded Landing Atrip and crashed. There were no survivors in tuesday s crash on Nelson Island 4 degrees North of the Antarctic Circle and sin mites from a chilean air base on King George stand the charter plane s destination. Helicopter pilots Wilh the chilean air Force found 10 bodies in the wreckage of he twin engine Cessna Titan 40 on Nel ton Island tuesday evening said Felipe Molina a spokesman for the acro Puirtt charter company which owned the plane. The americans All men. Chartered the Piane from Punta Arenas Chite i Soutner most cily. To it. Marsh flaw an air Force installation in the South Shetland islands in Antarctic territory Molina said. The base has a 40-room Lodge that is used by the chilean government to promote tourism. They my the United slates dec. 2 and spent christinas in the Lake District of Southern Chile according to Haruis Bensien of harms Ebensten travel inc. Of key Weil Fla which arranged the tour. A Tele from the chilean air Force s tour office told the americans to bring formal suits for a new year s eve dinner Ebensten told the associated press by Tele phone from key West. The trip called for a 48-hour stay at the chilean cur base mid Molina. They were All looking Forward to this tremendously Ebensten said it was to be something really special. It was the first Lime that any one of them would have been in  most of the americans had previously travel de to other Remote places he said. Employees at he Cape Horn hotel in Punta Arenas said the group had arrived from Argentina on saturday and was a have flown to Antarctica on monday. But the flight was delayed because of bad weather. Ebensten identified the dead americans As Ben Callis 33, key West Irving Lam Brecht 63, retired los Angeles Wayne Riddle 61, Engineer Buchanan. Mich Tim Lang 33, Petroleum manager Carnichael Calif. James m. Jasper 56, librarian of Nard Calif. A liner p. Michael 72, teacher Columbus Ohio James c. Howell 43, teacher yellow Springs Ohio and Paul r. Cox 59, teacher Brooklyn . Occupations for All but Callis were obtained pram registration cards at the Cape Horn hotel. Aero petrol which has t no operating tourist flights to Antarctica for six years said its. General manager Ivan Martinez Diaz was piloting the plane and was killed along with the a Pisol who was not identified Wendel Belew a is embassy spokes Man in Santiago said a consular officer was in route to the base from Punta Arenas to confirm the victims identities and accompany their bodies to the chilean main land. Molina said the Pilot made an approach to the it. Marsh base s year round air strip but could t land because of fog Molina said the Pilot informed the Bis by radio that he would try again but radio Contact was lost As the Piane disappeared from View. West Virginia inmates free hostages in return for meeting with governor Moundsville . Dpi about zoo inmates holding 13 hostages in a Vilna of the West Virginia state Penitentiary agreed thursday to release to their hostages unharmed in return for a meeting wih gov. Arch Moore to discuss their demands for belter living conditions officials said. John Price press Secretary to Moore said an Oral agreement was reached with the prisoners. Part of the agreement was for the males to meet with news reporters in the visitors room Al the maximum Security prison he said. Price said the conditions of the Oral agreement also included a Promise that the prisoners would be allowed to meet with the governor at an unannounced Dale and that there would be no reprisals against the in mates involved in the uprising itself. The agreement docs not Rule out action against any inmates involved in the killing of inmate Kent Slie. Site apparently died after being Cist with pieces of Glass. At Many As 500 inmates took Over the ninth Wing of the s Orison wednesday night. The prisoners look Over the Century old institution wednesday a rioting thai claimed site s life. Seventeen hostages were taken but four were released before the Oral agreement was reached with officials the last hostage released was capt. Pat Rick Glasscock. Who had relayed the prison ers demands through a television network new York City Tribune resumes publication new York a after a hiatus of More than four months the new York City Tribune has resumed publication with & new format though its conservative tone will remain unchanged. Robert j. Morton editor of the manhat Tan based daily said the editors had changed the newspaper to reflect the find Ings of surveys that indicated readers preferred the Tribune s investigative and inter National reporting ibid its editorial pages to other features. Nelson s manager Oscar Arslanian. Said in los Angela funeral  my not to a completed. His older brother. David a dying to tem wed Day tout his Mother. Harriet was nol a Clos. Father Oliie died of cancer in 1975. In los Angeles. David Lovinc. President of the pro Mark production company a aged 103 Elev Isfort stations nol 10 show � map hour syndic and knee Ian shut Wai to Burta bred listing wednesday night in to cd Ricky a clan and fats Doit no a he said Harriet Nelson had asked pro Mark to try � Stop f How. Besides ick Nelson and Chapin Thyl dead were identified As Nelson s Fiancee Helen Blair 27 band member Bobby Cal in Patrick Woodward 15, Rick 1m veld 22, and Clark Russell 35, who we the sound Man retired publicist Leo in Bolin. Who had worked with Rick Nelson said 1985 wow he Singer Best year in two decades he was a remnant of the Rios a Holdover whose time had finally come again Zabolin said. Wednesday night. Glasscock was taken by ambulance to a Hospital where his condition a not immediately known. Price had said the inmates presented a list of 21 demands including better food belter living conditions and More recreation time. One Hundred police officers surrounded the prison but had made no move to Itescu the hostages. Wendy Henderson wife of hostage Bill Henderson said her husband called their Home thursday and gave a Babysitter Agrim message if icy worm the place someone will die. Fac Are All separated. Give my love Lothe kids the inmates originally look 17 hostages. Price said an unidentified woman was freed almost immediately after the riot broke out in us prison dining Ball about 5 30 p,. One guard Michael co Lemait was re Kased near Midnight because he has High blood pressure Coleman was hospitalized in liable condition. Slain naturalist buried Mont Visoke Rwanda a Shin american naturalist Dian Forscy who for 18 years studied and befriended the rare Mountain gorillas who live on this dormant Volcano has been buried in n a cattery she built for gorillas killed by poachers. The burial in the Gortha cemetery near her Remote research station was in accordance Wilh the wish of Fos sey 53, who was hacked to death last week by an unidentified assailant who broke Inlo her cottage of corrugated tin. Fussey credited with getting Fie endangered Mountain gorillas accustomed to the presence of humans said she had come to love the gentleness and dignity of the so or so apes around her Camp and a referred. Their company to that of people freed american Dies Chicago a an v.tk31 can businessman released eight month ii ago from a mexican prison after his family s three year Battle to free him is dead of heart disease an attorney says. Ridyard 1, Flynn died at his suburban River Dak Home said Swan pm Gart an attorney who worked of a Case. Flynn 50, jul feint three heart at Teclu during his 37-Rnonli imprison mint in Mexico said family spokeswoman Pat Miller. After re turning to the United Stilt in april he was diagnosed As having Range live heart failure and severe coronary artery disease. The business executive was freed last Spring after the mexican supreme court overturned his 1982 fraud conviction and six year sentence. Soldier found dead near Railroad tracks Wuerzburg Germany a 3rd w div Soldier was found dead near kit Ringen at about 1 30 . Wednesday. The Soldier s body was seen near l � South bound Railroad tracks Between kit Zinger and the adjacent town of Buff Anuw by Al train passenger who notified of nests police division spokesman maj. Bob Macken Esaid the Soldier s name is facing withheld until relative cats be notified. The extent of injuries and the Causa of death have not Bejjan determined be Laid. The Dalh b being investigated