European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 i the stars and stripes tuesday february 11,1986 Leo Klinghoffer s widow Dies of cancer at 59 new York a Marilyn Klinghoffer whose us band was slain by palestinian hijackers on the cruise ship Achille Lauro and who later became Active in the fight against terrorism died sunday of cancer at the age of 59. Mrs. Klinghoffer died at Lenox Hill Hospital Saidl Coly Simon a family spokeswoman. She had been in the Hospital for about two weeks and had been diagnosed shaving cancer in 1984, Simon said. She declined to identify the Type of  Celebration of their 36th wedding anniversary last october mrs. Klinghoffer and her husband Leon who were jewish had joined nine friends from the new York area for a Mediterranean cruise aboard the Achille Lauro. The italian ship was hijacked by palestinian terrorist oct. 7, and Klinghoffer a 69-year-old appliance manufacturer who had suffered a stroke 10 years before and was confined to a wheelchair was shot and his body tossed into the  remaining passengers were freed after being held for 52 hours. Four terrorists were captured after a  Jet intercepted an egyptian plane taking them to Freedom. They were convicted in Italy on weapons charge Sand Are awaiting trial for murder and hijacking. A fifth Man on the plane Palestine liberation organization official Mohammad Abbas who allegedly masterminded the hijacking was released by the italians. Warrant for his arrest was later issued by italian prosecutors but his whereabouts remain  murder of her husband brought International Atten Tion to mrs. Klinghoffer who said she would establish thereon Klinghoffer foundation to fight International terror ism. Simon said the family would propose that the name of the foundation be changed to the Leon and Marilyn Kling Hoffer memorial foundation. Mrs. Klinghoffer was praised by Many when she told president Reagan that she had spat j in the faces of the terrorists As she identified them for authorities in j  bless you Reagan replied j according to Simon who has Servidas spokeswoman for the Klinghoffer family throughout their ordeal. Mrs. Klinghoffer was a courageous woman who stood for her principles in speaking out eloquently against terrorism. White House i spokesman Michael guest said a the president will be sending his condolences to the  Edward i. Koch said in a statement sunday that my. Klinghoffer taught the world a lesson in courage in the months following the murder of her husband. She gave a message to the world in denouncing terrorism and became an inspiration for All of  last week Simon announced that mrs. Klinghoffer was Selling the Story of her husband s death to a production company that will make a television docudrama about the cruise. Simon declined to discuss the terms of the Deal. She said mrs. Klinghoffer and her family decided to sell the rights in the Hope that the television production would Klinghoffer encourage opposition to terrorism. At the time of the announcement there was no men Tion of mrs. Klinghoffer s illness. At a news conference in late october mrs. Klinghoffer described the events leading up to her husband t death. She recalled being ordered to climb a staircase tothe upper deck of the ship. I attempted to push my husband in the direction of the staircase she said. The terrorists ordered me to leave him. I told them that i could t leave him an begged them to let me stay with him. They responded by putting a machine gun to my head and ordered me up the stairs. That was the last time i saw my  mrs. Klinghoffer also testified about the ordeal to Ahouse foreign affairs subcommittee. My husband s death has made a difference in the Way people now perceive their vulnerability she told the panel. I believe what happened to the passengers on the Achille Lauro and to my family can happen to any one at any time and at any  mrs. Klinghoffer had worked As an assistant personnel manager at Gralla publications a business and Traue Magazine publishing company. She lived in an apart ment in Greenwich Village not far from the lower East Side settlement houses where her husband grew up a downed a condominium in Long Branch . Mrs. Klinghoffer is survived by her daughters Ilia and Lisa a son in Law Jerry Arbittier and her Mother Rose Windwehr. Philippine National Assembly begins vote tally Manila Philippines a the National Assembly controlled by president Ferdinand e. Marcos began a special ses Sion monday to make the Only legally bind ing vote count in the closely contested presidential election. Challenger Corazon Aquino pledged we Are going to take  an hour after Aquino spoke at an outdoor roman Catholic mass a supporter holding up a Marcos concede poster was shot to death on a truck bed where Aquino had sat and a second person was wounded. Aquino had left when the shooting occurred. The National Assembly adjourned after four hours of debate Over How to conduct the count which ruling party officials have Aid could take two Days or longer. Outside hundreds of Aquino supporters chanted slogans against Marcos his assemblywoman daughter Imee Mantoc another ruling party members. We paid for this building. Marcos get out some shouted in tagalog. Elsewhere Marcos supporters demonstrated against . Poll watchers who told a news conference they d seen evidence of widespread election irregularities. Another pro Marcos demonstration heckled volunteers making an Independent vote count for a watchdog group the National movement for free elections Nam Frel. The Marcos appointed commission on elections said that with 28 percent of the precincts reporting from Friday s election Marcos was leading with 3,056,236 votes or 51 percent while Aquino had 2,903,348votes, or 49 percent. The Nam Frel count with 49 percent of the precinct reporting had Aquino with 5,566,319 votes or 54 percent and marcos4,806,166, or 46 percent. Marcos 68, also was leading in three other unofficial counts. Members of a human rights group Mon Day picketed the election commission counting Center to protest the slow vote count. Marcos directed that the election com Mission and Nam Frel should continue their counts so they could be compared with the National Assembly tally. One of his cab inet ministers earlier had said All tallying except the official count should be stopped. Two foreign observer groups including an official us. Delegation As Well As Aqui no supporters and a group of government computer operators tallying returns charged that the election was being rigged to favor Marcos who has been in Power for 20 years. The official . Delegation issued statement before departing for Home Mon Day. The statement urged the Marcos government to bring the election to a credible conclusion without further  the computer operators walked out of the election commission count sunday night saying that vote tallies being fed into the computer did not match those that were posted on Large boards that showed Marco ahead. The election commission stopped Vicount for 12 hours after the computer operators walked out taking computer disk with them. An official of the company that provided the computers said both data an software were taken. Members of Marcos governing party the new society movement predicted that the the Assembly could Complete its count within 48. Hours. The Assembly has to open scores of sealed envelopes containing tall sheets from across the 7,100-Island nation. Shuttle from Page 1 to respond to the commission s request. Weinberg also Laid that the commission had noted discrepancies Between Nasa testimony at the commission s first meeting last thursday and material in the documents concerning the seals. However an other commission source said that the discrepancies appeared minor and could probably be attributed to Lack of familiarity by top Nasa officials with All the Del Teof problems with the teals. The commission s closed session was Tobe held at 2p.m. Monday in the old executive office building adjacent to the Whit Home. An open session u scheduled to Start at 10 . Tuesday at a Lite that had no yet been determined. The space Agency it performing its own technical investigation to determine what caused the explosion. Its finding Are to represented to the 13-member presidential commission which has the authority to Cal More witnesses and seek More information. After receiving the commission request sunday the space Agency began assembling the document concerning seals and Alerte Diu offices around the country to cooperate with the investigation. A message sent Sun Day afternoon from Nasa Headquarters to staff members and reporters at the Kennedy space Center in Florida said that or. William r. Graham the acting administrator of Nasa had assured the commission of the full cooperation of Nasa employees. The message also said that a Nas spokesman would be available to answer questions from reporter after the open hearing tuesday. Nasa s own investigation into the disaster hat been conducted with great secrecy. Space Agency officials have refused to Dis cuss the internal memorandums concerning problems in the rocket seals. Nasa s internal documents indicate that charring and erosion of the seals known As o rings had caused concern among some Agency engineers and analysts. One Engineer s memorandum cited 17 in stances in which the primary o ring bad been eroded in flight and at least one in stance where the backup o ring the last Barrier protecting the seam Between Seg ments of the rocket outer casing from the rocket s Gates bad been ended. Another memorandum by a budget analyst assigned to review the problem warned that flight safety has been and instill being compromised by potential failure of the  failure during launch would certainly be catastrophic the memorandum warned. If the seals failed during launching hot gases and flames could escape through the Side of the Booster rocket rather than through the Bottom nozzle that expels the gases out the rear. Still pictures and video tape of the challenger s last seconds made Public by Nasa after the explosion clearly How a plume of flame erupting from one Side of the Booster. Graham has said the plume appeared to emerge from an area near a seam joining the two Bottom segments of the right Han Booster rocket but he said Nasa has not established whether the plume occurred atthe seam or just near the  a study by Nasa of pressure Reading from the right Booster showed a sudden drop in Power about 10 second before the explosion. Such a pressure Low would be consistent with a rupture in the Wall of the rocket aerospace Engineer have said. One of the Reading theories of the Caus of the explosion is that flames spewing through a ruptured am May have burned through the adjacent external tank which contained the liquid fuel that Powers the shuttle s main engines. 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