European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Goya s Hometown see stripes Magazine Sweden gets new Leader Page 2 n Randy Barnett s car Corner Page 13 n today s Dollar buys 2.25 Marks Page 23 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 328 thursday March 13, 1986 is of airy and sunday d 8693 a Spain to stay in nato Early vote results show Madrid Spain up spaniards voted overwhelmingly to remain in nato in a referendum wednesday according to the first official results. Interior minister Jose Barrionuevo said estimates based on a count of 38.39 percent of the vote showed the pro nato vote at 53.41 percent compared with 38.6 percent for the anti nato vote. It was the first time a member of the Atlantic Alliance had called a referendum on withdrawal. It is a Clear Victory for the yes votes Over the no a said Jose Maria Benegas Organ izing Secretary of the ruling socialist party. Common sense and the maturity of Spain have Barrionuevo said the turnout was about 58 percent lower than Levels for previous pollings in the past ten years. Blank and null votes were nearly 8 per cent the provisional count showed. The results coincided with surveys con ducted by Independent news Media and anti nato groups. The National radio network ser put the vote tally at 49.5 percent in favor of staying in nato compared with 44.7 voting to leave the Alliance. A Victory by Only a Small margin is clearly a moral defeat for the government said communist party Secretary general see Spain on Page 24 crash grounds army s Blackhawk again by Norman Black a military writer Washington the army has temporarily grounded its entire Fleet of Ljh-60 Blackhawk helicopters following a crash tuesday in which three soldiers were killed during a training flight at fort Rucker Ala. The grounding order affecting roughly 640 Black Hawks was issued As a precaution pending an investigation of the fort Rucker Accident said maj. Phil Soucy an army spokesman at the Pentagon. The spokesman declined to predict How Long the grounding might last saying the directive would remain in place until army investigators had time to determine the Likely cause of the crash. The grounding order was extended to the entire Fleet Early wednesday afternoon after fort Rucker officials temporarily grounded their 24 Blackhawk on tuesday. The grounding is the second in less than a year for the Blackhawk the army s new front line helicopter for troop transport and cargo delivery. Shuttle debris a photo parts of the left solid fuel rocket Booster from the space shuttle challenger lie on the deck of the recovery ship Stener Workhorse 30 Miles out in the Atlan tic off the Florida coast. The debris was recovered in 210 feet of water. The photo taken saturday was released by Nasa tuesday. Story on Page 24. The last grounding began on april 19 following two fatal crashes one at fort Bragg n.c., and the other at fort Rucker in which 15 persons died. Investigators deter mined one of those crashes was caused by the failure of a main Rotor Blade spindle prompting repairs to the entire Fleet. The Blackhawk returned to service last june. The latest crash occurred about two Miles Southwest of Elba Ala., during a routine training flight fort Rucker see crash on Page 24 More tornadoes hit several states scores homeless by the associated press Waves of thunderstorms with damaging wind tornadoes and Large Hail ripped off roofs and damaged Mobile Homes Early wednesday from Texas into Kentucky and scores of people remained homeless after the killer tornadoes that scoured the Ohio Valley. Relatively few injuries were reported in the latest round of storms which were blamed for derailing a train stalled by heavy Hail in Arkansas and destroying Small businesses in one Texas town. Six people were killed and More than 100 were injured monday when tornadoes and High wind caused at least $20 million damage in Indiana Ohio and Kentucky. National guardsmen kept up patrols in three cities. A Tornado that struck the Small Eastern Texas Community of Pineland Early wednesday destroyed three Small businesses a roofed two Mobile Homes and knocked out electricity. No injuries were reported the people i talked to said it All happened within 15 or 20 seconds. The whole area in t More than a mile Long and Only a couple of Hundred Yards wide but it touched Down about three different places said City utilities us see tornadoes on Page 24 no limit placed on Marcos phone Calls official says Washington a a state department spokes Man says no limit has been placed on Telephone Calls former Philippines president Ferdinand e. Marcos May make while he is a guest of the United states in Hawaii. The spokesmen Charles e. Redman said he could not confirm reports that Marcos has made thousands of dollars Worth of Telephone Calls from Hickam fab in Honolulu or that Marcos was trying to influence politics in his Homeland by Telephone. Former president Marcos is a guest at Hickam air Force base at the invitation of president Reagan red Man said. As a Normal Courtesy his privacy is respected and his personal phone Calls Are not subject to limitation. For your information Many of the phone Calls have been made the Washington Post quoted unnamed officials tues Day As saying they were concerned that Marcos was trying to continue shaping events in the Philippines by holding Telephone strategy sessions with former associates opposing the government of president Corazon Aquino. Redman said Marcos who was brought to Hawaii aboard a . Air Force transport when his government collapsed last month is trying to find new quarters in the Honolulu area to move off Hickam air base As expeditiously As
