European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 22, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Gander victims families hold prayer service Arlington a. A family members of the 248 . Service members who died last december in a military chartered plane crash conducted a simple prayer ceremony to Honor their loved ones at Arlington National cemetery on thursday. I want you to Pray for the men you lost Christine Manion widow of army capt. Edward Manion told the two dozen relatives who gathered on the Windy overcast Day at the spot where 23 victims Are buried. Because the customary White tombstones have not yet arrived the site is designated with Small Green Metal markers. The cemetery is just across the Potomac rive from Washington. One Metal Marker on the Grassy site indicated the grave of Michael Whiteman 24, of Dunkirk my. His parents Mildred and Maynard were at the service. A bouquet of Flowers and a folded Flag were placed a Whiteman s grave. Led by Manion the group formed a semicircle and held hands As they prayed for about 10 minutes. After reciting the lord s prayer members of the group hugged and comforted one another. We have done our Best said Manion 35, of fort Campbell by. Her husband was commander of co a,101st airborne div. I Hope our country does t let them Down. That there will be changes she said of the families efforts to improve the military system of transporting service members. The families organized a three Day trip starting wednesday to the nation s capital for the purpose of gaining information about How the crash occurred. Many relatives said they were upset and angry by the treatment they received from the military after the Acci Dent dec. 12 in Newfoundland when a chartered Arrow air dc-8 jetliner crashed shortly after Takeoff at Gan Der Airport. The troops were returning to fort Campbell from a peace keeping Mission in the Sinai desert. Sen. Albert Gore jr., d-tenn., told the families thursday that he has proposed several measures to improve air safety and air inspections. Gore said that Over the last two weeks the Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations has con ducted hearings into the subject with a special focus on the Gander crash. I want to assure you this is extremely High priority he said. I am going to do everything i can to ensure this does not happen  among other things Gore said he has called on the military to suspend the certification of Arrow air so it would be barred from transporting the military. Gore s other recommendations Deal broadly with air safety. They include stricter penalties for violations of safety standards a new enforcement strategy for the Federal aviation administration restrictions on the pm rescheduling of flight Crews periodic rotation of Field inspectors and a congressional inquiry into the feasibility of creating an air safety enforcement Agency Independent of the Faa. On wednesday families aired their complaints to representatives of the army air Force and Faa. Some relatives said they had trouble obtaining the Persona effects belonging to the victims. In response to the complaints Gen. Edward Honor head of the army s transportation service arranged for family members to have individual sessions with Mili tary representatives at a downtown hotel thursday. Phyllis Russell of Portsmouth va., said families want to know How $300,000 in Public donations to the army will be handled. Families want to set up a special fun for the victims children. The cause of the crash has not been determined. Pub Lic hearings will begin in the Case in Canada next month and the entire investigation should take eight to10 months officials said. Faubus 76, wants 7th Arkansas governorship by the associated press Orval e. Faubus who served As governor of Arkansas longer than anyone else announced thursday that he would seek a seventh term by trying to unseat gov. Bill Clinton a fellow Democrat. In Seattle former transportation Secre tary Brock Adams launched his bid for the seat held by sen. Slade Gorton a Republican. Faubus who left office in 1966, is per haps Best known for his use of National guard troops 30 years ago to try to preserve school segregation. Some say i have an Uphill Battle in this race i am entering said Faubus 76. He had a second cardiac pacemaker implanted in 1980. I am used to the Uphill struggle. I am ready and willing. If the rank and file people will help me Well make  Faubus was governor from 1955 until 1967. He also ran unsuccessfully for the office in 1970 and 1974. Faubus lost the governor s race in 1970 to Dale bump ers who is seeking a third term in the . Senate this year and in 1974 to Faubus David Pryor who is serving his second term in the . Senate. Both Are democrats. It was sept. 2,1957, when Faubus ordered the Arkansas National guard to keep Black students out of Little Rock s Central High school after the 8th . Circuit court of appeals upheld the school Board s desegregation plan in a 1956 suit filed by Blacks. Nine Black students who came to be known As the Little Rock nine were re fused admittance sept. 3. President Dwight d. Eisenhower then sent the 101st airborne div to Little Rock federalized the state National guard and on sept. 26, the Little Rock nine entered Central to Start classes. Asked whether the 1957 crisis would be an Issue in 1986, Faubus said that s nearly. 30 years  Faubus said he expected to spend up to$400,000 in the race. Clinton who has served three two year terms has announced his intention to seek another term this year the state s first four year term for governor this Century because of a constitutional change approved in 1984. Faubus was a Democrat through his 12 years in office but he was named to head the department of veterans affairs in re publican gov. Frank White s administration in 1981. In Washington state Adams began his Campaign to try to win Back the Senate seat for the democrats by attacking Gorton a ineffective. I feel there is a great underlying current that says what did he do?1" Adams a former congressman said of Gorton. Adams 59, has been practising Law in International Trade since he quit As former president Jimmy Carter s transportation Secretary in 1979. New York Council approves Gay rights Bill new York a the City Council approved a Gay rights Bill on thursday 15 years after a similar Bill was first introduced in the Early Days of the homosexual rights movement. The Bill would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing employment or Public accommodation. More than 100 police officers were assigned around City Hall As supporters and opponents gathered to await the vote. The Gay rights Bill grew out of a police raid on a Gay bar the Stonewall which set off riots in 1969. The Inci Dent is considered the flashpoint of the movement. Similar Bills have become Law in 50 other cities 12counties and in Wisconsin. A Gay rights Bill was first proposed in new York in 1971, but was largely ignored. Another Bill had reached the full Council Only once before in 1974, when it lost 22-19. Five times afterwards Over several years a Gay rights Bill was Defeated in committee. This year with the election of some new Council Mem Bers and the addition of careful phrasing that says the Bill is not meant to promote homosexuality the campaigning intensified. Among the leaders of the Battle were roman Catholic Cardinal John o Connor who denounced the Bill and episcopal Bishop Paul Moore who supported it. Mayor Edward i. Koch also was in favor. Council members Felt Sharp prodding from their constituents and at least one endured a demonstration at his Home. Among the demonstrators at City Hall were men in prison uniforms who said they would risk jail rather than rent to homosexuals. Koch said thursday that after the Bill has been Law for a Brief period of time the opponents will realize that their fears were unwarranted that this legislation in t going to change lifestyles in t going to change the  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 22, 1946 former Reich Marschall Hermann Goering told the War crimes tribunal in Nuernberg that after 1933 he was convinced Germany s greatest danger was Russia s urge to Advance  30 years ago today. March 22, 1956 ninety defendants charged with conspiring illegally in a City bus Boycott went on trial in Montgomery Ala. Rev. Martin Luther King a 27-year-old Black minister who was the first defendant said he supported the Boycott of segregated buses to assert the dignity of his race. 20 years ago today. March 22, 1966 Philadelphia s Wilt Chamberlain who has spent much of his u l1? 716 Shadow of bil1 Russell has been named the Aba s most valuable player forthe 1965-66 season in a runaway vote of the league s players. 10 years ago today. March 22,1976 in san Francisco Patricia Hearst a Kidnap victim who swore that she commuted crimes Only to avoid death was found guilty of armed Bank robbery. Be Union vote ends strike Over Steward s suspension Lynn mass. A Union members striking three general electric co. Plants voted overwhelmingly thursday to end a month s walkout by 7,400 employees that had halted work on More than $1 billion i military contracts. It s a just and fair settlement said Paul Sullivan. He is a negotiator for local 201 of the International Union of electronic electrical technical salaried and machine workers. Many of the striking employees were expected to return to work Friday. Sullivan estimated that 90 percent of the approximately 4,000 Union members at a Brief outdoor rally approved the pact in Ashow of hands. Union shop stewards voted overwhelmingly wednesday in favor of the Accord reached Early that Day after a Marathon bargaining session that concluded weeks of fruitless negotiations. Picket lines continued thursday until the vote at the sprawling be Complex in Lynn a Boston suburb which makes Jet aircraft engines and steam turbines. The strike began feb. 21. The strike affected production of steam turbines which Are used in Power plants and of engines for air Force Jet fighters and army helicopters. The Union walked out after it said a shop Steward was suspended because he cursed at a Foreman during an argument