European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 13, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Arrow air hauling military cargo again of terminates Galaxy airlines 1986 contract by Norman Black a military writer Washington Arrow air whose loss of a dc-8 killed 248 soldiers last december has been reinstated by the air Force to Fly cargo Only military Charters the serv ice said Friday. But another Carrier Galaxy airlines has been dropped. From the military charter business and its fiscal 1986 contract to haul supplies around the United states was terminated the air Force said. Both of the actions disclosed Friday by the air Force s military Airlift come follow suspensions of the carriers. Arrow air was suspended from flying Charters last february after the Federal aviation administration announced it had discovered unapproved foreign supplied spare parts in 10 Arrow planes. The company then suspended commercial passenger service on feb. 11 and announced that it had filed for reorganization under Federal bankruptcy Laws. The Miami based airline remains under court Protection and has been flying Only commercial cargo flights. The air Force said in a prepared statement that it had renegotiated Arrow air s fiscal 1986 contract because the Faa has determined that Arrow is airworthy and there is no Legal basis to withhold business from the air Force added however that it had insisted on including a cargo Only provision in the renegotiated con tract pending completion of an investigation by Canadian officials of the dec. 12 crash in Gander Newfoundland. An Arrow air dc-8 carrying 248 . Service members Home from peacekeeping duty in the Sinai desert crashed and exploded shortly after refuelling at Gander. Everyone aboard was killed. According to the air Force Arrow air was awarded contracts totalling $21.3 million to ferry cargo and Passen Gers around the world in fiscal 1986. At the time of its suspension feb. 7, Arrow had roughly $15.3 million of that total outstanding. Under the renegotiated contract with the cargo Only provision Arrow will be Able to recover about $10.7 Mil lion of that outstanding business the air Force said. Arrow resumed cargo hauling for the air Force thurs Day night the service added. Its contract now Calls for service on five routes hauling cargo to such destinations As Spain West Germany Iceland Italy the Philippines and Diego Garcia. The airline is continuing to use dc-8 air Craft the air Force said. Telephone Calls to Arrow s offices were not immediately returned Friday. Galaxy airlines was suspended March 20 from flying military Charters after the Faa grounded one of its planes because of an engine Oil leak. The plane was allowed to return to service after being repaired. Galaxy s contract has been terminated however be cause of an unrelated determination that it is no longer in a position to satisfy Craf requirements said capt. Thomas Larock a spokesman for the military Airlift come at Scott fab 111. The Craf program or civil Reserve air flee to is designed to assure the air Force sufficient aircraft in the event of an emergency. Commercial airlines that agree to make their planes available on Short notice in turn become eligible for the Pentagon s peacetime passenger and cargo business. The program is designed to free up military aircraft for hauling weapons and equipment. In the Case of Galaxy Larock said the fort Lauder Dale fla., company joined the Craf program by pledging the availability of four l-188 Electra a. The Craf requirements involve a commitment to make aircraft available at a specified base within a specified number of hours said Larock. After conducting a Survey the air Force determined that Galaxy cannot meet those requirements for four l-188s. Its contract has now been Galaxy s owner Phillip Sheridan who put the value of the contract at $8.1 million said the airline at All times met the contractual police use tear Gas to disperse striking meat packers Austin Minn. A nine police officers were injured and 17 people were arrested in the worst violence yet in the bitter strike against Hormess flagship Plant Here Friday. Police used tear Gas to disperse strikers and their supporters blocking the main Entrance to the Plant. We re no longer talking about a labor dispute police chief Donald Hoffman who estimated the number of demonstrators at 350 to 400, said. We re talking about an out and out however Jim Guyette president of local p-9 of the United food and commercial workers Union said As i see it it was a peaceful demonstration turned into a riot by the Hormel company in partnership with the City county and state Law enforcement Guyette was charged in an arrest warrant with two felonies and three misdemeanours including aiding and abetting a riot and unlawful Assembly Mower county attorney Fred Kraft said. The officers were injured when the demonstrators threw rocks and sprayed them with Mace and other chemicals. There were no reports of injuries to demonstrators. It was the worst violence in the eight month strike against Geo. A. Hormel & co., which has divided the town and split the Union local from the International Union s leadership. The demonstration began about 4 45 . When cars were used to Block roads leading to the Plant s Gates. At the main Gate about 200 protesters linked arms and Chan Ted we will not be As police moved in and made some arrests reporters saw some protesters throwing Sand and gravel at the offi cers and scuffles breaking out. Police declared a riot situation and warned that tear Gas would be used if the crowd did not disperse. When the protesters remained after three warnings tear Gas canis ters were fired. Demonstrators then began moving away and the main Gate was reopened about 8 15 . Protesters begin to move away As tear Gas Billows from canisters at the Austin Minn., Hormel Plant. A photo Hoffman said Friday that he would ask the City coun cil to withdraw its permit for a p-9 rally and Parade saturday. If they go ahead with their demonstration who knows what will happen he said. Union leaders had said they expected As Many As 1,000 people to attend the protest which was to feature a Tele phone link with the Rev. Jesse Jackson. About 1,500 p-9 members walked off their jobs aug. 17 in a dispute Over wage cuts. Hormel reopened the Plant Jan. 13 and says 500 Union members Are Back at work and 540 non Union replacement workers have been hired. The International Union withdrew its Sanction of the strike last month. The local refused to end the strike and a hearing has been scheduled for monday to determine whether the Parent Union should place p-9 in trusteeship and remove its officers. Be Ogg s ceases ifs fours of pro Fec technical secrets Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Battle Creek Mich. A the world s biggest Cereal maker has ended its 80-year-old free Tours because it fears corporate spies will steal its secrets. We be been told of competitors going through the Plant reviewing what we have Here Kellogg s vice president Joseph Stewart told reporters at a news conference in the courtyard of the sprawling Brick Complex where the company makes 22 of its 33 cereals. Kellogg s soon will install $500 million state of the Art Cereal technology at its Bat the Creek Plant Stewart said. The Tours Date Back to 1906, when . Kellogg began showing visitors around and the company says More than 6.5 million people have taken them. A one Day record was set monday when More than 7,000 people followed Corn from Kernel to Flake to. Box said spokesman Richard Lovell. On Friday 3,255 people took the last tour of the Plant he said. We got to eat the Cereal and got stickers and ice Cream said 8-year-old Lori Smith a member of Utica Mich., Brownie troop 684, As she hugged snap one of the costumed Rice Kris pies mascots. It was noisy Boom Bam beam said 8-year-old Sarah Kline. They got these machines that make weird noises when they grind it All april 13, 1946 the soviet Union paid tribute to the late president Roosevelt in a pravda editorial on the first anniversary of his death praising him As one of those men who had appraised properly the dangers of fascist 30 years ago today. April 13, 1956 Adlai Stevenson bounced Back into Contention for the democratic party s presidential nomination in the primary election in his Home state of Illinois but still trails sen. Estes Kefauver d-tenn., in Delegate votes. 20 years ago today. April 13,1966 air Force b-52 bombers struck North Vietnam for the first time. 10 years ago today. April 13, 1976 former movie Star Terry Moore 47, claimed in fort Lauderdale fla., that she had been married to the late Howard Hughes. Moore said she met Hughes when she was 15 and married him in the late 40s
