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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 25, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 judge assigns blame in 1982 airline crash Boston a a Federal judge on wednesday found world airways the Federal aviation administration and the operators of Logan International Airport All partly to blame for a 1982 airline crash that injured Doz ens of passengers and presumably killed two. Basing his decision on a trial that included three months of testimony . District judge Robert e. Keeton found world airways 50 percent to blame in the crash of world airways flight 30, which skidded off a runway into frigid Boston Harbor. Massachusetts port authority which operates the air port was found to be 30 percent at fault in the crash and the Faa was said to be 20 percent to blame. Keeton who took Over the Complex Case in february when a jury failed to reach a verdict after a week of deliberations said a trial would be held this fall to deter mine damages owed by each party. The three parties had All blamed each other for the crash. Keeton said the Pilot was at fault for Landing too fast too far Down the runway and with flaps at 35 rather than at 50  opened Wing flaps slow Down a plane. The judge said that passport failed to close the runway stars will be out for couple s vows Hyannis mass. A Security will be tight when Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger take their wedding vows saturday before a congregation of Kennedy family members television personalities and movie stars. As recently As this morning i was involved in a two hour High level Security meeting the Rev. Edward Duffy who will help celebrate the wedding mass said wednesday. Duffy declined to elaborate on what measures will be taken at St. Francis Xavier Church where the 30-year-old lbs morning news co Anchor and the 38-year-old body builder and actor will marry. He said he has been working with police to make sure the ceremony is not disturbed either by autograph seekers or somebody who s  there will be a High High level of Security he said. Equally strict Security is planned at the Dunfey Hyan Nis hotel. One Hundred rooms at the resort have been set aside for those attending the wedding. Dunfey general manager William a. Torres Ala said he is just As concerned about keeping fans from disturbing famous guests As he is about More serious Security threats. When you have so Many personalities All together you can think of All types of things that could happen he said. Torres Ala would not name names of those expected for the wedding but said they included politicians Hollywood stars and television newscasters. It s the Creme de la Creme he added. It s a big event for the  among those reported to be attending the ceremony Are despite hazardous conditions and that neither it nor the Faa had let world know that conditions had deteriorated. Charles Parrott attorney for passport said we re delighted the judge found at least 50 percent negligence was with world. We said All along they were the cause of the  James Meehan world airways lawyer said that he also was pleased with the decision and that it May allow world to collect damages from passport. Faa attorney John Fredericksen said he had no com ment. World airways was trying to recover $75 million in damages including the Cost of the wrecked jumbo Jet from passport and the Faa claiming their negligence was the main cause of the Accident. Passport and the Justice department representing the Faa had filed counterclaims against world airways and Cross claims against each other. In final arguments attorneys for world argued that air traffic controllers knew but failed to warn the Pilot that runway conditions had deteriorated from fair to poor Topoor to nil. A photo Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver lbs news Anchor Dan rather lbs news president Van Gordon Sauter longtime Kennedy family Friend Andy Williams and actresses Susan St. James Ebersol Cathy Lee Crosby and Oprah Winfrey an Oscar nominee for he role in the color  the guests will be joined by members of the Kennedy family including Shriver s Uncle sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., and her Cousin Caroline Kennedy daughter of the late president Kennedy. Caroline Kennedy is re ported to be the maid of Honor. Duffy said the guest list was limited to less than 500. Community " g of the Date president Kennedy Caroline Kennedy is Reto Community. Pm to Bufi the maid of h Moi t Duff Saith t list Limite t less. Soviet spy tells of trysts with Fri agent l2? an9el.es a a former soviet spy testify documents in Exchange for promises of $65,000.ing wednesday in the espionage trial of her former Fri a jury deadlock in november forced the retrial. So �1s\u? iti5,. Sent who cold it believe myself she said explaining the los Angeles a a former soviet spy testify in the espionage trial f r r i Lover told of sexual trysts with another Fri Agen o wanted to marry her and paid for her abortion. Svetlana Gorp Denikov said that two years before she met defendant Richard w. Miller she had an affair with agent John Hunt who repeatedly asked her for information about soviet officials. Hunt said he was seeking the information Only because it would enable him to continue his affair with her she said. I loved this Man she said. He needed information for his Boss for his office. If i would t be helping him he would t be Able to meet with me because i was russian. He told me this is Law in the  she said Hunt pressed her to make Contact with soviet officials and suggested the Cia was aware of her role. He said in Washington they also knew she said. He had meetings with somebody from Washington. He invited me to that meeting. I think he said it was  she said Hunt took her to meet his Boss p. Bryce Cristensen the no. 2 Man in the los Angeles Fri office and Cristensen commended her for her help. Ogorodnikova 35, and her husband Nikolay 53, pleaded guilty to espionage charges nearly a year ago and both Are serving 18-year prison sentences. Miller the Only Fri agent Ever tried on espionage charges is accused of giving mrs. Ogorodnikova classified documents in Exchange for promises of $65,000. A Jur deadlock i r Force the retrial. I could not believe myself she said explaining the affair with Hunt that i would leave my husband of along Long time 15 or 17  she said Hunt went to her apartment while her husband was working so they could have sex. She said she became pregnant and that Hunt went with her to a doctor s office and paid for her abortion. Hunt who has testified previously in the Miller Case said he took her to the doctor because she told him she was suffering from a blood disease. He has denied having sex Ual relations with her. Asked by defense attorney Joel Levine if they Ever Dis cussed marriage she replied he decided to quit his Job and get married. But i had a problem. I had a son who loved his father very much and i could not decide what i was going to do with those two  mrs. Ogorodnikova was the first defense witness. The defense contends Miller s entanglement with her was Iden tical to Hunt s earlier behaviour and that Miller was trying to use her to save his crumbling Fri career. Mrs. Ogordon Kov testified through a russian translator at the request of . District judge David Kenyon who said he could not adequately understand her English. This was her second Day on the stand. My husband is a Dutiful father a Dutiful Man and i m very sorry that All this happened she said. Passport attorneys however discounted claims that Airport officials failed to investigate a report from another Jet Pilot who landed eight minutes before the crash that braking conditions had deteriorated. And Faa attorneys pointed to trial testimony indicating pilots use their own judgment based on their experience to determine braking conditions and that it is not an exact science. They urged jurors to look at the braking condition reports in context and not brisk their opinions solely on the report from the Pilot who landed eight min utes before flight 30. The world airways dc-10, carrying 197 passengers and 12 Crew members from Newark n.j., touched Down at Logan after dark on Jan. 23, 1982, then Slid off the runway into shallow water. The Impact sheared off the cockpit and first passenger Row. Thirty nine passengers were injured and two Walter Metcalf and his son Leo were presumed drowned. The two men have never been found. National transportation safety Board investigators said later that flight 30 had landed 14 Mph too fast and 1,000 feet too far Down the runway. But the Board concluded the runway was so Slippery the Jet would have ended up in the water even if it had landed properly. Over the Rainbow composer Arlen Dies new York a Harold Arlen the Oscar win Ning composer whose Many classic tunes included Over the Rainbow Stormy weather and get Happy died wednesday at the age of 81. Arlen was pronounced dead at his Manhattan apart ment police said. The death was attributed to natural causes. Arlen whose compositions were much admired by jazz musicians such As Bobby Short and Ella Fitzgerald started his career As a pianist Singer and Arranger for popular orchestras. Or. Arlen adores class said Short himself a pianist and Singer during a 1984 concert in Aden s Honor. He has what they Call panache and  Arlen got his break when a promoter heard him improvising at a piano and put him in touch with lyricist Ted Koehler. The improvised tune became get Happy and Arlen s career took off. He moved to Hollywood where he worked on a number of movies including the  Arlen and co writer . Harburg captured the Academy award for Best song in 1939 for their Over the Rainbow which became Judy Garland s them song. Arlen said he and Harburg first wrote the Lemon drop songs for the wizard of of such As we re off to see the wizard and Ding Dong the Witch  he then concentrated on writing a Ballad for the film and it came to him while driving along Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. He scribbled the song Down As his wife steered the car. Five of his other songs were nominated for Academy awards blues in the night that old Black magic my shining hour accent thu ate the positive and the Man that got  the distinctive Arlen touch was the jazz based blues rooted Quality of his music wrote new York times critic Johns. Wilson in 1978. Other films he worked on were strike me Pink let s fall in love Star spangled rhythm and the Marx Brothers a Day at the  Arlen also wrote for several Broadway shows including you said it americana Bloomer girl and the 1937 anti War musical Hooray for  Arlen continued to write until his wife Anya s death in 1978. His other works included it s Only a paper Moon and i be got the world on a  in 1973, he was awarded the Handel medallion new York City s highest cultural award by mayor John v. Lindsay. Three years later he was among the first group of american musicians to receive a nation Al music award Given for great contributions to american music. In june 1984, the Kool jazz festival honoured Arlen at a Carnegie Hall concert that included performers like Short saxophonist Stan Getz and singers Marian Mcpartlan Dand Mel Torme. Alec Wilder author of the authoritative volume Amer ican popular songs once said Arlen had not Only an outstanding melodic gift but harmonic sensibilities of the most sophisticated  he was born Chaim Arluk the son of a Cantor in Buffalo and spent his final years living in Manhattan. He is survived by a brother Jerry Arlen and a son Samuel Arlen  
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