European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 28, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 terrorist plot traced to Libya s . Mission Washington up a libyan directed assassination plot that was uncovered last year later was traced to the libyan Mission to the United nations officials say. A state department official said saturday that the plot using professional students was Short circuited when the United states revealed its existence last june. We headed it off by going Public which scared them the official said. But then we got caught in a Box when you pre empt a plot by exposing it you prevent it from happening and you Don t have any proof that it existed without exposing your intelligence  in revealing the plot last june the state department said it was directed mainly against libyan dissidents in the United states but officials said they Learned that libyan plans included attacks against . Officials and installations. The information came about six months after the administration received reports through an intelligence source in Switzerland that libyan hit squads were As signed to carry out bombing attacks against a target on Pennsylvania Avenue presumably the White House and other Washington buildings including the state depart ment. The Alert led to the White House and the state depart ment being fortified with temporary barricades including filled dump trucks and later permanent barriers. The state department official said of those involved in the plot they were professional students libyans who never seem to graduate and they re still in this country. I presume that the Fri is keeping More than half an Eye on  he had no estimate of How Many libyan professional students Are in the United states. Later a Diplomat attached to Libya s . Mission Farhat Tibar 32, was declared Persona non grata and expelled from the United states. State department officials said about i 2 More libyans were involved in the same Case and some of them quietly left the United states on their own. Another state department official described the libyan Mission in new York As the chief source of libyan activity in this  earlier this month Deputy Secretary of state John Whitehead said the United states has decided not to expel libyan students since Many of them Are opposed to the government of Moa mar khad Afy and they represent the future of  the immigration and naturalization service said last week there Are 3,271 libyan visitors in the United states of whom 1,737 Are classified As students. A Justice department source said he could confirm that the state department descriptions of libyan actions arc based on reliable information from a variety of  Broderick Crawford of Highway afro fee Dies Rancho Mirage Calif. A Broderick Crawford the jowly actor who won an Oscar for his role in All the King s men but gained Fame on the television series Highway patrol died saturday. He was 74. Crawford who had suffered a stroke about a year ago recently was admitted to Eisenhower medical Center where he died said his longtime agent Al Melnick. Crawford was a Beefy Loose bowled Man with a kicked in face he considered his Ca reer insurance. The facial contours did t come naturally. Crawford carried a Cleat Mark from a prep football game and had his nose broken six times four times in football games and twice in barroom fights. A Broadway actor in the 1930s, Craw Ford first came to notice for his portrayal of dim witted Lenny in the stage version of of mice and  he had limited Success in movies before world War ii. He spent the War As a ser Geant in the army air corps. After the War he found Little work until he was offered a Reading for All the King s men the movie based on Robert Penn Warren s novel. He won the role of political Boss Willie Stark on a thursday and stepped in front of the cameras four Days later. Crawford won the 1949 Best actor Oscar and new York critics award for his por trayal of Stark. Crawford followed All the King s men with an impressive comic performance As the crooked tycoon who loses his Girlfriend to her Tutor in born  married three times and twice divorced Crawford fought a longtime Battle with alcoholism. He was twice arrested for Drunken driving and divorce lawsuits against him charged mistreatment. He gained his greatest popularity As the take charge chief Dan Matthews of the syndicated series Highway  the image of Crawford s character leaning against a patrol car and Barking "10-4" into a police radio has endured for 30 years. Between 1955 and 1959, 156 episodes of Highway patrol were made one show every two Days and have been in perpetual rerun since. The phrase "10-4" became a part of everyday language. He also starred in two Short lived television series Ace of diamonds and the  among his movie credits were the real glory eternally yours ican t give you anything but love baby sin Broderick Crawford a photo town slave girl the time of your life convicts 4" and Between heaven and  Crawford was born in Philadelphia on dec. 9, 1911, to Broadway performers Les Ter Crawford and Helen Broderick. He was first carried on stage at age 8 months. He signed on As an Able bodied Seaman on a Tanker but quit after seven months to resume acting on the radio show "20,000 years in sing  Crawford also was a Stooge for the Marx Brothers and played the part of a football player in the London production of she loves me  the show lasted three weeks but Crawford met Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. They offered him a part in a new Broad Way production Point Valaine which played for 20 weeks. His two sons Chris and Kelly and their Mother Kay Crawford whom he married in 1941, were with him when he died said Hospital spokesman Mike Mcfadden. After his divorce from his first wife he married Joan Tabor whom he divorced in 1967. The couple had no children but Crawford had said he considered Tabor s child from a previous marriage his Daugh Ter. He then married Mary Alice Michel who survives him. Transit strikers in Boston ordered Back to work Boston a a Federal judge said saturday that striking transportation work ers must return to work temporarily ending a walkout that had stranded an estimated 25,000 commuters for one Day. As soon As the pickets Are notified they will go Back to work Union lawyer Robert naumes said after . District court judge Robert Keeton issued the temporary restraining order. The order will restore commuter service that halted Friday on lines in and out of the City. The lines Are operated by the Boston & Maine Railroad for the Massachusetts Bay transportation authority. Eleven sympathetic unions represented by the railway labor executives association joined members of the brotherhood of maintenance of Way employees who struck March 3. Keeton ordered the 3,500 workers who Florida boarding Home closed residents were dirty hungry struck Friday to return to work immediately and remain on the Job for the 10-Day duration of his order. Guilford transportation industries owner of the by and other railroads was ordered not to hire permanent replacements for the striking workers for the same period. Keeton said a hearing for a preliminary injunction in the strike would be held thursday before . District judge Mark Wolfe. The temporary restraining order has no effect on the original strike Over Job Security against the Maine Central Railroad by 123 workers represented by the brother Hood of maintenance of Way employees. The sympathy strike was triggered when Railroad executives warned striking workers they would lose seniority to replacement workers if they did not return to their jobs by Friday. Maine Central also is owned by Guilford and picketing had spread into Massachusetts and new Hampshire. That affected an estimated 12,000 commuters last month who Rode trains into Boston from the North and West. Jacksonville Fla. A a boarding Home for the elderly where fright ened unkempt residents were fed Only pea nut butter and water has been closed by the state. The 10 residents at Sumpter s Westside care Center were removed Friday after state health inspectors entered the Home with the help of police. The hallways were dark. The residents personal appearance was very poor. The residents appeared intimidated and fright ened. Some actually wept when they were told they were Able to leave said Ron rut ledge adult protective services supervisor for the state department of health and rehabilitative services. There was inadequate food Supply in the facility a few canned goods and it appeared very unclean he said. We con firmed they had a Standard diet of Peanut butter bread end  Rutledge said a complaint would be filed with the state attorney s office. Many of the residents who were Between 60 and 80 years old were disabled in poor health and lacked family or friends to care for them he said. The inspectors were try ing to determine whether the residents received prescribed medications. The Center licensed for 10 residents who paid $400 to $500 a month each for their care had been fined for past violations. State officials were investigating to deter mine whether the Center s License would be revoked Rutledge said. Police were called to the boarding Home when owner Mildred Sumpter refused to admit state inspectors who were checking out two complaints. Sanas of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 28, 1946 a secret band of european anti communists Drew lots to choose the Man for the Job to shake the world the assassination in London of the visiting soviet officials Premier Nikolai Bulgarin and Nikita Khrushchev a London newspaper reported. 30 years ago today. April 28, 1956 in new York Rocky Marciano undefeated in 49 professional fights retired As heavyweight boxing Champion of the world. No unbeaten heavyweight Champion has Ever retired and made it stick. 20 years ago today. April 28, 1966 . Secretary of defense Robert Mcnamara says president Johnson has ordered him and Secretary of state Dean Rusk to get european allies to boost their defense budgets. 10 years ago today. April 28, 1976 during a speech in Lusaka Zambia Secretary of state Henry Kissinger said the Ford administration vowed its unrelenting opposition diplomatic economic and psychological against the White rhodesian government