European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes news update Etna spews ashes Catania Sicily a mount Etna Europe s most Active Volcano spewed smoke and ashes monday in what experts said could be a prelude to a new eruption the 10,360-Iboi Volcano was rumbling every is to 20. Seconds and experts were monitoring the activity closely. The last eruption in december triggered an Curt quake thai killed one a n and injured 12 others. English Palace reopens London a Hampton court one of England s finest palaces opened its South front to the Public Lunday Tor he firs Lime since part of it was ravaged by Fin two months ago. ,. Large crowds enjoying a Long weekend turned up at the Palace 20 Miles outside London on he thames River but were unable to to inside because debris is still being cleared. Damaged areas were screened off and officials Esti mated renovations would Lake tour years the cause of the lire in which an elderly woman died has no been established. The Palace was built in the 16lh Century and presented to Henry Viii. Queen returns Home London a Queen Elizabeth ii arrived Home tues Day from her live Day private visit to Kentucky to see thorough bred hone Farmland thusby mares she is Breeding there. The Queen stayed with William Parish 111, president of Trie us. Jockey club and his wife Sarah at Lane s end farm outside Lexington by the Queen has been reported to be in search of Breeding Stock to seek a Winner of the English Derby the Only British classic she has never won. The Monarch Lew into Heathrow Airport aboard a Royal air Force Jet. Schools update 2 Pitburg 7th-graders score in top 2% on . Math test Pitburg a Germany two Pitburg Middle school seventh graders scored in the top 2 percent of All youngsters taking the american Junior High school mathematics examination. The lest was taken by 11,12z . Children in fifth through eighth grades Al 2,415 schools. The High scorers from Pitburg Are Malthew Chamberlain son of la. Col. Peter Chamberlain of the 36th inc fighter Wing Supply so and Mike Trull son of tech. Sol. Steven Bergan of the air Force Hospital Al Pitburg a. Chamberlain scored in the 99.85 percentile and Trull scored in the 98th percentile according to Carson Hollingsworth school testing coordinator and Robert Hall math department chairman. Haine Berg teacher named outstanding educator for 86 Wiesbaden a kindergarten teacher Al Haine Berg elementary school has been selected As the outstanding professional educator for 1986 by the association for super vision and curriculum development Germany Lynn Hironaka Tomson was cited for her classroom work and achievements in the education profession. Clarification an article in monday s editions about East germans altering Berlin Border procedures May have been confusing. The article slated that american military personnel travelling from West to East Berlin Are required to show their service identification cards american military personnel Are required to show identification to Allied military checkpoint personnel not to guards in tie East. Correction an article about a memorial Day service in Romagne be secs France in monday s newspaper contained two errors. The unit involved in the ceremony was the 1st inf div fwd its commander is Brig. Gen. James b. Allenjr. Two units were a misidentified in monday s article about 38 victims of the Berlin disco bombing receiving purple hearts us disc is the us. Army information systems come and us Asb is the . Army Field station Ber Lin. The stars and stripes regrets the errors. Wednesday,may28,1986. Thatcher suggests alternative to Plo for Mideast peace talks in ofic a t Tvr i Adi it truth a imn min Clr a it Rutn. Shr Stilih he had to Fottos Jerusalem a British prime minister Marga ret Tinl Char. Said tuesday trawl palestinian leaders who enjoy Papular support in he israeli occupied territories must be considered is an alternative la the Plo far Pence talks with Israel. Speaking at a news conference at the end of a four Day visit to Israel Thatcher said her a Silks with israeli leaders Hail produced Nonie ideas of Hon Progress can be however she snid there was no consensus on How to proceed. We must consider an alternative 10 the Palestine liberation organisation said Thatcher who was urged by eight palestinian leaders monday to make sure the Plo was involved in the peace process. She said the ultimate solution to the palestinian prob Lem appeared to be some sort of federation Between King Hussein s Jordan and the occupied West Bank and Gam strip where 1.3 million palestinians live. But she said Hussein could not go to the negotiating table Wilhauk people who arc accepted As representing the palestinian Thatcher was embarrassed last october by two Plo officials who reneged on their Promise Only hours before they were to meet with British foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe to sign an Accord renouncing violence and recognizing Israel. If they were willing to do that renounce violence and endorse recognition think that would create a new situation which would in Nolc seeing the Plo in a different Light she said. If not we have to find other palestinians who truly represent the palestinian she wait she no specific proposals to carry to Hus Sein with whom she is to meet in London in mid june Thatcher indicated that her Call for mayoral elections in the West Bank and gain was intended to build a new leadership that had the support of palestinians. Lial we suggested was a kind of election process for palestinian representation so that we can guarantee that those who have been elected will have the support of the palestinian people she said. Israeli officials rejected the idea saying the last elections in 1976 led to Plo activists hiking Hanna san porn a newspaper editor who has been mentioned As a possible member of a jordanian palestinian delegation to peace talks with Israel said the eight palestinians old Thatcher monday that she should make an other Effort to meet with Plo leaders. A but British sources said Thatcher did not Budge from her demand that the Plo first must renounce terrorism and endorse . Resolution 242, which specifically recognizes Israel s right to exist. Israel refuses to Deal with the Plo saying it is a terrorist organization devoted to the destruction of the jewish slate. Thatcher saying she was concerned about the absence of serious Middle East moves has called on Israel to ease political and economic restrictions in the occupied Territo Ries to encourage the emergence of an alternative Palestin Ian leadership to the Plo. But the palestinians at the dinner meeting in the British consulate in predominantly Arab East Jerusalem Woro their loyalty to the Plo. They said in a petition to Thatcher that the Plo must be addressed in any matter concerning Assad talks with greek Leader Calls Syria victim of terrorism Athens Greece a syrian president Hafez Assad of tar describing his country As a victim of terror ism discussed political violence tuesday during a four hour meeting with Premier Andreas Papandreou. Assad on the second Day of a three Day official visit ignored reporters questions As he left the Maximos mansion in downtown Athens following the meeting with Papandreou. The 67-year-old Creek Premier however told reporters the talks had been very Friendly and covered All the problems of the Eastern Mediterranean asked if the talks had included recent terrorist attacks which have devastated Greece s vital tourism Industry Papandreou replied we could t not talk about terror ism. It s an everyday the . Government has blamed some of the attacks including the dec. 27 terrorist raids at the Rome and Vienna Austria airports on the palestinian extremist group led by Abu Nidal. Us officials say the extremist whose real name As Sabry Al banns is supported by Libya and Syria. In a dinner speech monday Assad claimed his country opposes terrorism because we have suffered from he was apparently referring to last month s bombings in Damascus and other syrian cities that Assad s govern ment has blamed on Iraq. He accused the United states and Israel of using coun Ler terrorism As a pretext Tor armed attacks which threaten to transform the world into a Battlefield this dangerous phenomenon of using armed attacks to realize political Aims is a warning to the world thai it will be turned into a Battlefield in the grip of those who see that they have the capacity to attack and at the tame time avoid punishment Assad said in his speech Tele Vised live nationwide. That s what the untied slates did with its april 15 armed attack on Libya and that s what Israel is doing in South Lebanon and All the occupied Arab lands and that s also what South Africa is doing in the countries of South Ern Africa Assad said. However Assad who seized Power in a 1970 military coup said Syria draws a distinction Between terrorism and nation Al resistance against colonialism which he said is the right ofal people whose land is under foreign Papandreou whose socialist government maintains close ties to some Radical Arab countries has opposed . Efforts to organize sanctions against Libya and other nations harbouring terrorists last month Greece broke with its ii european eco nomic Community partners and refused to join them in imposing sanctions against Libya. On tuesday Papandreou s government officially denied allegations by a right Wing newspaper that his pan Hel Lenic socialist movement received Campaign funds in the 1985 election from the Palestine liberation organization. Western diplomats said Assad s visit was aimed at countering Western claims that his government has been behind terror attacks plane crashes in n.y., Washington by the associated press a Light plane developed engine trouble and crashed in the front Yard of a suburban Washington do Home killing three people while three family members and their Pilot died in a crash in Cairo n. V., authorities said. In the new York crash a single engine Cessna owned and piloted by Alfred leis 51, appeared to develop engine trouble monday officials said. The Pilot apparently tried to guide the sightseeing plane Back to an Airstrip at spor Sharen Airport before the crash the other victims were identified As John f. Rose 37, of Farmingdale his wife Santi 32, and their 5-year-old son John or. In Maryland a single engine Bellanca Viking crashed and caught fire in rive Date on monday shortly after Takeoff from the College Park Airport said Cpl. Milton Lilley of the Maryland state police. The plane was travelling from Myrtle Beach 5.c., 10 Annapolis md., and had slopped at the Airport Tor full police identified the victims As Louis Santacroce 25, of Forrestville my. His brother John Santacroce. 37, of Arnold md., and their brother in Law Ralph Sansone 32, of Hewitt did not know which Man was piloting the plane. Shortly after Lakoff from College Park they experienced engine problems Lilley said. At that Point they crashed in the front Yard of a Home in Riverdale and the plane caught Rescue efforts were hampered by the fire. When the plane crashed there was movement inside the plane. But before anyone could get to them it burst into flames Lilley said. No one on the ground was injured. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National transportation safety Board lit Ley said. Riverdale is about 4 Miles East of the capital
