European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday. July 12,1986 Marine copter crashes 3 Crew members sought Eltoro Calif. Up a Marine corps combat helicopter crashed at sea Oft the coast or Japan on thursday and a search was begun for its three Crew members the Marine corps said. The uh-1n helicopter which took off from the amphibious assault ship Tarawa was conducting nightlight operations some 300 Miles off hokkaido Japan when it went Down according to capt. Joanne Schil Ling of Eltoro Marine corps As. The names of the three Crew members were no immediately released. Schilling said they were Mem Ben of Marine attack helicopter so 369, based at Camp Pond Luton and had been training at Tustin Marine corps As before leaving aboard the Tarawa a few weeks ago. Experimental aircraft attempting 41/2-Day flight Vandenberg fab Calif. A the experimental aircraft voyager soared into the heavens thursday a Day after it was forced to land during a test flight to determine if it can Circle the Globe without tests on the rear engine which failed seven hours after liftoff wednesday the spindly Craft lifted off from a desert runway at mid afternoon to again attempt a 4 a Day Mission Over the sea. It will continue its 4w-Day California coast flight project spokeswoman Kelly Chandler said. Yester Day s events in no Way affect the schedule or professional optimism of Rutan and co Pilot Jeana Yeager uninjured when they were forced to land the Craft were optimistic that the flight could be completed and that they would be Able to make a non Stop global flight in sep tember she said. The Crew had planned to Fly repeatedly Between Santa Barbara and san Francisco until a sunday desert Landing but it appears the aircraft will land sometime tuesday if All goes Well Chandler said. British Diplomat s slaying called unrelated to politics Bogota Colombia up honorary British Consul Geoffrey Hutchinson was assassinated for personal motives unrelated to politics Barranquilla police chief col. Antonio Sanchez said motives for the assassination were strictly per Sonal and had no connection with his diplomatic activity or with International politics Sanchez told report ers. This we have been Able to establish in the investigation that we began rapidly he did not specify the exact reason for thursday s police source in Bogota said it appeared Hutchin son a native born colombian May have been killed in connection with his business. Hutchinson owned a new and used car Dealership and imported cars and car said police found the motorcycle believed to have been used by the killers and were looking for two men one with dark hair and one with Blond hair. The Axman cometh Appolo president Reagan tells Dothan ala., residents he wants Congress to support the Senate s proposed individual tax rate and he Hopes to chop Down the length of America s tax code. 10 suspected guerrillas killed in 2 bottles with s. African forces Johannesburg South Africa up Security forces shot and killed 10 suspected african National con Gress guerrillas armed with an assortment of soviet made weaponry in two gun Battles police said Friday. Patrols late Friday hunted a wounded guerrilla who escaped a thursday shoot out in scrub and Thor Bush near Botswana s Border some 265 Miles North of Johannesburg a spokesman Cape town Winnie Mandela told reporters her husband Anc Leader and prisoner Nelson Mandela would refuse a jail cell meeting with British foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey can say categorically that Mandela is not in a position to meet sir Geoffrey at All mrs. Mandela sprawling Soweto township 10 Miles Southwest of Johannesburg at least two Blacks died in factional Battles that spilled Over into a third Day government officials said. Reporters saw residents of Soweto s Meadowlands neighbourhood flee their Homes with bags and suitcases to escape violent spillovers of the friction Between conservative migrant workers and local militants. The latest killings bring to 146 the death toll since emergency Rule was imposed june 12. Torrejon from Page 1 ing to the renewal of the Mutual treaty of defense and cooperation which expires in 1988. The socialist government initially said the talks were Independent of the treaty. First signed in 19s3, it allows the United states to station 12,500 troops at three air bases and one naval base. In a referendum March 12, spaniards voted in favor of the country s continued membership in nato on the condition that the . Presence be trimmed. Torrejon eight Miles outside the Spanish capital was the Only base specifically mentioned in the com Munique. Torrejon the Headquarters of the 16th . Air Force and Home of f-4c phantom fighters has been the fre quent target of mass protest demonstrations by leftists and ecologists demanding the pullout of american troops. The Pentagon has indicated it can accept a smaller presence at the air bases but it considers the naval base at Rota on the Atlantic coast vital to the 6th Fleet s role in guarding the Western approaches to the Mediterranean. The socialist government is pushing for reducing . Troops at Torrejon and Zaragoza in northeastern Spain to minimum maintenance 2,300 troops Are stationed at Zaragoza which is used As a training base for fighter plane Crews. A third air base at Moron in Southern Spain operates mainly As a Supply Center with fewer than 400 troops. The conservative daily newspaper Abc an editorial thursday that if Rota remains untouched by the cutback the talks were no More than a propaganda from Page 1 tips on the crime from citizens and that witnesses re ported seeing a trailer in which the bomb might have been transported. He said the 66-Pound explosive used to kill the Sie mens research and development chief an outspoken proponent of atomic Energy whose name had been High on captured terrorist hit lists was probably Home made and detonated by a 12-Volt Battery at the end fan 87-foot electrical Cable. Police have published the names and pictures of nine notorious Baader Meinhoff gang members a prime suspects in the assassination. Gimme Mann told a Federal police gathering Friday he expected More such attacks and that the latest on proves the continuing criminal Energy of the German terrorist his ministry has offered a $46,000 Reward for the capture of the terrorists. 3 riders Hurt in Chuck Wagon race Calgary Alberta a three Chuck wagons collided in a Rodeo race after one Driver apparently los control of his team of horses track officials said. Three riders were injured and four horses had to be destroyed. This is the worst crash i be seen said Norm havoc a Rodeo judge for 20 years. The thursday night crash involved three of four wagons entered in the second heat at the Calgary Stam Pede one of Canada s largest rodeos. Track Foreman Danny Jordens said the collision occurred at the top of the Backstretch when one Driver lost control of his team of horses and swerved into two others. Jordens said the Driver apparently lost his bal Ance and dropped his reins. Each Chuck Wagon was followed by a horseman called an outrider who throws a tent and stove in the Back of the Wagon at the beginning of the race and thennes along with the Wagon. Each Wagon has a Driver and four horses. Both the Wagon and the outrider must Cross the finish line. Two outsiders were hospitalized. Randy Robinson suffered a fractured jaw and Grant Smith had a deep Gash on his knee. The third outrider Randy Evans apparently dislocated his hand but was not hospitalized. The Drivers escaped serious injury. Chuck Wagon races Are held each evening during the 10-Day Calgary Stampede one of the largest world class rodeos. Competitions also include wild cow milk ing and bareback ending
