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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 27. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 shipmates Quick reaction saved 7 sailors by Norman Black a i1 military writer Washington the Navy on monday credited fast action by shipmates and a helicopter Crew for saving the lives Olven sailors who wore washed Over Board from an aircraft Carrier earlier this month by a Freak wave. The Navy confirming an account of the incident in the newspaper Navy times said the seven wore thrown off he Carrier Carl Vinson on aug it while working on a Forward elevator moving planes in the Light deck. An eighth Sailor was saved from i Mii  overboard by a shipmate but Suleri in � injured spleen when he was in own he the wave i Mit the Side of an air plane. The Carrier was conducting routine opt Rai inns at the time in rough Pacific  off the Easl of Oregon when in was Sirut k by Tsvor unusually Large Waves the Navy said m 3 tit Ilcau it. The aircraft elevator was about 25 feel above the water when the sailors All of whom were wearing life vests were thrown Mlo tic water. Several Oiler nearby Vailur. Viewed the Accident and  threw life Annj a and Sunki cent Mars into Lite Jet while sound ing in alarm i lie Navy said an  ills Grovvr the l jul v. T Imit. And an   k in was not sure All his relatives had been Noti Ficili. Women get $2.2 million in Job dispute Kansas City. To. Dpi a fed eral Uduc Monda awarded More than s2.2 million in damages to female applicants who were denied maintenance jobs with the Missouri Highway and transportation commission because of their sex. . I suit judge siotto Wright also awarded attorneys fees of $505,907 to Karen Plax. A Grandview lawyer and Lisa Vanamburg a St. Louis lawyer. They represented 150 women in a class action lawsuit against the commission which also was ordered to pay $98,680 in court costs. Individual awards which ranged from s2.838 to s123.925. Were for wages and benefits the women would have received from the jobs they sought from the com Mission compared to jobs they subsequently accepted elsewhere. The applicants in the class action suit were from the commission s District eight which consists of 11 Southwest Missouri counties near Springfield. Included in the suit were women who allegedly were denied employment be tween 1975 and 1980. A Trainer at halt s Stabli in Norfolk. Mass., leads a horse from the ruins of a Bam thai burned sunday night. The fire 13 horses die in fire killed 13 Horoiuk hired race hones including one valued is $1 million before it was extinguished monday officials said. Twenty two other horses were led to safety. The cause of the fire Nas not known monday. Socialists awarded $264,000 for Fri harassment new York. Not a Federal judge monday awarded $264,000 to the socialist workers party a tiny trotskyist group As damages for harassment and rights Viola Lions by the Federal Bureau of investigation. The party which says it has about 2,000 members had sought s40 million when the civil suit against the Federal government was begun in Federal District court in Manhattan in july i 973. In a 210-Page decision that was delayed by Legal actions after he had presided Over a non jury trial in 1981, judge Titomas p. Grisa noted that the Fri had subjected the party to disruptive activities surreptitious invasions of premises and the wide use of informants Between 195 8 and 1976." the judge held thai there was no Legal authority or justification for such operations which began after the parly first came under Federal scrutiny during the administration of president Franklin p. Roosevelt. The operations reached their Peak during the Vietnam War and ended in 1976. He said the evidence demonstrated that the Fri s actions were directed against entirely lawful and peaceful political activities of the party. Grisa held that inc Fri violated the party s first amendment rights of free speech and that inc surreptitious entering of premises violated fourth amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. Peter a Salerno Deputy chief of inc civil division in inc office of the United states attorney in Manhattan said the Federal solicitor general Charles Fried would decide whether to Appeal after he had studied the opinion. Leonard b. Boudin the lawyer who de fended the party during the first eight years of the proceedings said the significance of the ruling was hat a Conn had Sands of time actually addressed the government s  program and held that a pol Lical organization has a right to  however he added that the amount of damages is not really proportionate to the damage  Grisa dismissed on procedural grounds All but one of the party s other damage claims including those for elec tronic surveillance and three individual claims. A fourth individual claim was Dis missed on its merits. Navy to use adversary Kfir jets Washington a the Navy announced monday it has signed a 122.7 million maintenance arrangement with Israel for 13 Kfir Jet fighters that will be used by the Marine corps for aviation adversary training. The four year contract signed by the naval air systems come and Israel air Craft industries ltd., is similar to an agreement worked out last year in which the Navy acquired 12 of the Kfir fight in. Israel agreed to provide those planes under a no Cost lease agreement in which the Navy gained inc use of the jets in return for bearing the Cost of Upkeep and maintenance. The contract awarded monday is Simi Lar in that the 122.7 million will be paid for the refurbishment of 13 Jirs and establishment of an on Sile support Cen Ter at the Marine corps air station Yuma ari7." the israeli jets will be used to establish a new adversary Squadron for inc Marine corps such squadrons Are manned by pilots who Are schooled in soviet tactics and who Fly simulated combat missions against pilots under going fighter training. The Kfir is a single engine fighter Ca Pable of simulating several types of threat aircraft including various Mig series fighters according to the Navy in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 27, 1946 proposing that Russia be called upon to justify her reparation demands Australia s Delegate to the Paris peace conference said we must be careful not to make Europe s economic recovery  30 years ago today. Aug. 27, 1956 sources close to the by plan government said thai president Nasser will agree to meet the British Mission in Cairo for talks on the Suez canal crisis. 20 years ago . 27, 1966 two . Air Force super Sabre Jet fighters dropped fiery napalm by error Oil soldiers of the . 1st in div fighting a Jungle Battle against 500 Viet Cong Only 200 mile North of Saigon. To years ago today. Aug. 27, 1976 two More deaths were reported from la mysterious legionnaires disease and Philadelphia health officials investigated the possibility the mysterious ailment that has now kitted 28 May have been caused by a deadly Poison Gas called Nickel carbonyl  
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