European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page sunday september 7,1986 it from Span Doem dropped Dumm bombs Span Dahlem a Genany is three i Florny bombs that Bree accidentally dropped in pain aug. In Jefe from a Jet from Sangdahl Enma a spoken an said Friday. Capt. A Creon rown Job the 26-Pound bomb were attached rack that broke Loose from a Jet while it was on a routine Tarj run from Zaragoza a Spain. Brown said fact urics two Racks. Each rack is five pc eng and of chs 85 pounds. Brown Sai Nerc were Novi uries or damages. He said does from Spang Clem arc regularly deploy Flo Zaragoza for Trai the hubs were found a Field in Boquin Fli which is near the North Stern City of the associated press Reno ,1icc bomb also fell wedge spa Dahlem f-4g North of Munich i Dummy bomb landed in the. Be near the is Egenberg practice injuries occurred. Michigan teachers Union hit by staff strike by United press International a Michigan teachers Union which has nearly 1,300 member teachers on picket lines was hit by a staff strike Friday while More than 111,000 students in eight states were kept out of classes because of teacher walkouts. Strikes in 31 school districts disrupted classes for 18,257 students in Illinois 5,000 in Massachusetts. 21,635 in Michigan 3,400 in new Jer sey 6,000 in Ohio 48,227 in Pennsylvania 1,900 in Rhode Island and 6,650 in Washington state. Walkouts by College professors in Illinois and new Jersey idled 24,000 students officials said. More than 350 employees of the Michigan education association picketed outside the association s East Lansing Headquarters after a nine hour bargaining session thursday failed to pro Duce a new contract. Storms drench Plains cause floods in Texas by United press International thunderstorms doused the Southern Plain with heavy rain Friday flooding streets and underpasses in Texas. The storms stretched from West Texas across Southern Oklahoma Arkansas and into Louisi Ana the National weather service said. Flood ing in West Texas last week killed two women who were swept away by a rain swollen Creek. More than 6 inches of rain drenched Linn okla., since thursday afternoon while 5.89inches were reported at Farris okla. Parts of Southwest Arkansas and Southeast Oklahoma received up to 3 inches of rain Friday morning while 3.8 inches were measured in Wise county Texas. I will return to Iran says son of late Shah new York a Reza Pahlavi son of the late Shah of Iran appeared in a Clandestine ii minute television broadcast in his native land Friday telling his countrymen i will re turn Abc news reported. The operation to illegally interfere with Irani an television began several months ago masterminded by the Flag of Freedom organization Abc said. The network said Pahlavi told iranians during the broadcast on two television stations at 9 . I will return and together we will pave the Way for the nation s happiness and Prosperity through the Flag of Freedom organization was de scribed As an underground group devoted to re storing the iranian monarchy. The monarchy was deposed the years ago when Ayatollah Kho Meini set up a islamic Republic. Shah Moham med Reza Pahlavi died six years ago. 2 ski satellites launched test called Complete Success Cape canaveral Fla. A two Star wars satellites tracked a rising rocket and then destroyed each other in a deliberate collision Friday after being propelled into orbit by a Delta rocket. The Success of the launch brought cheer to the battered . Space program. The $ 150 million exercise was a major test of presi Dent Reagan s proposed missile defense system. The strategic defense initiative office which had placed a lid of secrecy Over the operation before launch called it a Complete Success. The Delta the first big american space rocket launched since All were grounded by a series of fail ures blasted off at 11 08 . And shot the payloads into a 255-mile-High orbit after a secret countdown. It. Col. Terry Monrad a Stdio spokesman said the two satellites used a variety of sensors to conduct observations during Maneu vers from a variety of View after the satellites had tracked each other in a kind of Orbital Ballet for about four hours he said they pointed at each other so that data on Closen approach could be he said the two zeroed in on each other and collided and both were destroyed. After 72 hours 90 percent of the debris from the vehicles will have harmlessly re entered the atmosphere he said. Monrad said the collision was a key test of kinetic Energy technology in which one projectile is hurled at another at great Speed demolishing the target. Stdio which manages the missile defense program popularly known As Star wars reported that within two hours after the Delta lifted off an Aries rocket was launched from the White Sands missile Range in new Mexico in connection with the test. Asked if one or both the satellites tracked the rocket Monrad replied i think you can draw your own con objectives of the test were for the satellites to obtain spectral data on each other with infrared sensors and to test guidance navigation and thruster systems used in the mane vering. One element of Reagan s defense system envisions scores of orbiting satellites equipped with lasers kinetic Energy devices and other anti missile measures. The Stdio said the test did not violate terms of the anti ballistic missile treaty and that the exercise was not an anti satellite test this a a much happier occasion than the last time we met Delta launch director Charles Gay told re porters referring to a Delta failure in May. Hijack from Page 1 americans were on the Boeing 747, which was bound for new York via Frankfurt West Germany. Pan am officials in Pakistan had earlier said 41 americans were on Board. Airline officials in new York blamed Airport Security for allowing the hijackers onto the plane. At least 26 ambulances rushed to the scene. Many women and children were among the wounded Khurshid Anwar Mirza Pakistan s civil aviation director said two terrorists were killed and two Cap tured and two or three army commandos were wounded. A fifth Hijacker May have been aboard pos ing As a passenger Mirza said but he was not certain. In Washington state department spokesman Charles Redman said it is my understanding that there were five hijackers two killed three Cap tured i said they were palestinian or lebanese. Conflicting claims made in Cyprus and Lebanon identified the hijackers As pro libyan or pro iranian. Reagan administration spokesman Larry Speakes said the United states was unable at this time tomake any connection with any government or any specific As commandos led one of the gunmen away he yelled to reporters that he was a palestinian Comman i am from Lebanon i am a palestinian he screamed. Pakistani officials said the gunmen wanted to be flown to Cyprus and demanded that palestinian hijackers imprisoned there be freed. The lights on the plane went out because the Jet fuel that powered an auxiliary Generator ran out. Mirza said that had been expected. Commandos moved closer after the Power failure. The idea was to close in and that s when the action started he said. We know they were getting very Allaf All Khan senior police superintendent said a police party was approaching the plane when a hand grenade was thrown from the aircraft and the firing began. He said the parly s purpose was to negotiate. Khan said passengers forced open some of the doors and activated at least one escape slide. American diplomats in Islamabad confirmed that Security forces rushed in Only after they heard firing. Martin r. Shugrue vice chairman and chief operating officer for pan am in new York said about 364 passengers 13 flight attendants and seven pan aground employees were aboard. Officials in Pakistan said there were 389 passengers and 15 flight attendants. Pan am officials in Pakistan said most of the americans aboard were of Indian or pakistani origin. Confusion arose Over the numbers because some passengers boarded in Bombay. India and got off in Karachi while others who were booked in Karachi had not entered the aircraft when it was seized. Pakistani survivor Mohammed Amin said that just before the shooting began after the lights went out he Beard one of the hijackers say to another in arabic the moment for the last jihad holy War has arrived. If we Are killed we will All be Cynthia but hello a passenger from Bombay said the hijackers herded passengers from their seats into the aisles. I think they said one two three in their language and they just started shooting she said. Mike Thexton a briton who boarded the plane moments before it was seized said the hijackers had demanded passengers passports and i understand that the stewardess concealed some american passports be cause she thought that americans would be particularly at risk. Then suddenly the lights went out. The terrorists seemed to panic. And they started firing an seemed to be tiring at the passengers Thexton said. Everybody immediately went As Tow As they could to the floor and there was More gunfire and a few Small explosions. Then everyone made a Quick dash for it i climbed out of the exit onto the Wing and jumped Down. Onto the Tarmac and ran with everyone else. There was still gunfire and explosions going on in the plane. But the terrorists did t seem to follow us onto the Pilot missing in Jet crash a-7 Corsair ii fighter bomber Nimitz crashed off Norway during Pilot was missing a . Spokesman said it was the second american Accident in the in seven Days. The spokesman capt. the Jet crashed thursday in 80 Miles off the coastal town feta a Westera Norway. He Pilot As Navy it Donal Dot York a. Nato officials said the plane was based in Jackson Ville Fla. A sea planes and g Pilot has been result less so us Schrock said. Weather and visibility in the crash area were the Jahm by Amitin the three week nato exercise code 86. Eight american us. 29, the first Day of the exercise when a Navy Bolo helicopter with 21 people on Board crashed on Takeoff from the amphibious assault ship Saipan off Bode in North pm Norway. Only two bodies were recovered
