European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes monday january 6, 1987 crash survival called a Miracle Abidjan Ivory coast api a French Rescue worker said Sun Day it was a Miracle two Passen Gers on a Vang Boeing 707 sur Vived when the aircraft crashed upside Down disintegrated and burned in Hick Forest. All the other 37 passengers and12 Crew aboard were tilled. Copt. A r. Kohn was one of the first four French marines winched Down from a helicopter to the wreck scene in darkness Early sat urday after the aircraft crashed Fol lowing talc off for Rio de Janeiro. Kohn said his group found the two survivors silting upright near a tree badly burned but conscious. Both survivors were reported by Abidjan s Corody Hospital sunday As still israelis attack Sites in Lebanon Beirut Lebanon a israeli helicopter gunships rocketed and strafed iranian backed shiite moslem guerrilla strongholds in South Lebanon on sunday and police reported at least three people were killed and eight wounded. The attack came As palestinian Sand shiites renewed fighting around Beirut s refugee Camps ending four Day Lull in Battles that have killed More than 1,600 people in 20months. Resorts rejoice As storms bring Long awaited Snow by the Astei Altaj press a Windy new storm brought heavy rain to the Northwest saturday with Snow for ski resorts that have had one of their worst seasons on record and new England skiers were delighted to find that up to 2 feet of Snow had fallen in the storm that battered the East coast. At least 19 deaths were reported fro the Eastern storm which blew heavy surf ashore at the same time As unusually High tides the Snow caused numerous traffic accidents. National guard troops with bulldozers were called out saturday to repair a 35-foot Section of Rea Wall that washed away Friday at Marshlich mass. Wind driven rain lashed the lower elevations of Northern California As Snow piled up at Sierra Nevada ski resorts. A spokesman for the National weather service reported that Echo Summit had 17 inches of Snow by late saturday while Meyers had about 15 inches. Doug Atkinson a forecaster said other snowfall reported included 14 inches in Kingvale and 12 inches i North Lake Tahoe and Truckee. Snow Chain regulations were imposed on interstate 80 and . So the major East West highways across the Sierra. Chains also were required on interstate s Between Weed and mount Shasta officials said. Before saturday s storm insufficient Snow had kept most of the Sierra Nevada resorts closed for the holidays. Colorado s mountains got up to a fool of Snow Friday the first major Snow since dec. I. Up to 16 inches fell in Utah s mountains giving the Alia and Snowbird re sorts More Snow in one Day than they received in All of december. Abnormally High tides combined with stiff winds beached a fishing boat in Northwest Washington while High water briefly swamped waterfront roads and flooded some basements around the puget sound area. A Man camping on n Beach near port Angeles wash., was injured when he was struck on the head by a Rock or log As aware washed Over his Camp on Friday. He remained hospitalized in serious condition saturday following surgery. In new England from i to nearly 2feel of Snow fell from Friday s storm and while Snow covered Highway slowed travel skiers and Tki resort opera tors welcomed the while Blanket. In new Hampshire the National weather service said Londonderry go More than 23 inches. Atop mount Washington at 6.2sb feet the highest Peak in the Northeast and site of some of the planet Nastiest weather wind blew at a sustained 85 Mph Friday with gusts to 114 Mph. New York state got up to 15 inches of Snow in the catskills and roads were closed overnight in some areas. Roches Ter got. Only 6 inches but that was blamed for More than 750 accidents. In Maine More than 14 inches of Snow was reported at Portland s Airport. Thew Alicr service said it was the largest 24 hour snowfall there in the last decade. But water had receded from ii Rte and basements along Portland s water front where the tide crested More than 2 feet above Normal Friday the third High est since 1912.elsewhere on the Atlantic the storm caused an estimated ji6 million damage along the coasts of the Carolina and Vir Ginia on new year s pay. An estimated 350 people were evacuated Friday i Massachusetts. South Carolina Cov. Dick Riley poured damaged areas saturday and said there was Little the state could do to Caraway Georgetown county civil defense director said he expects Little Aid other than Northern new Jersey More than 100 Homes in Little ferry were damaged by flooding from the Hackensack River which put about a half Square mile area under about 2 feet of water fora Lime Whu it swelled Over its Banks police said. There s a lot of damage to houses said police sgt Ronald Klein. Deaths from the East coast storm included four in North Carolina two in Vir Ginia four in Pennsylvania two in new York two in Vermont one in new Jersey one in Connecticut and three in Massachusetts. In addition one person was killed on an icy Highway in Michigan. Walsh May Lead probe of private Contra Aid Washington a Lawrence Walsh the inde pendent counsel appointed in the Iran Contra affair this week will consider taking Over a Justice depart ment investigation of possible criminal activity involving private and to the contras sources said. Justice department spokesman Patrick Korten said last week that Walsh and associate attorney general Stephen Trott would work out an arrangement under which Walsh would get any Case that we have that comes under the mandate handed to the Independent counsel by the Federal appeals court panel that appointed him. Kortyn said no Date had been set for a meeting on the cases. However sources close to the matter said discussions would open this week and that there Likely would be several meetings on the subject. Contacted by Telephone Walsh declined to make any comment. Some principals in the Iran Centra controversy such As former air Force maj. Gen Richard Secord and Southern air transport inc., also Are Central Fig ures in the Justice department s co suing criminal investigations into private assistance to the contras. That could be sufficient justification for turning them Over to Walsh. The broadly worded mandate Walsh got from the Federal appeals court panel that appointed him directs him to investigate by assistance to the centres since 1984 that might involve . Officials for iwo years beginning in 1984, Congress banned . Military As Sis Lance to the Contra rebels fighting to overthrow Nicaragua s leftist government. The court s mandate was far broader than the jus Tice department s request for appointment of the inde pendent counsel which had specified the period begin Ning in i9ss. The request from attorney general Edwin Meuse specifically covered Only the . Weapons sates to Iran and the diversion of weapons Sale proceeds to the Contra. At least two of the Justice department Contra probes were launched before the Public knew of . Amis sates to Iran and before Mccase said on nov. 25 that millions of dollars in arms sales profits had been diverted to the contras. The earlier Contra investigations Are an especially sensitive topic at the Justice department because one of them a preliminary inquiry being conducted by the Fri was temporarily shelved in late october on Meese s orders based on a request from then National Security adviser John Poindexter. In addition there have been allegations repeatedly denied of political interference by the Justice depart ment in Washington in another of the Contra probes being conducted by the . Attorney s office i Miami. The Contra probes that will be the subject of discussions Between Walsh and Trott the department third highest official include Art Fri preliminary inquiry launched last fall into Southern air transport a cargo airline formerly owned by the Cha and involved both in the . Arms shipments to Iran and in hauling supplies to the con tras. Fri director William Webster halted the probe when Meese asked for a delay. Poindexter told the attorney general in requesting the delay that the investigation could interfere with an Effort by personnel of Southern air transport to perform a minion in the Middle East that was critical to the release of the americans held hostage there. The delay began in Lal october and lasted nearly a month. Meese says Poindexter made no mention at the time of any diversion of arms Sale Money to the Contra and toe attorney general says he did not find out about the diversion until Lale november nearly a month after talking with Poindexter the Fri s preliminary inquiry of the Miami based Southern air began after a cargo plane hauling supplies for the contras was shot Down Over Nicaragua oct. 5, resulting in the capture of Crew member Eugene Hasenfus. An investigation begun Early last year by the us attorney s office in Miami into a Large illegal arms shipment from a fort Lauderdale fla., Airport to Contra base in Costa Rica. The . Attorney in Miami Leon Kellner has said the attorney general has discussed the probe with him on several occasions but categorically denies that there was pressure to Stow the investigation at any time including last Spring when Congress was debating president Reagan s $100 million Aid request for the contras. A recently launched investigation in Macon oa., focusing on the ownership by Secord and three part ners of a Maule an aircraft that ended up in the hands of the contras. A Federal grand jury in Macon la Well As t lie Senate intelligence committee have subpoenaed records involving that aircraft and three others sold to the contras. Hotel from Page 1 lion were recovered from the rubble of the hotel s ground floor ballroom Mez Zanine level Casino and lower four floors. A is. Louis Man died in a Hospital Emer gency room the night of the Blaze and a 96lh victim died sunday at Ashford me Morial Hospital a spokesman for gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon said. Most of the 800 guests at the hotel were tourists from the United states Many from the was coast. More than 40 bodies were pulled from the debris on Friday but no More were found during a final search saturday. Puerto Rico officials said the remains of 36 victims had been positively identified by sunday morning. While doctors from the Fri and the . Armed forces Institute of pathology tried to identify charred remains using dental records and other methods and grieving relatives wailed at the state medical Center police at the fire scene a few Miles away tried to determine precisely what caused the Blaze. Officials of teamsters local 901 which represents Kitchen clerical and other non Casino workers who were threatening to strike the hotel have vehemently dented All suggestions of Union involvement in the tire. Police superintendent Carlos Lope Feliciano said saturday we have a lot of important pieces the Jigsaw but he declined 10 provide details. Jose Luis Lopez an aide to Lopez of Liciano said saturday that a Telephone Culler told police two hours before the fire erupted that there was a bomb at the hotel. Police showed up at the hotel he said but were turned away by hotel staff members and no search was conducted. Hoiet director Bruce Shulman said executives had received threatening letters in the lays before the incident end three Small fires were discovered and put out. The hotel added 30 Security workers he said. Jose Cadiz Secretary general of in teamsters local suggested Hal the Blaze might have been touched off accidentally spread loan alcohol based fuel Stock piled in the Kitchen and Ihen raced out of control
