European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 9, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Washington governor oks Navy port plan Everett Wash. Not gov Booth Gardner has Given approval for he Navy 10 build a Home port Here for the aircraft Carrier  project that some Sec As inc Dawn of & new Day for this economically depressed pwn and thai others Sec As doomsday. The stale s approval of the Navy s plans As they Al Eccl water Quality in Pugol sound was required before the project could move Forward but other hurdles still re main. Chiefly in financing the $2 72 million base. Gardner in announcing the approval called the Home port a major Job pro Ducong pro Cal and mayor William e. Moore of Everett said millions in new payrolls in a place like his is bound Mohave a Good  but critics say inc Navy will spoil Everett and claim Itic Navy s plan to add eight new Home ports around the Eplion Tor a total of 13, is a  the Navy says the facilities arc needed for National defense Everett s Economy a been Debili Laid by the decline in Wood products employment and by changing shopping habits. Moore once the owner of downtown furniture store Here saw i business die after retail stores moved into suburban Malis in the 1960s, the downtown area is dolled with vacant storefronts and pedestrian traffic is Light on streets thai arc Bare of parking meters on unusual sight in a town of 57,000 people. The Navy says the City s population will prow by 21,000 and payrolls by 1300 million when 7,500 sailors and 13 ships Are based Here after the base is com a tried by 1993. The Navy predicts 7,600new housing units will be needed off the base for port personnel Michael Spence governmental affairs director for the Sno Hornish county Board of realtors called it a real Boon to the  Bui Mark Hauser who Devoles full Lime Wilhour pay to fighting the Home port said he Ever Al Community ii 100small to handle the project. All these people coming in Here at once it More Nan this town can  Sard. Everybody in Everett who pays rent will lose and lie real estate people will be big winners along with the other movers and  Houser a former congressional staff worker predicted that the plans would not win the necessary financial support from Congress which has appropriated Only part of the Money needed. David oilman speaking for friends of the Earth an environmental group called the Home port just another department of defense Boondoggle an said it is unlikely to survive in Congress. In his announcement Gardner said the slate acc Coli inc Navy j plan for Dis posing or contaminated material to be dredged from the ships mooring Basin which inc Kiaie is leasing to inc Navy. The Navy said Silc work in Evert Harbor would begin in May and dredging is  begin a Cal year. Contaminant in puget sound came fro Industrial dumping an surf Floc Runoff. They include Copper Lead Zinc and Mercury. Under the disposal plan now acc plod by inc stale inc contaminated Drc dines will be dumped into water lit least 300 fret deep and will be covered with a Rcd Ings clean of such contaminants. Some resistance to the Home Pon come from dissatisfaction with the disposal plan. Both the , fish and wildlife service and the National Marine fisheries service Vvhs Osc authority is limited to advising the army corps of engineers had recommended that the contaminated or edgings be placed on dry ground. Man demanding flight to Cuba subdued by Crew Anchorage Alaska Kupij a Man poking his Finger in his coat pocket and claiming to have a gun tried to Hijack an Alaska airlines Jet to Cuba until he wot subdued and tied up by the flight Crew officials said saturday. No one was injured aboard flight 93, which carried 102 passengers from Seattle. Juan Tapanes 30, was arrested when the plane landed at Anchorage International Airport at 1 45 . Saturday said Don sleeve Fri special agent in Ancho rage. Tapanes who apparently Speaks Only Spanish a proc Btl flight attendants about 12 30 ., two hours after the plane look off from Seattle Steele said Tapanes had what appeared to be a pistol in his jacket pocket and demanded to be allowed into the night deck occupied by the flight Crew Steele said. When he entered the flight deck the co Pilot two flight engineers and some passengers jumped on him and tied my up sleeve said. He Simil aled a pistol in his Pockel but apparently he was just using his fingers Siccle said. There was no weapon on Nim when he was subdued and no weapon was found on the plane when it landed. We Don t know what he wanted but he was de manding to go to Cuba Siccle said. The Only words seemed to use were Cuba Cuba " Steele said authorities did not know Tapanes nationality. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 9, 1947 former baseball Star Tycobb was sued for divorce by his wife of nearly 40 years. She asked Tor $5,000 a month in Alimony and an equal division of Community property Worth an estimated s 7 million 30 years ago today. March 9, 1957 or. Hugh l. Dryden director of the National advisory committee for aeronautics said Russia is closing the Gap in its drive to surpass american military Power. Dryden testified before a House armed services subcommittee in support of a $44.7 million program for aeronautical research 20 years ago today. March 9, i967 fire swept through the upper stories of the historic Cronberg Germany Castle hotel causing damage estimated at More than $500,000, there were no injuries. 10 years ago today. March 9, 1977 Arab countries pledged almost $500 million in economic Aid to Africa at a Summit of african and Arab Leaden follow ing All billion pledge by saudi Arabia s Prince Saud us Faisal. Perfect for a trucker s garage a Pettio automobile enthusiast Dennis Sharp came up with a truck Driver far Caterpillar inc., collected lie Liun Flie perfect solution recently when he ran Short of dress of License plates from All out inc country in aluminium siding for his garage in Pekin 111. Sharp the last four Yean rallies Mark year old Twa strike by the associated press hundreds of trans world airlines flight attendants held rallies around the country saturday to Mark the one year anniversary of a bitter strike. Three Hundred protesters gathered at the new York estate of Twa owner Carl Icahn. The Independent federation of right attendants called the strike last year to protest Twa s demand that tight attendants accept Large reductions in salaries and benefits. Carl Icahn never bargained in Good Faith but his intention was to Force us out on strike and to replace us with a cheaper and younger work Force federation spokeswoman Norma Adams said during the two hour rally at Icahn s estate in Bedford Hills . In san Francisco about 300 people attended peaceful noontime rally at Union Square while about 700 flight attendants m los Angeles and 2dd in the Chicago area watched a him about the strike. Most of the san Francisco demonstrators showed up in uniform and Union spokeswoman Annamari French urged them to set up picket lines at san fran Cisco International Airport and at the downtown Twa offices. More than Iso people held a rally in Kansas City to where they handed out bumper stickers calling for Boycotts of Twa flights and sold cookbooks to finance their Legal Battle. The Union wont on so Rick March 7, 1986, when in company demanded thai flight attendants 85 percent of whom Are female with an average seniority of 16 years accept a 44 percent Cut in salaries and benefits while other airline workers faced a 15 percent pay reduction Adams said. The Union called off the strike after nine weeks but the airline then challenged an obligation to recall Union members in order of seniority. The Issue re Mains in court. The Union also is in the midst of a lawsuit charging Twa with bad Faith bargaining motivated by be and age discrimination the airline has continued flying with 1.300 flight attendants who crossed inc picket Tine and 3.000 employees hired since the strike began. Mark Ruckstein Twa senior vice president read a statement Ai he Gates of Icahn s estate saturday say ing the airline refuses to break its commitment to its new hire flight  we will nol remove them from the work Force Buckstein said. However he said the airline plans this year to re hire 600 of the nearly 5,000 attendants who walked Oul and by t9bo plans of offer to Pul other former employees Back on the payroll at lower salaries