European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes q summer sense Lyle fun at Plum Sens Page 3 o lawyers for Toshiba Pentagon officials Confer Page 5 d Darby gis face crawl of the wild Page 9 the stars and Duiho ice vol.46, no. 78 saturday sunday. July 4-s. 1987 ran we . Ked Fok Cei in owjsi., d 8693 a balloonist quit 1 mile Short Glasgow. Scotland up daredevil balloon its Richard Branson and per linstrand jumped from i ctr balloon into the Irish sea just one mile of Scot land Friday Alicr Riding he jul Stream More than 3,000 Miles across the in a record breaking flight. See photo. Page 28. A spokesman for Branson said both men were picked up from the sea by a ship from the British Royal Navy on standby in the area and flown o the Hospital. Organizers of the flight in London said initial medi Cal reports indicated that neither of the men was injured and thai the balloon was seen bouncing off these after it was abandoned. No explanation was offered As o Why they had decided to abandon the balloon. Person who let aliens die May never be found Elpaso Texas a the smuggler who left group of illegal aliens in a locked sweltering Boxcar where is died fighting each other in delirium might never be caught even if he is identified a Federal offi Cial said Friday. The men were found dead thursday in the a Eccl walled Boxcar where temperatures had reached 1.10 degrees the Border patrol said. One Man survived by punching a breathing Hole in the Wood floor with a Railroad Spike. We have one witness Only one person who saw the smuggler said William Harrington assistant chief of the Border patrol s Elpaso sector. I believe they la gel him identified. I won t Lay any Odds but i m Hope Ful we can find Border patrol agents planned to show inc survivor photographs of smugglers known to work out of rail Road freight Yards Here Harrington said. But of the smuggler fled 10 me Ico he said we May never velour hands on murder charges could be filed against the smuggler if he were responsible for Locking the Boxcar door be fore the Missouri Pacific train left an Elpaso freight Yard about 5 . Wednesday said Bob Newman safety officer for the Texas department of Public safety in Elpaso. Border patrol agents on a routine inspection of a mis Souri Pacific freight train near Sierra Blanca 90 Miles East of Al Paw found the bodies some with their tongues chewed inside the bloodstained Boxcar. The men fought among themselves As they gasped for air clawing at the v pod lined doors going into convulsions and biting i hair lips authorities said. The survivor Miguel Tostado Rodriguez. 21, from inc City of Pav Cllon do Arteaga in Central Mexico said people started dying Little by Little lilt a by they did l hate any Walcer. So they started to gel crazy and fight each other. They did l have any oxygen so they started fight ing each Uther he said. Two of the dead apparently weit part of a smuggling ring and were guiding the others to the Dallas Fon Worth area for 1400 per pc ruin pan of i t to be paid upon Hudsputh county sheriff Dick love. The men were lured by the Promise of a better life inthe United states despite the new immigration Law making it illegal to hire undocumented worker said Border patrol agent Stanley Salhoff. Is takes july fourth break the stiff of the stars and stripes will be celebrating the fourth of july of Tui which Means there Mill be no paper tomorrow. We wish Juu Safe ind hippy Independence Day Holiday. But before they leaped into the sea they had already broken the previous hoi air balloon distance record of 907 Miles set by american Harold Warner who flew from Calgary Canada to Arnold neb., on Jan. 26-27, 1985. The 21-Story-High Craft travelling at around 100 Mph breezed across Belfast Northern Ireland with no problems and appeared on course for a Landing about Iso Miles North of London before the two leaped out. Branson 36, the British founder and owner of the$400 million Virgin group thai includes Virgin re cords and Virgin Atlantic airlines and Lind Strait. .18, of Sweden had planned a 65-hour, 3,500-Milc flight Europe. The balloon Rode a brisk Wesl to Casl Jet Stream across the Atlantic and covered the firs 3,000 Miles in 24 hours at an Altitude of27,000 feet at that Altitude inc balloon look advantage of Hejcl Stream and travelled at about 100 Mph Schife avoid ing bad Cal her at lower altitudes. Solar panels assisted propane tanks in heating inc Craft. As offi is tried to work out Why they had abandoned the balloon project director Chris Moss mud Sutti an end to the flight would Noi allow them to claim a successful crossing of die Atlantic even though the had physically crossed Over Northern Ireland. Out he a Decd we did successfully Cross from the . To Europe and we have proved that it can be manned balloons had crossed in Ailanti previously bul both were lifted by helium Gas rather than hot air. Back Home in Mayport f an unidentified Stark crewman gets u rousing Welcome from a Happy joing woman who quickly Springs into his arms. Test allegedly diverted Stark Crew san Diego a the Crew of the guided missile frigate Stark was conducting a demanding test of the ship s engines when it was attacked in inc persian Cut seven weeks ago a newspaper reported Friday the engineering lest ordinarily conducted in tranquil Waters diverted the Crew s attention from the iraqi missile attack the san Diego Union re ported quoting unidentified Navy sources. Navy spokesmen refused to comment on the possibility in newspaper did. It s unbelievable that the commander if the . Atlantic Fuci surface forces had the shark scheduled for a propulsion exam while it yet Scnear or inside the persian Gulf bul that s what thu a were doing an Admiral in was bang Lon Lold the newspaper. Thirty seven men urn killed May 17 when i he Frig ate was hit by two missiles fired by an iraqi our Nolani in Halwas called a raw of identity. An unidentified source knowledgeable about to e Navy inquiry in of the attack said the ship s com Mander Capi. Glenn or incl decided to conduct the lest in the Guif. Brindl and two other officers were relieved of duty after he attack and fare courts Martel. Navy policy Stales thai such tests should he jut formed on the return Iris la Home nor. . Said the test is usually done when the slip is Nui of danger aus military Tju Aliona the Drill could Hue a Muiir a Llu Aeu ii ii Tion because in Leal ski Lois Lanwi Eliie and proficiency a Niv sources and. Ocny four Sun min of the Taiji t Uii lln1 Surl were Back Home Riih to Weir families in mask i. A. Friday ii fun temp flown in to if a Norl Nas by an air Furcht -141 cargo Plant thursday afternoon. The Nav said tin1 a mated siak. In Vuil by Isu i Milors i l i Halpain ilium sea Tor us Bavvai Mas Purt
