European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday August 2,1987 plane crash in Mexico leaves 54 dead Gea kill Mexico City up the Landing ear on a cargo plane that crashed and filled 54 people All but two of them on the ground failed to retract after Takeoff and caused the propeller driven boeing377 to hit a Power line then smash buildings and cars during an emergency Landing along a Busy Highway investigators said  preliminary investigation by the Federal attorney general s office found that the plane could not bring up its Landing gear and had other mechanical problems shortly after Takeoff thursday. Olga Islas de Gonzalez Mariscal head of the investigation said Rescue workers found the Black Box that contains recording of the Crew s final communication with the radio Tower. She declined to specify the other mechanical problems or say what might have been recorded by the Black  a full report by the civil aeronautics Board on the cause of the Accident will not be released for several weeks Islas do Gonzalez  Cross officials said 52 of the 54 victims were killed on the ground in cursor in building when the plane carrying 12 people and 18 show and jumping horses to the United states slowed up the Steep incline of the six Lane Mexic City Toluca Highway 8 Miles from the Center of the capital. The a said the crash killed the 18 horses which belonged to Mexico equestrian youth team scheduled to compete in major . Events. With the loss of those horses Mexico is virtually out of the Competition Ernesto Gonzalez manager of the mexican equestrian federation said. The team was scheduled to compete inthe North american Junior championship in Culpeper va., aug. 13-16, an the american Continental Young riders championship in Hamilton mass., aug. 18-23.Mexico won first place As a team in the 1985 meet in Culpeper and member were eager to defend their place. But the crash wiped out All chances of that. Ruben Rodriguez Henriquez 20, on of Mexico s top horsemen a passenger on the plane died Friday afternoon inthe american British Cowdray Hospital Rogelio Villanueva. Director of medical services at the Hospital said. The youth s father Ruben Rodriguez sr., also a passenger was being treated for severe injuries at the same Hospital. The elder Rodriguez is the head of the mexican equestrian team to the pan american games in Indianapolis. Father and son were on the plane just to be with the horses in Case the horses needed them and also to Takecare of the paper work and the quaran Tine in Miami fla.," said a Friend of the family who asked not to be identified. The propeller driven plane was Enro Ute from Mexico City to Miami when it lost Contact with the Tower shortly after Takeoff from the International Airport thursday afternoon. It crashed 13 mile from the Airport on a Busy Highway just outside Mexico  four american Crew members and five of the eight passengers were hospitalized. Two passengers including Rodriguez Henriquez  plane was chartered by members of the federation from Belize air internal  or Ouick a Wusi unum  .��.�., _ supertanker loaded ready to leave persian Gulf _ _ j.1 a a of i thunk Ingemi Decd by damage to a loading Arm. How Ipi Kuwait a the kuwaiti supertanker Bridge ton loaded Oil in its mine damaged Hull Friday for the trip South through the persian Gulf. It will sail under the american nag with a . Navy escort possibly this  All Khamenei of Iran warned the United states to remove its forces from the dangerous Whin Pool of the Gulf where Iran and Iraq have been at Warfor seven years or we will strike them so hard they will regret what they have  rescuers searched for three men missing in the crash thursday of e . Navy helicopter that was on Aroutine Shore to ship ferry flight in the Central Gulf near Bahrain. One Man was  said it has no plans to Send minesweepers to tic Gulf now but will maintain close touch with the United states. . Ambassador Charles h. Price ii conveyed a message thursday that news reports i both countries said was a request for British help in Clearing mines. .,.french defense minister Andre Giraud in Washington Friday said France does not have any mine sweepers in the Gulf and has no plans to Send any into a foreign ministry spokeswoman in the Hague said the Netherlands refused an informal american request for naval assistance and would consider involvement in the area Only in the Case of extreme  eight american min sweeping helicopters Are being sent a but they will not ave for about a week. Therh-53d sea stallions will operate from the helicopter Carrier Guadalcanal. The 401,382-ton Bridgeton struck a mine jury 24 while northbound on the first journey through the Gulf by re flagged kuwaiti tankers under . Navy escort. It encountered the mine about 120 Miles South of Kuwait of Iran s Farsi Island which revolutionary guards use As a base for speedboat attacks on  of the 1,200-foot-Long vessels 31 Compart ments were damaged by the explosion which blew Large Hole in the port Side. Temporary repairs have been made and it will go to dry Dock in Dubai or Bahrain after transferring its cargo to other tankers South of the Strait of  accuses Kuwait of receiving arms shipments for Iraq and began concentrating attacks in september on Senate votes to Reyuh ships owned by or serving the emirate. Kuwait is the Western neighbor of Iraq whose ports were closed soon after the War began in september 1980."the Bridgeton is loading now a reliable shipping source said Friday speaking on condition of anonymity. He did not say when the Job would be finished but other sources have said about 26 hours would be needed to Load 1,820,000 barrels of Oil three fourths the ship s Normal capacity of 2.4  Friday a Well placed source said the operation was interrupt y Long repairs would take was not Clear. The badge ton docked late thursday at the sea Island deep water terminal 10miles off the kuwaiti coast at the Northern end of the Gulf. High winds and rough seas had delayed loading since wednesday. Pentagon officials in Washington said three .warships could begin escorting the badge ton and the 46,723-ton products Carrier Gas in acc on the 500 mile return voyage this weekend. Cancer Cut from Reagan s nose Washington up president Reagan had Small area of skin cancer removed from his nose in Day during two hours of minor surgery desc bed bythe White House As very successful 1 and requiring no further treatment. Photo on Page 4 aided by microscopic techniques doctors at Bethesda naval Hospital removed two Ultra thin slices of tis sue from the same spot where skin cancer had been found wednesday. The area was later found to be free of cancer  president a transparent Bandage covering his nose emerged from the Hospital after almost four hours and told reporters he Felt  asked if he Felt any pain Reagan said not  by his wife Nancy he returned by helicopter to the White House where they planned to spend a quiet weekend. The surgery went extremely Well said White House physician John Hutton. President Reagan is in great spirits. He is in excellent health and was laughing and joking with the staff upon his return to the White House. Hutton said the surgery performed under a local Anes thetic began at 4 23 . And ended at 6 15 . When the Borders of the second tissue Section were found under microscopic examination to be free of abnormal cells. He said Reagan anticipates a full return to business monday. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater told re porters the procedure is very  the excision left Reagan with a wound about a half Inch wide which Hutton said was closed by plastic surgeons using a technique known As a Undberg rhomboid Flap which required 45 a mute and some 20 stitches expected to be removed in five to seven  surgery followed a routine procedure wednes Day in which a Small lesion was removed from Rea Gan s  examination of that tissue found basal Ceu eni Theloma the Mildest and most common form of ski cancer caused 95 percent of the time by overexposure to the Sun. Concern about remaining cancer cells prompted the follow up. Arms from Page 1 ,.\e Senate vote Gramm Rudman Gronlun Rudman Washington a Friday to give few life to " budget balancer flaw. A the Senate App Veden amendment restoring automatic spend nubs to the Gramm Rudman Law by a vote of Tejkl the Senate Azov Onemo expand the scope of the underly legislation Ryan urgently needed increase in in National ded Mil so Congress would no Geal with that Issue again until Well past Jcj ear s elections. Sun porters of the Gramm Runyun Amend my including the democratic and Republican owed to protect the debt legislation further amendments so that it cd Jed be quickly passed and House Senate Nugo unions begun. Agency involved that they took their instructions from us and they certainly under no circumstances Ever were to accept an instruction that we were not to be on the distribution list for any of this important Intelli gence material he said without elaborating. The congressional committees also heard from for Mer White House chief of staff Donald , who testified that the president last december shot downright away any thought of a Pardon for  Dexter and Csc staffer it. Col. Oliver North telling aides that neither Man had been accused of a crime. The president was asked about pardons again on Fri Day during a picture session in the Oval office. I Haven t heard a single word that indicated in any of the testimony that Laws were broken the president said. In that Case he was asked does he think North poin Dexter and others deserve pardons to prevent prosecutions. I m going to speak out on that whole subject an the subject of this whole affair when the hearings Are Over said the president at the White House presidential spokesman Marti Fitzwater said Reagan does not plan to hold a news conference until sometime in the fall. Told of Reagan s comment Inouye said i would suggest that the president of the United states Confer with his attorney general and look Over the trans not of the  Tornado from Page 1 trapped in buildings said ambulance service chair Man Joan  Canadian mounted police spokesman Bob Moffat said the twister touched Down twice just South of Edmonton. Canadian press quoted one resident in the suburb of Beaumont As saying her neighbors lost several cars a Mobile Home and a  gone with the wind she  and Strathcona were declared disaster areas. Tennison said 150 people were injured in  least 100 people were taken to Edmonton hospitals in ambulances that had to struggle through debts clogged streets. Hospitals called for All qualified doctors and nurses to help attend the injured and hotels in the City offered free emergency shelter to the homeless. Three of the dead were passengers on a Tram and other people were trapped in the wreckage of the Tram. Radio reporter Rick Boguski said he saw several head of cattle dead on farms outside the City. The Tornado just picked them up he said. The City Center and West Edmonton mall the world s largest shopping Center apparently escaped damage witnesses  evening the skies cleared in Edmonton As Rescue services went to work repairing the damage