European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes g shortage of Huey part results in sole source contract Page 2 d Gloria Steinem on women telling the truth to each other Page 13 q Molitor extends hitting Streak to 32 sports Page 21 the stars and Tel Pes authorized unofficial fun Licati for the u v a met f04ce1 vol. 46, no. 123 wednesday August 19, 1987 0 8693 a suicide Hess strangled himself with electric Cord Berlin a Rudolf Hess the last top nazi from the Hitler Era died after wrapping an electrical Cord around his neck British authorities said tuesday Hess died Al age 93 in a British military Hospital in West Berlin about t i Miles from the Pris on where he was serving a life sentence for nazi War crimes Sec related Sicery Page 28. Severs hours before the suicide workers had started electrical work there. The workers had Access to the prison yesterday West Germany s Adf television network said tuesday night. . Soldiers were guarding the Allied prison at Ibe time thai Hess who was in failing health strangled himself. The British French. Russians and americans look turns guarding Kess. Immediately after Hess death i was announced thai Spandau in West Berlin would be Lorn Down. British diplomatic spokesman Anderson w. 1 Urdon said in a statement issued tuesday a preliminary investigation indicates that Rudolf Hess Aue pied to take his own life he added on inc afternoon of aug. 17, Hess As he was accustomed to do went escorted by a prison warder guard to sit in a Small collage in the Garden of the prison. On looking into the cottage a few Mirties later the warder found mess with an electrical Cord around his neck. Resuscitation measures were taken and Hess was transported to tic British military Hospital. After fur ther attempts to revive Hess he was pronounced dead at i6 l0hours 4 10p.rn. Purdon added whether this suicide attempt was see Hess on Page 23 right Wing demonstrators grrr Spandau prison display a a i Flag after urfa Dolfl lets death. . Journalist Glass flees Beirut captors Damascus Syria a american journalist Charles Glass said tuesday he outwitted his captors and fled after two months As a hos Tage in Lebanon he was Lur cd Over to a . Diplomat Here. Foreign m Inister Faroul Al Shanu j handed Glass Over to american charge d affaires David Ransom the senior Diplomat in the syrian capital. A feel Glass Glass 3ftold reporters. The people who really suffered arc my wife and Chil he said he wants to Fly to Lon Don his Home As soon As asked whether he was set free or had escaped he said it was an Glass wearing a Blue track suit and no shoes walked Inlo the Seaside summer land hotel in West Beirut Al 2 30 . Tuesday and said i am Charlie Glass. I need a place to hide a lebanese police spokesman said. He was abducted by 14 gunmen in suburban Beirut june 17, along with Ali Osseiran son of Lebanon s defense min ister. Osseiran was freed a week later a group calling itself the organisation of the people s defense claimed july 7 that n kidnapped Glass and it said he was a Cia spy. The group is believed to be made up of shiite moslem Loyal to Iran Glass wife Fiona said her husband told her he locked up his guards and fled. He was spirited out of Wisl Beirut under the Protection of syrian troops who police several areas in Lebanon. Glass said he escaped from a building in inc Beirut suburb of Bird Abed while his captors were sleeping. Birel Abed is a stronghold of the pro iranian Shine group Hezbollah or party of clod which ii believed to be an umbrella for groups holding foreign hostages. I saw people in front of a Baker and one family accepted to Lake me to West Beirut. The deposited me near he ii uni no Rland. Thai is where 1 eos the syrian who brought me Glass said Abc to had chartered a plane to Fly him to London. He worked As a correspondent for the network be fore starting full time work on a Book about the Middle East. Glass1 escape leaves 24 foreigners believed kidnapped in Lebanon. The Long is he a hostage is Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the Asso Cia cd press. The american writer was seized March 16, 1985. Another american Jeremy Levin. 55. Be incl Bureau chief of Cable news net work was kidnapped March 7, 1984. He escaped 11 months Laier. Two British journalists and a freelance French photographer also said they escaped from their Foj Psoas in Lebanon. Computer warned pilots before crash paper says Romulus. Mich a a com ruler warned Northwest Oncil flight 255 s pilots that the Jet was going Loo slowly just before in crashed a newspaper reported and a 4-v ear old girl Foughi Tor life tuesday As the sole surviving Pas Senger among As Many As 157 people killed. 5, he recognized her chipped to i hand f up of Nail polish Ull Licals said. The girl s parents and it end ii a brother wen1 killed in the i Ash just alter Takeoff from Detroit metropolitan air Purl on a Light re l Hon i. Ariz., and suburban Angeles
