European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial ii Lic Tion for vol. 46, no 182 saturday. October 17, 1987 0 8693 a italian plane Down with 37 on Board Barni Italy a rescuers braved driving rain and thick fog Friday to look for an italian Airliner that crashed Dunn a storm in the Foothills of the Northern italian Alps with 37 people aboard. More than eight hours after the plane vanished from radar screens there was no word on any survivors. A passenger list released by Ati a subsidiary of Testate run Carrier a italia did not include nationalities but most if not All of those aboard were believed to be italian or German eyewitness accounts led authorities to believe that the twin engine Turboprop plane slammed into a heavily forested Mountainside near Bari about 40 mile North of Milan minutes after Takeoff thursday night. The plane was on a flight from Milan to Cologne Germany. The area where the plane is believed to have crash edit known Tor its High Cliffs and deep ravines. Search efforts were limited during the night 1o crack teams familiar with the treacherous terrain. Officials prepared helicopters Tor a full stale search after Day break. Friday. Ainia and Franco Villa owners of the Madonnis Refuge an inn at an Altitude of 3,100 feet on mount Crezzo Caid they were eating dinner with their family when they heard a loud Roar. They said they rushed to he window and saw aban office Rise into the air near their inn. We were frightened but we rushed out and we could see an explosion in the Valley below although we could not hear it. It looked like fireworks said . Airliner crashed near Barni 40 Miles North of Milan. The Villas report was consistent with Rescue officials report that the crash occurred at the 2, 300-foot level of mount Crezzo a Mountain that drops off precipitously on one Side to Lake Como and its popular resorts near he Swiss  witnesses reported seeing the aircraft flying abnormally Low before the crash. There were also scat see plane on Page 26 Pilot killed in crash of stealth it Las vegas Nev. A an air Force plane that Pentagon sources said was a lop secret stealth fighter crashed in a rugged desert area killing the Pilot. The air Force confirmed thursday that there was a fatal crash wednesday evening but would t say what Type of plane had gone  a Pentagon official in Washington who asked not to be named described the plane As stealth fighter similar to a plane that crashed in 1986 in  source refused to discuss the conditions under who he plane disappeared and it  be Learned immediately whether the plane was on a training exercise or a flight  air Force major Victor Andrijauskas said the Pilot was killed when the plane crash Don the Nellis air Force gunnery Range about 8 45 . Wednesday. The crash was about 100 Mike Northwest of Las vegas and so Miles South of a secret air base where the air Force is known Tolest the stealth fighter Andrijauskas refused to say what kind of plane crashed but said the Pilot was the Only Crew member aboard the spokesman said the Pilot was assigned to Nellis but refused to say what fighter Wing hews attached to. A dispatcher for the Bureau of land manage ment said the Elm was notified of a fire in the area wednesday night and called the air Force which operates the sprawling Range. The Dis Patcher who refused to give her name said air Force officials asked the Bureau not to say where the fire was or How big it was the air Force generally releases the Type of aircraft and the number of Crew member aboard within hours of a crash. Andrijauskas refused to comment on the unusual  plane believed to be a stealth fighter crashed in july 1986 in the Western Sierra Nevada touching off a Iso acre Bushfire in Sequoia National Park. The crash occurred Abor 12miles Northeast of Bakersfield Calif jewish dissident arrives in Israel Jerusalem a Ida Nudel hailed As the guardian Angel of refuseniks for spending More than a decade fighting for the rights or jailed soviet jews arrived from Moscow to a crowd of thousands who chanted her name. Clasping her new israeli citizenship certificate to he heart and wiping tears from her eyes Nudel told the israelis who greeted her the moment came. I am on the soil of my people at  Nudel 56, had sought permission to emigrate fro the soviet Union for 16 years. She arrived at Ben Guenon International Airport aboard . Oil Magnat Annand Hammer s private Boeing 727 thursday night her sister Elena Fridman whom Nudel had no teen Tince 1971, boarded the plane for a Brief private inside stripes d 2 airline pilots charge Eastern unsafe. Page 5 q Navy says training Luck saved Stark Page 7 d nazi memories haunt Nuernberg s soldiers Field Page 9 q Battle of the hemlines focuses on miniskirt. Page 13 d world series fever hits twin cities sports Page 21 q nil players end strike return to teams sports Page 21 moment Nudel then Steppe Down from the plane her pet Collie beside  was welcomed by a shoulder to shoulder Crow that included american actress Jane Fonda and Israel leaders. Nudel was to meet wit visiting . Secretary of state George p. Snug to who sought her release and for Mer prime minister menace hem begin of Israel whose late wife Aliza campaigned on her behalf. She represents the Nudel strongest of jewish women foreign minister Shimon Peres told the crowd. Fonda also praised the 4-Fooml, grading Nudel Fornall she had done for dissident soviet jewish prison  authorities denied Nudel permission to Emi grate in 1971 although her Only living relative Frid Man was Given an exit visa to Israel. The soviets said Nudel was denied permission on the ground that she might have overheard state secrets while working As a bookkeeper at the Moscow Institute of hydrology and microbiological synthesis. In 1978, she was sentenced to tour years exile i Siberia for hanging a Banner on her Balcony which read Kab give me my , speaking to her israeli audience at the air. Port recalled "1 had some very Tough  Dollar continues its plunge from press Riipa Tawf London the Dollar sapped by the news of the Trade deficit for August continued its plunge on major european foreign exchanges thursday. Gold Rose. The american currency closed the Day in Frankfurt Al 1,8014 West German Marks Down from wednes Day s closing 1.8228, in Amsterdam Al 2.0250 Guilder against 2.0365, and in Milan Al 1,30 lire from the previous 1,314.90. In London the Pound Sterling gained nearly one full cent against the Dollar closing at $1.6640 against wednesday s closing $ 1.6s4s. The Dollar also closed lower in Zurich at 1.4890swiss francs Down from 1.5015,in Brussels at 37.7150 belgian francs against 37.32, and in Paris Al 6.0113from the previous 6.0330. In the earlier Tokyo Market the Dollar fell to 142.10 japanese yen Down from wednesday s final 143,95. The Dollar was falling in response to Washington report wednesday that the . Merchandise Trade deficit narrowed to Only $15.7 billion in August Dow from july s record of $16.$ billion but higher than the Market forecasts of Between $14 billion and $15 Bil lion. Gold Rose to close in Zurich at $466.50 an ounce from wednesday s close of 1460.50 and in London at j465 from 5460,50.silver Rase in Zurich to $7.90 an ounce from wednesday s $7.85 and in London to 17.86 from$7,83. Meanwhile in Washington the while House seek ing to Calm jittery financial markets. Thursday called interest rates significantly higher than can be Justi fied by current or existing inflation and predicted they would fall in the months to come