European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 17, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Sailor s return Seaman John Hrin Rrt h welcomed in Long Bench calif., by his wife Sharon and daughter Nocke 6 months from escort duly aboard inc guided Fri Ite crammed in in the persian Gulf. Eastern pilots testify airline lax on safety Washington Fah a paid of Eastern airline pilots told Congress thursday that he air Carrier has repeatedly forced them and others to Fly unsafe planes with one saying his nerves Are shaken by manage ment s Altitude toward safety. An Eastern official however said the airline would never coerce a Pilot 10 use an aircraft with a problem and chalked the complaints up to a Labner manage Menf dispute. Pilots James r. Sexton and Donald my Flurcy told inc Senate Commerce science and transportation committee thai they believe the pressure they have Felt comes from a desire by Eastern management to Cut costs and increase profits. Henry a. Duffy president of the 40,000-Mcmber air line pilots association and himself a Delia air lines Pilot Well one Slop further saying competitive pressures throughout the airline Industry have led to ears and a Topeka correspondent Lew Ferguson. Was Given a ride to a subway station. One of his companions Michael Griffith. 23, died after he was struck by a car allegedly after being chased onto the Highway. Grimes was the firs of the . 20 incident to testify. Jon j. Lester 18, and Scott Kern 18, arc charged with murder and lesser crimes in the ease while Jason Ladona 16. And Michael Pirony 17, Are charged with manslaughter and other crimes. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 17, 1947 French foreign minister Georges bid Lull warned the soviets thai France might merge its occupation zone of Germany with the . And British zones if the november big four foreign minister con Ference failed to produce agreement on the economic Unity of Germany 30 years ago today. Oct. 17, 1957 West Germany said it intended to break off diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia in retaliation for its decision to recognize communist East Germany. 20 years ago today. Oct. 17, 1967 cuban prime minister Fidel Cas Iro said in a radio broadcast thai his former right hand Man Ernesto Che Guevara had been killed by the bolivian army As Bolivia earlier claimed. 10 years ago today. ,. Oct. 17. 1977 a him ked West German Airliner with 87 hostages aboard landed at Aden Yemen. Al most four hours earlier a Hijacker had held a gun to the head of a passenger and m shoot if the plane was not cleared to take Oil from Dubai. United Arab Emira ifs
