European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday november 17,1967 twisters hit Texas for 2nd straight Day Palestine Texas a More tornadoes broke out monday while nation Al guardsmen helped shattered towns re cover from a swarm of twisters that killed 11 people and injured at least 208 Over a 200-mile Swath of destruction in Texas and Louisiana. We arc i hard. A coi Lite a. Atomic bomb hit Don Harris manager of radio station Klis said Here after one of sunday s twisters lore a seven mile Swath through the West Side of town. What is left of Homes is nothing More i him the Concrete foundations Caldwell mayor William Broaddus said of a half mile wide path of destruction in his town. The Metal and Wood from barns siding is up in the Trees for  in Palestine which suffered some of the heaviest damage. Mayor Jack Sci Dan a few dozen families were homeless and about 86 businesses were damaged. A number of them Are severely damaged. I m not sure they re going to  the twisters inflicted heavy damage beginning at midday sunday from cast Central Texas just West of Austin to Tyler in the 5tslc$ to Ruhr a in uni i and into Louisiana. Two More tornadoes touched Down monday morning bringing the total to 18, but no More injuries were reported said Mike Cox spokesman for the department of pubic safely in Austin up to 8 inches of rain fell overnight in parts of Louisiana closing some High ways. It s supposed to continue this Way All Day. Well just have to wait and Sec what happens slate police sgt. Jerry Matthews said monday the twisters kilted 10 people and injured Al least 163 in Texas officials said. In Louisiana a Man died and at least 45 people were Hurt. Some people spent the night by Bon fires under intermittent rain to protect their properly. You just can t visualize what it was and what it ii  said . Kill Ebro or. Who stood nerd Al n Bonfire where his daughter s Home once stood. The same storm system was blamed for the West s first major snowstorm of the season which blew through Colorado and into Nebraska on sunday dumping up to 22 inches of now slowing Airport operations and closing some roads with a Cir Bliz Torii conditions. A Continental airlines Jet taking off from Denver s Stapleton International Airport during the storm flipped Over and broke apart killing 26 people and injuring 56. The Tornado thai blasted Palestine hit in mid afternoon. It was just a Complete Surprise we had no warning at All said do Lon shores who Rode out the storm with his wife and two Jons in their Small House. Across . 1$, John need and several other Palestine firefighters hid beneath tables Al a sub station. By the time we got out the door there were people run Ning Down the Street screaming Reed said. Greg Davis 20, pulled into a convenience store in Palestine because the sky had turned so dark he could t Sec. As soon As 1 pulled in the win started moving my car around David said. When it picked one Side of the car completely up 1 got up and made for the store within moments the store was destroyed. News briefs twin engine plane crash kills up to 8 in Wisconsin fort Atkinson wis. A a twin engine Turboprop slammed into a wooded Hillside monday killing As Many As eight people a spokesman for the Federal aviation administration said. There were no survivors said chief Deputy Mike Sullivan of the Jefferson county sheriffs department. The Beech aircraft corp. Aircraft was on its Way from Chicago to Baraboo wis., Faa spokesman Mort Edelstein said in Chicago. The Pilot was on his descent toward Bamboo when he radioed mayday mayday several  Edc Slein Saiu. Ii looks like eight  iranian boats reportedly attack tankers in Gulf area Manama Bahrain a iranian Speed boats attacked a .-owned supertanker and two other vessels loaded with saudi arabian crude monday in the Southern persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz shipping officials said. Shipping executives who spoke on condition of anonymity said a fourth vessel also put out a distress signal is minutes after the third attack tin its name was not Clear. The executives said the vessel reported it sustained Only minor dam age in the attack off tiie Southern emirate of Ras Al Ghaimah. The iranian attacks followed iraqi reports that their warplanes blasted two ships near the Irani an coast during the night. Iraq announced it put its  on full Alert and was poised to defeat iranian forces if they launch a widely expected offensive in the 7-year-old War. Shipping executives said two iranian Speed boats attacked the Esso free on off the emirate of Ras Al Ghaimah at 11 30 a.m., and about two hours later hit the greek flagged Tanker Filion l both attacks were in the Strait of Hormuz Gateway to the Gulf. Airman jailed for $10 videotape theft Bidav Edehl . Bureau Raf Mildenhall. England a third airman involved in stealing from mailbag was jailed for four months monday Tor Fil Ching two videotapes Worth s10. . Robert j. Boss admitted stealing the tapes from mailbag he handled in the 313th Aerial port so Security Cage where he worked. Al the end of the one Day anal military judge Mai. Clinton Pearson also look away the Wintersville Ohio airman s stripes and ordered him to give up 1400 of his 1808 monthly salary for four months. Boss 24, is the third Man to be convicted in a Gener Al court martial and jailed for stealing from mailbag atlhe3l3lh. On Friday airman Elwood Diamond was convicted of Sealine Cash traveler s checks and goods to the tune of More than $25,000. Pearson gave Diamond a four year sentence demotion lines and a discharge. Co worker . William a. Drake or. Drew a six month term fines and a discharge on oct. 29 Tor stealing clothing Worth about 1200. Boss was working with Diamond in october or no vember 1986 when he took the tapes according to court records. The two were loading pallets Tor ship ment when they checked the customs lag on the pack Ages to find out what was inside. Diamond opened a Box that contained clothing and six videotapes. Each of them took Home two of Fie tapes. The 313th handles afo mail flown aboard military Airlift come planes passing through the  at the 313th move the mail along with explosives classified material and drugs in Ana out of a Security Cage. Boss Drake and Diamond All stole from parcel that were locked up in the Security area where they worked All of the goods came from parcels Destine for Apo customers. Ont More airman from the 3 3 h is due to Eland trial next week for Mealing from the mail. Adviser classified advertising Coupon today on Page 12 from Page 1 a panel of witnesses with lower ranking Pentagon officials after he became Deputy National Security adviser the newspaper said. Powell assumed that Job in january. He was picked by Reagan earlier this month to re place National Security adviser Frank Carlucci who in turn was lapped to replace Weinberger. Weinberger who strongly opposed the sales of  to Iran has denied knowing of the november 1985 Hawk missile shipment. Meanwhile a Republican member of the House Iran Contra committee says the panels majority re port concludes that presidential appointees made mis takes but there were no significant failures in the . Policy making system. Rep. Bill Mccollum sunday said he disagrees with that conclusion and has included his criticisms and recommendations in a supplement that will be attached 10 the panel s final report. The report will be released Thi week a Ong with supplemental statements by a number of majority and minority members of the investigating committees. Mccollum said the majority s View in the report concludes that errors and mistakes were made of the political appointees of the president but no significant things occurred in the failure of the system thai contributed to the  people did make mistakes in judgment Mccol Lum said. But there were several significant failures in the  meanwhile the Mew York times reported that the Iran Contra congressional committees Are expected to recommend in their final report that National Security advisers should no be selected from among the ranks of military officers according  officials. The officials said the recommendation will be among the proposals made when the panel releases in 450-Page report. The recommendation was decided on by the committees Al about the same time that Reagan appointed Powell to be National Security adviser the third Lime Reagan has turned to a military officer to till that Post. National Security advisers Are not subject to Senate confirmation bul members of Congress have warmly praised Powell s appointment. At least 8 die 50 Hurt As swedish trains collide Goteborg Sweden a two express Passen Ger trains collided head on Al a suburban station Mon Day killing at least eight people and injuring 50 others police and witnesses said. A reporter for swedish radio said he saw about 25 people taken away in ambulances. One engine and a passenger car were set ablaze. Crash from Page 1 maybe six said Navy i. Curtis Renfro an aviation maintenance officer who saw the crash from another Continental flight Landing on a parallel runway. The last Lime i saw it the planet we grossly listed. He was actually up on his starboard Wing. When that happens the Pilot tries to flip to left to Correct. He May have overcompensated said rent Kevin Fleming Airport operations manager said about an eighth of an Inch of wet Snow was on the runway bul conditions were Normal for heavy Snow storms at Stapleton. He said some run ways were closed and some flights were delayed but there were no other prob lems with departures before the Inci  asked monday whether the Airport should have been closed Stapleton spokesman Richard Boulware said on Abc to s today show i Don t be Lieve so no. There were no  Fleming said northerly winds closed the East West runways but the crash occurred on a North South runway which would probably not have been affected. Continental airlines spokesman Bruce Hicks said at a news conference monday that the air plane was de iced less than an hour before departure. Bob Johnson chief of the National transportation safety Board s Denver office said up to 50 investigators May be involved in the next seven to 10 Days. The plane s Black Box containing cockpit voice and data recorders was recovered and being held for the investigators but Johnson said a report on the probable cause May not be available for months the right Wing dropped and we veered to the right said passenger Fred h. Help Enstall a 56-year-old physician from Nampa Idaho. Then the left Wing dropped and we veered to the left and  Al least nine flights five United and four continent a were cancelled Mon Day morning because the airlines could not get enough planes into Denver after the crash shut the Airport for several hours sunday Airport officials said. With the exception of the runway where the crash occurred All runways were open monday said Boulware