European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside tribes d Presidio child care Center closing Page 5 d service honors Gas killed in a Day rehearsal Page 9 g saints upset 49ers in pro football sports Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for vol .46. No 213 tuesday november 17,1987 d 8693 a 26 die 56 injured As Airliner crashes on Takeoff in Denver Denver a a coming Neal airlines Jet with 82 people aboard flipped on its Back while taking off from Denver s Airport in a snowstorm sunday and skidded along the runway killing at least 26 people and injuring 56 More authorities said. Rescue work was hampered by ice and falling Snow. Visibility was poor and some survivors were trapped inside the wreckage for More than five hours before they could be rescued authorities Al Staple Ian International Airport said. Twenty one people who suffered Only minor injuries were Able to walk away from the Erash officials said. The dc-9 series 10 twin engine Jet Fli Glit 1713. Was carrying 77 passengers and five Crew members from Denver to Boise. Idaho according to Norm Avery a Public affairs officer at the Airport. Continental spokesman Ned Walker said the night originated in Oklahoma City and the crash took place shortly after 2 . It s too Early to speculate on anything that could have occurred to make the plane Rasli Walker said. National transportation safety Board chairman James Burnett and nine Washington based investigator will Fly to Denver to investigate the crash a tuft spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said. A very said 26 people had died in the crash and the other 56 aboard were injured. Or Peter i on at Den ver general Hospital said three survivors were in Crit ical condition. Rescue workers set up emergency lights on the run Vevay and used electric saws to remove wreckage in a frantic Effort to Rescue survivors. The fast bodies were nol pulled from the wreckage until about seven hours sea Denver on Page 28 rescuers free trapped Pussy Fiken from crashed Continental Airliner at Denver s slip Luton Airport. 9 killed 137 Hurt in Texas twisters Caldwell. Texas a Torna does Cut a Swath of destruction across More than 200 Miles of Eastern Texas on sunday leveling scores or Homes and buildings and leaving nine people dead and Al least 137 injured. Heavy damage emended from Casl Central Texas just West of Austin to the Tyler area in the state s Northeast Cor Ner and into Louisiana. Sixty five Texas counties were under a Tornado watch or warning As Well Asp arts of Northern Louisiana and Central and Southern Arkansas. Several Peop e were reported trapped inside a convenience Szorc in Shrek upon la., when a Tornado brought Down the roof. Some of the heaviest damage occurred at Palestine about 120 Miles Southeast of Dallas where an elementary school and two churches were levelled dozens of Homes were destroyed and an estimated 100 to 150 buildings were damaged from a twister thai Cut a so Van Milc Long Swath through town in some places As wide Asa mile. At least one person was reported killed in Palestine and at least 36 were injured Anderson county officials said. Several Homes were knocked off a Hill and onto . 79. Var. Arc Hil hard. It looks like an atomic bomb Hil said Don Karris manager of Palestine radio station Klis. Lone Star Gas co. Shut off Gas to the Western Section of the City and about half Llic town was without electricity. Two people were killed and Al least 75 were injured about 4 . In the area of Jacksonville 25 Miles Northeast of pales Tine most of the injuries were minor officials said. Two people were killed in Caldwell about 60 Miles Northeast of Austin and eight were injured none seriously when twister Cut a 16-mile Swath through Burleson county officials said Caldwell mayor William Broaddus said that in the Tornado s half mile wide path the destruction is  what is left of Homes is nothing More than the Concrete  Broaddus said. The Metal and Wood from barns. Siding is up in the Trees for  two people were killed in nor Manocc about 50 Miles Northeast of Caldwell when a Tornado touched Down shortly after 2 . Two others were injured. Two others died in a Tornado near Whitehouse near Tyler. Several Torna does touched Down in the area sunday afternoon. Four other people were injured. In Giddings about 20 Miles Southwest of Caldwell seven people were injure from Tornado associated damage. One person was a cloned missing in Leon several Mobile Homes were reported see Texas on Page 28 envoy confident inf treaty will be ready Geneva a the chief , negotiator Tiu superpower arms talks said sunday he is confident s draft treaty scrapping Al intermediate Range missiles will be ready for Neil month s .-soviet Summit in Washington. Max Kampman spoke to report editor two Days of talks with the chief Law for negotiator Kiili Vorontsov. The Sci tiny Immon Jned last week i Moscow Are aimed Acuff moving remaining obstacles toward the  arms pact that president Rea Gan and  Mikhail Gorbachev Are to sign at the det to Summit. Ils have said details of verification or Ami cheating provisions still have to cd Yanit a reporter if he thinks All Ouw questions can be resolved by dec. 7, Kampelman s Sci i do believe  n declined comment in Points of an in draft that still need work but he said that stringent verification measures arc essential fur Senate ratification of a treaty. Government sources in Washington have spoken of 25 to 35 outstanding issues of huh four or live were termed act  the main dispute is id to concern inc Maui Moscow has provided on the number and location of ss-20 interim dial Range missiles Ihrl have not been declined. Another . Concern cited is that the soviets might i tilt Mph m Nix life. The ss-2s, a Lunger Range weapon that Feu some is Milan i in. To tin is ius that Are to be scrapped