European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 22. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 air plane lands on belly after wheels Jam Ylma. An. Api a sky Cal air Linos commuter plane carrying 16 people landed on ils hell and Slid 2,100 letdown a Puma inner National Airport run Way sunday Afler its Landing gear locked up on a Flagstaff to Phoenix night. Noone was injured. The 21-seat mid propeller plane suffered Only minor damage in the Landing at Yuma International Airport said Ronic bar. A sky West vice president at the airline s Headquarters in St. George Utah. Marine corps firefighters doused a smoking engine and Tail Section with foam hut there was no fire a spokesman for the Yuma Marine c corps air station which shares two runways with the air Pon. Said. Passengers praised the Pilot and a sky West customer representative who had been aboard. One passenger identifying herself Only As Anna said she had been looking after an 11-year-old girl who was flying alone. I told her to hang onto my hand and close her  she said i was going Home for the holidays and i will make  another passenger. Northern Arizona University student Joan Sakamo Toof Hilo. Hawaii said As she waited for a flight to Phoenix. I assure you 1 w ill make it. Passengers said the customer representative Andy Niero made sure they were buckled in and told them to keep their Heads Between their legs As the plane landed. You were All a pretty Cool group retold the passengers after the Landing. Two cranes hoist a commuter passenger plane off a Yuma International Airport runway Afler it made a wheels up Landing. The passengers popped the doors open systems for lowering its Landing gear after the plane slopped and left the plane worked for the main left Landing gear without further incident. Most Passen he said. A third method opening the door Over the gear and letting Gravity Gers boarded other flights Back to Phoe Nix later in the Day Reber said. Neither of the plane s two Hydraulic pull the wheel out. Also did not work he said. The cause of the Landing gear failure was not immediately known. The fed eral aviation administration and National transportation safety Board sent experts to inspect the plane Ai the Airport Reber said. Hart s re entry provides Field Day for comedians Washington a political punters an joke writers for . Late night talk show hosts glee fully wrung their hands at the news of Gary Han s stunning re entry into the presidential Campaign. Virtually the minute Hart made the announce ment last week the Hart attack jokes were in i reworks Many of them of a sexual nature. Capitol Hill snickered at jokes that Hart s wife. Lee has a new Campaign Button. Trust but verify a parody combining Hart s reputation and the . Attitude toward soviet compliance with the recently signed arms control pact. Jokes circulated that Hart s new Campaign manager is or. Ruth Westheimer a popular sex adviser his new pollsters Are sex therapists masters and John son and his Campaign plan is to win one for the Zipper a take Olton a line Ronald Reagan used Ina movie in which he played football player George Gipp. In the movie the team wanted to win one for the  the Hart news was a Bonanza for late night to writers. David Letterman s audience roared thurs Day night when he announced that along with regular features such As stupid pet tricks we set aside a few minutes every night for Gary Hart  i m just glad the Guy s dating again Letterman deadpanned. Television talk show Host Johnny Carson noted that Hart has no Slaff and no Money and his new Campaign slogan is. I can t give you anything but love baby " saturday night live a late night comedy variety show co hosted this weekend by rival democratic presidential hopeful sen. Paul Simon was Rife with Hart material. It repeated a mock commercial shown earlier in the television season in which a blonde woman Mel dramatically threw Hart s picture on the floor and ripped his poster from her Wall. But then a shadowy Man in a suit entered the room and they embraced passionately As an announcer s voice said Gary Hart you can t get him out of your  by tuesday evening a Washington comedy Troup the Capitol Steps had incorporated Hart into their satirical singing spoofs. When it comes to humor Gary Hart is climbing Back on top again said the group s Bill Strauss paraphrasing a line from one song that parodies Hart s relationship with Model Donna Rice. Hart was sidelined for seven months after disclosure of that alleged Liaison and his announcement that he would reactivate his democratic Campaign look most of the political world by Surprise. Carson referred to wednesday s rare Snow in los Angeles equipping Gary Hart said a Little prayer yesterday before announcing his decision. He said dear god. If i m doing the wrong thing let it Snow in California " in a reference to the notorious photos showing Rice sitting on Hart s Lap. Carson said Hart is campaigning in a red suit that Way he can claim to be Santa c Laus if spotted with a woman on his  Carson s audience groaned As he continued it looks As though the democratic nomination will fall in his Lap. That is. If there s  and Letterman noted thai Hart intends to apply to the Federal election commission for Federal Matching funds of about is million to help finance his Campaign. Letterman added. It was also Dis closed today he has also applied for Matching  Strauss said his troupe also has a new bit staling that if Hart s elected they re going to have to create new positions and maybe even whole new wings at the White House for the first lady second lady third lady toys for needy children stolen by Ohio Grinch Wooster. Ohio a the toy stealing storybook character known As the Grinch or someone with an equally dim View of Christmas has made olt w Ith several thousand dollars Worth of toys donated for needy children. The toys were to have been Given to families in the Wooster area on monday and tuesday said Jean Phillipi director of people to people ministries. It s just like How the Grinch stole Christmas " Philippi said Afler the Dis covery saturday that the toys were miss ing from the people to people Ware House. This has never happened  Phillipi said. I just Don t understand How anyone could do this. It s really frustrating. Volunteers reported the toys had been locked up Friday. But during the night thieves broke in through a window and stole every new toy. Leaving behind Sec Ond hand toys. Phillipi said. She Esti mated the loss at $-1.000 to $5,000. " they had to know exactly what they were dome because they took Only  Phillipi said. They took m our dolls. We had some Beautiful doll Sand stuffed  people to people had planned to give toys to nearly 700 children from 300 families this year in the Wooster area in northeastern Ohio. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 22. Is 47 armed bands swept through Palestine killing eight people and wounding a score or More. The jewish defense Force. Havanah. Claimed that a stale of Complete anarchy existed in the Arab areas. 30 years ago today. Dec. 22, 1157 _ Nikita s. Khrushchev rejected the North Atlantic treaty organization proposal for a foreign ministers disarmament conference and called again for an East West Summit meeting. The soviet Leader called for an agreement that would outlaw War Between capitalism and communism. 20 years ago today. Dec. 22, l%7 Louis Rashkansky. Who won a second Chance at life with a woman s transplanted heart died of respiratory failure caused by pneumonia 10 years ago today. Dec. 22, 1477 the death toll from Iran s latest e Rah quake Rose to s4. Hundreds were reported injured