European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes wednesday january 20,1988 Airliner crash in China kills All 108 aboard Beijing a a Domestic Airliner crashed in southwestern China killing All 10 people aboard. Inc official Xinhua news Agency reported sunday. The civil aviation administration of China said an engine defect caused Southwest China airlines flight m6 from Beijing to crash at 10 5 . Monday five Miles from the Airport in Chongqing. Sichuan province. The Xinhua report i wed nearly ii hours after the disaster said four of the passengers on right 4146 were foreigners three japanese and a Brilon. The . Embassy in Beijing said no americans were on Board. Spain proposes new ties to nato sources say Brussels Belgium a less than a week Afler ordering inc expulsion of a u a. Fighter bomber unit from a base near Madrid. Spain has proposed forcing new military its to nato diplomatic sources said tuesday. Spain s ambassador to the North Atlantic treaty Organ Raylion Jaime stay Home tuesday because Road Crews did t think they would be Able to keep up with the blowing and Drifting Snow in the Southeastern part of the stale said gubernatorial aide Dennis Curran. We Don i think anyone can gel to work or get Home if Ibey gel Many Federal of flicks and businesses also closed in inc Cheyenne area. Up 10 i inches of Snow Tell overnight at Pickstown in South Central South a Kola closing dozens of schools and blocking roads. Ain Suonh. Neb., had up to a fool of new Snow and North plane had 7 inches. More than 20 inches piled up monday at Monlin cello in Southern Utah 17 inches at Flagstaff ariz., and up to 2 feel in the Siena Nevada in Northern califor Nia the weather service said. Purgatory ski area in Colorado got 2s Inch. An 18-Inch snowfall monday in Durango in Colorado s Southwest mountains soul the Airport left can looking like igloos and prompted pedestrians to Wear skis. On monday for the first time in 20 Yean Durango s Public schools closed because of weather conditions. Truckers hoping to keep ahead of the storm roared through Southeastern Wyoming on monday. It seems to me thai they re All trying to Laid Katana Lewis at Art s truck terminal outside Cheyenne they Don l want to gel stuck in Southern California engineers were worried about the stability of Seaside structures on a stretch of coastline from Malibu. About 30 Miles Northwest of los Angeles to Laguna Beach about 50 Miles South. They wondered whether the structures could withstand another bar rage of 20-fool Waves like Ibe one hat hit sunday night and monday. The storm caused an estimated j15 million damage just to Public facilities Al Redon Iio Beach acne 20 Miles South of downtown Iris Angeles we arc looking at the wont damage this Harbor has Ever suffered Aid Bat Talion chief Pat Aust of the Redondo Beach fire department. We have undermining of the str Cliine liability Oso gemini r in of Ine buildings other preliminary damage estimates were si.5 million in Laguna Beach and s3 million in Huntington Beach. Al the exclusive Malibu Colony inc Waves dumped Sand into celebrity Homes such As Singer Joni Mitchell s Beach House which i on the Market for $ j million. Officials in san Diego declared a countywide stale of emergency and i mated damages it is million including i 175.000 at the City i zoo which dosed monday for the first Lime in its 72-year history. San Diego Gas & electric co workers hoped to restore Power tuesday to the last of about 400,000 customer who had. Outages spokesman Maurice the Deal i blamed on the weather week included 10 people killed in five plane crushes blamed on fog in Arkansas California Illinois. Missouri Aad on icy roads killed five people in Missouri and iwo in Nebraska. Three people were found in a car buried by a Snow Avalanche in the Angeles National Forest about 30 Miles Northeast of lot Angeles
