European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 20, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 Waite being held in Beirut papers report Beirut Lebanon api the Brit ish ambassador said anglican Church envoy Terry wait. To disappeared a year ago is being hclu1 somewhere in pre dominantly Shine moslem South Beirut two newspapers reported tuesday. The British government has not received any soil information about Waite i whereabouts ambassador John Gray was quoted As saying by the As Sadr and the French language l on Cut be Jour newspapers. But we know that he is still Olive and held somewhere in the Southern suburbs of Beirut the papers quoted him As saying Gray s remarks name on the eve of the firs anniversary of wait s disappear Ance after leaving a san Side hotel in mos Lem West Beirut for St rendezvous with the captors of two americans. South Beirut is a stronghold of Irani an backed extremists that Are believed to be holding wait and most of the 20other foreigners missing and feared kid napped in Lebanon. Gray Laid the Brit ish government does not have any of fers or proposals to in pc in the captors but he also said he was involved in contacts with people believed to have lies with those holding Wailer. There would be no deals with the terrorists and they must kno v that there is no Benefit for them in keeping Waite Cray was quoted As saying. A year 18� wednesday. Winic vanished in Beirut becoming cd another casually of the hostage crisis he wat straggling to re in m Jan. 20, 1987, photo Terry Waite in Back sent rite Tono Beirut stints with Badju Uidl shortly before he the Ifred the Anglian Lenray has t Oceen seen since. Solve. He was on his fifth trip to Lebanon. He left instructions with the archbishop of Canterbury the most Rev. Robertr untie the Church of England Spiri Tual Leader to make no fescue attempt or Ransom payment if he was kidnapped. Wait to had tallied about stepping Down As Runcie s Persona envoy because of the danger and pressure of the Job. Hostage negotiation is not a Job Youcan do forever he said. It s not a level of acceptable pressure that you can live with far the next 20 years his disappearance remains a mystery. No group claimed responsibility for kid napping him. No photograph of Waile or messages from him have emerged. But Many Church officials including Kuncic say they believe he. Is alive. During the weekend London sunday express quoted Sheik Mohsmmed Hussei Fadlallah As saying wait and other foreign hostages were being treated property but there could not be any Progress toward freeing them until after president Reagan leaves office next january. Fadlallah. Spiritual head of the pro iranian Hezbollah later denied giving a interview to the sunday express. But observers in the Middle East said Fadlalla made similar remarks in interviews with arabic publications recently stressing he had no control Over the kidnappers an that he deplored hostage liking. The 130-Pound, 6-fool-7 Waric whom the arabs dubbed big  Wai last see leaving the Riviera hotel on Jan. 20,19b7. He went to try 10 make Contact with islamic jihad a pro iranian Shi Ilc fac Tion that in 1985 kidnapped Terry an Derson chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press and Thomas Sutherland acting Dean of Agri Eulaure at he american University in Beirut. Wait already had helped 10 free three americans the Rev. Benjamin Weir there. Lawrence Jenco and David Jacobsen and was reported to be principally Beck ing Freedom for Anderson and Sutherland. In addition to Waite 20 foreigners including eight americans Are missing i Lebanon and believed kidnapped. An Derson 40. Has been held the longest lie was abducted March 16. 1983. Suther land was kidnapped june 9,1983.waile was first sent to Beirut in late 19s5 after four . Hostages wrote to runic seeking his help. Waite had made his Mark As a skillful negotiator by persuading Iran to free three British missionaries in i9&1. In 1984, he negotiated the release of four britons held in Libya for nearly nine months after a police siege of the libyan embassy in London. 6 persons killed in 4 separate plane crashes by the associated press four Small planes crashed in fog killing at least six people in four slates officials said. Three people died in a crash near Southern Illinois Airport at Ca Bondak. While crashes in Houston St. Louis and Little Rock. Ark., each killed one person. At least nine people were injured in monday s crashes. In Illinois n private twin engine air plane flying latin ugh dense fog crashed and exploded in a Ball of fire in a wooded area just North 0 the Airport police said. All three people aboard died there was a lot of fog Down Here and he would pc misjudged the runway and come in too Low and hit a tree said stale i til ire ski. Ray Lichliter the three were students at Southern Illinois univer sity at Carbondale and ranged from Ages 18 to 21, said Jackson county sheriffs sol. Dave Nichols. In Arkansas at least one person was killed when a Small plane crashed near Lillic Rock air Force base said Sherry Raincy a spokeswoman for the Kujaski county sheriffs office the plane was no a military Craft and Little Rock s civilian Airport had been closed because of fog officials said. Outside is Louis the Pilot of a twin engine Piper Cheyenne was killed after the plane grazed a garage attached to a House in fog and crashed monday eve Ning near Lambert Airport officials said. A woman and her 9-Monlh-old Niece who were in Side the House escaped injury fire officials said. Dam age to the House was moderate. Three passengers were taken 10 hospitals for injuries. Coming into port the . Nam guard training. _. Nice by a welcoming escort or smaller end Glide into the Harbor in us the opera House at Sydney Australia tuesday. The vessel took put in a tall ships ran to Mirk the Bicentennial of the arrival of the first English settlers Down under. The plane registered to an Alexandria ala., burst into flames after the crash in the unincorporated Community of Robertson less than a mile notch Wisl of the Airport said St. Louis county police Sam Smith air traffic manager for flight sen ice Al Lambert said that although the Airport was shrouded by fog visibility at the Lime of the Accident was about4,5001001, Well above minimum for Landing. The plane dropped from the scope about a mile Oft the runway which is Normal Smith said. When the plane did t appear on the runway we knew some thing had  Houston authorities said a private Jet on a flight from Monterrey Mexico crashed in a marshy Field near a runway at the Airport killing one and injuring  came in hit the Trees and broke in  police la. Kenneth Ginn said. Soviets provide american couple political Asylum Moscow a two americans who came 10 the soviet Union As tourists have been Gran cd political Asylum a soviet official said today. Foreign ministry spokesman Gennady i. Crasi mov identified the americans As Theodore Branch 43, and Cheryl Branch 40, of Pennsylvania and said they were granted Asylum by the presidium of the supreme soviet the nation s parliament. Lap geared from Gerasimov s remarks Al a government news briefing that the americans were married but he did not say whether icy have children. Gerasimov identified them As experts in the Field of mass communications but gave no other  in the United slates and did Golgi pc their hometowns. He said the two wrote the presidium to say that in the soviet Union priority is Given to Law and order legislation provides equal opportunities Anil possibilities for All which is an alternative to Capi  Gerasi nov said the couple1 came to the soviet Union late last year and declared their unwilling Ness to return to the United states and asked for permission to live Here As  the soviet spokesman said the two will be provided with jobs and housing