European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday March 12,1988pass Zaff a Prince Charles avoids Avalanche Cable car at 2285m major Lindsay and mrs Palmer Tomkinson caught by Avalanche four members of party including Prince Charles take avoiding action Kloster Switzerland a an Avalanche roared Down on Prince Charles s skiing party thursday killing a Clon Friend. The future British King was unhurt but n witness said he trembled and wept As a Rescue helicopter arrived. Swiss official had warned earlier thursday of possible avalanches in the area. The dead skier was identified As maj Hugh Lindsay 34, a former aide o Queen Elizabeth ii he Prince s Mother Buckingham Palace said another skier Patricia Palmer Tomkinson suffered leg injuries. Press association the British Domestic news Agency said Charles helped dig the victims out or the Snow. Charles was not injured and his wife Diana and pregnant sister in Law the Puchett or York were Safe in a chalet at the Lime of the Avalanche. There were Calls in Britain for Mem bars or the Royal family to Lake More care. Press association said the Dutches or York inc wife of Prince Andrew had a tall earlier in the Day from which she emerged wet and shaken. She was told to spend he afternoon resting. Prince Andrew was not on he ski trip. Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip were attending an official engagement in London when informed or the Avalanche. The Queen later talked to Charles 39, at the Alpine chalet where the Royal party has stayed since arriving tuesday. Witnesses on Ibe Mountain a Dcharles looked distraught after the Avalanche buried two of the six people in his party. One said he was weeping handshaking when the helicopter came. Buckingham Palace said Charles and the old arc were off the main ski trails near an extremely � a run and were stationary when the Enow began to move. Charles has vacationed in the Koslen ski area Tor years knows it Well and is considered Good on lie slopes. The party including a guide we on mount cot Schawang when the Snow rushed Down from about 100 Yards above at 2 50 p.m., local officials said. Lindsay and Palmer Tomkinson were flown to a Hospital in Davos. According to the Palace statement All members of he party were in a Posi Tion to take avoiding action with the exception of maj Lindsay and mrs. Pit or Tomkinson who were both caught in the  Hanspeter Kirchhofer an investigating Misici Snite in Davos Ned my. Path or Tomk Mson was being treated for Frac Tures of both legs and was doing Well under the  Lindsay was the 12th Snow slide victim or the Winter in Switzerland. Waldheim regrets austrian nazi crimes Enna Austria a president Kurt Wald run Imam Tig Iliia sinn Chalian by Ger Many 50 years ago i Hurire Riff Fqy  committed by austrian nazis but ignored tits own Ivov Crial Warl inc Post. We must not forget that Many of the worst nazi hangmen were Aust nans Waldheim said in a Tele Vii cd speech there were austrians who were victim Sand others who were perpetrators. Obviously Here Ujj no collective guilt for the crimes committed by Austria the cleared. Nevertheless As head of slate of Austria i wish to apologize omitted by austrians la was the first 4tattffi i a Ald Icin has used such language in  Austria s share Ingrid the holocaust him did not acknowledge limit iwo years ago that he served in world War ii in a German army unit implicated in wartime atrocities and he has resisted pressure 10 resign since it became  president insisted that  a Gjata Austria was to Sel Lka Jurf Imseis nazi troops invaded on March Ujj Jpn nil Miu or then re turned in  his Nauni by  of countrymen. Ppr no 1938, the nazis said 99 percent of Austri. Approved the anschluss or annexation in a nationwide vote. More than half a million austrian joined the nazi party and Many of the brutal guards in the concentration Camp were aus Rivas. Austria s nazi past largely suppressed Here Over the pail four decades has dogged Iii Neutral coun try since the disclosure in March 1986 of Waldheim s wartime service. Vienna s socialist mayor. Helmut Zilk opening an exhibition looking 1  Weging on a 1 the display. Zilk charged the coalition government of socialist and conservatives had behaved like a dog dial Shako off fleas by shrugging off the exhibit. He speculated Aid was withheld because the conservatives objected to descriptions of the prewar rightist "1 Austro fascism by liberals and social in his pc Cal i a mint Cal unmentioned his War time Yean in Yugu Ghl television actor item and crash from Page 1 a car wreck. So even though e did t know them there More of a feeling of loss than with other news  army crash investigators listened to air traffic control tapes and interviewed witnesses in an Effort to learn Ibe cause of inc Accident. Spokesmen said specifics would not be released until a full report Wai made probably within 90 Days. One of the helicopters was leading a formation of three uh-60 Black Hawks headed East at an Altitude of about 250 feel toward the Airfield investigators Laid. The Lead aircraft was struck broadside by another Lack Hawk that was flying alone about six Miles from the Airfield. The remaining two aircraft were not dim aged and landed safely. The formation of three helicopters was resuming infantry in oort from a live fire exercise said fort Campbell spokesman maj. Randy j. School. Aircraft flying Over the reservation under visual flight rules u the tour copter were Are not generally tracked by control Tower radar and ire responsible for avoiding each other school said. The pilots were wearing night vision goggles thai amplify available Light and were supposed to have been in radio Contact with the fort s control lower the array spokesman said. Generally the helicopters running fights Are dimmed to Ibe Point where they Are not visible to the naked Eye but they Are obvious to someone wearing goggles Schoel said