European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday april 1,1988 crashes near German nuclear Plant Landshut West Germany a a French Jel fighter crashed and Cip Lod cd wednesday near a nuclear Power Plant but officials said the facility could have withstood the Force of the Impact if the plane had hit it. The Pilot of the Mirage Jet fighter was killed when his plane went Down is 9 20 . About a mile from the Isar Plant Al the bavarian Village of thu. Federal and slate officials said the Concrete domes covering West German nuclear plants Are Strong enough to with stand a direct nil from a plummeting Airliner so there was no risk of a nuclear Accident. News briefs there was no danger at the Power Lan said Edith Voli. Spokeswoman or the stale ruin bavarian utilities in Munich. The Complex is protected by heavy Concrete Walls and the reactors Are Safe from plane the Mirage bum Inlo flames and exploded on Impact spreading debris Overa wide area police said. The fighter took off from the Suras Bourg eni Neim air base outside of Strasbourg. France and a on a totally routine Low Ali Irude Mission according to a French air Force spokesman who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with defense ministry regulations. The French defense ministry identified the Pilot Aill Thierry Millet. 26, and Aid he was not flying unusually Low or close to a nuclear facility. France has military forces based in wot Germany and its military aircraft frequently Fly training missions Over West German territory. Anti nuclear activists used the Inci Dent to renew criticism of atomic Power Plant and of Low level military night that Are common Over Bavaria. Opposition social democrats in a Varia Laid they would bring the matter up for debate. This u proof that the authorities have underestimated the dangers posed by military Irain flights Aid Dietmar Frankc. A social democratic state Delegate. The Plant at thu is an 870-Meuwatl Isar i reactor which began producing electricity in 1977. Isar ii 11,300-Rnega Watt reactor that it also looted in Theana is not Yel on line officials did. Military air Rao we bund from flying Over nuclear Power Punu according 10 Alfoni Metzger a spokesman for the bavarian Interior ministry in Bonn defense ministry official said there were no Sun indicating the French Pilot had ailed to adhere to those Rogu Milioni. Crew escapes As Raf Jet crashes in Nevada Nellis fab Nev. Up1 a British Ramjet fighter crashed wednesday on the a lit fab Range 125 Miles North of Las vegas while participating in a training exercise. An air Force spokesman said both crewmen ejected and were under medical care. Their names were not immediately released. The dawned aircraft was part of a detachment of jets from an Raf unit based at Luuba Nice West Germany participating in an exercise called Green Flag at Nellie. Anti Noriega strike beginning to fall apart Panama City Panama a supermarkets pharmacies and Small shop opened Tor the first time in 10 Days wednesday As a nationwide strike aimed at toppling Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega began to fall apart. Despite the defections Alberto Boyd presi Dent of the National Council of private enter prise said he and other strike Leaden were no tending their Effort to get rid of Noriega. In Washington the Reagan administration said it is considering new sanctions to Force no Riega out but it appeared no action was Immi nent. The reopening of Ibe capital s supermarkets signalled the first crack in the work stoppage that closed an estimated 90 percent of the nation business and Industry 9-year-old Pilot begins Cross country flight Santa Ana Calif. Up a 9-year-Oldboy who needs a Booster scat to Sec out of his father s plane look off wednesday on a scheduled 10-Day attempt to become the youngest Pilot to Fly across the United Stales and Back. Tony Aliengena grabbed a map and checklist from his father and after hugging his parents at John Wayne Airport climbed Imo a twin engine plane with his night instructor and an observer from the National aeronautics association. British troops returning from falklands exercise Stanley Falkland islands a British soldiers began rerun King Home wednesday from the first major military Creise held by Brita Inin the Falkland islands since it freed them from Argentine occupation in 1982. The deployment of nearly 1,000 troops in a exercise code named Fin focus began March 7 and military officials said it ended with no injuries and no accidents the Maneu vers involved bringing troops planes and equipment 8,000 mile from Britain Argentina and other latin american nation denounced the exercise Ai aggression. Panel backs inf treaty ratification Washington a the Senate foreign relations committee recommended overwhelmingly wednesday thai the Senate ratify a historic treaty 10eliminate ail Vas. And Range nuclear weapons. This is a Small step Way from tilt Videar Brink sen. Alan Cranston o-Calif., said afler11 tee il7-2vqte. It Means lie elevator of nuclear finally trip and hopefully descend Lee Cha Inlet sen. Claiborne Pell o Cranston said Bis Bead no More than five senators will vote Aga Pat us intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty we Kanthe full Senate takes it up probably late this of filth. Ratification requires Atwo thirds Senate Cru Jehly 67 votes if All 100 senators represent and voting. The votes inside the committee we recast by Sens. Jesse Helms , and Larry Freyler . Helms has worked vigorously id derail the treaty the resounding commit Uannote papered Over a bit Ter partisan Dick Utumen amendment added to the treaty on Tuo Jupa with the of assuring that the e wet cannot be reinterpreted by � fun without the up neral of Congress. Moderate republicans said the amendment. Represented a partisan Jab Al president Reagan and his administration s Reimer Patalion of the 1972 Antt bal lit ii Wii Silc treaty to permit the deployment of the Sti Megic to knee initiative missile defense of i lawmakers said the controversy May cause them to Reasch their support of the treaty an Cranston said he May be wilting to search Tor a Cam Promise when the Senate deities the treaty signed dec. 8 by Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev requires both sides to destroy within three Yean Oil nuclear armed missiles with a Range of 300 Miles to 3,400 Miles. Swaggart from Page 1 peal to the National tree Fay said the National presbytery might dismiss Swaggart from the denomination if be returned pie acting May 22, bin that Swaggart could Appeal that. Juleen Turnage a spokeswoman for the National office of the assemblies of god in Springfield mo., said Swaggirt s option to return after three months does not it anymore the general presbytery and with out a dissenting vote affirmed Ibe authority of the executive presbytery to make decisions on matter concerning ministerial credentials she said although the 13-rnember executive presbytery which acts As the Church Board of directors interrupted its regular bimonthly meeting to watch Tracy televised Newt conference Tum age said we Don t con Der that we be heard from Jimmy Swiggart be cause we Don t communicate through tej Evison news conferences with our disciplined asked if Swaggart hid considered leaving the assemblies Trueby said he is Oon Soderini toe poo Bili by of an Appeal he has not thought beyond that the lawyer conceded however that Swaggart de parture it a possibility. Asked if i year away from the Pupil would Rui Swaggart lucrative ministry Treeby Laid. He is weighing i 1 those considerations very ministry has said it took in s150 million in 1986 from its worldwide operation. It contribute a estimated 112 million a year to the assemblies foreign missions program. Demand from Page 1 government s position in supreme court l. The associated press the resignations had pnunj4 in him to reassess his own future. A congressional reaction against. Jylee#wa3 Strong. Or Meese has Crown jewel of thes Laie Factor in Byrd d-w.va., told Tipo Nert. He said that if Reagan does t want 10 ask Meese to quil he should find some ont else to ask him. He ought to get out. The country cannot have Confidence in the Justice department when the top la enforcement officer obviously has to spend an inordinate amount of his time defending himself. He should be spending his Lime w on drug and crime Byrdjr Ijac a Flat investigation of meet launched last i by Independent counsel James Mckay it con i and to far has delved into hit involvement e. Robert Wallach with Thein Init ii corp. And a is billion iraqi pipeline. Mckay widened the prow this week by subpoena ing payroll records and other documents of the washing ton chapter of the multiple Sci trots society in connection with a s40,000year Job Meese s wife Ursula got with the Charity in 1985, investigators Are cumin ing Wallach s role in helping mrs. Meese get the Job. Cormiga from a jul 1 "1".� Accord was signed in Guam Mala bit aug. 7. -.-. The speaker has invested cum Hoiaas risk and has been almost totally tweet Statil in saying i m going to stick my neck out for peace Down there " said rep Mike Lowry a Wasi. Officials of the in Eangon uni stance a Miami based umbrella group of the Contra rebels said they were elated with the package. This is what we have been wailing for for longtime a Broad bipartisan Aid package for the Resis Tance " did p a in general and to the world that the United i stain is not abandoning the resistance fighters in the Lep setup would renew Aid to the rebels whose last u.5. Support a out feb. 29, and keep them to Gether As a they wait in clue fir zones inside Nicaragua Tor a Peru Neil truce to be worked out Jib the government
