European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g jetliner hijackers reportedly traced to Lebanon Page 2 o Reagan sure Congress will sustain Trade veto Page 4 d the silent horrors of child abuse daily Magazine d hapless wingless o s drop 17th straight Page 21 vol. 47. No. 7 monday april 25, 1988 Good morning 08693 a coast guard May get Gulf role Wou to assist Navy Vav Washington a the deploy ment of coast guard vessels to the per Sian Culf has been raised again at the Pentagon a defense department official confirmed saturday night. It was the brainchild of the Comman Dant of the coast Cliuard last year and it went nowhere said the official asked that he not be  it was raised again last Wick Marl know How serious it  the new York times said in it sunday editions that the Coa vessels would  in escorting Mej if is sols keeping watch o �r"5ea lanes to prevent the of mines and guarding offshore installations from attacks by Small Craft. The vessels also would free larger ships fron is the paper d Pinta not know gon officials As i How Many or precisely coast guard vessels would be sent i Fonse Secretary Frank Carlucci approve the plan. The coast guard is eager to assume a role in the Gulf operations officials told the times. The idea of using coast guard vessels had been proposed last october but was rejected by then defense Secretary Cas Par Weinberger. The Reagan administration expanded nce in the persian Culf last summer Maffe quest of i Kuwait an ally of Iraq in the 7v? Iran Iraq War see Gulf on Back Page pedal plane crashes after setting 3 Marks Athens Greece a a greek cycling Champi on peddled a fragile plane 74 Miles Over the Aegean sea saturday to set three records but the aircraft dubbed Daedalus 88, was destroyed when a gust of wind snapped the Tail Boom and it crashed into the surf just 10 Yards Short of the Landing area on the Island of Santorini some 3v hours after it look off from the Island of Crete. It happened in the last moments of the flight and the Job was done. 1 did t worry about it Pilot Kanel los Kanellopoulos who was not injured told a news conference Here. The situation in the Landing area was too rough for this plane which is built for Calm conditions. I asunder full control but the Tail Boom could t take the  said Kanellopoulos 31, greek cycling Champion for the past 14 years. "1 was under water so 1 forced my Way through the cockpit and Dove under the plane. Then i swam to  the previous distance record for human powered night was set by the Light Eagle a Daedalus 88 Proto Type piloted by medical student Glenn Tremml who flew 37.2 Miles around Edwards air base in californian january 1987. The flight also shattered the record for straight line human powered Light set in 1979 by Bryan Allen who peddled the Gossamer Albatross 22v i Miles across the English Channel. The third record broken was for flight duration. The previous Mark was held by Allen with a time of 2 hours 49 minutes. The 72-Pound Graphite epoxy and mylar plane was designed by the Massachusetts Institute of technology. Professor Mark Urcla the senior Engineer responsible for the plane s aerodynamic design followed the flight in a boat and said the project was definitely a Suc  More than 500 islanders and tourists gathered along the Beach to watch the plane resembling an oversized a greek nary patrol boat escorts Daedalus 88 As it glides Over the Aegean Between Crete and Santorini. Insect Glide toward the Sand. The snapped Tail Boom caused the plane s 112-foot Long wings to break dropping the aircraft 10 feet into the water. The flight was intended to emulate the 3,500-year old myth of Daedalus a greek architect sculptor and Engineer who flapped his Way across the Aegean from Crete on wings of feathers and Wax. However Daeda Lus son icarus flew too close to the Sun which melted the Wax causing him to to fall to his death. Greek Navy and coast guard vessels along with inflatable Rescue Craft had escorted the plane As i soared 15 feet above the Aegean. The night came after a 36-member team of Mit experts wailed for three weeks on the wind swept Island of Crete see plane on Back Page 54 killed 125 injured in blast in Lebanon City Tripoli Lebanon Pip packed with explosives blew crowded outdoor Market in the heart of this syrian controlled Northern port City saturday killing 54 people and wound ing 125 in one of the bloodiest terrorist attacks in Lebanon s 13-year Roefe of violence. It was a real massacre. Carried out by  prime minister slim Al Moss said in a statement. No group immediately cd a possibility for the  the pre dominantly sunni moslem City of look. Lid the Booby trapped pickup truck Pac Jim Yih an estimated 330 pounds of  Al 9 a near a crowded o. Center of Tripoli. 42 rut. A Small hotel at shops and about 30 cars and started a series of fires. Rescuers and firefighters rushed to the scene. S Nan and lebanese troops fired their automatic weapons into the air to Clear hundreds of curious onlooker rescuers could Hospital rescuers took at least 40 bodies to the nearby islamic Hospital. Youths a Roc through the streets using Bull Lead for blood donations. An ont oar a Oristian lebanese forces militia indication that a new r will strike Lebanon  Nabih Bern chief of the pro syrian shiite amal militia charged that israeli try behind the explosion. The voice of free Lebanon run by the anti syrian Christian militia quoted the shadowy february 9lh" group As saying syrian agents planted the bomb. The group believed composed of anti Syria sunni moslem activists has claimed responsibility for past attacks on syrian positions in Tripoli. The blast was the seventh such attack in Tripoli since january 1985. A blast on19, 1985. Killed $2 people and left