European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday september 11,1988 -1both Crew As Navy a Washington cat Jet fighter crass sea but both Ere picked up by a Sclia the fighter Musil the Miramar Nas Rich Carl Vinson thursday night the a Pentagon of named said the i Cal  the Navy said t 40 Miles from 111 weapon s officer v from the Vinson. The Navy said one of whom sufi immediately Avail the Vinson re Northern arabian warships assigned Gulf the United naval presence in the cease fire bet Manila so for base sir Manila Philp Stales offered Sefz ten bail out l crashes a a Navy f-14 Tom d in the Northern arabian Tien bailed out and were pier the Navy said Friday Edlo Squadron vf-1 1 1 at .alif., was flying off the car Hen it was forced to ditch 4avy said. Ial who asked not to be c had suffered a Mechanic Tomcal was ditched about Carrier and the Pilot and a picked up by a helicopter identities of the crewmen d minor injuries were nol  began patrolling in the a to support other Navy escort duties in the persian tales is maintaining a Large Gulf while it Waits to see if n Iran and Iraq will hold. S . Offer lot enough Pines a the United million in annual Aid to the Philippines for cd Linued use of military bases in the countr Bil Manila said it was t enough foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus told a news conference Fridal two Days before his scheduled departure fihe United Stales to discuss the Mailer with us officials. He was asked to comment on reports quoting unidentified . Officials As saying the United slates offered incl annual package in Exchange for use of inc six no Litany facilities. Vets return to Dedica Salerno Lialja , army Divis Oij returned Friday on sary to dedicate a v italian Beach when assault More than 200 me moral those we soil said col. Jul delegation of Vilers Texas  Salerno Newlun added. To Salerno 3 memorial a veterans of the first 10 invade nazi held Europe the Landing s 45lh Annivera in memorial on the Southern they made the amphibious americans Are Here to com i left their blood on italian in Philips who headed the is from the 36lh inf div or t Cassino is Home to us he i a s2jo.ooo Marble Monument donated by the . Bailie a hum no commission was dedicated to the in own Soldier Al Torre the Salerno Beach when . Dipl or americans landed in 1943. Tots families evacuated irom Burma Rangoon by Dren of american Nti up1 wives and Chil ii Plomis were evacuated from Burma Friday fes former prime minister no formed a provisional government. The 46 wives and of Tildren of american Diplo Mats based in Rar Efon were among the More than 231 members of the foreign diplomatic Community who Fly dub Bangkok Thailand on a special thai International airlines flight because the nation s bloody Challenge to socialism has shown no signs of re Jaing. Firefighting plane crashes of Takeoff 4 die Santiago do Compostella Spain up1 a fir Figl Grove and burst in off killing All fou thormities said Frida one of the to failed As it took old compos Leia 39 fire Highling Mission Man said. Witnesses said Pine Grove some strip and i Media it f plane crashed in a Pine o Ames moments after Lake r Cople aboard Airport a y. N engine con Vair s motors f Pirn the Airport at Santiago 5 lines North of Madrid on a ii mrs Day an Airport spokes h plane suddenly fell into a 5� Yards from the Landing e f bul into flames. Tentative Deal reached to end British postal strike London a negotiators for the Post office and striking Union members reached tentative agreement Friday to end a 9-Day-old National strike by 90,000 workers postal officials reported. But after a Day of talks Alan Tuffin general Secre tary of the Union of communication workers said a number of Points needed atari fiction and Union leaders would meet with their negotiators monday to reconsider the agreement. There can be no misunderstandings Between the Post office and ourselves Tuffin said. Bill Cockburn managing director or the Post office approved the pact earlier Friday according to a spokesman who was nol identified in line with Post office rules the document Cash for ending the strike As soon As possible he said. The tentative agreement schedules further talks on the Central strike Issue of bonuses for new employees in London and Southeast England where the Cost of living is higher than in the rest of Britain. The Union representing most of the service s 180,000 workers wants the bonuses paid throughout Britain. More than 100 million pieces of mail remain unsorted by the 90,000 Sorters and deliverers who walked out in a 24-hour work stoppage aug. 31. The strike continued after Post office officials hired temporary workers. Counter workers who belong to the lame Union but have not been involved in the Bonus dispute Laid Fri Day they had taken a strike Vole Over a different Issue but their mail ballots became lost in the backlog of unsorted letters. The Union s 22,000 counter workers voted whether to strike Over the Post office plan to close 750 Branch offices or convert them into private nub offices said a Union official. The official said the results of the strike Vole were to have been announced Early this week but had been postponed. A Post office spokeswoman said half of the coun try s 1,500 sorting offices were shut and the Belfast office was the Only one of 82 main sorting offices open. Florence smashes Gulf coast with High winds and flooding Venice. La. A Hurricane Florence moved across the lip of Louisiana and toward the Mississippi Gulf coast Early saturday flogging coastal communities with 80 Mph winds As thousands of residents fled to higher ground. An Alabama Man preparing for the storm drowned while trying to lie Down a boat. Winds were Well below the 100 Mph predicted while Florence 250 Miles wide was offshore. The Eye of the storm about 30 Miles wide sides wiped Eastern new Orleans and hit the Mississippi Gulf coast forecasters warned coastal residents to prepare for 9-foot tides and up to 10 inches of rain. Tornado watches were posted from Pensacola fla., to Lake Charles la. A coast guard helicopter had to abandon plans to Rescue four men on work barges trapped at the Mouth of the Mississippi River said coast guard spokesman Dan dwell. He said wind speeds there were Al Over 90 Mph. It looks like they re going to have to ride it out. The Hurricane As Well As i can make out is right about there said dwell. Earlier a coast guard helicopter rescued  Man who got into trouble while running their crab traps also near the Mouth of the River. In Alabama police in the coastal Community of Orange Beach said a 32-year-old Man drowned Friday afternoon when he fell into the water As he was trying to lie Down a boat in Windy Rainy conditions. ,. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis postponed indefinitely an outdoor rally and two fund raisers that had been planned in new Orleans. An estimated 10,000 Mississippi coast residents moved to higher ground with More in Alabama and Louisiana and students in parts of Louisiana and Ala Bama were dismissed from classes Early in preparation for the Hurricane. Some Friday night High school football games were can celeb. Bui not everyone was heading for higher ground. Curtis Mellon who lives on tiny Dauphin Island a Barrier Island office Alabama coast said he was t leaving. Once you make up your mind to slay All you can do is stay Mallon said boarding up his House. The training aircraft Carrier Lexington based at Pensa cola Nas put out to sea Friday morning to ride out the storm said Navy spokeswoman Margaret Flowers. Alabama gov. Guy Hunt declared a slate of Emer  space As far North As Montgomery has been filled by evacuees. Mississippi it. Gov. Brad Dye acting in behalf of gov. Ray Mabus who was out of stale also declared a state of emergency 10 activate the Mississippi Emer gency operations Center which will coordinate any needed clean up. From Taiwan where he was on an Industry seeking Mission Louisiana gov. Buddy Roemer ordered the National guard to stand by for emergency duly. Boat owners moved their vessels to Safe harbours. We be put everything we be got on land into the water. We lie it Good so if the tide goes up the boat goes up said Randy Speas manager of dog River Farina South of Mobile Ala. Shelters will be up and Well be doing All the other things we usually do when a Hurricane  in Louisiana workers closed storm gales on bayous and canals leading Inland toward More heavily populated areas beginning to Button up gaps in the ring of levee that surround metropolitan blew Orleans. The levees and big pumps keep the Saucer shaped new Orleans area dry. Al its highest Point new Orleans is about 14 feet above sea level. Much of it is below sea level crash from a gtd House nearby. It fein Oihi Paddy Field and a Ball of fire rolled for a Kilometre so Mol said the dead  vietnamese and citizens of other countries bulb lid not have details. There was no word on what caused the Crashi the cockpit and flight recorders were retrieved in Excel Lent condition said Mai. Gen. Spool Sav Gamin regional police commander leading the  the cockpit recorder contains the conjugation be tween the Crew and control lower Jug tiie other re Corder contains flight data. The Pilot lost Conla Chiti the Bangkok control Tower at 11 26 a,m8dlhe plane soon disappeared from radars�friffis7said group capt. Charoon pee Bryc neral of the airports authority of the plane crashed 11 minutes later. Spool said workers retrieved 75 bodies. Six people including a boy and a girl were taken to hum Biol Hospital with serious injuries. Rescue workers pumped dry the Roadside Poud where the cockpit and fuselage were Lodeane retrieve bodies. Hundreds of police  and volunteers hauled up  scattered e Field on the other Side of the Road i Over the area were hundreds of pain of ear Hal necklace toy plastic gun Tennis shoe Indian pa9ngs,the passports of two polish Hudetts and More than Uges of diplomatic mail for the australian Emba Synn Eck of. The plane crashed in a  area a . Military team was to  return flight to Hanoi in the afternoon for talks Otry Twitty resumed efforts to account for . Servicemen Mill ing in the Vietnam War . Embassy spokesman Ross Petzing said. There is no . Mission in Hanoi