European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 17, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 will faithful flock to old faithful next year West Yellowstone Mon. A Wilh Yellowstone National Park s wildfires still burning the famous tourism attraction s Gateway cities already Are planning ways to lure visitors to the charred landmark a Cal summer. The geysers Are still there the waterfalls arc still there the Elk and Bison and bears Are still there the streams and fish Are still there said Suzanne Young executive director of the Jackson wyo., chamber of Commerce. Our Job will be to get out the message that yes there is still the Yellowstone you love and remember despite the Forest fires " while the key landmarks Are still there so is a mosaic of charred Trees As a dozen enormous fires have blazed across nearly half of Yellowstone s 2.2 million acres in the past two months. The flames forced fre quent evacuations of campgrounds and lodging facilities and blanketed thousands of Square Miles with smoke the Park s Liny Gateway communities Are vitally linked to the giant wilderness which in a Normal year attracts 3 million visitors. Towns with economies strongly dependent on Yellowstone include Gardiner Silver Gale Cooke City and West Yellowstone in Montana Jackson and Cody in Wyoming and to a lesser degree Driggs and Victor in Idaho. Officials say that so far this year tourist visits to Yellowstone Are Down 12.5 percent from last year s figures a loss of More than 250,000 visitors. Many merchants and innkeepers arc wondering about the Long term economic Impact of the worst fires in Yellowstone in 300 years. Probe uncovers no engine failure in Delta crash. Washington a Federal investigators say the engines from the Delta air lines jetliner that crashed last month in Texas show no evidence of mechanical failure a finding that is focusing More attention on possible Pilot  National transportation safety Hoard said thursday the evidence shows that Allen Gines on the plane were running As commanded and capable of producing full Power at the Lime of  Early speculation after the aug. 31 crash at Dallas fort Worth intimation of Airport in which 14 of 108 people aboard Delta flight 1141 died was possible engine failure because witnesses reported fire coming from an engine. The cockpit voice recorder tape also included a reference by a Crew member to engine fail ure seconds before the crash. But the Nosb said that after the three Pratt & Whitney jt8d engines were disassembled at the manufacturer s facilities in Connecticut there was no evidence of pc Impact failure in any of the  findings also seemed to Rule out the possibility that an object or Bird was sucked into an engine since that would have caused damage or been determined when the engines were disassembled. While the safely Board is continuing to exam Ine the possibility that there was a compressor stall because of improper air flow through an engine investigators believe that would have to have been caused by some other irregularity. Proper air flow can be disrupted through an engine if a plane is in an unusual Angle that restricts the now of air across the wings or fuse Lage according to aviation experts. Investigators have said the cockpit voice re Corder tape includes at least five noises that could be engine compressor stalls but All of them occur after the plane already was having serious problems remaining aloft. The engine findings according to one source close to the investigation have caused investigators to focus More closely on the possibility that an error by the pilots such As improperly configuring the aircraft for Takeoff was the cause of the crash. Meanwhile the cockpit Crew members All three of whom survived the crash have yet to provide information that might shed Light on the cause of the Accident. I know we be got a Heck of a  John Olson concessions official a month after the fires Are out or at least after they re off the to nightly news we want a Market research firm to do attitude perception surveys to find out what people think about a vacation in Yellowstone said Young. Will they be interested what will they expect to see our guess is that memory is Short. Nobody can even remember a Hurricane name from last week. My Hunch is people will want to come Sec what happened  Steve Tedder of Park concessioner to services which runs Yellowstone s lodging restaurants and transportation services expects sales to be Down $4 million to $5 million a 25 percent drop from last year. It certainly has been an interesting summer he said wryly. July and August traditionally Are our big Gest months when we make up for the losses of our Winter operation. It has been very dramatic Dev god thai we have not lost any major  John Olson to services marketing director said the fires have had a Strong effect on the entire Region. We have got a big Job this fall just convincing the local people to come Back he said. Then we have to look at the National and International markets. I know we be got a Heck of a  Otson is Busy accumulating videotape and photo graphs showing that Many areas of the Park Are unaffected by the fires so we can be sure we re telling the True  he already has travelled to London to talk Aboul Yellowstone with key tour group operators and newspaper travel editors. In addition some University of Wyoming students Are using computer lists to Contact tourists who can celeb their reservations at Yellowstone and find out Why Rick Wilder executive director of the Cody Wyo chamber of Commerce Hopes the Federal government will step in to help noting that a portion of profit from concessions within the Park goes for Park improvements. We re not looking for a handout or a Giveaway but it s going to be very difficult to add on any Lra expense said Wilder the Federal government is spending $100 million to fight the fires so it does t seem unrealistic to think an extra s2 million could be spent to get people to come Back to  John Wilson head of Montana s tourism promotion Afton said Montana nov. Ted Schwinden and Wyom ing gov. Mike Sullivan will be asked by their slates travel and tourism officials to seek Federal disaster Money for the Park s Gateway communities. Birmingham memorial service recalls 1963 Church bombing Birmingham Ala. A the first Black mayor of Birmingham said thursday night the deaths of four girls in a Church bombing 25 years ago was not the end but the beginning of a Story we arc still writing  Richard Arlington in his third term As the mayor of a City once bitterly divided racially spoke at a service held in memory of the victims of the sept. Is 1963, bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church. Arlington told the racially mixed congregation of about 1,400 that the Torch that we raise tonight is raised by two hands one Black and one  Arrington described Birmingham As a City of change and said the bombing by a Kun flux Klansman was a tragedy of a Community and a tragedy of a people. So immense was that tragedy thai it resounded around our  we have the Power to transcend that tragic event. We Are determined it will have a redeeming  a plaque in the Church contains pictures of four girls with the inscription May men icam to replace bitter Ness and violence with love and  the present pastor of the Church Rev. James e. Young said Birmingham has provided spiritual and  to the world for the past Quarter Cen  Arrington and Black and White ministers spoke in memory of Cynthia Wesley Addie Mae Collins and Carol Robertson All 14. And Denise Mcnair 11, who were preparing for a youth program when the explosion killed them a Quarter Century ago. More than 40 earlier bombings had occurred in Bir Mingham during the civil rights struggles of the late 1950s and Early 1960s, Bui no one was killed in those. The Church bombing galvanized the City. All of us Are victims and most of us Are innocent victims said the mayor at the time Albert Bulwell. A citywide moment of prayer was observed at noon the next Day but lowering of racial barriers took much longer. Be concerned nol Only with who murdered them Tut with the philosophy of life that murdered them Martin Luther King or. Said at the combined funeral of three of the girls. All visible barriers now Are gone in Birmingham which has six Blacks and three Whites on its City coun cil. A retired automobile Mechanic and Kun flux klans Man Robert Edward Chambliss was convicted in 1977 of murdering Mcnair. He died in prison after eight years. Mcnair s father Chris Mcnair a former slate legis Lator and now a Jefferson county commissioner said he still is not satisfied. I think there Are others out there who roam just As free As i am who will never be brought to Justice he said. Chris Mcnair said that although segregation in poli tics and business has ended it bothers him that most churches still Are either White or Black. Mankind needs the Church or the synagogue he said. This is needed. This is part of Man s inner being. If they can t come together at that Lime then How Are they going to come together in genuineness at any other occasion i have to doubt  extra gis to leave Panama slowly Washington a the Reagan administration has decided to withdraw gradually Small numbers of the servicemen sent to Panama last Soring on temporary Security duly administration officials say. The decision was made because a feared threat to . Bases in Panama has not materialized according to the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. The sources said the move was recommended by Gen. Frederick f. Woerner jr., head of the . South Ern come. It was blessed by the joint chiefs of staff. Defense Secretary Frank c Carluci and the while House after a review that focused on political sensitivities not military requirements the officials added. The sources declined to say exactly How Many of the extra 2.200 Security personnel sent 10 Panama since last Spring would be included in the first withdrawal. One source indicated the number would be fewer than 500, while another official said about 200 would be involved. This is a sensitive thing because our opposition to the government of Gen. Manuel a. Noriega has t changed and we Don t want this to be misinterpreted said one official. But there s no sense keeping extra soldiers in the country if you Don t need  stale department officials said the administration has decided to reduce the size of its diplomatic pres ence in Panama because of what one official called a potentially confrontational  the Exlene of the diplomatic cutback was not immediately determined but one official said up to 160 jobs could be affected. Officials who disclosed the planned withdrawal of . Security forces from Panama said the cutbacks will be carried out gradually. They will come out Over a period of time a source said we Don t want to Fly in empty aircraft and Load them up All at once and have Noriega claiming he