European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday novembers 1988 the stars Ano stripes Brawl erupts on Geraldo Rivera s show new York a Geraldo Rivera was smashed in the nose when a Braw erupted on the set of his talk show thursday during aping of an interview with Young while supremacists and Black civil rights a Divisi Roy Innis. Several chairs and punches were thrown during the minut Clong Melee involving Neo nazi skinheads from he audience Crew members arid Security personnel for both the studio and the guests Cal Remc right Wing organizations. Rivera was Hil in the head by a tying chair Hen got into a toc to toe fistfight with the Burly Man who had thrown it. At some Paim another chair Hil him in the nose i said. It s broken la Clicks Whin i move it Rivera said. Studio Security helped restore order As Rivera the Bridge of his nose bloodied called for Calm. The show la cd Tor airing at an undetermined Date later this month resumed after the skinheads and other White supremacists were escorted out of the Stu Dio. Rivera then taped iwo More shows be fore going to have his nose a Rayed. I be been in plenty of scrapes before. But never in a studio he added. "1 never expected this. 1 anticipated heated words but 1 did t know it would boil into violence the Brawl broke out when one of the guests on the show John me Izgur ihe20-year-old Leader of the our aright Wing group while aryan resistance youth in los Angeles calif., complained about Kikes and culled Innis an  Ennis walked Over to Mcl Ger with his Isis balled then turned to another pan list who was warning him off. Mcloz Gurthen began to stand and Innis put his hands around Mug or s neck. Metz Ger resisted As his supporters moved toward Innis. Punches were thrown several people were wrestled and pushed to the floor and audience Mem Bers More skinheads among them stormed the set the videotape showed. It was like a Bench Clearing Brawl Al a Goral co Rivera with microphone lower right holds his head during a bran Between right Wing skinheads and guests on his show. Hockey match Rivera said. About a dozen of them came out of the audience. The three punks on stage would have been easy to  pushing and shoving matches continued As order was restored. A confirmed to me thai these supremacists arc Roaches and the Only Way to get rid of Roaches is o turn the lights on Rivera said. The show s topic was hatemongers and featured members of the White aryan resistance youth the american front and skinheads of the National resistance. Other guests included rabbi a. Bruce Goldman Innis and a while Bayonne n.j., couple who said icy were attacked and terrorized by racist skinheads Al a train station saturday night. Rivera said he was shocked when me Izgur who is not a skinhead used the epithets. I moved on him Tennis said Aguy s Gonna jump up in my face i m not going to wait for damage. He got the Sharplin  earlier this year Innis had a run in with activist at Sharpton shoving him oif the set of the Morton Downey show one of the others swung at me and swung Back Al him Innis recalled. And he backed olt. Alt hell broke Loose and one skinhead in the audience picked up a. Chair and Ihrck it. The Brawl occurred at times Square studio on Broadway in Midtown Man Hattan. Police spokeswoman Janice Swienc said Rivera declined to press charges no one was arrested and no other injuries were reported. Figures show marked improvement in airline safety Washington a despite steady traffic growth airline safety indicators showed a significant improvement during the first nine months of the year compared with the same period last year the transportation department said thursday the department said the number of near collision reports filed by pilots a Well As air traffic controller errors and airline fatal Accident rates All declined markedly during the period compared with 1987, transportation Secretary Jim Burnley said the improved safety statistics came despite increased air traffic and coincide with improved on time performance by the major  department also made Public thursday its latest monthly airline consumer scorecard which showed the 13 largest airlines have had on time records of 80 percent or better during each of the last six months including an bs.6 percent on time arrival Mark in september. The statistics indicate hat our efforts to improve airline safety and service to Consumers Are reaping dividends said Burnley. The Dot said he number of near collision reports from pilots during the january september period were 35 percent fewer 560 reports than filed during the same nine months in 1987. The announcement did not say and it could not be determined thursday Nigon How Many of the reports involved commercial airliners. / -.-"-. During the nine month period there also was a 15 percent decline nationwide of air traffic controller errors in which aircraft were allowed to come closer than legally allowed. While a near collision incident Gener ally is reported Only when planes come within 500 feel a controller error can occur with aircraft As far As five Milc apart. ,. \ the Dot said there were 808 reports of operational errors by controllers during he january Sci Crober period compared with 953 during the first nine months of 1987,.but officials acknowledged there were significant exceptions to the National rend particularly in he Chicago area which has some of the nation s busiest airspace. The Federal aviation administration recently reduced air traffic in and out of the Chicago airports including o Harc International because of a Sharp jump in controller errors. O Harc controllers had 30 flight handling errors Between january and late octo Ber compared with 12 in All of 1987. Meanwhile Burnley said there were 0,031 fatal Acci dents per 100,000 flying hours by regularly scheduled airlines during the january september period com pared with 0.041 per 100,000 hours in the same nine months of 1987, a Dix Linof 24 percent. Anderson s sister disputes Reagan s comment Buffalo . A the sister of Lebanon hostage Terry Anderson has rejected president Rea Gan s allegation that her brother s recently released videotaped message was written by his captors. Know my brother. A lot by incr than Ronald Reagan said Peggy say. There s not a word in that message that in t his she said thursday say speaking to Buffalo state College students said she knows her brother  style and it is much different from his captors. I have seen communications from the captors and it s not the same English As his she said Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press was kidnapped March 16, 1985, i Beirut by islamic jihad a shiite moslem extremist group backed by Iran. In a videotape released monday Anderson said he. Believed the . Government had mocked several at tempts to free the nine american hostages now held in Lebanon. Reagan denied that saying i Don t think that was Terry speaking. I think he had a scrip that was. Given to him say criticized Reagan for not doing More to win the release of the  m gelling a double message from the govern ment she said. Administration responses suggest an Derson s life in t Worth Nigolia inf for she contended despite past negotiations on behalf of american bos pages. " say said she agrees with the Reagan administration s policy of not openly negotiating with terrorists. However the government has in the past negotiated with terrorists such As during the Iran Comra affair she  i m being loll thai Terry s life in t Worth As Muchas former  say said Anderson looks better hah he has Al any other time during his Captivity she does t think his appearance Means he is being treated any belter by his captors. Terry Anderson is still chained to a basement Wall somewhere she said. ,.  so say said she Hopes her brother s improved look could mean the kidnappers arc getting ready to release him. ". I d like to think they arc preparing him for re lease she said. But i know that s a Remote