European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes q Bess Myers Ort acquitted Page 5 d irs says 68 returns will be easier to do Page 7 0 nil playoff forecast sports pages 24-25 d two 6th Fleet ships help in Rescue at sea. Bac Page the stars and stripes authorized unofficial Puii cation hop the . Arm sabotage suspect vol. 47, no. 250 saturday december 24, 198 a i i p ditch and Gim cd House Murk the jumbo jul s path though Lockerbie a scottish Village of 2,500. In crash Coll to embassy warned of bomb from press dispatches Lockerbie Scotland Rescue teams scouring the cold scottish Countryside have found More than 150 bodies from a new York bound pan am jumbo Jet thai disintegrated wednesday night As investigators launched an in Quiry into the unexplained explosion that scattered fiery chunks of Mowl Vcra 50-Squarc-mile refused to speculate on the cause of the crash. But one air safety official said sabotage is the most Likely see related salaries Phum pares2-3 in Washington senior state department officials said they did not Tell american travellers of a reported plan to bomb a pan am Jet because intelligence experts judged the Anonymous informant to be a Crank and because a .5.policy is to avoid publicizing such warnings. An unidentified Man telephoned the . Embassy in Helsinki Finland. Dee. 5 and warned that terrorists would soon set off a bomb aboard a can am Bligh from Frankfurt to new York. Largely for fear of causing panic on1 Llie basis of threats Inal often turn out to be unfounded the government has adopted a policy of concentrating on toil ing terrorist attacks instead of warning the Public about them the officials threat information also was relayed to the de sense department which in turn informed its major subordinate commands including Neucom a Penta gon official said decision on following upon that information. 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She and be contest on Back Page everyday twists of Fate take 1 life save another writer Frankfurt Ecsi Germany army 1st w. his flight tuesday after running into heavy try life near Frankfurt. He washboard wednesday s pan two flight 103 thai crashed and killed All 259 passengers. But for wha soon Grimes oth Pitburg a a paper work delay and a missed night wern Blessing George Williams father of 1st lira Wiliams 24, Forward observer with the bin Felt div in Kreuz Nach said his son was supposed i Bap Digaet Pyfrom Germany to Dulles Airport in the area bul missed his flight when he ran into h Raffie Jam driving to Frankfurt. So he called and told us he d have Tosef on Ano inight and it turned out to be the one thai crashed was on his Way Home for an 18-drfvacation for the holidays Williams told the Start and stripes thurs Day. Or Williams said he first heard about the crash when his wife called him Al wort wednesday. George had told us he was flying Pirn am out of London to new York rather than is night through to Dulles and we just hoped As hard As we could that this was t the same flight. Bul then Forfi am called As about i . Widnes Day night and told us. I m really in a state of he Felt fortunate that he was Able to see his son during a trip lowest Germany pc sum. Mar. But he was Bur Only child he said. Our Only child. Mrs. Grimes in did Jar flaking a later night so she could be with her fritter who suffered a stroke and is seriously ill said Jar husband capt. Wayne Girties at Pitburg. Isar. -.-. It was Ljra of eerie said Grimes she called an told a Newt she made it of and that she was t on the plan that crashed. I did t know a plane had morning he said. In spite of the Grimes Good Fortune he said be ice it of not. Pan am lost her Luggage Al . Military installations in West Germany Christmas cheer quickly turned to a dark gloom after news of the crash spread among Servic members an their families.-. The flight which left Frankfurt wednesday afternoon for Detroit with slops in London and new York included Al least 20 . Servic members Amon the 49 passengers travelling from Frankfurt to the United Stales. Michelle Bonnell was afraid she inadvertently id a woman gel aboard the flight a null who provides information to service main. Bare la . Flight information Booth Al Airport said she advised a woman the wife of a How to replace pass port in Tomc i Oard the plane. I gave he Rhine numbers and told her How to Goto the . Conslette for a new passport said Bon Nelt her face Streand with tears. God i m afraid 1helped her gel on the bin null was Al work Ftp , thursday when rela Tives and friends of passengers on the Jet crowded see Fate on Page 2
