European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 5 6 killed As propane Tanker truck explodes Memphis term. Up a pro pane Tanker truck trashed into a Concrete Bridge support and erupted in a fireball Friday engulfing nearby vehicles and somersault ing its flaming Lank into a House 125 Yards away. At least six people were killed and tight were injured. One person was missing. Rescue workers found four bodies on a stretch of interstate Highway Al the to i Donl site in downtown Memphis and firefighters pulled two More victims from he charred House Memphis police spokesman Jim Greenland said. There were people rolling in the Street burning. Then was one Guy lying on ens Side of the Hill j j5 smelt in said Jed Tennison. A Sheet Metal worker who works nearby.". The eight injured people including a woman rescued from the House were taken to Memphis regional medical enter. Four of them were in critical condition with Burns. To the Best of our knowledge the tank ruptured and a tire resulted Dep Uty fire chief Frank Baker said this fire till encompassed four or five other vehicles on the interstate. The Lank itself when it ruptured acted As a missile and travelled an unknown path until it hit an overpass on the interstate after Hilling tic overpass the Lank remains of a pro punt Tanker truck and a by fwd ont automobile sit on an interstate Highway in Memphis Tenn. Flew off the Highway bouncing one be fore Landing on the House on the East Side of the interstate. I looked out and saw that whole Bridge was in flames said Steve Sharp who lives four houses from the House struck by the Lark. I did t Sec the tank hit the House but i heard Sharp pointed to a Hole four feet deep and 10 feel wide Halfway Between the Jackson says Robin son sought to transform to interstate and the House that was destroyed. He said he thought the Lank hit the ground and somersault a another 75 Yards to the House igniting some of the Trees along the Way. A burned out pickup truck Sal on the interstate next to the wreck of the tractor that had pulled the Lank. Huge chunks of Concrete littered the interstate and there was a crack in the overpass. Sands of time the tractor pulling the tank remained on the Roadway its rear Axle and two wheels thrown 100 Yards up a Hill fire capt. R. A Owen said the Accident occurred where a ramp from interstate 40 and the Lemando Desolo Bridge which spans the the missis Sippi River joins 240. The ramp curves sharply As it comes Down to the interstate and people who work in the area said u has been the . Fuel Oil leak in the stars and stripes ifs Mort West " i by the washing twin Post Washington Man Robinson the nation s first Black network television an Chor was eulogized Friday at the Shiloh Baptist Church As a Man of integrity a Man who in the wants of the Rev. Jesse l Jack son would not adjust to the racism and injustice Robinson saw around him. It was As idling of Robinson s High Public profile As ii wus about his friends and journalistic colleagues that at Fri Day s memorial service Robinson was remembered with moving often passion ale words As Well in honesty about his often troubled life and career. Man Robinson never adjusted Jackson Lold the crowd. He sought to transform. He was not a to thermometer who measured things and spilled them Back out. He tried to be a thermos Tat to change the Jackson s remarks were pan Eulogy part political speech and touched on topics ranging from Oliver North to South Africa. But he always came Back to the notion of Robinson As a Man who never let he Success Stop him from speaking out harshly against the television Industry when a believed there were racial inequities to be addressed. He spoke of Robinson As a trailblazer who was often criticized for. Speaking out yet ended up opening the Way for changes. He even compared him to Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer the Odd Reindeer who had to do the most work had to pull the most Load had to prove himself. We give credit to Rudolph for pulling the sled but riot at the end the mourners gave Jackson a standing ovation nothing was wrong with Max s behaviour Jackson said his behaviour was an effect of a cause. He refused to turn away so history would treat him better Robinson died tuesday at the age of in at Howard University Hospital of complications do to aids. His body was Cre mated. Robinson never discussed his ill Ness publicly and Friday Jackson recalled a year ago when Robinson was extremely Illand hospitalized outside of Chicago for two months. His health improved remarkably and he went Back 16 his apartment in Chi Cago where he saw friends. If you have any doubts about your Faith in the resurrection Jackson said think about Man a year ago in that hos Pital comatose and being Given another year to put his House in Jackson recounted visiting often with Robinson during his hospitalization last year. Max Ana i discussed in detail aids lost year Jackson recalled. He said Jesse on this bed and on this Bible it is not homosexuality or promiscuity. I m not sure and know not where nil when even on my dying bed if it is my dying bed. Let my predicament be a source of education to our and Al the end As Jackson s voice Rose to a Crescendo a said there May have been an acquired immune deficiency but no deficiency in culture no deficiency in his -. Outside1 the Church the sky was slate and the Street dismal. But i is id there was warmth and Comfort for the More than 1,700 people who packed the Church from the ground floor to the Balcony some of Robinson s colleagues such As Peter Jennings who co anchored with Robinson and he late Frank Reynolds Al Abc in the Early 80s and Dan rather caused a mild stir when they arrived and look their seals. Many of the Best known television journalists were there Sam Donaldson Brit Hume Abc news presi Dent Roonce Arledge de Bradley of "60 minutes and can Anchor Bernard Shaw. Reagan honors Martin Luther King los Angeles a president Reagan Friday officially proclaimed Jan. 16 As Martin Luther King or. Day saying the slain civil rights Leader s work is not done but neither is his witness stilled.". We must reaffirm in every Genera Tion the lessons of Justice and Charity that or. King taught with his unflinching determination his Complete Confidence in the redeeming Power of love and his Ulter willing ass to suffer to sacrifice an to serve the president said. The Day is a Federal Holiday and also is a Holiday in some Stales. 40 years ago dec. 25, 1948 speaking to the country from his Home in Independence to president Truman declared Withall the emphasis i can command i am working for 30 years ago faday. Dec. 25, 1958 in separate Christmas messages from the u.s., Brit ish and French commanders the West Ern allies assured Berliner that they would stand by the City and save it from communist domination. 20 years ago today. Dec. 25,1968 the Apollo 8 space Craft went into orbit around the Moon and sent Back television pictures show ing a surface which according to Astro naut James Lovell looked like a dirty Beach with a lot of ,.-. 10 years ago today v. Dec. 25. 1978 in a Christmas Mes Sage delivered to about 20,000 people in St. Peter s Square Pope John Paul u wished Amerry Christmas to All and extended Spe Cial greetings to the old and sick. Plane lands safely after dumping fuel los Angeles up a unite airlines dc-10 bound for Chicago with299 passengers and Crew aboard suffered engine problems shortly after taking off Friday and dumped 26 tons of fuel into the Pacific Ocean before returning to los Angeles International Airport a Umed airlines spokesman said. A few Mir Iules after taking olt the Crew selected a problem with the no. 2 engine located above the fuselage of the three engine Jet and hew a Short distance out Over the Pacific the spokesman said. After dumping the fuel the plane re Lumen to the Airport where u landed safely and taxied to a terminal under its own Power v a we re not sure exactly what hath pc cd the spokesman said. It s by Lar too Early to speculate upon what the cause was. It was a precaution to bring. The plane Back. No one was endangered. Westport Wash. A fuel Oil from a leaking Barge began washing ashore on resort beaches of the South West Washington coast Friday and some Birds were found with Oil on their feathers officials said the Barge was being Lowed away from Shore Friday trailing an 18-Mjlc-Long Slick after a Midnight collision with a tugboat coast guard officials said. ,. The amount of Oil spilled was not known but it was leaking from a Tan holding about 250,000 Gallons of Oil said coast guard la. Eldo Delong in Seattle. \ in All the Barge held about 2,75 Mil lion Gallons of Oil but Only the one tank was leaking., the Accident occurred thursday night As a Tow line either broke or was being adjusted in heavy seas Between the tug Ocean services and the Barge no stucco. The Accident occurred about two Miles off Grays Harbor on the South Western Washington coast no injuries were reported but some. Oil was reported Friday afternoon on a mile Long stretch of Beach in the Ocean shores area which forms spit Between the Ocean and the North Side of Grays Harbor s / " a coast guard plane from Astoria ore., that flew Over the area reported a Slick about 50 Yards wide and stretching for about is Miles Delong said. The 100-fool Barge was being Lowed farther out to sea and then was to Astoria just inside the Mouth of the Columbia River for repair Del Ong said. It was to arrive in Astoria saturday. -. Railroad heiress Dies 1 san Francisco a Marion Phyllis Crocker adventurous descendant of the Railroad building family that linked the american coasts in the 19th, Century has died at her Home hoc Al the. Age of 98. Crocker we Otto France Iri world War 1 to drive an ambulance remaining wit the american Field service committee until the end of the War ,
