European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday january 14, 1989 the stars and stripes Navy moves dr/7/ away from Libya by the los Angeles times Washington just a week . Fighter jets downed a pair of libyan warplanes the . Navy has gathered27 ships and 150 aircraft in the Mediterranean for six Days of Maneu vers the Pentagon said thursday. The exercise called National week in which two . Aircraft carriers and 20,000 sailors Are to take part got under Way thursday and is scheduled to last until tuesday Pentagon officials said. But a state department official said National week Maneu vers Are now to be held in a place farther from Libya than originally the move ment of ships and planes reportedly willbe concentrated in the tyrrhenian sea North of Sicily. While outside the Range of Libya fighter jets the planned operating area is within two Days steaming time from the libyan coast. We Are not trying to raise tensions state department official said. The opera Tion was moved so that no one will Misper chive it As a provocation to the the aircraft Carrier John f. Kennedy whose fighter aircraft shot Down the libyan jets on Jan. 4, will be joined in the exercise by the Carrier Theodore Roose velt the Pentagon said. It. Cmdr. James m. Kudla a depart ment of defense spokesman called the operations routine saying Maneu vers bythe same name have been scheduled once or twice a year since 1967. One former Navy Admiral said that National week exercises Are commonly scheduled when an aircraft Carrier arrives in an operating theater to relieve another aircraft Carrier. Page 5 a the Pepsi Blimp lies crumpled at the Ontario International Airport after 100-Mph winds ripped it from its tethering. 100-Mph winds rip California by the los Angeles times los Angeles Hurricane Force winds battered Southern California Over night wednesday shredding a Blimp ripping part of the roof from an Airport building knocking Over trucks toppling Trees and fanning a Brush fire started by arcing Power lines. At least 29,000 customers lost Power briefly before Dawn thursday As the Cool dry winds blasted through areas below Mountain canyons and passes at Speed Sas High As oomph. Police donned goggles to direct traffics the winds whipped Sand and dust into an opaque Tornado like Cloud betwee Ontario about 40 Miles East of los an Geles and san Bernardino about 20miles further Northeast. The airships inc. Blimp used by Pepsi cola co. To advertise its soft drinks was literally blown to bits at its moorings at the Airport in Ontario wednesday according to an Airport spokeswoman. A 300-Square-foot Section of Roo was torn from an Ontario Airport building that houses a Kitchen provid ing food for up to 100 flights a Day. The Orange county fire depart ment said it took about 220 firefighters about three hours to contain a 100-acre Blaze in a Canyon started by two arcing electrical wires. Released nicaraguan aliens head for Miami Miami a As Many As 2,000 nicaraguans now Able to leave Texas because of a judge s order Likely will go to Miami this week taxing the capacity of local government officials said thursday. Earlier this week a Federal judge in Texas issued temporary restraining order lifting an immigration pol icy that restricted immigrants to the area near the mexican Border until their applications for Asylum had been studied by the immigration and naturalization service. Texas officials say about 5,000 people Are affected and a Miami shelter spokeswoman said the City will probably have 2,000 new arrivals by the weekend. The judge s order was intended to relieve the conditions of aliens stuck in the holding areas for weeks Many living in squalid conditions. Now the aliens can stay wherever they like while they wait for their cases to be reviewed and Many have chosen Miami because they were told along the Way that it was a Good place to go. Permission was Given to 739 exiles to Leav Brownsville Texas wednesday. Managers of bus stations in Southern Texas told reporters 95 percent or More of the nicaraguans who left there wednesday were going to Miami. As the buses pulled into Miami wednesday an thursday hopeful nicaraguans climbed off eager to reunite with their families and find jobs. But City officials who originally thought they would spend this week getting ready for the Jan. 22 super bowl say the aliens May not find the Haven they expect. The inn is full City manager Cesar Odio said referring to the City s Bobby Maduro stadium Home now to More than 250 immigrants. And those already there must be out by Jan. 25 when the Baltimore orioles baseball team will arrive for Spring training. Dade county manager Joaquin Avino said som county land is being cleared for As Many As 60 trailers which will provide temporary housing. Many aliens said they headed to Miami because they had heard the City opened its arms to immigrants. Throughout Mexico they kept on telling us about Bobby Maduro stadium said Sergio Castillo. He passed through Mexico crossing the Rio Grande on sunday and arrived in Miami by bus wednesday. So i came Here. But i thought everybody could Castillo and 14 others were locked out of the stadium wednesday night. He said he spent much of that night walking the streets looking for a place to stay. Plane crashes in Ohio killing both pilots aboard Dayton Ohio a a Canadia cargo plane crashed and exploded in a fireball near a Row of houses thursday killing the two pilots aboard and setting nearby Woods afire authorities said. We thought we were dead. That show close it was said Dewey Meade who was in his Home a few Hundred Yards from the crash site. We be got debris All Over the roof and no one on the ground was injured and no Homes suffered serious damage. Bruce Jonasson manager of Bradley first air said pilots from Montreal and Ottawa were the plane s Only declined to release their names until families had been notified. A Small Quantity of explosive and corrosive materials were aboard the Hawker Siddeley Turboprop but they posed no environmental Hazard Jonasson said. The twin engine plane took off from Dayton International Airport and crashed at 4 45 . In a heavily wooded area about a half mile away. Officials said they did not know what caused the crash and were Uncertain How Long the plane had been in the air. A witness said the plane appeared to burst into flame shortly after it cleared the runway. Two bodies were discovered at the site one in the wreckage of the plane and the other nearby an investigator for the Mont Gomery county Coroner s office said. The plane owned by Bradley first air of Ottawa Canada was carrying cargo to Montreal for Emery air freight corp., Anair freight courier service. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. Jan. 14, 1949 George Allen the assistant Secretary of state for Public affairs said an estimated 8 million russians have Access to voice of America radio Broad casts beamed to Russia and other countries behind the Iron curtain. 30 years ago foe a. Jan. 14, 1959 by a 72-22 Roll Call vote the Senate decreed that two thirds of it members present and voting could halt filibusters against civil rights legislation or other controversial measures. 20 years ago today. Jan. 14, 1969 defense attorneys for Sirhan Bishara Sirhan announced that during the upcoming trial their client would not deny that he fired the shot that killed sen. Robert f. Kennedy. 10 years ago today. Jan. 14, 1979 president Carter angered when his advisory committee on women publicly complained that his anti inflation program would Hurt women financially fired former congresswoman Bella Abzug As one of the two leaders of the panel
