European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Vav j s ulpmh1 Utt Imrit. Ken re Psi Ivi i 1 the Star Sandst pipes Good morn Ina vel.-i/., ho/362 monday april 17. 193 d 6693 a soccer fans killed in crush at packed stadium so . England a to crowds Surgi Rig against a steel crowd control Fence in u packed soccer stadium crushed u3 fun to death and injured Al least 2w saturday in Britain s worst sports disaster police said. Most of he dead some of whom were trampled after the Fence collapsed were teen aged or younger mid Tad Joyce said. The crush appeared to be it res Dillof overcrowding. 1 olice said a Gate was opened behind one of the goal Sand witnesses said hundreds of inns without tickets poured through crushing those ill the from against the Fence. Sit drawing tin i age 3. We were life Anima i said i Tycar old. Murk Melier fewer crushed against the u inc tvs barriers. I or vivid. I Don t know How it seemed As if it was four deep in dead bodies wit people climbing Over Hern said Stuart Mcgeagh. 22. Everything seemed to be All right two minutes before . When there was a big crush1 he said. I was at the front and stuck up against the Ente. There were railings Down i incr Side. It was in a Cage. F "1 thought j wits going Jodie. I was gelling Short of breath. I could t breathe the weight on me was inc Thi was the Sec out it Jilies Ever Mann crowds watching soccer see limn i us 3. He disaster on a sunny added deadly linage that has attached itself in recent years to. Soccer in Britain. The disaster occurred no stadium Winshel Licud 150 Miles North of London p Esi Blue Collar economically depressed Pon Civ with Luv luxuries whatever else May be happening in the hcs of its supporters the team s performance in do Ustie an International Competition lifts it least temporarily the gloom of a Ery Daj existence. Flounced investigations int the purpose of opening inc Gate. Was to save s and to relieve the crush outside Wrig lit said 1 olice and Pontius immediately an the cause of the disaster. I nah i said he tickets of the last min Ute arrivals were checked bul fans said they weren t. A requested anonymity was , press association the British news Agency As saying he saw the police open Gale. It was a free for All. The a were thousands coming in i said of the police whal arc you doing thai for see soccer on Back Paga Yost to kick rear ends until Oil is cleaned up , Alaska la 1 1 coast oui ird comenti Aidain adm Paul Yost sent b president Bush o oversee he cleanup of America s worst Oil spill said saturday he would be kicking rear add unit i Ejob is done meanwhile the Oil Slick was spreading into voters near the port of Kodiak. The no. J . Fish info Pon and state officials closed five of 5j herring fishing Bays sat. Urdy said larry1 Nicholson regional com Mercial fisheries supervisor for Llie slate department Offish and game As cleanup operations dragged into their third week military officials flew to Vui div and pledged to Send ships Helicon cd and other equipment to and m the Enbert. Assistant Secretary of the attn John Shannon said two Navy vessels the amphibious transport Dock Juneau and the dist Landing ship Fon mall car would be sent to Alaska to serve As lodging for cleanup workers. The two vessels due in. Weekend have a combined Crew of 765and can sleep 1,250 workers. They will he sent to the worst Section of the sleek saturday was the deadline for Exxon 10 turn Over a cleanup plan the stale had been seeking for three weeks Yost snid he reviewed the company s proposal Andt petted Elm to meet his demands i guess l Hiitt the White House Yost said. Thai s the kind of authority 1 come Bush sent Yost to Valdez the base of the cleanup operation Al the state s re quest to Force a response from Exxon. Yost has vowed to Force the company to better handle blur Deanita and said i m kicking rear ends and taking some names " the he Ruig Bays ordered closed sat see Oil on Back Page
