European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2. The stars and stripes Friday. May 19. 1989 new envoy Mcmin Henry Callo duffs his High hat in route to Buckingham Palace wednesday to present his credentials in Queen Elizabelh ii As . Ambas Sador to great Britain. Catto replaces Charles ii. Price ii. Former hostages approve of Hamadi s life sentence by the associated press Kurt Carlson who was severely beaten by the hijackers of Twa might 847 four years ago says the sentencing wednesday of Mohammed Ali Hamadi makes him really glad they re going to put that Guy  a West German court in Frankfurt convicted Ham Adi in the hijacking and the brutal beating and murder of . Navy diver Robert St them. 23. Of Waldorf. Md., then sentenced the 24-year-old terrorist to life in prison. Flight 847 was Sei de on june 14, 1985. After tin Boeing 727 look off from Athens for Rome. The plane flew twice to Algiers and three times to Beirut on the hijackers orders. Thirty nine americans were held hostage for 17 Days. Hamadi received the maximum sentence under West German Law hut Navy . . Stuart Dahl. 35. Of i Ort Llucy Csc. Calif., who was travelling will Ste them when the plane was hijacked said the terrorist deserved a sterner Fate. Dahl told Fargo . Radio station Day that Hamadi should have been extradited to the United slates to stand trial and should have been sentenced to death. He deserved to be treated like a terrorist and die a terrorist s death  the Minnesota native said. Three san franciscans who were passengers on flight 847 said they feared that West Germany would be pressured to release him. We have very Strong reason to believe that the West germans have made a Deal for an Early release or at least have led Hamadi s family and supporters in Beirut to think so Mauri Schwartz told a news conference in san Francisco attended by fellow Passen Gers Dino Cucchi and his wife. Lord la. Reading a statement by the three Schwartz said recent kidnappings and releases of West germans in Lebanon appeared to be connected to Hamadi s Case. We arc satisfied that this verdict and sentence arc appropriate punishment for his crimes and for that we breathe a sigh of Relief she said. We ask the West German government to abide by the court s decision and keep Hamadi in prison for the rest of his life. We ask the . Government to insist on this in every aspect of our foreign  then speaking for herself Schwartz added if he does get to go Back he will do it  like St them Carlson was singled out by the terrorists for especially brutal treatment. The Rockford iii., businessman was returning from army Reserve duty in the Middle East and was carrying a government passport. I m really glad they re going to put that Guy away he said in a Telephone interview wednesday from a College alumni Outing at Myrtle Beach . He really did t seem to care if All of us died or  said Carlson 42. He deserved the worst punish ment there is for what he did not just to me but to Robert St them and All the passengers and the  the Rev. James Mcloughlin of Geneva 111., one of three priests leading Illinois roman catholics who were returning from a pilgrimage to the holy land aboard flight 847, said he was glad the death penalty was not an option. That would just continue the anger the Chain re action of retribution Mcloughlin said. This is kind of a period to the whole thing said Evelyn Ball 74, of Oswego 111. Maybe now they la  it die. You think you be put it completely out of you mind and then something like this comes up and brings it All Back  thunderstorms lash Texas again us airline Alert issued London a British air ports and airlines Hare been alerted to watch out for containers of Marzi pan Candy that could contain semtex plastic explosive the transport department said wednesday. The department said in u statement that the Alert followed the discovery of a Brand of Middle East Marzipan containing semtex. It rave no other details about the find. Investigators believe semtex was used in the bomb built into a radio cassette player that destroyed Panama flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland dec. 21. All 259 people on the new York bound plane and 11 on the ground were killed. Semtex is made in Czechoslovakia. It is odourless hard to detect and can be folded into any shape. Hillh water leaves guests stranded at a Motel along 1-35 near Waco Texas. Storms destroyed 45 Homes and 16 businesses. By the associated press punishing thunderstorms whipped Texas for the second straight Day wednesday with tornadoes and heavy rain destroying 45 Homes and 16 Busi Nesses causing floods and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people. Rains that drenched the Middle Atlantic states subsided but flooding forced the evacuation of do ens of Northern new Jer sey residents and closed three major High ways in the new York City area. Thunderstorms. Which pounded Northern Texas tuesday on wednesday hit much of the state s midsection. Tornadoes were reported in Winona and near Malakoff Athens and Jarrell. And damaging winds struck in Frankston and heart Casville. In Jarrell. A town of 1,000 people about 40 Miles North of Austin a twister destroyed 33 houses 12 Mobile Homes and 16 businesses and damaged 3houses, said state emergency official David liar am. At least six tractor trailer rigs Over turned on nearby interstate 35. Near round Rock almost 20 Miles North of Austin rain and High winds lore siding off an elementary school and dam aged More than a dozen Homes. The school s 400 pupils were evacuated to a High school. The storms dumped 5 inches of of rain on Lake Palestine in one hour and 4inches in Freestone county in two hours. More than 9 inches fell in Robinson and 2 to 4 inches were common across Central  Dallas the Trinity River was More than 5 feet above Hood stage and was still , firefighters and others escorted people from flooding neighbourhoods. Rising water pushed a Mobile Home in Village Creek downstream to a Bridge an flooding closed 1-35 in Waco and interstate 45 in Navarro county and roads in and out of Blum. Turkey oks plan for Princlik Ankara Turkey a after two years of negotiations Turkey has accepted a . Proposal to modernize an american listening station that monitors soviet activities officials said wednes Day. Foreign ministry spokesman Inal Batu told reporters that the United states would install a new computer to replace an obsolete one from i960, and build a ground satellite station for better communication Between the Princlik listen ing station and the United states. The spokesman added that the . Government complaining about the level of noise from nearby Ankara also wants to move the Belbas seismological station to another location and to modernize the Synop station along the Black sea coast