European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes monday August 14,1989 police Dodge Gas bombs during riot in n. Ireland Londonderry Northern Ireland a police were attacked with gasoline bombs Early sunday in rioting that followed a protestant Parade celebrating a 300-year-old Victory Over the forces of a roman Catholic King. Police dodging the bombs used clubs to Dis Perse the crowd of 200 gathered in an area of the City where disturbances Are common after the annual apprentice boys Parade. Officers were attacked by petrol bomb thrown by a riotous mob of 200," said a spokes Man for the Royal Ulster constabulary a British police Force. No injuries were reported he said on Condi Tion of anonymity in keeping with local custom. Twenty years ago the apprentice boys Parade caused riots in roman Catholic districts of Londonderry and led to the dispatching of Brit ish troops to Northern Ireland three Days later on aug. 14,1969. Attempt to ignite rocket of crippled satellite fails Paris up1 a third attempt to fire Theon Board rocket motor of a crippled astronomy satellite failed on sunday when the spacecraft again refused to obey instructions the european space Agency said. Hipp Arcos a High tech Star mapping satellite was launched tuesday by a French Warinne 4 rocket but it was left stranded in a useless orbit when its on Board rocket motor failed to ignite As the spacecraft passed through the High Point or apogee of its initial elliptical orbit. On sunday at 3 45 p.m., a new firing at tempt was undertaken the Agency said in a statement relayed from its european space operations Center at Darmstadt West Germany. The new attempt made at the i Ith apogee was not successful the Agency said. Hipp Arcos was built to precisely map the locations of More than 120,000 stars which would have created the most accurate Star catalogue Ever assembled and allowed astronomers to calculate More precisely the distance of the Star from the Sun. Hipp Arcos stands for High Preci Sion Parallax collecting satellite. Syrians take key town Beirut barrage continues Beirut Lebanon a syrian troops reportedly overran a strategic Mountain town Sun Day tightening a noose around the Christia heartland while Savage rocket and artillery duels continued to Rock was no immediate casualty report from Sukel garb 15 Miles Southeast of Beirut. Police said at least nine people were kilted and 40 wounded in exchanges across the capital Sun Day. The count did not include civilians trapped under burning buildings in Christian East Beirut a police spokesman said. No one can reach them because of the intensity of the shelling 13 killed As balloon Falls 2,000 feet after collision Alice Springs Australia a thirteen peo ple plummeted 2,000 feet to their deaths Early sunday when a pair of hot air balloons collided Over the australian Outback police said. Twelve tourists and one Pilot were on an Early morning ride when the top of their balloon apparently bumped the Bottom of another s Gondola. The lower balloon deflated and dropped from the sky a civil aviation authority spokesman other Craft stayed airborne and passengers watched As the balloon folded and fell to said three bodies were found some Dis Tance away from the crumpled Gondola suggesting that they jumped at the last moment. The other 10 victims were found huddled in the Wicker Gondola their arms around each other. You could Sec fear on their faces so you obviously knew there was no Chance of survival a Rescue worker balloon carrying six men and seven women hurtled to the ground in 30 seconds radio reports of the dead appeared to be australians. The heavy Woven Basket was ripped apart by Impact and the victims shoes hats and other items were strewn up to 13 feet balloons were inflated by burners fuelled by liquid propane Gas. There was no immediate determination of Why the balloon deflated. A balloon cannot just fold up and fall out of the sky former world balloon Champion Roger Mead More said from Brisbane. He said it was the worst crash in the 206-year history of ballooning. News reports balloon involved was the big Gest in Australia but there was no official Confirma australian associated press quoting witnesses balloon s tip appeared to san pc the underside of another Gondola at 7 08 . About 10 Miles South of the Airport at Alice Springs balloon rides for tourists arc common around Alice Springs which is near Ayers Rock a huge Monolith and a sacred aboriginal site. Ken Walts who was flying a third balloon in the area at the time Craft fell in a Semic formed could t believe what i was seeing when the bal Loon just completely deflated and plummeted straight Down to the Earth he said. I can assure you it was a sickening just followed it visually Down to the ground until the Load struck the ground. It seemed to take a eternity but it might have been a very Short space of 40,000 More phone workers strike by the associated press Telephone workers and regional phone Compa Nies serving 19 states continued talks past a strike deadline sunday but about 40,000 workers in five midwestern states walked out when negotiations broke Down there. Members of the communications workers of America walked out at Chicago based Amer itch and its subsidiaries shortly after Midnight. In Colorado Cwa and West representative bargained through the night while in St. Louis negotiators for the Union and southwestern Bel broke Early sunday morning to get some rest but planned to resume talks later in the Day. No strike was called at those two of our people Are still working and we Hope we can keep everybody at work today sunday White we negotiate this afternoon and get a settlement late this afternoon or Early this evening said Jennings Wooldridge a Cwa spokesman in St. Louis referring to the southwestern Bell re apart on some major items that Are on the table said Wooldridge. There Are some things Pecan t accept things we need to work he would not specify what issues remain a Telephone recording on the West talks Cwa local president Mary Blue said Ilia intense negotiations arc still continuing. We Are not officially on strike at this time. Everything is on Columbia from Page 1 states verify the soviet Union s compliance with arms treaties just As soviet satellites do Over the United states and Europe. Air Force Secretary Donald Rice confirmed wednesday that a satellite was deployed by the Astro nauts during their first Day in orbit but he would discuss its purpose. To prepare for the trip Back to Earth Columbi commander Shaw and Pilot Richard Richards con ducted a series of tests saturday to make certain the shuttle s computers and control jets were ready. In addition Mission specialists David Leestma James Adamson and Mark Brown stowed several experiments. Some of those tests were believed to be connected with the Star wars missile defense project while others involved determining How people could serve As military observers in Columbia the oldest shuttle last flew in Jan uary 1986, Landing 10 Days before the challenger explosion killed that shuttle s Crew of seven. After the Accident Nasa concentrated on making safety modifications to the two newer shuttles the discovery and the Atlantis before turning attention to the Columbia the discovery and the Atlantis have each made two space trips since flights resumed last Columbia s return restored the shuttle flight level to three vehicles with the launch rate More flights Are planned this year and nine Are scheduled in 1990. Another orbiter is being built As replacement for the challenger and is scheduled for its first launch in Early 1992. Leland from Page 1 Aid officials. Also reported aboard were an ethiopian employee of the embassy three ethiopian officials and a flight Crew of three. The plane was heading to fug Nido one of four refugee Camps in Southwest pm Ethiopia that is run by the . High commissioner for refugees. Fug Nido houses More than 300,000 sudanese who have fled famine and civil War in their own country. La Washington president Bush said Barbara and i were truly saddened to hear that the discovery of Mickey Leland s aircraft revealed that apparently there were no survivors of this tragic Accident Mickey Leland and the other members of his travelling party both americans and ethiopians were engage Din a Noble cause trying to feed the hungry. "1 have known admired and worked with Mickey Leland for Many years. His sense of compassion and desire to Hel those in need has aided millions of peo ple from Houston to Addis Haley said . And ethiopian Heli copters plus at least one soviet chopper have been sent to the scene about 500miles West Southwest of Addis Ababa the capital. The recovery operation is set to begin tomorrow monday he said. The twin Otter vanished aug. 7 sinbad weather. The Rescue workers did not immediately speculate on the cause of the crash. Gambula and the Village of dumb Ido la to the North of Gambula had been an Early focus of the search because there were two rough dirt airstrips nearby the Pilot May have tried to head Forone of those strips because of heavy Clouds and Low visibility at Leland s in tended destination officials have said. The ethiopian government said farm ers had heard a Light plane circling one and possibly two other dirt strips about90 Miles Southeast of Gambell on Mon Day. When Leland s plane was not immediately found after it failed to land at the refugee Camp the search shifted briefly to the Northwest but turned up nothing. Leland arrived in Ethiopia Early Las monday just hours before be and his group boarded the plane that was to take them to the refugee Camp. Their Takeoff was delayed for two hours by bad weather and officials said conditions were marginal when they finally set off from Addis Ababa s Bole Airport. The search Effort grew steadily through the. Week with More than 10 . Air Force planes including High Altitude u-2 reconnaissance aircraft committed to the Effort. The ethiopian air Force and civil aviation authority provided an equal number of aircraft for the search despite the frosty relations that have existed be tween the United states and the Africa nation since 1974. Robert Houdek the . Charge d affaires in Addis Ababa praised Ethiopia s involvement and said it could warm relations that chilled following the military coup that toppled emperor Haile Selas Sie 25 years ago
