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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. August 17, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 2 . Airliners make emergency landings by the associated press a United airlines Jet made an Emer gency Landing in St. Louis when a warn ing Light indicated a problem with the Landing gear tuesday and an american trans air Jet landed in Chicago after the Pilot shut Down an engine officials said. No one was injured in either incident said spokesman Mort excl slain or the Federal aviation administration s Chi Cago office. United flight 673. In route from Chi Cago to St. Louis with 83 people aboard notified the Lambon St. Louis International Airport control Tower about 11 30 . That the left main Landing gear might not be fully extended said Tony Boos a spokesman for the St. Louis air port authority. The Boeing 737 circled the Airport for nearly an hour to Burn off As much fuel As possible Boos said. Mechanics were working to determine the  do not know what was wrong hut we do know the Landing gear held firm on Contact United spokeswoman Sara Dornacker said. Several hours later the american trans air Jet landed at Chicago s o Harc International Airport after Rescue Crews were put on emergency standby. The american trans air charter flight was carrying Only a Crew of three. Authorities have not determined Why the Pilot shut Down the rear engine on the three engine Boeing 727 Jet the Faa  sunday the rear engine of a Continental airlines Boeing 727 bound for Portland ore., disintegrated As the plane was taking off from Denver forcing the Pilot to abort the Takeoff. Marines hit Ohio Beach footing for few Good men Lorain Ohio a thousands of people cheered and 15 quietly protested a marines stormed a City owned Beach on Lake Eric in a recruitment drive tuesday. Just to Sec the vast majority of peo ple Here getting up Early and watching us makes me proud of the service i do in the Marine corps said staff sgt. Sam Adkins of Chattanooga Tenn. I feel it s my Job to protect the people 1 Sec Here said Adkins dressed in full combat gear and with his face blackened. Police capt. Cal Rivera estimated that10,000 people turned out at Lakeview Beach to watch a company of about 100 marines Board four Landing Craft from the tank Landing ship Boulder and reach the Beach in a morning Mist. Opt. Richard Celeste had refused the marines permission to land june 24 a Cleveland s Edge water state Park As part of a 20-City recruiting promotion tour of the great lakes Region. Celeste whose action was denounced by veterans groups said the Landing would be an inappropriate use of the Park. On tuesday 15 people staged a silent protest at a Gazebo overlooking the to rain Beach holding anti War placards and distributing literature. This whole thing is so silly the idea that you can make a War a carnival said the Rev. Steve Hammond one of the protesters and a cd pastor at first Baptist Church in Oberlin. The demonstrators represented Var ious groups including the Lorain county peace and Justice commission clergy and laity concerned and the Baptist peace Fellowship. But most of the crowd cheered the marines and scampered across the Beach to inspect the Landing Craft. I liked it said Gary Jones of West Lake who was holding his i year old son Bradford. Jones said he wanted to Sec where your tax Dollar  after the marines landed and held a Brief formation they mixed with the crowd which included families sitting on picnic blankets and a Navy band playing jazz music. Feet of daring an intrepid youngster appears to be flying through the air. But 12-year-old John  from Belle Plain Minn. Was really performing feats of daring wednesday on a trampoline in his family s Back Yard. Throngs Mark 12th anniversary of Elvis death Memphis Tenn a hundreds of Elvis Presley faithful walked with candles up a winding Quarter mile driveway to his former mansion tuesday night to pass the Singer s grave and Mark the 12th anniversary of his death. The crowd walked single Hie and car ried candles lit from an eternal flame at the mansion called Graceland. Many left single roses at Presley s graveside be Side the swimming Pool. The Rock v Roll Pioneer died aug. 16, 1977. He just had everything said Laurie cousins who waited on a sidewalk for 13 hours to be first in line for the procession. He had looks. He had Charisma. He had  the candlelight Vigil expected to draw More than 4,000 participants through the night is the largest single event of a nine Day lineup of concerts memorials trivia con tests film festivals and souvenir fairs that make up Elvis International tribute Sveck. The 7-Ycarold tribute week is organized and promoted by managers of Presley s former residence Graceland which draws 650,000 visitors a year including some 40,000 Over the anniversary Celebration said Jack Sodyn executive director of the Graceland division of Elvis Presley enter Prises inc. The Vigil was begun 11 years ago by the ill is country fan club one of More than 250 Presley fan clubs around the world. Georgann Reynolds of Austin Texas president of the Elvis country club said her group has More than 1.200 members world wide Many of whom Are too Young to have been Presley fans when he was alive. She said she expects the annual graveside vigils to continue for years to come. Cousins 38, of Winnipeg Canada said her Daylong Wail to be first in line was Worth it. It was the third year in a Row that she and her Friend in Elvis Sheryl Fordin 38, of new York have been at the front of the  and its 36,000-Squarc-foot souvenir shopping Center take in about $ 12million a year. The Complex is run for the financial Benefit of Presley s Only child. Lisa Marie. Tickets to tour the House two of Presley s former air planes and a museum of his cars and motorcycles Cost $ 15.95 each for adults and $10.25 for children. A tour of the House alone is $7.50. Presley bought the three Story White columned residence in 1957 when his Rock v Roll career began to Blossom and he called Memphis Home for most of his professional life. Presley died at age 42 of heart disease planner of attack on Pearl Harbor i Tokyo a Minoru Ganda a chief planner of Japan s Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a former member of parliament died tuesday the anniversary of Japan s surrender in world War ii he would have been 85 on wednesday. His family said Genda died of heart failure in Tokyo Hospital. A graduate of Japan s naval Academy Ganda was ayoung aviation staff officer who was called in Early on the planning for the daring attack that severely dam aged the . Pacific Fleet in Hawaii and brought the United states into the War. He directed much of the secret training in japanese Waters before the attack and on dec. 8, 1941, he was aboard one of the japanese carriers that launched theraid. In june 1942, however he was involved with the unsuccessful japanese attack on Midway Island. Some analysts partially faulted him for failing to order enough search planes to find the . Fleet during the assault. The . Victory at Midway ended with Man japanese warships sunk or damaged and ended the japanese Advance in the Pacific. After the War Ganda joined Japan s revived air Force in 1954 and Rose to become its chief of staff in 1959. After retiring from the military he was elected in 1962 to the upper House of parliament for the Liber Al democratic party and was re elected three time before he retired in 1986, regarded As a Hawk among the governing party defense experts Genda was a native of Hiroshima the City that was levelled in the first atomic attack on aug.6,1945  
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