European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 i the stars and stripes Friday. August 25, 1989 pleasure boat bound for scrap Heap London a the battered Hulk of the marchioness pleasure Cruiser was tugged to its last berth wednesday three Days after at least 48 party goers on Board were drowned after a collision in the River thames. The Cruiser was patched up by welders on a mud Bank at Southwark Bridge in Central London and then towed Down River on the evening High tide to Green wich. After police inquiries into How it was rammed and sunk Early sunday the Cruiser will be scrapped. Who wants to sail in her after this asked Salvage supervisor Ron a Ioctl. Twisted wreckage was visible through the windows of the Cruiser and a Bunch of red roses on its crumpled roof. The Flowers were put there by the family of its missing skipper Stephen Faldo. Scotland Yard police Headquarters said 17 More bodies were recovered from the River tuesday night and through wednesday bringing the total to 48 since the 90-ton Cruiser went Down at Southwark Bridge less than two minutes after it was hit from behind by the 1,475-ton Dredger bowl clue. Because no list was made of those boarding the ves Sel for the 26th birthday party of a London financier Scotland Yard has revised its figures of survivors and missing several times. Its latest figure of those on algerian expelled from franc arrested after hijacking plane Algiers. Algeris sap an unarmed algerian emigre on wednesday to Wjk control of an air France Airliner flying from Paris la Algiers with 115 people aboard but was arrested a Civ a plane landed at the Algiers Airport officials said. The Pilot said the Hijacker had thu something under his jacket and threatened to blow up he plane. But before he was led away he showed rep Here a Small piece of soap and a Spray perfume bottle which he identified As his Only news reports in Paris said the Hijacker Ide Lifie algerian police As said Djamil was being Etc Llyd from France to his Homeland when he by Jared the Airbus a-300. The Pilot said he landed in Algiers after other air ports in Algeria and Tunisia act used permission to land there. It was not Clear if the Hijacker had demanded to be to a to those destinations. The Hijacker we apparently surrendered said he plane to Call attention to the need to end Violet life in Lebanon and France spokeswoman said the hijacking a fled at 3 25 p.m., barely an hour after the plane Lap did at Houari Bourc. Flip inc Airport cast of the algerian capital. She said the 102 passengers and 13 members of the Crew were All Safe. The spokeswoman said she could not give details of How the hijacking was re solved. The French news Agency a once Francc or Csc citing unidentified sources in Paris said the Man was being expelled for violating Public order and great agitation before being put on the sign to Algiers. Algerian police said Tif Sincl who is also known by the alias by Dada was a "3ft fear old merchant in Paris. The Hijacker had called for the hiding of an inter National conference on Lebanon the opening of a Dia Logue Between the Plo and Israel and the liberation of prisoners in the Baltic from Page 1 with the number 1,222,660. She said that was the number of lithuanians that activists estimate have suffered repression under soviet Rule. In the Southern soviet Republic of Moldavia which also was absorbed by the soviet Union at the same time 10,000 people turned out in a heavy rain for a two hour outdoor rally said moldavian people s front spokesman Yuri Rozgo. In this port City on the Gulf of Finland the human Chain began at a wind whipped medieval Tower where estonian Premier Sindrik Toome and other leaders headed the line of Unity. Lines of tens of thousands of solemn faced Estoni ans their hands clasped and standing four deep in places stretched from the lower As far As the Eye could Sec. Vaba dus they said passing the estonian word for Freedom Down the line. The line was to Snake southward through several cities including the latvian capital of Riga and end in the lithuanian capital. The Chain climaxed a series of protests marking the anniversary of the aug. 23, 1939, non aggression treaty Between the soviet Union and nazi Germany. Organizers said the human Chain would symbolize the Baltic Peoples Solidarity in their struggle for More autonomy and possibly eventual Independence from Moscow. The More Liberal political climate introduced by president Mikhail s. Gorbachev has permitted Baltic residents to voice demands that As recently As last year would have meant arrest or exile. However in Moscow police broke up what authorities said was an unauthorized demonstration by the democratic Union a self styled opposition to the communist party that activists said was called to denounce the Hitler Stalin pact. Seventy five people were detained near Pushkin Square on charges of breaching the peace resisting police and Petty hooliganism after democratic Union leaders climbed on Telephone Booths and lampposts Tass news Agency reported. The soviet to news program Eremya in the first Board is 139. 10 less than the vessel s certified capacity of 149 passengers and two Crew. Police say they know of 84 survivors five More than the figure Given earlier this week and seven people arc still missing. River police superintendent Ted Allen said Strong currents in the dark and dangerous thames mean his divers can spend Only 30 minutes at a time searching for More bodies. The skipper s wife Deborah Faldo went Back to Southwark Bridge wednesday for a last look at the Cruiser. I want to look at the River he died on i wish i had been with him she said. Young estonians protest a nazi soviet pact through which countries were annexed by the soviet Union comment by Moscow based Media on the extraordinary Baltic protest said it would be political naivete to believe Europe s Borders can be redrawn now. The United states and some other Western coun tries do not recognize the Baltic republics As parts of the soviet Union maintaining they arc captive a Baltic emigre regimes have their own embassies in Washington news briefs vets remains headed Home Washington three . Army s Nam will be red wednesday the pc they were Ide Spangier Iii of Al officer Charles c a. And spec. De Delphia. The remains i Waii with full Mil Lary Travis fab Calif. A statement iss d said the remain Vietnam april 2l. Been identified. T analysis to Date rim cocaine s Munich was a the remains of who died in Viet cd to the United states Wagon has announced. Ifield As capt. Henry m. Kandria. A chief warrant Wincler jr., of Savannah Ard d. Reilly or. Of Phila i Cave Hickam fab in a honors for transport to he Pentagon said. By the Pentagon tuesday re among 21 repatriated by five of which had already others Are still undergoing identification. Sized in Munich Germany a bavarian state police seized about 1,430 pounds of co Caine in the Large haul this year in Europe authorities said i inc Day. A police spokes an said the drug discovered tuesday in a True in the sch Abing Section of Munich had a str i value of $108 million. This is the Lar est single seizure of cocaine this year in euro police spokesman Cor Grieger said. He a 1 the seizure is a record for West Germany for Ocain. Atlantic crossing ends Plymouth England a Canadian Jane Weber sailed into Plymouth in Southwest England wednesday night ending a Solo Cross ing of the Atlantic Ocean aboard her 43-foot yacht Tilley endurable. She left Halifax Nova Scotia at the Start of the 2,700-Milc voyage july 29 and became the first Canadian woman to sail across the Atlantic single handed. Greece to Athens Grcic wednesday to try special court for a cultural scandal economic commit lawmakers read Day Stormy debate parliamentary inv former Deputy Nassopoulos will court president an Al Anastopoulo re election on a p ticket in june 18 b by minister a parliament vote Dormer socialist minister in a cd involvement in an Agri to defrauded the european de the decision after a two n findings of a 12-Mcmber gating committee. Nance minister Nikos Alha e trial before the supreme 12 judges. Was Defeated in his bid for ill cynic socialist movement voting. Northwest lists fines Eagan Minn. A Northwest airline said it paid a $650,000 Federal Fine for 10 prob lems found in a National inspection program that initially turned up 139 problems at the car penalty was primarily for inadequate re Cord keeping making minor aircraft repairs be fore the procedures Nad been approved by the manufacturer and not meeting a timetable for follow up inspection the airline said. The airline said it paid the Fine which the Federal aviation administration reduced from the $801,000 the Agency proposed in february last week. Faa spokesman Mori Edelstein con firmed the airline s account
