European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. January 30, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 controllers not told of Jet s fuel shortage Cove neck. . A the Crew of Vianca flight 52 Lold High Alli Tudic air traffic controllers the plane was Low on fuel and needed a priority Landing before it crashed on Long Island thursday night kill ing 73 people and injuring 85. Hut that information was t relayed to local controllers officials said Sun Day. The Pilot of the colombian airline s Boeing 707 told controllers at new York Center who handle High Alti tude traffic that he was Low on fuel 50 minutes before the plane crashed said Lee Dickinson a member of the National transportation safety Board. When the new York Center controllers turned Over control of the flight to local controllers at John f. Kennedy International Airport they apparently failed to mention that the plane was Low on fuel Dickinson said. The conversation Between the Crew and new York Center came after the aircraft had been in a holding pattern for 46 minutes. Dickinson said. At that Point controllers asked the Pilot if he could reach Boston s Logan Airport. The Pilot replied that he lacked fuel to gel to Logan said Dickinson. Shortly afterwards control of the aircraft was transferred to local controllers terminal radar approach control or Tracton who told investigators sunday they never knew the plane was Low on fuel. One local controller said he Learned about the fuel shortage but Only after the plane had to abort an at tempted Landing. After that attempt the Pilot twice Lold the local con rollers he was running out of fuel. Dickinson said. The latest information came out after investigators spoke to six local controllers who either handled the aircraft or were keeping track of it. He said. They were to question several More on monday he said. Asked if there arc rules requiring that fuel shortage information be passed along among controllers he said. There has to be a Handoff or an agreement. One would expect thai information going in the Center that thai information would be passed  he said the controllers at Tracton and new York Center were speaking to each other by Telephone when control was handed off. Fuel receipts obtained by investigators indicate the aircraft left Medellin. Colombia with 81.000 pounds of fuel on Board More than enough for a Normal flight to new York. The flight originated in Bogota wild a Stop in Medellin. The plane was delayed because of weather related congestion three times in route for 16 minutes Over Norfolk a. For 27 minutes Between Norfolk and new York and for 46 minutes about 40 Miles South of Juk. The crash in an affluent Long Island Community occurred As the plane circled Back for a second Landing attempt alter an initial approach was aborted because it was too Steep the Nosb said. The Pilot told the High Altitude controllers at new York Center he needed a priority Landing Dickinson said. However the word emergency was never used and i Cir that reason perhaps the severity of the Situa Tion was t relayed Dickinson said. A Federal official close to the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity said the information indicates the error appears to lie with new York Cen Ter. Nosb investigators sunday again studied the Jet s Lour engines and fuel pumps. What they found was indicative of no Tuel in the  Dickinson said. Investigators earlier said the plane May have had up to  pounds of fuel upon Impact. However they a d sunday that figure could be wrong because they were unsure about the integrity of fuel gauges they have examined. For example a gauge that keeps track of All fuel on Board indicated the plane had Between 1.100 pounds and 1.200 pounds of fuel. Two other gauges for individuals fuel tanks showed that those tanks each had Between 2.300 and 2,400 pounds of fuel he said. Picking through the wreckage sunday investigators found four More cockpit fuel gauges bringing the total to six. There arc eight in All. One for each of seven tanks and another showing the Overall amount. Officials again revised their casually count saying there were 85 survivors rather than 86, As previously stated. More than 20 of them remained in critical condition in local hospitals officials reported. Casey Tibbs Early Star of Rodeo Dies fort Pierre. S d. Api Casey Tibbs. Inc colourful Rodeo rider credited with popular ing inc sport in the course of winning nine world championships during the 1940s to the 1960s, died of cancer sunday at inc age of 60. Tibbs. Who was born and raised on a horse ranch about 60 Miles Northwest of fort Pierre proved his toughness on the Rodeo circuit winning u record six world Saddle bronc championships on the professional Rodeo cowboys association Lour. He twice won the association s All around Cowboy title which goes to the contestant who wins the most titles in two or More events. Tibbs also won one bareback Bronco Crown. Because of his flamboyant personality purple Cadillac and flashy Western dress were his trademark in his heyday Tibbs often has been credited with bringing inc professional Rodeo Inlo National prominence. He was featured on a life Magazine covering 1951. Formed Rodeo troupes that travelled to Europe and Japan wrote and produced me movie born to  and appeared As a stuntman in movies and on television. Last August a Lalue of Tibbs Riding a bucking horse named no Colic was dedicated at inc pro Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs Colo. Homosexual thousands of revellers gathered in Phil Adelphia s Chinatown Section Sunda in year of the horse Welcome the year 4688 the year of the horse on the chinese lunar Calendar. Here a Ashlar fireworks and pair of prancing Lions Ward off evil. Priest challenged on marital views Newark. . A a newly ordained Homo sexual priest May be asked to resign from the Episco pal clergy if he does t agree to uphold the principles of monogamy espoused by inc Church says the Bishop who ordained him. The Rev. J. Robert Williams ordained dec. 16 Over the objections of some top episcopal officials provoked further controversy by telling a Church forum that monogamy and Fidelity Aren i requisites for marriage. Williams said his position is based on pastoral experience that showed few heterosexual or homosexual couples to be Fanh Ful. The Star Ledger reported Sun Day. Williams called monogamy As unnatural As Celi  in comments the newspaper said were carried by the religious news service following a Jan. 13 Church forum in Detroit. If people want to try. Of. But the fact is. People Are not  Williams said. It is Cray to hold up this Ideal and pretend it s what we re doing and we re  Williams 34. A priest at All saints episcopal Church in . Has lived with James Skelly 39. A Hospital administrator for Lur ears. In .1 diocesan news release Friday. Bishop John s Spong of the Newark diocese who ordained Williams. And Williams would t have been ordained if Church officials had known of his views on marriage. He said officials were unaware of it although will iams had been screened Foror Malion for two years. Spong who has been assailed by conservative l episcopalians for permitting Williams ordination said he reprimanded the priest and asked him to apologia. His own life needs to be conducted according to the san standards applied to All priests homosexual or heterosexual Spong wrote. If or. Williams is not Able to conform to the standards of this diocese then his resignation would be  Williams issued a statement saturday night saying irreconcilable differences had led him to resign his position As head of a program called Oasis that ministers to homosexuals. Williams told the Star Ledger he fell disappointed and he traded and alleged thai Spong was using him As a Scapegoat for the pressure he was feeling from Church authorities. He said he Din t think he would he Able to continue is an episcopal Clergyman but would continue with religious work May he it will have to he my own  Williams