European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a a the stars and stripes wednesday april 18,1990. A amps left Gus Schuettler a right a . Soldier left and a Canadian air Force member stand beside a plane fragment in Karlsruhe and right photo firefighters Check wreckage near the Central train from Page 1 4 10 . Both pilots were assigned to the 439th tac fighter so. The Pilot who died had flown at the Paris air show last year and had served in Germany for three years. He was identified As capt. Timothy Kirk Luty 30, from Meaford Ontario. He is survived by his wife and two children. The surviving Captain s identity was withheld pending notification of next of Kin. About 100 . Soldiers from the Karlsruhe military Community secured the two crash Sites which were approximately 1 a Miles apart said Community spokeswoman Ruth Dyal. Debris was scattered in the Southern and Southwest parts of the City. Police said pieces of the planes were found in 60 areas and an ejection seat fell through a roof and landed in an apartment. There were reports that two people on the ground suffered minor injuries. The crash immediately ignited new protests against military flights. The dead pilots body fell into a bed of tulips in a Par like area near Highway b-10, about two Miles from a . Installation. A crowd of about 100 gathered there and a Small group of demonstrators Cairy ing a sign stating a Germany without occupation forces held a Brief protest at the site until rain began to fall Dyal said. About 25 people gathered at the Entrance to the a amps Susan Harris Karlsruhe police station and greeted members of the German military with Boos and repeated shouts of one protester yelled a a we re for the breakup of standing outside in the rain protestor Max Martin held a sign calling for an end to military forces in a United East and West Germany. A a in a angry a Martin said. A for what purpose Are these flights supposed to serve when will the military comprehend that a Guido Albert a member of a group called Karlsruhe doctors initiative against atomic weapons said a i have nothing against soldiers. In a against the machinery of he called for a fall weapons to be returned Home and destroyed and said that the Money the United states spends on defense would be better used to build Homes for the poor and homeless. Albert who described himself As being sad and angry said he opposes military flights because the civilian population can to protect itself from them. Mayor Gerhard Seiler speaking at news conference said a one has to live with risks. Air planes bring risks. One can Only reduce such the Karlsruhe police and fire departments were flooded with Calls from Many of the City a 285,000 residents. A child Tina Neuffer said she was playing in a Park when pieces of the plane began to fall. One piece which she described As the size of a Small Leaf struck her in the head but did not Hurt her. She carried pieces of the plane to a police station. The last Accident involving a Canadian forces Cf-18 occurred on May 4, 1987, near Baden Solingen. The occupants of that plane which had two seats survived. The Cf-18 Hornet is a twin engine strike fighter. Its Standard air to air combat armament is two aim-9 heat seeking sidewinder missiles on the wingtips two aim-7 Sparrow misses on fuselage stations and an internal nose mounted m61 20mm gun carrying 570 rounds of ammunition. No ammunition was aboard either plane involved in tuesdays Accident Canadian spokesmen said. The 1st Canadian air group has three tactical fighter squadrons stationed at Baden Solingen a the 409th, 439th and 421st. Baden Solingen is South of Karlsruhe and West of the German spa town of Baden Baden. Contributing to this report Stair writers Randy Pruitt and Bill Pratt in Karlsruhe and Dee Dee Arrington Doke in Kaiserslautern soviets from Page 1 immediately know whether the Cut already had taken effect and what percentage would be reduced. The news came after Lithuania a parliament convened tuesday to define a response to Gorbachev a ultimatum threatening an economic blockade. The republics prime minister sent Gorbachev a Telegram on monday seeking a meeting to negotiate the Kremlin a objections to Laws enacted in the Baltic state promoting its March 11 Independence decree. Prime minister Kazimiera Prunskiene said Lithuania a leaders were ready to discuss allowing residents who so desire to remain soviet citizens and permitting lithuanians to join the soviet army if they so choose. She also expressed a willingness to discuss the Protection of Borders. A the main goal of negotiations is to realize Independence or now the soviet Union can get out of this situation and out of Lithuania a lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis was quoted As telling legislators tuesday. At least 150 die from food poisoning Lucknow India apr at least 150 people died from food poisoning at a Celebration in Northern India a news Agency reported tuesday. Hundreds of people were hospitalized after a feast to celebrate a marriage engagement sunday in Rai Pura Jungla near Lucknow capital of the utter Pravesh state. At least 80 people were pronounced dead monday and 70 died tuesday press Trust of India reported. Hospital spokesmen said a specific death toll could not be established because victims were taken to several hospitals. One government health official said he expected More deaths. According to a preliminary investigation a poisonous phosphorous compound apparently contaminated flour used for making Puri a Fried bread and caused the deaths. No reports from Lucknow have suggested intentional poisoning. United news of India said the outbreak happened after a a til aka ceremony to celebrate a marriage engagement. A Tilak is a decorative Dot Many hindus Wear on their from Page 1 West Hunter Street Baptist Church. He caused a controversy last year when he wrote in his autobiography that King dallied with two women and later fought with a third he had a pumped on the night and morning before his 1968 assassination. Kings family and Many of his colleagues condemned Abernathy following the books publication. But tuesday Kings son a visibly saddened Fulton county commissioner Martin Luther King Iii called Abernathy a death a certainly a very tragic loss to our the Rev. Joseph Lowery who succeeded Abernathy As president of the Sulc tuesday called Abernathy a a faithful servant of the cause of Liberty and Abernathy bom March 11, 1926, in Linden ala., worked in the civil rights movement from its inception in 1955. He stood at Kings Side through the great Battles of the movement and went to jail As often As King did but Abernathy consistently found himself in Kings Shadow. In his autobiography a and the Walls came tumbling Down a Abernathy said he Felt other King aides saw him As a no More than an appendage to Martin someone who served As a part companion part bodyguard but who never played an important role in the decisions that affected the direction of the Abernathy mentioned in his autobiography that King dallied with various women on april 3, 1968, his last night alive. He became the first of the civil rights inner Circle to openly discuss Kings alleged marital infidelities which had been chronicled by several noted biographers. That revelation Drew the ire of Black leaders who asked Abernathy to retract the passages dealing with Kings alleged infidelity. Abernathy and King led the Montgomery ala., bus Boycott in 1955, which launched the civil rights movement. In 1957, the pair founded the Sulc and Abernathy was King s con Dant Counselor and cellmate during the turbulent years before King was shot to death in Memphis Tenn. Abernathy is survived by his Wile Juanita two sons Kwame and state rep. Ralph David Abernathy i and two daughters Juandalynn and Donzaleigh
