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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 8, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Kahane faithful vow to carry on new York apr thousands of mourners some vengeful some crying a never again a thronged a Brooklyn synagogue tuesday bidding Farewell to the assassinated Meir Kahane and pledging to carry on the militant rabbits anti Arab Campaign. His alleged killer who immigrated from Egypt in 1981 and took . Citizenship last year was in critical condition in a Manhattan Hospital. Police said he had no links with terrorist groups. A there will be revenge. We believe in revenge a said sol Margolis president of Kach International the . Arm of a Haney a extremist party which advocates the ouster of arabs from israeli held territory. Kahane was gunned Down monday night As he addressed a zionist group at a Manhattan hotel. Police said Kahane was taking questions from the crowd when the gunman stopped 4 feet from him and fired a .357-caliber pistol. The israeli government appealed for peace As police and army reinforcements spread out in Israel and the occupied territories to head off revenge attacks. The deaths of two arabs on tuesday were linked to Kahaney a slaying. The fear of retribution in new York prompted stepped up Security at the . Missions for Israel saudi Arabia and Egypt Al a1 Israel airlines offices and several jewish newspapers said police commissioner Lee Brown. Thousands jammed a synagogue in Brooklyn and spilled onto a four Lane Highway for the funeral of the 58-year-old Kahane. His body was to be flown to Israel for burial. A it is possible for the heart to Well up and cry for the horrible loss our nation has suffered a rabbi Moshe Tendler of Yeshiva University said As thousands cheered outside Young Israel of Ocean Parkway synagogue. Thousands swarm around the casket of rabbi Meir Kahane after a memorial service in a Brooklyn synagogue rabbi Herbert Bomzer a longtime Friend and Leader of the synagogue where the service was held said Kahane was always Welcome. Many synagogues barred Kahane because he sanctioned violence. A rabbi Meir Kahane was a Friend a Leader a fighter a writer a thinker. He was a spokesman for the defense of jews All around the world a Bomzer said. The militant jewish defense league founded by Kahane in 1968, has been linked by the Fri to various acts of violence. Included were a 1972 firebombing that killed one and injured 13. The loudest applause came when Bomzer proclaimed that Kahane a was a strident voice calling a never again a a the slogan used by Kahane in reference to the holocaust. Moderate voices called for Calm. A the guilty person should be tried and punished under our Laws a said rabbi Irwin Groner president of the rabbinical Assembly. The new York born Kahane was struck by a single Bullet in the neck and died an hour later at Bellevue Hospital. The alleged gunman a $30,0 0-a-year City maintenance Man identified Asel Sayyid a. Nos air 35, of Cliffside Park n.j., was charged with murder attempted murder assault and criminal Possession of a weapon police said. Workers begin Alaska pipeline re inspection Anchorage Alaska a workers began excavating nine sections of the trans Alaska Oil pipeline to Check for corrosion following charges that the original inspectors were poorly trained or worked under the influence of drugs or alcohol. In All 19 sections of the approximately 800-mile line Are to be re inspected. A Federal criminal investigation meanwhile is under Way into accusations by a former corrosion inspector that his employer ignored drinking and drug use on and off the Job. A the Quality of information related to the corrosion repair work along the pipeline is in question a said Mike Mengle Federal pipeline officer for the . Bureau of land management. The 48-Inch-diameter line carries a Quarter of the nations Domestic crude Oil production from wellhead at Prudhoe Bay to a Marine terminal at the ice free port of Valdez. The renewed concern comes at a time when president Bush has ordered Domestic Oil production increased because of the persian Gulf crisis. But state and Federal officials wont agree to increase the pressure in the line until the inspection issues Are settled. Digging began Friday on a Section in lawyer ousted As executor of Oswald Assassin s estate the Brooks Range about 170 Miles South of the Start of the line at Prudhoe Bay and the Alyeska pipeline service co. Hopes to finish the re inspections by mid december. Alyeska is the Oil company consortium that operates the pipeline. Initial results monday from a 76-foot Section of pipeline showed no cracking or corrosion problems officials said. Thorpe technical services is the Alyeska contractor that conducted the original inspection at Sites where corrosion or other problems were suspected. The company has been doing the testing since 1988.sands of time state and Federal agencies ordered the second look for corrosion or cracks that could Lead to leaks after Edward William Thompson 26, of Fairbanks wrote a 16-Page letter last month accusing Thorpe of submitting flawed work. Thompson alleged that Thorpe inspectors were poorly trained or supervised and that drug and alcohol use was widespread among workers. The company denies the allegations. Dave Vickery a spokesman for the Bureau of land management in Anchorage said that a criminal investigation was under Way into Thompsons allegations about drug use on Federal land. Dallas apr a lawyer was removed tuesday As executor of Jack Ruby a estate whose major asset is the �?�38-caliber Colt cobra revolver the Dallas nightclub owner used to kill presidential Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. A six person jury ruled that Ruby a a attorney Jules Mayer grossly mismanaged the estate after Ruby died in 1967. Mayer still practices Law at age 82. Dallas county probate judge Robert e. Price must decide How to distribute Ruby s assets. State Law mandates that if he upholds the jury a decision he must appoint a new executor. No hearing Date was set. Ruby a brother Earl filed the lawsuit asking to be named executor of the estate. Ruby a heirs and Mayer have wrangled Over the estate for 23 years. The gun Ruby used to kill Oswald in the Dallas county jail two Days after president Kennedy a assassination on nov. 22, 1963, is stored in a Bank Safe Deposit Box. Mayer has said it could bring $125,000 on the collectors Market. Ruby bought the gun for $62.50 in a gun shop. Mayer wanted proceeds from the guns Sale to pay off Ruby a debts. He said they include the $65,000 it has Cost him to handle the estate including the expense of fighting Earl Ruby a lawsuits. Earl Ruby charges that Mayer is trying to profit from the estate. He wants the estate liquidated to pay off his brother a debts and a wipe the slate  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 8,1950 a . And British troops advanced More than two Miles on the korean Northwest front in a Day of Light skirmishes which Allied officers feared might preface another big push by the chinese and North korean communists.30 years ago today. Nov. 8,1960 a a record turnout of some 67 million american voters was expected at the polls to choose a new president and members of congress.20 years ago today. Nov. 8, 1970 a sen. Henry m. Jackson d-wash., told the Atlantic Alliance that nato members must share the financial Burden to avoid american troop cuts in europe.10 years ago today. Nov. 8, 1980 a the Pentagon announced it planned to Airlift a Small Force of . Ground troops to Egypt in the next week in the first such overseas test of the new rapid deployment Force. The operation would involve about 1,400 army troops and airmen As Well As ground attack planes of the new Mexico National guard  
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