European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday december 1.0, 1990 the stars and stripes a a. Page 5 a 4 a r a a a a. A a Mark 5th year since Gander crash port Campbell by. A about 175 relatives of fort Campbell soldiers who died in a 1985 plane crash gathered saturday to Mark the fifth anniversary of the Gander Newfoundland disaster which last week was the target of congressional scrutiny. A House judiciary subcommittee concluded wednesday that the Federal government should review Canadas find inns in the crash which killed 256 soldiers on a flight Home from a six month Middle East peacekeeping Mission. During saturdays Observance the honorary commander of the regiment in which the victims served said relatives should concentrate on rebuilding their lives father than dwell on the circumstances of the crash. A it has been five years of sorrow and Healing and remembering. Lets keep it in perspective and continue to rebuild our lives As we have done since that tra Gic Day a retired col Robert e. Jones told the crowd in Gander memorial Park which is dedicated to the tragedy. Jones said military service often Means facing danger such As members of the same 101st airborne div from fort Campbell Are confronting now in saudi Arabia. A the Way of the Soldier and his family is often hard and fraught with danger As evidenced by the present deployment of our military forces overseas a Jones said. Jones was selected for the honorary Post by the regiment s troops before the dec. 12,1985, crash. He did not however accompany the unit on its Mission in the Sinai Peninsula. The House judiciary subcommittee on crime heard testimony last week on a possible terrorist link to the disaster. The panel concluded that Canada should turn Over its investigative reports on the crash to the Fri while the National transportation safety Board analyses the cause of the tragedy. Fat agents were barred from the crash scene and the Nosb accepted Canada s findings about the cause without consulting the chief . Investigator who looked into the disaster according to testimony before the panel a Canadian panel had concluded that the military charter plane went Down probably because of ice on its wings. The panels findings have been challenged by other Canadian investigators several congressmen and families of the victims who suspect terrorism As the cause. A but like. Jones some of the family members at the base saturday seemed to focus More on families of troops deployed in the persian Gulf. One was Louise Wright who lost her 23-Ycar-old brother John in the crash. A a it a not easy a Wright said. A a we just have to Deal with it i Teel for the families who have members Over there nearby 248 Canadian Maple Trees stand in uniform rows As a reminder of the number of soldiers who died. Jeff Mot Lolian who lost his 47-year-old father attended the ceremony along with his wife and two children. Mollo Han said the Christmas season has been a especially hard time of year since the crash. A a it a changed a lot of things As far As what we look Forward to a Mollohan said. A a there san empty void. no Way it can be replaced. N by the new York times actress Joan Bennett died Friday evening at her Home in Scarsdale . She was 80. She died of cardiac arrest her daughter Shelley Wanger said. Bennett got her Basic training playing opposite such major stars As Ronald col Man in a bulldog Drummonds a her first important role at the age of 19 in 1929 a George Arliss in a cd israeli in 1929 and John Barrymore in a moby Dick in 1930. She portrayed a personable waitress trading wisecracks with Spencer Tracy in a me and my. Gale 1932a pert sister competing with Katharine Hepburn in a Little women 1933 and a psychiatrists Young wife slipping into insanity in a private worlds 1935. A. The leading Mentor of Bennett a career was a celebrated producer Walter Wanger. In 1938, two years before they were married he made a Algiers a a major hit that introduced Hedy Lamarr to american audiences Lamarrt a dark viennese Beauty captivated audiences around the country. Capitalizing on the sudden Vogue Wanger had Bennett become a Brunette for a Scenic melodrama called a Trade winds a and she began an entirely new career. Combined with her sultry eyes and husky voice the new look gave her an Earthie More arresting personality. She won Praise in two 1940 melodramas a a the House across the Bay and a the Man i married a and came into her own in three film thrillers directed by Fritz Lang As a Cockney prostitute in a Man Hunt 1941a mysterious Model in a the woman in the windows 1944 later in 1951, Bennett was a principal in a major Hollywood scandal. Wanger shot and wounded her longtime agent Jennings Lang in a los Angeles parking lot accusing him of being a Nom wrecker. Bennett later attributed her husband s Joan Bennett in 1931 photo and a vulgar blackmailer in a Scarlet Street 1946. A she also won Praise As a shrewish Cuc Kolding wife in Zoltan Kordass a Macomber affairs 1947as a deceitful wife in Jean Renoir so woman on the Beach 1947 and As a tormented blackmail victim in Max Ophuls a reckless moment 1949. Then easily shifting images again she was an elegant witty and nurturing Mother in two classic comedies directed by Vincente Minnelli a father of the Bride 1950 and a father s Little dividend 1951co starring Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. Outburst to desperation Over targe Finhart Cia losses. A to avoid further notoriety Wanger pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and served 100 Days at a minimum Security prison farm., Lang recovered but Bennett a film career did not. Before the shooting she had starred in More than 60 movies after it at the age of 41, she was offered Only a handful of roles. The rangers divorced in 1965, after 25 years of marriage Bennett is survived by her fourth bus band David Wilde a former critic and pub Lisher whom she married in 1973 and four daughters Diana Anderson of los Angeles and Melinda Buna of Chappaqua , from her second marriage to Gene murky a film writer producer whom she married in 1932 and divorced in 1937 and Stephanie guest and Shelley Wanger both of Manhattan from her marriage to Border fee draws instant protests Washington up the Home of the Brave May soon become the land of the fee the immigration and naturalization service is drafting a plan to Levy a charge on people who enter the United states on foot or by car. The proposal not finalized already has critics lining up like the weekend travellers at the California Mexico Border. A a that a a hell of a Way to balance their budget a said Mario Moreno regional counsel of the mexican american Legal defense and educational fund a charging fees at the Border is not the Way to take care of the Gross mismanagement of the says Jill Sheldrup state and local programs manager for the . Chamber of Commerce a it would appear that it would create yet another Barrier to persons coming into this the experimental plan was included in a Justice department appropriations measure passed by Congress earlier this year it Calls for the ins to conduct a three year test. 7 last year 429,028,310 residents and aliens were admitted to the United states through official ports of entry the ins says. The numbers do not include those who entered the country illegally. In Warrington state alone nearly 25 million people including 18 million aliens passed through the states 18 Points of entry. The most congested Cross ing is Blaine wash., bordering Vancouver Canada where More than 11 million crossed into the country in 1989. Many of the busiest checkpoints have experienced a Sharp increase in traffic in recent years. The seemingly endless lines of idling cars during Holiday weekends at the Tijuana san Ysidro Border crossing Are legendary in Southern California. Money generated by the fees would be used to pay for More ins agents and facilities with the goal of cutting congestion. At the end of three years a decision will be made on whether to continue or expand the fee Experiment. Duke Austin ins spokesman said fees for entering the United states Are not new for several years the ins and the customs service Nave been adding a $5 surcharge on International plane tickets to pay for inspections. There Are also several toll Bridges connecting the United states with Canada and with Mexico. Moreno a former City planner of Brownsville Texas said people crossing the Border to and from Mexico a were the lifeline of local Commerce. Dismissing the argument that fees Are already in place for plane tickets he said a a you re talking about a different class of people coming to this country by air plane Austin says the ins is looking at various options for putting the fee program a la a a a ready to present to Congress sometime in january Congress then will have 60 Days to review it As it stands now it appears the ins will create a toll a express Lane at undetermined Border Crossings. Other lanes would remain free. Still undecided Austin said is How sex Sands of time ally to collect the fee and whether to offer a monthly pass for migrant workers and other frequent crosses. But Moreno and others fear the program Wilt ultimately Lead to a regressive lax on anyone entering or leaving the country try announced that the first . Ground a War ii would arrive soon but did not into place and that the plan should be wacko. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec 10, 1950 a the British defense minist troops to come to Britain since the end of Wor reveal the number expected.30 years ago today _ dec. 10, 1960 a . Deputy marshals began escorting White children into an Inte rated elementary school in new Orleans but attendance dropped amid threats of Vio ence and economic reprisals.20 years ago today. A dec. 10,1970 opponents of expanded american involvement in Cambodia were to ask the Senate to approve an amendment limiting presidential use of american military Force in the Southeast Asia nation _ .10 years ago today. Dec 10,1980 a entertainer John Lennon 40, was shot to death in new York City by a Man who apparently had stalked the former beatle for Days and had asked for Lennon a autograph a few hours earlier a detective described suspect Mark David Chapman As a a
