European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The Sfat vol. 50, no. 360 35c thursday april 9,1992 d 8693 a Arafat Safe in desert crash Plo Leader s Brush with death shakes arabs Tripoli. Libya Farj a searchers an Arafat aide said former president Cei Ved a Cable from Tunis that said Tripoli Libya apr searchers found Plo chief Yasser Arafat bruised but Safe wednesday in libyans Remote Southern desert after his plane crash landed in a sandstorm a Day earlier Plo officials said. Palestinians in Many parts of the Arab world flooded into the streets to cheer the report that the Symbol of their Long fight for a Homeland was alive. The loss of Arafat the plots undisputed Leader for 23 years would have struck a serious blow to the organizations cohesion and could have seriously damaged the chances for the Success of Arab israeli peace talks. Carter called the White House to ask that . Satellite data help in the search. . Officials said no decision had been made before Arafat was found but the Plo aide said the gesture would promote peace. According to Arafat a office in Tunis Tunisia he sent a terse message on wednesday from the Palestine liberation organizations training Camp at Sarra Libya saying a a in a Well everyone is Well thank All those who were Arafat a representative in Southern Lebanon Zeia Wahbeh said he had received a Cable from Tunis that said Arafat a has Only minor bruises but he a in Good Saeed Kamal the plots representative in Cairo Egypt and other Plo officials said three people died when the plane crash landed in the desert. Libyans official news Agency Jana said the planets three Crew members were killed. Kamal said Arafat was heading for Tripoli libyans capital. He was to make a speech on television and radio on wednesday night. About 150 palestinians gathered at Tripoli a Airport to await the see Arafat on Page 2 democratic presidential Hope Hil Bill Clinton Waves to supporters after his Victory in new Yorkus primary tuesday.3 key wins give Clinton momentum Washington apr Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton on wednesday Savoured three critical democratic primary victories that moved him closer to a showdown with president Bush. Badly bruised challenger Jerry Brown vowed to a keep this debate Clinton won solid primary victories in new York Kansas and Wisconsin on tuesday. But six out of 10 democrats voted against the front runner in new York where Campaign dropout Paul Tsongas won a surprising second place. Tsongas a former Massachusetts senator put off a decision on whether to re enter the race. A Minnesota primary which had no Impact on democratic Delegate selection put Clinton and Brown running neck and neck with the final precincts not expected to be counted until late wednesday. In a Victory speech in new York Clinton depicted himself As an apostle of change and said the results marked a a turning Point for America. Saying Bush had brought four years of failure and human neglect Clinton appealed to Brown and Tsongas supporters to join him. Overall Clinton had just 40 percent of the demo see Clinton on Page 3 Noriega jury deadlocked but urged to try again Miami a Manuel Noriega a jurors declared themselves deadlocked wednesday but the judge in the ousted panamanian leaders drug trial told them they must try again to reach a verdict. Jury Foreman Lester Spencer wrote a note that blamed one holdout juror for the impasse. A apparently there is a juror who testified that their mind was made up two Days ago before we entered this room a Spencer wrote. A we Are the note asked for guidance and . District judge William Hoeveler pleaded with the jurors to return to the jury room and for each juror to listen to the others. Jurors then returned to resume their fourth Day of deliberations. The note gave no indication of How jurors were leaning who the holdout was or How Many counts were affected. Jurors appeared somber during the discussion but laughed somewhat nervously when Hoeveler told them a let me assure you you Are not going Home Hoeveler has called a Hung jury his biggest Nightmare. The trial has been going on since september. On tuesday when jurors first indicated they had a problem Hoeveler told jurors they did not have to agree on every count. Noriega is charged with 10 drug see Noriega on Page 2 nato denies missiles s tied to Libya embargo Naples Italy a amps nato officials said wednesday that they will deploy Patriot and Hawk missiles to Sicily As part of a Long planned military exercise in the Mediterranean but denied set related Atory on Page 4 the move was related to . Sanctions threatened against Libya. Plans Call for the dutch to deploy the missiles to Comiso air station on the italian Island of Sicily As part of exercise dragon Hammer 92. The exercise held annually is scheduled for May 6-20. A plans for the deployment have been in the works for some months and a report on the planned deployment appeared in a dutch newspaper at the end of february a said . Air Force it. Col. Mike Callen a spokesman at the Headquarters of Allied forces Southern Europe in Naples Italy. Callen denied that the deployment see nato on Page 2
