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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The she ipes vol. So no. 363 500 sunday april 12,1992 d 8693 . Warns Iraq against interfering with u-2 flights United nations a the Security Council on Friday warned Iraq it would face a serious consequences Quot if it interfered with u-2 reconnaissance plane flights by . Weapons inspectors. Iraq had urged a halt to such flights thursday and said aircraft and pilots were in danger from possible Quot unfortunate  angry . Officials urgently asked the Security Council to get assurances of safety from Iraq. Flights scheduled this weekend were expected to proceed. After closed consultations the Council issued a written statement which president s. Mumble Ngegwe the ambassador of Zimbabwe read aloud to reporters and gave to acting iraqi ambassador Samir k. Al Nima. It said the members a warn the iraqi government of the serious consequences which would ensue from the failure of Iraq to comply with obligations to protect . Aircraft and Crew. The a consequences Quot were not spelled out. A response from the Baghdad government was expected. The overflights Are used by the . Special commission which inspects and oversees dismantling of iraqis weapons of mass destruction under provisions of the Security Council resolutions which ended the persian Gulf War last year. A  coalition Defeated Iraq and forced its troops to leave Kuwait. One u-2 plane is on loan to the commission from the United states. It is manned by a . Pilot and flies usually twice a week taking off from saudi Arabia. Iraq is informed in Advance of the  me a d cheerleaders practice outside the main hotel at euro opening of the theme Park outside Paris. Some 70,000 Disney on Friday during preparations for today a grand people Are expected for the opening. See Story on Page 2.Keating gets 10-year term in Bond fraud los Angeles apr financier Charles Keatingjr. Received 10 years in prison a the maximum possible a for swindling bondholders. Those defrauded of their life savings said he deserved it. Minutes after Keating was sentenced Friday about 20 stunned family members left the courtroom some in tears. A now you know what the bondholders feel like Quot murmured John . Brunner who lost a $76,000 investment in Bonds of the Parent company of Keatings Lincoln savings amp loan association. Superior court judge Lance a. Ito also fined Keating $250,000 and denied bail while he appeals his conviction. More than 17,000 investors lost $250 million on junk Bonds issued by Keatings american Continental corp. And sold through Lincoln branches. Many were elderly people left destitute by the collapse of Lincoln a failure that Cost taxpayers a see Keating on Page 2 Keatin comedian Kinison killed in head on car crash from wire reports Needles Calif. A Sam Kinison a former Street preacher who screeched his Way to Fame with a stand up Shock comedy routine was lulled in a car crash on a desert Highway his publicist said. He was 38. Kinison was killed instantly Friday night when his sports car was hit head on by a pickup truck on . Highway 95 outside Needles about 250 Miles East of los Angeles said his publicist Florence Troutman. His wife Malika was in serious but stable condition saturday at Needles desert Community Hospital Troutman said. The couple had been married for less than a week and had just returned from their honeymoon in Hawaii Troutman said. They were heading for Laughlin nev., where Kinison was to perform. The Driver of the pickup truck a teen age boy who was not identified was arrested shortly after the Accident cup sgt. Don Woelke said. A Uttie 17-year-old has been taken into custody. At this time he is being charged with vehicular manslaughter a Woelke said. A the Case is still under investigation As we re still piecing things together at this  Woelke said the youth was attempting to pass another car and crossed Over the Center divider and into Kinison a Lane slamming into the comedians car head on. Another person in the pickup also was not identified. The rotund Kinison the self proclaimed Rock v Roll comedian created a foul mouthed character who screamed his Way through such topics As Christ a last words starvation in Ethiopia and women marriage and sex. A the Best part of Sam Kinison was his heart Troutman said. A tie was a Beautiful Man. He had a big heart. He took care of his people with All his  funeral services were pending but Troutman said Kini son would probably be buried in Tulsa okla., where his Mother lives and where his father and brother Are buried. Kinison was bom in Peoria iii., into a family of Penia Vostal preachers. He was enrolled for a year at the Pine Crest Bible training Center in upstate new York. When his father died in 1970, Kinison became a travelling Evange Al Olson costal preachers. He was enrolled for a year at the Pine Crest Bible training Center in upstate new York. We a his father died in 1970, Kinison became a travelling Evar list an occupation he likened to working comedy clubs. He later said he lacked the zest to succeed As a minister. In 1978, Kinison found his True calling a As a stand up comedian. After floundering at a Houston comedy club he found work at the comedy store in los Angeles. A role As a High Strung history professor in Rodney Dan Gerfield a Back to school in 1986 paved the Way for his own Cable television special a year later and guest appearances on late night with David Letterman and saturday night live. The comedian had a history of drug and alcohol problems and was known to throw wild All night parties at his Hollywood Hills Home. But Kinison said he gave up drugs in 1990, had Cut Down on alcohol and was dieting  
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