European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes us. Wednesday november 23.1004 noise discounted As clue in crash Chicago a a strange whooshing sound heard aboard a us air jetliner hours before it crashed sept. 8 apparently was nothing More than an open Public address system Industry sources said monday. The report appeared to end speculation that the sound could be a clue to the crash of flight 427 near Pittsburgh the fifth fatal crash of a us air jetliner in five years. Pas sengers had complained about the noise during the plane s flight to Chicago from where it began its fatal journey. Airline Industry sources said the noise had been traced to an open Public address system. They said the Pilot had made an announcement and did not turn off the sound system immediately. They said the account of the noise was confirmed by an off duty Pilot who was Riding in the cockpit in route from Charlotte n.c., and got off the plane in Chicago. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity saying it was protocol for the National transportation safety Board to disclose such information. Michael Benson of the Nosb said so far we have not been Able to assess the significance of these  Andrew Mckenna a passenger who got off the plane in Chicago after travelling from Charlotte said he heard the sound. He said he mentioned it to a flight attendant. She acknowledged it and that was it. Presumably she reported it said Mckenna a part owner of the National football league s Chicago bears and member of the Chi Cago Tribune s Board lean Tell you that it was t any thing  the Greensburg Tribune review reported recently that the Chicago passengers had complained about the noise and that documents filed in lawsuits against the air line say us air s maintenance Foreman in Chicago apparently took no action because the plane s Pilot had told him that the 737 was Fine. The crash killed All 132 aboard. ,. Us air launched an advertising Campaign monday to announce a safety drive to be led by a former commander of the . Air forces in Europe Gen. Robert c. Oaks. We will not rest until each and every member of the flying Public shares in the certainty of our commitment Tobe the safest of airlines chairman Seth Schofield said in an and that appeared in 40 newspapers. Another full Page and appeared tuesday signed by Peter j. Gauthier on behalf of us air s More than 5,000 pilots. It said the pilots wholeheartedly support Oaks appointment and dedicate ourselves to the highest Stan Dards of safety on each and every  on monday two us air flights made emergency land Ings. Us air express flight 3722 from Buffalo n.y., to Philadelphia landed safely with 15 people on Board after it was hit by lightning. Us air flight 1481 from Charlot Teto new York landed in Raleigh n.c., after reporting engine trouble. No one was injured on either flight. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 23,1984 Secretary of state George Shultz and soviet for eign minister Andrei Gromyko planned to meet in Geneva Early in 1985 in an Effort to break the dead lock in .-soviet arms control negotiations the White House said. 20 years ago nov. 23,1974 the Pentagon announced a nation wide realignment and reduction of military bases and Headquarters that would eliminate about 11,000 civilian jobs and Transfer 11,500 army and air Force personnel Over the next 2v4 years. 30 years ago nov. 23,1964 a threatened strike against the nation s railroads was postponed less than 24 hours before it was to begin a labor department spokesman said. 40 years ago nov. 23,1954 Andrei Yanuaria Vitch Vishinsky 70, an obscure Law yer who became a top spokesman for the soviet Union died of a heart attack at the . Delegation head quarters in new York. 50 years ago nov. 23,1944 Turkey and traditional thanksgiving fixings were being provided to most . Soldiers in six countries in the european theater including Germany Allied Headquarters said. World War ii 50 years ago today nov. 23 1944 the French 2nd Arm div enters Strasbourg in Alsace elsewhere in northeastern France Allied troops reach Sau Xuras and Saales. German forces attack . Units on the belgian German Frontier. Nazi troops pull Back in the Central Netherlands under pressure from British attacks. In Hungary soviet soldiers capture the key railway Center of Csap after weeks of bitter fighting. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. 7?w world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1981 a Texas execute Tore up prison Huntsville Texas Yap a murderer who wreaked havoc on death Row was executed Early tuesday for killing a convenience store clerk during a robbery that netted$24. Warren Bridge 34, was executed by lethal injection. No appeals had been pending. His last words were see Yaas he nodded to his Stepfather Bill Mathis. Mathis leaning his elbows on a rail just a few feet from Bridge bowed his head and cried. Bridge was 19 when he was arrested for the feb. 10, 1980,shooting of Walter Rose 62, at a Galveston convenience , who grew up in Georgia had been in Texas just 2vimonths. I had a lot of fun in the Short time i was Here Bridge said Dur ing a recent interview. It s a country in itself. People do things different in Texas an accomplice Robert Joseph Costa was convicted of aggravated robbery and served Jess than six years of a 13-year sentence. Bridge who said he committed his first burglary at age 15, com piled a record of violence on deathrow. Among other things he was implicated m the bombing of an inmate s cell in september 1984and the stabbing of another inmate during a prison riot in 1985. We took out every to All slammed to the floor he said proudly. We Tore that Wing up. It was the largest uprising Ever  the execution was the 12th this year in Texas and the 83rd since the state resumed use of the death penalty in 1982. Both figures Arete highest in the nation. Value pending this is a prototype of a stamp to be issued next april by the . Postal service. The Price of the stamp bearing former president Nixon s portrait will not be deter mined until the Independent postal rate commission has ruled on a request for a rate increase. Arlington honors female Pilot Washington a a Pioneer woman fighter Pilot was Laid Forest in a quiet military ceremony attended by the Navy s top brass. No words were spoken As an Honor guard carried the Silver coffin Oft Kara Hultgreen to her grave in Arlington National cemetery on monday. A bugler played taps the Navy band played America the Beautiful and a Rifle team fired three volleys in tribute. An earlier service had been held in san , 29, one of the first two women to qualify for Navy Carrier operations in f-14 Jet fighters crashed in the Pacific Ocean on oct. 25while on Landing approach to an aircraft Carrier about 50 Miles off san Diego. The cause of the crash has not been determined. Jealous sex Beauty Queen convicted Lewisburg . A a for Mer Beauty Queen accused of trying to kill a pregnant romantic rival and he parents was convicted tuesday of reduced charges. The jury in the Greenbrier county Cir Cuit court deliberated nine hours Over two Days in the trial of Tracy Lippard 23, of Newport news a. She had been charged with three counts of first degree attempted murder and one count of bringing a stolen 9 my pistol into the state All felonies. She also was charged with six misdemeanours. She was not convicted of any  was instead found guilty of two counts of second degree attempted Mur Der a Misdemeanour and five other mis Demeanour counts including carrying concealed weapons and Battery. She faces up to 6vi years in prison plus$3,200 in fines. Sentencing is set for Jan. 4. If she had been convicted of Al charges she would have faced up to 30 years. The verdict was a Little weak said Rodney Weikle whom she was convicted of attempting to kill. Not a single felony. Not guilty of any felony is sort of hard  Lippard showed no emotion when the verdict was read. She was released on $42,000 Bond. Under West Virginia Law first degree attempted murder involves intent while the second degree charge involves actions that Are More impulsive than de liberate prosecutor Richard Lorense said. The jury adjourned monday night after deliberating six hours and resumed deliberations tuesday. Prosecutors said Lippard the 1993 miss Virginia runner up crowned he successor As miss Williamsburg on feb. 26, then drove 250 Miles to Lewisburg armed with the pistol a Butcher knife lighter fluid and a Hammer intending to kill Melissa Weikle and her parents Rodney and Lynn. Both Lippard and Melissa Weikle were dating Todd Scott and Weikle was eight months pregnant with Scott s child. Weikle and Scott married in August. Rodney Weikle a former secret serv ice agent said he let Lippard into the House after she lied and said her car had broken Down. He said she whacked him twice on the head with a Hammer but he and his wife wrestled her to the ground As she tried to pull out the gun. Lippard contended that she went to Lewisburg simply to confront Scott. He attorney Paul Detch said Lippard was upset because Scott did t keep a prom ise to attend the miss Williamsburg pageant where she had dedicated a song to him. Lippard denied having the Hammerand said she had the pistol for Protection and the knife and lighter fluid to Vandal ize Scott s car if he rejected her. She testified she did not have a Clear memory of what happened at the Weikle Home