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200 feared dead
after jet crashes
in Netherlands
By JEROME SOCOLOVSKY
Associated Press Writer
ANIS I FR DAM. Netherlands —An
Israeli cargo Jet with engine trou
hle crashed into an apartment
complex last night shortly after
takeoff and triggered a firestorm that
raced tin (nigh a crowded suburb.
At least 12 bodies were recov
ered. Out Dutch television said police
feat A up to 200 people may have
died The El Al Boeing 747 carried
a three-man crew and one woman
passenger. all of whom were killed,
the carrier said.
It v..as the Netherlands' worst air
disaster and the first crash in El Al's
41-vi_ar history, an airline spokes-
Said
'llk. pilot was trying to wrestle the
J umbo jet hack to Schiphol Airport
after hoth enuines on the same wing
died. airline officials said. An official
refu-oto ale out sabotage as a
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sl:mune,.! into the nine-story
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11( port south of the chtlk
Residents searched frantically for
truni members in the hellish
hindseape of tire, smoke and chaos
;11;11 , battered a clear and cool
pc()ple jumped out of
the ehlows of their apartments to
~, e z!;)e the ilf I
erno, radio reported.
the to c etas under control but still
burning five hours after the crash.
` I._ ta , hco rn2ht into the build
the ',rings and all ignit
lt s:ploded into one huge sea of
" resident Mark van der
,vo nine-story apartment com
plexes were set ablaze. Mayor Ed van
fhiin of Duivendrecht said at least
50 apartments were gutted.
Ilelicopters with searchlights
illuminated the scene for hundreds
of rescue workers. Police reported
looting in a nearby shopping mall.
The Amsterdam Medical Center
Hospital said it treated at least 27
burn ‘ictinis
Airline officials dismissed early
suspicion of a terrorist strike, which
could have jeopardized sensitive
Middle East peace talks.
Fla. residents received
no tornado warnings
By JAMES MARTINEZ
Associated Press Writer
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. Tampa
Bay area mobile home park resi
dents got no warning before tor
nadoes ripped through their
lightweight trailers, killing three. The
National Weather Service said
yesterday it would convene an
inquiry.
As the same storm system brought
more tornadoes to the Jacksonville
area yesterday, Gov. Lawton Chiles
toured of the damaged areas where
more than 100 homes were destroyed
in the storms Saturday. Fifty-three
people were injured and six were
hospitalized.
Heavy rains were blamed for a
Turkish warship damaged by
By AHMET BALAN
Associated Press Writer
GOLCUK, Turkey Seamen wept and rela
tives crowded the dock yesterday as the dam
aged warship Muavenet was towed to port with
its flag at half staff for the five sailors killed by
a U.S. missile fired during NATO war games.
NATO and Turkish panels are investigating the
Thursday incident to see if human error or
technical malfunction led to the firing of two Sea
Sparrow missiles from the aircraft carrier USS
Saratoga in the Aegean Sea.
But NATO's supreme commander, U.S. Gen. John
Shalikashvili, ruled out the possibility that alcohol
or drug abuse played a role.
At least one - - but possibly both missiles
hit the bridge of the Turkish destroyer, killings
the
daily
But asked about sabotage and
terrorism, El Al spokesman Nach
man Klieman later said it was too
soon to rule out any possible causes
of the engine failures. "We have no
details, the investigation has not taken
place yet and until it does we cannot
say anything," Klieman said.
Klieman confirmed the crash was
El Al's first.
The pilot reported breakdowns in
engines No. 3 and 4 on the same wing
minutes after taking off for Tel Aviv,
said Rafi Harley, El Al's executive
director, at a Jerusalem news
conference.
The pilot was given permission to
return to the airport, about 10 miles
south of Amsterdam, Harley said.
The plane was carrying 114 tons
of cargo, he said. Yisracl Cherbin,
cargo manager for El Al in
Amsterdam, said it was "a regular
commercial load."
Harley said the plane was - in very
good condition - and had had no
previous problems. It was made in
1979, the most recent jumbo model
belonging to the airline, he said.
Jack Gamble of Boeing Com
mercial Airplane Group in Seattle
said the 747-200 cargo plane had
landed 9,873 times and logged 44,730
flight hours by the end of June,
"about normal" for a freighter.
Gamble said the plane had been
fitted with Pratt & Whitney JT9D
-7J engines, the standard model. Ile
said it had no history of problems
that required the manufacturer's
attention.
"That airplane really is flyable on
one engine," Gamble said. "They
should he able to maneuver (on two(.
I don't know how tightly, though."
The plane flew over a lake to dump
fuel and crashed about 6:30 p.m
(1:30 p.m. EDT) on the turn to make
a new approach to Schiphol, one of
Europe's busiest airfields.
"I saw the plane going nose-down
with the left wing up and the right
wing down behind the next flat
(apartment) building," said a wit
ness to the crash, photographer Peter
de Neef.
"The engines were smoking," de
Neef said, "and then I heard the pilot
trying to pull up and then I didn't
Please see CRASH, Page 18.
train derailment near Jacksonville.
There were no injuries. Tornadoes
tore roofs off businesses and
damaged nearby mobile homes and
an apartment house, said fire
department spokesman John Pea
vy.
About 300 trailer park residents
evacuated when an earthen dam
broke, but there were no injuries
yesterday, Peavy said.
Senior meteorologists in Miami
determined on Friday that the huge
mass of stormy weather bearing
down on Florida in the Gulf of Mexico
was likely to generate tornadoes, said
Paul Hebert, the state's top weather
official.
But tight rules restrict tornado
Please see TORNADO, Page 18.
a captain and four crew members. Twelve sailors
were injured.
A tarpaulin partly covered the ship's wrecked
bridge as it was towed into port, about 70 miles
east of Istanbul. Many sailors on board burst into
tears and hundreds of family members surged
onto the dock after waiting hours for the ship.
Children screamed with joy on seeing their
fathers wives and mothers cried.
"I was on the bridge the moment the missile
hit us," said Capt. Meftun I)irman, 40, holding his
wife's hand and carrying his small son in his arms.
"I felt a terrible explosion but luckly nothing
happened to me," he said. Another survivor,
Sgt. Tuna Cavusoglu, said, "I thought I was going
to get killed too when I saw my friend next to
me drop dead a split second after the explosion.
I am very lucky to he alive."
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USG service to investigate Bush rally
By TONY DEMANGONE
Collegian Staff Writer
Students who believe they were
"bushwacked" during the Presi
dent's recent visit to the Universi
ty now have somewhere to turn.
Undergraduate Student Govern
ment executives are establishing an
outreach service to investigate
incidents that occurred during the
rally in an effort to find a respon
sible party.
More than a dozen students have
written to the media or contacted
USG reporting that their pro-Clin
ton and anti-Bush signs were taken
or destroyed by College Republi
cans or Bush/Quayle '92 volun
teers, according to a USG news
release.
44;4;°4 ":
""olow -
Robert Knapp, left, and Roberta Stalby sift through the remains of their
home yesterday morning in Pinellas Park, Fla. after it was destroyed
Saturday by a tornado.
U.S.
missile returns to port
"Even students who are pro-Bush
are angry with the way things were
handled," said USG President Rob
Kampia. "Bush's stop didn't even
come close to being a free-speech
American campaign stop."
Although most students said their
signs were seized at the entrance of
the Old Main lawn, other reports have
included the alleged assault of a
juvenile and a lesbian activist, said
Al Gordon, the outreach service's
legal action coordinator.
Students are encouraged to report
any incidents that occurred during
the rally to USG, Kampia said.
"Only when we hear everyone's
case can we determine exactly which
individuals or groups might be sued,"
Gordon said.
Until the cause of Thursday's incident has been
determined, the U.S. Navy said Saturday it was
placing severe restrictions on the Sea Sparrow,
which would only be kept operational by corn
manders "if it is deemed necessary for adequate
self-defense of the ship."
The statement said Admiral Frank B. Kel
so 11, chief of naval operations, has ordered a "top
to-bottom review of the entire Sea Sparrow system,
to include all hardware components, mainte
nance and operational procedures, and operator
training."
High-ranking naval officers were reported to
have conducted an investigation aboard the
Muavenet, but no announcement was made.
Meanwhile, the bodies of the victims were flown
in from Izmir and taken to the naval morgue, an
official said.
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"Even students who
are pro-Bush are angry
with the way things
were handled."
Rob Kampia
USG president
USG executives also are exam
ining whether the University had a
responsibility to protect students'
rights, Gordon said.
Bill Mahon, director of public
information, said the University made
a concerted effort to ensure that
students' right to free speech was
upheld.
Some college scholarships
just waiting for recipients
to fill precise
PHILADELPHIA (AP) While
many families worry about college
costs, others look to scholarships with
unusual criteria.
At Juniata College in central
Pennsylvania, left-handed upper
classmen are eligible for aid.
Graduates of Mount Carmel High
School who don't smoke, drink, take
drugs or play in "strenuous ath
letic contests" may win schol
arships at Bucknell University in
Lewisburg, The Philadelphia Inquirer
reported yesterday.
"Just like anybody can leave money
to a cat in a will, anybody who wants
to leave money for a scholarship can
decide for what purpose," said Sheila
Angst, financial aid expert at Col
lege Resource Group in West Chester.
Scholarship awards often are
limited to specific careers, ethnic or
religious backgrounds or geo
graphical area.
But others are so specific, col
leges have trouble awarding them.
A congressional study once esti
mated $6 billion a year goes beg
ging each year because of quirky
criteria.
A total of about $2,500 was awarded
this year to left-handers at Juniata.
The award was established by Mary
Beckley in honor of her husband,
Fred. The 1922 graduates had met
on the college's tennis team, where
they were paired because both were
lefties. Mark Henry, a left-handed
1976 graduate, has added to the fund.
Juniata also has a women's dor-
Weather
Typical autumn weather the next couple
of days. Today, mostly sunny and chilly,
high 55. Clear and cold with scattered frost
tonight, low 35. Tomorrow, more sun
shine and cool, high 58.
Bob Tschantz
Mahon said he was a member of
the planning committee for the
president's visit. At the meetings,
University officials stated that
different opinions including anti-
Bush signs were welcome at the
rally.
The USG executive committee
investigating the incidents should
focus on individual students who were
taking signs, rather than the Uni
versity, which made an effort to
ensure free speech, Mahon said.
But Gordon said someone is
responsible for the sign-taking and
other incidents, adding that the
investigation will not end until the
group or people responsible are
found.
"Retribution is definitely in order,"
he said.
requirements
mitory room reserved for a red
head. Capt. Will Judy, a 1913 graduate
and one-time publisher of Dog World
magazine, specified the room be used
strictly by "titian-tressed lasses."
The Gertrude J. Deppen schol
arships to eight students this year
at Bucknell totalled about $84,240.
The fund was established by the
estate of Joseph Deppen, a 1900
graduate, in honor of his sister, who
graduated from Bucknell two years
later. Bucknell spokeswoman Sha
ron Poff said she did not know why
the scholarships bar athletes.
Among other unusual awards, a
University of Pennsylvania schol
arship is earmarked for a student
who pledges not to smoke or become
intoxicated while at Penn, said
Michael Merritt, director of stu
dent financial services.
St. Joseph's University in Phila
delphia has an endowment to pay full
tuition for the student who por
trays the school mascot at sports
events. Key requirements for the St
Joe's Hawk award are good grades
and the ability to run wildly around
a gymnasium flapping arms con
stantly through an entire basket
ball game.
The Washington Crossing Foun
dation in Bucks County this year
chose 12 scholarship recipients from
1,275 candidates planning careers in
public service. The application
includes an essay on George
Washington's Christmas raid across
the Delaware River.