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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1982
Page
7
Poland authorities released 257 more internees as martial law curbs ease in Szczecin and other cities on the eve of the seven month crackdown anniversary. About 1,743 remain interned. 7,000 have been held since December. Solidarity leaders were urged to resume normal activities and protests were not planned.
Three Polish men overpowered a night watchman at a Wroclaw aero club and flew a Soviet-labeled Yak-12 to Tempelhof in West Berlin seeking political asylum. They said martial law in Poland prompted the escape. two were certified pilots. West German authorities prepared to charge them with aircraft theft.
An Irondelle SH-227 airliner missed its approach in dense jungle fog and struck the Tabatinga airport control tower. All 44 aboard died, including 40 passengers and four crew, with the Portuguese pilot Manuel Teixeira Estanqueiro among the victims. Officials cited poor visibility as the likely cause and said Taba Airlines will investigate.
Pope John Paul II led about 2 million Argentines in a peace prayer during an open air Mass in Palermo Park Buenos Aires and urged Latin American church leaders to reject hatred. He urged unity and spoke amid Falklands fighting reports and a local accident death. The pontiff then flew to Rome ending a visit Vatican officials called an evangelic mission.
In Prague on the Lidice massacre anniversary, a mass statement condemned the United States for pushing a new phase of the arms race and seeking military superiority over the Communist world. It also denounced fascist terror in Chile El Salvador and the South African Republic.
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