The Lewiston Daily Sun from Lewiston, Maine • 1

ISTON DA Vd 93 tMIIMW JfclWl leWistqnuburn maine Monday morning August :26 1 985 4helew4e0rfySlWF ltJ tom uiiimn MlHtDllfO SecwKOewFeWeeeFe 30 CENTS U' Samantha Smith father killed when Bar Harbor commuter flight' undershoots airport weather conditions and visibility poor Sunday night Officials would not say whether the conditions were the cause of the crash but that mechanical difficulties may also have occurred been passible always a possibility The weather it was a little bit foggy but well tyithin normal operating procedures" Gongoil said FAA investigators arrived at the crash site Sunday evening and Bar Harbor Airlines President Alan-Car- uso was' enroute to the scene from the Soviet leader the sikth-grader was flown to Moscow for a two-week tour of the country with her family She later came home fc parades and talk-show appearances and published a book about the trip Mias Smith recently completed filming the first episodes of "Lime Street" an adventure series starring Robert Wagner The program is scheduled to air on ABC television this fall The Beeqhcraft-0 plane she was in believed to be Bar Harbor Flight By Jennifer Sullivan and Charles Pomerleau Sun staff writer Samantha Smith and her father were believed to be among eight peo-JHekiUed late Sunday night when a Baf Harbor Airlines plane crashed and exploded in flames near the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport Six passengers and two crewmen aboard the plane were killed in the crash at approximately 10 pm according to Auburn police and air-pbrt officials far as we know all eight people were killed instantly There were no survivors" said Lt Norma nd Gue-rettsf of the Auburn Police Department He said the circumstances of the crash which occurred near Fos-1 ter Road about one-half mile southeast of the airport were undeter mined as of early Monday morning Airport Manager Jeff Gongoil said -the airport received no distress signal from the plane's co-pilots and that the crew had made a call for landing conditions about five minutes before the crash "He made his call and that was the last transmission" from the pilot Gongoil said -A Foster Road resident originally called the Auburn Fire Department to report a plane had crashed and was onfire near his home The passengers'- identities -were confirmed but were not released until 2:15 am pending notification of the next of kin Miss Smith IS of Manchester made national headlines in 1984 when she was invited to visit the Soviet Union by the late Yuri Andropov After writing letter about peace to Firebomb guts South Paris home Three escape without Injury as Molotov cocktail destroys trailer heard the engine as the plane approached but we never heard the -crash" said Dunphy who said he became aware Of the crash upon hearing the flashing lights and sirens of police and fire trucks His father had told him two days ago that he would be in Auburn the car doesn't break down or the plane doesn't crash" Dunphy said Local pilots speculated that the crash occurred when the plane dropped below minimum altitude although it could not be verified Sunday night Neither Bar Harbor Airlines nor Auburn-Lew ist on Airport officials could be reached for comment 1 Dr Henry Ryan Maine's chief medical examiner was expected to arrive late Sunday evening to examine the bodies before their removal from the crash site Skip FoMy photo approximately 12 by 50 foot structure was burned and the rest heavily damaged by smoke heat and water- Officials would not speculate on a motive for the bombing Officer Larry Sanborn of Paris Police Department said Sunday night lot of details at this time are still under investigation Nothing is Economics Minister Martin Bange- hiann was reported missing Authorities said after opening an investigation that the aide was suspected of leading an East German spy ring Officials began -similar my probes against Ursula Richter a Bonn lobbyist and an unidentified employee in SPY on page 8 1788 which originated in Boston and- was supposed to land in Auburn and continue to Bangor according foffcd-eral Aviation Administration officials The plane was expected to land in Auburn at 9:15 pm and was more than 45 minutes behind schedule when the crash occurred Rain and overcast skies made vice he described as a Molotov cocktail was taken from the scene for analysis at the Maine State Po- lice Crime Lab in Augusta He is to return to the scene Monday for further investigation along with Supervisor Joseph Menexes of South Casco a A Molotov cocktail consists of a flammable liquid in a bottle with a rag stuffed in the top and lit The Associated Press Die Welt newspaper and West German television said the secretary worked in the office of the president Richard von Weizsacfcer Television reports said she was not his personal secretary Die Welt said authorities grew suspicious of her while checking govern- Bangor with -the company's- chief pilot Twenty relatives of crash victims aipiously awaited confirmation of the deaths from airpqrt officials at the Auburn terminal William Dunphy of Auburn said he was waiting for his father who was returning trim Louisiana object is thrown to explode on impact Mrs Davis her son William and his girlfriend whose name was with-' held because of her age all escaped unharmed Chief Bryant Said we arrived the end of the mobile home was fully engulfed" fire chief stated Flames were brought under control by 12:15 pm Bryant said Sgt Norris said 30 percent of the- The Cologne Express citing un-' identified intelligence sources said security officials expect to arrest "three more Bonn secretaries suspected of being spies' in the next few days" It said the three had been under suspicion "for some time" and under observation since counter-spy Hans Joachim Tiedge defected last week The spy scandal began Aug 6 when Sonja Lueneburg a longtime aide to I hulk of the Davis home on Elm Hiil Samantha Smith footwear relief By Dale Nelson Associated Press Writer SANTA BARBARA Calif (AP) -President Reagan is expected to decide against increasing the tariff on Imported shoes or imposing a quota to aid the beleaguered domestic foot' wear industry an administration source said Sunday don't think he wants to do said the source Speaking on condition of anonymity don't think anybody would be surprised to see him reject it pretty strongly" The source said alternative methods to protect the domestic shoe industry against injurious imports were being considered but no decision had -been made He said the president who faces a Sept 1 deadline for ac- -tion will probably announce his decision late this week The president in a telephone inter- view from his mountaintop ranch on Saturday declined to be nailed down as to what lie would do But he (old a reporter from Waslington Broadcast -News "I am opposed to protectionism Protectionism is a two-way street and you may help some industry with protectionism or some group of employes and you find that you have doiid It at the expense of other industries and other employes" don't think that protectionism is the way to go" the president said are trying to talk to our trading allies About a meeting to get trade more open more fair among all countries" Presidential action is required because of a unanimous finding by the US International Trade Commission that the domestic footwear indust ry has suffered serious injury from im- ports which last year captured 71 percent of the market The commission recommended June 12 that quotas be imposed over a five-year period Administration sources have said in the past that quotas had little support within the administration which is generally supportive of free trade Commerce Secretary Malcolm Haiti rige and others in the Cabinet however have reportedly urged the president to boost the current 88 percent tariff on imported shoes as a conwro-mise move that would provide relief to the domestic indusvry without directly limiting how many shoes could be imported Officials who spoke on condition they not be identified said earlier this month that Secretary of State George Shultz and Treasury Secretary James A Bqkcr III-among ethers had arguedagainsv such action Opponents of sliffer tariffs argue they cound lead to retaliation triggering a worldwide trade war- The Reagan administration has been under mounting pressure to restrict imports of a number of goods including shoes On Capitol Hill dozens of bills have been introduced to -protect various US industries from foreign competition By Skip Foley Special to the Sun SOUTH PARIS Three people escaped injury Saturday night when their home here was bombed and destroyed Isabelle Davis 52 said she heard a sound like an object hitting her mobile home on film Hill and then a car driving away shortly before' midnight Fire Chief John Bryant reported She went to the i end of the structure to find a bedroom full of smoke and an object burning on the floor He said she' went to get gloyes to pick up the object but by the time she returned the room was in flames She had to call for help from a home because her telephone was inoperable Sgt Barry Norris of the State Fire Office said a de nage-related arrests in the rapidly growing spy scandal The woman secretary who was not identified was thq fifth government employee sought on spying charges in the past month A spokesman for the prosecutor's office Alexander Prech-tel told The Associated Press she was arrested Saturday night 4 Growing spy crisis reaches executive branch By Kenneth Jauts Askociated Press Writer BONN West Germany (AP) prosecutors announced Sunday night the arrest of a secretary sus- pected of being an undercover agent the first arrest in West Germany's burgeoning espionage scandal touch the executive branch A newspaper reported that officials expected to make three more espio Prechtel declined to give details ment employees who came directly to do not want to hinder the course Bonn upon emigrating from commu-of further investigations" he toid The nist East Germany Good morning Documents show Reagan was FBI informer in McCarthy era Nation: To help stem the tide of mediocrity in school performance the American public demanded and got tests to make schools and teachers more accountable Story on Page 15 SANTA BARBARA Calif (AP) A California newspaper reports that FBI records show President Reagan served as a confidential informant in his acting days but the White Hoiise said Sunday the records contain nothing new Weather Showers 70s Weather Details on Page 8 Maine: Lottery fever is' running rampant in Northern Now England too In less than two weeks Maine New Hampshire and Vermont will begin selling tickets for the first interstate lottery the Hi-State Megabucks and publicity about winners in other states has spurred interest in existing-games Story on Page7 On the Inside SI Living It ObttMriM 1 SMI Roal estate Si 1 S3 Senior Fersm 13 SS Sport! IMS Si Sytvio Farter is Dr Denekee Teteviileo si Editorials 4 information all the time" Marquez said The Mercury News said the records showed that Reagan and his first wife actress Jane Wyman provided the FBI with the names of actors who they believed members of faction sympathetic to commuhjpts In his own memoirs Reagan has written of his efforts as president of the Screen Actors Guild to rid the union of communist influences The newspaper said that in one FBI interview contained in the documents Reagan criticized attempts to fire suspected communists from film work The Mercury News said the first recorded FBI interview with Reagan was on Nov 18 1943 while Reagan 32 was serving in the Army Air Corps Motion Picture Unit It said the interview was connected with investigation of an unidentified person suspected of sympathy with the German Nazis The FBI said Reagan told of nearly to blows" with this person because of anti-Semitic remarks at a cocktail party 7 FBI on page 8 The San Jose Mercury News said the documents 'which the newspaperobtained through freedom of information request showed that Reagan kept FBI agents informed about suspected pro-communist influences in the Screen Actors Guild and other Hollywood organizations Albert Brashear deputy White House press secretary said he was told by-Wjite House Counsel Fred Fielding that the documents contained no information that had not previously been public knowledge Brashear said the FBI told him that Reagan's involvement with the bureau -was minor" and added not sure this reference to confidential informant is quite what it sounds In Washington FBI spokesman Manuel Marquez said he had not seenthe documents but questioned the description of Reagan as an informant give us Sports This year the Pine Tree Conference all alone as the high school football season begins on Friday This time around however the revamped Class League is also starting a week early leaving only the Class A AA last season) teams with season openers on the first weekend in September Story on Page 17 World: Moslem gunners shelled Qiris-tian areas Sunday in a new violation of a Syrian-brokered ceasefire Sniper fire kept all gates closed alag the demarcation line that splits Beirut into Christian and Moslem sectors Story on Page! 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