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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Friday, April 11, 1986
8 killed in helicopter crash
United Press International
HINESVILLE, Ga. — A team of Army investigators confirmed yesterday that two helicopters carrying eight soldiers crashed after colliding in mid-flight, killing everyone aboard.
Six soldiers died in one helicopter and two victims were aboard a second craft that exploded and burned on impact about 8 p.m. Wednesday near the Fort Stewart range control building.
Lt. Col. Jim Arnold, Fort Stewart chief spokesman, said the helicopters were on routine training missions and were not
operating together when the collision occurred.
Capt. Tom Nickerson said a five man team of investigators, led by MaJ. Rob Stifler of the Army Aviation Safety Center in Fort Rucker, Ala., sorted through debris and confirmed that the helicopters collided. He said the investigators had not speculated on what caused the collision.
we're not sure how they got into proximity with each other," he said.
Arnold said that six of the victims were crewmen aboard a CH47D Chinook cargo helicopter and that the other two victims were crewmen aboard an AHIS
The Cobra burned when it hit ground near the intersection of two state roads in a wooded area just outside Road Stewart. Arnold said the Chinook; which crashed a quarter-mile away, was loaded with 500 gallons of fuel but did not burn.
Cobra helicopter gunship.
He said the two helicopters took off Wednesday from Hunter Army Airfield near Savannah, about 40 miles east of Fort Stewart. The Cobra was operating on the western portion of Fort Stewart and was headed east to refuel when the accident occurred. The Chinook left Hunter a short time before the crash.
Senators push to honor SALT II
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A group of 52 senators yesterday urged President Reagan to maintain the unratified SALT II arms control treaty even if it meant scrapping two nuclear submarines next month.
"We believe that discarding the SALT limits will endanger U.S. and NATO security by allowing the Soviets to add thousands of new warheads to their arsenal," said a letter to Reagan, which was signed by 38 Democrats and 14 Republicans.
However, an informed administration source said most of Reagan's advisers were urging him to break the treaty limits on long-range missiles after a new Trident missile sub-
If the president were to stay within the missile limit, he probably would have to dismantle two existing Poseidon submarines.
Reagan said at his news conference Wednesday night that he had not made up his mind on SALT II. Although the 1979 treaty was never ratified, Reagan has said the United States would respect it if Moscow did.
The Trident has 24 missile launches; the President has 16 launchers.
All sides agree that the issue of Soviet violations of SALT II is critical to the decision. Reagan told reporters he wanted to study reports of Soviet violations.
their letter that the legitimate concerns about the violations should be pursued, they did not conclude that the violations were serious enough to warrant breaking the agreement.
Although the 52 senators said in
The letter argued, "It is important that some restraints continue in place on the Soviet Union and the United States . . . while negotiations continue in Geneva to reach a new arms agreement."
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said the Soviets could quickly add 16 launchers if SALT II was abruptly terminated. The United States could add only 58 in the same period, he said.
"There is a strong movement this time to dump it," said an informed administration official, who spoke on condition he not be identified.
Anniversary of diplomacy is observed
United Press International
PEKING — China yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of pingpong diplomacy — the 1971 table tennis match that marked an end to 23 years of hostilities between China and the United States.
Giving Peking's version of events leading up to the April 10, 1971, pingpong exchange, the official China Daily newspaper said both Washington and Peking had been searching for a way to break the ice and that the pingpong solution was an accident.
The answer came in March when the Chinese table tennis team competed in the World Championships in Japan.
During a meeting, U.S. team leader Graham Steenhoven and Chinese official Song Zhong met, and Steenhoven made the first move, China Daily said.
Song told Pekin that the U.S. people were friendly. On April 7, under orders from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, the Chinese team invited them to visit China. President Nixon immediately approved the invitation.
"On April 10, for the first time in 23 years, 14 American table tennis players and officials set foot on Chinese soil." China Daily said.
"This small act of pingpong diplomacy had changed the course of history."
Nixon got the message behind the invitation, the newspaper said.
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