Rage 10-Wednesday, September 28, 1977-The Michigan Daily
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19 persons killed in
Malaysian jet crash
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Passengers said the front section
- A Japan Air Lines (JAL) DC8 jet exploded in flames and came to rest
crashed in a rubber plantation north on the top of a small hill, while the
of Kuala Lumpur during a thunder- rear section stopped 20 feet below.
storm yesterday, killing at least 19 of It took rescuers five hours to reach
the 79 persons aboard, an airline the wreckage, and they had to
spokesperson said. Survivors report- struggle through a half mile of brush,
ed the jetliner broke in half on to reach a road where the injured
impact and the front section burst could be put in helicopters and
into flames. ambulances. Doctors and nurses
The JAL spokesperson said 42 used tree branches for makeshift
survivors had been rescued, many crutches and splints.
with serious injuries, and 18 persons PASSENGERS were thrown as far
were missing and feared dead, as 50 yards from the wreckage, and
SEARCH operations were ham- some of the missing were believed to
pered by darkness and the rugged be in a small ravine that rescuers
terrain. dwere unable to search in the dark.
JAL reported nearly half of the 69 There was no immediate word of
passengers were Japanese and at whatcaused the crash.
least 10 were Malaysians. Nationali-
ties of the others were not imme- An airline spokesperson said the
diately known. pilot, identified as Capt. Toshiyuki
The plane was on Flight 715 from Morisaki, was told by ground control-
Tokyo to Singapore with stopovers in lers at Kuala Lumpur to divert to
Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, but Singapore, 200 miles to the south,
because of a fierce thunderstorm because of heavy rains and severe
Malay ground controllers told the thunderstorms over the Malaysian
pilot to proceed to Singapore, 200 capital.
miles to the south. The pilot, a DC-8 captain since
THE PILOT, Capt. Toshiyuki Mor- 1972, confirmed that he was heading
isaki, confirmed the message but for Singapore and then contact was
then radio contact was lost, officials lost, the spokesperson said.
said. A few minutes later the pilot of
another plane reported a ball of JAL said it would seid a team of in-
flames at Sungai Pulong about 10 yestigators to Malaysia today to try
miles north of the airport. and determine the cause of the crash.
Former AFSCME
Pres. back on job
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for the union Bargaining Chairperson t"Our investigation was to ascertainif
seat last May the police investigation was proceedng
se'; stMayg ecorrectly," Neff said. "There was noth-
"We're saying they interfered with igw on htrftdwa h o
the internal affairs of the Union by sus- ing we found that refuted what the po-
pending me for so long," Block assert- l wr o ing
ed Prior to returning to work yesterday,
Block said, "I think I'll be under a lot of
"THE PRIMARY reason for my sus- scrutiny on the job and I don't think this
pension is that I was the leader of the is the last chapter in this thing."
strike," Block continued. "If I had been
the type of president that was in their HOWEVER, AFTER a few hours
hip pocket my suspension never would back on the job, Block said his state-
have taken place." ment may have been "premature" and
Lemmer said the suspension was that his immediate supervisors did not
necessary for the University to com- treat him differently than other em-
plete an investigation into the alleged ployes.
bomb threat. Lemmer denied University officials
"From my standpoint, the investiga- would scrutinize Block's work closer
tion could have continued," Lemmer than other workers.
stated. "I'm still not sure all the facts "We don't have time to watch over
are in." him. This is a big place, a busy place,"
Lemmer said. "We wouldn't look at
ACCORDING to Neff, the Universi- him any differently. We expect him to
ty's investigation was run in conjunc- put in a full day's work for a full day's
tion with the Ann Arbor police. pay."
Low-income residents
swarm to new clinic
(Continued from Page 1) people don't have to be at school or
work. This clinic meets both criteria."
community - "about 2,000 households,
mostly low-income and students" - Pediatrics are a major concern of the
were anxious to become involved with facility; medical education is another.
the center. About 50 per cent of the em- The clinic offers Tuesday night sessions
ployes are from Bryant, she noted. with a gynecological staff. On Wednes-
"The hope was to hire as many people days, the Legal Aid Society counsels
from the neighborhood as possible," residents for free. "That'll probably
said the director. And as if punctuating start next week," Lieberman said.
Lieberman's comments, a small boy
trotted in the front door and ran up "I ,like the clinic," said Pete Blan-
to the receptionist, crying out, "Mom- shcard, another Bryant resident: "It's
my!" close and my wife's pregnant. It's a
good idea because I know the Packard
BARBARA ARMSTRONG, Bryant clinic is overwhelmed."
resident and a pre-school teacher at Although Monday's schedule was ab-
Perry Nursery School, said she was breviated, Bohm-Waldinger said the
pleased with the center: "There's an clinic should be running on a normal
awful lot of kids here. A clinic needs to schedule by next week, handling about
be well-located and available when 40 patients a day.
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