European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes East bloc in grip of russian flu Belgrade i up i the russian flu has marched into Eastern leaving the devastation of thousands of levers and Rocky stomachs in its Hungary appears hardest with some cases and at least four dead Roma Nia has reported ass Yugo Slavia has counted about and the Hardy virus iss lil moving the epidemic has no even reached is which we expect around he Middle of the a researcher at the Hungar Ian Institute for epidemics said in Buda the number of cases reported by Hun Garys health ministry jumped from to in less than a in neighbouring a government radio broadcast said there were flu victims in Bucharest and More out Side the Hosp Las have been closed to visitors in both countries in an attempt to keep the virus from Poland spared among the countries bordering on the soviet Only Poland appears to have been spared so we have had no re ports of any flu outbreaks up correspondent Bogdan turek reported from Yugoslavia wednesday reported in new cases a Day in Belgrade health officials said a total of flu victims were treated in the capital during an estimated but the Independent who broke off from the soviet bloc in said it was not Clear whether their Bug was imported from Moscow or the russian virus took less than a month to move soviet health authorities said they first spotted the Strain in Siberia in november it had reached Moscow by the Middle of american epidemiologists have said the known As Type could reach the by symptoms of the flu Art High muscular pain and a general feeling of soviet Public health officers said the new outbreak was caused by an old virus the same one that swept Russia several times from 1947 to february 1978 you jots own taxi but no Butts about it London first official nonsmoking taxi is now operating la the conv after month in seclusion plete with Nown Klag cabbie Gerald a lad Driver for eight Elvei a Friendly warning to Pas Inger ionised a Brezhnev wearing a High profile Moscow up soviet president Leonid Brezhnev is suddenly the most Visi ble Public figure in after More than a month in virtual be Brezhnev seems to be taking every Opportunity to show that he is firmly Back in since Brezhnev reportedly hauling a lingering Case of influenza has made Only four Public mystery surrounds Fate of Pope Pauls Cadillac Vatican City api who driving the Popes Cadillac 1960 Fleet Wood May be a group of notre Dame alumni gave the the mystery deepened thursday As the car to Pope John xx1i1 in a Vatican Cere Vatican turned up no race of the luxury Many on March but the pontiff and but tuesday he met polish Premier Piotr Jarosiewicz and wednesday held highly publicized talks with cuban defense minister Raul soviet television showed a beaming Brezhnev seated next to soviet defense minister Dmitri Ustinov and across the table from Al one the camera held a closeup of the soviet Leader for almost 20 photographing him smiling broadly and talking animatedly Wilh the High profile policy was underscored wednesday neg he by a rare report from the car following word from Detroit that the Many on his Pope Paul i apparently britons wont Budge on the hollowed mile London Lap the who still insist on driving on the lefthand Side u the Are determined to hold onto another cherished Anglo Saxon tradition the Britain is under pressure from its common Market partners to make things easier for other europeans by switching from Miles to but while britons have reluctantly permitted the gradual introduction of metric measurements meters in Stead of liners instead of pints they Are holding out against the kilo me government transport minister Wil Liam Rodgers was under fire from All sides wednesday in the House of com Mons after proposing the use of kilo me ters instead of Miles on British Rood labor member Dennis Skinner said it was a plot to line the pockets of euro Pean parliament members he didst elaborate while opposition conserva Tive party lawmaker Roger Moate declared simply the people dont want conservative transport spokesman Norman trying to be suggested to the minister cant we simply As no one wants to scrap the that we wont do it of dodgers admitted there is no common Market Rule requiring the use of but said there Are matters we All do without obligation be cause we think it makes the Best he that the govern ment was in no great haste Over the the if at would not come about until the latter half of the he a Black Mercedes for in according to the Detroit free the National Highway safety administration discovered that i960 Calif the Agency said Brezhnev attended a pen Romance of the opera ii Trovatore at the Bolshoi Tass said Brezhnev was a by soviet Premier Alexei recently when general motors Corn lost a Keg Legal general motors in the said the Vali can sold the Cadillac four years ago Bui the car Doest show on Vatican cites car registration records after the Only re cords on indicating the holy see had so d scrapped it or had give it away prior to that general motors Headquarters in Luis said they be glad to help in ate Tui whoever is driving the car but they records on the cars ownership Pope Paul a known to Nave give Japan eases Exchange Russ Tokyo a ass Syssa