European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February areas Cut off in 3 nations Alps avalanches kill 11 Paris a avalanches thundering torn die Snow Laden Alps killed 11 persons and left eight missing stranding ii Muntain villagers or vacationing skiers in three european tote massive slides were blamed on heavy that piled new Snow on the Montali tops of Austria and Loose accumulations broke overnight and Friday Chroming Over cars and isolating Snail firming hamlets and Chic Winter re italian Rescue teams using specially trained dogs found two italians a Mccloskey named for greek Post a president outer said Friday be will nominate Robert Mooskey to be ambassador to replacing nominee William Schau tee who caused a juror in Greece because a remark tie made at his confirmation whose nomination was with drawn after his hearing last told sen store he considered greek control of Mediterranean islands a few Miles from Turkey an unusual because n career was an assistant Secretary of state under Henry the greeks considered to remark evidence that he had been in butt with what they saw a Kissinger tilt american officials who asked not to be identified said last december that Shaufele would be replaced by Mccloskey m the presidents nominee and that Schau we was being named ambassador to Deputy assistant Secretary Ortale for press relay on and a special to was ambassador to or urls in and in ibs and he would succeed Jack b who has resigned As ambassador in u to in pm Tujo 04 in in with u Elar m in of Jim cont we Cleanon pm Chi toll Mica do com Duff by i 11 Vej it in 57 pm Ftp rom fim Tom div fort Frt fat to in in in 4u in n to 14 14 to in us m i m 45 4u Hitu at in 4ij 4ij 414 on Law sin Minin Flyr i u a in to 4 in to in if in in u Man in bout 24 to ave Ater about 24 hours under Oer Vinla at Tow but six believed to be three Bel and three italians from a were killed by the Ava Kanehe that rowed Down the slopes thurs Day officers of to sofa More than two Yuds High crashed Down on the French Lage of be tour near killing five occupants of a with four other per Jjones missing and cutting off the Rescue officials reported four vacationers who left a hotel at less f mme on to away were still they added the Cervelma slide burled several parted cars and a similar Avalanche 150 Yards wide and More than four feet High burled a truck near the austrian resort of the who stopped be cause of Snow across the already had taken a train on ahead and no injuries were but the Engineer and three passengers were Hurt when a Swiss train Slid off the tracks just before a Bridge after it slowed into Snow that had tumbled Over the authorities reported the locomotive came unhooked and plunged 30 Yards into the bed of an Alpine the first Pas Senger they came to a Hall hanging precariously from the held Back by the following several villages in Eastern Switzerland were temporarily Cut Swiss army Heli copters hew out children and the aged from hamlets in the isolated Bedr Etlo Valley South of the got hard pass after slides Cut off the areas electric several regions in Frances High Jura area also were without electricity and Many roads leading to ski resorts were East German Diplomat turns defector to Bonn up a communist East German Diplomat has defected to the West and now is in West Germany but his wife has refused to follow him British government officials said they identified the Man As Bernhard a member of the administrative department of the East German embassy in who bad been in London about a according to British Weleske visited the West German embassy in London tuesday and was Given travel documents enabling him to travel to West Ger under West German defecting East germans do not need to seek and be granted official Asylum but simply can say they now wish to live in the the sources said Weleske now is in West Ger in Bonn British officials said his Maraca and their 7yearotd daughter showed up at London Heathrow Airport wednesday accompanied by two Bast German embassy officials to Board a plane for Wudske and her daughter were stopped and questioned by British Immi Gration officials and missed their British officials said East German ambassador Karmi ebb Kern called at the foreign office thursday and protested to closing Slock prices through the Courtesy of Dacha Holsey Stuart Cul toll he attn Mcmyn my Toul Kotiw Rwy Amman Lilian Linn Uiola Satao Mem my too uni Wita nil swum h w w my in so i 411 411 u 21 144 u Xuy 14 to us Lemur it Palm firm Fiji Worril Edmu a Lxi Etta Dunn Tun vat Loii Fri Lukl Tiki let Annton we Newt Moi ii Union pm Una Jun ussom Onn Crimmin her cup Owen Luxl we Wertll a Maui Fri Fott 1 m to 41 41 Tutu he Luis to u Ili h u rim in in to m lt1 4u 4u 44 4u m u 7jj lit 4jj in 11 lord one of three minis ters of stale about Weiske being questioned so Long that she missed her British officials said Goronwy Oberts replied that immigration authorities acted entirely the sources said Goronwy Roberts explained that it is not British practice to allow persons to be taken out of this coun try under Goronwy Roberts said the behaviour of the East German officials accompanying Weiske gave the 1m press Lon that she in being taken out of Britain under duress and that they bad to confirm whether or not this was the British officials said it ultimately was established that Weleske was leaving the country of her own free will but that by that time she had missed her plane to British officials said Weiske and the child were expected to Fly to Prague later health looking Brezhnev ends his 26day absence Moscow a soviet president Leonid Brezhnev held a warm and i Friendly talk tuesday with visiting polish Premier Piotr Tass ending a 28day absence by Brezhnev from Public appearances that had led to renewed speculation about the 71yearold soviet leaders the official news Agency released a photograph of standing beneath a portrait of Lenin and looking with Jaroszewicz and soviet Premier Alexel n Kosygin before the bavarian love that sausage Munich i up bavarian Are not oily the nations heaviest Beer drinkers but also do most of the sausage the states statistical office bavarian per capita sausage consumption in 1977 amounted to 10 by con other West germans Only ate 60 pounds of Dow Jones overages the stars and stripes Page 27 jobless rate dips again in january Washington api the nations unemployment rate dropped another notch in january to percent its lowest Point in More Tom three the government said even More important than the slight pro vement in the jobless picture last month was the reports confirmation that the big and surprising drop in unemployment to percent from s 9 percent the month was not the Fluke that some economists had the labor department said an addition Al persons found jobs in january raising total employment to million the number of unemployed persons remained at about to Benne As in in unemployment last month meant the Carter administration already is near the upper end of its goal to reduce the nations jobless rate to Between 6 percent and percent in the Job picture for Blacks and other minorities remained Bleak in Janu As the Overall jobless Rale for this and for Black males and Black youths jobs became even More the labor department said the jobless rate for Black adult men Rose to percent in up from percent in Decem while the rate for Black youths Rose to 3s7 up from 38 percent in Decem there was an improvement for Black adult whose jobless rate declined to percent from decembers per the labor department gave this additional breakdown on unemployment for various categories in january adult up from adult Down from is up from full Lime Down White Collar Down from Blue Collar Down from the labor department said most of the employment gains during january were in up and to whole Sale and up German unemployment rises Germany up West German unemployment in january snowed a marked increase Over the Previ Ous the Federal employment office announced it said 1 persons were without jobs last this was up or 1l3 percent against de conversion rates London up fridays closing rates of the u a Dollar to european Cut figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Ether local currencies to these Are commercial banking rates and in most cases Are not available to the Public at the exact rate the Sale of Marks to personnel for use will be at the rate of on which is based on a p at midday and allows for a handling