European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Strip Fri take if off Many cry Lerwick Shetland islands Scotland a the Hardy women of these Remote islands North  Are on the Warpath against a plan to Fly i strippers to keep lonely Oil workers Happy. The women Many of whom shun lipstick and makeup say they la Stop at nothing to prevent the bringing info big City strippers from Edinburgh and Glasgow. They be started a petition in Ler Wick the Island s main town and say they be already collected More than 500 signatures. Jane Cook a leaded of the newly formed Shetland women group said with the Ever increasing continued on Page 28, col 2 heavy loss of i if e i n India floods new Delhi India up thousands of people were feared drowned in Flash floods in West Bengal state and authorities1 began moving villagers from flood threat ened areas near the Indian capital it was reported monday. Photo Page 28. The statesman newspaper reported More than 15,000 people were feared dead in floods in West Bengal s Midnapore District Over the weekend. The report said hundreds of bodies could be seen floating in the swollen Kan Sabati and Sil Abati Riv ers. State chief Secretary . Sen told re porters in Calcutta that the situation in Ghat Al subdivision 100 Miles West of Cal Cutta was grave with the Ghat Al township under 12 feet of water. Officials said new Delhi and Many Vil Lages along the Jamuna River which flows by new Delhi and the famed Taj mahal Temple were faced with a flood of Catas trophic proportions and began moving More than 200,000 people from the area. 25 villages threatened the flood level of the Jamuna River is rapidly rising and "25 villages or More Are Likely to be submerged an official said. A flood of unprecedented magnitude has crossed the Teje Wala headwaters of the River about 150 Miles North of new Delhi an irrigation official said. The discharge of water has swollen to 700,000 cubic feet per second compared with a Normal 200,000 cubic feet the offi Cial said. The statesman said 200 villages in the Midnapore area have been washed away and Many houses collapsed. The newspaper said nearly 500,000 people in 2,000 Vil Lages in the four principal towns of the Midnapore District have been affected by the floods. Heavy crop damage West Bengal irrigation minister Provas Roy said More than 300,000 people in the Midnapore and Ghat Al towns were marooned with a Large number of them taking shelter on roofs and in Trees. Indian air Force helicopters have been dropping food packets and Medicine in the area. The press Trust of India news Agency quoting District officials said the number of deaths could not be estimated though crops Worth $6 million were damaged. The statesman said Midnapore was Safe from further danger since sunday after noon when the Kan Sabati River started to recede. 10 rhodesian crash victims shot to death Salisbury Rhodesia a ten of the passengers who survived the crash of a rhodesian Airliner near the War torn Zam Bian Border were gunned Down by Black nationalist guerrillas the military announced monday. A communique issued Here said 18 per sons survived the crash and of these five wandered off into the Bush in search of help. The guerrillas then arrived and opened fire on the rest with communist Reade ak-47 rifles the statement said kill ing 10 in a Hail of bullets. Three survived to Tell the Story. The rest of the 56 aboard Are presumed to have died in the crash. The announcement further fuelled speculation that a guerrilla launched ground to air missile May have sent the Viscount four engine Turbo prop plunging to Earth shortly after it took off from the Kariba River resort for Salisbury sunday evening. Nationalist guerrillas of Joshua Nkomo s Zambia based organization Are said to possess hand held missiles of soviet manufacture which Home in on the engine heat of aircraft. Security Force members arriving at the scene of the crash this morning said a Star Board engine appeared to have exposed and the starboard external Side of the plane was heavily scorched the communique said. The Pilot John Hood 36, had frantically radioed that i have lost both starboard engines before the plane disappeared. All the passengers were Whites except for eight members of two rhodesian asian families. The Only passengers not of rhodesian or South african nationalities were Walter and Elizabeth Brown of Dunfermline Fife Scotland who were visiting rela Tives Here. The military communique said that the guerrillas arrived at the crash scene shortly after the plane had gone Down and or continued on Page 28, col. 1 200 seized in Managua As leaders of violence general claims red plot Managua a the nicaraguan National guard said sunday it has arrested 200 agitators in this capital City and it called on businesses to reopen their doors and halt the strike aimed at removal of president Anastasio Somoza. A communique said the arrests began late saturday and involved persons who led the throwing of Contact bombs and blocking roads with barricades. There has stars and authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 37, no. 140 tuesday september 5, 1978 is doily and sunday if 21855 a been anti government fighting in Man Agua but most of last week s bloody Bat Les were in other cities. The statement said 500 troops were patrolling Managua in 100 vehicles and said business places were urged to open Mon Day. Late sunday Gen. Napoleon Suazo Secretary general of the armed forces appeared on television and said that the National guard would thwart internal and external forces he said were communists trying to oust the government. Observers said the statement marked the first time in the latest government Cri Sis such a High military officer had labelled the opposition front a communist led one. The drive to oust Somoza is led by the sandinista liberation front which led the takeover of the National Palace aug. 22, precipitating the strike Call by business men. The leftist group demanded and got a $500,000 Ransom and won the free Dom of their jailed comrades before they released their hostages and were flown to Panama. New application for an old device an Raf harrier vertical and Short take off and Landing aircraft sits before a take off ramp at the Farnborough International air show in England. Called the ski jump ramp the device helps save fuel on takeoffs. It will be used to make Royal Navy cruisers serve As carriers in 1980s. A newer version of the harrier called the sea harrier which first flew just two weeks ago will be used aboard the cruisers with the ski jump ramp. A