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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 13, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 27 unearthing ammo dating Back to 1870s this Crew is doing a bang up Job  Bureau chief osterholz Schrambeck Ger Many is there Are 154 germans working at the site of the new Home of the2nd army div fwd who must have steady hands and nerves for the past two years they have been i peeling Back 10 inches of topsoil to remove unexploded ammunition. We have cleared 1.15 million Square meters of land said Peter Laurent fore j Man of the project. Everything we find i stored and then transported by truck to Munster a German training area North of Hannover and blown  Laurent said some of the duds in storm fells Cable 7 Are electrocuted Caracas Venezuela a seven persons were electrocuted monday night in Valencia when a High voltage electrical Cable snapped and fell onto the Street authorities said. The Accident occurred during a two hour wind and rain storm that toppled Trees and flooded sections of the City located 100 Miles West of Here civil service and police officials said. Among the dead was a 6-year-old girl. The other victims were All adults authorities said. An eighth person who was badly burned was reported in serious condition in a Valencia Hospital. The victims who had been participating in a religious ceremony apparently were frightened by the Thunder and lightning and rushed out of the House onto the Street coming into Contact with the fallen Cable authorities reported. Mexican charter plane crashes 19 passengers die Mexico City up a twin engine charter plane crashed and exploded in a mountainous area on the outskirts of mexi co City Over the weekend killing 19 of the 22 passengers aboard. Three badly burned passengers sur Vived the crash which occurred 15 min utes after the plane took off from International Airport on a flight to Morelia 120 Miles West of Mexico City. Earthed Date Back to the 1870s and that the older ammunition is the More dangerous it is to  said that since August 1976, his Crew has removed 58.6 tons of unexploded ammunition with no accidents. We use Large scoop shovels to remove the topsoil and then we sift the soil for am munition. We also use 40 electronic Meta detectors to search for the duds. Two people work with each Detector an change every two hours he said. Laurent who received his explosive ordnance training at the bund Estehr s Eod school in Aachen said the men on the project get 412 additional Marks a month for the hazardous duty. The area where the Cavern is being built was formerly used As a training area even before world War i. We found six Cannon balls that Date Back to 1871. Fol lowing world War ii the . Army use the area to blow up ammunition. And bombs that were uncovered in  Bremerhaven that did not explode during air raids were also brought Here bythe . Army to be destroyed he said. Laurent said that it will take his Crew nearly two More years to Complete their  far Laurent said his Crews have turned up ammunition from Russia theu.s., the Netherlands Turkey Britain France Poland and Czechoslovakia. Carter Sadat discuss revised israeli proposal Camp David my. Up preside Tcarter and egyptian president Anwar Sadat met again tuesday to discuss a re worked israeli proposal dealing with the future of the West Bank of the Jordan River Summit conference sources said. It was also Learned that Sadat Tele phoned Jordan s King Hussein in London monday in an apparent Effort to sound out the Arab Monarch on the new proposals involving West Bank sovereignty. The Westbank territory now occupied by Israel was formerly governed by Jordan. In the past Sadat has supported Jorda Nian sovereignty Over the West Bank and egyptian sources said monday the West pm sports Center has ski acrobatics show Rhein main a Germany is a ski acrobatic demonstration Complete with portable 40-foot-High jump and artificial Snow will announce the Rhein main sports Center s switch to Winter wares sat urday. Five 45-minute shows starting on the hour from noon to 4 . Will feature flips double flips clowning and other stunts by a touring team of four americans and a european said Center manager Bud Babick. The shows which Are free of charge will take place near the Center in the recreation area across the Highway from the base. Admissions chief says he d still reject Bakk application Chicago up if he had to do Stover again or. Charles Lowrey says he still would reject Allan Bakke s application for medical school even though he expected the suit which eventually won Bakke admission to the University of Cali fornia at Davis medical  i expected his suit. He was a Marine was t he said Lowrey admission committee chairman at the University s medical , in the sept. 15 Issue of Ameri can medical news the american medical association s newspaper for physicians Lowrey added i d do it refuse Bakke admission again in a minute. On the other hand i Don t feel very badly that Bakke will by court order be starting school. Next  had challenged the legality of the medical school s admission policy which reserved 16 of 100 freshman seats for minority students. In a historic decision the . Supreme court ordered Bakke to readmitted to Davis. Lowrey said that in deciding betwee qualified candidates like Bakke and minor Ity applicants the admissions committee was caught Between the Devil and the deep Blue  feel a lot of compassion for someone like Bakke who is obviously qualified to Goto medical school Lowrey said. I think of maybe having one of my own children caught in the same situation. But at the same time i believe strongly in programs to recruit minority  two factors influenced Lowrey s Deci Sion to vote against Bakke s admittance he , he was too old. We Don t use age As a cutoff but tend to look a lot harder a anyone past age 28 or 30. Second As a graduate Engineer Bakk already had a profession plus a master s degree Lowrey said. Bank Issue plus the Gaza strip Are the principal Points of Contention Between Egypt and  of the Sadat Hussein Tele Pone Call led to reports that Hussein might be standing by to Fly to Camp David. White House officials insisted however that there is no plan for Hussein to join the sum  for the proposal itself informed sources said the israelis had reformulate their offer and presented it to Sadat on monday for his  also said each of the three participating delegations have been asked to draft documents indicating How far they have progressed in resolving the key is sues. Officials indicated tuesday that the Summit May run As late As thursday or possibly later. Carter according to these officials does not want any arbitrary deadline to hang Over the talks if there is a Hance of reaching an agreement that will make possible further peace  monday White House spokesman Jody Powell told reporters that the talk shave moved into an intense and detailed phase to see if approaches can be found Todeal with the important differences that  the conferees said Powell Are also trying to refine areas where there is  15 most Active new York up the 15 most Active stocks in new York Stock Exchange composite trading at 4 . Tues Day sales last chg. Panama air 1,050,100 10 % a Tairyn 576,600 37% 1% Arlene Ltd 428,800 4% be Holiday inns 418,000 28 / v2 ramada Lens 389,500 la a Firestone 369,000 12% South co 296,300 15% Webb Del 278,600 31% % Bally of 267,500 66 /4 3v Caesars we. 247,600 52% 4 Appl digital 240,800 18% Gulf Oil 229,900 25 /2 Texaco inc 227,500 25 a Sears Roe 213,500 24 a Shell Oil 209,300 34% amex 1 0 most Active new York up the 10 most Active stocks in american Stock Exchange composite trading at 4 . Tuesday sales last chg. Instr syst 433,600 2houston Oil 375,400 24v-j 3 resorts Nta 200,200 149% -h4 a Mcculloch Oil 171,100 6% Brown form b 147,400 34v % system eng 143,900 19 a 3 into Knote 130,400 4 % cares Slanc 105,500 5% % Synte corp 87,600 37 Ranger Oil 85,600 16% Dow Jones averages new York up Dow Jones closing averages tues Day High Low close change 30 industrials 910.26 899.43 906.44 -1.30 20transports 261.88 257.40 260.08 -0.54 i utilities 108.02 106.87 107.58 -0.17 65stocks 315.92 311.76 314.36 -0.52 Rhodesia holds aides of Skorno Salisbury Rhodesia a Security police detained tuesday at least three top aides Here of Zambia based guerrilla Leader Joshua Nkomo. There were reports that at least 200 other members of Nkomo s Zimbabwe Afri can Peoples Union were arrested in what appeared a country wide swoop following the shooting Down last week of a rhodesian Airliner for which Nkomo claimed responsibility. Josiah chinaman Zap vice presi Dent apparently left the country Early tuesday 12 hours after Security police called at his Home in Salisbury s Black Highfield township. Police and officials of the biracial transitional administration refused to com ment on the arrests. They followed prime minister Ian Smith s announcement Sun Day of plans to what he termed liquidate local affiliates of the externally based guerrilla movements. Whites clamor for revenge Smith aimed his remarks mainly at the White minority clamouring for revenge for the airline disaster in which 48 persons mainly White vacationers died. Chinaman was seen leaving Salisbury Airport tuesday morning on a flight headed for Johannesburg. He refused to speak to reporters and there were conflict ing reports from nationalist sources about chinaman s destination. It was thought however he would go either to Lesotho the tiny Black kingdom ringed by South Africa or London. Among Zap Central executive Mem Bers detained in a Dawn swoop tuesday was the treasurer general sunant Mehta. Mehta s son Depak said two  police removed his father from their Home at 5 . Depak said his father was now in Salis Bury s Central prison and the family had been told Mehta is being held under Emer gency Powers and regulations which per Mit detention without trial. Zap aide disappears Zap publicity Secretary Willy Musu Kurwa had disappeared from his Home in Salisbury Early tuesday and family Mem Bers said he had gone to the country. It. Was thought Musu Kurwa had gone into hid ing. Chinaman said saturday he expected to be  Zap sources reported up to 200 followers detained. The detention orders must now be signed by the Black and White ministers who share the Law and order ministry Francis Zin Doga and Hillary  Small White Liberal pressure group the National unifying Force in a state ment tuesday described reckless the detentions against the top echelons of a up s internal leadership which has been acting As a moderating  conversion rate London a tuesday s closing rates of the . Dollar to european currencies. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other local currencies to dollars sept. 11 sept. 12 British Pound 1.9430 1.9455 German Mark 2.0022 1.9965 French franc 4.3%2 4.3737 dutch Guilder -.2.2035 2.1670 belgian franc 32.63 32.42 italian lira 838.35 834.95 Swiss franc 1.6300 1.6182 greek drachma 36.71 36 71 turkish lira 75.25 25.25 Spanish peseta 73.55 74.10these Are commercial rates and can be related Only to the use of foreign currency by . Forces for official business. Sales of German Marks to .personnel for personal use will be at the rate of 1.98 on wednesday which is base Don Price fixing at midday and allows for Standard handling charge  
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