European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Soviet Convoy trapped say afghan rebels the Law says 55 s the limit traffic piles up behind two Louisiana stale police cruisers As they maintain a steady 55 Miles per hour. The Roll ing Roadblock on inter state 10 in South Central Louisiana was part of a statewide crackdown on speeding. Up photo from press dispatches afghan rebels say they have trapped a 400-Vchicle soviet Convoy in a Valley near Pakistan and the times of London reports the afghan conflict is fast turning into a guerrilla War of almost unprecedented i  a rebel spokesman in new Delhi said the insurgents lured the soviet Convoy into an Eastern Afghanistan Ravine with a so Ries of explosions designed to sound like a Battle and then Cut off their escape route. The trap was sprung about 30 Miles West of the Pakistan Border. Rebel spokesmen in Peshawar Paki Stan said soviet troops Are being flown in to Rescue the trapped Convoy. The soviets will be destroyed the spokesman for the islamic Alliance for the liberation of Afghanistan said. Only a Small number will escape. The soviets have no  in a dispatch monday from the afghan capital of Kabul a correspondent of the times of London said the soviet Union is facing a frightening growth in the num Bers of afghan insurgents and a nation split by Savage internal  the correspondent said it is obvious the russians arc expecting some kind of at tack on Kabul and the soviet army s Spring offensive has not beaten Back the insurgents who control Large mountainous areas around the City. This Campaign is fast turning into a guerrilla War of almost unprecedented dimensions he said. Soviet Armor and Long Range guns Vir Lully ring the City and Mig fighters were this morning taking off from the International Airport at the rate of one every five tripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 39. No. 61 tuesday june 17, 1980 is Dolly and sunday if 21855 a Man made new life forms can be patented justices Rule from press dispatches Washington Man made inventions of new forms of life May be patented thus giving inventors sole control Over their creations the supreme court ruled 5-4. Monday. The ruling is expected to Spur the new Industry of genetic engineering or Gene splicing. A growing number of companies Are attempting to put on the commercial mar Ket newly created living organisms. That process probably will be encouraged by monday s decision because a Pat ent gives the owner of an invention the sole right to make and sell the creation. The decision involves a Patent on a new invention designed to reduce Oil spills. But its Impact could reach far beyond that invention and include Many varieties of continued on Page 2. Col. 21 minutes to strafe and bomb guerrilla positions at the base of Raghman Mountain Only eight Miles to the West the correspondent said in a dispatch filed sunday. He said shortly after Dawn a column of t-62 tanks drove North toward the Village of Charika where the Highway Between Kabul and the soviet Union has been Cut for several Days by heavy fighting. Radio Kabul announced that three for Mer officials All members of a rival Politi Cal faction of the marxist afghan govern ment had been executed presumably by firing squad. The report indicated political infighting was still continuing in the soviet occupied capital. Reports from Peshawar said soviet air Craft have violated pakistani air space by crossing Over from neighbouring Afghani Stan in recent weeks and bombed a Road linking the Border in one raid reliable sources reported. Pakistani officials confirmed the violations which they said were apparently connected with a recent spate of bombings which killed at Cist 32 persons including 18 local policemen. The soviets and the afghan regime definitely Are trying to cause alarm As Well As distrust Here of the afghan refugees said a ranking official who declined to be identified. More than 845,000 afghans have poured into Pakistan in the past two years most during the past nine months. Storms fear across . 4 Are dead by United press International weekend tornadoes and thunderstorms Tore through Maryland and Virginia kill ing at least four people and cutting off electricity to thousands in suburbs around the nation s capital. Much of the Midwest was pummel cd by High winds and heavy rain. More than 100,000 Power outages were reported sunday in the Maryland and Vir Ginia suburbs surrounding Washington . Two tornadoes touched Down in Northern Virginia in Fairfax county. A boat capsized sunday in a Reservoir near Laurel md., drowning a 5-Ycar-old boy and his Uncle. Divers searched for the boy s body monday. A Day of sailing on the Potomac River turned into an ordeal for a party of four when their boat capsized in winds gusting to 65 Mph. Killing one person who was caught in the rigging of the boat. Police reported another Man was struck and continued on Page 28, col. It credit unions freeing Money Tor Loans by Bob hovers it writer Frankfurt is most credit unions serving ovine is clients Are loosening the strings on credit particularly for Auto Loans after months of tight Money. Ai the major source of credit for both new and used can Chango in credit Union policy signal an improvement in the entire Money picture for the military Borrower. I think we be now turned the Corner one credit Union official said. The worst of the squeeze just May be  the Feducia Reserve decision to ease credit restrictions and the new Law permitting credit unions to charge up to 15 Attr Tinl on Loans seem to have paved the Way for the improved credit. Evidence of easier Money is apparent at Dod communities throughout Europe. In Germany Andrews Pentagon it. Belvoir and service credit unions have liberalized credit for car Loans a significant move since credit unions have been the principal source of Auto financing since the late 1960s. In Britain ice scr credit Union also has cased credit continued on Page 28. Col. Ii