European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Panic almost empties City quakes Rock kill 15 from press dispatches Athens police have reported 15 dead and 53 seriously injured in a series of Strong earthquakes that swept the greek capital and surrounding towns tuesday but military Rescue teams said there were still missing persons believed trapped under the the latest official report said More than 250 buildings collapsed As a result of the the strongest measuring on the Richter scale and having its epicentre some 60 Miles Southwest of be tween the historic towns of Corinth and most of the buildings were old and but among those levelled were the Corinth police Headquarters and four hotels apart from their were empty because of the Winter tens of thousands continued to Camp outdoors in open spaces for fear of further despite government announce ments that rumours of a pending stronger earthquake were totally the military and police distributed blankets and tents to those rendered the ministry of culture announced that some of the country prize antiquities also suffered damage in the Panicky athenians streamed put of their City wednesday after the night of earthquake Athens appeared Al most deserted by mid afternoon As people drove into the Countryside seeking Fields or other Refuge from buildup areas that might collapse in new people must understand that they Are suffering unnecessarily by staying out in the open now if they Are sure that their houses Are Premier George rallis continued on Back Page an old woman walks through the ruins of a hotel in Corinth which collapsed after being battered by a a photo Spanish deputies released by rebels pick prime minister authorized unofficial publication for the us armed forces 312 february 1981 15c doily and sunday if 21855 a Madrid up deputies held hos Tage in an abortive coup earlier this week elected Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo prime min ister wednesday amid rising military unrest triggered by the firing of the Deputy chief of the army a longtime Royal a triple Row of National police with sub machine guns stood in front of parliament in Madrid As the 350 freed 30 hours gave a 186158 vote for Calvo Sotelo to form a on party minority govern ment and end a monthlong crisis which began with the resignation of Adolfo Suarez related Page crack Antiterrorist troops spread out inside and outside parliament and through underground but the boosted by the military was overshadowed by the firing of Alfonso an aide to King Juan Carlos for 26 and by evidence that Francois sedition had tempted much of Eastern Washington a a Federal military sources admitted for the first time that the army was probably not the Only Branch of the armed forces involved in the uprising that put tanks in the streets in Eastern Spain monday and 300 Summa Chine gun toting civil guards and military police in theres a lot of tension said a source close to the arrests and trials Are going to be Calvo his authority strengthened ing that thousands of people who were told by the votes of conservatives and catalans Between november and january that they who abstained in a first ballot told had jobs waiting had in been parliament the Putsch was a grave threat hired after to District judge Charles Richey in the immediate aftermath of the coups said reagans taken on inauguration collapse the government moved Day 20 but backdated to was quickly to remove its visible neither unconstitutional nor contrary to Antonio Tejero the flaw and is supported by explicit statutory finer who led the storming of was jailed at Alcala de near a the National Treasury employees Jaime Milans Del the Power which sued to have the retroactive continued on Back Page ban thrown has said that As Many As Reagan retroactive hiring freeze upheld by court people May have been judge wednesday upheld president Rea the Union said letters received by apply Gan s retroactive Federal hiring Rul cants for Federal jobs amounted to not Ifica Navy using planes to Buzz potential aviators a a shortage of trip to where the Navy followed an naval aviators has prompted the Navy to advertising Blitz by showing up with several launch a new sign up Campaign in which planes and inviting potential candidates to fighter planes swoop Down to dazzle Poten sit in the listen to pilots and talk tial about the recruiting Campaign began with a the new approach was devised by Navy vice George Kinnear com Mander of the Norfolk based Atlantic Fleet naval air after the campaigns debut in Atlanta last at least 80 candidates signed a continued on Back Page lion they had been but Richey ruled the he were Mere offers of jobs which did not Rise to the level of a he said the recipients of such letters merely got expectations of jobs and added the letters did not affect the legitimate or vested rights of the claim a lawyer for the Robert said he would Appeal riches Rul imposing the freeze As his first official act after taking said it was a first step to controlling the growth and size of government and stopping the Drain on the Economy by the Public Tobias had alleged that the letters of selection were evidence of the fact that approval from an appointing official has been the letters were we dont continued on Back Page