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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, February 26, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 23 the stars and stripes february Strong quakes shake kill 15 continued from Page i said on a Lour of the worst hit houses that didst suffer from either the first or second Large quake have proved that they can the quakes were the strongest in Athens in recent panicked when lights went out and windows Shat thousands spent the night in the huddled around makeshift fires or cocooned in we were out almost All said pensioner Costas Torios As he slumped in his car with his wife and two grandchild one a baby of in the Back in Between Athens and co teams worked for eight hours to save Evanghelos a hotel owner who had been trapped in the ruins of his col lapsed an air of anxiety Hung Over the capital wednesday morning As people went to work in subdued they seemed schools were closed in All areas affected by the rallis said most school buildings had withstood the How and would open the Premier added that it was up to local authorities to persuade people to re turn to their All military units and Public services were placed in a state of readiness to Deal with emergency Situa the Athens seismological Institute said 46 tremors registering More than 3 de Grees Richter were recorded from the first Shock tuesday evening until mid morning of eight were Between and a tremor measuring 6 on the Richter scale is defined As a very Strong quake causing moderate damage to the seismological Institute said a fur ther Strong quake is scientifically highly woman awakened by Jolt thought it was my last night on Earth by Mike Spear staff writer atm hns when the Earth quake hit Laic tuesday night Zoe Makri Dis took such a shaking in her fifth floor apartment Here that she thought her life was and Jay who was watch ing television in his quarters at the Helle Nikon air base said hed never experienced anything like the twos Lory Concrete building was moving around like a piece of he it sort of air Force Rex Stone and his wife were also watching television when the quake sent Ihm reeling from their second floor six Miles South of our first reaction was to get out of said who is Public affairs officer at the air i know it is wrong to run out of a House during an earthquake but your first reaction is to get the House was shaking and the thing uppermost in my mind was that the whole building was going to who works in the Public affairs office at Hill Nikon said she was asleep but was knocked out of her bed by the quake when it hit at about 11 i woke and the next thing i knew 1 was on the she i thought it was my last night on this she said her husband grabbed her and their 7yearold daughter and fled outside with after one attempt to reenter the apartment building they decided it would be safer to spend the night in the open in their when the stones got outside they found that Many neighbors were already excitedly milling in the the worst part about it was that it gave you a sinking feeling and you could hear this terrible thundering said after about an the stones thought it was All Over and re turned to their they were aroused from sleep by a Sec Ond Strong Jolt shortly after once again they fled the when i came to work this morning Many greek families were in their cars on the Side of the Road and some had bonfires going trying to keep Stone Reagan retroactive hiring freeze upheld by court continued from Page i have renegade clerks will Nilly appointing people to Tobias had argued in lie said Many people who had received such letters had sold their Homes and quit their the he had told the recipients congratulations Welcome but the governments Alfonse had maintained that a Federal applicant does not actually have a Job until a government personnel official and the applicant fill out forms after the employee starts and Alfano said none of the people who got the letters but had not started their promised jobs had filled out such he said court acceptance of the Plain tiffs position would mean the government would lose All flexibility in he for that a person could receive a letter of acceptance and then be found unqualified after a government Security he also noted that the government was making exceptions to the freeze in hardship cases and added that some people got bet Ter jobs after they lost their Chance for a Federal government most air Force families in the area apparently escaped serious said Shif who works for the base Hospi Tal reported Only one quake related he that involved an airmen who received a sprained ankle while trying to get out of a hotel in no building damage had been reported at the air base by late Shifler Power was off throughout the City for about 15 minutes shortly after the main Shifler this was caused by the sudden Power surge that came when people began turn ing on their lights after the Accord ing to Paul base Engi neers electrical airman Rita a radio operator said that As of late wednesday the military affiliate radio station Mars is sending 230 Mars Grams to the to let the folks Back Home know everything is All 4 britons delayed in leaving Iran London up three anglican missionaries and the Church negotiator who helped Clear them of spying charges were not allowed to leave Iran As scheduled wednesday but will be free to depart the archbishop of Canterbury office iranian officials said the britons were retained because of passport the archbishops office said there was no official clarification of the they Are spending the night in Tehran As the guests of the ministry of foreign said the archbishops press spokes we understand they will be free to leave Tehran tomorrow earlier wednesday a spokesman at the prime ministers office in Tehran told up by Telephone there were problems with their that is Navy is buzzing potential aviators continued from Page l form expressing interest in the and about 12 were recruited to begin flight training next we think it was Doggone said Jim Kinnears it to go into a Jarge City that Hast got a lot of Navy visibility and get qualified Guys from the private sector on the Spur of the moment that the Campaign will be tested again this weekend in if the trip is Suc the new method could become a Standard recruitment Lois the More than 300 Young men who heard the navys pitch in Atlanta were College graduates who were sort of looking Lois almost All of them had jobs in a Stock brokerage Merchan dising firm or something some were lured by the excitement of naval and others were simply looking for better he the planes that went to Atlanta included an fi4 an a4 and an a6 intruder from Oceana naval air Sta Tion in Virginia helicopters and other aircraft were dispatched from naval stations the same types of planes will go to the trips were training flights for the Lois without the recruitment the planes would have been sent elsewhere to Lois said once the Navy recruits new Avi weve got to do everything we can to keep if we dont retain weve got a Haemorrhage that going to cause us to bleed to because of a recent percent military pay raise and other officials say the Navy is expected to have better Luck holding onto its aviators this year than last in the Atlantic naval air Force projected a Pilot retention rate of Only 24 to 25 the projection for this year is 33 to 34 archaeological experts said the acropolis and its major the suffered slight damage in the George director of the a said Marble slabs fell out of place on two sides of the Temple and there was a new crack on the southwestern but damage was we Are taking the necessary measures to repair Dontas the a second Temple on the was Dontas 3 Crew members killed in crash of army copter Germany the Threeman Crew of a uh1 helicopter from the 1st army div was killed Early wednes Day morning in a crash at the army training Center according to an army the helicopter from Echo 501st aviation Katterbach near crashed shortly after Takeoff from Hohenfels army Airfield just before 5 said the division names of the victims were being with held until their families Are cause of the crash is being Spanish deputies elect Premier continued from Page i Ful army general who declared military Rule from the Eastern City of faced a court martial in his Antonio Pascu took office with unprecedented rapidity wednesday and told his troops armed re Bellion must not happen again unless the nation demands the exact role in the coup of a Franco fighter in the 193639 civil was left strangely report edly for fear of angry military although Armada confirmed his there was no official announcement of his separation from the staff Job he got Only three weeks military sources said the general was believed to be the military authority whom Tejero awaited in parliament As he held the entire Cabinet and parliament at they said he knew of the coup Well before he went to parliament monday night to talk to one source went so far As to Call him the brains behind the Well into the when Juan Carlos had rallied most military muscle behind him and Armada had offered Tejero a plane to flee Teseros daughter Tele phoned him in parliament and in a possible reference to Milans Del Bosch and Armada come your two friends have deserted Central Europe forecast for thursday skies will be Cloudy with dense fog during the Early by Early skies will become partly Cloudy to mostly Cloudy with highs 3642 lows Sunset thursday Sunrise Friday Outlook for Friday expect dense morning fog with conditions changing to partly Cloudy skis and Haze by cloudiness will increase in the Northwest during the with a Chance for Snow showers in the temperatures will be slightly temperatures recorded wednesday 4am 4pm cd f m m m f 46 54 32 38 45 48 30 43 32 22 30 38 cd c p clog Fig Clr 4pm 25 38 34 38 34 52 25 32 30 39 39 45 30 38 mfg 34 34 partly Cloudy of fog Snow Iraln cd Clouds d drizzle a mostly weather so  
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