European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes april 1985 shouting we want jobs we want Industry we want work most of the residents of pose for a group a photo townsfolk stand together in Community promotion a about people crowded into downtown Vandalia saturday for a group photograph touting the Southern Illinois Community As an Ideal place for i cant believe we did it chamber of Commerce president Leo Eisert surveying the sea of people on the Flag lined main it is just what we wanted lots of a sunny it have turned out the photo was taken for a brochure that will be sent to encouraging them to put a Plant in but it also provided a Good excuse for a and Vandalia residents enjoyed clowns prancing along the bands playing and merchants offering free food and the chamber of Commerce and the Vandalia Industrial commission preceded the photo session with drawings for a Caribbean cruise and a grand then photographer Bob Thoman mounted a Utility company bucket truck to snap the big picture from 45 feet in the arms Vanda lians we want jobs we want Industry we want work As Thoman shot Roll after Roll of town officials said the Community has been hit by a 15 percent unemployment rate and two consecutive years of poor people Are beginning to realize that were at the Bottom of an economic said Don an Industrial commission member and radio station this photograph is an expression of he were showing the world we Are standing together and that we have not Given amid the sea of townsfolk was Pete an employee of the Vandalia correctional Center and resident of nearby were a close knit and we do things commuso when i heard about i thought it was a Good idea because nobody tried this get Ting All these people i thought it would be fun to do something i just wanted to see All the people out on the Chris said while waiting for the Margaret dressed in a Santa seemed a bit out of sync with the pleasant Spring but she said the whimsical outfit served a serious weve had some slow times economic she so the costumes refer ence is lets get Santa lets get some Money Back in the Community so peo ple have something to 44 53 Hurt in philippine theater fire Manila up at least 44 people were burned or trampled to death and 53 others were injured sunday in an explosion and fire at a movie theater in the Southern fishing town of police it was one of the worst fires in the Philippines since world War scores of other people were injured at Cinema one of two Heaters on the second floor of the Ziga Arcade shopping Center in the which is 220 Miles South of Manila in the Albay the police Maximo said in a Telephone interview that an initial police investigation showed the fire was caused by a blast near the where the italian film perfect crime was Jaime Villanueva said about 800 people in the two Heaters at the three Story Arcade fled in Only two people Weire burned to said Many were killed in the there was Only one and people fought to get Many leaped to their Hebrio said the bodies of the 44 people who were killed were brought to four Hospi he said Many bodies were mangled beyond the exact number of injured was not immediately the Blaze followed a spate of hotel fires that have claimed the lives of More than 60 people in the past six last a Blaze swept a five Star the Regent of killing 25 peo including 17 Cinema a one 01 iwo inca ers on me Secona Jaime Vianueva Saio about no were killed were brought to four Hospi including 17 vietnamese experts visit site of b52 crash Tokyo a and vietnamese the crash site in Hanoi the missing Tokyo a and vietnamese specialists have visited the site where a b 52 bomber crashed during the Vietnam War As part of efforts to resolve the cases of americans still missing from that a vietnamese broadcast said the broadcast by Hanoi official Viet Nam news Agency Laid the specialists met in Hanoi thursday and Friday and visited the crash site in Hanoi the broadcast gave no details on what was seen at the crash or whether fur ther investigations there Are it said the two sides discussed matters relating to americans missing in action in the Vietnam and the vietnamese informed the americans of action they had taken to turn up More information about the missing the United states lists military men and civilians As missing in Southeast including in last a spokesman in bang Kok said the vietnamese government had agreed to hold More frequent meetings to help resolve the Issue of the missing Ameri the now held four times a could be held six times or he the two sides first agreed to hold the meetings in september the United states has said Hanoi must show substantial Progress and cooperation in accounting for the missing americans As one condition for normalizing relations be tween the two
