European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes May 1985 militiamen Duel along Beirut Green line Beirut a Christian and moslem gunners and snipers fought sporadic duels along Beirut dividing Green line saturday after hours of shelling that killed nine people and wounded the rival militiamen used rocket propelled grenades and fired barrages of and tank fire along the three mile Green line splitting Beirut into Christian and moslem related photos on Page residential districts on both sides bore the Brunt of the bombardments As most of the casualties were the fighting tapered off into localized firefights along Green line positions now a daily ritual in the 2week old flare up in Lebanon decade Long civil there was intermittent shelling later of the West Bei rut residential Quarter near the Green police said 14 people were wounded in the Kantar District on the demarcation by police 86 people have been killed and 424 wounded since the Beirut Battles erupted april As the fighting dwindled into one its periodic citizens who had spent the night cowering in bunkers and basements came out to inspect the some packed up and fearing another escalation in the the so called Security committee made a fourth abortive attempt to reopen the museum crossing on the Green the committee is made up of lebanese army officers and officials of the three main warring moslem and Christian antagonists used the Lull to fortify their positions around the mid City the clashes Friday night and Early saturday were the heaviest in the capital since a ceasefire tuesday night halted random shelling of residential the overnight Green line Battles and a series of clashes in the Hills overlooking the capital left the latest ceasefire full of it was the 30th since sectarian fighting broke out in Beirut two weeks in the nigh Long shells fell on Christian East Beirut main As Rafieh neighbourhood and West Beirut main commercial thoroughfare of by mid morning militiamen and civilians grabbed the Chance to people were out on the streets to buy food or get a breath of fresh air before the next bout of a French truce observer sipped a Beer in a bombed out cafeteria in East Beirut Bardaro neighbourhood a few blocks from the Green it had its the observer said of the nights fighting As he smoked a pipe and read a Magazine in the its windows shattered by exploding fire from Page 1 death in a crowd Stampede at a match in a brisk wind fanned the flames into Tow ering columns of fire and t Spectator Geoffrey said from government ministers including prime i made my Way Down a passageway to minister Margaret an but the Gate was two it was the worst soccer disaster since or three Burly men put their weight when 66 people were crushed to against it and smashed the Gate otherwise i dont think i would have been Bradford club chairman Stafford Heginbotham said it was not unusual for Gates to be if we left the Gates open before halftime people who had not paid to come in would get he Britain is suffering an unprecedented wave of weekend fan hooliganism at soccer and the government is acutely but Domaille said there had been nothing ominous in the mood of the crowd to indicate that the fire might have been set to disrupt the neither of the two Bradford City and Lincoln has a record of fan Vio and the game was not crucial to either of record firm payments to crime figure reported los Angeles a an internal audit shows that Mca records has paid a reputed organized crime figure More than since november 1983 in deals for which there were no signed the los Angeles times reported the audit also said Salvatore Pisello gave Mca executives undated checks for As guarantees for some of the but that the checks have never been cashed be cause Pisello supposedly has insufficient funds to cover the times the newspaper said it obtained a copy of the which was Given to directors of Mca at the entertainment firms an Nual meeting in Chicago on Mca records is a division of Mca a conglomerate that operates Universal identified by Law enforcement officials As an alleged High ranking Soldier of new Yorks Gambino organized crime was convicted of tax evasion March and was sentenced last month to two years in Allen an Mca said company executives intend to get to the Bot Tom of the entire matter and take All appropriate and available Legal Steps with regard to any matters involving Pisello and we intend to pursue this As emphatically and As quickly As can be Mca maintains it had no knowledge of Pisello background before his a sentencing memorandum filed by the Justice department was the first indication Mca had that Pisello was having Legal the company Mca also said it cooperated with a Justice department but the company would not give details of the organized crime strike Force attorney Marvin who prosecuted said he could not com ment on any the audit found a series of transactions with Pisello for which there were no written the times according to the Mca records paid Pisello 3 percent of the net proceeds from a distribution arrangement with sugar Hill records of new that amounted to More than in the newspaper Mca also gave Pisello an Advance of against future proceeds from the sugar Hill but the audit says it is unlikely that Mca would earn that much from the in another the audit Mca advanced to a Pisello owned company in a Deal involving Mats for break that venture flopped and Mca took a loss of in another failed Mca paid Pisello in 1984 As an Advance against his expenses for his efforts to Start a latin music Label for the audit temperatures May 10 Rock Angeles Beach Paul Orleans York City City Maine 52 64 83 Worth 50 80 Oregon Providence Raleigh Louis 27 60 82 Fargo 54 61 Petersburg Salt Lake City san Diego 71 Francisco Seattle 55 Tucson 60 City Las Wichita Pope John Paul begins controversial dutch trip european weather forecast Lor sunday partly to mostly Cloudy skies with Early morning fog and isolated ral showers and thunderstorms in the High temperatures Low 60s Lolow lows mid40s Lolow Sunset sunday Sunrise monday Outlook Lor Mon Day continued partly to mostly Cloudy skies with increasing Chance of ral showers and thunderstorms temperatures will be about the temperatures recorded saturday 4am 4pm r p in p p cd i 72 75 48 59 63 70 46 75 52 70 46 57 in r cd p cd p p 4am 4pm 46 68 48 48 38 52 46 68 50 57 50 66 46 72 46 59 partly Cloudy a Cloudy brain provided by Del 7lh weather tra Bentzar Den Netherlands a John Paul saying he is grieved by divisions in the dutch began a controversial visit to the Netherlands saturday with a warning to Liberal minded roman catholics not to stray from Church he also urged the dutch to accept the conservative Bishops he has for the Sake of the love of crowds were unexpectedly Light As the pontiff began his 11day which also included stops in Belgium and Luxem and there were a few scattered pro test in the Southern City of Den seat of the Netherlands largest Catholic police said a subdued crowd of to watched John Paul join in the an Nual Marian a ceremony dating Back to the Middle who had predicted that up to would line the medieval City acknowledged they were disappointed by the Low shortly before the pontiff moved off in his bulletproof a Banner Reading Pope go home1 suspended be tween balloons floated Over the an other hoisted above the crowd i love not John was facing one of the toughest challenges of his 26 overseas visits bringing progressive dutch opposed to his views on so called family issues and his attempts to closely control the dutch into the Vatican his visit has spawned deep Calls for mass demonstrations and several death prompting the dutch to mount their biggest Ever Security opera Tion to protect on Board his flight the pontiff was asked by reporters if had any fear of com ing to the he replied with a great turning he added i was it was my at Eindhoven Security was More than police guarded the searching bags and seizing some in his arrival remarks in which he has been studying for this tour the pontiff said he hoped his visit would promote but he also warned that local churches should not become shut up in and do not distance themselves from the Center of the Unity of the in an address in Den Bosch following the John Paul acknowledged the dutch Church has had a difficult time in recent this suffering on account of the Church grieves he he added that he wanted to do every thing in my Power to promote re Concilia the Pope went on to urge the dutch to accept each Bishop for the Sake of the love of As someone among you who rep resents the Good Shepherd of the in the final the Pope has to make the he Firso faking award won by cancer victim los Angeles up an 81 year old retired dying of lung cancer he says was caused by inhaling Asbestos fibres from Brake Friday was awarded Mil lion in what attorneys say is the first verdict of its a Superior court jury granted the award against Raymark industries to Richard who worked Relin ing brakes from 1924 to there have been Large jury verdicts for workers exposed to Asbestos insulation in other but manufacturers have traditionally been absolved of liability in the few Brake cases tried across the Hedblom has can cer of the lining of the and is expected to die within a the disease was diagnosed in september his Aaron said he hoped the verdict would Speed up the change from Asbestos to less dangerous materials in Brake Lin Simon said it was the first Case involving Brake linings to go to trial in California and the first in the country in which a plaintiff has Simon said Hedblom is pleased that he is going to be leaving an an Appeal is
