European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes May a victim of sundays landslide is carried away on a Stretcher As French Rescue workers search for others in a crumpled landslide kills 10 at French Campground a photo France up a landslide sunday pushed a Concrete re Taining Wall onto a trailer and several tents at a Campground in Southern killing 10 people and injuring according to a police spokesman in the nearby City of Toulon said the landslide occurred at about 8 there had been several Days of heavy rainfall in the the Concrete Block that tumbled onto the campers had been installed earlier this year to Divide the Campground into two sections on different witnesses said at least three children were among the four of the seven injured were reported in serious condition in a nearby officials said conflicting Early reports on the number of dead and injured resulted from confusion about the whereabouts of some of the the dead were members of a diving club in Southeastern France who had come to spend the Long Holiday weekend with their families at the witnesses said they had seen cracks in the retaining Wall and an accumulation of mud around it before the could erupt by monday mount Helens under Alert a scientists issued a Volcano Alert saturday for mount indicating that a possibly explosive eruption at the Volcano which blew away its Peak in 1980 was expected within 48 any eruption was not expected to be dangerous outside the restricted zone around the Mountain in South Western the number of Small earthquakes be Neath the Dom shaped lava formation in the Volcano Crater continued to including the Small Low frequency tremors that have preceded and accompanied in Pitburg airman killed in motorcycle truck crash Germany a 22yearold airman assigned to the 36th trans so at Pitburg a was killed late Friday when the motorcycle he was Riding collided with a a base spokesman said senior airman John Ramsey was travelling toward Pitburg about Friday on Highway so when he attempted to pass a number of cars on a curve near the Village of the spokesman Ramsey failed to return to his own Lane in time and struck the the spokesman a German physician pronounced Ramsey dead at the Ramsey is survived by his and Paul of de ground movement of molten Rock in pre Vious said Forest service spokes Man Thorn the dome continues to deform and deformation patterns now suggest that magma has nearly reached the according to a joint statement by the geological Survey and University of Washington geophysics Between five and 40 Small earthquakes an hour were detected at one recording Sta Tion 200 Yards from the most quakes were below 1 on the Richter scale of ground but several reached 2 on the mount Helens came to life for the first time in 123 years in March two months later a massive explosion blew away the top feet of the devastated 230 Square Miles of land to the North and Northwest and left 57 people dead or miss volcanic Ash fell Over much of the and an Ash Cloud drifted around the state and Federal officials closed the restricted safety zone around the Volcano and said the current assessment is that the activity is unlikely to be hazardous outside the restricted scientists have warned that the eruption May begin with a series of Small because the Mountain had been dormant for eight months before it stirred May it was the longest dormant period for the Volcano since its 1980 scientists flying Over the Volcano at detected increased glow from cracks on the indicating the pres ence of either molten or re hot Cor Coran similar changes immediately preceded past extrusions of magma on the so another extrusion is the us Sun statement Small explosions or Ash with effects mostly confined within the Are also an explosion could melt Snow rapidly and cause Small mud flow out of the the statement scientists were unable to get a firsthand look at the Volcano later saturday As Clouds grounded flights to the Crater to measure seismic and Gas said the restricted zone includes spirit and an army corps of engineers Crew was removed from that Corcoran the Crew was apparently doing cleanup work after completion of a Tunnel that drains the which was dammed by vol Canic debris in mount Helens huge eruption on May Public viewing areas East of the Volcano were not considered in danger from any eruption and remained Corcoran bad weather had prevented Crews from working in the Crater of the Volcano but the Day scientists found Small cracks atop the 800 foot High steaming lava dome and found that some existing cracks had widened by up to two news update legislation delayed new zealand a new zealand will delay introducing legislation formalizing its ban on nuclear prime min ister David Lange he said a Factor in the delay is that such a Bill might be wrongly interpreted As the government had intended to introduce antinuclear legislation As Early As possible in the 1985 parliamentary but Lange indicated the Bill is unlikely to be introduced before the South Pacific forum considers its nuclear free zone proposals in new zealand refuses to allow no Clear armed or powered warships into its the United which is part of the anus defense Alliance along with new zealand and has angrily saying new zealand position weak ens the dutch airports reopen Amsterdam a the three major dutch airports have re opened to air traffic after an unprecedented 16hour shutdown caused by an air traffic controllers protest a air traffic controllers returned to Amsterdam Schipholt Airport and Rotterdam be Steenhoven Airport and Beek Airport in the Southern part of the incoming and outgoing traffic at the three airports was halted after air traffic controllers reported ill for morning the protest action was caused by a dispute Between the traffic control lers and the transport ministry which employs the dispute was Over the difference in pay rates accorded most traffic controllers and those assigned to work for the euro control air traffic coordination sys tem at Beek Miami wont sue Miami a municipal com missioners have agreed to drop plans for a lawsuit against the California City that solved its problems with a convicted rapist by shipping the Man to they decided to accept an apology besides saying there officials in Santa prom ised never to do it Miami com missioners sex offender Weston Hill has been arrested twice since Santa Monica police packed him off with a one Way ticket to Miami in officials Here accused chief James Keane of dumping his problem in and had voted to file saccharin Extension Washington a presi Dent Reagan has signed legislation allowing consumer sales of saccharin to continue for two More the measure extends through May the exemption that Al lows saccharin to be used despite Evi Dence which links it to bladder can a proposal by the food and drug administration to ban after tests on Laboratory rats in met Public Congress responded by temporarily forbidding i the Fra from Banning the sub i which has been in use since the 1890s As a sugar the saccharin exemption has been periodically with the last Extension expiring april the Senate and House this month voted with Little opposition to extend the