European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                8 the stars and stripes june world today its business As usual for a Barber in Manila As he cuts a customers hair in a flooded a photo death toll hits 44 in Philippines As floodwaters begin to recede Manila a the death toll from floods in wide areas of Manila and five provinces climbed to 44 saturday As the Waters receded and thousands of evacuees began returning to their Rescue and Relief agencies report the hardest hit areas were where two people were electrocuted by snapped electric and at least nine others drowned in the worst flooding to hit the City in More than a and Olon Gapo City and Sampanga province North of the the philippine National red Cross said nine people drowned in Sampanga 50 Miles North of while the office of civil defense said the dead in Colonga West of included three by drowning and a family of seven buried by a rain induced landslide thurs Day fourteen other deaths by drowning were also reported in Rizal and Zambales All on the Philippines main Island of at least 18 people were reported including eight persons swept away by swollen creeks in three Manila the caused by heavy Monsoon Rains induced by the passage nearby of tropical typhoon came less than a week after typhoon Hal left 36 people dead in several provinces in the Northern half of Many of the evacuees in Manila and the provinces have begun going Home since the floods began receding As Early As yesterday Irineo a red Cross said in a Telephone interview figures from the red Cross and old Howe on the number of people who lost their Homes or had to temporarily move to evacuation centers or to the Homes of the red Cross placed the number at or including families in while old counted a total of families or per the which were up to More than 10 feet deep in some Low areas in forced the closure of All govern ment and private offices in the capital Friday As employees failed to report for philippine airlines cancelled All Domestic flights to and from Manila because of flood ing at the but International flights were not of minor floods remained in some Lowling areas in the capital but Public which was nearly paralysed was Back to government reports said that some places in Sampanga and Tarlac provinces remained under Waist deep water and that transportation continued to be disrupted by dam aged italian president quits 9 Days Early Rome up president Sandro resigned nine Days ahead of in an apparent gesture of disappointment Over the failure of politicians to reelect him for a second seven year the socialist president took an emotional leave of the presidential Palace staff and then signed his prepared letter of resignation and handed it to Antonio Secretary general of the at Maccanico then took the letter to the acting president of the Senate and the president of the chamber of deputies to Deputy prime minister Arnaldo the senior government minister in As required by the Forlani immediately called a Cabinet meeting to take note of the presidents prime minister be Fino Praxi was in presiding Over a european economic Community Summit Certini made no formal announcement to explain his premature but political commentators cited various factors that indicated he was disappointed by left Wing political parties who joined in voting Christian Democrat Francesco Corsiga into office As head of the Early resignation of a highly popular presi Dent with Ordinary italians but a frequently controversial figure among had been regarded As certain in political circles so it came As no Surprise to observers Certini picked an awkward moment to not Only did he know Praxi would be out of town at the Milan but president elect Corsiga was also absent on the third Day of a triumphal visit to his native Kertinis seven year term was to expire on july a joint session of parliament already had been called for july 9 for the Swearingin of at 56 Italy youngest Ever head of he will remain president of the Senate until a successor is in this he automatically takes Over from Certini As acting presi Dent following Kertinis Nilde communist president of the chamber of immediately sent out telegrams conv oking a joint session of parliament and regional representatives for to swear in Corsiga six Days ahead of the original As a former head of Certini automatically became a life member of the he will be one of nine life prominent figures who Are either former presi dents or were Given the Honor for various services rendered to the mastodons tusks discovered in hungarian mine Budapest up the Bones and Well preserved Tusk of a 2 million Earold Mastodon a prehistoric elephant have been uncovered in a Marble the hungarian daily Magyar nemzet workers at the mine in some 100 Miles Southwest of discovered the Tusk and Teeth of the prehistoric mammal when they Cut through an enormous chunk of the daily the paper said other artefacts of the period were found at the it was the first time such a find has been uncovered in it archaeologists from the Budapest National museum were reconstructing the Skeleton of the giant whose Tusk alone measured almost one and will put it on display at the museum Magyar nemzet Hamburg firm gets contract of renovate liner United states Hamburg a a Hamburg shipbuilder has signed a million contract to renovate the 33yearold american luxury liner United it has been an under the about people will be employed in overhauling the United states Over the next year and a the hamburger Werk Ross firm said in a the ship will be equipped with new engines and other technologically advanced equipment As Well As new lodging work on the United states will be done at the  Werft a shipyard hamburger Werk Ross said it came to terms Early with the ships Richard who initially offered million for the Hadley bought the United states three years ago for another year a photo Shigerhiyo the worlds oldest Man whose age has been Waves to a crowd attending a party on the japanese Island of where he has lived All his marking Bis 120th