European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 f \ the stars and stripes monday september 23, 1985 21 killed As rival forces Pound Tripoli Beirut a rival moslem militias struck Tripoli with artillery rockets and mortars saturday As prime minister Rashid Karami tried to end seven Days of Savage Battles in his Hometown. Police said 21 people were killed and 45 wounded in the fighting Between the sunni moslem militia Lawheed islami or islamic unification and the Ala wisc moslem Arab democratic party. That raised the known toll in Lebanon s second largest City 50 Miles North of Beirut to at least 126 killed and nearly 400 wounded since last sunday. Karami who flew 10 Tripoli Friday was joined late saturday by maj. Gen. Mustafa Al Marousi commander f some 25,000 syrian troops in North and cast Lebanon and his military intelligence chief. Brig. Gen. Ghazi be sati of an Naan the state radio reported. At Nightfall the shelling and sporadic machine gun exchanges intensified after a two hour Lull. Meanwhile israeli troops in helicopter gunships traded fire with shiite moslem militiamen in a ground and air operation against guerrillas in Southern Lebanon a United nations source in Tel Aviv  source said a mechanized israeli platoon moved from Chihing two Miles North of the israeli Border. Fight ing occurred Between Chahine and zab inc 2.5 Miles far ther North and ended after about seven hours he said. From there Zabine they started patrolling with helicopters and dropped a patrol to the ground the offi Cial said. There was some firing from the helicopter during the  he said shiite amal guerrillas shot at the israelis from the surrounding Hills but he had no reports of casualties. An israeli military spokesman confirmed that Israel defense forces operated today in the Security zone but refused to provide details. Cards from Page 1 and air Force Exchange service said sales of non durable goods in the United states last year were $414 billion. Sales of non Durant by All the exchanges amounted to Only 0.9petew�uhjit., worldwide sales were j7 billion last year making the Exchange system the sixth largest retailer in the United states according to panel data. Calhoun said the exchanges would not be taking sales away but would be retrieving those lost to the private sector because customers could not use credit cards in the military  said the cards might help keep some members from writing checks at the end of the month and hoping they would not reach the Bank before their next pay changes would contract with private firms to do the paperwork associated with credit card transactions. The exchanges will absorb the 2 percent added Cost. Prices will not be raised Long said. Business groups such As the american logistics association the consumer Bank ers association and the armed forces marketing Council added written testimony in bars would be Able to use conceived from their own Banks. The sex cards toll from Page 1 Clear the rubble to avoid the possibility fan epidemic caused by rotting bodies in the debris. My Friend it is impossible to say at this moment How Many lived and How Many died said Baladie Beltran Correa head of the temporary morgue at the City s Cuauthemoc District Headquarters. A Man emerging from the morgue said the bodies were Laid out on the floor and survivors were trying to identify them. It is traumatic. Many of the bodies were in Abad stale of  he said. Assistant attorney general Rene Paz Horta said 70 percent of the bodies had been identified and those that could not be identified would be buried in mass Graves. President Miguel do la Madrid said we still have neither precise nor final figures. There arc still people trapped in Many build Ings whom we have not been Able to  he told his grieving and frightened nation in a speech on television that the second quake Friday night which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale compared to 7.8 for the initial tremor did not cause As much damage. It was less severe but provoked  the president appealed for National Unity and said we will Oury our dead with sad Ness but at the same time we will renew our will to live and to cure our wounds. The truth is that in the face of an earthquake of this magnitude we do not have the re sources to confront the tragedy with Speed and  de la Madrid thanked the people of the United Stales for the multiple manifestations of sympathy that we have received. I want to thank president Ronald Reagan who from the very beginning has established Contact with us and with whom because of the communications problems we have i have not been Able to talk personally. It is important that our american friends and especially the mexican american communities know that although the tragedy is great and although we have Many losses of life to regret most of the capital is still standing he said. The president said that the destroyed or partly damaged buildings Are no More than 500. He said that most of the damage was in Mexico City but there was some damage in outlying areas. In the evening do la Madrid cancelled his scheduled appearance this week before the United nations general Assembly because of the emergency. Friday s second Jolt knocked out electricity on some subways and people streamed from the stations. We got out walked up the tracks to a station and came up said one passenger. He joined thousands of other Mexico City Resi dents who slept on sidewalks or stood in groups All night discussing Al Grande thursday s giant earthquake. Mexico s minister of tourism Antonio Enri quiz Savignac said in Houston saturday that the situation in the capital was under control and subways buses and trains were run Ning normally. Enriquez said Power was restored to 65 per cent of the City although 35 percent of the capital remained without water because of broken water pipes. Local Telephone service was operating but Long distance lines still were out. In Washington president Reagan announced that his wife Nancy would visit Mexico City monday to explore the support of the american people and explore How we can lend a hand in this  More than is million people live in the sprawling 7,800-foot-High capital that is the world s most populous Urban area according to United nations figures. Unofficial accounts spoke of Hundred skilled in less densely populated areas closer to the epicentre of the quake including the states of Colima Guerrero Jalisco and Michoacan. Dan Lawler a state department spokes Man said several americans were injured. He did not release their names pending notification of relatives. Ambassador Gavin estimated 4,500american tourists and 130,000 resident americans were in the Mexico City area last week. The state department said an other 120.000 . Citizens live in other parts of Mexico. No casually count or damage reports were available from Friday s quake which was Cen tired about 250 Miles Southwest of Mexico City in the same area As the one on thursday. Tens of thousands of emergency volunteers using picks heavy construction equipment or their Bare hands searched for survivors. In Washington Secretary of state George Shultz said Mexico has asked for american demolition teams to destroy unsafe buildings and technical experts to detect bodies crushed under flattened build Ings. Lawler said an Airlift of generators As Well As firefighting Earth moving and demolition equipment was to begin saturday. Other offers of Aid poured in fro around the world. Servic members would be Able to use the cards where surveys show prices aver age 20 percent love he at commercial retail stores. A personal buffets could com Iodate sales the need if replace Broil items and seasonal needs Juch As schoo f Lothes and Holiday gifts. The excl pages Couch compete better by offering the in inv Clience that com " tar continuing their ability to Jle funds and keep the need for tax Dolla Aown.  would not consider themselves discriminated against. The Ava ability of credit could help reduce the payday surge in shopping thereby shot fining lines leaving fewer items out of lock easing parking congestion and Low wig exchanges overtime and other staff Cost. Rep. Dan Daniel d-va., the panel chair Man said no Easi Nesses that have objected to the credit eld proposal accepted invitations to  hearing. He said the record would rain open five Days to they could submit St laments. Exchanges in he United states May extend credit for Moline sales and some concessionaire Ope Akons such As florists Beauty shops and Sofce and appliance repair stores. They also Perlac a heavily used Lay away program a a deferred payment plan at overseas exchanges. Irwin said that Cven if the proposal is approved credit Ards could not be used in Exchange barbershops laundry and dry cleaning outlets  stores snack bars or vending i temporal ires spies from Page 1 sir Geoffrey Howe has chiefs from exposing the britons. And in a further extraordinary move it was made known that an undisclosed num Ber of britons who helped the spy rings have been allowed by the prime minister to leave Britain already the newspaper said. In some cases they have been told never to  of Scotland Yard Thatcher s Offit talc the foreign office All  on the newspaper reports. Scotland Yard arc ported no arrests based on Guif Vilu s disclosures and the  members of parliament Landaff mint officials have raised questions in arrests have been announced. The mail newspaper also reported that Howe last week rejected Cuba s Choice for its new ambassador in London because intelligence reports indicated he planned on boosting spy operations to make up for losses in the soviet embassy because of the visions of 31 accused spies. Arne Teholt foreign office Holt was a it rep. _ to 20 years this j government sources say Gordievsky de scribed As one of the most important soviet spies Ever netted by the West disappeared from the soviet embassy in july and has been undergoing Long debriefing sessions by  " the English Countryside. His defection was announced sept. 12 and Britain then Cupelle 25 soviets in London and said they were named As spies in a Safe Bouse in Sei Bember m by Gordievsky. The soviets retaliated with the expulsions of 25 britons and in a second wave of lit for Tat expulsions each Side kick people before Thrig by ii say there " thence sources say the soviets had about 70 of their own spies in the russian Community in London. An unconfirmed newspaper report Las week said that is British and soviet Citi acting As soviet Sleeper agents � had been picked up and in some  to leave the country based on Goro Ihab Kip surfs. In another de verb the sunday times newspaper report trans or Lon Don stores including the l Are expecting the families of the 31 exp soviets to go on a final shopping spree for Western goods prior to leaving the country. It said the soviet embassy also wants to sell 17 cars because of its staff cutbacks. 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