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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday september 28, 1985 Sis Polo by Lynda w. Smirk bubbling Over in Darmstadt a a foot High plastic dome is the test temporary addition to the saw t Lui in firm stiff Germany. To Bubble contains in exhibit of product and Tchul elements for which the City is Wen known. Ii continues until oct 16. 2 British women kidnapped in Beirut Beirut Lebanon a at least three gunmen entered a West Beirut apart ment building and abducted a pair of Brit ish women the first women among 13 westerners missing in the Lebanon s War torn capital. Meanwhile israeli jets attacked a pales Tinian guerrilla base and fighting Between civil War antagonists raged thursday from Tripoli in the North to Sidon in the South claiming at least 17 lives. Security sources identified the britons kidnapped thursday As Hazel Moss a restaurant owner and Amanda Mcgrath an English language teacher at the american University of Beirut. The sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said the women were abducted from an apartment House in the mostly moslem sector of the capital. The building concierge said at least three gunmen took the women away. There was no immediate indication who seized them and no claim of responsibility. Six americans four frenchmen and a Bri ton All men have been kidnapped since March 1984 and Are believed still held by their abductors. Another american the Rev. Benjamin Weir was released by his captors almost two weeks ago. Israeli warplanes attacked a palestinian guerrilla base in the syrian controlled Bcka Valley of Eastern Lebanon about four Miles West of Baalbek near Majd Aloun. The israeli military command in Tel Aviv Israel said the attacking jets scored hits in the area of a two Story building used by the guerrillas but it did not say whether the building was hit. It said the base was manned by the rebel Plo faction of Abu Musa who led a Syri an backed rebellion against Palestine liberation organization chief Yasser Arafat in 1983. It was the third israeli air attack this year on Abu Musa s faction and the 12th on guerrilla targets in Lebanon. An israeli raid had been expected be cause of the seizure of a yacht wednesday in Warnaca Cyprus in which pro palestini an gunmen killed three israelis. In other developments senior officials of the main druse shiite moslem and Chris Tian militias held a two Day conference in Damascus Syria. Official syrian sources said the discussions were aimed at starting reconciliation talks Between christians Ana moslem. Leftist group s supporters Send Tefter claiming bombing of nato pipeline Frankfurt a supporters of a notorious leftist terrorist group sent a letter to a newspaper claiming responsibility for a nato pipeline bombing Federal authorities said thursday. Hans Juergen for Star spokesman for the Federal prosecutor s office said a letter received wednesday by the daily Frank Furter Mundschau was being treated Asau  we feel confirmed in our initial As sumption that the attack was committed by militant sympathizers of the red army faction Foerster said. The letter was not Signi by a known group but Only by f. Zorn this could be a fantasy name intended to express the state of mind of the attacker he said. Zorn is a German surname but it also Means  Foerster said he had no further information on the letter. The Early monday bombing Tore a Hole in a pipeline about 25 Miles Northwest of Frankfurt causing a leak of 2,600 Gallons of diesel fuel. No one was injured in the bombing. The pipeline running from the Central West German City of Giessen to the Rhine River City of Koblenz supplies nato1 troops. West German officials say nato and . Military facilities have been targeted for attacks by the red army faction. The group is suspected in six assaults against the . Military in West Germany since Early last month. Soviet Premier Tikhonov replaced Moscow a soviet Premier Nikolai Tikhonov has been replaced by Polit buro member Nikolai a Yonkov the soviet Union announced Friday in a Surprise move. The official news Agency Tass said in a terse statement that by Zubkov was appointed Premier head of the Council of ministers by a decree of the supreme soviet. Tass said Tikhonov 80, was relieved of his duties for health  Tass said Tikhonov in a letter to soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev said his health had considerably deteriorated lately and that physicians had advised him to retire. Tass said the letter was read by soviet president Andrei Gromyko at a meeting of the presidium of the supreme soviet. Tikhonov a longtime key member of the ruling politburo and one of the most visible soviet leaders had been Premier since october 1980. In his letter excerpts of which were re leased by Tass after the initial announce ment Tikhonov said however difficult it is for me to address you with  a request. I am compelled to ask Mikhail scr Yevich the political Bureau of the Central committee to retire me for health reasons i am soundlessly grateful to our communist party for everything that has been done for me. I want to make special men Tion of the warm comradery atmosphere that has been created in the political Bureau lately. I assure the Central committee of our Leninist party the political Bureau and you personally Mikhail Serg Yevich that to the measure of my abilities i am further prepared to fulfil the assignments that will be Given  news update wreckage to be raised London a investigators plan to raise from the seabed virtually the entire wreckage of an air India jumbo Jet which crashed off the coast of Ireland on june 23, Brit Ain s Independent television network reported. It said . Aviation authorities Are equipping a special Salvage ship now in Newfoundland Canada for the task of lifting some 350 pieces of wreckage from 1,5-Milc deep seabed in a bid to discover the cause of the disaster. The air India Boeing 747 plunged into the sea killing 329 people. The recovery of the flight recorder Black boxes and autopsies on the victims have failed to confirm or refute suspicions the disaster was caused by a bomb. Smashing Success Colorado Springs. Colo up the us. Anti satellite mis Sile launched against a military satellite sept. 13 broke the target space vehicle into 150 pieces air Force officials say. Air Force officials at the North american aerospace defense com Mand said that the target a military satellite launched in 1979, was divided into 150 parts by the Force of its collision with the asat missile. Military moves planes ships to safer areas by Norman Black Washington a the military has moved hundreds of air planes and Heli copters and dozens of ships from their Home bases on the East coast because of Hurricane Gloria the defense depart ment said. Military bases in the Region also began releasing non essential personnel from duly. The removal of equipment particularly air planes to safer Inland areas is being overseen by each of the individual services. According to information gathered at the Pentagon Wright Patterson fab near Dayton Ohio has become a primary Safe Haven for air Force Navy and Marine corps aircraft. The Navy also ordered 30 ships out to sea from their Home port at Charleston s.c., and another 40 vessels from Norfolk vt., to ride out the storm either in the Atlantic Ocean or Chesapeake Bay. The aircraft carriers Coral sea and Eisenhower remained at Norfolk though because they ate undergoing maintenance. Most of the Marine aircraft at new River As ., Are away from the base participating in an exercise. The roughly 200 that remained were being moved into hangars the Pentagon said. Another 90 aircraft stationed at Cherry Point As ., were sent to Wright Patterson. The army also was moving its helicopters in the Region into hangars or flying them to safer areas but specific information was not immediately available. As for the air Force the Pentagon said aircraft Are being moved from Langley fab va., to Wright Patter son. Charleston fab to Wright Patterson and Eglin fab Fla. Myrtle Beach fab s.c., to England fab la., and Robins fab a. Pope fab  To Little Rockaf Ark. Seymour Johnson fab  to Moody fab a. About 150 planes stationed at the Oceana Nas va., were being flown to Wright Patterson. The Pentagon said plans also were being prepared to move aircraft from Dover fab del., if necessary. Six c-130 trans port planes stationed at Andrews fab outside Washington left at noon thursday for Wright Patterson. The Pentagon said that while the evacuation orders affect Many pianos some Mission essential aircraft will remain on station at Home   
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