European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 o the stars and stripes wednesday october 1985 scores killed in puerto rican mudslide poncf., puerto Rico a a mudslide buried Doz ens of people in a Hillside Shantytown and floodwaters surged through another Community of shacks As heavy Rains pounded the Island monday. Police said at least 55 people were killed. Gov. Rafael Hernande. Colon declared a  of Emer gency and activated the National guard across the carib bean Island. It is necessary to protect life and property Inthis time of extreme run Corn he said. There were 47 bodies at the regional morgue by night fall. Police said there a Ere other bodies that would be kept in refrigerated vans until roads were cleared to bring themis. Do ens of Bridges were washed out most major High ways were flooded hundreds were left homeless and Tele phone service was disrupted for much of the Island. Forecaster Dennis Henize of the National weather service in Coral Gables Fla. Said there was definite potential that the storm May develop into a depression or tropical storm. At 6 30 . The system was generating Gale Force winds of 39 Mph. It was Northeast of Hispaniola the Island shared by Haiti and the dominican Republic or about 600 Miles East Southeast of Miami.  system was moving West Northwest at 10 Mph and was expected to drench South Florida with rain possibly by wednesday if it continued on that track said Hon inc. Three puerto rican police officers drowned when their car plunged into a flooded ditch near the Southern City of Coamo police said. Police spokesman Luis Martinez said 30 people died under mud and debris in the Mam eyes neighbourhood one of several Hillside communities of Wood and tin shacks some built on stilts in this Industrial City of 190,000 peo ple. He said 200 Homes in Mam eyes which is less than a Square mile if size were buried by the morning mudslide. Martinez said initially As Many As 100 people were feared dead at Mam yes but municipal officials said most of the estimated 2,000 residents of the impoverished neighbourhood had fled before the mudslide. Highways including much of the Island s major turn Pike connecting puerto Rico s Caribbean coast with san Juan on the Northern Atlantic coast were impassable. Entire towns were isolated and 32,000 telephones on the Island of 3.2 million people were out of service the Tele phone Utility reported. The National weather service said a tropical front thai began moving slowly across the 100-Milc-Long Island on Friday dumped As much As seven inches of rain in a single10-hour period Early monday in some Southern and Cen trial areas. The weather service issued a Flash flood warn ing for the Western tip. Rain continued there through tuesday. Ship from Page 1 of the Palestine liberation  was not known How the hijackers took control of the ship which had been scheduled to Dock in port said a half hour before the radio Call  of the passengers who left the Achille Lauro in Alexandria had Bee scheduled to rejoin the cruise at port said the Northern Entrance to the Suez Canalise Miles cast of Alexandria. The vessel was then to continue on to Ashdod on is Rael s West coast before heading for Naples. But when the passengers arrived in port said they were placed on buses and taken Back to Cairo 138 Miles Southwest of the canal City and checked into hotels. The threat to blow up the vessel came fro the hijackers Leader identified Only As Omar according to the port said  news agencies quoted the foreign ministry As saying the hijackers were armed and had a Large Supply of explosives. A palestinian named Samir  the list of prisoners the hijackers said were being held in Israel and whose Freedom was demanded in Exchange for the ship and passengers the officials  Tel Aviv a spokesman said the for eign ministry was in close Contact with ital Ian officials and the israeli Cabinet was to meet tuesday  israeli officials said Kona Terry is one of four palestinians who landed on the israeli coast at nah Ariya on april 22,1979, and seized Dani Haran and his five year old daughter As hostages. The hostages were killed As israeli soldiers closed in two guerrillas were slain in a sunlight and the other two were  were conflicting estimates on the number of hostages aboard the ship. An italian official involved in the crisis command said there were 340 Crew Mem Bers and about 60 to 80  passengers seem to be treated Well on the basis of what we be Learned from egyptian authorities who were in radio Contact with the ship the official  Don t know How it happened he said. The Crew apparently was disabled but we Don t know if the hijackers boarded in Alexandria or from the  officials said they believed there were 160 passengers aboard the ship when it was commandeered. Port officials in Naples said the ship originally carried 840 passengers. An italian foreign ministry official said preliminary reports showed the following breakdown of the passengers who were on the ship before it reached Alexandria 221 Austri ans 83 italians 80 West germans 78 Ameri cans 71 Swiss 42 French 20 britons 15 Danes. 17 spaniards 11 each from Belgium and Bolivia 10 South africans six each from Brazil and Luxembourg three canadians two each from Argentina Chile and Peru and one each from Greece and Norway. The Naples based cruise line said most of the  were italians but there also were employees from Portugal Britain West Germany Switzerland Austria Poland Spain and Honduras. It said the ship Captain is Gerardo de Rosa with Giovanni Massa the second in  Saba a spokesman for the Lauro group that owns the Achille Lauro said in Telephone interview from Rome that 102 English speaking passengers were Safe in  said that figure came from a count of people being transported in buses to Cairo Buthe did not know their nationalities. Saba also said there was enough water an food aboard the vessel to last until sunday. The italian Agi news Agency said Pochief Yasser Arafat in a Telephone Conversa Tion with foreign minister Giulio Andreotti condemned the hijacking. Bombs aimed at libyans in Athens Athens a three bombs aimed at libyan targets exploded in Athens late monday causing extensive damage but no injuries. A police spokesman said the bombings arc believed to be in retaliation for the attempted murder of expatriate libyan merchant yous Sci Arcila a reported opponent of the libyan regime of col. Moa mar khad Afy. ,43, was seriously wounded by two unidentified gunmen on sunday. The police spokesman said the first explosion occurred at 10.25 . Gutting the second floor offices of libyan airlines in Downto Nathens. He said a second explosion an hour later inthe courtyard of the libyan consulate on the residential suburb of paleo psychic cause extensive damage to the exterior of the build ing. He said a third blast occurred a Short while later destroying a car owned by a libyan outside a hotel in the Seaside resort suburb of Lyvada. Nits from Page 1  billion Atlantis joins Columbia Dis covery and challenger. Atlantis primary Mission was to  million military satellite neither Nasa nor rement of defense would a int Fiat the satellites had i Inman rent Lipil reliable sources said they had been sent to their planned orbits22,300 Miles above Earth. The two satellites were ganged on a sin engine when they were ejected Atlantis cargo., sources a the rocket __5alettujfpmgtrorbit, where they. A wami Evered themselves into separate stationary positions Over Earth. Atlantis prime payload was identified bythe sources As two defense satellite communications systems satellites a new Type of Craft described As Jam proof and shielded against the electromagnetic bursts created by nuclear explosions. _ _ military. Information released on the Light was Limiter to terse  usual air to ground conversations of juts was blacked out and Nasa of or icings during the Mission. Even aunchm Tau cent a secret until nine minutes before full thursday from its launch space Center in Florida. Court compulsory  Only about one third of the county the world accept the Cour Mari Fol binding. Witty a Yew Allwn in Tain will term Ament member of the . Security Council in that group. 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