European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday. October 29, 1985 the final blow three nine Story Mexico cily apartment buildings which were damaged beyond re pair in september s earthquakes Are toppled to the ground by heavy explosive charges placed by . Demolition experts. The buildings were so weakened by the quake hat they could not have been made habitable. 9 stolen paintings were uninsured and unsaleable museum officials say Paris up no insurance was taken out on the nine impressionist paintings Worth at least $10 million that were stolen from the Marmot Tan museum in a precision limed weekend heist officials a the museum s Parent institution said monday. Authorities said hey were puzzled at the motive of the robbery because the works arc too Well known to be sold. There was some speculation Phil the thieves would demand a Ransom or that the theft had been commissioned by wealthy Art collectors who planned to keep the paintings. The lightning raid began shortly after the museum opened at 10 . Sunday. Ive gunmen carrying Large Caliper weapons burst into the museum taking hostage eight Security guards and about 30 visitors while they stripped the Walls of nine major canvasses. The heist took Only 10 minutes. The most valuable of the paintings stolen was impression Sunrise an ih72 Claude Monet masterpiece that gave the name to the Lurn of the Century impressionist movement. French news reports quoting sources at the facade my of Fine arts the Marmot Tan s Parent institution said he paintings were not insured  of thru Inous Cost of premiums for the works and the fact that they were considered unsaleable. Marmot Tan curator Yves Brayer said the paintings were Worth millions of dollars at  another museum spokesman valued the paintings at $10 million. Officials said the thieves knew he museum layout and went directly to the paintings they wanted. The museum s alarm system had been turned off because of the possibility that visitors would trip it unintentionally. Drayer said the thieves escaped with five moneys two paintings by Augusta Renoir one by Berthe Mori Sot the sister in Law of edouard Mangand one by Naruse. Lie listed the other missing paintings As Camilla Monet and his Cousin on the Beach at Trouville portrait of Jean Monet portrait of poly Fisher at  and Field of tulips in Holland by Monet bathers and portrait of Monet by Renoir Young woman at the Ball by Morisot and por trait of Monet by Naruse. The museum is the former Home of Art collector Paul Marmot an who left the House and his collection of 18th-Century furniture and tapestry. In 1971, Monet s son Michel donated 65 of his father s paintings to inc museum which built a special gallery for them. Surgeons separate siamese twins Toronto up siamese twins from Trinidad were in critical condition but separated for the first time in their lives after 22vj hours of surgery that ended sunday doctors said. A team of surgeons anaesthetists nurses and other personnel at the Hospital for sick children separated 9 month old twins Mucera and Shiva Ramkhalawan who were born joined near the Waist with shared genitals Pelvis liver and urinary and intestinal tracts. The boys were in critical condition in the Hospital s intensive care unit. Officials said that they need fur ther treatment for dislocated hips and Are expected to remain in the Hospital for at least two months. We re just very very Happy that our children Are of said their father Latchman Ramkhalawan a 30 year old Carpenter from Cha Shunas Trinidad. Earlier he said he and his wife Evelyn 23, were concerned that one of their sons would have to be trans formed into a girl. Such surgery was done at the same Hospital in 1984, when doctors separated siamese twin boys from Burma and surgically transformed one of them. But the team members involved in the surgery on the Ramkhalawan twins working As each was needed Dur ing the Day and night arc reported to have successfully split the single set of male genitals. Surgeons closed the Large wounds created by the separation with extra skin and tissue formed after an earlier procedure in Trinidad in August. Robert filler chief of surgery and team member or. Ron Zuckor flew to port of Spain Trinidad to insert seven Small balloons under the skin and in the abdominal cavity of the boys. A Saline solution was injected into the balloons to Force the skin to stretch much like a pregnant Wom an s. The balloons that were implanted were a remarkable Success filler said adding that the extra skin allowed a Complete closure on Mecca while a relatively Small defect on Shiva was covered with air tical mesh and a skin graft. The parents who have been helped with expenses by a fund set up in Trinidad spent the entire time in the wailing room with a few close friends during the opera Tion saturday and sunday. World today 198-year-old wine ordered by Thomas Jefferson to be sold London a a bottle of 198-year-old French wine inscribed with the initials of Thomas Jefferson is up for auction the times of London has reported. Jefferson third president of the United states was a connoisseur of wine and wrote a report on the Bordeaux vineyards while in prance in the 1780s. When he returned Home he ordered 10 cases for himself and 30 cases for George Washington. The bottles were engraved with Jefferson s and Washington s initials and the one for auction at Christie s on dec. 6 reads "1787 la filth the. A meaning it came from the chateau la filth Vineyard the newspaper said. Six bottles of the wine meant for Jefferson were bought in Paris by a collector of old wines. Hardy Rodenstock who lives near Wiesbaden Germany the report said. There was no explanation Why All the bottles were not sent to Jefferson. 120 organized crime suspects sentenced by judge in Naples Naples up a court has sentenced 120 suspects to to a total of 675 years in prison for involvement in the Camorrah the Naples version of the sicilian mafia. After More than 70 hours of deliberations judge Omero Ambrosio handed Down prison sentences ranging from 9 years and 2 months to 4 years and 4 months to 120 defendants. Seventy other defendants were acquitted. The trial began March 11 and was the second in a series ordered by magistrates after a major police crackdown iwo years ago. The italian police arrested More than 800 per sons during the crackdown launched june 17, i98j. Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in the Naples area since the Early 19kos in gang fights Between rival Camorrah factions seeking control of the local drug Trade and other rackets. Cyclone causes heavy flooding in Leningrad Tass reports Moscow a a Cyclone that originated Over Greenland swept water from the Gulf of Finland into the Mouth of the Neva River flooding substantial territory in the City of Leningrad the official soviet news Agency ass said. No casualties were reported from the flood Tass said. An unspecified number of Homes were damaged along with Power transmission and communication lines. Water in the Delta of the Neva River Rose by mow i n above the  Mark and burst its Granit Ebanks flooding a substantial territory of the City close to the sea Tass said