European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday october 31, 1985 Louisiana levees Strain from Juan s floodwaters ans d a seven confirmed deaths. Juan downgraded to a tropical storm tuesday also left four people this sin. temporarily homeless Mil Lions of Domars in Dannic and it least si.5 billion Worth of crops endangered. After stalling off the Louisiana coast monday Juan backtracked tuesday and moved Over land Southwest of new Orleans then a can Drifting Westward again and drifted slowly toward the East Southeast during the night. Gale warnings remained in effect from porn o Connor Texas to Apalachicola a. The storm s erratic movement and offshore squalls gusting to 60 Mph kept forcing water northward onto Low lying land and prevented flood water from draining Back to sea. We won t get those Good northerly winds until mid night. Now we re hoping things will be belter tomorrow. We had hoped they would be belter Loday said Dean Daigne Mill director of civil defense in tar Rebonna Par levees Are still there arc holding. Pc Don t have any idea How Many arc Daigneault said. Three bodies were recovered from a drilling Barge that capsized tuesday in a marshy ship Channel 20 Miles Casl of new Orleans. One crewman escaped when the 52-foot vessel overturned and divers Cut holes in the steel Hull to search the Craft inc coast guard said. Sailor returning to soviet Union . Says Washington a a soviet sail or who twice jumped ship into the missis Sippi River near new Orleans did not wish to defect to the United Stales and wants to return to inc soviet Union the stale de a rom Cal announced tuesday. . Officials who interviewed the Sailor Miroslav Medvjed said he signed a russian language document reaffirming repealed statements that he wished to return Home the department said Medvid was then re leased to return to his vessel inc Grain freighter marshal Konov. The announcement concluded a four Day sap in which Medvid twice jumped from the freighter into the River Only to be re turned to inc vessel by Border patrol agent who thought he was a stowaway. After the state department s announce ment a coast Cliuard Culler pulled up to the marshal Konov a Small group of men got off the Cutter and boarded the freighter and then the coast guard ship left. Bui observers on the Shore could not Tell whether Medvid was among the group. The and naturalization service said it interviewed him by Telephone thursday night shortly after his first leap Inlo the River and concluded he was not a potential defector spokesman Verne Jems said. During subsequent interviews aboard a coast guard Culler and later at a , Navy facility nearby the state department said Medvid said he wanted to return to the soviet Union. Reagan from Page 1 we Felt we had to do the affair strained relations with he vol and Italy but Reagan said i m pleased to say now i think inc flurry is Over and that both Egypt and Italy want to continue the warm the hijackers held More than 350 Pas sengers and members of the Crew hostage on the ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean for 51 hours. The four palestinians who Are charged with killing american Pas Senger Leon Klinghoffer were being flown to Tunis in the egyptian plane when . Planes intercepted the flight and forced the plane to land in Sicily. Egypt called the . Interception an act of piracy and thousands of Ami american Demonsi razors rioted in Cairo streets. The italian government of prime minister Betti no Praxi fell Days later in inc dispute Over Italy s involvement in the Case. The president was asked about reports that Sclena Bonner wife of exiled soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov will receive per Mission to leave for the West for medical care. Widlake asked whether Reagan thought this was a soviet propaganda move or a positive step along the Reagan said we would like to feel it is a step along inc Road. And there needs to be Reagan also said that at Best his meet ing with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorba Chev will remove some of the paranoia from ,-Sovicl relations and Case the Way to arms reductions. He said he Hopes to make a new arms control offer before the nov. 19-20 Geneva sum Mit but he in t sure it will be ready in time. The president repeated his readiness to share Wuh the soviets technology to build a space based defense Aga inst nuclear missiles. Asked if he feared the soviets would then build their own Star wars system As Reagan s strategic defense initiative has been dubbed he replied Why not when asked of his Hopes for the Summit with Gorbachev Reagan said the most that we could get out of it is we could eliminate some of the paranoia if we could reduce the hostility inc suspicion that keeps our two countries. At Odds with each hostages from Page 1 stations in moslem West Beirut triggered a wild spree of gunfire by leftist militiamen who have been combing the cily for the missing soviets for two weeks. State run Beirut radio and the moslem voice of the nation said militiamen were celebrating the release of the three soviets. A previously unknown group the islamic liberation organization has claimed responsibility. The group is believed made up of sunni moslem fundamentalists. Telephone callers claiming to represent the group initially demanded that Moscow pressure Syria the soviets main Arab ally to Call off an offensive by leftist militias against sunni fundamentalists in the Northern port City of Tripoli. The offensive was called off the Day after Katkov was slain. It ended 19 Days of fight ing in which More than 500 people were killed. But the hostages were not immediately freed. Callers claiming to represent the islamic liberation organization called radio stations demanding that Moscow close its Beirut embassy and work with the United slates to end Lebanon s 10 years of civil War. The soviets evacuated about two thirds of their 150 citizens in Beirut on oct. 4 following threats to blow up the soviet embassy. But no attacks were Ever launched. The soviets mobilized their allies in Leb anon the communists the leftist druse militia and the shiite moslem amal move ment to guard the embassy. The militias coordinating with Syria also launched widespread dragnet in Bei rut and the predominantly sunni City of Sidon 25 Miles South of the capital for the missing soviets. Out from Page 1 nation s largest costume shops. We can t gel enough of Bortolino said that to meet last minute demand the company is now shipping the masks made in France by air to customers around the country. The mask Sells for Sio and includes a sweat band wrapped around it and Long Blond hair Large nose Mustache Bright Teeth Bushy eyebrows big Brown eyes and a dimple in the Chin. Bortolino said that he did not have a body costume logo along with the mask but that customers seem to feel icy Don t need inc Hulk s 5-fool-s, 350-Pound muscular Phy Sique. It s great when you see a Little kid wearing this humongous mask he said. It s hysterical. The kid looks like a Munchkin character with a big head and a Little but this halloween adults also arc gel Ling into the act. This year everything is going said Bortolino whose wholesale Ancl retail com Pany has been doing business in downtown Boston for 51 years. It s unbelievable. I veneer seen anything Tike it in All the years we be been in the he said he could not explain Why people seemed More willing this year to become someone else for a night. Costume maker Cynthia Rowls of the los Angeles area said her business has picked up in the last three years As the popularity of halloween parties has grown. Five years ago people would take Sheet Cut out a couple of holes and go to inc parly dressed As a ghost said Rowls. Now icy re using More As usual said Bortolino costumes having connections to popular movies television shows and commercials Are making Money. The masks of . $50or. T $25 an Charlie Chaplin $25 arc hoi Sellers. Bortolino said . A resurgence in popu Larity probably stems from inc re release Asl summer of Steven Spielberg s 1982 hit movie. Chaplin s comeback May have some thing to do with the ism television com Mercial in which an actor bears Chaplin likeness he said. Bortolino said men and women across in country Are renting everything from Mili tary uniforms $20-560 to elaborate re Naissance outfits $40-$65. Classic cos Tumes such As witches ghosts werewolves devils and Dracula also Are popular. Bortolino said Reagan masks popular during last year s presidential race arc Oul. He does t seem to be As popular As Nixon right now he said. The Nixon masks have been popular Formant years. He also said that his most expensive mask a $200 planet of the apes face is a bit out of the Price Range of most custom ers. Thousands of Irick or Treater who hit the streets thursday night also will Wear fulfils modelled on Elvira who dresses in a sleek Black gown Cut Low at the lop and High Al the Bottom. Three years ago i bought Elvira outfits and people would l touch them. I did t rent one said Donna Dauria manager of Boston costume co. This year it s unbelievable. Men and women Are outrageous Rock Star looks such As Prince. Madonna and Michael Jackson whose trademark White Glove was a big seller last year Al $14.95, have waned in popu lazily. There s nothing unique about looking like a Rock Star Rowls said. Every Day looks like halloween with All the Way out clothes the kids goblins from Page 1 him Karlsruhe rams Cin Simbach Krecu Zberg. Pir Masens Heidelberg and Augsburg. Also soul tart Stuttgart Vai Hingen Stuttgart Moch Ringen Esslinger Nollin gun to Eslingen Neu Ulm Grepping in Schwa Ebisch Gnu and Heilbronn Schweinfurt Wuerzburg Aschaffenbur Kitzro Ngun Larson Kil Zingen Harvcy a Calheim Munich. Bad Tolz Garmisch Katterbach and Fuerth. The cafes store at Riyadh saudi Arabi also failed to receive halloween costumes. Temperatures 1 a my by a october n in 46t is 37 79 35 6? 28 3s 25 30 56 41 46 44 it m 3 43 37 19 it 77 71 o 64 47 Sia h 49 67 j4 54 5s 56 57 66 57 is 49 42a 66 s8 54 56 66 53 56a 3 51 53 85 56 70 55 b2 to Albany Albuquerque Anchor age Atlanta Atlantic Colv Baltimore Billing Birmingham Rose Boilon Buffalo Burlington Charleston . Charleston. . Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Wallai Al. 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