European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday february 3, 1986 memorial Mission a helicopter carrying a Wreath passes a giant american Dag at the Kennedy space Center during memorial services saturday Tor the seven astronauts who died in the space shuttle blast last tues Day. The copter dropped a Wreath into the Ocean East of Cape canaveral at 11 39 , the time challenger exploded. Winter storms grip much of Europe at least 28 killed London up Winter storms and heavy snows paralysed much of Europe Over the weekend closing roads cutting Power to tens of thousands of Homes and claiming at least 28 lives from the British Isles to the austrian Alps. Venice also was hit by the third worst flooding of this Century. The storms including the heaviest Snow Falls in 40 years in Southern France eased sunday on the continent and residents started digging out. But in Britain forecast ers predicted More sleet and Snow in North Ern England parts of Wales and Scotland. The weather was blamed for at least 28 deaths since thursday 11 in Italy nine in France five in Spain two in Austria and one in Britain. Six Crew members of a Spanish merchant ship also were missing and feared dead after theirs Hipsak in rough seas thursday. In the Alps thousands of skiers remained Cut off by blocked roads and avalanches and other roads were closed because officials feared avalanches. Hundreds of cars were stranded by 65 Snow slides along a 6-mile stretch of High Way in the Val Badia in Italy s Alto adige Region bordering Austria. There was a similar Story in Northern Spain where Snow blocked 10 Mountain passes and Cut offal least 145 Small towns. Tens of thousands of Homes were without Power in Britain Spain France and Italy after Power lines snapped under the weight of ice and Snow or were blown Down in High winds. In Southern France electricity repair Crews were airlifted by helicopter to some Cut off towns to Speed repairs. The main Mountain Highway linking Spain and France was blocked by High snows causing a 15-mile backup of 5,000 trucks on the Spanish Side of the Border. In Venice where rain was the problem the annual pc Lent carnival went ahead despite the hooding in the City of canals. The Waters reached their highest Point of 5 feet 2 inches at 3 55 . Saturday Short of the High water Marks reached in 1966 and 1979 and later fell to 3 feel 7 inches during the night. Officials in the austrian skiing resort of Ober gurgle near Innsbruck said 11 people were still being treated for injuries suffered in an Avalanche saturday that buried a hotel and killed one person. Swap from Page 1 West Berlin could not be reached for imme Diate comment. Both . And West German officials have denied speculation in recent months that they were negotiating with East bloc countries to Trade captured communist spies for soviet dissidents. This supposed spy Deal has come up several times in the past few months said a Bonn government official who spoke on condition of anonymity. I Don t think any More of it this Shch Aransky 37, was a Leader of the human rights movement in the soviet Union during the 1970s. He was sentenced in 1978 to 13 years imprisonment on charges of passing Intelli gence to foreign nations. Previous reports that Shch Aransky might be traded for captured soviet spies have not materialized. His family has reported that his health has deteriorated during his imprisonment. The Bild Story which is to appear in the paper s monday editions was Tel exed by the Hamburg based newspaper to Bonn based news organizations. Temperatures group seeks Ransom for s. Korean envoy Beirut Lebanon up a group demanded Sio million sunday for a South korean Diplomat kidnapped in West Beirut threatening violent measures unless it receives the Ransom within eight Days. Beirut s moslem voice of the nation radio said it received a Call from a Man claiming responsibility on behalf of a group calling itself the Green brigades for seizing second Secretary Chae Sung do at gun Point Friday. The caller said the group wanted the $10 million Ransom paid by feb. 10, otherwise we Wilt resort to violent police said they were investigating the Anonymous Call the first claim Tor the kidnapping. The arabic speaking Man gave no details of How the Ransom could be paid. West Beirut has been plagued by a series of abductions of lebanese for Money in the past six months but foreigners Are usually kid napped for political reasons. In a statement published sunday Leb anon s armenian Tash nag party said history professor Hagop Barsoumian was kid napped in West Beirut by gunmen when they machine gunned and killed three armenian leaders on the Street Friday night. Responsibility for the killings was claimed by the extreme left Wing Tach nag Loutian armenian revolutionary federation movement which accused the Tash nag organization of working with the ., israeli and turkish secret services. South korean embassy officials have said they were puzzled by do s abduction the 39th kidnapping of a foreigner in Lebanon in the last two years As he and his Mission were not believed to have Politi Cal enemies in Beirut. L h 2 24 47 70 37 39it a 30 4138 41 55 7031 60 32 38 67 82 2 72 35 52 41 63 Alban Atlanta Allan la Civ Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Kansas City Las vegas february 1 l h 53 63 62 78 20 26 56 70 24 3454 77 51 68 14 36 44 48 33 4749 60 70 84 44 46 los Angele Miami Minneapolis new Orleans new Vert Orlando Shoenl Philadelphia Pittsburg Salt Lake City san Francisco san Juan Washington Reform from Page 1 ment store and a Bank. No one was injured in the attacks. The government has come under increasing pressure at Home and abroad during a 17-month-old Black uprising that has claimed at East 1,180 lives. The United states and european coun tries have imposed limited economic sanctions to increase the pressure for change. On Friday Botha told parliament in Cape town about plans to Reform Cornerstone provisions of the apartheid system but he made it Clear that Whites would never relinquish control to Blacks. Botha s minister of information Louis Nel hired a Johannesburg based Public re lations company Grey holdings to sell the government s new ideas. In the advertisement carried in major English and afrikaans newspapers Botha promises to replace the Black identity document known As a pass with a common identity document for All races by july 1. He said Laws designed to prevent Black migration to the White cities would be re placed by a system of urbanization that applies to All South not millions but billions Are being and will be poured into a program that will mean equal education for All Botha said. In the advertisement Botha said a Multi racial National statutory Council announced Friday which will advise him of constitutional changes is the first step towards institutionalized Power sharing. It is not just a forum for the european weather forecast Lor monday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies Wim locally dense morning and late evening log. I Northern Germany there will also be intermittent Snow or rain and Snow mixed with Gusty winds. Coastal Benelux Wilt have intermittent rain or rain and Snow mixed. High temperatures will be .28-35 in Northern Germany 33-40 elsewhere tows 25-30 in Nortner Germany and at higher elevations 28-33 elsewhere. Sunset monday 5 20, Sunrise tuesday 7 56. Culloo to tuesday mostly Cloudy occasionally partly Cloudy skies with locally dense log during Early morning and late evening hours. In Northern areas. There win be isolated rain or rain and Snow mixed. Temperatures 2to 4 degrees warmer. Temperatures recorded sunday Adana m Amsterdam Athens in Valano r Berlin Bremerhaven s Brussels i 4am 4pm 45 61 36 34 59 57 3v 4 a n 31 27 36 34 to Tom Copenhagen p 30 32 fran Lurl. London do Madrid p Munich i Perls m Rome p 30 � 38 38 31 25 31 31 31u a provided by Del 13, 7lh weather so Graben Trarbach other worldwide temperatures High low70 � Montreal d 41 3a Moscow i Cairo a Dublin cd Helsinki Jerusalem Lisbon cd a 37 54 43 a � Toronto s. H ii Vancouver d 48 4� supplied by the associated press. Flair a Parlov Cloudy a to slav Cloudy a Douds Snow a rain in log do or Lille
