European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Civil War buffs see Page 9 d Giotto takes a vacation Page 2 n Louisville wins Mcaa title Page 21 n today s Dollar buys 2.32 Marks Page 27 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 348 wednesday april 2, 1986 15e Holly Ond sunday p �693 a Aquino fires 39 officers extends service of 11 Manila Philippines up presi Dent Corazon Aquino dismissed 39 military officers monday but broke a Campaign Promise and extended the terms of 11 offi cers who served under deposed president Ferdinand Marcos. The mass retirement of the officers Many whose terms had been extended by Marcos Over the protests of younger officers left a major Gap in the military Hierarchy. It left just one four Star general armed forces chief Gen. Fidel Ramos a Leader of the revolt that forced Marcos departure in february. The remaining 52 generals have one Star rank. Also monday the philippine news Agency said communist rebels killed six civilians and wounded two in an attack on a South Ern philippine Village that denied them food and revolutionary  Aquino approved the retirements of 20 generals and 19 colonels and extended the terms of eight generals and three colonels at the recommendation of defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile the philippine new Agency said. Presidential spokesman Rene Saguisag told reporters tuesday Ramos had recommended that the 11 Reti Rable officers As sume key sensitive positions in new armed forces of the  there is a need to extend their services see Aquino on Page 28 Osha fines Union Carbide $1.3 million Charleston . A Federal regulators tuesday levied record fines totalling $1.3 million against Union Carbide corp., alleging the company violated safety rules at least 221 times in the last six months. The fines which Carbide has 15 Days to Appeal Mark the largest penalty Ever levied by the occupational safety and health administration said Agency spokesman Jack Hord. The alleged violations occurred in five units inspected by Federal investigators since an aug. 11 Poison Gas leak at the company s Plant outside Charleston. Osha inspectors went to the Plant a month after a leak of Aldi carb oxime and methylene Chloride sent six workers and 129 area residents to hospitals. The Agency announced plans to inspect 18 units tuesday fines involve five. Osha s report accused Carbide of 221 Vio lations of 55 categories of safety Laws. Hord said 130 wilful violations of eight safety Laws will Cost the company a maximum of $10,000 each and 72 serious violations of 28 categories each carry a maximum penalty of $1,000. Carbide also will be fined $5,700 for 19 see Osha on Page 28 bodies airlifted from wreckage of mexican Jet Pomona Mexico a helicopters tuesday lifted out bodies from the debris of a Mexicana airlines Jet that smashed into a Mountain Peak monday morning killing All 166 people aboard. An airline official said five Ameri cans were among the dead. The Boeing 727, in route from Mexico City to los Angeles with stops in the Pacific resorts of puerto vallarta and Mazatlan hit the 7,792-foot Mountain known locally Asel Carbon about 90 Miles Northwest of Mexico City shortly after Takeoff monday morning. Unfortunately there Are no survivors Mexicana spokesman Fernando Martinez Cortes said of the 158 passengers and eight Crew aboard flight 940. The cause of the crash was not known but Mexicana said the Pilot reported pressurization problems and sought Permis Sion to Fly lower shortly before the plane went Down. Helicopters began taking bodies to a base Camp set up in a Field in Pomona on monday. The recovery operation was suspended at Nightfall and was resumed tuesday. Ambulances in a Small Field at Pomona took the bodies from the helicopters to Balbuena Hospital in the nearby Community of Mara Atio. From there they were to go to Morelia the nearest City 42 Miles West of the crash. Officials said Rescue teams also were looking for flight recorders from the plane which could provide vital information to determine what happened. Robert r. Crigler manager of the Mexicana office in los Angeles said monday that five americans and two canadians were aboard the Jet but he could not identify them. A photo Beauty and the beast it s not the beginning of King Kong Iii it s the end of soviet schoolgirl Katerina Locheva s . Peace tour. She gets a hug from the famous beast during her visit to Universal studios monday. A trip to Disneyland was scheduled tuesday before she goes to Mexico City. See Story Page 3. Britons bombarded with offs of Augustine s Ash darkens Alaska fishing Village Anchorage Alaska up Augustine Volcano exploded monday with its biggest eruption in 10 years spewing Ash and volcanic debris in a plume 8 Miles High and turning Day into night in a fishing Village 70 Miles away. The Small Community of Homer population 3,000, Felt the Brunt of Augustine s Wrath when the Ash Laden Clou blackened the sky at noon. Although the wind should have blown Ash away from Homer about 70 Miles Northeast of the Volcano augus Tine s explosion was so great that one meteorologist suggested that it May have changed the direction of the wind. The eruption was its biggest since it began a series of eruptions Early thursday geophysicist John Power said. It was the largest we be observed he said but since the blast it s been very quiet. A lot of pressure was  a minor earthquake registering 2.8 on the Richter scale was measured at the time of the huge eruption and the Barren unpopulated Island where the 4,025-foot Volcano its kept shaking. But Power said he believed continued seismic activity May be caused by the Force of avalanches cascading Down the Volcano. The avalanches could be Snow and ice mud flows and Augustine s specially the thick hot streams of Ash and Gas known As pyroclastic flows. Any of these could crash into the Waters surrounding Augustine and with enough Force create giant Waves that could Batter fishing villages 70 Miles away in 30 minutes. Although this remains a threat Power said expert Volcano watchers report no Waves have been generated thus far. Fuel for thought by j. King Cruger . Bureau London Bow took out a full Page and in the London times tuesday advising potential British customers when you Cross the Channel our steering wheel crosses Over with  the and pointed out that the French prac Tice of driving on the right hand Side of the Road not Only inconveniences left hand driving British motorists but threatens their safety when they go motoring on the Conti nent. Bow claimed that while other car manufacturers have ignored the problem it has done something about it by making in genious modifications to some of its vehicles. Bow illustrated How it eliminated the vexing problem by providing for a secon Dary driving position. It accomplished this by building in another set of foot pedals and designing a Multi dashboard facility incorporating a second unit steering wheel socket and instrument panel into a conventional Glove compartment. Once that was in place according to the and a Driver would simply pull out the see britons on Page 28