European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Marcos claims . Aided rebels Page 2 d National debt tops $2 trillion for the first time Page 5 d american travellers warned about 44 danger zones Page 9 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 352 sunday april 6, 1986 1sc of Olav Ond Sondov d 8693 a bomb blast rips Berlin nightclub go turkish woman killed 155 Hurt a photo the la Belle discotheque is shattered after a powerful bomb blast that killed two people and injured 155, including Many americans. From wire and staff reports a bomb Tore through a packed West Ber Lin nightclub popular with . Military personnel killing an american Soldier and a 28-year-old turkish woman and injuring 155 people including at least 60 Ameri cans officials said. Separate claims of responsibility were made by Anonymous Telephone callers on behalf of a West German terrorist group and a previously unknown Arab group the associated press reported. Neither claim could be independently confirmed. German police said names of the victims were being withheld until their relatives could be notified. A spokesman for the . Army in West Berlin told the stars and stripes that 50 americans were treated for injuries at the . Army Hospital in Berlin and that three remain hospitalized. Several other Ameri cans were believed to have been treated at German hospitals he said. Officials at the . Army Hospital in Lan Stuhl Germany said that 25 of the injured americans were flown to the Hospi Tal and that one was in serious condition. The blast at 1 50 . Devastated the la Belle discotheque in the american sector of the divided German City. German police said that at least 500 people were in the nightclub at the time and that the blast partially collapsed the ceiling shattered the facade and caused its Walls to buckle. Witnesses said a Small fire broke out but was quickly put out. United press International reported that guests with their clothing in tatters and Cov ered with blood ran screaming into the see Berlin on Page 28 Money plan by France is opposed oot Marcum Netherlands a France ran into stiff Resis Tance saturday from Italy and other West european nations As it pressed for a change in currency values that could boost its competitive position in european Trade sources said. Finance ministers and Central Bank officials met for a full Day but failed to agree on a readjustment of the Exchange values for the eight National currencies in the european monetary system. We have not yet come to a conclusion dutch finance minister h. Onno Ruding told reporters after the meeting adjourned for the Day. Rud ing who was chairman of the meet ing said negotiations were to resume sunday morning. He declined to go into details about saturday s talks. The talks stemmed from France s desire to devalue the franc in relation see Money on Page 28 greek police Appeal for testimony from woman suspect in Jef bombing Athens Greece a greek police saturday called on May Elias Manssour suspected of planting a bomb on a Twa jetliner that killed four americans to come to Greece and testify about the explosion. Why does t she come Here and testify if she is innocent As she apparently claims she should come and help us with the investigation said Nikos Kokkinakis a senior Security police officer. Kokkinakis said Manssour a lebanese citizen is the prime suspect in the investigation. Italian police said she is a known terrorist. The woman interviewed in Tripoli Leb anon showed a lebanese passport spelling the name Manssour. Earlier reports had spelled her name Mansur. The different Spellings represent two ways of transliterate ing the same Arab name Manssour spoke to the associated press saturday at the Headquarters of the syrian social nationalist party in Tripoli 50 Miles North of Beirut. Manssour a 31-year-old boutique owner and member of the leftist syrian social nationalist party told the associated press she was not involved in wednesday s blast a photo May Elias Manssour. Denying blast involvement aboard flight 840. Manssour said she flew from Cairo Egypt to Athens aboard the Boeing 727, eight hours before the explosion. She sat in seat 10-f, where a Twa spokesman said the bomb was placed. The spokesman Steve Heckscher said the explosive device was planted beneath the seat Cushion. Greek police said they believe it contained plastic explosives and was the size of a cigarette pack. The bomb ripped a jagged Hole in the plane s starboard Side As it flew at 15,000 feet Over Southern Greece. Four passengers were blasted out among them Alberto Ospino a colombian born american who was sitting in seat 10-f. A spokesman for Athens Coroner Nikos Bernardis said a preliminary autopsy examination saturday showed the bomb exploded where Ospino was sitting. Portions of the Middle Torso were found missing while his lower Torso was Black ened by smoke indicating that the bomb exploded beneath him said the spokes Man. He said a close examination of the Vic Tims charred clothes should reveal the Type see suspect on Page 28