European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday september 26.1986 crossing paths canals criss Cross Holland connecting Inland Indus tries Stilb port cities like Amsterdam or Rotterdam. When a canal Eccl a Motorway � Bridge aliens them 10 Cross pills. In this Cyk approximately 20 Miles South or ahem the Etna forms a Bridge Over the Road allowing a fully loaded Barge to pass. Norway s barring of nuke ships threatens nato paper says Bonn up Norway taking a Cue from new zealand has begun barring nuclear armed warships from us ports in a move that could unhinged the North pm flank of the nato Alliance the die Well newspaper reported thursday. Die Welt quoting informed nato sources in Brus Sels Belgium said the socialist norwegian government of prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland has been demanding that the captains of nato ships Catling in Norway sign a declaration that their vessels contain no nuclear weapons. The newspaper said norwegian authorities while permitting overflights also Are denying routine land ing rights to . F-111 bombers based in England. The report said the norwegian moves have angered the United states and placed a Strain on the Atlantic Alliance in which Norway holds the strategic Northern flank it said nato authorities assume the moves were taken by norwegian defense minister Johan hoist with the blessings flee prime minister. Diplomats have characterized the norwegian moves As an affront to the United states and a Burden on Alliance Solidarity. Die Well said. It said the Ameri cans As a matter of policy have refused to comment publicly on the matter. Bul it said diplomats warned that the Issue could come up in the nato political councils and possibly reach the ministerial Council. The United Stales became involved in a bitter pub Lic Row with new zealand when that country barred nuclear warships from its harbours. The Reagan administration retaliated against new zealand by excluding it from the .-Ted anus regional military Alliance. Die Welt quoted nato military officials As saying the Alliance rejected the norwegian ban on All bul emergency landings by Al 1 is because it said the move robs nato of the flexibility it needs to defend nato s Northern flank with conventional weapons. To said nato authorities would push vigorously for a retraction of both norwegian orders affecting nato. Israeli jets attack suspect eco rebel base Sidon Lebanon a six israeli warplanes thursday rocketed an Olive Grove believed to be the site of a palestinian guerrilla base police said. One person was reported killed in the second israeli air attack in Lebanon in three Days. In Tel Aviv Israel the israeli military command said inc target was a base belonging to the Fatah guerrilla faction headed by Yasser Arafat chairman of the Palestine liberation organization. Lebanese police said the israeli planes rocketed Ashra Fieh Hill East of Sidon s Mich Mich refugee Camp. They confirmed a Fatah base was believed located there. A commander of the syrian backed popular liberation army militia said one militiaman was killed and two others were slightly wounded. He spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity. The israeli command said its pilots reported accurate hits and All planes resumed safely to base Fatah guerrillas and popular liberation army fight ers cordoned off the stricken area hours after the at tack turning Back reporters and photographers. State run radio Beirut reported extensive damage. On tuesday israeli warplanes struck bases belonging to the democratic front for the liberation of Palestine and the Abu Moussa faction of Fatah. Two lebanese druse militiamen were reported wounded in thai raid. World today american new conductor of Cologne opera Cologne Germany up an american has been chosen to conduct the Cologne opera. The opera management on wednesday announced Hal James Conlon has signed a four year contract and would take Over As chief conductor in Cologne for the 19 89-90 season Conlon 36, Isa native of new York. His conducting credits include inc new York metropolitan opera the covent Garden opera of London the Paris opera and the Maggio Musicale of Florence. For inc past three years. Conlon has directed the Rotterdam philharmonic orchestra. The Cologne opera is currently conducted by sir John Pritchard. He will remain in Cologne As the first permanent guest conductor when Conlon takes Over. Church told to Stop using stuffed owl to scare bats Worcester England a a country Church that uses a stuffed owl to scare off bats and keep them from making a mess on its pews has been told the practice is illegal and must Slop. The nature conservancy Council wednesday ruled bats Are protected animals in Britain and discouraging them from using their favorite Roost in the Church rafters is an offence under the 1981 wildlife and Countryside Protection act. The edict angered retired army maj. Harry Porter who is Church Warden at st. James anglican Church in Birlingham near Worcester. Porter carries the owl nicknamed Ollie around the Church during services. The slate funded Council manages nature preserves in Britain advises the government on wildlife and has the Power to enforce environmental Laws passed by parliament. Mount Etna spews lava Ash following explosions Catania Sicily up mount Etna Europe s highest Active Volcano spewed molten lava and Black Ash 5,000 feet into the air wednesday following a series of explosions scientists said. The debris fell on the sides of inc Volcano and on the outskirts of i lie Eastern sicilian port of Catania. Vul apologists said the renewed activity apparently was caused by the sides of a Crater collapsing on the Northeast Side of the 10,700-foot Peak authorities said there was no immediate danger to residents. Catania s Fontanarosa Airport was closed to traffic because of Ash covering the runways. Lava has been flowing out of inc Northeast Crater for 11 Days in two rivulets. Fire brought under control outside Bank of England London a fire broke out before Dawn thursday in construction offices outside the Bank of England damaging one floor of the building bul Caus ing no injuries a Bank spokesman said. More than 70 firefighters brought the fire under control within two hours and the Bank was operating nor Mally thursday morning said the spokesman. He said the fire broke out at about 3 . In two construction offices sited on a parapet outside the third floor of the 198-year-old neoclassical building. The cause of he fire was unknown. Cambodian rebels offer to sell Mia remains Koke Soong Thailand up cambodian guerrillas thursday said they found the remains and identification tags of three . Soldiers killed in Viet Nam and demanded $12,000 to turn them Over the guerrillas met reporters near the thai cambo Dian Border 135 Miles East of Bangkok to publicize their demands but produced no physical evidence to support the claim. A guerrilla who identified himself As Liu no fight ing for the Khmer Peoples National liberation front said the three sets of remains were found in a wrecked armoured personnel Carrier in Gia Lai Cong turn prov Ince of Central Vietnam near the cambodian Border. Liu said military tags were found with the three skeletons. He said the remains were Complete and in Good condition. Liu said the remains were brought Back to cambo Dia and would be shown at a news conference at the Border next month. He said the remains would be turned Over Only if . Authorities paid $4,000 for each set of remains to compensate for an official of the . Joint casualty Resolution Center in Bangkok which investigates cases of Ameri cans missing in action said . Policy bars paying rewards for the return of american remains bul the report would be investigated. He said the Center had received More than 1,000 bogus recons of Mia remains since the end of the Vietnam War. U s officials last week questioned a guerrilla who said he had the Bones of two americans but refused to turn them Over unless he was paid. The liberation front is one of three cambodian guerrilla groups set to receive $3.5 million in . Aid approved by Congress last year. Son Sann the Leader of he group is currently in Washington appealing for additional . Support
