European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 1, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 1 million afghan lives lost so far official says United nations Natii Pakistan s foreign minister said monday that a million afghans had die since the soviet Union swept into Afghanistan nearly seven Yean ago. Inside Afghanistan a sinister design is being Pur sued through genocide and Large scale uprooting of population Sahibzada Yaqub Khan said in his address to the general Assembly. A million afghans arc estimated to have Laid Down their  five million afghans about a third of the Popula Tion have fled to Pakistan and Iran he said. The three million afghans who have taken Refuge in Pakistan constitute inc largest concentration of refugees any where in the world he said. The pakistani official repeated his country s stand thai a settlement of the War depended on a timetable for an Early and Complete withdrawal of soviet troops. Pakistan wants withdrawal within a few months Afghanistan has suggested withdrawal Over four years. The foreign minister also joined several foreign leaders who condemned drug trafficking and terrorism a social scourges that Only a full global Effort could curb. On the subject of terrorism Yaqub Khan called on countries to take special measures including new Security measures against terrorists. Although the official text of Yaqub Khan s speech said the men arrested in connection with the hijacking of a pan american world airways Jet in Karachi last month would be tried As Early As possible he deleted those remarks from his spoken remarks without explanation. Foreign minister Esmat Abdel Meguid of Egypt whose country has also been racked by terrorism asked the United nations to Convene an International conference on terrorism. Abdel my fluid also called for an International con Ference under . Auspices to negotiate a midd 1 East peace. Foreign minister Jaime Del Valle of Chile i in de the assassination attempt last month against . Augusto Pinochet to terrorist groups Bent on or tent. National chaos and touching off a civil War. Without referring specifically to the military Cuck Down that followed Del Valle said the magnitude of the terrorist Challenge justified the extraordinary measures of a transitory nature which had to be adopted throughout the National territory Silvino Manuel a Luz the foreign minister of Cape verde reserved special condemnation for state sponsored terrorism which he said with its cortege of innocent victims affects the Workings of International  on the world drug crisis prime minister Mah Athir Mohamad of Malaysia defended his country s policy of hanging anyone convicted of drug trafficking even though malaysians have been called barbarians be cause of it. Maysia has hanged 38 people most of them Southeast asians and some from Hong Kong since narcotics Laws were strengthened in f 97 5. Flag of roses to Honor Viet vets Washington a a Virginia woman s dream of honouring Vietnam veterans with a Flag made of 58,113 roses one for each name inscribed on the Vietnam veterans memorial will continue Healing the wounds of thai War two senators say. Sens. John Warner r-va., and John Kerry d mass., said the 25-foot by 10-foot Floral Flag will be part of the veterans Day tribute to Vietnam veterans Al the Black Granite memorial on the Washington mall. The idea for the project called a Rose of remembrance came from Victoria Richards of Burke va., easter Bunny Apt to catch cold who was inspired when she visited the memorial and saw people place Flowers in front of the Wall honouring the dead and missing from the Vietnam War. "1 thought How great it would be to give one Rose to each name on that memorial she  and Kerry along with Jan Scruggs the Viet Nam Veteran whose idea it was to build the memorial said inc project is another Way of Healing uie wounds the Vietnam War  is a very deep deep rift and the amount of Healing thai still needs to be done is very significant Scruggs said. Pan am Eastern vie for business on . Shuttles new York not after six weeks of furious construction on a still unfinished terminal at la guar Dia Airport the new pan am shuttle was to begin challenging the prototype Eastern air lines air shuttle wednesday for a major share of the 4 million Passen Gers who Fly annually Between new York City Washington and Boston. The Battle promises to be fought with bags of bagels and bran muffins free Beer an j wine More room for legs baggage closets and overhead bins. For now the airlines Are charging the same Price 175 one Way on the be v York Washington run and $65 for new York Boston with � $50 weekend special on both routes. The new Carrier a subsidiary of pan american world airways was sticking to its announced starting Date despite continuing wort at its new base. It will Fly from nil three cities every hour on the half hour from 6 30 . To 8 30p.m. Eastern s air shuttle Flics hourly on the hour from 7 . To 9 . In Boston the first flight is at 6 30 . The chairman of pan am c. Edward Acker joined other company officials monday in an inspection of the construction site a tangle of cables Piks of Lum Ber exposed insulation and wet Cement that threat ened to trap the shoes of the first passengers. Bruce r. Nobles the president of the pan am Shu Lle said that while the passageways probably would note ready for another week or so passengers would be boarded through outdoor Gates. Pan am s bid to capture part of the Market of Large in business travellers who commute regularly among the three cities sets the stage for a Tough struggle be tween two powerful carriers. Eastern is about to join the expanding Avin Ion Empire of the Texas air corp., and pan american recently shed some of us overseas routes to reposition itself for stronger challenges domestically. Pan am s in try into inc shuttle Market in fact was made possible  by Texas air s pending acquisition of Eastern. As a condition of the Sale the government required another Texas air entity. New York air to sell its Landing and Takeoff slots at la Guardia an Washington National Airport to the new pad am shuttle. Almanac predicts fickle icy then Nicey Winter Dublin . Up the old Farmer s Alma nac the pocket forecaster that mixes weather with wit predicted monday a fickle Winter calling it icy then Nicey Outlook  the Book s 195th annual forecast by the apocryphal Abe weather Wise predicts a cold and snowy novem Ber followed by mild spells and a wintry Windup that leaves he easier Bunny eggs so really cold n  the almanac packs its forecast into a 232-Page Edi Tion full of rustic and arcane Wisdom ranging from planting tables to Toothache remedies in keeping with tradition editor Jud Hale stands bythe almanac s so percent accuracy rating. The forecast is based on the premise that the universe runs in cycles. Less than Normal snowfall is forecast for the North East and across the Northern half of the nation to the Rockies except in the High Moun Lams where a thanksgiving snowstorm ii predicted. Residents along the Atlantic Seaboard in lower Flor Ida Central Texas the desert Southwest and the great Basin should bundle up for a. Cold Winter while the rest of the nation should enjoy above average tempera  re Given credit for being right but Seldom blamed for being wrong says Hale. It s belter than guessing and Belarr than  Hale says the almanac staff takes the forecast seriously but prefers that readers Lake a lighter approach. A running commentary dotted with suspect grammar and punctuation eases the painful predictions Good riddance. Clear then intermittent a. Icy then Nicey Outlook  the exception of Northern new England and Southern Florida the Eastern half of the nation should Sec a warm Spring. In the West the almanac predicts a Cool and Rainy  new England coast which had a Rainy summer this year should Brace for another one next year rain is also forecast for the Middle Atlantic Stales and the Western great Plains. Hale says the almanac predicted last summer s drought but not in the right  More dry weather is forecast for the Southeast next summer with some Relief expected in August. Drought conditions Are forecast for portions of the great Basin and the North  the annual forecast has earned a reputation for be almanac Hale says its 4 million readers buy it for a variety of reasons Veteran readers this year will notice a change in the almanac s binding which has been switched fro i a Staple formal to a Slick Square  year s almanac is the tallest so far and contains feature stories on How nol to Rob a Bank and Why the Midwest is Square with the blame placed on the nation s first  practical advice conies in the form of How super cows and super Bulli can make you super Rich and getting along with your pigs Tome of which the almanac acknowledges May be a Lotta Gar  Glacier May not hold Russell Lake much longer Yakutat Alaska a the impending Wash out of a Glacier damming Russell Lake May provide an escape for porpoises that eluded recent Rescue at tempts a . Forest service official said monday. The dam eventually will burst said Bud Tomlinson. That May be tomorrow or it May be next week or three Days from now. It s very unpredictable. The Rushing water Likely will carve a Channel Down i which would help the stranded porpoises it the Forest service Ranger said. Once the better part of that water goes out there s possibly a route for them to get out Tomlinson said Russell i Floc. About 25 Miles from Wakulat in South Eastern Alaska was formed last Spring when the Surg ing Hubbard Glacier Cui off Russell fiord from the Pacific Ocean. Animal rescuers last week called off their attempt to capture an estimated 20 to 25 porpoises and an undetermined number of seals stranded id the Lake. The some seals found their Way out by waddling across e dirt and Rock of the Glacier s Moraine a mass of rocks and other debris led in in path. The porpoise meanwhile eluded the nets of the would be rescuer. Where humans failed the Lake May succeed because of water pressure. Since june i. It has risen Molt than 80 feel pushing harder against its ice dam. Water was Webing up in the Bay on the dam s Oceanside Tomkon said after returning from a helicopter observation flight monday. Thai water it coming from he Ulce Tuff. The water s coming under or through that ice formation an and Iraklion Flat the for nation is very unstable he said