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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday october 11,1988 Waters begin to recede in Missouri by United Pras International floodwaters began Reading in Missouri Friday Al though two towns remained isolated and separate blasts of cold Canadian air whipped up Snow flume in Montana and dropped temperatures to record lows in the Northeast. Cold Canadian air Sel record lows in ,mich., where a 2s-degree Reading snapped a record 28 set in 1964, and in Syracuse. N7y. Where a tempera Ture of 27 degrees edged out the 1980 record of 28. The coldest spot in the nation was Pel Stem mich., where the temperature dropped to 20. Another blast of Canadian air spread rain and Small flurries of Snow across Montana and dropped tempera Ture into the 30s, the National weather service  fell in the Southwest and Over much of the Cam unas and parts of Georgia. A cold front moving across the Central Rockies and High Plains was expected to dump cold rain and Snow Over the Region. In the Plains and Midwest floods since late septem Ber have been blamed for 12 deaths at least 43,000 evacuation and hundreds of millions of dollars in  northeastern Oklahoma some 300 people in Moffelt the last residential area in the slate 10 report flooding began their cleanup thursday. In West Alton. Mo., a town of 42s people at the Confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers food Waters that reached shoulder height began receding but much of the town was still covered by water thai punched through levees on both Rivers. The Waler level at West Alton dropped 6 inches since thursday but it was still too High for the bulk of the town s evacuated residents to return Home. Coast guard la. Chris Smith said. The coast guard helicopter that rescued about two dozen people and ferried food and medical supplies was ordered Back to new Orleans and boat Crews were recalled to their Home station in St. Louis. Successful Rescue paraplegic Cindy Dunlop holds her 17-month-Olddaughter Kyla on her Lap la Al Mirage Calif after she rescued the child from the family swimming Pool. Dunlop hurled herself out of her wheelchair to Rescue Kyta and after reviving her dragged herself to the Telephone to Call for help. The family of Cruiser was reaching into the Pool when dub plunged into the water. . Re elects Perez de cuellor Cosby named most admired United nations a the Security Council voted unanimously Friday to give Javier Perez Decuellar a second five year term As . Secretary Gen eral. Confirmation by the general Assembly was virtually assured. The 66-year-old peruvian Diplomat was unopposed. Delegates said the 15-Nalion a Security Council needed Only Lone round of secret balloting i to recommend that the a incr Lal Assembly a appoint him effective Jan i. Recent practice has been for the ls9-Mcmbcr Assembly to approve he Security coun cil s Choice by acclamation. Pem Decuellar the election comes during what Perez de Cuellar has described As the world body s worst financial crisis and Only 11 weeks after be underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery. On the eve of the balloting Perez de Cuellar woo Praise from . Ambassador Vernon a. Wallers. I think he has conducted his affairs with extraordinary impartiality with even handedness with Energy Walters told reporters he s been a first class Secre tary general As far As i m concerned which does mean i agree with every single thing he s Ever  Perez do Cuellar in recent weeks a been highly critical of the . Campaign against alleged soviet spying at the United nations. He has called illegal the . Order to expel 25 soviet . Diplomats without filing specific charges against them. He also has expressed dismay Over congressionally mandated cuts in . Contributions to the United nations saying they placed the world body s existence in jeopardy. Since his heart surgery in july Perez de Cuellar has said that the financial health of the United nation Sand not his own physical condition would be the deter mining Factor in Bis decision whether to stay on. The Secretary general had sought guarantees that the United states would pay most of its assessed dues of $210 million this year. Congressional cuts if completely implemented could lop off 1149 million or 70 per cent of what the United states is required to pay. Perez de Cuellar indicated in Advance of the elec Tion that he was satisfied with Reagan administration efforts to gel Congress to reconsider the cuts. New York a although they find president Reagan the most interesting Man around americans said their hearts belong to Bill Cosby choosing him As the most admired Man in a nationwide Survey. Cosby placed Well ahead of Reagan Bob Hope Pope John Paul ii explorer Jacques Cousteau Auto executive Lee Iacocca and the Rev. Billy Graham As the most admired Man. But fellow comedian Hope was Rural America s no. 1 Choice As for the sexiest Roan it was actor Tom Reheck who swept the category by a 2-1 margin Over such other heartthrob As Clint Eastwood Paul Newman and Don Johnson. The president took top honors in the category of the Man americans find most interesting in the nation wide Survey done by the Roper organization and published in the november Issue of ladies1 Home journal Roper interviewed 2,000 men and women at 100 polling places around the country. The respondents were Given different lists of about 33 names la chose from m the various categories. Yugoslavia to free 3 americans senators told Washington up Yugoslavia will release imprisoned Petar Ivezaj and two other convicted americans . Ambassador John Scanlan informed sen. Carl Levin a Mich and rep. William Broomfield r-mich., Friday. But the state department cautioned the announcement May be premature be cause Ivezaj had not yet been freed. An official said he understood an arrange ment is still being worked out. Ivezaj 30, a naturalized american from Sterling Heights mich., was tried and convicted in a yugoslavian court for crimes against the slate and sentenced wednesday to seven Yean in prison. The other americans were identified As Veroljub Radivojevic thousand Oaks calif., arrested sept. 23 while vis iting his wife s parents in Belgrade Yugoslavia and Gradimir Hadzic from the los Angeles area. A Broomfield aide ear Lier this week said no charges have been filed against the two but Urey have been denied Access to . Officials. An ethnic albanian born in Yugoslavia Ivezaj was accused of taking pan in anti yugoslav demonstrations in the United states and arrested while visiting relatives in Yugoslavia a spokesman for Levin said Scanlan called Friday and informed the Michigan senator of the impending release based on a conversation with the highest lev Els of the yugoslav government. Later the spokesman Laid Scanlan was virtually certain Ivezaj would be freed. The senator said he was gratified at the news but still has concerns about the Way the Case was handled and will press to deny Yugoslavia most favored nation status in Trade matters. Broomfield who said he also was Noti fied by Scanlan Friday speculated con Gressional pressure and diplomatic pres sure led to Yugoslavia s decision. Ivezaj travelled to tit Grad Yugoslavia in july and was arrested in August. He had not renounced his native citizenship and being considered a Yugo slav National by the yugoslav govern ment was charged with taking part protests in Detroit Chicago and Washington in april 1982, he distributed leaflets and carried pasters and signs which supported  pro albanian events in Kosovo in Southeastern Yugoslavia an indictment against him said. Tiny Albania Harden Yugoslavia and in the past five Yon Yugoslavia has sentenced Aboul  rth Rue albanian extremists to prison for terrorism and other anti yugoslav activities. Albania and Yugoslavia Haw been a Odds for years Over territorial and other disputes  
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