European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world today 26,000 employees Mark last Day of expo 86 Vancouver British Columbia a More than 26,000 expo 86 employees and volunteers marched Arm in Ami monday to celebrate the end of the s a month world s fair that Drew 9 million More visits than originally predicted. About 50,000 people in the stands at the indoor . Place stadium Many in tears watched As leaders of the . And soviet pavilions joined hands and led the procession onto Midfield. On its final Day 138,050 people passed through the turnstiles before the Gates closed at 3 . That brought total attendance to 22,111,578. The budget for expo 86 was based on projections of 13 million visits. But the fair Drew so Well that the projection was revised twice first to 20 million then to 22 million. Poland frees priest student sentenced in slaying Warsaw Poland i i authorities Friday freed a roman Catholic priest and a student who were sentenced for alleged involvement in the slaying of a policeman nearly five years ago Church sources said monday. The Rev.  Zych. .16, and Stanislaw Matejc Zuk 28, a student at the Catholic University in Lublin. Were sentenced to six years each in 1982. They were tried with two Young men who were charged with shooting a policeman to death in february 1982. Robert chech Lacz and Tomasz Lupanow both 22, were sentenced to 25 and 13 years in jail respectively. They were members of a juvenile group formed to protest the government s imposition of martial Law that crushed the Independent Solidarity labor move ment. Vandals in Bern destroy 400-year-old Fountain Bern Switzerland a vandals have destroyed a More than 400-year-old Fountain that was a land Mark of medieval Bern police reported monday. They said the Fountain of Justice was irreparably damaged shortly after Midnight sunday. A police statement said the unidentified vandals used a Winch to topple the 6-foot, 8-Inch-tall Stone statue Topping the Fountain. The finely sculptured statue representing the blindfolded goddess of Justice with sword in one hand and a pair of Scales in the other broke into tiny fragments when it hit the Cobblestone Street. City Hall spokesman Daniel Eckmann said town fathers condemned the destruction of the Fountain constructed in 1543, As a shameful act that will re main  British ship dive bombed by hang gliding protester Sydney Australia up the British aircraft Carrier illustrious was div bombed monday by an anti nuclear protester flying a motorized hang glider when the warship left Sydney Harbor after a two week visit. Pilot Dean Jefferys 28, swooped Low Over the illustrious As the ship was about to head out to sea. Then he dropped a Wreath with a note attached demanding an end to the arms race. Several police cars and motorcyclists were waiting for him when he landed and took him to Central police station where a spokesman said he would be charged with breaching aircraft regulations m restricted airspace. Wednesday october 15,1986 German photographer Birgit Hern has Good reason to smile. She s practically rubbing shoulders with some of the world s most sought after celebrities. While taking pictures of visitors to Phantasia land near Bonn Germany s counterpart to Disneyland fantastic company the 23-year-old photographer dreamed up the idea of making enlarged cutouts of some vip. Posing with her Are left to right the cutouts of Britain s Prin Cess Diana president Reagan Nancy Reagan and Diana s husband. Prince Charles. Anti terrorist Security in effect for american facilities in Vienna Vienna Austria a the . Embassy american diplomats and american installations tues Day were placed under special police Protection after authorities received word of an allegedly forthcoming terrorist attack. . Ambassador Ronald Lauder on monday had meeting with Interior minister Karl Blecha in charge of Security affairs the austrian press Agency reported. A special anti terror police unit was seen guarding the downtown . Embassy with gun toting berated police agents Clad in fatigues making occasional checks of passing cars but the Mission did not com ment on the measures. Increased Security was also provided for the . Consulate the America House and Lauder s residence As Well As the american school in Vienna. . Compa Nies Here were reportedly asked to step up their inter Nal Security provisions and to consult with police. . Embassy spokesman John Williams told the associated press obviously there Are heightened Security precautions being taken but As a matter of policy we Don t go into details As to what these Are and Why they Are taken. Asked for comment Werner Lebhart head of Vienna s state Security police told the a i am no authorized to provide information. Call the Interior  Blycha s spokesman Andreas Rudas while confirm ing that special Security was in Force said we Don make statements about these matters. We  Apa reported that the austrian government had received information that two armed commandos of the Abu Nidal terrorist group were in route from in Middle East via Vienna to Europe for attacks against . Installations. Police sources said the comprehensive precaution Ary measures were taken although austrian authorities consulting with other countries had failed to find Indi cations of an imminent terror threat. Wife discovers Spud that was t a Dud Utchel Netherlands a peeling potatoes for monday dinner Dea Van Hemert made an explosive discovery a mud caked world War ii hand grenade in working order. I was peeling potatoes like i do every Day and was taking them one by one from the plastic bag Van Hemert said. At first i did t know what it was but i found out soon enough when my husband came Home from work Van Hemert said tuesday. Potatoes Are mechanically harvested in the nether lands automatically separated according to size and packed in plastic bags for retail Sale. It the grenade had the same size and was As heavy As a Normal potato she said. But when i started to Peel away the mud i Sud Denly Felt Metal Van Hemert said. Her husband Kees quickly grasped the danger the grenade posed to his wife and children and buried it in the Garden she told the associated press. Then we warned the police that we d found a Gre Nade and they told us not to touch it she said. Later that night experts from the dutch army bomb squad arrived at the Van Emerts Home and dug up the hand grenade. An army spokesman said tuesday the world War ii Vintage grenade was in working order and had apparently been dug up by a mechanical potato Harvester. However the spokesman was unable to say whether it was an Allied or a German weapon. Thousands try to beat Britain s visa deadline London a the immigration service at London s Heathrow Airport was thrown into disarray tuesday As thousands of visitors from the Indi an subcontinent tried to beat a Midnight deadline requiring them to have visas to enter Britain. A spokesman for the Home office the govern ment department responsible for immigration de scribed immigration facilities at Heathrow As chock Block and said the 150 officers were under tremendous pressure and  the last minute travellers were hoping to gain entry to Britain before Midnight tuesday when government regulations require residents of India Pakistan ban Gladesh and certain african countries to have visas to be admitted As visitors for up to 12 months. The Home office drafted extra immigration staff  and interpreters to Deal with the flood of visitors As extra flights were made by the Bangladesh National airline Biman. A Home office spokesman Laid at least 300 Visi tors were kept in government detention centers monday night while immigration officers consid ered their cases and 300 others were expected to be held Vernig