European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes wednesday november 12,1986 Rhine pollution damage feared Frankfurt a a poisonous chemical spill in the Rhine has killed half a million fish deprived towns of water supplies and stirred fears by Many of Long term damage to one of Europe busiest and must Scenic Waterways. French officials plan decrees against catching Rhine River fish Tor the next six month because of the nov. I spill Dur ing an Industrial fire in Basel Switzer land. Some critics Are calling the spill Cher Noble. After the chernobyl nuclear disaster last april in the soviet is the French name for Basel. We Don t know How damaged the Rhine is but there s no doubt that there has been serious harm done Walle Wallmann West Germany s Environ ment minister said monday. In Brussels Belgium the european common market1 environment com missioner requested an urgent meeting of government minister later this month to evaluate the consequences and Deal with the immediate crisis the Swiss government said member nations of the International Rhine River commission would hold special meet ing wednesday in Zurich Switzerland. West German French and dutch officials teemed Swiss authorities of Itow reaction Aad poor Cross Border coordination after the Accident about 30 Toni of toxic herbicide pesticide and Mercury poured into the Rhine along with inter used to put out file at the Sandoz chemical Plant outside Basel. The will about 25 Miles Long drifted slowly downstream cawing huge fish kills and contaminating Waler supplies of River towns. Concern has been intensified by the Rhine s importance As an artery of euro Pean Commerce and tourist attraction. The 820-mile-Tong River rites in Swiss Glacier and passes through or forms Borders of Liechtenstein Austria wot Germany France and the nether lands on it Way to the North sea. French authorities wid they had pre vented the chemicals from enter of tributaries and underground Waler source by closing lock Gates into canal and secondary waterway. Unicel and bad Honni Nten in West Germany s Northern Rhi Dand indefinitely closed off their Normal water Tup plies which an a combination of Rhine and round sources. They will continue to be served wit water by 24-Bonr fire truck service until further notice Ltd Detky Diehl spokesman for Watt Mann. He said other Rhine commit raise either customarily used Only ground water or had switched toil. Precautionary measures also include cancellation of some Rhine erase which Are important to the German tour Iff Industry. The chemicals catered the nether lands Over the weekend and neared the Rhine Delta on the North sea late Mon Day dutch environmental Agatho Ritow � a Ateneo Ovid pad of Mercia or tatted water Fri a Ott Tiner leak at the Sand sex Otam that a related to the fire made it Way Down River monday in West Germany. Company spokesman Ben edict hum said toxic minimal compared with the tint Bruno Vosknil. Spokesman for the dutch environment ministry said the toxins spilled initially were diluted by passage through Germany and France and Jobed Only some aquatic Micro Orta isms in lie Netherlands. He said officials used Holland s sys tem of Toto and movable Barrier to push us pollution into the sea a swiftly As possible and nop it from spreading into other Waters. At a news conference monday in had killed 300,000 fish. He planned to meet with chemical Industry Leaden tuesday to discuss tougher safety Mea sures. World today Mcdonalds to open 5 outlets in Hungary Budapest Hungary a the big Macis coming to the soviet bloc. Representatives of Mcdonalds signed a agreement monday with hungarian officials on establishing five outlets of the fast food Chain with the first to open next year in Budapest the state Mai news Agency it the first venture by Mcdonalds in a soviet bloc country. Indian citizens living abroad won t get to vote new Delhi India a the government hat decided not to extend the right to vote to Indian citizens living abroad Law minister Soke sen said monday. Sen told the upper Bouse of parliament in government considered allowing non resident indians to Vole after receiving Many letters from citizens Oversea. However he said such a move was rejected Ata meeting last month involving officials of the Law Home finance and external affairs ministries. There Are believed to be More than 1.2 Mil lion Indian citizens residing in the persian Gulf countries Nigeria England the United stale Sand Canada. Iran reports arresting 2 in attempted sky jacking Athens Greece Dpi sky marshal in Iran arrested a Man and a woman who at tempted to Hijack an Iran air plane on a Domestic night from Tehran to Tabriz in Northwestern Iran the official iranian news Agency 1rna said news Agency said the attempted hijacking occurred on monday afternoon the plane late landed in Tabriz where All the passenger Dis embarked ,.trna did not name the would be hijackers describing them Only As agent of the foiled sky Jack a the first in Iran since february when sky marshals killed a Man alleged to Nave been planning to Hijack a plane Ona Domestic flight the Man was shot before the plane took off. No one Hurt in bombing near Antwerp synagogue Antwerp Belgium a a bomb exploded outside Belgium s main synagogue in the Center of Antwerp Early tuesday causing dam age but no injuries police said. No group claimed responsibility for he pre Dawn attack a police spokesman said. Western envoys say soviets used Poison Gas near afghan capital Islamabad Pakistan a soviet forces use lethal gases that killed moslem guerrillas and civilians in minutes and turned arts of their bodies Blue during fighting around the afghan capital of Kabul Western diplomatic sources said sources speaking on condition they not be identified further said soviet forces used the Gas infighting in the Raghman District to the Northwest of the capital in september and Force used artillery and aircraft to fire the Gas and soviet soldiers on the ground launched can Kislers of the substance the sources said. But an afghan guerrilla commander and other afghan source said tuesday they had received no reports of chemical weapons being used in the Raghman District or anywhere else in recent month. I have not heard anything about this he told the associated press. The afghan information Center which Monitor events in Afghanistan from Peshawar and is highly regarded for it reporting also said it had no reports of chemical weapons being used in the Page tuna District Center official said they had talked recently with guerrillas and other travellers from Raghman but none had made any mention of chemical weapons. The United state and other Western nation have i the past accused the soviet Union of using chemical to Lucy Lull pc i a Wiwi Viv was accidentally dropped on their position. Another source with close lie to the afghan govern ment had reported soviet soldiers used Gas Cannis lers in october in Raghman against guerrilla and civilians hiding in underground irrigation channels the Welt pm sources near the entrances to the tunnels who Man aged to escape bad vomited violently and their face hands and other exposed Kin turned Blue they said. People farther inside the tunnels were unable Loe scape and died in minutes the sources said. However Abdul Han the senior guerrilla com Mander for the Raghman Region said recent reports from the area made no mention of chemical weapon. Weapon in Afghanistan and there have been a num Ber of report of people dying mysteriously after being sprayed with Gas or liquids. But the Only evidence provided of the use of Chemi cat weapon has been circumstantial report from in Side Afghanistan. Afghanistan s communist government a frequently charged that the guerrillas use chemical weapons supplied by the United slates Britain and other nations. Radio Kabul the afghan government Dio charged last month that guerrillas tired mortar Shell packed with Poison Gas at the camera afghan City of the United states and other nations have rejected the afghan government s accusations and no evidence has been provided of the guerrilla having chemical guerrillas Are fighting to oust the afghan government which i supported by an estimated 115,000soviet troops. The government rarely admit Western journalists and reports from inside Afghanistan can not often be checked independently. E. German sentry flees of West Berlin escapes number six since weekend Berlin a an East German sentry dropped his machine gun and climbed Over Border barriers to the Western Lector of Berlin becoming the sixth East German to flee lowest Germany since the weekend West German police said. No other detail of the monday escape were re leased. West Berlin a Western enclave linked administratively to West Germany is surrounded by communist East German territory. Earlier monday police said two 19-year-old East German men fled to Bavaria a slate in Southern West Germany in separate weekend escape. Three East German handball players defected Sun Day following a tournament in the bavarian capital of Munich official said. Also Over the weekend 14 poles abandoned a week end Lour group to remain in West Germany. Bavarian police Laid one of the 19-Ycar-Oldl Crosse the heavily guarded East German Border and reached Bavaria without incident. Police quoted him As saying he wanted to rejoin his Mother in West Germany. The second teen Ager fled from Czechoslovakia where he vat travelling As a tourist he told police he had to Call off Bis pm escape attempt Friday nigh when czechoslovak Border guards apparently detected him and fired signal flare. Bavarian Border police following custom decline to pro vide further detail. Both the East German and the czechoslovak Bor Der with West Germany Are heavily protected to pre vent escape from the communist countries. Armed patrols Are frequent Aad East Germany built a steel Fence along the Frontier. The 14 poles who defected were part of a bus tour that arrived from Czechoslovakia on Friday Tor a weekend exc Union in Bavaria police said. Those abandoning the tour were Between the Ages ofis sad 72 and were missing when the bus crossed Back into Czechoslovakia on sunday. Most of them were expected to apply for Asylum police said
