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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world i Dkl the stars and stripes Friday november 21,1986 american producer Dies in Swiss Auto Accident Geneva Switzerland a Martha Galvin a american producer with Geneva s prestigious grand theatre was tided in a Road Accident in Eastern Switz Erland the theater management said thursday. She was 23. Galvin was driving in the rain monday night when she lost control of her ear near the town of organs and crashed head on with another car a Jargans District spokesman said. She had been travelling to a party to celebrate the completion Ofa movie the helped direct the other Driver was not seriously injured the spokesman said. Galvin began her career As a 14-year-old prop worker in her native san Francisco. She made her producing debut Early this year with Richard Wagner s Tan  British director Ken Russell signed her on As assist ant for a series of operas and a movie crimes of passion with Kathleen Turner and Anthony Perkins. American pays $ 1,400 for 50-year-old scotch London a an american paid $1,400 for a.50-year-old bottle of scotch whisky Corisue t auction Home Laid sounday. Christie s said an unidentified businessman fro Hawaii bought the bottle of Macallan malt at an auction wednesday night in Edinburgh. Scotland. He also bought a bottle of3s-Ytar-old Macallan for $700. Peking distributes Poison for we Klong War on rats peking a hundreds of Trust roads of rat Poison were dispersed throughout peking thursday to Supply every family and workplace for a we Klong War against rodents. Organizers of the City s largest extermination Effort Hope 90 percent of the City s estimated 20 million rats will die from the anti coagulant Poison to be spread in every building in the City Friday afternoon. On wednesday 10 tons of Poison were dropped into the sewer system. The Campaign is part of a nationwide anti rat Cru Sade organized by the patriotic health Campaign committee a government department that also com bats spitting and littering. There Are an estimated 4 billion rats in China or four for every person. Most of the City s rats congregate in old buildings particularly the ramshackle one Story Brick dwellings found All across the City. Sex Khmer Rouge Leader reported seriously ill Bangkok. Thailand up pol pot the former Khmer Rouge Leader who killed hundreds of thousands of people during four years in Power in Cambodia seriously i and Das been taken to China for treatment the Bangkok Post reported  resistance sources could not confirm the report but said that pol pot has been ill for More thana Yew and has received medical care in China before. The Post quoting unidentified diplomatic ourm Taid pol pot if very aide and has already left his Bonier Headquarters for  Lime be May never come Back. His condition is wry serious the newspaper quoted the source shying. The newspaper gave no details of his departure orbit  member of a cambodian re Surnce faction Allied with pol pot s Khmer Rouge Laid  or has been suffering from a variety of flite sit including diabetes and complications arising from malaria. Big Day for new Beaujolais left actor Gordon Kaye Boon Oft a bottle of new beat Jour for London hotel receptionist Anella a bearly than Day while no what farther from the nun Riff Cox Airport workers pot Label on the web arrived fib cd Tula la Naretta Japan. It it of new Bac Tab Der we of the Modine Natkal promo Obj Erer reamed a eos Germany remaining silent about detention of Wall Walker Berlin a there was no word wednesday from East Germany about the Fate of a 69-year-Oldamerican Man detained by communist Border guards a Day earlier after be climbed on top of the be Linwall . Officials said. We have inquired but we have been Given no in formation by the East German authorities about John runnings Taid Cynthia Miller spokeswoman for the . Embassy in East Berlin. East German troops on the Eastern Side of the Wall grabbed runnings on tuesday after he scaled the con Crete Barrier from itt Western Side and started smash ing the top of it with a Hammer. Runnings from Seattle hat become known As the Wall Walker for his repeated antics atop the Wall apparently part of a crusade against the Barrier that Pili the Western and communist ruled sectors of this wednesday marked the fourth time that East Ger Man authorities have detained runnings for incident at tie Wall since he arrived in Berlin Early in the sum Mer. On tuesday runnings scaled the 14-Fbot-High wanon a wobbly wooden ladder. He then straddled the Concrete pipe running along the top of the Wall and hit it four tunes with a Hammer smashing a hand size Hole in the  Easl German Border guards then yanked him to the ground on the communist Side said a witness who followed runnings up the ladder. He identified himself Only As Chris and a Friend of the american. Chris said runnings apparently had a hard fall on the other Side of the Wall and he Taw the bait germans drag the protester to a nearby watch  remained unclear wednesday whether runnings was injured in the  Easl German guards took photographs of the witnesses on the Western tide and confiscated run rings ladder and Hammer. Runnings climbed the Wah about 80 Yards East of the checkpoint Charlie crowing where the Barrier u located Tome five Yards inside East Berlin territory. The american protester wat released just 12 Day Sago after being held by the East germans for two week following an oct. 25 incident to which he jogged through the checkpoint Charlie crossing. In his first two arrests by the East germans run rings was held Only for one or two nights before being returned to the West. New leak pollutes air Over Basel Basel Switzerland up a Cloud of phenol Gass Tad Over the 200,000 population City of Basel Early thursday aftera leak at another  company a. I caused Eye and Throat irritations e of Basel and it surroundings leaked r . Laboratory at 3 a.m., police 1 wive Oahu Tomica a. 0u Wuu Aux w advised that window and door be doted until it bad fully dispersed swim radio nations and police received complaint from Basel citizens that they were Woken in the night coughing and with watering eyes. The Accident followed the nov. 1 Pill of poisonous chemical into Ibe Rhine River during a warehouse fire at the Sandoz .  has been officially charged by the Swiss government with taking inadequate safely precaution.  us hundreds of Ruglioni of Dollar from Rhine communities in West Germany and the  and Swu Loz along with Moimann la Roche Are Switzerland s big three chemical an pharmaceutical roat Panoff and All an located in bad. Horrors shopping spree Winner wary of fax bite _ _ _ d ,. A a j  pm pm London a nurse from up Boston won a 100,000 Pound $ 142.000 i Hoppis spree at fashionable Harrod department More but found her equate omit dampened somewhat by thoughts of the waiting Ilse Uxmal. Judith Bennett 40, won the prize in Acon Pelitira organized by British air we to attract american visitors to burst a. Bennett i name a pulled out of a hat by airline officials. But her shopping spree wednesday was hardly the kind or Carefree buying extravaganza everyone  of snapping up expensive jew Elry and clothes Bennett looked for buy that could be investments As her Price will be Tad in the United states a unearned income. It to fabulous to have won the said while shopping in Hiroda. But apart from paying import duty the Taxman counts it As income to i have to buy things i can Tell Back Home to pay the Bill i have bought mostly Antiques. They have tame really Lovery Tai but. Apart fro that i Wal buy few it o7faewfciand some things for my Tritant at present i just cannot make up my mind. I asked rotheby s what were the be things to keep their value if they have to be sold to pay tax and they Taid Antiques the amid. So Bennett passed up amino boat for8 Mere 11.w9 Pound $17,638. Salt the said "1 fed like a Princess Queen or movie Star for one Day. It i i sensation everyone would like to have very i ii rating feeling  
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