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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday. March 19, t987 world today a East 100 aboard bus Kampala  that at least Kin people died when a Speed ing bus plunged Nita Highway. Giving few details the official station said the Acci Dent occurred on the Balc to Toronto Road 120 Miles cast of Kampala at Doha Silc of a major Rice growing development. The station said thai 120 people were aboard the vehicle Al the time of inc crash and that Between 10 and 20 passengers survived when it hit a truck and left the Road. It quoted witnesses is saying that the but was travel ing Loo fast. Roads in Eastern Uganda arc in an advanced state of disrepair after years of civil War in the area and it is not unknown for Shuri haul buses to pack in twice their Normal carrying capacity because of shortages of fuel. Al Greco painting brings record amount at auction Madrid. Spain up a Small Oil painting by Al Greco tilled Christ with inc Cross brought a record $630.000 Al auction a spokeswoman for rotheby s auction House said wednesday the painting dating from 1583-90. Was purchased by an Anonymous Telephone caller at rotheby s Madrid Branch tuesday night m a Ria Jesus Abad said. Us 5630,000 Price set a record for a work of an auctioned in Spain exceeding the $467,000 paid for Goya s flying witches Al auction in february 1986. Experts said the Al Greco Oil if granted an Export License could have fetched four limes As much but the Cullura ministry ordered Hal it could not leave the country because in is a National treasure. The painting is one of a series of three Small 16th Century Al Greco oils featuring Christ carrying inc Cross. Automated plane Washer planned at Tokyo Airport Tokyo a Japan air lines co. And Kawasaki heavy industries us. Wednesday said they will build a $6.5 million Jet plane Washer Al the new Tokyo International Airport by the end of this year to Cut the cleaning Lime from four hours 10 45 minutes per plane. Hideaki Iwasaki of Kawasaki heavy industries said thai using the new Washer equipped with robots also would reduce the number of workers needed to clean a plane to four or five from the present 20 and would save water too she said Jal plans to make the new washing service available to other airliners. Crocodile kills Fisherman while son others watch Darwin Australia a a Crocodile killed a Fisherman in the Remote Northern territory on tues Day As the Man s 14-year-old son and a party of Ameri can tourists watched helplessly from a River Bank officials said wednesday. A National Parks official said bystanders threw rocks at the Crocodile Asil swam away with inc victim in i Smouth. Police did not release the Man s name but they said he was employed at a nearby uranium mine and  inc father of five children. A Lional Parks and wildlife service director Dan Gillesp Esaid rangers chased the Crocodile More than a mile Down the East Allie air River before shooting in. Everett Galbraith. 63. A tourist from Seattle said he warned the Man about the Crocodile but the Mart lost his footing and fell in the River. The Crocodile then grabbed him by the head. Japan air lines moving smokers to seats in Back Tokyo api smokers Are taking a Bank Seal aboard Japan air lines Domestic flights. On april i the airline will move the smoking St a lion from the Middle of the plane to the rear and expand the non smoking seats from less than 40 per cent 10 at  50 percent on All Domestic nights. Jal spokesman Yalu Hico Inonu said. He said the government owned airline decided to shift inc smoking Section to inc Back of inc aircraft because of passenger complaints thai smoke from the Middle smoking Section wafted toward the rear non smoking area. Building new 6th Fleet base called most Cost effective Washington a the Navy could build a new Headquarters for its 6lh Fleet outside Naples Italy for less Money than it would Cost to upgrade and expand the existing Complex the general accounting of lick has concluded. The congressional investigative Agency in a Long awaited review of inc Navy s construction plans Esti mated the service could build a new Complex outside the City of Capua for roughly $420.4 million. That compares to an estimated s44k.4 million to upgrade and expand the Headquarters facilities now used by the Navy in an area known As Agnano. The 28-Page Oao report dated March 6 and released earlier this week docs not attempt to ofter its of n recommendation to Congress on whether the Navy project should go Forward  attempts to son through conflicting arguments about the move in the process criticizing some of the claims made by both Lite Navy and ils principal opponent the Fiat group. The  of he Fiat. The land and buildings used by the Navy at Agnano. Al stake for Farl Are annual lease payments of roughly s2.b5 million. Last year the firm engaged inc Washington lobbyists of a i ton Boggs & blow to de rail a Navy request for the first instalment of funds needed to move o Capua. Challenging the Navy s economic analysis and disputing its tears about the threat of earthquakes Pat ton Hoggs & blow managed to convince Congress to Block funding pending q new round of studies. The House armed services committee subsequently asked the Oao 1o review the Mailer. The Navy maintain the existing Complex located inside a volcanic Crater suffers from overcrowding poorly constructed buildings Hal could not withstand a major earthquake inadequate Road Access and inability 10 defend the facilities against terrorist attack. The Gao agreed some of those concerns appeared Icett Imale particularly in the area of Security although it Pound the Navy had embellished some arguments and Iii Der estimated the Cost of moving to Capua. Our review of seismic risk studies showed thai some of the assumptions used by the Navy consultant May overstate the risk Al Agnano the. Gao reported. Nevertheless it is Clear Hal the Agnano buildings tack adequate seismic  the Navy s Cost Imuta of $358,4 million for inc move to Capua is too Low ignoring some 128.9 million in other costs associated with the relocation inc Gao said. Even when hat amount is added however. Inc new estimate of $420.5 million is about $27,9 million less than the Navy s estimate of �448.4 million to build equivalent facilities at  i of h. T a Day of wine and protests Appolo Spanish Farmers dump Vilna in the Street in Madrid Spain tuesday during demonstrations against the socialist government. Protesters urge d Llu opening of government negotiations an agriculture issues. Rome triples fines for traffic violations Rome in i running a red Light or leaving a car in a no parking one Are costing motorists three times As much As before under a government decree Law published tuesday. Since Midnight tuesday Drivers risk minimum fines of 75.000 lire s57 for ignoring traffic lights compared to 25.000 lire ji9 previously. And motorists so leave a car in a no parking one face a minimum ticket of 36,000 lire u2li, compared to l2,q the increased penalties were published in the government s official go Cue As pan of u package de signed to curb congestion and pollution in City Tvelt is and suburbs particularly in Rome where Laiter Day charioteer regularly paralyse the capital several Lime a Day. The Gazette termed the measures urgent provision Tor the discipline and do congestion of Urban  the decree Law Alto allows local authorities to install parking meters in Italy for the first time which could be a bitter blow to the nation s thousands of illegal parking attendants who operate in squares in major cities. The decree also envisages Lougher measures under which motorists including foreign tourists risk Mega fines of As much As 300.000 lire j3l for such offences As leaving their cars on Street Corners or at intersections. But these will not come into i Lutvi for several weeks. Central authorities will have to Nail for local councils to designate priority ones in City pc Nice. Where those is idl is fines will apply. Under inc terms of the legislation the additional funds from the Tine and parking no Lars must be slowed Hack into construction of now municipal car p turks. Under the nation s Constitution the italian parliament Ysusi approve decree Laws within 60 Duys  
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