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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes wednesday april a 1967 death toll in Bridge collapse now at 3 Amsterdam by a work Eft seeking victim i thrown into a churn ing Stream when in interstate Highway Ridge collapsed timing tour vehicles into the water recovered two bodies monday. That brought the known death toll to  searched for mining vehicle from the Accident sunday in which up to 400 feel of the new York stale thruway collapsed about 3 mile West Fathany. Witnesses said at lean three can and tractor trailer tumbled into the rain swollen Schoharie Creek 80 feel below the Highway part of in Clale 90. Embassy from Page 1 Shevardnadze  . Official speaking on condition he not be identified said Shutlz initially considered calling off the Mission but the Secretary feels the overwhelming importance or the relationship and arms control is simply overriding so the Deci Sion was nude to to ahead. Former Secretary of state Henry a kiss Inger said soviet eagerness to spy on tie United states was sort of humiliating and suggested that Shultz move his meeting with Shevardnadze to Helsinki Kissinger however dismissed the idea thai the new embassy building should be Demon  the nature of Modem technology Aln Fost any building that has win Dows is Likely to get bugged he said. Broomfield proposed legislation that if enacted would Force the United states and the soviet Union to abandon the new embassies they Are building in mos cow and  devices have been found in the bricks and steel girders of one nearly completed office Tower in the . Embassy compound in Moscow Golem Iran says it s ready to improve . Ties Nicosia Cyprus a the speaker of the iranian parliament Hashemi a Sfanjani said Iran is ready to normalize relations with the United Stales if the administration stops threatening the fundamentalist regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The islamic Republic new Agency monitored in Nicosia also quoted a Sfanjani monday a reiterating Iran s Promise to help secure the release of american hostages held by pro iranian Leb anese shiite moslem  of the nine americans Are believed to be captives of these shiite groups. That year the United states also broke of relations with Iran. German israeli ties object of Speed Mann up Israel Dent Haim Herzog in said  vol be Zarmar although dip Omal and Coji Uroic ties Are possible. At a  Given Richard Vonslid the jews Canna membrane  thai till the lilies be Norm lie said. I by. Sake of both it is possible into have Normal economic Relatia thankfully we do have tween the Federal re Germany and Israel dinner in Hiserman president Saecker Herzo termination of me but its re nol be viewed 10 time in the tween our in the usual saying this ins and Csira diplomatic is and pm be Iblis of men officials have  department spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley would not comment on reports that Hull would Lake a special communications trailer to Moscow so he would not have to hold discussions within the embassy Walls. Officials said no decision had Bee made but one possibility is that Shutlz May go to the Airport to make Calls to Washington from his air plane. In Moscow on an inspection trip.  Mica d-fla., chairman of a House foreign affairs subcommittee said 10more . Missions have come under investigation. He did not identify  and rep. Oly Rupia Snowe r Maine took a pre Dawn Lour of the cur rent . Embassy also the subject of a Security scare concerning Marine guards charged with allowing Kab agents to roam at will in Exchange for sexual favors from soviet women. Mica and Snow interviewed the embassy staff for most of the Day and then told re porters it would Cost tens of millions of dollars to make he building secure. We agreed that this embassy should be considered at this time fully compromised Mica . Patrick a Leahy Dot former vice chairman of the Senate intelligence com Mittee proposed sunday that the United states tear Down the office Tower that impart of the new embassy compound. Oakley said the state department i waiting for former defense Secretary James Schlesinger to Complete an investigation into the construction and Security of the new Mission before deciding what Todo. His report is expected in june. Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd,d-w.va., called the 10-year history of the embassy a textbook Case in incompetence and said the terms agreed to by us officials for construction require ments teemed to have guaranteed sub sequent  is very wrong with this system Byre told the Senate. He note that the United states is planning six new embassies in communist bloc coun tries Over the next two years in East Germany Hungary Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and China sporadic rain hampered monday search efforts and the Creek which had begun 10 recede Rose about four  police i. Mike Wright said. A Man who helped design the 31-year-old, Concrete and steel glider Bridge said erosion of its supports is probably Thebes explanation for the collapse. Cov. Mario Cuomo has promised thorough investigation. The tractor trailer and a while Cadillac with one body inside were found late sunday and that body was recovered. Array Cadillac was found monday morn ing with the bodies of two men  bodies also were recovered. The tractor trailer was in swirling water about a Quarter mile from the Bridge but Crews could not pull it out because of the Strong current. Officials were Uncertain if anyone was trapped inside one of the victims was Douglas Lee Shive 68, of Manchester n.h., said trooper Edward Dyer. The other two victims were from on Tario. Their identities Are being withheld until relatives Are notified Wright said state police had said monday a fourth body had been spoiled in the Mohawk River by a police helicopter but later in . The governor said monday the stale would gel a replacement Bridge up As soon As possible. Thruway spokesman Raymond Makay said replacement of a Bridge usually takes two years but that authorities would try to Speed up the  said the Bridge received Sev eral new steel supports and new dec about two years ago. It was deemed in Good condition when last inspected i april last year. Cuomo said state police made a visual inspection of it last weekend prior to the collapse and decided it was  collapse which forced the closing of about 25 Miles of the thruway is forc ing Drivers to take detours of up to 20 Miles on secondary roads. The state i restricting use by trucks with two trailers. The slate transportation department began an immediate inspection of two other Bridges Over the Schoharie Creek and has pledged to inspect another 300 Bridges in a 14-counties area in the East pm part of the state transportation commissioner Franklin White said. Webb from Page 1 Academy applicants most every member of the committee which must vote on his nomination be fore the full Senate considers his confirmation publicly expressed support for Webb a highly decorated officer and acclaimed novelist. Webb is currently assistant Secretary of defense for Reserve affairs a Post in which he has defended the use of Honduras As a training ground for National guard and Reserve military forces. So estate governors have opposed this policy. Webb 41, is a 1968 graduate of the Academy he served in Vietnam As a Marine company commander turning his experiences there to use As a novelist in the Best seller Fields of fire his two other novels Are a sense of Honor and a country such As  Webb earned a Taw degree at George. .1 i Fly. Jean affairs committee before joining the Reagan administration. He was recognized Tor his heroism in Vietnam winning the Navy Cross and two Bronze stars. Rain from Page 1 mechanism to Deal with the problem Filz Waler said. He said he did not know if an accor would encompass pollution reduction targets schedules and deadlines. While Mulroney talked publicly about a treaty there was no specific proposal of an direct sense in his talks with Reagan Fitzpat Craid. Reagan and Mulroney addressed parliament in a building that Canadian officials said has been damaged and Black ened by acid rain. Calling acid rain a two nation prob Lem requiring a two nation solution Mulroney said i urgently invite the United states administration and the american Congress to join with this parliament and the government of Canadian concluding a firm bilateral Accord which will provide a North american solution to acid  Reagan departing from his prepare text in his speech minutes later said he had agreed to consider Mulroney proposal building on the tradition of agreements to control pollution of our shared Interior Waters the great lakes. He said they also agreed to inject new impetus to talks on Canada s disputed claim of sovereignly in the icy Northwest passage. The United slates recognizes a 12 mile Canadian coastal jurisdiction but insists the waterway is an International Strait through which other countries Are entitled to passage. Canadian officials said the two Leaden engaged in vigorous  Issue and both sides expressed the full weight of their arguments. The president s speech was warmly received in general with three standing ovations but he was twice interrupted by heckling. At one Point someone shouted noway when Reagan said his Star wan missile defense system advanced the cause of arms control. On another sensitive Issue the presi Dent promised to work for the Success of free Trade negotiations eliminating Tariff and non Tariff barriers Between the United states and Canada. Odd makers say Bush Likely nominee London a vice president George Bush is most Likely to win the Republican nomination for president in1988, according to the British Odd smak ing company  said monday it is placing Odds of 1-2 on Bush Way in from of sen. Robert Dole of Kansas at 7-4,the third favorite at 10-1, is rep. Jack Kemp of new York who announced his candidacy monday. Ladbroke put former Secretary of state Alexander Haig at 20-1, Delaware Cov. Pete Dupont at 33-1 and television evangelist Pat Robertson at 50-1odds. British Odd makers Are legendary forsaking bets on anything. A spokeswoman for Ladbroke could not say How much Money had been bet on the race for the Republican presidential nomination  
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