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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes wednesday aprils 1987 rid Louay mooch for Tel hers straggle to Check Lime Eood Flat i pier Marie of the Hubn Netter building. Baze sweeps through building housing famed Munich brewery Munich a a spectacular fire raced through the Hofira Cunetter building that houses be famed  brewery monday causing million of Marks Worth of damage and injuring four firefighters authorities  Munich fire department statement Aid Beer production at the  was Likely to be "un-paired,1 but that the extent of damage to the brewery Section of the 19th-Century building was not vet deter mined. The cause of the fire was being  Maze broke out shortly after 2 . In a former Beer malting Wing on the second floor that was under Protection As a cultural landmark the statement  mailing Section was roiled As storage space to a  fire quickly spread and wrecked the Hof Braeu keuer1 Beer Garden u Well As several nearby Bowling alleys before reaching part of the brewery. The Blaze seat flames 165 feet High and spread Ablack Cloud Over Central Munich. Firefighters put out the Blaze shortly after �30 .four firemen suffered Light injuries the statement  of worried Beer drinkers telephoned fire and police departments to inquire about the damage tothe  it added. A 1986 fire that heavily damaged another tame brewery in Munich the  was blamed on anon. Radio Liberty now main target of communist radio hammers Munich a communist radio hammers who formerly tried to Block bbl broadcasts to the soviet Union Are now zeroing in on the russian language service of radio Liberty a spokesman for the . Government financed station said tuesday. Radio Liberty based in Munich broadcasts West Ern news and commentary to soviet territory in rus Sian and 14 other languages. A week after they slopped jamming the bbl we found that eight of the ii transmitters directed against the British network were switched to jamming radio Liberty s russian service spokesman Bill Mahoney  Kremlin said in january that it was ceasing its longtime jamming of shortwave bbl broadcasts to soviet territory. Jamming is an overlay of Static or other noise that can sound like a Lawnmower and makes the Broad cast largely incomprehensible to listeners Mahone said in a Telephone interview with the associated press from  said engineers at radio Liberty s Munich head quarters suspected the other three soviet transmitter used against the bbl Are also now operating against the .  we Haven t been Able to identify them. It s a very difficult task because of constantly shilling frequencies Mahoney said it was not yet known How Many of radio Liberty s estimated 22 million weekly listeners in the soviet Union were affected by the intensified jamming. We were jammed before or course. But you can team an area the size of the soviet Union. We find that they re now concentrating on the cities where the Jam Ming is heavy. The Countryside seems pretty left open he said. Mahoney said radio Liberty assesses listenership with the help of Independent West european polling groups which interview some of the roughly 3 million people who travel in and out of the East bloc every  Don t Call us up from the soviet Union because there s no direct dealing to the West there he said. Radio Liberty s sister station radio free Europe beams programming to soviet Allied East european Stales such As Czechoslovakia and  free Europe s estimated weekly listenership is 33 million Mahoney said Mahoney said radio Liberty tries to outwit Jam Ming by employing multiple frequencies and also advises listeners periodically on How to set up their own anti jamming  any Case one of our frequencies is always left open so that they can tape it Tor presentation daily tothe communist party leadership who Analyse it Mahoney  free Europe and radio Liberty were set up after world War ii and run under the auspices of the Central intelligence Agency for years. In the Early 1970s they were pm under the control of the Congress Board of International broadcasting. The soviet Union and its East european satellite routinely denounce the stations broadcasts As Cia propaganda designed to turn listeners against their government. The two stations programs Are run largely by East european and soviet emigres working in their own languages. 2 chinese pandas to visit new York for 6 months Beijing a a pair of giant pandas will visit new York for six month beginning in May the official engish language China daily said tuesday the report quoted Zheng shilling of the chinese association of zoological gardens As saying that Durina the visit the new York zoo logical society a expected to raise j600.000 in contributions toward building a Panda Breeding research base in China. There Are Only about 1,000 giant pandas inthe wild and they Are threatened by diseases and environmental  said most of the 24 Fertile pandas in China s zoos and some in the Field will be brought to the planned base in southwestern China and bred. Some win be returned to the  second pair of pandas is being loaned to the Netherlands Tor three months also beginning Enamay. Poland plans Stock Market to sell shares in state firms Stockholm Sweden a Poland will open it Stock Market to sell share in some slate owned companies and will let ailing companies declare bankruptcy and dose polish govern ment spokesmen wid  Urban the visiting chief government spokesman told reporters private investment will be encouraged and joint ventures will be sought with foreign companies to help the polish Economy recover from a slump. Polish embassy spokesman a Cefic Bora expanding on Urban comments said he believed the Stock Market could open later this year afle the appropriate i Atton was adopted. Eur Tunnel postpones sate of most shares until fait London a eur Tunnel the Anglo French consortium that is planning to build a railway Tunnel under the English. Channel said monday it has postponed Selling most of 750 million pounds it 1.2 billion Worth of shares Toile Public until the fall. The consortium denied the delay in the share Sale the second phase of a three part 5 billion Pound $8,1 billion financing for the project was a sign of trouble. The group said it would sell 73 million pounds $121 million Worth of Stock in july and the remaining 675 million pounds  billion Worth Between sept. 25 and dec. 25, the group originally had planned to sell Al that Stock in july. At least 13 killed As fire sweeps East India Village new Delhi. India a fire broke out monday in a Village in Eastern Orissa stole kill ing 13 people the United news of India reported. Police said More than 1,500 families were left homeless. At least 16 people have been admitted to hospitals with severe bums the news Agency said. Fire engines still were trying to tight the Blaze which destroyed hundreds of tuts in Bhutan Village in Dhen Kanal District uni  cause of the tire was not immediately known. Senior officials travelled to the scene 10conduct an inquiry. Dam won t be discussed at meeting in Guatemala Guatemala City Guatemala up president Vinicio Derczo monday Sard the construction of a hydroelectric dam that might de stroy mayan archaeological ruins will not of Dis cussed during a visit by mexican president Miguel de la Madrid. It is not True that we Are going to speak about the construction of an electrical Plant Over the Usu Lacinia River or that we Are going to tie something on this car co told reporters at the National  could damage Al Peten province and the archaeological sector of Menico he said  
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