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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pip 20 the stars and stripes sundcy.aprh20.19s7 building collapse toll rises to at least 12 Bridgeport Conn. A a Mcuen Friday Cut through muttered Concrete and twisted steel of i Down town High Rise apartment building which collapsed Ilc under construction thursday searching for sur Jet finding Only bodies of the dead. I dead Row to at least 12 with 16 mining. Fon7tmfl or workers were alive and accounted for  hospitalized authorities said Hopes fluctuated throughout Iii  workers thinking they heard moaning and Atthea dog unit saying Here were indications of Surv la another location. But As the search dragged on into Friday evening nothing was found. We be told families that the chances that their loved ones Are alive Are slim mayor Thomas Bucci said at a news conference Friday evening. He Dis counted reports that lapping had been heard saying the sounds Eoutz have been caused by shifting rubble. _ but Caroline Hobart. A member of a discs to that has been sent to earthquake Sites  were found for 10 Days after in Ejerico City earthquake of 1985. A builders and government dec launched investigations into the cause of in in Misc of the building. William Lone a surfs Man for the project devel oper Dilwood Init rational told a news conference we be got abj0ct5 theories about what might have caused Nej Ppd but they arc All mostly  Jed the search for those missing could Lake a _.  each Concrete slab has to be lifted care y from the wreckage.  Rescue workers use giant cranes to move the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Bridgeport Conn. Man faces 6 murder counts in Florida shootings Palm Bay fl3. A a rambling incoherent Man who neighbors said loved guns and haled children has been charged with six counts of murder alter a shooting barrage at two neighbourhood shopping centers. William Bryan Cruse 60, who was overpowered by police Friday after he broke off negotiations apparently began his shooting spree after two children raced across his Lawn neighbors said. Among the dead were two people from Kuwait. In addition to those killed 14 people were injured and several were held hostage in a wild night which eventually involved 200 police officers. Police said the suspect fired about 150 rounds. Cruse was charged Friday with six counts of first degree murder 10 counts of attempted first degree murder and multiple other counts including Kidnap Ping said Palm Bay police chief Charles Simmons. We re trying in find out what brought it about said Simmons. At this time we Don t  two others were detained during the evening. One who exchanged gunfire with the suspect was released police said and the other who was wearing a badge police hat and a revolver in a shoulder Holster was sent to a mental facility. Neither Man was identified. Cruse appeared Friday before Becvar county judge Harry Stein who found him indigent without Money to pay a lawyer and appointed a Public defender to represent him. He set Anise s next appearance Tor May is in Titusville uie county seat. Neighbor Eucal Grant 68, and Der Rick Suarez 14, said Cruse came out of his House thursday Yelling and firing a gun after children crossed his Lawn. Teen Ager John Rich was hit by a shot but not seriously injured they said All of a sudden 1 heard Cruse screaming and saw him ," said another neighbor Marguerite Hall. He really disliked children very very intensely. He was out there the minute they came Home from school to make sure they did t bother his property did t walk across it Hall said. Witnesses said Cruse fired wildly a anyone in his path As he crossed from one shopping Center into another thurs Day night shooting children and firing Down Al wounded victims. Gunfire killed the first two police officers on the scene. Police teams eventually stormed the store where Cruse had taken Refuge an seized the gunman a .223-Calibcr Rifle a bag of ammunition and a pistol. Bomb from Page 1 Way was partially blocked by a canal. Ryan said the people were injured As they were thrown Forward when the bus stopped suddenly. The bus was on i fission sired near the Central fruit and vegetable Market inthe suburb of Gly Fada near Hill Nikon a. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for inc bombing the a re ported. A similar attack in november 19ss against a Creek police bus that kilted one officer was claimed by the local terrorist group november 17. In Washington the stale department Friday condemned the attack. We deplore this kind of violence spokesman Charles Redman. He told reporters that one of the casualties had been seriously injured but said he did not Hutc details. Redman said the sine department did not have any information about who was responsible for the attack the a reported in february 198s, 68 american servicemen and dependents were injured when it homemade explosive device was detonated in Bobby s bar near Halle in Kon. A prime minister Andreas Pap Narni expressed his Abhorrence Al the bomb i ing and pledged to mobilize All Security forces necessary to discover the attack ers according to the a greek Public order minister Antonis dross Yannis and other government officials expressed their regret at the bomb ing a reported. In a message to . Embassy Deputy chief of Mission Edward Cohen Dros Loyannis expressed his sorrow and the disgust of Papandi Rcd. Government spokesman Yiannis Roumbanis said the administration Cal Cor Icalia condemned the attack saying such acts Only serve the interests of those who want 10 destroy our country s peace and social Calm the a reported. In a statement Greece s socialist government which has said it plans to begin talks on keeping four . Military bases in Greece past december 1988, condemned the bombing. The greek government expresses it disgust at the criminal bomb attack against a greek air Force vehicle that injured the greek Driver american servicemen and the Driver of q private car spokesman Yannis Roubalik said. The bus Driver 20-year-old greek air Force conscript Andreas Asimakopulos was in Good condition Al Tzan Cion hos Pital in Athens the a said. The military bus was is to 20 me lers Yards behind my car. The explosion was sudden and very Strong. There was a Laud blast and smoke everywhere a car Driver Constantinos Plata rus 37 said in an interview from his Hospital bed on stale run television. The blast Tore a three fool chunk out of inc River embankment Wall and blew out the windows of a five Story plastics factory across the Road. In Washington the defense depart men identified the seriously wounded american As sgt Clinton Brown 42, of Idaho Falls Idaho Reuters reported my my Nunn from Page 1 provisions for dealing with the soviet advantage in Shorter Range missiles verification and How he imbalance created by the larger and better equipped Warsaw pact armies would be dealt with. Nunn said he thought the Public would support larger conventional forces if it understood we could greatly reduce our dependence on the Early use of nuclear  they nato leaders can t gel the Money if they Don l explain it to the pub Lic he said. Nunn said he would not insist that conventional forces be part of any agreement but that it should include a clause requiring that if no Progress has been made on limiting conventional forces in Europe then the missile withdrawal should be reconsidered about Midway in the pullout. Dollar from Page largely ineffective Nymore of an impending increase in the fed s Dis Roum rate eur rom by Al 5,5 percent As Well As Baker s com ments in support of the Dollar succeeded in momentarily stemming the sell off. It soon became apparent that the fed was not going to formally raise interest Rales Friday. And it did not take Long for the Market to dissect Baker s remarks which were generally supportive of a february agreement by the j nixed slates and six other nations to stabilize the Dol Lar at current Levels and of Japan s efforts 10 stimulate its Economy. Baker was addressing a meeting at the american Enterprise Institute in Washington the Market will continue to test the Dollar until something Concrete is done to either stimulate economic growth abroad or raise interest Rales in the United states said Robert Franklin a vice president in inc foreign Exchange depart ment Al Salomon Brothers. Of they do something we Are very close to a Boito it for the Dollar Frank Lin added. If they Don a we Aren  for inc Tut few weeks Many trader have been saying thai the Dollar was Likely 10 find support when it Tell to a Range of 135 10 to yen and around 1.75 Marks  
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