European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes saturday july 1b, 1987 royals Row Row Row their boat App two Brett ii med Emten of York right eat but Liu Talir pitch in id help Paddy a Canoe daring their that to Thunder Bay Ontario on thursday. In the Stem. Dru pct Meo tit Premier of Ontario shouts the woman paddling next to Peterson was not identified. Soviet casualties in Afghanistan up because of arms from . Moscow a soviet soldiers in Afghanistan have suffered heavier casualties since the United Ute began supplying modern weapons to anti Gor emment moslem guerrillas a foreign ministry spokesman Slid thursday. The introduction of modern . Weapons Cre ated additional difficulties for afghan army and soviet troops Deputy Boris Prady Shiv said at a regular government briefing. This led to additional casualties among afghan and soviet troops and the air diplomatic sources in Kabul Afghanistan have estimated the guerrillas Are Snow Long Down an aver age of one aircraft a Day with anti aircraft missiles primarily the stinger missile. But by Adashey s statement apparently was the first time the soviets had admitted they were suffer ing More casual ties because of the new weapons. He said the soviet and afghan forces arc putting new measures into effect to counter the guerrillas modern weapons but did t specify Whit they were the soviets Don t release figures on the Nurr Ner of soviet soldiers killed or wounded in the afghan conflict. Western and guerrilla sources say that in the last 10 months the Ogueri it i have received hundreds of stinger missiles and British radar guided blowpipe missiles. They received at least 300 stinger missiles since last fall the soviet Union incl soldiers into Afghanistan in 1979 to replace the dusting communist govern ment with another. An estimated 115,000 soviet soldiers Are a Afghani Ian helping toe government fight the rebels. By Adushev Prais ithe wednesday announcement by afghan Lister Najib that he was extending the government s Csc fire which went into effect Jan. 15. Or Jel groups have continued lighting rejecting the Case fire offer As a propaganda ploy. The soviet spokesman said the length of time soviet soldiers must remain in Afghanistan depend son the United states. He said the United states is blocking Progress on a negotiated settlement by sup plying arms to the rebels. Rites held for is killed in eras/7 san Salvador �1 Salvador a the Bod ies of six is. Servicemen killed in a helicopter crash were flown to an army mortuary in Panama after a private service attended by president Jose Napoleon Deanc. The six crash victims were on a Mission to Aid a wounded . Military adviser in Eastern Al Salva Dor late wednesday when seven minutes after take off from Llop Ango air base Here their helicopter crashed against a Cliff in a rainstorm. Among the victims was air Force la. Col. James m. Bailie 43, the Deputy commander of the . Military group attached to the . Embassy in san Salvador did Pentagon spokeswoman capt. Nancy la Lunus in Washington. The other victims were All army personnel. La Juntas identified four of them As sic. Lynn keen 27, a medic 1st it. Gregory j. Paredos. 24, a Pilot chief warrant officer John d. Raybon 29, co Pilot and spec. 4 Douglas l. Adams 12, of Corval Lis Orr. She withheld identification of the other victim pending notification of his family. The Only survivor was identified As Sec. Thomas g. Grace 32, la lupins said Grace is a medic with the 3rd in 7lh special forces croup a inborn stationed in fort Davis Panama she said. The bodies were later flown in a salvadoran sir Force plane to the . Army mortuary in Panama said William Ormsbee a spokesman for the . Southern come. He said he did not know when they would be returned to the United Stales for burial. Basile of Cheshire conn., was aboard the Heli copter because he was going to investigate the Acci dental shooting Laluntas did. Laluntas identified the noun did adviser As staff sol. Timothy c. Hodge. 29, with the 3rd in 7th special forces group. Hodge was listed in stable condition and was taken from san Salvador s military Hospital to Brooks army medical Center in san Antonio Texas she said. Gen. A idol to Blandon salvadoran military chief of staff said Hodge was wounded when another . Trainer accidentally fired a weapon. Asked about the report embassy spokesman Joseph me Manus said "1 can t deny world today British airways to merge with British caledonian Lon Don up two of Britain s bluest airline British airways pc and British caledonian air lines thursday said they will merge in a s384 Mil lion Deal creating a earner big enough to rival giant . Competitors. The airlines said British airways Workin Wilh Laz Ard Frercks & co., would make a tender offer Tor All outstanding British caledonian shares. A British air ways spokesman said the Carrier had received commit ments to sell from the holders of 40,1 percent of Brit ish caledonian shares. In the past British airways and British caledonian have been bitter rivals. A join statement from the to airlines said the directors of both companies believed the merger to be necessary and in the but interests of the shareholder and employees As Well As of the travelling Ecuador votes to retain . Troops on repair jobs Quito Ecuador a the government on thursday rejected a congressional motion seeking the immediate pullout of . Troops involved in Highway and Bridge repair in Ecuador. The . Goldien about 600 army reservists and National guardsmen have been the focus of in this andean nation since they arrived a mid april to repair roads and Bridges damaged bar earthquake in Early March. The opposition controlled Congress approved the motion in an emergency session wednesday. The government claimed the motion was unconstitutional minister of information Marco Lara said the Mea sure passed because of the efforts of marxist led Par lies in the Congress. 343 aids carriers listed in w. German police files Bonn a More than 300 people infected with the aids virus arc identified in the police computer system West Germany s Interior minister said in a report cent to the country s leading opposition party thursday. Corners or the aids Sims arc identified in the police computer system for the safety of officers who might come into physical Contact with them. Interior minister Fried Rich Zimmermann said in the report. The 343 registered acquired immune deficiency syn drome virus carriers already Hud criminal records stored in the police computer. Gimme Mann s report was addressed to deputies of the social democratic party in parliament who had questioned him about the Legal basis and confidentiality of data stored on people infected with the aids virus. Owner of ferry that Sank changes company name London a Townsend Thor san owner of the British ferry that capsized off the belgian coast in match has changed the company s name at least in part because Ocllo disaster in was announced thursday. The company will take on the name of its Parent Enterprise p and of and will be known As p and european ferries Ltd. The Herald of free Enterprise capsized on March 6 shortly after leaving acc Bruggy Belgium. The known death loll stands at 188. We can t ignore the fact that the disaster had a very negative Impact on our image and Marite research showed that the name of our Parent company p and 0, was held in High regard a spokesman said. Joblessness in Britain Falls 12th straight month London a the number of jobless people in Britain fell in june fur the 12th consecutive month the department of employ men said thursday government figures adjusted Tor seasonal variations put the total number of jobless at 1,925,300, Down 27,000 fro May when the figure broke through the politically sensitive 3 million Mark forthe first Tim since 1983. The figures represent a 10-5 percent unemployment rate Down from 10.6 percent in May. The 12-month fall of 2s7.000 was the Lara Cit on record. Employment Secretary Norman Fowler said Job vacancies were up 27 percent from the same time Las year to 233,300, and productivity was is its highest level in More than Ihm years
