European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday july 1 9. 1987 an arrested after firing flood Shotgun at a i Asci work London a 3 a Man damaged a Leonardo a Vinci drawing the Turpin and child with St. Anne and St. John the Bali Stcin the National gallery with a Shotgun fast Friday nig and was immediate arrested police said. The drawing was protected rain forced Glass and the damage was confined to Al run of the Virgin s clothing the gallery said. A police spokesman said the shores fired just by a fore the 6 p.m., closing time at the Gall a which o pies most of he North Side of trafals squad Central London. Of a Man entered the National gallery with eded Shotgun and discharged it at a Leonardo a i  the police spokesman. The suspect was no immediately Idoft find. Cd land Yard the City s police head Quartz said he was under arrest but charged had not yet Htun tiled. The police spokesman said Ihen Ycre no reports of injuries the gallery s press officer i say calender said experts were examining the Dwing one of the Gal Lery s most popular works Bwll was too Early to assess the damage though none Juthe faces of the four Fig ures in the drawing were harmed. It is an extremely do Kali work of Art. At this stage we would t like to go any assessment of the dam age attender said j when the Drawie was acquired for the nation in 1962 through pub fund raising and government do nation prime us Rissir Harold Macmillan described Ilas one of the Rosl Beautiful things in the  the drawing waste subject of an attack thai year when a bottle of in Pas thrown at it by a German Painter who was eve Nylly judged insane. To i Chase the drawing the Public donated  then s2.24 million and the govern mint Java another 350,000 pounds. Its current value has Jpn estimated As High As $8 million. _. National gallery was founded in 1824 after King George in and sir George Beaumont persuaded a Vinci drawing damaged by so Olga a photo the government to buy 38 pictures which to a rec my deceased merchant. The National gallery building was erected bit Cen 1832 and 1838. The stale funded institution now owns More than 2,000 pictures. From Page 1 copier bul lost her grip and fell 90 feel to a Sodden Field beside he roaring Guadalupe River. She was identified As Melanie Finley of pcs que Texas. "1 Don t know if in was fatigue or thai she was wet but her hands came Loose and she fell said trooper Charles scale of the department of Public safely. The second victim was identified As Tonya Smith 13, of Scurry. Thirty three of Loci people were saved during a Day of dramatic a Csc efforts mounted by  from fort Sam Houston in san Antonio and several television stations Swift water Rescue teams in rafts and boats and horseback riders and search Don. Some of the teen agers were rescued As far As a mile from the River crossing. The Van and the bus were swept away As the Drivers attempted to Cross a Low Concrete Bridge across the River the group was returning to the scan Ovilla Road Baptist Church in Batch Springs a suburb of Dallas after a week s Encampment at the pot o Gold ranch near Comfort about 50 Miles Northwest of san Antonio. There arc numerous summer Camps in the area and Many were evacuated Early Friday As the River was charging toward a Crest of 30 feet four Feci Over flood level. Eleven inches of raid fell Friday in Kerr county causing some of the worst flooding in half a Century. Warnings were issued Early Friday morning to Camps along the River and it was unclear Why the Church vehicles tried to Cross the rising River. This could have been avoided if they had taken notice said sheriff Lee h. D Spain of Kendall Colin by which Borders Kerr county where the vehicles were swept away. According to trooper Tom Moulcy. The bus Driver told authorities thai several other buses Lead left the Carnap and had made it across the River. The Driver identified As Richard Coons 27, of Balch Springs said that when he reached the Bridge lie judged the water to be 12 inches deep Over the surface and started across. But he said the Wake of the preceding bus caused his engine to stall. The Van which carried 11 people and followed Coons bus also stalled. The Driver evacuated All the passengers As the water Rose inside he bus. Soon after both vehicles were dragged away by the Eod raging Waters. They have not yet been Founcy. Poindexter from Page 1 did l Lei Reagan while 33 percent believe the Admi ral s Story the rest had no opinion. The Telephone poll was conducted thursday with inter views of 665 people nationwide. It has a statistical margin of error of plus or minus4 percent the sponsors said. At the Start of Point crier s third Day of testimony before the congressional committees his attorney Richard Buckler objected that committee members were being quoted in news accounts As question ing the former White House official s truthfulness. His protestations Drew an acidic response from the Senate committee chairman. Sen. Daniel Inouye a Hawaii. I Don t think in is improper for any member of this panel to characterize that testimony As being incredible mind boggling chilling Inouye said of lawyer will go to court to set 174 refugees Halifax Nova Scotia a hired by the Canadian sikh comm by says he will go to court 10 win the Rele from India. Mendel Green said he Wil a to discuss the situation again with  officials bul added that he is pre Jung for court. We re going to be Akemp Tiati get before the Nova Scotia supreme to Fri with an application of Hareas Corpus lurid. The Canad Bover Mem was granted an order thur Klo hold the group for up to an other a cd Wax 173 men and one woman waded ashore Jan Rocky Beach at Charlesville Early  a trans Atlantic crossing aboard the fee Tufts Amelie. J arc sikhs from India while a few arc Isle Sand hindus. The woman claims lobe a turkish National.  s version of events. Also during 5 a hours of testimony on Friday  described a meeting in attorney Gen eral Edwin Mcnese ill s office Early on the morning of last nov. 25. He said Mccase who had been conducting an investigation of the affair told him that it was Lime for Poindexter to resign but he indicated to me he did t think there were any criminal problems. He said his people were still looking into in bul he did t think we had any  sen. Warren Rudman r-n.h., asked Poindexter Why he did t Lake Public responsibility for the diver Sion at the Lime he resigned and thereby prevent the agony we be had for the last eight months. Poindexter responded that he was tired thai this was a very difficult time and that he had not known that Meuse planned to make Public the diversion. It is my View that presidents ought to be allowed to create their own political disasters Rudman said. Nobody else ought to do it for  a Navy rear Admiral who served As National Security adviser for nearly a year until his resignation last nov. 25, Poindexter testified under a Grant of limited immunity. Throughout Poindexter has portrayed himself As a Loyal staff aide who sought to shield Reagan from potential difficulty. He repealed on Friday thai he alone decided not to Tell Reagan about the diversion of secret arms sales proceeds to the contras. In rebuttal to Inouye s Obs Valion thai he had with held critical information from Cabinet officus poin Dexter replied "1 did t withhold from them anything that they did n t want  on another key Point  said he withheld information from Congress last fall because "1 simply did l want any outside interference in Hie secret program of support for the nicaraguan rebels. He said he feared reveal ing the truth to Congress would have destroyed the ability to secretly provide assistance to the Comras France from Page 1 said a spokesman for Chirac. Christian Bour Gull a lawyer representing the inter ests in France of iranian Leader Ayatollah Khomeini said he feared a frenzied takeover of the French embassy in Tehran. What can happen now is thai people in Iran the crowds learning of the break in diplomatic relations could do something like what happened to the Ameri cans in other words a real invasion of the embassy said Bourguet who has helped to negotiations to free some . Hostages had in the Mideast and has represented Iran in us demands for repayment by France of a is billion loan dating Back to the pre-1979 . A government spokesman said France expects the crisis to be resolved in keeping with the 1961 Vienna convention. Tehran radio said later Iran had also agreed to Cut tics and the two countries agreed to evacuate their respective embassies within tilt next five Days. The spokesman said there Are 15 staff members at the French embassy in Tehran 10 of hem with Diplo Matic status. At the iranian embassy in Paris there arc five diplomats and about 40 administrative personnel. French politicians from All panics backed the move in a show of Solidarity with the government. In was the first time diplomatic relations Between France and another country had been Cut in More than a decade. This has not been an easy decision. We Don t like doing it but we could not ignore Iran s ultimatum on thursday to break Oit ties within 72 hours the government spokesman said. Iran threatened thursday to break ties within 72 Houn unless French police lifted a blockade imposed on the iranian embassy june 30. The building was surrounded because Wahid Gordji an iranian said to be the no. 2 Man at the embassy took Refuge inside after refusing to appear for question ing about a wave of bombings last sept Ember in Tehran officials accused French Consul Jean Paul torn of espionage and he took Refuge in the French embassy there. Bitterly ailing How can we Hue Normal relations with Tehran a French government spokesman said they arc simply trying to create a parallel with  Afier the announcement France said Gordji still had to present himself for questioning