European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside St types a champs gets boost from Congress Page 2 d so what if Smedley s Gruff after All he is a Marine Page 8 d Mattingly homers again ties major league Mark Page 21 tithe Sims and Fries vol. 46. No. 93 unofficial Quilic monday july 20, 1987 d 8693 a Iran threatens French envoys standoffs continue at 2 embassies iranian Security form Seal off the French consulate in Tehran after diplomatic relations were severed. Appolo Nicosia Cyprus a Iran has accused French diplomats in Tehran of spying and helping government opponents escape and has vowed to put the French on trial raising fears in Paris that they might be taken , meanwhile ordered four members of the iranian embassy staff expelled and police with rifles and bulletproof vests surrounded the building in Paris. No expulsion Dale was set. When France broke diplomatic relations with Iran on Friday it said embassy personnel would have five Days to leave. The official islamic Republic news Agency Irna said saturday that iranian police had surrounded the f Inch consulate in Tehran it was the first time Iran acknowledged its blockade which has continued on and off since French police surrounded the iranian embassy in Paris on june 30.the latest blockade of the consulate in Tehran began , monitored in Nicosia said Interior minister All Akbar Mohtashami accused French diplomats of helping counter revolutionaries escape abroad. Mohtashami whose remarks were paraphrased with no direct quotes also accused he French of linking anti government splinter groups inside Iran. He said Iran had documents to prove it. The Agency reported that Mohtashami said the diplomats would be arrested and handed Over to inc Judic iary for islamic it was not Clear if Mohtashami was directing his see Iran on Page 28 toll in Texas River tragedy rises to 8 Comfort Texas a searchers found six More bodies in the Guada Lupe River saturday bringing the death toll o eight after a Church Camp bus and Van were washed away by the Swol Len River. Two people were still missing late saturday after the seventh and eighth victims were found. The search was called offal dusk. Thirty three of the 4j people on the vehicles from the Seagoville Road Baptist Church in Balch Spring scrambled to safety or were rescued from the River after the Accident Friday morning. The bodies of to teen age girls were recovered Friday and rescuers pulled the bodies of two 16-year-Olds, a boy and a girl from the Waters Early sat urday. They later found four More Bod ies downstream from where the vehicles were swept away. Authorities took the Drivers of inc two vehicles to the scene of the tragedy and determined that they had Noi been trying to Cross the River As had been reported at first. They were actually trying to veer away from its raging Waters. Department of Public safety trooper Wayne Poult said the bus was 182 feet from the Low water crossing when it attempted to turn left and follow three other Camp buses through water that had washed up onto the River s Bank. They were attempting to go parallel to the River to a higher paved Road he said. But the bus stalled in the rising water and the Driver ordered the people to Sci out and try to reach High ground on foot. It appears that the bus Driver did not act irresponsibly Peutl said. He did what he could under the Circum stances. The Van Driver had no Choice in the matter. He was just there. They were All discrepancies in Early reports that the vehicles were trying to Cross the River stemmed from miscommunication bal when officers who were familiar with the area and bus Drivers who weren to Peutl said. You always Hope for inc Best said Mike Rogers a department of Public safety dispatcher in nearby Kerrville but authorities had Little Hope the miss ing teens would be found 14-year-old girl was still hospitalized saturday in stable condition while another person was released after see tragedy on Page 28 at least 7 killed 12 missing As landslide buries italian hotel Irmy says 8rcrcl/eys coi swim again sondr1o, Nlaly a a landslide triggered by three Days of heavy rain covered an Alpine resort hotel in mud and rocks saturday killing Al least seven peo ple police said. Twelve were missing. The landslide hit the Mountainside Gran Baita hotel id the Liny Village of Truno Jusi Southwest of this town near the Swiss Border at about 7 . Mul 20people were injured and taken to local hospitals the italian news Agency Ansa said. Less than 25 Miles away in the town of Sant Anlo Nio Abate Rescue workers recovered three bodies near the Brumbo River which overran its Banks and one person was reported missing. Ansa said. Hundreds were evacuated from landslide and flood prone areas throughout the rain soaked area North of Milan. The hotel was comp Clely destroyed covered by mud and rocks said a paramilitary official in Sandrio who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The victims were nol identified and it was not known if any were foreigners the official said. The Ansa report said some private Homes also were hit by the slide. Authorises could not say How big the hold was or How Many guests were registered there. On tuesday a landslide also caused by Day of heavy rain struck an Alpine Campground about no Miles West of Sandrio near Annecy France and killed2 people. Lucr with still nuking saturday. Hundreds of firefighters police soldiers and Moun Tain guides search a in inc rain fur victims buried see landslide on Page 28 f Norman black1 military writer Washington a the army has month old safety Ord thai had Bradley fighting veil in an operations mesh a Diso had last week army units around the a orld pc old they Are free to resume swim operations Wum Dicy As Long As a required safety modify Catt has of i completed and Crews instructed on Roar proc Edun the modification now in inc Field for Insul Kimbri or has already said maj. Phil Bury an univ spa Ocsman. Soucy sold inc Hradek is should be shortly 1 the Bradley is an armoured tracked vehicle Char a Lank equipped with a 25mm Cannon and see Bradley on Page 28
