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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday. August 17.1937 Viet aide tells germ missiles not constr i a a ranking soviet Germany s Pershing a mis Progress toward an la dare Hin rest arms insistence on retain Siles Cabool be seen a Vadim Sabadin first dept Monist . Zag Ladin wiling i Magazine tra Vunior aging mis it fictive said  oath com tee s International German monthly re said Germany s _ could have a great the superpowers Gene nol directly involved inic Dent on the positions l particularly one Asim Public Zag Ladin said Llhee Magazine s Mon stance on the 1effect on the out a arms talks. Although Bonn the talks much r taken by other portent As the r in an article  2kille/bycarl in a after of base Sanj ii asian. Spain a a Youngman aft woman police relieve a have been Rigg Ejrup a car bomb were killed so firday when the a chicle in which they were Itti exploded in tit Center of this Northern Basque police. Victims were identified As  Aldamiz 22, and Aranqua me Voroz Tig Arraga 21, by Spanish Valiona id Cal Offutt. Sao Headquarters and new Southwest  area at an Altitude of 10,000 feet before pert Oteng Tow level Maneu vers at Speed from 550-560 Mph jute to the grand Island area. The bomber then flew Larto take on 30,000 gallon of fuel which Melke saws a drop in the bucket at 19,000 to 21,000 feet arc returning to of butt. Melke said the bib Bawd at by 5nmin Texas was scheduled for a training Mission  was diverted to Offutt to pick up Shutlz. While they Are flying the Secretary the routine training Maneu vers Melke said. Chicagoan keep fingers crossed As ram lessens wafers recede Chicago up the worst of the nodding appeared to be Over sunday for waterlogged homeowners although residents kept their fingers crossed assume showers dotted the Chicago area. The to remaining major trouble spots the Sal Creek and the Des Plaines River had crested and their Waters were receding after forcing As Many As 450more people from their Homes saturday in the suburbs Oft Hurst Riverside Hinsdale Oak Brook and Park Ridge. From what i be gathered the worst is apparently Over the entire length of the Des Plaines River and Salt Creek said meteorologist Paul Merzlock of the National weather service. Thunderstorms were in the forecast sunday afternoon and night and Light rain dotted the Chicago area sunday morning. The two suburban Waterways spilled out of their Banks on saturday after record rainfall Friday sub merged a Good pan of Chicago s Northwest Side an several suburbs around o Harc International air port. More than 1,000 people were forced from their Homes by the flooding which at its height reached the tops of semitrailer trucks and virtually Cut of the world s busiest Airport. Officials said thousands More were affect re by the flood. Many returned Home saturday and sunday to waterlogged basements and belongings. The cleanup is the next thing then there won the enough pumps in the stale of Illinois said James hockey Cook county emergency service Sand disaster Agency coordinator. Firefighters using boats rescued stranded Resi dents of Elmhurst and Riverside on saturday a National guardsmen activated by Illinois gov James r. Thompson aided in sandbagging operations. Some of those evacuated saturday remained i shelters set up by the red Cross overnight although most of the evacuees stayed with friends and rela Tives. There were no reports of new evacuations . Hopefully there s Only Good news n Long As the Rains hold off Chuck Dymbrowski of the bin Hunt police department said Early sunday. At least four deaths were blamed on the storm. On Friday Thompson declared parts of Cook Cou qty and do Page county stale disaster areas. He indicated saturday that he would seek Federal Adfor those affected by the floods. The red Cross estimated that 2,025 Homes were affected 1,000 in Chicago and 1,025 in the suburbs with 975 of those classified As having sustained Mjor damage. Gulf Trompa Flugl a company was blow _ when ii hit a mine in Taegu divers and patrol boats searched the area sunday for five missing crewmen from the Anita. One crewman an Indi an was rescued but died of injuries. Five injured crewmen survived. Sources at the Gulf Agency operator of the Anita said it Sank seconds after Hilling the mine which apparently was tethered 10 the sea door. Sharpshooters of the United Arab emirates try detonated two More mines sunday in the same area off the . A tinker in Horatt Rhc Gulf of Oman  after the Anita tank and Tubi flying source said Sunda the Irea if empty. Al least sit other mines were reported found in the past week. Iran has been widely blamed for laying mines in the Region but Iran claims the United Stales planted them. After iraqi warplanes bombed two oilfields in Southwest Iran Early sunday Iran s parliament speaker Hashemi Raf Hani said we have a mine factory mines like  on insecure for Shippigan could halt Oil exports vital waterway altogether. If the world cares fotj4rtlrtt_persian Gulf it  to Iraq s  the Wai quo Tedas saying  islamic Republic monitored in Cyprus. Tatun Jani did not comment on who planted the mines that have been discovered so far. The Linker Anchorage off Fuja Irah 30miles South of the Strait of Hon Nuz is used by ships going to and from the  Many As 30 ships usually Are anchored there on any Normal Day but i resources said Many now Are anchored far ther South along the arabian sea coast the . Navy has used the Anchor geto organize its Convoy of re flagged kuwaiti vessels. So far the Navy has escorted five ships in two convoys up the Gulf to Kuwait to protect them from potential iranian attack. In Kuwait three tankers Are poised their return trip Down under us navuldaf0imrang. Finished saturday. I the tankers Are moored off . With Crews on Board and i  liajl111 l l in whenever the . Nil in Washington Pentagon a. William w. Miller said he information on when the Convoy would leave Kuwait. Shipping sources said the mine threat could fora the . Navy 10 find another marshalling site for its Neil Kuwait bound Convoy which reportedly is planned for this week. According to sources in will include the 46,721-ton liquefied Gal Carrier Gat Queen and Gal Princess and the 294,739-ton supertanker Townsend. An iranian Navy officer commodor Mohammad Hussein Malekz Octan. Said his forces Are conducting mine in  sni Irr Mit of monitored by the Brit ish broadcasting corp., quoted him assaying ships and helicopters equipped with sonar and magnetic detectors Grebe ing used. Our forces Are powerful enough to help the states of the persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman he said. There is no whatsoever for the presence of countries to engage in mine  emirates has declined in new in cup Clear mines from its Waters. France and Britain deepen to the Region. The soviet i also has mine i deepen and warships there  
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