European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday september 6,1987 briton Breaks trans Atlantic record Donagh Ireland a a 50-year-old briton celebrated in a Village pub saturday after reaching the Irish coast Ina battered Rowboat to claim a world re Cord As the first person to Row the Allan tic Ocean alone in both directions the return trip took Don Allum 76days, the last few in rough seas thai rolled the 19-foot boat Over and had him writing goodbye notes. Altum. An advertising executive fro London limped onto the rugged coast or news Brief " Achill Island in Western Ireland on Fri Day night after a 2.500-mile voyage from St. Johns  100 villagers rushed out to help him reach the Shoreline after he fire three flares from his boat the qe3, which was badly damaged by a storm at sea. Car headlights guided him safely in. Celebrating saturday at Lourdino Malley s pub Allum said he thought he was going to be lulled when his boat rolled Over three times thursday night in turbulence As he sat in the Cabin. Everything was Black he said. You could t see what Wai happening. At that stage i wrote my obituary and my goodbyes and put them in flare Jar which i lashed loan oar. I knew that if went Down the oar would be released and found. Allum left Newfoundland on june 21on the Westward leg of hit voyage. He completed the eastward leg last year in114 Hajj rowing Solo from the Canary islands off the Northwest coast of Africa to the Island of Nevis in the British West  1971, Allum rowed the Atlantic with Hii Cousin Geoff Allum completing 73-Day voyage from the Canary islands to Barbados Geoff Allum 40. Who it also a London advertising executive said he had Bee told by official of die guinness Book of records that his Cousin would be recognized As the Firtl person to Row the Alton tic in both directions Guinney offices were closed sat urday. Protests Mark opening of talks on bases in Greece Athens Greece a a bomb scare Fri Day Al the foreign ministry and a demonstration by about Iso women and children marked the opening of talks on the future of . Military bases in Greece. Foreign minister Carolos Papoulias and .ambassador Robert v. Keeley met for 40 min utes to discuss procedural matters for negotiations on a new defense Accord that would replace the current agreement which expires in Decem Ber 1983. The government Laler announced that substantive talks would begin at the end of septem Ber or beginning of october and that Greece Schief negotiator would be Chris los Zacharakis greek ambassador Lonato. No timetable is Sel for duration of the talks said government spokesman Yiannis Rou Batts adding that they would be held in Athens. 8 Madrid firemen buried when building collapses Madrid Spain a teams of Rescue workers searched saturday for eight firemen buried under toads of rubble that Tell when building destroyed by fire in the heart of the Spanish capital collapsed Early saturday. The facade of the building housing the her Manos Brothers Arias store in Central Madrid crashed Down upon the eight firemen just before3 . Saturday As they manned water hoses on Hie ground floor fire department officials said. Madrid civil governor Ana Tutor told Span ish National radio there was Little Chance that die missing firefighters could be found alive although fire officials believed they May have been Able to reach safety in a basement plane crash survivor has More skin grafts Ann Arbor Mich. A four year old Cecilia Cichan the Only survivor aboard the crash of Northwest flight 255, tuts undergone further skin graft surgery but remains in fair condition a Hospital spokesman says. Contributions meanwhile have reached1109,869.25 in Cash and checks 1,212 gifts and More than 16,000 cards and letters for the sol survivor of the aug. 16 crash that killed 156 people Al Detroit metropolitan Airport spokeswoman said. See a tilted Story on pc 7. Hospitals spokesman Mike Harrison said Doc tors reported that Cecilia underwent routine bum treatment Friday that included More skin grafts. Harrison also said the girl from Tempe ariz.,has been out of bed occasionally but is not yet walking. He said she has been cheerful and smiling an has been drawing and watching television. Federal health plan rates to soar Washington a eleven million Federal workers and retirees Are facing an average 31 percent increase in health insurance premiums next year theoffice of personnel management said saturday. The jump which translates into premiums Cost ing an average of an extra $1,000 a year was prompted mainly by increasing medical care costs anymore use of health insurance spokesman James Law forty said. We be been watching through the year and we Veseen these costs going up substantially he said. The Federal employees health benefits program includes More than 200 insurance plans. Some of the health plans Are raising rates by More than 31 percent and some of the increases Are smaller Lafferty said. Premiums for the largest plan in the program offered by Blue Cross Blue shield will jump by $800 annually for comprehensive family coverage he , another major plan will Cost an extra is 100, under the 1988 Rale schedule released by pm on Friday. During november workers and retirees will be a Leto change plans within the health benefits program if they want to change How much they spend or Bow much coverage the have Lafferty said. Many retirees in the program Are opting for More comprehensive coverage he said. Those covered by the Benefit program include members of Congress Tome civil servants civilian astronauts Cia agents. Foreign service personnel. Supreme court justices and most government retirees. Kuwait from Page 1 from an attack on the kuwaiti embassy in Iran s Capi Tal of Tehran on aug. I. Kuwait tent a message to . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cutlar accusing Iran of firing a mis Sile at Dawn Friday which Felt on a residential an Industrial area. Kuna said there was no mention of casualties t asked Perez de Cue Lar to hasten. To bar Iran from pursuing its aggressions against Kuwait Kuwait based shipping officials and a senior govern ment official in the Gulf said earlier the missile was silkworm that came from Iran occupied territory in Iraq s Southern Faw Peninsula they said it hit in coastal Waters about two mile from the Al Ahmadi Oil terminal where two .-re-flagged kuwaiti tankers were moored for loading. In Washington Pentagon sources demanding anonymity were septic a that it came that close but said it landed about two Miles from another kuwaiti  silkworms can Cany a 1,000-Pound warhead and have a Range of up to to Miles.. Warships and aircraft have orders to shoot first if they detect any indication that Iran is preparing to fire a silkworm. The seventh Convoy of the escort operation was expected to Clear the 110-mile-Long Strait of Hon Nuz by sunday. In Washington Pentagon sources said the Convoy was varying its route and Speed As it approached the Strait shipping sources said an iranian frigate shadowed the Convoy from two Miles away. Navy officers say such tailing has become  Convoy included the 294,739-ton supertanker Townsend and two 46,723-Lon Gas Carrier Gas Queen and Gas Princess. The guided missile destroyer Kidd joined the guide missile frigate Hawes and die guided missile Cruiser Reeves which escorted the tankers South from Kuwait for the final leg Pentagon source said. The amphibious assault ship Guadalcanal with mine Hunter helicopters was in the Gulf and Jet fight in off the aircraft Carrier Ranger on station in the arabian sea covered the passage through the Trail. Inn s official radio and Newt Agency monitored i Cyprus announced three raids on Large mantan tar gets off Iran bringing the number of Nich attack claimed by Iraq to is in eight Days. The saturday strikes could not be independently confirmed by ship Ping sources. On Friday Perez de Cuellar said he would go on peace Mission to Tehran and Baghdad Ira he leave for Iran next thursday and will urge it to accept the cease fire Resolution adopted by the Security Council july 20.Tehran radio monitored by the British broadcast ing corp., said saturday that Iran would Welcome the nit ending the War depends on c aggressor no september 1980, after Border skirmishes and after sabotage acts in Baghdad that Iraq blamed on inn. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency also monitored in Cyprus reported new iranian attacks so Miles inside iraqi territory in northeastern province Ofarril Kidnap from Page 1 details. The last Call was received about 11 50 , and the caller said he would phone again. A woman who answered the Telephone Al smalts Home Friday evening refused to comment and Hung up. Small who has three teen age sons came from family Long Active in politics and the Media. I Uncle Leo h. Small was president of Small newspaper inc. And editor and publisher of the daily journal of Kankakee his father the late Burrell l Small Wai president and chairman of the mid America Media group broadcasting company that owned ii radio stations and two television stations and we a former publisher of us daily journal of Kink acce a Flea be died in 1981. Mid America has recently been  family owned Chain of seven daily newspapers and three weeklies in Luinis. Indiana Minnesota Low and California was consolidated into the Small newspaper group inc. In j 983 under the leadership of Stephen a Cousin Leo r. Rob South Rob Small a one of the principals of Media new when it bought United press Inte Marionl in r Cla Ifield iad Coupon on Page 12 of the stars and stripes \