European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday. September 8,1987 French soldiers in Chad shoot Down libyan bomber n Ndjamena. Chad a French soldiers Mon Day shot Down a libyan bomber that streaked 600miles Inlo Chad and was approaching a French Chadi an base in the capital n Ndjamena according to officials and eyewitnesses. Another libyan plane monday bombed the town of Abc Chc 450 Miles cast of the capital. Chad said. The actions came just two Days after chadian government troops struck into libyan territory for the first time and captured a major air and ground base at Maian As Sarra 60 Miles North of the Border. The chadian embassy in Paris confirmed that a soviet built Long Range supersonic libyan Tupolev-22 had been shot Down and said it crashed into the n Dja Mcna suburb of far Cha. It was not known if the bombing at Abc Chc. Reported by government officials in Chad had caused any casualties. Several French Mirage Al fighters scrambled at n Ndjamena shortly after 8 30 ., apparently to head for the area. The French have just completed lengthening the runway at Abc Chc to 9.200 feet in an Effort to give its troops another base for air action. France maintains Aboul 1.500 troops in Southern areas of its former Colony but has vowed not to get directly involved in fighting Between Chad and Libya. The n Ndjamena Airport is heavily protected by French radar and missile systems. A correspondent for the French news Agency  press who saw the libyan bomber shot Down said it was hit by a missile fired by French soldiers about 7  Before the plane could drop a bomb. The chadian embassy in Paris said a second libyan plane also was shot Down but that could not be immediately confirmed in n Ndjamena. The Typo lev came in from the North along the Char River that separates Chad from Cameroon. It crashed North of the French chadian base on the Edge of the Airport runway. Officials in Chad said the american made Hawk ground to air missile that hit and destroyed the plane was fired by men of the French 403rd anti aircraft artillery unit. 25 buses up in smoke As flames envelop vehicles at a City bus garage in Munich a fireman frantically gets equipment ready to fight the huge Blaze hut swept through the garage a photo late at night. Twenty five buses were destroyed in the $12 million fire. One garage employee was slightly injured. Soviet pamphlet warns about aids Moscow a the soviet health ministry has produced 5 million brochures warning about the spread of the deadly aids virus and has begun distributing them in the capital. The information Campaign begun Over the week end shows the increasing seriousness with which the government is tackling aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. A year ago the state run soviet news Media de scribed aids As a Scourge resulting from the decadent behaviour of westerners. The soviet press also said the virus was the product of secret germ warfare research in the United  new health ministry brochure entitled what you need to know about aids takes a direct and non political approach to explaining the virus How it can be contracted and How to avoid exposure. The russian language pamphlet so far has been delivered Only to two compounds for foreigners. But the number of brochures printed suggests the ministry in tends to eventually deliver them to every household in Moscow a City of 9 million. According to the circulation figure printed on the Back of the pamphlet 5 million were produced. Soviet citizens living near the foreigners com pounds said they did not receive a brochure in week end mail Sci Ivines. Threats to Public health such As the annual influenza epidemics that sweep Moscow arc usually addressed in newspaper articles and on bulletin boards of clinics and hospitals. But a health warning As detailed and mass produced As the aids brochure was believed to be unprecedented. Aids is a fatal disease in which a virus attacks the body s immune system leaving victims susceptible to a wide variety of infections and cancers. No cure for aids is known. The brochure says those facing the highest risk of contracting aids Are male homosexuals and warn soviets that the More sexual partners you have the higher your risk of contraction homosexual Contact is a crime in the soviet Union punishable by up to five years in a corrective labor Camp. The soviet government issued a decree aug. 25 that authorizes forced testing of anyone in the soviet Union when there arc grounds for assuming that they Are infected with the aids  the decree set penalties for those who knowingly expose others to the  exposure of another person to the Dan Ger of being infected with aids shall be punished with up to five years in prison the decree said. The prison term can be As much As eight years if a known aids Carrier infects another person. World today. Ghina May Force envoys to be tested for aids Beijing up China is very concerned Aboul the possible spread of aids into the country and May require diplomats serving in China to submit to testing for inc deadly virus a senior world health organi a lion official said monday. Or. Hiroshi Nakajima world health organization regional director for the Western Pacific told reporters China is already collaborating with the United states on two research projects for the treatment or aids. China is very concerned about the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome said Nakajima. China has Many visitors Many chinese arc going abroad China still has very Many cooperation project with Africa and there arc Many african students in  French woman gives birth to baby nearly 2 feet tall Strasbourg France up a 21-year-old woman has Given birth to a 13.8-Pound boy nearly 2 feet tall twice the size of Normal babies authorities at a maternity clinic said sunday. They said Stephane was born Friday by  at Adassa clinic in Strasbourg. Weighing 13.8 pounds and 22.4 inches tall the Newborn is so big he swearing clothes meant for a i year old the authorities said. Doctors expressed fears that the baby by being twice the regular size now could be fragile in later life. The names of the parents were Given Only As Isabellc and Jean Leon. Huge mosque dedicated in Northern yugoslav City Zagreb Yugoslavia a officials in this croatian capital dedicated one of Europe s largest mosques sunday in a ceremony attended by politicians diplomats and religious leaders. A reporter in the Northern yugoslavian City con firmed the dedication of the building which covers More than 9,000 Square meters after six years of construction. Community Roundup protestant men of Chapel Retreat in november plan Garmisch Germany the pro Custant men of the Chapel will hold its annual religious Retreat nov. 13-15 at the armed forces recreation Center. An radio and television speaker chaplain capt acre Kimmel will be the keynote speaker. The weekend Retreat also will include a sing along three seminars a banquet and a worship service with communion. Participants May take hours around Bavaria. Special activities arc planned for children Ages 6 months to 12 years. Reservations May be made by calling ets 440-2575 or civilian 08821-75710. Balloon launching for kids scheduled at Mainz Cavern Mainz Germany the Koala Al club and the German rail office Are sponsoring a balloon launching for children 12 years and younger sept. 25. The child whose balloon travels the farthest will receive round trip train transportation for himself and his parents to the City of his Choice in Germany. The overnight trip includes breakfast and 100 Marks in Cash. Contest entries must be mailed or delivered to inc Mainz Public affairs office on Dragoner Cavern by sept. 20. The address Pao Usma mama Apo 09185. The entries  include the child s name age and address. The Community plans to launch at least 2.000 bal loons As part of the German american Friendship Days opening ceremonies at Mccully Barracks in Wacker him. The names of the contest entrants will be attached to inc balloons and the children do not need to be present at the launching