European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday september 13,1987 fatigued firefighters counting on rain by the associated press the worst Forest fires in California history notched their second week with still no rain. 865 Square Miles Laid waste and dog tired firefighting teams resting Only their Hopes on a 30 percent  saturday night. By saturday night we should know How much weather Relief there will be said Ray Schaaf a Forest service spokes Man in Sacramento. If storms offshore come Inland they could slow the blazes and blow away much of the Haze under a warm air in version that has trapped smoke and toxic gases near the ground officials said. Of the 558,636 acres charred around the state by 1,247 fires in 14 Days nearly a Quarter of the acreage was in Klamath National Forest where almost 6,000 fire fighters continued trying to tame 32 major blazes and 40 smaller ones. The slate s 13,700 firefighters plagued by Throat and lung ailments from the smoke and fatigued from Long hours on the lines looked to the skies for some of the showers promised Over the weekend by the National weather service. The slate forestry department s top priorities Are Shasta National Forest and Trinity National Forest where More than 68,000 acres have burned. Next on the list Are the Klamath tires and a 3,500-Acrc Brush fire out of control in Southern California s Cleveland nation Al Forest about 55 Miles Southeast of los Angeles. In Oregon officials said that except for the 28,100-acre Silver Complex tires 25 Miles North of Grants pass All of the state s major tires should be contained by sunday. The 6so men of the army s 7th inf div from fort Ord Calif., joined the Silver Complex Battle nearly doubling the number of firefighters in the lines. With two thirds of the 124,000 acres of Forest fires in Oregon contained or controlled fire officials Are planning to release or reassign some of the 9,000 fire fighters in the state authorities said. Those fires plus blazes in Washington Idaho Montana South Dakota Wyom ing Utah and Arizona have charred 722,361 acres or 1,128 Square Miles. Three firefighters have died in Auto accidents relating to the blazes. The toll on Timber and fishing industries in the area has been huge officials said Al though no Dollar estimates have been compiled it la take at least 80 years for the timbered areas to come Back and 100 years to Harvest said Bruce Bundick another forestry official at Klamath. For those old growth areas to return to the Way they were it la take 300 to 400  in isolated Happy Camp a town of 1,100 that is the largest threatened Community at Klamath Deer and Bear have been snowing up outside Homes because their Normal food Supply has been destroyed officials said. Tentative pact announced on amerasian immigration Washington up1 the state depart ment has announced an agreement in principle Between Washington and Hanoi that could mean thousands of children fathered by . Servicemen May Start coming to the United states from Vietnam soon. Spokesman Charles Redman said on Friday that an agreement in principle to resume the program nailed by Hanoi on Jan. I 1986, had been reached following two Days of talks in the vietnamese capital Between . And Vietnam Ese officials tuesday and wednesday. Redman said before the program was shut Down almost 9,000 amerasian close 3,750 children and 5,000 close relatives had Bee permitted to leave Vietnam. Redman said the program could now resume perhaps As Early As several weeks and said the two governments have exchanged lists of names of vietnamese who want to resettle in the United states. He said applications from 8,800 Chil Dren and 18,000 close relatives Are on file in . Embassy in Bangkok Thailand. Peace corps volunteers to be assigned in Chad Washington a a contingent of peace corps volunteers will Start work in Chad monday three Days after the african nation and Libya announced a truce in their territorial War. Sandy Sinclair a peace corps spokesman said seven volunteers will go to Chad to join one person who is already there. The volunteers have been in training and the timing of their entry was not related to the truce. The volunteers two of whom will be stationed in n Ndjamena the capital while the rest Are in the Southern part of the country will teach English As a second language. French is spoken widely in Chad a landlocked nation of about 5 million people that is a former French Colony. Saudis reject major role in open policy making Nicosia. Cyprus a saudi Arabia s Oil minister said his country will not act As swing producer or Strong Arm other open countries to control overproduction within the Oil Cartel Anoil newsletter said saturday. We will not appoint ourselves custodians of the policies of open nor will we be willing to play the role of swing producer at All Hisham Nazer told the Middle East economic  said Nazer s comments were largely a response to the assertion from Iran s Deputy Oil minister Hossein Ardabil that Iran and saudi Arabia could cooperate in open despite their political differences. Nazer spoke after two Days of open commit tee meetings in Vienna. Austria thursday and Friday designed to find ways to curb overproduction by members of the 13-member organization of Petroleum exporting countries. Specs current total production quota of 16.6 million barrels a Day is reportedly being exceeded by More than 3 million barrels a Day according to specialized Oil publications. Iran wants . To condemn Iraq As aggressor before War will end Nicosia. Cyprus a Iran will Stop battling Iraq Only when the United nations has condemned Iraq As the aggressor Iran s foreign minister told .secretary-general Javier Perez de Cuellar saturday. Iraq mid 36 civilians died and 158 were wounded in several iraqi cities from iranian artillery fire that Esca lated after the . Chief arrived in Tehran Friday night on a Mission to end the 7-year-old War. In an apparent gesture to Perez de Cuellar Iraq halted the air raids it had been staging for two weeks on iranian Industrial targets Oil installations and tank ers in the persian Gulf. A new Convoy of .-registered kuwaiti tankers began steaming South from Kuwait through the Gulf escorted by . Warships to protect them from Irani an attack. Iran considers Kuwait an ally of Iraq. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency said iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velamati explained to Perez de Cuellar Iran s stand toward . Security Council Resolution 598. Iran has neither accepted nor rejected outright the july 20 Resolution which called for an immediate cease fire and withdrawal of All troops to the respective sides of the prewar Border Between the countries. Iran s head of War information Kama Tarrazi was quoted saturday in Madrid s Al pais newspaper As saying his country would not accept a truce unless an International commission is formed to determine the aggressor. The Resolution Calls for such a commission but the Security Council has insisted the truce be accepted first. The . Chief also had asked for a cease fire begin Ning with his arrival in Iran. On monday Perez de Cuellar goes to Baghdad for meetings with iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The War has caused at least i million casualties and produced attacks on More than 300 ships in the per Sian Gulf where the United states began escorting kuwaiti tankers in july. Shipping executives close to the Kuwait Oil Tanker co. Said the latest Convoy of . Warships and tankers set sail this morning hours after Perez de Cuellar arrival in Tehran. The two tankers the surf City and Chesapeake City had been escorted to Kuwait on sept 2 and completed loading at Ai Ahmadi Kuwait s main Oil loading terminal several Days ago. One French and three soviet military vessels bound for the Gulf Region steamed through the Suez canal saturday. The soviet ships including a mine sweeper and a frigate led a southbound Convoy of 26 ships from port said at the Northern end of the canal said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. They said the soviets gave the destination of the ships As the Gulf Region. The officials said the French vessel in the Convoy was the Loire a 2,500-ton mine Hunting support ves Sel. France has sent three mine Hunters to the Gulf to join in an International Effort to Clear navigation lanes of explosives. The War began in september 1980, after several Bor Der skirmishes and Iraq s invasion of Iran. Pope from Page 1 his pop Mobile moved past the crowds that lined canal Street. By carnival standards the crowds were Small and restrained Only two or three deep in places but there was no Lack of enthusiasm. To Bis Black audience the Pope spoke of the eco nomic imbalance even in this wealthy  far too Many of your Young people receive less than an equal Opportunity for a Quality education and for gain Ful employment he said adding thai the Church can never remain silent in the face of  he said the non violent struggle by Blacks for their civil rights stands in the memory of this nation As a Monument of  and he said that by his work for Blacks. Or. Martin Luther King jr., contributed to the improvement of american society  there Are 1.3 million Black catholics in the United states about 5 percent of the total Black population and 2 a percent of the total Catholic population. The pontiff applauded Black americans for persisting in their drive for Equality in the face of those who would unjustly deny you the full exercise of human  the Pope tapped his feet and clapped his hands As a chorus from Xavier University the country s Only pre dominantly Black Catholic University Sang spiritual Sand gospel music. The crowd of 1.800 broke into Long applause when archbishop Philip Hannan told the Pope who was flanked by the 11 Black . Bishops you Are completely at Home with the Block catholics of the United  later at a youth rally he urged Young people to resist claims that you Are unrealistic out of it Back Ward even reactionary if they decline to take part in premarital  you practice these Virtues you Are liable to be accused of being naive " said the Pope. He said the divine plan for human life is that sex is a great gift of god that is reserved for  the world will try to deceive you about Many things that matter about your Faith about pleasure and material things about the dangers of drugs he said. At one stage or another the false voices of the world will try to exploit your human weakness by Tell ing you that life has no meaning at All for  that said the pontiff would be the supreme theft in his address to primary and secondary educators the Pope urged them to promote respect for the cultural Ana racial diversity among their students. Foster in your students a social consciousness which will move them to meet the needs of their neigh Bors and to discern and seek to remove the sources of injustice in society be said. Resuming to the distinctly religious themes in All of his speeches the Pope added the world need More than just social reformers. It needs  John Paul received a rousing Welcome Friday night As a brass band blared when the saints go  Hannan said saturday that the Pope was delighted by the musical greeting and quoted him As saying a it is jazz not Rock on sunday morning the papal tour was to move on to san Antonio Texas. From there the Pope will go to Phoenix Ariz. Los Angeles Monterey Calif. San Francisco and Detroit