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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 q the stars and stripes wednesday september 30.1987 death toll hits 183 in Colombia mudslide Medellin Colombia a a Avalanche of red mud and Rock that thundered Down a Mountainside Anil onto a slum area killed a least i8j i Pic. Including 43 children official said monday. Some residents estimated up to 500people were mining in the scores of buried shacks. Al least seven or the children killed were attending first holy communion parties when buried under he landslide sunday in Villa Tina an impoverished area of inc Industrial cily of my Dullin. Mayor William Jaramillo Gomez told inc radio Chain Tod Clar Hal about 200 people were injured. A few survivors were Pulkit from Ihmud sunday afternoon Hul no one was fun nil Lino in the mud sunday night or monday morning he mid. Ethan Slid workers dug through 20 feet of mud monday but found no survivors just bodies. Slum dwellers wan dered through inc urea searching forded or missing relatives. Other Resi dents tried to find belongings lost in inc mudslide. Rescues workers said they were guide Din recovering Many bodies by dogs howl ing at the spots where their owners were buried. By late monday night. 183 bodies had been recovered some buried under More than .16 feet of mud. The fire depart ment said. Officials buried 94 of the Bod ies Many in mass Graves. Jaramillo Gomez suspended work inter monday at torrential Rains for the fourth consecutive Day threatened to Send More mud tumbling on top of work ers according to Caracol. Colombia largest radio network. There were several Small mudslides during the night on sugar loaf Mountain overlooking Villa tiny but hey caused Lille damage he said. Thousands of people were evacuate Dlo shelters monday because of the threat of new landslides from the latest rain. Jaramillo Hornc told Caracol he had ordered that All victims Many of them unidentified be interred immediately to prevent any outbreak of disease. A funeral service was held in a sport coliseum in my Dullin. Caracol reported. Jaramillo gome said it would be impossible to calculate the number of peo ple not accounted for without taking census. The mudslide covered More than 60dwellings in the City s Villa Tina Section where the estimated population is 1,000,Many living 10 to a Shack. Houses arc made of scrap lumber Lar paper and old Iris. B-1b crashes on training flip Frt 3 russing7 3 Parachute to Dresty la Junta co Lap a b-1b bomber with six people aboard crashes runday in a Ball of flame after Birds were sucked into Singn gins during a training flight authorities said. Three Crew members Parachute Asp safety they said but the fats of the other three was Suji immediately disclosed. Ii was the first crash of a regular prod cof the b-1b, the Ai r Force s newest Long Range Chic bomber. A prototype of the bomber crashejimaug1984 in California s Mojave desert a str and injuring two others seriously. The three who parachuted qty were flown to Hospital at Peterson fab a from Colorado Springs according to base . Warren Wright. Authorities withheld info Lalion on them pending notification of re latin the bomb flt ached to the 96th bombardment Wing left do fab in Abilene. Texas Early Mon  the strategic training Range complexnear.r7unia, about 60 Miles Southeast of Pueblo the c air corny Laid he plane went Down two mites South of la Junta said Cap. Dave Ijar Furston of Sac Headquarters i Omaha Nebr Bob Buff firn a spokesman for the Federal Avi is ration in Washington said the Pilot had trollers that he had run into Birds during Ait level practice bombing run. The Pilot immediately began climbing and reached an Altitude of about 15,500 reel Buckhorn said but then reported that the two engines on the right Sid had caught fire because of Bird  the air Force confirmed inc Faa s account Al i it said it remained unclear whether one or two in Ali Thad caught fire. The cause or the crash is  a Board of officers.  last radio transmission from Crew member Orgaard the aircraft had multiple Bird strikes and they Hankst engines three and four Withan engine on fire an a Wace statement said. The plane was not i Iii Lii Niji bombs the air Force said. Planes simulate Boffing Nins at the train ing Range and Are scored electronic in october 1981, a b-52 crashed Aiu Hugge killing Al eight Crew members. Dodds from pages tense  and other Pentagon officials arc More interested in his views on education than his political  is a position Tecil. Should be As free As possible of amm Fronte Lipics. But i Don t feel in Mph re Coniber a politically. No one s flub asked much follow a party   had been 1 without a Perm tent director i since Belh  Ini october 1986.  and Bob Launcr served As i rectors in the interim. None of the three inst policy toward aids1 but Stremple  school i  s Lilym and pm a a bin similar John so pfc0 Cai Fomia a ire we treat it not Loo differently from How we diff with kids with other infectious diseases. We Sci Triem to a team of medical  he has not discussed inc a with military medical officials. Aids is a  but we have to Deal with  he  Don t have a policy now but Well be talking parents teachers and administrator Oslo get  the Alp problem is an example of the need Tol input. St Temple said. And school of l to kick ways to  parents an is Toich a fam. Which currently is rest cled loan advisory capacity. Drug abuse which Stremple called a National prob Lem also merits More attention by school officials. Stremple Wilt attend an oct. 5-1 seminal in bad Kisa Ingen Germany aimed at  abuse at the elementary school level. Ujj teachers unions have Lonu klined of their evaluation system. They con Winat the present formal contains Loo Many ele or focuses on non in Truc to Oral duties and lacjipbri5islency. Stremple has pred thai a committee study the problem and be recommendations Earty in 1988. The pan Emil include teachers and administrators and he Flani Isid that the final product will Center on i performance it performance could translate into More Money the Best teachers in Dodds some Day Stremple said. But before you talk about Merit pay for teachers you have to make sure you re paying everyone adequately he said. If there s residue Elra Money you Doit. Be school system Here and in the country United Sian highly socialized. I d like 10 get beyond that Sha Clde a link i la be Able to do it in a year  the Ovenu education association figures to be included in Anwuth proposal because Stremple in vites sea presid Jack Rollins to sit in on weekly Cabinet meetings at Nidds Headquarters in washing ton . He s an observer but of tonally we ask him what leathers think he said live casual thing. There Sno formality Loil. There Are Al secret in a school system. When i m in California. In ule the press  the school system also will review we seven period Day in place Al most Dodds highs Fly. He said Here was concern Hal shortening class moods to ai1-commodale More passes has affected hard Tore Aca Demic areas such As science and mathematics. News briefs saudi minister condemns Iran at United nations United nations a saudi Arabia foreign minister Prince saudi Al Faisal Mon Day condemned Iran in the general Assembly for its War with Iraq accused it of terrorism and called for sanctions and Complete isolation of the Tehran government. He blamed Iran for the War in the persian Gulf and said in is giving itself the right to attack non belligerent countries to assault in interests of other countries and to threaten inter National navigation in the  Iran attacks countries which Are not parties to the conflict the Prince said then in is Only natural that each country in the Region has the full right to defend itself against  Weinberger asks Hato arms sales to Iron l to obvious with Iraq. After talks to Egypt a Weinberger called embargo again to secret array for a speedy t because of it sire in the War sent Hosni Mubarak Weinberger also reporters that the United states expects a of generous cooperation and  saudi Arabia and Bah rain in the  imae two countries and inspected 05, Navy War i in the 11-Unitmiddle Al Force which Jarols the persian Gulf. Moiren flew to Cairo Adf two hour Stopen Rouer time. His tour lasted a spent 70 minutes i Mubarak  office in Heliopolis a it Eastern gu/6 suburb defense minister Abdel Halai Abu Drzala who greeted Weinberger Al then and later saw him off attended the talks \ 3\ killed 7 injured a thrown from copter it Bragg . Api Nestol Bierwas kind and seven others were Lobred when a troop helicopter abruptly Chura Altitude an several son Lars were throw carom the aircraft. Army and Agnf orc spot Oten said  Friday right ind pal was under investigation. The initial scr if indican d Hal while the soldiers were at Lobl the aircraft something happened to Chelbe the attitude of the aircraft said capt. Of Gui Dryva Hurlburt Field i Florida Wojie the air ice helicopter was based. A fal of the Soldier kill to the ground Fleir  a it landed the air Forcell copier safely arum one of the air Force Cret is injured Saidl. Col. Rick Kicman a spokes fun at fort he soldiers were members of the l5tlp. 75lhsngcts, from fort Stewart. Cla Ifield. And Coupon on Page 12 of the stars and stripes  
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