European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. October 16, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 13. 25 reported Hurt in Chinatown blast paramedics lend to victim of sin Francisco Chinatown explosion. App Dlo san Francisco a a China town restaurant was rocked by an explosion just before lunch hour wednesday and 25 people were injured As Glais and debris Shiv Rcd Over a crowded Street. The blast Tore Oul the front of the can ton Tea House and started a three alarm fire in the midst of the City s most crowded neighbourhood. The Blaze was extinguished within a half hour As buses were rerouted and pedestrian traffic was hatted. The cause was under investigation but fire chief de Phipps said he suspected highly explosive propane Gas use fur cooking caked from bottles and detonated. He said scorched Gas bottles had been found on the second floor area of the restaurant. The restaurant reportedly passed a recent fire inspection. Witnesses said the fire began in the Back of the building near the Kitchen an spread to the front. "1 heard a big explosion and Glass Lew across the Street. The building was Shak ing. We were at scared i did t go out. We thought it was a bomb said Paullee co owner of new Lin wad a Groc Ery store across from the restaurant. Patrons left half full plates in the Din ing room when they fled Inlo the Street. Some tables were tossed about while others remained neatly set for lunch. Bus Driver Norman Green Siirid he was driving near the to Story restaurant when the explosion blew the window right Oul across the Street in front  if i had been going a few Miles per hour faster i would have been caught Green said. When the explosion occurred i just hit the floor and told every body just get to the Back " Green said he saw about 10 people Renoul of the dining room after inc explosion. You just got to fed for the people in the Kitchen though i d imagine they got the worst of it he added. Paramedic Robert Nayarre said 25people were injured four in critical condition with Burns. Sixteen people were taken to several hospitals he added. Navarro said he found two men apparently Cooks wandering dazed in the Back of inc restaurant. Their hair had been singed and they appeared to be hyperventilating and one Man was Given oxygen. Both spoke chinese. 3 suspended after derailment Ottumwa Iowa a three members of a Burlington Northern work have been suspended but investigator said wednesday that it was Loo Early to say whether they were responsible for in Amtrak derailment that injured at leasi126 people. The passenger train struck a burling ton Northern Crane monday and de railed near the tiny Southern Iowa town of Russell. Jim Kolstad an investigator for the National transportation safety Board said at a news conference wednesday night that evidence indicates a track switch was Kif in the wrong position. Nuclear arms figures May be misleading by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the United states and soviet Union have More than 9,000 military aircraft in their arsenals capable of carrying nuclear bombs of which Only about 50d arc counted for arms control purposes two private re searchers say. The figures show How deeply nuclear weapons arc integrated into . And so Viet forces said William Arkin an analyst with the Institute for policy studies in Washington. Arkin and Robert s. Morris a re searcher with the natural resources de sense Council a new York based environmental group conducted the Survey of nuclear capable aircraft for the no vember Issue of the bulletin of the atomic scientists. The researchers concluded the United states now has 4,834 aircraft capable or carrying nuclear bombs compared with 4,202 for the soviet Union. The . Count includes several Hundred air planes thai actually Are flown by America s nato allies in Europe but which could be armed with .-Conirollcd nuclear bombs. The researchers stressed thai he fact a plane is capable technically of delivering a nuclear bomb docs not mean it has been assigned a nuclear  but the totals. Should be kept in mind because arms control efforts As they exist today encourage inc development of More nuclear bombs by focusing on reduction in missile War Heads Arkin said. The United slates and soviet Union historically have counted Only their Long Range strategic bombers in fashioning arms accords. California quake damage estimated at $213 million los Angeles a disaster officiate wednes Day raised the damage loll from this month s Earth quake and aftershocks to $213,6 million saying the amount of damage to government buildings in partic ular was higher than previously thought. Earlier the damage estimate from the oct. 1 quake and a Strong aftershock three Days later was put Al $177 million. Seven deaths were blamed on the trem ors. Most of inc increase in the damage total came from higher estimates of damage to government facilities said Tom Mullins of the Federal emergency manage ment Agency the oct. I tremor which registered 6.1 on the Rich tar scale was the most powerful to Jolt the Region since 1971, when a 6.4 quake hit the san Fernando Valley. Mullins said total damage was estimated at $147.8 million to private property including both Homes and businesses and j65.8 million to Public property. Meanwhile authorities participated in an emergency Drill at los Angeles International Airport to deter mine if officials there Are prepared to Cope with the major quake predicted for the Region within the next30 Yean. Demand rising for unleaded Gas new York up demand for unleaded Gaso line in the United states the largest Oil consuming nation shot up by 15.3 percent in september from year earlier Levels the american Petroleum Institute reported wednesday. The nation s total Oil demand climbed 3.7 percent last month As imports dropped 1.6 percent and Domestic crude Oil production fell 2.9 percent from the september 19s6 Pace the Oil Industry Trade group said. Spurred by increases in Miles travelled and a slight decline in pump prices deliveries of unleaded gasoline Rose to 5.54 million barrels a Day in september from 4.81 million barrels a Day in the year ago month. Overall gasoline demand climbed by 4.3 percent to 7j5 million barrels a Day from 6.s6 million barrels a Day last september. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 16, 1947 president Truman authorized the army to Purchase Iso million in franc from the French government to help in the franc Dollar crisis. 30 years ago today. Oct. 16, 19 57 army Secretary Wilbur m. Bruckner ordered the withdrawal of 500 of inc 1,000 paratroopers that formed the army s Inte Gration task Force in Lille Rock ark., and re leased from service 8,50 1 of the 10,000 Arkansas National guardsmen Federated sept. 24. 20 years ago today. Oct. 16. 1967 pianist Van Goiburn. Who was scheduled to play Al Constitution Hall Bor rowed president Johnson s ail coat and trousers after leaving his own aboard a plane. 10 years ago today. Oct. 16,1977 eighty seven people aboard a hijacked West German jetliner in Dubai United Arab emirates appealed to Chancellor Hel Mut Schmidt to save them from being blown up by granting inc hijackers demand for release of 13 terrorists in Germun and turkish jails