European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes o Man woman share $46 million lottery win Page 3 d some . Envoys in w. Europe misused gift funds Page 9 q twins win again in world series Sporta Page 21 vol.46, no. 185 tuesday october 20, 1967 d 8693 a . Warships destroy 2 iranian Oil platforms if Ense Secretary Caspar Weinberger shows photos of of drilling platforms during a briefing in Washington a Toio Manama Bahrain a the unil cd states destroyed two iranian offshore Oil platforms in the Central persian Gulf monday in retaliation for a missile attack on a .-flagged Tanker . Officials announced. White House spokesman Marlin Fiu water said gun fire from four . Destroyers blasted inc iwo Plai terms at one location they both collapsed Iran confirmed the attack and vowed a Gulf based Marine Salvage executives speaking on condition of anonymity said iranian tugboats were seen Rushing to the Sassan and Boslam platforms 30miles apart East of inc Qatar Peninsula and 60 and 75 Miles South of the iranian coast. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said the at tack was confined to the Boslam platforms. However shipping sources in the persian Gulf and iranian radio said another platform 30 Miles away also had been attacked. They said the platforms were ablaze after being attacked by aircraft in Washington the Pentagon said thai no Ameri cans were injured in the attack and that most of the 20 to 30 iranians on inc Rostam platforms abandoned it after being warned an attack was imminent. The Oil p a forms like other iranian facilities in the Gulf arc used As bases Tor iranian helicopters and speedboats that attack Neutral commercial shipping Aspan of the 7-Ycar-old Iran Iraq War. Radio monitors said they heard an iranian voice saying ". Warship . Warship let a evacuate the injured before you shoot the Monitor spoke on condition of anonymity Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency in the first iranian confirmation of the attack said platforms 30 Miles apart were raided by inc . Navy. Irna headlined a later report with a Call to mobilize Tor a full scale War against the ".-Lraq Axis the iranian Agency quoted Kama Kharrazi head of Tehran s War information Headquarters As saying an unspecified number of iranian civilian crewmen continued on Page 28 frantic trading brings chaos to Market new York a one of the most frantic Days in the history of Wall Street devastated Slock prices monday As the Dow Jones Industrial average fell More than 200 Points in heavy trading then recovered part of its unprecedented loss. The Dow average fell 208 Points by late morning recouped almost 100 Points of the loss but then lost ground again. Shortly after noon the Dow industrials were Down about 165 Points to 2,081, in extraordinarily heavy trading. With four hours of trading to go the volume of transactions already ranked monday As one of the heaviest trading Days in history. In Washington the chairman of the securities and Exchange commission David s. Ruder said he is concerned by the Slock Market s precipitous drop and is consulting with the new York Stock Exchange Over whether to attempt to Check in. Ruder has recently mentioned Brief trading halts As a device to give markets in free fall a breather. Asked by reporters if he was considering asking exchanges la halt trading monday he replied not at the present who Trade stocks Are gelling see trading on Page 28 in hits 5-month Low As Gold prices soar London up the plunged to its lowest level in five months Oil eign Exchange markets in Europe and Japan monday while he Price of Gold Rose by As much As 116.10 an ounce. The american currency Slid to its lowest rates since mid May on Money markets in London. Paris Frank Furt Zurich Paris Brussels Amsterdam " Tokyo. Salts of German Markaj Lotfe Connel fur person Al me will be Alo in Toff 1.76 tuesday based on Nin Liliie Jill ii Lin Iii and allowance for Standard hand Ling charges. See other conversion riles on Page 27. Ndon the British Pound Sterling Rose against Tau Fly 2 cents closing at $1.681" 1 a Power blackout ire pm be 1 from open ing. In Wasa 20, ?poundctosedats1.6si5. The Dollar also closed lower in Paris at 5.97 _ French francs Down from Friday s final 6.013 and he lowest rate since 5,9200 on May 20, ii also set five month lows elsewhere closing in Milan at 1,284,90 lire Down from Friday s final 1.300.75. In Frankfurt at i.774q against 1.8 Swiss francs ii also closed in Brussels at 37.1450 belgian Franca Down from Friday s dosing 37.6950. And in Amster dam at 1.9990 guilders against 2.0265. In inc earlier Tokyo Market the Dollar closed at it japanese yen Down from Friday s close of lowest rate since May 22, when it hit140.27. _ traders did the Cut Ibanga markets were re 28
