European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes o drought hit Nicaragua seeks International Aid. Page 2 d drones help Navy get the picture Page 9 d sunday s pro football result sports Section the St tvs and ripes of to the it Ojikutu diled uwqfficij1l p if by it at i do vol. 46. No. 248 tuesday. December 22, 1987 to do Cei d 8693 a 1,490 missing sinks off Philippines As liner Manila Philippines a ship Ping sources said 1,490 people were missing and feared drowned after the collision or a passenger ship and an Oil Anker sunday night. Boih vessels Sank. The sources when spoke on condition of anonymity said Al least 26 people were rescued. The collision Between the 2,215-ton my Dona Paz and the philippine Oil Tanker it Victor occurred about 10 . Sunday said Eusobio go general manager or the sulpicio lines. The Acci Dent happened off Marinduque Island about 100 Miles South of Manila. Cmdr. Rene Luspo spokesman for the philippine coast guard said two naval patrol ships and four commercial vessels had been sent 10 the scene. Go said the Dona a was bound for Manila from the Leyly Island City of Taloban. Bong Man Csc of the philippine res Cue coordinating Center said both ves Sels Sank. Most of the survivors were plucked from the flaming Waters by a passing merchant vessel he said. Go said he was Uncertain How Many people were aboard the passenger liner but that in could carry 1,424 passengers and an Undi Ermine number of Crew members. The Dona pi7 had been Eurc Cid to arrive in Manila at 4 . Monday. Go said the shipping company was Uncertain about details of the Accident because in had Noi made radio con acl with the ves Sel since about 8 . Sunday. It. Jose Cabildo of inc philippine coast guard said the Victor was bound for Masbate Island with 8.300 barrels of Oil. Survivors said the passenger vessel was jammed with people going to Manila for the Christmas holidays. Most of inc survivors suffered Burns see liner on Page 28 emergency spending approved by Reagan Washington a Congress approved and president Reagan signed an emergency spending Bill sunday night to prevent a government shutdown while the House and Senate Complete action on legislation needed to operate the government for the full fiscal year. Congressional leaders and Reagan s top advisers also nailed Down a Compro Mise that would give More Money to Nicaragua s Contra rebels. Most other issues attached to two huge fiscal 1988 budget Bills also were settled and were to be voted on monday. Without the emergency spending Hill hundreds of thousands of government workers would have been sent Home monday Locking the doors behind them. Leaders in both Chambers expressed Confidence that final action would come quickly on the two major fiscal Bills a 1600 billion spending Bill and a lax and entitlement measure that combined would meet Congress commitment to reduce inc Federal deficit by at least �30.2 billion this year. Passage of the two Bills would allow Congress to adjourn for a monthlong Holiday recess. Senate majority Leader Robert c. Byrd . Who along with other congressional leaders met with while House chief of staff Howard Baker trea sury Secretary James a. Baker Iii and National Security adviser Colin Powell said he expected Reagan to sign them. The legislative logjam lingering three months past the beginning of fiscal 1988 was near an end with the weekend com Promise on the Contra Aid Issue. Al though Contra Aid was just a tiny part of the record spending Bill it was among inc most contentious with Reagan see Reagan on Page 29 soviet paper mocks Bob Hope u j a soviet newspaper sunday derided Bob Hope sell Ned iuunk5c for american sailors in the persian 85 year old Corrie Diakiw i blazon s boy.". the . Seamen Milf let ought at what exactly Thev Are doing thousands of m Iles from his Job Wick a paper so Skaya Zhun wrote. To sweeten the inner Pill and do pc Piiru seditious thoughts Hob Hope is paying a visit it said. This Imago s both cml bringing a group of belly dancers along with that inc fan by sailors will be particularly enamoured of in pc of experience in show diplomacy lius organized and Partick Troin touch said Sirhal tiny a farming Ftp tuft newspaper noted that Hope had eni chained gis in the Korc artied Vietnam conflicts As Well As marines who Send in Beirut parking places Are hard to i Wake of a falling Dollar. 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