European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes ago 8 world today sled Riding Moose startles other occupants Osterlund Sweden Ai j two people Ridings Laplander s sled were startled when a Moose Acci dentally hitched a ride a newspaper reported tuesday. The Moose ripped As it tried to  the sled s path Anil seconds later found  on the vehicle the Linstid Ningen newspaper said. After Hie initial Surprise the Moose threw itself Oft t lie  incident left inc passengers and the Scooter drawn sled unharmed the newspaper said. The mishap occurred Over the weekend. Flood Waters Force 200 to leave Argentine train Salta Argentina a two Hundred passengers on the International train from Bolivia to Argentina were evacuated monday because flood Waters on the Reyes River endangered a Bridge near the Northern Argentine City of Salta authorities said. Police and rail officials said there were no injuries on the train despite Waters that had risen overnight to cover a Bridge carrying inc train near Gen. Guemes 32 Miles South of Salta authorities said rail service was halted in the Region because of rising blood Waters from the continuing Rains and inc passengers most of them Argentine or bolivian were transferred by bus to Tucuman 795 Miles Northwest of Buenos Aires. Volcano in Indonesia erupts starts Forest fires Jakarta. Indonesia Al the 7,710-foot Man Dosagu Volcano erupted Early tuesday causing Forest fires in Central Flores in the Kasi nusa to Nugara is lands the official Ankara news Agency reported. The report said villagers near the Volcano have been evacuated to safer areas but there were no casualties from the eruption. Ben Mboi governor of the nusa to Nugara islands ordered local authorities id provide medical assistance and food for the villagers. The Volcano is in Miles from inc Central Flores town of Ruting about 1,000 Miles Southeast of Jakarta. Stunt to impress Girlfriend nearly Fata for welshman Bride Send. Wales a Colin Williams wanted to impress his Girlfriend Louise Meacham by showing How fit he  a Midnight kiss and cuddle on a Bridge Over the wifi running Ogmore River at Tiri Gend. South Wales. Williams. 28, told Louise to look the other Way and then jumped backward aiming to land on inc Par Apet Bui he went right Over and fell 20 feet into the water banging his head on the Way. He was found clinging to an overhanging tree 600 Yards downstream and was pulled to safely. Wednesday december 30,1987 cosmonaut returns to Earth after 326 Days in space Moscow a Yuri . The Cosmo naut who set a world endurance record by spending nearly 11 months in space returned to Earth tuesday on the snowy Steppe of soviet Kazakhstan the Tass news Agency said. The descent capsule of the soyuz. To a spaceship soft landed in inc designated area in soviet territory near the town of Arkalyn inc official soviet news Agency said Elsaid the capsule carrying Romanenko. Who spent 326 Days in space flight Engineer Alexander Alexandrov and test Pilot analogy Lovchenko landed at 12 15 . Mos cow time. Radio Moscow said inc cosmonauts underwent medical Jiam i nations at the Landing site. Radio Moscow said nothing about what the medical tests showed but reported doctors a Etc paying close attention to Romanenko s condition. A later Tass dispatch said thai upon Landing the cosmonauts feel  scientists say the 43-Yearld Romanenko s ability to handle a Long period of weightlessness will help App Rio exhausting Day a government owned Diest powered bus shows one of the reasons Mexico City Hiu a severe pollution problem. Air pollution sunday and monday reached near dangerous Levels despite inc fact that Many of the residents by tuft for the year end Holiday them determine inc feasibility of manned flight to Mars which they say would Lake about three years for a round i rip. Romanenko s extended stay in space aboard the or biting space station Mir will help scientists determine whether a spacecraft travelling to Mars will have to produce its own Gravity or whether Man can live that Long in Ero Gravity. After the medical examinations. The cosmonauts were taken to the Bai Konur cosm drome also in Kazakhstan from which soviet space missions blast Oft. The cosmonauts families were waiting there pre paring to celebrate the new year s Holiday. Arkalyn a City in the North Central part of Kazakhstan is 1,240 Miles Southeast of Moscow the return of Romanenko. Alexandrov and lev Chunko left two cosmonauts Vladimir Tislov and Musa Sanarov aboard the Mir. Tislov and Sanarov Urc to continue a yearlong night that would break Romanenko s record Beijing subway finally completed after 21 years Beijing a a subway system that circles the capital went into operation monday when the last stretch of rack was com pitted 21 years after Motse Tung ordered work  employee us fan Ian admitted because it s the first Day things arc a Bil confused. People Aren t used to it  helped direct passengers at Fux Ingmon station on the City s Southwest Side Beijing s main subway Stop. Passengers were grabbing maps a Fuk Ingmen and subway workers were giving instructions on How to Transfer from trains circling the City to trains bound for the Western suburbs. A 15-mile Section was completed in 1969, three years after Mao ordered work begun. For 11 years Only a few people with special passes were allowed to use in apparently because the subway was close to underground air raid shelters. The subway was finally opened to the general Public in 1980.in 1984, 10 Miles of track forming a partial Loop around the City Center were  1,1 so fool Long stretch of track that opened Mon Day closed the Loop meaning passengers no longer have to walk Between fuxing Nen and inc next Stop. It also simplifies transfers from the Loop line to the suburban line. Officials Hope the added convenience will increase ridership on the underused subway from 550,000 Pas sengers a Day to 850,000. Swarms of shoppers find bargains in London shops London api tens of thou Sancus of bargain Hunters jammed London s shopping District monday to snap up televisions China Crystal rugs and other Holiday leftovers marked Down in traditional Post Christmas sales. The City. London s financial District was still on Holiday. But department store lined Oxford and Regent streets were Rife with parcel Laden bargain Hunt ers. After one of the busiest pc Christmas shopping sprees that retailers could re Call londoners still appeared to have Cash or credit to spare. Hundreds queued up in unseasonably warm weather for hours and in one Case Days Wail ing for stores to fling open their doors. This is the busiest we be Ever been said Cal Crin Dighton spokeswoman for the Liberty and co. Ltd. Store on Regent Street. And the Granddaddy of the Winter sales at a nods department store in knights Ridge does t begin until Jan. 6. British retailers Mark Down prices Only twice a year after Christmas and in August when they Are usually a hefty one third to one half off. The 1,000 people waiting outside the Liberty store were serenaded by the Brick memorial High school Mustang band from Brick township . The band plus majorettes and Pompon girls is in town for the annual new year s Day Parade through the City s shopping District. One shopper 21-year-old Straun Kerr of Dumfries Scotland camped on the pavement outside a Benhams depart ment store on Oxford Street for nine Days to raise Money for the British broadcasting corp s children in need Appeal. Kerr who took donations from pass ers by was the first shopper through the doors and grabbed a 26-Inch television ice reduced from j560 to just ji9. He said he would donate the to inc Charity fund. Deb Nchami responded by giving him Back his t9 to add to inc hundreds he had collected. It was Worth milling Christmas for said Kerr. Of the hundreds of people who wailed outside the huge Sclan docs Ltd. Store on Oxford Street the first arriving at 4 30 . Most headed for bargains in inc China Glass and Crystal departments. The line for one Cash Register wound All the Way through the China depart ment past silverware and curled around shelves of pots and pans in Kilchr narc. Most customers waited patiently pushing Large cardboard boxes or plastic bins full of Fine Bone China along the floor As the line inched Forward. One woman and her daughter from new Jersey still about 30 customers away from the cashier said they had been waiting for More than an hour after spending an hour struggling through crowds selecting thei China. The pair Vito did not want to Gilic their names said they fico in overnight specifically for the sales and stopped at their hotel Only Long enough to drop off their Luggage. At Liberty a japanese woman spent Twu hours having 357 Yards of dress fab Ric measured and Cut said Dighton. Add ing that inc fabric Ai 50 percent off Coil the woman $3,571.20 and will make about 100 outfits. Every a lure was patrolled by Security guards and at Liberty several were As signed traffic duly unsuccessful trying to route people in one Way streams. Outside streets were so packed police reeled barricades Here and ihcr., n re ing Over a Lane to pedestrians. Where there were no barricades pedestrians claimed the streets anyway. In Birmingham in Central England police closed the City Center to All traffic but buses and taxis to accommodate shop pers. Police said they feared emergency vehicles would gel stuck in the traffic. Retailers speculated that this year s Large crowds arc due in part to the fact the sales began on the boxing Day holi Day. Boxing Day usually the Day after Christmas when boxes or gifts of Money were traditionally Given to serv ants and tradesmen fell on � saturday this year so the Bank Holiday was held Over to monday