European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page so the stars and stripes sunday january 3,19bfl off Trio Rescue to rfcs help Seiti fitting for their lifts Dawn the Mac of the pm hotel. Isuf Sejbl Hurt As fire ravages Bangkok hotel Bangkok. Tig Alors said re Ltd or a Shi year s Day to is Sond injun the fire circuit or a d la col. Is. Those Kii Firel hold ii lays ans. And one tar a Chic said 11 originally ii Ofui sup put italian Fri police Chupani dents ird cd Kiland up police inv i nay a carelessly tossed Cigar Feit May have caused a new Firtl hat killed 13 of Otrin tourer people. Been started by Al short1 lie butt said police Blaze Ai Bangkok s singaporeans two in Veln Afflec aus Alian lice official said. La of forensic Morf iof the 1 3ih victim is rnai a was a female to police that two still missing. A Kii Tisai Pra u hotel re i the and jewel that were nit 4 10 . Year s eve for the charred in Iliad by poli Iii Nalii. Relatives a Poi guests in the hoi " one Rescue on a charge of to gained of looting that came Ras watch. Ilcyn from rooms and the fire Sun the fired floor room where a ill in Progress Lei s night manager who j he Fust spotted Lac fire at but could Noi put it out. Ihan 300 firemen and 57 i _. L the Blaze at the fully ill for five hours before Pul idlers were used to Pluck 1 j. Rvan 27, an unmarried Ai chanic from Jackso Visie. In Hillion. I other americans staying a the Linhun. In was trapped on the lop floor of the Vith a fellow worker from Boeing mid Arabia. Messages of Hope peace in 88 expressed worldwide by the and Ltd Preis japanese thronged to temples to ring in the year of the dragon 30,000 people jammed London s Trafalgar Square to usher in 1988, and leaders around the world delivered new year s message of Hope. Heln Tri storks. Pines 2 is at Midnight in Tokyo ships looted their whistles and Low pitched Temple Bells tolled to Mark the end of the year of the Rabbit in the Oriental Calendar. The huge Belli sounded by swinging heavy logs into their sides were rung i of limes to symbolize sweeping away ii 108 earthly passions listed by buddhists. Japanese crowded temples and shrines to buy charms against the uncertainties posed by Trade i in Titis a rising yen and a volatile Slock Market. London police said about 50,000 welcomed the new year at Trafalgar Square with another 50,000 celebrating in nearby streets. Police feared a recurrence of scenes in 1982, when two women were trampled to death and hundreds of other people were Hurt after Drunken Row . Scotland Yard my up a major Security operation this year to prevent trouble. Police arrested a total of 102 people while ambulance staff members reported that 117 people were injured 31 of whom were hospitalized. The rest of the injured received first Aid treat ment for minor cuts bruises and other injuries. Two of the injured had slab wounds. Police said most of those arrested were drunks and brawlers a mile away at St. Bride s Church people held a Vigil for Terry Wail special envoy of the archbishop of Canterbury and journalist John Mccarthy. Boih men Are missing in Lebanon wait disappeared Jan. 20 in Beirut while at tempting to negotiate the release of captives already held there. Mccarthy was seized from his ear As he was driving to the Beirut Airport in april 1986. In Moscow an thursday. Soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev told the country he is certain 19kb will bring More Progress in control. But the communist parly chief said in hit traditional new year s eve address that immense and hard work lies ahead As is drive for economic change enters a new phase. Al the december Summit Gorbachev and presi Dent Reagan signed a treaty to liquidate intermediate Range nuclear missile. We Are entering the new year of 1988 in Confidence that this movement will keep mounting and further practical Steps will be taken along the path of promoting Genera disarmament strengthening Trust and broadening peaceful cooperation among nations Gorbachev said. He said the soviet Union this year will face two interrelated key tasks further democratization of society and Radical economic of course restructuring is not easy and not without pain Gorbachev said. The old is giving Way to the new but with president Francois Mitterrand of France urged Reagan and Gorbachev to pursue the Road to peace. In a six minute speech broadcast thursday from his office at the Elysee Palace Mitterrand said the superpower intermediate Range weapons Accord was the first time since the beginning of the atomic age that the two big Powers decided to wish qty dear compatriots wish that or Rea Gan and or. Gorbachev succeed in Clearing the Way toward peace. And further it. Among so Many bloody conflicts it would be finally a sign of wis Dom and Hope he said. In Oslo Norway. King Olav said in his new year speech thursday that the treaty gives basis for reasonable optimism and shows thai the dialogue Between the two superpowers Wens to go in the right 5 German warships will be sent to maintain Mediterranean Force Hamburg a j five warships to the a vessels deployed in the newsmagazine Der spin in Bonn & defense that West German ship1 Ranegan in the first hallo but he declined to o to lion that there Are p of West German ships i Der Spiegel said that so Royce and a Supply is Man an Jan. 21. The defense Millst his name not be used i Mediterranean for Only West Germany also Ranegan in october by turned. The United states have deployed wan if acct commercial ship est Germany plans to i Diler Ranegan to replace . A battled persian Gulf the said saturday. Nishry spokesman confirmed Rould be sent to the Mcdile Lis year. Ament on Der Spiegel s con is for a continuous prese Ceic Mediterranean. West German frigates a de will sail for the med Terra spokes Ryan who asked that i the ships would stay in the new weeks. It warships to the meddler the vessels have since re d other nato countries in the persian Gulf to pro g from attack during the West Germany maintains that its Constitution prevents it from sending warships to the persian Gulf and instead the West germans have chosen to periodically Send replacement vessels to the Mediterranean. Soviets from Paga 1 polish each week on iwo freon in recent years Only the Short wave Hora to which covers a wider area was bbl technicians raced the Jammu Neree stations in the soviet Union. The Diafar of the . Information Agency Charlene twice met with soviet broadcast officials jibe Summit meeting in Washington last month i asked them to Stop the jamming. 2,800 evacuated As floods hit hawaiian Island Honolulu a rescuers used boats to help evacuate nearly 2,800 peo ple from flooded Homes after nearly a fool of rain inundated Hawaii s most populous Island. Damage was estimated at $28,7 Mil lion to Homes can and roads said Paul Takamiya a spokesman for the Oahu civil defense Agency. On Friday Honolulu mayor Frank Fasi declared a stale of emergency for the Southeast portion of Oahu Island. Our House is flooded now and totally destroyed said Margaret Fisher of Hawaii Kah i had a new year s party and everybody left she said Friday at a shelter in a High school cafeteria. Motorists were turned Back along Pali Highway which runs through the mountains Between Honolulu and the other Side of the Island after a Waterfall formed abuse one Side of a Tunnel Roods in other Anas were blocked Fay flooding or Boulder washed Down from the Mountain. Roads remained Muddy but were mostly passable saturday. The heaviest downpour was recorded at Waini Analo. Where 10.5 inches of rain Tell during a 12-hour period thai ended at i a to. Friday mid de Manning a Meteorol chit Al the National weather service office in Honolulu. It s been raining Here almost con stantly for the Lail two weeks and of course our ground is totally saturated. The toil just could t hold any More and the water started to run Down the valleys and it Tver and highways causing All kinds of flooding Takamiya said before i knew it the Waitr was in the House said Slanwood Chun of Niu Val Ley no warning or nothing. So the first thing i did was try it get hold of some papers 1 needed. And by Ihnn in two or three minutes my furniture was floating All Over the
