European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 it is brief.1 japanese chemical ship Falls victim to Tanker War Manama Bahrain a iranian gun boat raided a japanese operated Tanker at the Entrance to the Gulf on saturday leaving in disabled shipping executives said. In was the sixth attack in a week in the reignited  Tanker  the executives speaking on condition of anonymity said most of the korean Crew abandoned the 12.467-ton Rainbow when a fierce fire broke out after in was attacked with rocket propelled grenades and machine guns. But they said the fire was later extinguished and the Crew was expected to return to Ine lib plan Flag chemical Tanker which had taken on a Load of methanol at a Gulf Arab port there were no reports of injury in the attack which occurred about 4 p.m., off Ine lip of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz full military Alert called for philippine elections Manila Philippines a the armed forces went on maximum Alert saturday to pre vent disruption of local election and Candi dates were warned against paying communist rebels Tor the Freedom to Campaign in rebel zones. La. Gen. Ren Sito de Villa Deputy chief of the military announced the Alert at a news Confer ence. He said candidates would be criminally prosecuted if they were caught giving Money to rebel so they could Campaign in guerrilla con trolled areas. De Villa said soldiers backed by police and military cadets will guard More than 100,000 voting stations nationwide when the oils open monday for the election of provincial governor mayors and other local officials. More than 160,000 candidates arc running for 16,000 posts. In Manila Bailie ready troops backed by a Mored personnel carriers were mobilized to guard against possible attacks by leftist or right Wing extremists said Brig. Cen. Alexander Aguirre. The area military commander. The stars and stripes sunday. January 17,1988 pre election protest strike shuts Down Haiti s capital port a Prince Haiti a shops offices and Lias stations were closed Here saturday in a successful general strike called by the opposition to under score its rejection of elections run by the military dominated Junta. Few people were on the streets which normally on saturday morning re bustling with cars and colourful tap tap buses opposition leaders claimed soldiers were intimidating citizens into going to the polls sunday. I. Gen. Henri Namphy Leader of the military dominated Junta denounced the Calls for Savage economically destabilizing strikes too frequent Street demonstrations and Calls for revolt and  Namphy promised sunday s elections would be car ried out with order and  but dozens of peasants said they had no idea who was running or where polling stations were set up. They said soldiers were coercing peasants to vote in the elections for president and National Assembly a report confirmed by priests and opposition leaders. The four main opposition leaders Sylvio Claude Marc Bazin Louis Dejoie and Gerard Gourgue called the strike to protest what they say will be egged voting. Late Friday the communist party and the biggest Union the autonomous Central of haitian workers joined their cause. All Day Friday military checkpoints lied up traffic in this City of i million people As soldiers searched motorists and cars for weapons. Soldiers also patrolled during the nov. 29 National election but they did cot prevent thugs from killing at least 34 people and wounding scores More. The Vio Lence forced the polls to dose three hours after they opened. The opposition claimed the Junta did nothing to prevent the violence and vowed to Boycott sunday s elections. Opposition Leaden and priest said Rural police sheriffs were ordered to coerce peasants into voting. Trie Junta has promised to hand Over Power to the newly elected government feb. 7, exactly two Yean after president for lire Jean Claude Dunaher fled to France and ended his family s 29-year dictatorship Over Haiti. The Junta has ruled the nation since he left. Fourteen presidential candidates have been approved by the electoral Council Nosi of them rightists with Little party organization. None of the 14 candidates has significant nation wide following. The four opposition leaders who Are boycotting the election Are considered 10 have the sup port of about so percent of the electorate meanwhile a flotilla of . Navy warship participating in an exercise steamed toward puerto Rico on Friday placing them within easy Range of Haiti should election Day violence there sunday Spur an evacuation of americans. The Navy while acknowledging that ships engaged in flee Tex 1-88 Maneu vers had moved South to Ward puerto Rico refused to pinpoint the positions of the vessels. Added no g southward in me Rutan it in Pic Uusi to Vutuc i Londa while Tome amphibious vessels with marines aboard bad already arrived off puerto Rico. Dole from Page 1 Elizabeth Hanford Dole became transportation Secre tary was dissolved in order to make it possible to release the information Campaign spokesman Tim Archie said Friday. Dole a Kansas Republican and Senate minority Leader had already planned to release a 10-year history of his lax returns saturday. Instead he released Bis tax returns for 21 years and said i Hope other candidates for president will follow  Elizabeth and i wanted All this information Proba Bly an unprecedented release of personal financial data to be in the Public Domain. Now it is lie said David Owen a former Kansas lieutenant governor who was general finance director of the Dole presidential Campaign stepped Down thursday after questions were raised about his business activities involving the Doles. Will hiker a Dole spokesman said the financial Dis closure was designed to just get it All out in the  we arc As eager As anyone to find out what happened and what is in there said Riker. The Trust transaction involving the Overland kan., building is being investigated by the office of govern ment ethics the building houses Dole s Kansas City Campaign Headquarters and a business owned by Owen. Riker and Archie have declined to comment on published reports by Knight Ridder Hal Owen made a is  Coro Mission on the sate of the office build ing and that mrs. Dole s Blind Trust had realized a $230,000 gain. The new York times the Washington Post and the Kansas City times published accounts in Friday s editions saying Hal Owen and the Doles have had Exten Sive financial dealings dating to 1979 six Yean be fore mrs. Dole established tier Blind Trust when she was transportation Secretary in the Reagan administration. She resigned the Cabinet position last year to work on her husband s Campaign. No allegations of wrongdoing were raised in the latest news report and Scott Morgan general counsel of the Dole presidential committee said All the transactions were handled properly. He also emphasized that the financial deals involved mrs. Dole and not the senator. Vending from Page 1 were men Between the Ages of is and 25, standing Between 5 feel 7 inches and s feel Loand weighing Iso to 190 pounds. Nineteen were soldiers six were sail ors and three were civilians. None was in the air Force. Cosio said that while women Are capable of Knock ing Over a machine they seem to have More common sense than men. One of Cosio patients spec. 4 William Henderson from the 8l4lh engr co in Hanau was an innocent victim. Hen Dorion was on temporary duly in Vilseck when the Accident happened oct. 21. 1987. He was hit by the machine As he left his room. I heard banging All evening id the Hall said Hen Derson j3. When i walked out the door i got my key out turned around stepped backwards and i heard someone say watch out. " the machine s fall was broken by trimming along the Wall but Henderson was pinned underneath  a broken ankle. It took eight Guys to gel it off of me cinders on said. Another victim was Al 23-year-old Soldier from the 2nd army Cav regt. Spec. 4 milion Velez was crashed to death by a soda machine dec. 30,1937, at the unit s Camp Hof Border Camp near Bayreuth. Ward Coilio said. There i a Point when the rocked machine will be balanced Forward at a 20-degree Angle and can be steadied with a fingertip. Bui Ifil moves a millimetre Forward it ii coming Down Cosio said. People do not realize to heavy the machines Are once they Start falling. At that Point it May be Loo late to get out of the  if the machine is lipped 35 degrees from the upright position in lakes 270 pounds of Force to push it Back. A machine depending on How full in is can weigh Between 600 and 1,000 pounds while the accidents May not be commonplace they Are serious when they do happen. Ii is very sobering and sad Cosio said. Some of these injuries Are devastating injuries caused by the machine include contusions leg Pelvic and Skull fractures and bladder and brain injuries. The victims usually need hospitalization and often surgery. So far none of the victims has sued either the soda or machine manufacturers. That s one of the aspects i m working on Cosio said. There Are 6,800 soda machines maintained by cafes Europe said i. Col. Charles White Exchange service spokesman cafes he said does not keep finies on How Many people arc injured by soda machines because the machines operate 24 hours a Day and Are not supervised. Attempts from Page 1 polygraph results by the defense department s senior examiner had refuted claims by Bracy s lawyers that the test had been improperly scored. But administration officials acknowledged thai some aspects of the investigation particularly the Lack of cooperation among the various agencies involved made in difficult to determine How much of like Broca confession was True. One example of the failure in communications involved inc interviewing of Bracy. The officials said that when the Nis agents went to interview him they viewed him strictly As a witness and were surprised by his admissions of spying. In the successful espionage prosecutions of recent Yean Federal agents have spent weeks preparing for the confrontation interview with a person they believed was an espionage suspect. The Federal Bureau of investigation typically holds rehearsals in which an agent plays the role of the suspect while investigators Are drilled on what specific admissions Are needed. The officials Aid that before the interviewing of Bracy began he stale department Security officer in Moscow Frederick Meek had sent a cablegram to Washington identifying him As a possible espionage suspect that information was not Given to the Navy until after the interviews were completed the officials said. An administration official Aid that the Navy is continuing to investigate and thai cases Are now being built against six additional Marine guard. Classified advertising Coupon on Page in of and insert