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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                P Keeae gives Spain evidence in drug Case. Page 2 d Kelly fab workers to be furloughed Page 5 g vet plans return to Vietnam to dismantle mine Field Page 6 g . Forces in canal zone a threat Noriega says Page 9 vol48,na29b thursday february 11, 1988 0 8693 a powerful winds Wallop . 6 killed in weather related accidents London a Hurricane Force winds Ham mered Brilain and Ireland on tuesday and at least sit Wither re Latch deaths were reported including a teen age girl who was blown under a passing truck and a Seaman swept off a Tanker. Winds bus line up to 107 Mph so Chi in from the Atlantic in Lite Early hours cutting Power Felling Trees and disrupting 1 Rax Al by air. Road and sea. The 107-Mph gust was recorded Ai bal Mullel on the we skin Irish coast the meteorological Oil cd reported. Police said the girl was swept by the wind under the wheels of a garbage truck in Dublin the Irish capital. Also in the Irish capital a Man was killed when his car was crushed by a falling tree police said. In Drogheda. 3d Miles to the North a 23-year-old Man waking near his Home we killed when a irae fell n him. Police did. In  England o 65-year-old Man was killed when 4ll-Mph winds blew a tuft onto his car m Tavis tax k the const guard at nearby Falmouth said a sea Man drowned when a 20-Fooi wave swept him off the deck of a danish Tanker rounding land s end. Also tuesday n Fil year old Man was knocked off Hii feel by the wind and Hod a heart attack he died in kill begs in county Donegal 13u Miki Northwest of Dublin police said. A woman suffered serious head injured and iwo children were slightly Hurt when a  toppled no a school in the Southern England coastal City of ports Mouth the London weather Center issued Gale warnings 24 hours in Advance. In october it failed to give Early warnings of Hurricane Force winds thai swept across Britain killing 17 people and causing widespread dam Windi knotted a Small aircraft sideways tuesday age. Stuken examine a ear smashed by a falling tree near dartmoor England. The Driver of the car we kilted. On the Tarmac at Shannon International Airport in Western Ireland briefly closing the Busy runway. All flights except those to London were grounded at dub Lin Airport. Fallen Trees blocked several major roads in Western Ireland Telephone lines were toppled and. 75,000 Homes were without electricity. A bus was blown into the sea in the Irish Coasin town of Sligo but the passengers escaped unhurt Brit ish broadcasting corp. Television said. Power cuts in Northern Ireland left at least 12,000 Homes without Lecci Rocity. Storefronts were ripped away and roofs damaged throughout the British prov Ince. A Gale blew Over a truck on the Highway near Portadown injuring the Driver. In Brit Horton Northwest England police said winds knocked a school bus carrying about 20 children into n ditch but no oni was Hurt. London Heathrow Airport put airlines on Gale and storm Alert. Statt cleared debris from runways and operations continued. Trans allanic rights arrived 30 to 4 5 minutes Early because of Strong Tail winds. Cardiff Airport in Wales cancelled a morning Fli he to Amsterdam. Flights and sailings were suspended to the Isle of Wight of England s Southern coast. The Severn Bridge which spans the Severn Estuary to link England and Wales was closed to some vehicles. The coast guard reported severe winds in the English Channel. Dozens of ships sought shelter along the coast. The bbl said gales knocked nine of its television transmitters out of action in Northern Ireland and Mainland Britain affecting millions of viewers. Police in Wigan in Northwest England evacuated about 100 residents from three apartment blocks where roofs were blown off. Flooding was reported in parts of Scotland. Some flights classes cancelled by storms by Dave  . Bureau As England prepared for High winds rain and Snow on tuesday. . Basis around the country took extra care to avoid inc damage caused by a similar storm in october. More Strong winds were expected wednesday and thursday. All non Cion Lii personnel at Raf Grenham common were sent Home at noon tuesday because of expected High winds said Cap. Aurdia Blake. Depart ment of defense dependents schools at the cruise missile base also closed at noon because winds were expected to reach Hurricane Force by 3 . At Raf mind Cohall. All flights from Germany into the base s military Airlift come terminal were cancelled White the rest of the base battened Down he hatches said spokesman Jeff Halik. Outgoing flights were leaving As planned he said. "1 think we arc in really Good shape because we be been through this before said Halik referring to the october storm hat caught the country unprepared. Schools at Raf Alconbury closed at _ 30 ., said spokesman staff sgt. Steve scholar. He said they also had can celeb flights by tr-1 reconnaissance air planes. Weather forecasters at the country s weather Center in Bracknell had predicted the record winds monday. By 1 30  Tuesday gusts had already been re ported exceeding 100 Mph. Said Barry see flights on Back Page panel member denies report clears Waldheim Vienna Austria a claims that an investigative panel found president Kurt Waldheim innocent of War crimes stand in starkest t entrust to our findings a commission member said tuesday. After the panel s report was presented to him Mon Day. Waldheim said it exonerated him. Some newspapers also proclaimed the report cleared him. The International panel of six historians declared in Iti report that Waldheim was in direct proximity to criminal actions during his world War ii service As a German army lieutenant in lit Balkans they said Waldheim knew of nazi atrocities and did nothing to Stop them. The document said the panel found no proof he was guilty of War crimes but was leaving the question of guilt open. At a 90-Minule news conference by panel members tuesday. Yehuda Wallach of Srael and Manfred pcs scr Schmidt of West Germany disputed Waldheim s Contention that he was cleared. Headlines claiming Waldheim was innocent appeared in Many austrian dailies. Neue Kronen Zeitung the country s largest tabloid and a Waldheim supporter headlined historians found no personal guilt on Waldheim s part with a red line under  Neues Volf Ciblatt the Organ of the conservative peo ple s Pany led by Alois mock Deputy Chancellor and foreign minister in the coalition government announced All the facts exonerate Waldheim Wallach said of the headlines that simply in t in our report that stands in starkest contrast to our findings hours after the report a presented. Austrian Lela see Waldheim on Back Page nil ail Star  
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