European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 17, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 3 a pm Ruck r s Uil burned out wreckage of a Cut hat burst into flames near no. 10 Downing so in London tuesday. Driver Dies As car Burns near no. 10 Downing St. London a police  no sex no Vic Devki was Faund in s car that burst into Dames Early tuesday about 40 Yards from prime minister Margaret Thiol Char s official London residence and office killing the Driver. Police bomb squad officers raced to no. 1u Downing is. Around i . Fear ing a possible terrorist a Hack. However Scotland Yard Bier said in a statement there was no Trace of in explosive  11 added. At no time did the car Moke any attempt to inter Downing Street and. Therefore the prime minis twas not in any  Thatcher s office issued a statement confirming that the prime minister had Beer at no. 0 dawning St. At the Lime of the incident. Scotland Yard said police did not yet know what caused the Green Vauxhall Viva automobile 10 burst into flames Al the Entrance to Downing sired from Whitehall the main thoroughfare in the area. The British Domestic news Agency press association said that gasoline cant were believed to have been found inside the Rar and that one theory was that the Driver deliberately started the fire in order to commit suicide. Hut Scotland a Natl refused 10 comment on that report. Scotland Yard said police had not yet established the dead Man s identity. It said an autopsy will be carried Oul on the badly burned body. We arc not seeking anyone else in connection with the incident it said indicating that police do not believe the fire was the result of crime. A car Pul cd up in Whitehall at the Entrance to Downing Street and burst into flames. The fire was put out by Lon Don fire brigade and the body of a Man was found inside he car the Scotland Yard statement said. The incident was witnessed by a police officer on duly at the Mucial Security barriers that separate Downing Street from Whitehall. The car had been travelling Down Whitehall from the direction of parliament Scotland Yard said. Whitehall was sealed off for about thru hours As police investigated the burned out Auto before removing it. I Clicc estimated the car was about to Yards from Thatcher s residence. Donn ing Street is a very Short dead end Street with no. 10 located toward the far end from Whitehall. Thatcher Heads 1988 list of world s Best dressed Iron lady meets Wax lady Prim minister Margaret thilem Riihl meets her match tuesday at Madame Tussaud s Wax museum in in Julun. The Conser tin a focus attention on soviet fashion in the course of her travels abroad. A spokesman said the voters apparently considered Gorbachev s nomination premature and her effect on the fashion world  actress Audrey Hepburn was Given a special citation for her perennial yet always contemporary fashion image plus her worldwide inspiration for the current revival of the 1960s  Hepburn has been a Mem Ber of the list s fashion Hall of Fame since 196. Others on the list were Susan Gutfreund Alexandra Theodor Acopulos Marina Pajma and Judy Taubman of new York truth Landeau of Paris Victoria Niarchos of London novelist Anna Murdoch wife of International newspaper publisher Rupert Murdoch London restaurateur Mark Birky Richard Burl the . Ambassador to West German Forbes Magazine ecu Sivc c Chrisl Opici Forbes new York banker James Nivon or. American Painter Julian Schnabel German Prince Heinrich Fursin Borg French count Sebastian de Ganay and colombian Buu Neu tycoon Julia Mario de Santo r Omingo. Santo Domingo s wife was one of five Veteran Best dressed names who were elevated to the Hall of Fame. The others were american novelist Joan Juliet Buck Carol Price wife of . Ambassador to Britain Charles Price Toronto socialite Hilary Weston and Mercedes Kellogg an iranian born Nev yorker linked romantically to Texas billionaire Sid Richardson Bass