European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. March 9, 198b the stars and stripes Page 3 deaths of 3 Ira guerrillas spark riots London api roman Catholic youths rioted in Northern Ireland after the British  announced its soldiers had killed Hrco unarmed Ira guerrillas it Laid were preparing a terrorist attack in Gibraltar coast. The three people killed were actively involved in the planning and attempted execution of thai act he told the i Louse of commons. Police in Gibraltar said they believe the three were involved in an Irish Republican army plan to detonate a car bomb m the governor s residence during tues Day s ceremonial changing or the guard attended by hundreds of spectators. Fifty members of the Royal Anglian regiment just transferred from duty in Northern Ireland were to take part in the ceremony the Ira fighting a guerrilla War to drive the British from Northern Ireland acknowledged that the three guerrillas were on a Mission Howe said the soldiers opened tire sunday after the guerrillas two men and a woman parted a car with Spanish License plates near the governor s Resi Dence and headed on foot Tor the Spanish Border boo Yards away. Howe said the three guerrillas made movements which led Security personnel to believe their lives were in danger police searched Gibraltar and adjacent Spanish territory on monday for another car believed connected with the three. The theory is that the guerrillas car was reserving a space for a car bomb Howe said Spanish police lipped off the British after a fourth Ira guerrilla they were watching crossed into Gibraltar apparently to Cany out reconnaissance for an and of terrorism he said the movements of the fourth guerrilla suggested the changing of the guard was to be the Ira s target. The daily mail newspaper in London said Spanish police believe the fourth May be Evelyn Glen Holmes who has been linked 10 several Ira attacks. It quoted the police As saying a woman of her description was seen visiting the other three at an apartment in Mal Aga a two hour drive from Gibraltar Howe said a ear for which the three slain guerrillas had keys was found parked on the Spanish Side of he Kate separating this 2.25-Squarc-Milc Limestone Rock from the Spanish Mainland. He said the car contained keys in a third car in acc false passports and equipment including an alarm clock insulating pc and wire that could be used to detonate a bomb. Howe did not identify the British unit involved but 54 americans Hurt As bus overturns on wet Road in Israel Jerusalem ult a bus full of Ameri can tourists skidded off a rain Slick Road in Cen trial Israel and overturned tuesday injuring All 54 passengers two seriously and their guide police and no spill officials said. The americans from North Carolina and West Virginia were on a tour organized by a methodist Church group said a spokeswoman at bar Clai Hospital in the nearby coastal City of Ash Talon. The tourists were All Over 50 Yean old she said the bus was travelling from Northern Israel to Cairo when the Accident occurred at about 8 . Near the town of Scrol. 50 Miles Southeast ofic Rusalem police said. The bus Stid off the wet two Lane Road on a Sharp curve and rolled Over said an Ashk Clon police spokeswoman. More than 20 ambulances raced to the scene of the crash it army radio reported. All the injured were taken to liar Clai Hospital for treat ment the Htu Pill spokeswoman said. Nineteen tourists were and mined to the Hospi Tal. Two were in serious condition with head and internal injuries she said. Four were in fair condition and the rest were lightly injured she said the names of the injured were not released pending notification of their families. The Driver of the bus which belonged to an Easl Jerusalem company was being questioned by police. Vehicles Burn in West Belfast monday after holing Brake out in reaction la the killing of three Ira members. There is speculation members were from he elite Spe Cial air services regiment whose movements Are so Crew howe1 statement won Broad backing from most legislators and several newspapers. But the daily Tele graph which generally supports prime minister mar Garet Thatcher s conservative government said the neutralizing of three known in Iii be Knitli is a Victory for the intelligence and Security services but. He government. Should explain Why it is necessary to shoot dead All three terrorists in the Street rather than apprehend them the outlawed Ira in a statement from Belfast Northern Ireland said the three were on Active serv ice but were unarmed. And this would have been apparent to their  the Ira identified them As Mairead Farrell 31, who had served 10 years in jail for blowing up a hotel Sean Savage 24 and Daniel Mccann 30, both of whom have been arrested on Eipl Osi it charges All three were from Catholic West Belfast where rioting broke out after Howe s statement and continued into the night. Police on monday fired plastic bullets to disperse gangs of youths who hurled gasoline bombs and set fire in 30 vehicles including buses vans and trucks. Police said several shots were tired but nobody was hit by the gunfire. The mainly Catholic Ira seeks to drive the British from Northern Ireland and unite the predominantly Prol sunt province with inc overwhelmingly Irish re Public under socialist Rule. Howe expressed gratitude to inc Spanish authorities for their invaluable  Gibraltar is o sore Point in relations Between Britain and Spain which claims sovereignly Over the Rock it ceded in 1713 after losing the War of the Spanish succession Low Dollar spurring europeans to visit . In record numbers Frankfurt a encouraged by the Low Dol Lar and cheaper air fares europeans from Spain to Scandinavia Are rediscovering America at a record Pace. Tourist visa applications arc flooding . Consul ales across Western Europe and tour operators Lay the number of bookings to the United state is up sharply from last year s record. Trie numbers of visa applicants Are increasing dramatically said Ira Levy chief of the non Immi Grant visa Branch at the . Embassy in London. Donald Mudd chief of consular services at inc . Consulate in Frankfurt said the consulate issued about 600,000 tourist visas last year. We expect a 30 percent 10 to percent Rise this year and this pretty much reflects the rest of Western Europe Mudd said. The association of european airline which includes 21 major airline companies said inc total num Ber of europeans flying to the United slates has in creased about 43 percent since 1985. According to the most recent statistics available to the Brussels based association 7.2 million europeans look flights to inc United states from january to octo Ber 1987, officials across Western Europe polled by the a said the first two months of this year indicate that i9b will be a Boom year for travel to the United states. Britain and West Germany provide inc bulk of tour Isle visiting the United slates and the two countries Are expected to Combine for nearly 2 million . Rips his year Levy said the number of non immigrant visas issued in Britain for inc United states was expected to reach 900,000 this year from 642,000 in 1987, january saw a 69 percent increase in non i Migani visas Over january 1987, and february figures Rose 66 percent Over inc same month last year Levy said. Sheila Beecham owner of american round up a travel Agency in Hercl humps Lead 25 Miles North of London said her business was flourishing. The Rowich in America travel because of inc Dollar recently is tremendous. In the last three months i be had the same amount of business As All lost year said by Cham whose Agency specializes in adventure vacations to the Western states. In West Germany where the Dollar has dropped 50 percent in three years travel agencies also Are thriving As  hours become cheaper. Our january figures Tut 25 percent Over last Jan uary a when we had 25,705 booking said Rolf Nic Lander of ecu laches re Isaburo a travel Agency. His Agency offers two week trips to Florida for s 1,000, Only $350 More than a Mediterranean slay the Swiss Are also frequent International travellers 235,000 of them visited the United Stales last year a 27 percent increase Over 1986. In Greece a Pam am official in Athens said Book Ings for . Destinations were up 30 percent this Yea compared with 1987. In Italy. Mark Dillen spokesman for the american embassy in Rome said there has been a 12 percent increase in the past five months in tourist visa applications for the United Stales compared with the same period in 1987. In Spain . Officials reported a 60 percent to 70 percent Rise in the number of visa applications and in the Netherlands officials said it was up 38 percent in the last five months