European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday. March 29,1988 protected stroll thu women push their children in Strolli k across a wire covered Rool Bridge in Belfast Northern Ireland. The Bridge spanning a main Road is covered to prevent bombs or other Objeeg being dropped onto Moffic. Barely its Fate through be wire is dig Laap re to Vale for sinn fein the politics win of tie Ira. 7,000 evacuated in Rotterdam while experts defuse bomb Rotterdam Netherlands a More loan 7.000 residents were evacuated and 14,000 were or dered to stay indoors sunday while dutch army Siplo Sives experts defused a huge bomb from world War ii. No one was injured in the operation which look place in a densely populated residential District life returned to Normal after authorities removed the bomb s Detonator shortly after j . Sunday s s3.is million operation invoked More than 2.ddo police and cily officials. It was the largest evacuation since i9 a when massive floods in the southwestern Netherlands killed Mart than 1,700 peo ple. Al least 14 people were her med for ignoring the order to slay indoors. Authorities also vacated an indoor skating rink to accommodate up to 700 Pels whose owners insisted on i hair evacuation. Dut Only four cats a dog and a few Birds were taken there said City Hall spokesman Ben Van Der Schaaf. The 1,000-Pound bomb was dropped by a typhoon bomber of the British Royal air Force on nov. 29, 1944, during what was meant to be a precision raid on the local Headquarters of Itic nazi Security service or . The building. 500 Yards from Ira site of sunday s operation in a densely populated inner City District was Only slightly damaged in the Laid and most of the 61 killed were local residents. The Raf bomb Tore into a Back Yard Only a Tew Yards from in apartment Block. It was soon forgotten and Lay buried More than 30 feet Down until a resident reminded cily Hall of its presence during renovation work last May. All resident living within 300 Yards of inc bomb were evacuated. Police searched their Homes u make sure they were empty shut off Gas and water Mains and scaled front doors. All residents living 300 to 600 Yards away were or dered to close their doors and windows draw their curtains and stay indoors. Two army  Uperti using a 50-Yard rope then unscrewed the Detonator of the i w foot Long bomb said their chief. Maj. Adriaan Spra Niemeijer. The tenses moment of the defusing operation came As the pair Hod to leave their a Cavil armoured Cabin to Pul out the clonal or with a pair 4 bombing raid by four typhoon squadrons of the rap s i4lh Wing. It was terrible but at least i came through of said Bano a 69-year-old retired bicycle repairman. Although the authorities had launched a massive Media Clort weeks in Advance of the operation police said they bad m break open More than 100 Homes of people who were not there and had not hindu in their keys in Advance probe of scientists deaths urged Loman up the death of an eighth scientist involved in secret defense work in the past two years has prompted a member of parliament to Call for a government investigation. Doug Hoyle a member of parliament for the opposition Tabor a any said sunday that def Rue Secretary George younger should investigate the siring of deaths. Trevor Knight an Engineer at the Marconi defense contractor was found dead in nil car saturday apparently a suicide. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances. But seven other defense scientists have died in the past two years and some have worked foe Marconi. Some of the men were apparent suicides others died in accidents. Hoyle said it is time for the government to investigate possible links by tween the deaths. Is it limply Uve Woik or something More sinister Hoyle asked. The defense ministry had no comment. To owners said. Killing of migrating Birds protested by maltese Valuet a. Malta up maltese Bird Roveti have proles cd lie annual massacre of up to 43,000 migrating Swadow Martins and swifts when the Spring season brings to this Mediterranean Island. More than 30,000 swallows House Martini and Sand Mart ins Art shot Down in Malta each year and up to 15,000 swifts arc also killed the maltese ornithological society said the Birds commit the Folly of lying through Malta s airspace on their Long migration from Southern Africa to Europe. Waiting in the Fields Are hundreds of Amateur marksmen who shoot at the Birds As org prac  in society  to a press statement migrating Birds have been protected bylaw in Malta since 1980. But the Law has had Tittle effect pro ports said w. Germany to introduce new Mark Bills in 1990s Frankfurt a West Germany will Over haul its Pap i Money starting in 1490, making it More difficult to forge Aad easier to use in Money automate the country s Central Bank Hai said. The Bundesbank or to Antral Bank Ltd a 100 Maik it 110 note is to be created and other Bills will be gradually changed throughout the i to. The i change under consideration include enlarging the Bills Watermark and creating a rough surface on Bills so they can be differentiated by touch. The Bank wid out notes will retain their value and Only gradually be liken out of circulation