European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday. April 78. 1988 saudis break ties with Iran three Ubai to bases win f. A awards in fire Protection cite to go cd Mots quit sch cos u a it or Ormano the air Force thre Safe Ramstein a. West Germany the air forc in Europe awarded Ihrck bases fire Protection awards for i hair Community involvement unil achievements and Overall Superior performance in 1987, a command spokesman said tuesday. Torrejon a. Spain won the award in the Large base category Raf Chicksands. England won the award in the Small base category Lindsay As West Germany received the fire prevention program award. Trans corps holding Ball to Mark 46th anniversary hiui3f.lberg the trans corps bal will be june is at the Heidelberg officers and civilians club in Patrick Henry Village. The Celebration will Mark the 46th anniversary of the trans corps. The Hall is open to corps commissioned and warrant officers e-7s and above civilian a Creonne gs-7 and above former trans corps aviators and guests the even begins Al 6 . And the. Cost including dinner is j25 per person. Attire for military personnel is formal. Civilians May Wear Tuxedo business suit or gown. For reservations Contact local unil representatives or maj. John Fountain at ets 325-2724. Machrihanish Petty officer named Europe s Best Sailor London a special warfare cd part based at Raf Machrihanish. Scotland has named Sailor of he year for the . Navy in Europe. Petty officer . Mark i. Skiera 28, a sea. Air and land specialist with the Nava special warfare unit two. Will go on to compete with of her top sailors til the service wide Competition next month according to Navy , a nine year Veteran of the Navy serves As his unil s assistant operations officer. The mams cd mich., native has been stationed Al tile Scotland base since july 1936. Riyadh saudi Arabia map saudi Arabia said it decided to end relations with Iran because of a riot by iranians in Mecca a raid on the saudi embassy in Tehran and iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the persian Gulf. The saudi government s announcement tuesday was in a statement broadcast by stale ran television and distributed by the official saudi Frew Agency. Saudi Arabia ordered All iranian diplomats to leave the kingdom within a week a memorandum about the decision was handed to the iranian charge d affaires in Riyadh the news Agency reported. There was no immediate Public comment from Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini s revolutionary re Gime. To saudi statement translated by the associated press said King fund s government had Cir Cisco self restraint and prudence and had sought to nor Malize relations despite iranian terrorism and sub but the kingdom s positive stance gained no response whatever from the iranian Side which persisted in perpetrating hostile practices in said. Therefore the government of saudi Arabia decided to break its tics with the islamic Republic of Iran and asked All personnel of the iranian embassy in Riyadh and consulate general in Liddah to leave the kingdom within a week the statement said. Iranian speedboats attacked a saudi owned Tanker in the Strait orho Mui sunday a jul hours after presi world today private Law firms of d in chinese Experiment Beijing Kupij China s first private attorneys will hang out their shingles in Southern China in an Eup Crimont designed to boost profits and provide an alternative to slate run Legal firms according to press reports received tuesday. Private Law firms will bal ome responsible for their own profits and looses and have to locale and pay for space to set up their own offices the Zhenzhen special economic zone daily said. Three attorneys in Guan thou province have Al ready received permission to set up Law practices in the special economic 7one that Borders Hong Kong. Pm Cheng state judicial minister said private Law practices will be permitted Only in Zhenzhen for the time being. I a said he Hopes the reforms will help quell foreign businessmen s distrust of chinese lawyers on the government s payroll. Cai also said chinese citizens who run private businesses May be Mart comfortable Deal ing with private attorneys. Soviet Union reports 10-year population Rise Moscow rate Down. Fat under weigh hawaiian sumo willing Champion a Nishiki Turies onto � scale in a special procedure int measures hit til. He s submerged in special 8 fool deep a Ter Lank during a television show in Tokyo the result one third of his 557-Pound weight it Iii. Dent Reagan warned Iran to stay Clear of Neutral ships. Hormuz 11 the narrow Gateway to the Gulf at the water Way s Southern end. Reagan s warning to Iran came after the . Navy Sank or disabled sin iranian vessels in Battlo in the persian Gulf. The clashes occurred after the Navy destroyed two iranian offshore Oil facilities to retaliate for a mine explosion in the Gulf that damaged a Navy guided missile frigate and wounded 10 american sail ors on april 14. Inc United slates said Iran Laid the mine. Iran which has been at War with Iraq since septem Ber 1980, routinely attack commercial ships in the Gulf to retaliate for iraqi raids on iranian vessels. Iraq s attacks on ships owned by or doing business with Iran Are aimed at cutting Iran s Oil revenues which help finance the or. An informed source in Washington said privately on tuesday thai saudi Arabia s decision to end Diplo Matic tics with Iran was made Al a meeting of the saudi Council of ministers monday night. Saudi Arabia and most other Arab countries support Iraq in its War with Iran. Iran is a moslem nation bul its people Are persian not Arab. Iran and saudi Arabia have made critical statement about each Oiler since the riots in Mecca on july 31, 1987, in which 275 iranian pilgrims were killed Tod the looting of the saudi embassy in Tehran. A saudi Diplomat died of injuries suffered in the embassy raid. Himalayan climber fell. Or froze expedition chief says Katmandu Nepal a the Leader of an american expedition in the Himalayas said tuesday his missing colleague fell or forc to death Atler reach ing the top of 23,4i8- ool mount human. Chris Leib Ingul 27, of Wasilla. Alaska has been missing since april 18, the Day he and cup edition Leader John Tuckey reached the lop of the Mountain. Either Chris fell to death or froze said Tucky of Girdwood Alaska. We could nol find his body. So we presume. He has got to be dead right according to Tuckey. Leib Ingul disappeared at 6 40 . Two hours after the two had reached the Summit Al a place about i4b feel Mctaw the highest Point. At the Summit Chris complained of dizziness and was acting confused he said. So we descended � Short Way wow the it became dark. And very he continued so i started to dig a Snow Cave for us in preparation for spending the night there. While 1 was digging Chris wandered off and walked away. I Hove not seen him since Tuckey 37, said he Speni the night alone in the Snow Cave and the next Day descended the Cost Ndoc of the Mountain. On april 11, the two had started climbing the South Era Ridge of the Peak accompanied by Doug White 27, of Walnut Creek calif., and Randy Kopanos of Eldo Rado Springs. Colo. The group left their base Camp at the 17,3 in foot level without the help of she guides setting up their first Camp the same Day and a second Camp the following Day. White and Kopal then resumed to base Camp. They were moving slowly Tuccy said. We thought we would have a belter Chance of Success if we moved faster. So Chris and i continued. We went in Alpine style no fined ropes Een. That is Why we had logo 2 soldiers killed in Northern Ireland Belfast. Northern Ireland a two soldiers were killed tuesday in separate attacks in Northern Ireland one of them a part timer who was shot White out on his regular Job collecting garbage police reported. Pvt Edward Gibun. 22. A part time Soldier of the Ulster defense rep was killed by gunmen As he was emptying garbage cans in the Village of Coagh about so Miles West of Belfast. In the second attack a bomb exploded at Carrick More 17 Miles weit of Coagh. A Soldier on Foo Pairol was Hurt by the blast and died soon after a Tyrone county Hospital. Two other us Dicks in the patrol were injured the outlawed Irish Republican army in a message 10 news organizations claimed responsibility for toll ing Gibson. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the death of the other Soldier who T nol immediately identified bul police suspect the Ira. Gibson s killers Ihui from behind a Wall and then fired More bul flu into him it close Range police said. Gibson joined the Ulster defense regt three weeks ago police said. The regiment is. A locally recruited British army unit
