European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and strikes Friday. May 6,1s88 sex hostage says cellmate was Anderson Paris a a freed French hos Tage said thursday that tic had shared a cell with american Terry Anderson Dur ing his in priv ily in Lebanon. Asked by a French television reporter How he Felt Marcel Fontaine replied we  i passed the time playing dominoes and chess with my cellmate lie added. Asked who his companion was. Fon Taine replied the american Terry an  Anderson 40, chief Middle East correspondent far the associated press is the longest held of the hostages. He was kid napped March 16, i 985. Anderson s sister Peggy say said she was encouraged by the releases. She said the plans to Contact he French hostages and ask what Terry is thinking and dreaming about what his Hopes arc. Haw he s  diplomats Fontaine Marcel Carton and journalist Jean Paul Kauffmann arrived in Paris thursday Afler being freed a Day earlier. Premier Jacques Chirac hinted that France might restore diplomatic relations with Tehran Iran Carton 62, Fontaine 4kaufmann 44, arrived at the military Airport of Vil Lac outlay outside Paris in a government Jet. Iran said its intervention brought about the release of the three. Tehran television monitored in Cyprus quoted a Reia May Yuri b Deputy prime min ister for political affairs As saying Iran interceded for humanitarian  French go Vermont officials denied they struck a Deal for the hostages re lease. A we All know the liberation of our hostages Falls into the framework of our relations with Iran said Chirac who greeted the men at the Airport. It s the authorities in Tehran who intervened with the Capton so that they would free our  France and Iran broke diplomatic re lations last july after an iranian embassy employee refused to submit to question ing about bombings in Paris in septem Ber 1986. The employee Wai allowed to leave Paris to Days after two French hostages were freed in Beirut. Kaufmann a journalist for the weekly Magazine l eve Clement do Judi said earlier that Michel neural the 39-year old researcher captured with him on May 22, 1981, probably died of cancer rather than having been executed As claimed by the kidnappers. Canon and Fontaine were kidnapped March 22,1985. The former hostages were taken to the Val do Grace military Hospital. At the Airport Chirac thanked a Friend of France and Iran but provided no details. Political observers said he was referring to Algeria which was believed to have plays i key role in the hostage negotiations. The Premier also thanked syrian president Hafez Assad and lebanese Mili tary authorities. Interior minister Charles , who had supervised the negotiations emphatically denied reports that France agreed to repay the remaining two thirds of an outstanding is billion loan made by Iran s late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahla Al. Ten French hostages have been freed since Chirac s government took office in March 1986. Blaze from Page 1 when the lire broke out. Some workers climbed a in to upper sorits before they were lifted to safely by a helicopter but one Man trapped in a freight elevator could nol fact away. One of the men was saying car 33 was in flames and he was screaming please help " said cleaning supervisor Zora Litta Movic. Who heard the Man on her two Way radio As she made her Way to the roof. Firefighters mind the body of an unidentified Man after prying open the elevator s doors on the 12lh floor about two hours Afler the fire was extinguished Svider said. The building oae of the West s tallest skyscrapers did not have a sprinkler sys tem because it was erected before codes required one. Officials said the build ing s firefighting system was being up graded when the Blaze hit firefighters continued to search for other possible victims. Two More people were brought Down from the 37th floor around 6 . One a Man in his 20s, was reportedly suffering from smoke inhalation. The other Ner son s id tily and injuries were not immediately available. Broken heat blasted Glass showered onto the streets severing fire hoses and fire capt. Mike Dowers said firefighters did not replace the hoses because they also could be Cut. Some firefighters landed on the roof by helicopter and worked their Way Down to lower floors. Firefighters searched the floors above the burning Levels for other people fire chief Donald Manning said. One fire official said the Blaze frustrated firefighters because they had to use portable oxygen tanks we re running out of air real Quick said copt. Steve Gamey. You be got to walk up 15 stories and by the Lime you get to the i5lh Story you run out of air after five minutes. That s no Way to fight a  in addition to the two people from the37lh floor 33 people suffered injuries mostly smoke inhalation and were taken to hospitals said Jim Wells a fire department spokesman. Tom Scalia 29, said he was working on a sprinkler system for Cosco fire Protection when the Blaze broke out. We were installing sprinklers and they Are not in service at All said Scalia. Fire inspector de Reed who has been with the department 23 Yean said that although no damage estimates were immediately available the Blaze was the worst High Rise fire in the history of the nation s second Large is City in terms of severity and damage. Four helicopters with searchlights swooped around he rooftop to locale people and a police department Heli copter listed 10 people from the roof officers said. We came out and we could t Sec anything but smoke said Radmila Radich a cleaning woman who is caped the fire chief said the building contained no sprinkler system because it was built before local fire codes were modified to require ilium. The water system in the building s standpipe to be used in Case of fire was turned off at the time the fire broke out because it was being upgraded he said. Manning said it was Tucky the fire did not strike during the Day. You might have 6,000 or 7.000 peo ple in there All trying to exit through heavy smoke. The chances arc we would have had a lot of injuries and a lot of fatalities Manning said on lbs this  explosions from Page 1 production co. In the Southern Nevada Community of Henderson fire chief Roy Parrish said a body was found about 25 feel from the Entrance to the fuel Plant but All 12 buildings levelled or severely damaged by the blasts had been searched and no other victims were found. The logical conclusion is we won t find any More bodies Parrish said. Everybody has been accounted for with the one  he said the fuel Plant was evacuated seconds before the first explosion a move that May have saved Many lives there was a Small fire in the Complex. Employees tried to put the fire out but it go out of control. The supervisor then ordered the evacuation Pash said Majja the1 employees had exited the building or were in the Foothills around the Plant when the first explosion occurred. Seconds later there was a second explosion that completely demolished the building Parrish Aid. Hospitals reported treating at least 154 people and at least four were in critical condition. Most had cuts and bruises from flying Glass and debris. Others suffered bums broken Bones or Shock. Authorities initially said one person had died and relayed unconfirmed reports of nine deaths but offi Cial casually reports fluctuated until mid evening. All foods to Henderson a town of 54,590 people Midway Between Las vegas and Hoover dam were closed. Emergency workers warned people away from the area As smoke billowed across the entire Las vegas Valley. Area schools were evacuated and United blood services of Las vegas appealed for donations. Firefighters went House to House to evacuate 20 blocks or the housing development closest to the Plant and another residential area in the Western portion of the City where the toxic Cloud formed. Most of Henderson s other residents left voluntarily. All residents were allowed Back into their Homes by 6 p.m., said Gary Bloomquist. City manager for the Community. Two blasts which levelled the fuel Plant and the Kidd & co. Marshmallow factory next door registered on earthquake seismographs 200 Mil away at the California Institute of technology in Pasadena said spokesman Bob finn. The first blast at 11 53 ., measured about 3.0 on the Richler scale of ground motion the second at 11 57 . Had a magnitude of 3.s. I find that absolutely amazing. That is extremely powerful said finn. Joe Hedrick 30, a worker at the fuel Plant said he heard four explosions Over several minutes with the fourth sounding the most powerful. Others reported three explosions. The smoke was so thick it could choke you said a tearful Hedrick who had cuts on his  the fuel Plant manufactures ammonium perchlorate an oxi Diar used in fuel for the shuttle solid rocket boosters but Nasa said the Accident was not expected to delay resumption of shuttle flights. The explosions followed a fire that began when one of our pieces of equipment malfunctioned a spokes Man said. The fire spread quickly and there was an  the Bias ripped doors from their hinges broke win Dows and crumpled ceilings in Homes in Green Valley two Miles away said Jack London spokesman at de Sert Spring Hospital in Las vegas. Nasa said in Washington that Pacific engineering provides the ammonium perchlorate to Morton Thio Kol Nasa s prime contractor for the motors As Well As to some department of defense programs. Don am Tor a spokesman for Nasa s Marshall space flight Center in Huntsville Ala said Morton Thi Okol had enough ammonium perchlorate in Supply for the next five shuttle launches. Under the prent schedule the fifth launch would be in mid-1989. Blast from Page 1 bum. La looks like there is something on the ground that is burning. Ii Roeln l a qom to Burn out said Jimmy Greco Riding in a medical helicopter 1,000 feet Over the scene. The Blaze cast an eerie Glare across the isthmus be tween the Mississippi River and Lake Pool Chartray 20 Miles upriver from new Orleans. Thick acrid smoke billowed Over the area looking like Thun de Clouds in the red  Force of Floc blast blew out windows. Tie entire metropolitan area was shaken awake As the rattling explosion set off burglar alarms and broke plate Glass windows. Hospital officials said 33 people were injured including at least 19 Community residents. Shell spokes Man Phil Schwin said five people were unaccounted for. Schwin said damage went into the millions including damage at the main shop and control rooms. A Small fire burned in the distilling unit. I be never seen so much damage in Norco even when hurricanes have hit said Ikey Lucas director of St. Charles Parish emergency operations the area from Norco downriver to the Bonnet Carre spillway was ordered evacuated by a special emergency operations office affecting about 2,800 people officials said. An evacuation Center was set up at dest Dian High school but officials allowed everyone to return Home after 9 . Except those living on the two streets next to the refinery. La was very very loud one Thunder behind the other and it Shook the House said one of the evacuees Adam Mashia 65. Who lives less than a mile from the Plant. I thought Well Mayte the russians dropped a bomb " the refinery sits in the Middle of the heavily industrialized corridor along the Mississippi Between new or leans and Baton Rouge. Next to it is Shell chemical Plant which suffered broken windows from the blast