European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday. Ma/7.19bb hostage s sister to pursue release jutav1a, . Of Peggy say the sister of american journalist Terry Anderson said thursday she will co a Paris 1o talk id a freed French hostage who said he knew her brother in Captivity in Leb anon. Marcel Fontaine a 45-year-old French Diplomat freed by pro iranian moslem extremists wednesday along with iwo countrymen said that he was Ander son s cellmate and that the two passed Lime by play ing dominoes and chs. It s Good to know Terry is alive but i m afraid this does t necessarily mean anything Wilt be Forth coming say said from her Home she said she hoped to arrange a meeting Wilh Fontaine this week end. They must have talked and maybe he knows some thing Aboul what Terry is thinking i m hoping he can give me some indication of what i should do  Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press has been held since March 16,1985, the longest of any foreign hostage in Lebanon. As she has in the past say expressed frustration a what she said was a Lack of action by the . Gov comment to win their release. It s wonderful news for the French she  it makes i All the More frustrating and disappointing to compare what their government docs to what our government  French Interior minister Charles Pasqua super Vised the negotiations that led to the release of the three men and said France had not paid Ransom but one French radio report said France would repay a $400 million loan to Iran As part of the Deal. In Washington the Reagan administration which officially opposes negotiating with terrorists said it hoped no deals were made for the free Dom of the i rec frenchmen. I find it her embarrassing that they would Call France to task for making a Deal in View of the fact that this government so Darm to Iran in a poorly conceived Inillar Bethai might have freed the hostages say said. What they arc saying is that they know of no other solution to this situation than to let these men  and town labor posts gains in British elections London a the socialist labor party scored heavily in municipal elections Early Friday overtaking the conservatives m the first electoral lest of tory prime m i Nisler Margaret Thatcher s Radical third term program. The big loser in thursday s voting was the social and Liberal democratic party however. It we formed in March to merge the centrists but a breakaway fat lion remained a spy rate party. With results in from most of the 211 councils being contested in England Wales and Scotland labor had a net gain of 109 scats while the conservatives had a net loss of three and the centrists lost More than 70, the Brit ish Domestic news Agency press association calculated. At slake were one third of the nearly 4,000 scats in 158 English and Welsh districts and the entire councils of All 53 cities and towns of Scotland. There lire no elections this year in London and Northern Ireland. A British broadcasting corp. Computer analysis showed labor took 39 percent of the Vole a nine Point jump since the general election last june while the con Kru Zivra had 37 percent five Points Down and the centrists with in percent suffered a four Point drop. The la Borics kept Birmingham Britain s second largest City and Edinburgh the scottish capital and took control of Cambridge. Despite a five Point swing against the conservative compared with last june however the tories posted gains in the South and look control of five councils where previously no party had control. The tories had control of 46 of the contested cities and towns up five labor had 94, up three the centrists eight unchanged while 63 authorities were run by independents or had no Overall control. 1 killed 33 Hurt 5 missing Oil refinery explosion in Norco la. Apr ran explosion and fire ripped through a Shell Oil co refinery thursday leaving one person dead 33 injured if love missing and forcing 2,800 residents to evacuate of meals said. The last was so powerful it arc windows and set off burglar alarms 20 Miles away and Whell spokeswoman Sarah Colleti said both Plant Worpul and neigh boyhood residents were injured. The Back door where we process shipment pc Lely blown off there s Daylight All Over the Nui ing said Gloria is Lillotte manager of a nearby Sta smashed by the blast. The blast occurred at a catalytic Cracker which Vert crude Oil to gasoline but no cause wan Coletti said. The fire was brought Undra Intro 5w hours after the 3 30 . Explosion  to bum. It looks like there is som Thyron the ground that is burning. Ii does t  out said Jimmy Greco Riding in a  1,000 feel Over Trie scene. The Blaze cast an Cody Glare across the isthmus be tween the Mississipp Kiver and Lake ,20 my pcs upriver from new Orleans. Thick acrid smoke Billows Over the area looking like Thun de Clouds Irr Fly red glow. The fyn of the blast blew out windows. The entire my Trademan area was shaken awake As Ibe rattling explosion set off burglar alarms and broke plate Glass windows. Hospital officials said 33 Copl Cavere injured including at least 19 Community raft cols. Shell spokes Man Phil Schwin said five pc were unaccounted for. Schwin said Damme Well into the millions including damage Aiti Rma m shop and control rooms. A Small fire Bunin the distilling unit seen so much damage in Norco even whenj�hrrieatit5 have  said icy Lucas director of Narles Parish emergency operations. The area from Norco downriver to the Bonnet Carre spillway was ordered evacuated by a special cmdr gun a  office affecting Aboul 2,800 people offi Aid. An i citation Center was set up at do Surehan High school to to officials allowed everyone to return Home after 9  those living on the two streets next to the refinery in was very Var loud one Thunder behind the other and in Shook us Juliusc said one of the evacuees Adam Mashia Osho lives ims than a mile from the Plant. I though Ltd ii maybe the russians dropped a bomb " the refinery is s in the Middle of the heavily industrialized corridor along the Mississippi Between new Orleans and Baton Rouge. Next to in is a Shell chemical Plant which suffered broken windows from the blast. Of Plant a us vegas police a Parr null helicopter surveys the Wen around what had been a pm sol nuking Rock cd fuel. A photo from Page 1 this product through either Federal or slate Osha occupational safely and health administration we be had people burned we be had people blowup minor explosions that severely injured workers Thompson charged. I think if we had had proper safety standards in effect and caring people we  have what we have today a major catastrophe on our  the Union released a letter from John Molovich safety and Heath technician Wilh the United Steelwork ers Union after a 19h2 Lour of the Plant. In the letter he called the Plant one of the worst i have Ever Bee into and added "1 cannot understand now this Plant has not been blown off the face of the  it is a Safe Plant and i am slating there have Bee no fires there Gibson countered we had inspections from Osha and we had no continuing problems Wilh  Osha officials say they Are barred by state Law from discussing any company s record James Candrell. Maintenance general Foreman at the Plant called the Union official hard noses and con tended Pacific had the Best safety program anybody  he called the explosion a Freak Accident. But Bill Piper 34, a for Tifi operator Al Ibe Kidd  factory said the tire was burning Al Pacific engineering for quite some time before the explosions