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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2fl the stars and stripes sunday May 8,1988 palestinians exhorted to continue uprising news briefs Jerusalem a a leaflet distributed sat urday by an islamic group called on palestinians to intensify their uprising against israeli Rule urging More attacks on the  nine arabs were injured saturday by beatings and rubber bullets in sporadic clashes with israeli troops in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip Hospital officials said. The  said that it had no reports on the beating but that it was checking reports about the clashes. The leaflet issued by a religious underground called Hamas an arabic acronym for the islamic Resis Tance movement appeared to be an attempt to Spur the 5-Monlh-Oid rebellion which has sparked fewer incidents in the past few Days than in ill initial stages. Referring to Israel the leaflet said the zionist entity and collaborators and enemies of the nation try to licence the voice of Fth inti Adeh arabic for uprising they do not understand that we draw our strength and determination from our religion. We have patience the leaflet added. We will continue our blessed int Eyadeh with All our strength and determination. Forward on the Road of dignity and Victory More sacrifices More attacks on the enemy the enemy of the  the leaflet was printed Friday and distributed at morning prayers saturday As instructions for carrying on the rebellion for the last 10 Days of the islamic month of Ramadan which is marked by Daylong fasts and feasts at night. The leaflet also urged special prayers and Obser Vances Over the Neit week in memory of palestinians killed in Itie rebellion the uprising has claimed the lives of 184 palestini ans and two israelis since it a an dec. 8, according to . Figures. Police suspect pro iranians in two kuwaiti bombings Kuwait up police suspect Pra iranian terrorists May have planted a bomb at a parking lot in the City of Kuwait which wrecked the offices of a . Car rental firm on saturday. A police official said the explosive device appeared to be of a similar make to a bomb that ripped through the Kuwait offices of saudi arabian airlines last Wees. At first glance both explosive devices appear Simi Lar said an official who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said it was possible a pro iranian group was responsible. Iran has strained relations with both the United slates and saudi Arabia. The . Navy attacked two iranian Oil platforms in the persian Gulf last month after a mine damaged a . Warship. And saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic relations with Iran sparking fury in Tehran. The explosion rocked a multistory parking lot in downtown Kuwait City Early saturday wrecking the office of the . Car rental firm Avis and causing extensive damage to adjacent buildings eyewitnesses said. Police cordoned off lie area after the blast and shattered Glass and twisted Metal could be seen Tiller ing the car Park floor. An Interior ministry spokesman said the explosion occurred at 7.30 a.m., about an hour before offices in the building opened. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast. British release names of 2 killed in Hannover crash from staff and wire reports Hannover West Germany British military authorities saturday released the names of two service men who died in a helicopter crash Friday. Trying officers Philip Anthony Brewer of Braintree England and James Stewart Mcmenomy of Gainsborough England were killed when their ,-bui1l Royal air Force Chinook helicopter hit a loading ramp while taxiing after an air show at Hannover. Mcmenomy 23, was the navigator of the helicopter a spokesman for the British  of the Rhine said. Brewer 22, was aboard As a spare Crew member. Three other servicemen including the Pilot were injured in the crash. The helicopter burst into flames after one of its rotors struck the loading ramp. A statement by the British  of the Rhine said we can confirm that a Chinook Royal air Force Heli copter from glitch slow air base had a ground taxiing Accident at Hannover Airport it said there were five British military personnel aboard the .-made Chinook helicopter and three survived but were in  Gilt Erslon base is 65 Miles Southwest of Han  Airport tire officials said at least nine people near the ramp were injured. Officials also said numerous others suffered minor injuries from flying debris in the Accident at the Hannover Airport. . Fires Force evacuations new York up a fire on the 11th floor of a Manhattan office lower Friday and underground explosions in front of a nearby High Rise five hours later forced hundreds of people to evacuate both buildings officials said. Only four people were reported injured in the two incidents that were within three blocks of each other in the City s financial District Only two Days after a raging fire gulled five floors of a los Angeles skyscraper killing one person and injuring 40. In the latest new York mishap explosions and fire ripped through High voltage electrical equipment be Neath the front sidewalk of a 26-Slory High Rise at 5 . As office workers were flocking Home said a tire department battalion chief James Edgeworth. About 600 people fled Down stairwells to escape the smoke and fire that enveloped the building a preg Nant woman a businessman and a firefighter suffered minor injuries authorities said. The consolidated Edison Utility company said lire in a High voltage Cable sparked the explosions. Fire fighters initially were unable to Hose water onto the electrical fire that quickly bumped itself out. Five hours earlier a Smoky fire erupted before noon on the 1 Ith floor of the nearby 17-Story Royal insurance building facing hundreds of workers to evacuate that building. One firefighter was stricken with heal exhaustion. A fire department spokesman said the noontime fire May have been caused by an electrical malfunction possibly in an air conditioning unit in the itch floor offices of Agu Dalh Israel � non profit jewish Organiza Tion. The 200 employees working in the organization s it in and i2lh-floor offices were evacuated immediately some of them fleeing to the roof the whole building was eventually emptied before the fire was brought under control. 1 Pittsburgh quintuple Dies of birth complications Pittsburgh a one of a set of quintuplets bom three months prematurely has died of complications caused by the Early birth Hospital spokeswoman said saturday. Rachel Lauren sir Ounich died Friday afternoon ill Magee women Hospital Laid spokeswoman Mary Hughes. The parents Terry Simunich 26, and her Hus band. Max 28, of Greenville announced i rebirths april 29. The babies the Simunich first were delivered during a five minute Span jus before and after Midnight april 27. Snow blankets Nevada twisters hit Midwest by the associated press a wintry storm settled Inlo inc Rocky mountains saturday after dumping 14 inches of Snow on pans of Nevada and unleashing tornadoes that descended on several midwestern states. A Winter storm warning was patted saturday in the mountains and Foothills of Montana As the storm drifted toward the Rockies East of the Continental Divide. A Snow advisory went into effect in the Bighorn mountains of Wyoming saturday mom ing and a High wind warning covered Eastern Wyoming. A Frost advisory also was posted Over the West Central valleys of Colorado saturday morning. The heavy snowfall in Eastern Nevada ended Friday night leaving 14 inches of Snow at Jack pot and Austin Summit. In Wyoming 5 inches of Snow fell at Burgess Junction while Yellowstone National Park received at least 3 inches of Snow. Meanwhile tornadoes touched Down Friday afternoon and evening in Wyoming and in Sev eral areas of South Dakota North Dakota and Montana. No injuries were reported. Reagan urges Quick of of  control treaty Washington a president Reagan on saturday urged the Senate to swiftly ratify spending  control treaty and enable us to gel on with the Job of eliminating these nuclear missiles Senate majority Leader Robert a Byrd d-w.va., has tentatively set wednesday for the Start of Senate debate on the treaty which if ratified would require the elimination of -and soviet ground launched intermediate and Shorter Range nuclear weapons Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorba Chev signed the treaty at their Summit in Washington in december and Reagan submitted it to the Senate the following month. The president said saturday he is confident thai the treaty will be ratified. He has said previously that he Hopes this will be done before heroes to Moscow for another meeting with Gorbachev May 29-Junc 2. Bobgan 9 remarks in his weekly radio address made no reference to Byrd s demand for written assurances that the treaty will cover futuristic weapons such As those using laser rays. $1.5 billion lawsuit filed against two unions Miami a Eastern airlines i cd two fits unions for 11,1 billion Friday accusing pilots and machinists of Eastern bashing to drive Down the Carrier s value so they could buy i cheaply on the Stock Market. In the latest in a series of labor management Battles at the ailing airline Miami based Eastern and Parent company Caas air corp. Allege that the International association of machinists and the air line pilots association have campaigned to smear1 them. The smear Campaign is one of a number of antics to facilitate a takeover airline attorney Parker folic Iii of Houston said. Eastern s Alpa chairman John Bavis among those named individually in the Federal Conn suit brushed it off As a company lactic to diver attention from a . Department of transportation probe of the carriers finances and safely  
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