European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 j the stars and stripes Friday Juno 24.198b Syria locates hostages paper says London a Syria has located the place i Lebanon where 15 foreign hostages arc held by Irani an backed guerrillas inc Independent newspaper re ported wednesday. The London daily quoted unidentified syrian intelligence officers As saying the hostages Are imprisoned inside the Hay Madi Barracks of Hezbollah or party or god. In Beirut s Southern suburbs. The report could not be independently confirmed in Washington. Stale department spokesman Charles e. Redman said thai report is not new. We have never been Able to confirm the exact location of the hostages and we cannot confirm this latest re. Port. Redman added although information on the hos tages is conflicting and rarely reliable we have always believed that some of them we in Beirut s Southern suburbs. We continue to pursue All leads about the  the Independent said the syrian officers Are certain that the hostages and their kidnappers Are bottled up in an area no Man than 1,000 Yards Square and that there is no possibility of the captors moving  but the syrians also acknowledged that the hostage cannot be rescued by Force and that negotiations Are needed wih Hezbollah a pro iranian shiite mosle militant faction if the hostages Are to be extricated alive wrote correspondent John Bulloch. The Barracks is situated dose to the line dividing  territory from the Chi Yah suburb dominated by the pro syrian Amai militia the news paper said. Amat and Hezbollah guerrillas had been fighting for control of Lebanon s slums until a cease fire was called in May. The report said the Jingle Story building is guardedly bout 250 men including iranian revolutionary guards and contains three sections including a Clote Section for special guards who give the Orden. The newspaper quoted unidentified intelligence offi cer in Beirut As saying . Marine it. Cot William r. Higgini 43. Who was kidnapped near Tyre on feb.17, was moved o the Barracks before the syrian army entered South Beirut last month. The syrians entered the slums As part of the cease Fin agreement Between amal and Hezbollah. The syrians established the hostages whereabouts from observation and tip offs and from amal fighters captured during fighting with inc Hezbollah who were later released in prisoner exchanges the report said. Eighteen foreigners including nine americans Are missing in Lebanon. The longest held hostage u Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press who was kidnapped in Beirut on March id 198s. Anderson was also reportedly among the hostages inthe Barracks. Three hostages reportedly missing from the Barrack Sare Alec Couett 66, a British citizen and two other hostages of unknown nationality. Collect a new York based journalist was Kidnap for British complicity in the april 15 us. Air attack on Libya. A videotape purporting to show Couett hanged was made Public. The two unidentified hostages were kidnapped on Jan. 26, 1987. News updates i woodworkers Fri Portland Ore. Api no hocs Woodwork Cut  to 12 Boise care corp. Of strike a workers japs out 6,600in four stats. Wood-., a . Workers ref Ltd Toross the lines.  inc. Paper where 300 paper Inions Are a icing left to regain wage Taid benefits last round of contort Nego is two years ago whens he m try was in a recession. Top rebel captured Manila Philippines a the military said tuesday it has captured a top rebel Leader and 40guerrillas, Calina another Crip pling blow to the country s 19 year old communist insurgency. Francisco Pascual who officials said is a member of the Cen trial committee of the outlawed communist party of the Philippines and the others were arrested in raids monday night i Northern Pangasinan province said chief of staff Gen. Renato Davilla. Pascual s arrest brings to at least five the number of alleged Centra committee members captured by the military this year. Earlier arrests included the Man officials say is the party Secretary general Rafael Baylosis and Romulo Kinta Nar the alleged chief of the new people s army. Accident liability White Plains . A a judge has set aside a jury verdict that the american importer of Audi automobiles was liable in a 1985 car Accident saying that the jury had been influenced by Media reports. Attorneys for both sides reached an agreement to Settle the $3 Mil lion suit after judge Matthew cop Pola s action on tuesday. Coppola s ruling came during the second trial stemming from the Accident. The first trial Deall wit liability White the second would have assessed damages. Last thursday a jury found Volkswagen of America Audi importer liable for a 198s three car Accident in which Ruston 38,suffered Back injuries thai forced her to give up her nursing career according to testimony. Foreign Banks agree to reschedule $d5ti lion of Brazil s massive debt Brasilia Brazil  mail son a noon ill announced tuesday that Brazil reached an agreement with foreign ,.vale Banks for the rescheduling ofj67 billion of its is 23 billion foreign debt. The rescheduling package is the larg est Ever negotiated by a developing country Ana covers new and rescheduled Loans a Nobriga said. He also described the Deal Asbell Ever negotiated by a  country. The finance minister Flo said about600 foreign  still had to agree on i hair in share of the new Deal  could be disclosed in Najt Fork before the end of the no details were immediately available. This is the Best Accord that third world country has a Nobriga. Told a press Conj jul last year Dicag artied Servic ing its  of declining Trade  Mulji kits Sharful increased this win Brazil to  re ,i of interest payment i Tartof the new Deal with its foreign ers. Brazil has the largest foreign debt of the developing world and owes about $123 billion 10 foreign Banks govern ments and International institutions. Although the terms of the agreement were not disclosed officials said thai medium and Long term Loans. Bout $62 billion will be Jed while new financing will Lount to 15.2 billion allowing the latin american country to meet its most immediate interest payment commitments. According to the new agreement in Terest will be 0.8125 percent Over Libor the London inter Bank offer Rale governing most International lending transactions they said. Jhc new financing will cover cred to Cru ii swaps Bonds and exit involves repay five the Mem periods on Elvean with a five year Grace period it be new financing and 20 years will an eight Yea Grace period for rescheduled Loam the officials also said. Ford of offer dual air bags in 1989 Washington apr the for motor co. Will make passenger and Driver Side air bags Standard equipment on 1989 Lincoln Continentals the com Pany said wednesday. The move will make Ford the first Domestic automaker and the second in the world to offer the dual bag system Ford vice president Helen Petrauskas said Ata news conference. West Germany s porsche has offered dual air bags on its fou Cylinder cars since i9s7 us Standard equipment on the944 Turbo and extended the offer to the 944 Sand 944turbos for 1988, porsche spokeswoman Martha Mckinley said. In May. Chrysler corp. Announced twas including Driver Side air bags As Standard equipment on six models built after May i. By 1990. Chrysler plans to have Driver Side bags As Standard equip ment on All .-Buili models. Ford last year requested and won for the Industry a delay in a Federal passive restraint regulation Tat would have required air bags on both sides of cars not equipped with automatic scat belts. Instead the National Highway traffic safety administration allowed automakers to count the single bag Driver Side Only systems As passive restraints while they developed the dual bag systems. Petrauskas said the decision prevented lower passenger Side bag development from holding up installation of Driver Side bags. Since 1985, Ford has offered air bags As an option on its Small Ford Tempo Mercury Topaz cars Petrauskas said safety had become an area of intense Competition among the nation s automakers. That safety race is in High gear she said. In the dual system the Driver Side and passenger Side bags share a single set of sensors which detect Impact. Compute controls set off an explosive charge thai inflates the bags in a fraction of a second. The Nitsa Rule required All Auto makers to include passive restraint air bags or automatic front feat Beds on 10 percent of i hair cars in 1987, 25 percent in 1988, 40 percent in 1989 and100 percent in 1990. Ford said 11 of its 1990 car Una will have Driver Side air bags As Standar equipment with projected Sale of i Mil lion vehicles Petrauskas said. On the Tempo Topaz the Driver Side air bag is an $3is option. Ford said it has sold about 12,000 of the air tag equipped Tempo Topaz models a year since 1985 and expects to sell j0,000 Lincoln Continentals in 1989. The dual system is a $3,500 option on the base porsche 944, Mckinley wid adding that porsche hat never offered Driver Side Only air bag system. Of identifies airmen killed in crash Spain air Force officials wedne$8bjtoiiiibihe_nairjes of those killed and injured i morning Accident. Sol Rebecca e. Bolion and airman Daniel Hunsinger died on a two Lane Road on the North sector of the base when a Spanish military bus collided with the victims cant about 7  a sol. Carol Collins a base up Bolton was 25baji4 hu1uihgcr was 26. Cam or Gurm Bolton s 4-year-old daughter was seriously injured in the Accident she was in serious condition wednesday at the Quinica infantile in a Hajj no one on Bolion a i the i  Lii in aircraft maim stationed at Zaragoza for two years. A native of Sling was she is survived by her parents Virgin an Barbara Bolion of Suring. Hunsinger of Kings Mountain ., was a Security specialist with the 406th Security police so. He is survived by Bis wife Clara sue nil 3ft-year-old Doeh a Hull & b his Mother Burna b. Via sett of Shelby  Hunzinger Tod been i at Zaragoza for i Mort 2 years. For a service was held for Bol Ion and Fly ii Ifni the base in wednesday. To officials do not know How Iny peo ple were on the 32-passenger bus when in collided with the two cars Collins Jaid