European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news the stars and stripes Friday july 8,1988 Brief heat smog in Athens Send 500 to hospitals Athens Greece a a five Day heatwave blamed for 15 deaths combined with heavy smog in the Athens Basin thursday to Send More than 500 people to hospitals most with heart and breathing  around the country were placed on Alert. Temperatures in Athens reached 106 de Grees fahrenheit at 2 45 . For the second straight , Greece s Northern neighbor re ported at least 26 people dead in a heat wave that has gripped Belgrade for a week. The temperature soared to 104 degrees wednesday. The greek National weather service said temperatures were not expected to drop until Sun Day. Joan Kennedy charged with Drunken driving Barnstable mass. A Joan Kennedy former wife of . Sen. Edward Kennedy faces a hearing aug. 5 on charges of Drunken driving a court official  Patrick Butler entered a plea of in Nocent on behalf of mrs. Kennedy in Barnstable District court on wednesday said clerk Magis trate Omer Chartrand. Mrs. Kennedy 51, did not appear in  hearing was scheduled for aug. 5, Char Trand  police arrested mrs. Kennedy tuesday night after she drove into a Chain link Fence along a Road near the Cape cod Beach according to it. William . Kennedy was not injured in the Accident he said. Police towed and impounded the . Kennedy who joined alcoholics Anonymous was divorced in late 1983. Marine held in Philippines in death of fellow sentry Manila up a 19-year-old Marine is being held by . Military authorities pending the filing of murder charges in the shooting death of a fellow Marine earlier this week the . Navy announced  spokesman at Subic Bay naval station said pfc. Brian a. Murphy 21, was shot in the head at about 9 . Tuesday while on sentry duty at the naval Magazine within the .  Cpl. Michael j. Krone jr., who was on sentry duty with Murphy is being held in pre trial detention pending homicide charges the spokesman said. Shultz says . Opposes return of Khmer Rouge Bangkok Thailand a Secretary of state George p. Shultz told counterparts from a dozen nations thursday that the United states is unalterably opposed to the Khmer Rouge re turning to Power in  said the world Community will continue to pressure Vietnam to withdraw All its forces from Cambodia but added we look Forward to the time when Vietnam will rejoin the Community of  a nine country trip to Asia Shultz spoke at the opening session of a dialogue Between the foreign ministers of the association of Southeast asian nations and Japan austra Lia Canada new zealand the european Community and the United states. 166 feared dead in fire aboard North sea Oil Rig continued from Page 1 57-degree water after he was choked by smoke. Towering flames lit up the night and smoke Black ened the sky thursday. With the passage of time Hopes Are fading of find ing any other survivors said a police statement. Six nato warships diverted from Maneu vers to join the search that filled the skies with helicopters and the Waters with More than two dozen boats. A . Navy destroyer the Hayler led a Nat Force to coordinate Rescue efforts in the area a nato spokesman told the stars and stripes thursday. The other five ships included the Kiln from West Germany the Phoebe from great Britain the Skeena from Canada the Abraham crib Essen from the nether lands and the commandante Sacadura Cabral from  workers died when flames raced through the Piper Alpha s living quarters. Others leaped 150 feet into the water. The Aberdeen coast guard said a team from a Rescue vessel the Sandhaven disappeared into the flames As they headed to the Rig in a Small boat and a second explosion occurred. Police said two of the men were missing. Queen Elizabeth ii sent a message of sympathy an prime minister Margaret Thatcher expressed deep Shock. Aberdeen Hospital spokesman Alan Reid told re porters 21 people were hospitalized 13 of them in serious condition. Carey an instrument technician Lay in a Hospital bed with his Arm in a Sling and his eyes closed by  said he was choked by smoke after hearing the first of two explosions. It was Over the Side or nothing. I just dived. It May have been 60 feet. I was totally enveloped he said. A second explosion sent bits of Lifeboat raining into the water he said. There was a lot of debris floating around and the flames were billowing above us. Found my head was being cooked. I had to keep Duck ing Down to get it  saw bodies float past before he was rescued. Or. Alistair Matheson of the Royal infirmary who treated injured aboard a Rescue ship close to the Rig said there was a strange silence about the place. I could feel the heat of the flames in my face. I knew this was a disaster of major  said survivors told of taking Refuge in a Cool area of the Rig and when the flames approached finding nowhere to jump where the sea was Clear of flames. Two who jumped  who were Lucky and Able to escape were up and at work at the time and were Able to jump straight into the sea and get into Rescue vessels John Bradig Occidental s executive vice president told a news con  announced an urgent inquiry into Why lifeboats with room for 300 people failed to get off the platform. Witnesses said the flames engulfed the Rig and Tow ered Over the  we went on late last night we certainly could see the fire raging from 60 to 70 Miles away and the flames at that time were we d estimate 300 or 400 feet said Royal air Force Squadron Leader Garfield Porter who was involved in the  was the third Accident at North sea Oil installations in the past week. On Friday a blast rocked Brit ish Petroleum s Cullom Voe onshore terminal on the Shetland  tuesday a fire broke out on the North sea Brent Alpha  is one of the major Oil companies operating in the North sea. It has been concentrating recently on developing new Fields  incidents have regularly occurred on North sea drilling production and accommodation platforms since the Start of the off Shore exploration Boom in the 1960s.structural defects explosions or bad weather have All been to blame. Policy from Page 1 affairs committee that the United states was course prepared for any iranian reprisals. Declining to be specific he said we already have in place a very effective counterintelligence strategy around the world and it s being utilized. The one thing you Don t do in situations like this is panic and run to put the Sand trucks up in place. Our government has procedures in place to protect our citizens and our officials who would be Likely tar gets. And they Are being  House speaker Jim Wright called sunday s incident a very straightforward error of  he said the iranian government must assume some serious responsibility for this kind of an error because of the attacks by its gunboats on the Vincennes just before the a-300 Airbus was shot Down. Lawmakers said several factors the skirmish with iranian patrol boats electronic data that made the approaching plane appear to be military and Intelli gence information that indicated heightened Chance of a major attack combined to justify the decision of the Captain of the Vincennes to fire two missiles at an unseen target. The ship s Captain had every reason in the world to feel threatened rep. Ike Skelton d-mo., a member of the House armed services committee. I Don t think he had any Choice but to shoot it  every precaution the ship s commander could take was taken said Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., noting that radar told the ship the approaching plane was descending from about 9,000 feet and gaining Speed. That information was at Odds with data gathered by another ship in the area the guided missile Cruiser John h. Sides which put the Altitude As 12,000 feet and  and other conflicts remain to be cleared up by a Navy investigative team that is sifting through recorded information in the persian  unanswered questions Are Why the Airbus Pas Senger Jet apparently was emitting electronic signatures for both a commercial plane and for a military Craft. House armed services committee chairman Lesa spin d-wis., said he believed the most Likely explanation was that the code for a military plane actually was emitted by a second aircraft in the area but was confused with the signal from the commercial plane on Board the Vincennes an Aegis class  new information emerged from the three House and Senate briefings by defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and a Phalanx of subordinates. The Pentagon did Back off from its earlier assertion that the iranian Airliner was flying outside the pre scribed commercial air corridor conceding that while the plane had deviated from the corridor s Center Thad never actually left the designated airspace. Several lawmakers also said . Forces nervous Ness had been heightened by specific intelligence warn Ings in the Days before that a major attack on them was Likely Over the fourth of july weekend. Anti aids gloves ordered for Drivers in Germany where motorists give first Aid to bleeding tray told the stars and stripes thurs from staff and wire reports t Bonn motorists in West Germany traffic Accident victims. Day. Must add two pairs of surgical gloves to the West German Good Samaritan although a specific inspection policy first Aid kits they Are required to carry in Law requires motorists to assist Accident has yet to be developed concerning the their automobiles under a new Law de victims. Gloves our inspectors will be bound by signed to prevent the spread of aids. The Law will apply to . Service the German Law he said. Members and employees in West Ger Many. Once it becomes a German Law . Forces have to comply with it maj. To transportation ministry spokesman Bernd Balleck said wednesday that the regulation takes effect oct. 1, the associated press reported. The Law Aims to halt the spread of aids in situations Seph Seletski Usa eur vehicle Regis surgical gloves Are available at army and air Force Exchange service Auto parts stores for $1.45 per pair cafes spokesman maj. Charles Hayes said. Gloves have been included in All first Aid kits produced since the beginning of the year he said. Acquired immune deficiency syn drome or aids destroys the body s ability to fight disease according to the a. It is fatal and a cure has not been found. The virus is spread most often through sexual Contact Needles or syringes shared by drug abusers infected blood or blood products and from pregnant women to their offspring