European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 10, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 researcher makes Gem of a discovery new Haven Conn. A libraries reconsidered mines of information but a student digging for knowledge got More than she expected when she discovered 12 uncut diamonds tucked inside an 86-year-old diary. Gerda Ray a doctoral student at the univer sity of California at Berkeley was doing research work at Yale University s Sterling memorial Library last month when she found the gems wrap Ped in old cigarette papers inside a letter. The letter was tucked into a 1902 diary of author Katherine Mayo. Though there have been lots of discoveries Here they have always been intellectual ones said Mary Lafogg an archivist at the Library. Researchers have used the Mayo collection for almost 30 years said Lafogg but no one noticed the diamonds before. V i can t think of anything quite As exciting Lafogg said. Peabody museum mineralogist Eleanor Faller said the diamonds Are not valuable but they match stones found during the Early 1900s i British Guiana now Guyana in South America. The stones were sent to Mayo who died in1940, by a Friend living in British Guiana. The diamonds will be housed in the Peabody museum. Israelis Battle arabs As uprising spreads Jerusalem a israeli Security forces clashed with Arab protesters in six towns and cities saturday As palestinians heeded Calls from underground leaders of the uprising and observed a general strike through out the occupied lands. At least 13 palestinians reportedly suffered injuries from beatings rubber bullets and tear Gas Israel radio and Arab reports said. The army confirmed nine injuries and said a Soldier also was treated for a shoulder injury from a Large Rock thrown by an Arab Ritter. The violence erupted a Day after Israel launched anew crackdown on the uprising by ordering 10 palestinians deported after accusing them of planning series of anti israeli attacks and riots. The strikes observed throughout the Gaza strip an the West Bank paralysed commercial life by shutting shops and halting Public transportation in at least seven major cities. In one clash soldiers opened fire at the Aida Refuge Ecamp near Bethlehem after several palestinians tried to grab a gun from one of the troops and one of the threw stones an army spokesman said. Six arabs were injured by rubber bullets the spokes Man said. Troops also confronted rioters outside the villages Ofa Wein and Aruba near the West Bank town of Ramallal beating and injuring three including a woman the radio said. Troops also battled Arab protesters for 90 minutes in Bani Nairn near Hebron injuring three Arab news re ports said. In the occupied Gaza strip soldiers detained 20 palestinians and beat one of them after a stoning incident in beit Hanoun just North of Gaza City an Arab reporter said. Soldiers also maintained curfews for a second Day on four refugee Camps and part of a fifth in Gaza Arab news reports said. In Jerusalem police used tear Gas to disperse Ara protesters in two neighbourhoods in the City s Arab sector the radio said. On Friday one Arab youth was killed and five were wounded in clashes in the West Bank and Gaza strip. In a new sweep against rebel leaders the army announced plans to Deport six men from the West Bank and four from Gaza. They were accused of being activists in the various terrorist organizations Plo factions who have played a Central role in planning an carrying out recent anti israeli riots and attacks. The men All have served prison terms on charge ranging from armed assaults to membership in either the Fatah or democratic front for the liberation of Palestine the army said. Both Are factions of the Plo which Israel outlaws As a terrorist organization. Four of the palestinians were accused of inciting riots in the disputed lands from their jail cells. Israel has deported 21 palestinians since the Start of the uprising despite repeated . Protests against the move As a violation of human rights. Disabled vet donates plane As historical Marker Atlanta a a Pilot who crash landed in Greenland while making a Charity flight to the German Battlefield where he was shot and partially Par Al Zed during world War ii says he will leave his plane behind As a historical Marker. Clark Harrison who is paralysed from the Chest Down said Friday he was abandoning the trip to Stolberg West Ger Many. He made the emergency Landing thursday after his single engine hand controlled Piper Cherokee ran out of gadabout 40 Miles North of the . Air base at Sonderstrom Greenland. The 63-year-old Decatur businessman suffered a Cut and some bruises in the crash. He said he would take a military flight from Greenland to the United states and then a commercial flight Home. We be decided to leave it up there Harrison said of his air plane during Telephone interview from the base. It s going to be a historical Marker headed half in jest. Although the plane was not badly damaged col. Guy Sumter commander of the Supply base at Sonderstrom said it May not be possible to remove the air Craft which is nose Down in a ditch next to a Pond. Harrison left Dekalb peach tree air port in suburban Decatur on july 1, but was delayed in Canada by bad  finally resumed the flight thursday morning three Days after he had planned to reach Greenland. But he ran into More harsh weather off the coast of Canada and his 19-year old plane was blown off course. Harrison put in an emergency Call and was shocked when it was answered by Pat Epps the owner of Epps air service at Dekalb peach tree Airport who was in Greenland on business. I Felt god was answering Harrison said of hearing his old Friend s voice. Epps notified the base that Harrison was lost and almost out of fuel. On Epps advice Harrison climbed to 7,000 feet so the base could locate him on radar. Harrison said he got his bearings when the Clouds cleared. As he approached the coast of Greenland he saw an Island he recognized from his maps As being North of his plotted course. As he turned South toward the air Force base the plane ran out of fuel. All i saw was mountains and rocks. Looked Down and i saw a Little Lake and it had a Little Green next to it and i said that looks better than anything else " he  was pretty sure i was t going to be in this life when i got on the ground Harrison said. I realized the plane had stopped and i was on the ground but i could t remember where i was and what was doing  he was rescued a Short time later. We knew when he got to the coast by tracking him on radar and we knew where he should have been Sumter said. Harrison s trip was planned As a fund raising project for the Shepherd spinal Center in Atlanta and its Center for in dependent living. Supporters pledged up to $ 1 for each mile covered by Harrison a founding director of the 13-year-old medical facility for spinal Cord injured patients. Harrison had planned to Complete the4,669-mile flight to Aachen West Ger Many on monday. City officials from nearby Stolberg site of the world War ii Battlefield where he was shot by a Ger Man sniper in 1945, had planned a reception at historic Stolberg Castle in his Honor. Witch Way s the water up photo the drought across much of the United states does t worry Ray Masch Meyer a 59-year-old water Witcher i Salinas Calif. Maschmeyer is credited with discovering some 400 Wells i California and Nevada in the past 12 years including the one being Drill Din this photo. The retired truck Driver credits his Success at discovering water to extrasensory perception which Al lows him to reel where the water dislocated underground. Legislators in Nicaragua to study rights situation Managua Nicaragua a . Congressmen arrived Friday saying they wanted a first hand look at the human rights situation in Nicaragua under the leftist sandinista government. We were very concerned that during this whole peace process that we be for gotten the most important people Here that s the political prisoners rep. Thomas delay a Texas told a new conference at Managua Airport. We re very concerned about the conditions and reasons they Are being held said delay a member of the group. The government acknowledges the existence of More than 3,000 political prisoners. The prisoners release is called for by Central american peace plan signed by the Region s five presidents last augustan a cease fire agreement reached in March by the sandinista and Nicara Gua s Contra rebels. More than 900 political prisoners were pardoned and set free by the sandinista is november As a Goodwill gesture Roget the cease fire negotiations going. But the rest Are still  cease fire is still holding despite occasional clashes by the two warring groups. We Are hoping with our visits to once again make sure our concerns on political prisoners Are heard rep. Bev Erly Bryon d-md., said. The congressmen said their trip was not linked to speculation in Washington about renewing . Military Aid to the contras. The United states has been sup plying such Aid off and on since the re Bels began fighting to overthrow the sandinista in 1981.the congressmen were scheduled to meet Over the weekend with opposition and government leaders. Special olympics protest Seoul South Korea a about200 handicapped people demonstrated against the special olympics for disable athletes in Seoul this year saying the government does t provide enough daily care for the disabled