European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday july 11,1988 news updates Bhopal Challenge new Delhi India a the government has asked the supreme court to reverse a Legal order that would lower the amount of interim Relief for victims of the Bhopal Gas disaster. India is suing Union Carbide for $3 billion in damages Stem Ming from the leak of toxic Methyl is Cyanate Gas from a pesticide Plant in the Central Indian town of Bhopal on dec. 3, 1984. Nearly 3,000 people were killed and More than 20,000 seriously injured by the Gas. It is considered the world s worst Industrial disaster. Sentenced to hang Harare Zimbabwe a a senior intelligence officer convicted of killing a Motorist during a Roadside argument has been sentenced to death by hanging. Paul Maurisa 43, a senior offi cer in the Central intelligence organization was convicted of Mur Der for the Jan. 30, 1987, shooting of Herbert Nyamu Kondwa. The court ruled that the Motorist s death had a keenly demoralizing effect on citizens who sought Protection from state Secu Rity officers. A photo Woodhouse to s dog lady Dies at 78 London a dog Trainer Barbara Woodhouse whose teaching methods and kindly manner made her an International celebrity died saturday at the age of 78, relatives said. Her family said she died in a Hospital in Buckinghamshire Northwest of Lon Don after suffering a stroke a month ago. She suffered a first stroke in 1984. Woodhouse s son Patrick said we shall miss her very much but she had been very ill for some  in the 1970s and Early 1980s, Mil Lions 9f dog owners in Britain and the Woodhouse United states watched Woodhouse schooling pets on the British broadcast ing corp. Television program training dogs the Woodhouse  before Long Loyal viewers were telling their dogs Walkies As her byword caught on. Woodhouse s Book no bad dogs the Woodhouse Way was a Best seller in 1982. She insisted no dog was a trainable and showed they could be taught within minutes with tone of voice telepathy and a Little bit of  her Way of getting to know an animal was to breathe into its  s smiling bespectacled face framed by Short Gray hair became familiar sight on television talk shows. In 1980, she was named female to personality of the year in Britain. She had an amazing ability with Ani Mals said her husband or. Michael  woo houses lived in Crowley Green in Hertfordshire North of  daughter of a Clergyman Wood House developed her Knack with animals Asa child when her Mother boarded dogs. She Learned she could Stop their Barking by talking to them in a quiet voice. She trained dogs As her three children were growing up and at one time ran a hotel Tor dogs and their owners. Downstream from Cairo 111., barges lie stranded by the Low water level that continues to plague transportation on the Ohio River. Thunderstorms move Over Midwest but Region remains mostly hot dry by the associated press rain fell saturday on parts of the parched Midwest including an Iowa town where hopi indians performed a rain dance the night before but else where in the Region the sky was Clear and dry and temperatures Rose As High As 102 degrees. Clouds kept temperatures below the 90s across much of the Plains and the Mississippi Valley but readings hit 100 in Tennessee Kentucky Indiana and Ohio the National weather service said. Louisville ky., hit a record High of 102. It was the first time since july 1954 that there were three consecutive Days of 100 or higher readings in Louisville the weather service said. Other records were posted in cities from Indiana and ten Nessee to new England. Government observers meanwhile spent most of saturday surveying drought stricken River basins in Central and Southeastern Kentucky. The Field work was the immediate result of the executive order signed Friday by gov. Wallace Wilkinson declaring a statewide water emergency. In Boston a hot weather emergency was declared and two Community centers were opened for anyone Over 60 who needed an air conditioned escape. While the weather in most of the nation was arid Snow lows worked nearly four hours Clearing a foot of Hail from interstate 25 on the North Edge of Colo Rado Springs on saturday afternoon the Colorado state patrol said. The Ohio environmental Protection Agency issued an Ozone warning because the hot air Over the state s metropolitan areas has trapped pollution. Related Story Page 9. Cincinnati mayor Charles Luken declared a heat emergency in his City extending the hours of operation at five of the City s air conditioned Cooling Cen  Strong thundershowers and gusting winds swept through Southern and Cen trial Kansas on saturday As Well As North Western Wisconsin and Iowa. Several Iowa cities reported More than an Inch of rain including 1 Inch at Audubon where 16 hopi indians per formed rain rituals Friday night. Scattered showers and thunderstorms swept through Northern Wisconsin. Milwaukee has 30 water trucks operating around the clock to save the City s Trees. At least half of the 30,000 Young Trees planted in the past three years at a Cost of $8 million will die if they do not get water City forester Bob Skiera said. Thunderstorms that moved Over Minnesota late in the week provided the first heavy rain there in several months the weather service said. As much As 5 inches fell at Finlayson in Central Minnesota the weather service said. In spite of that we Are on the verge of a major disaster in Minnesota and it s from North to South and East to West Don Friedrich state director of the . Agricultural stabilization and conserva Tion service told a legislative hearing Friday. If the drought does t end we Are headed for suspension of All surface water irrigation in the state Ron Nar gang head of the Minnesota department of natural resources water division told the lawmakers. Much of the Corn Belt is entering the critical pollination stage when kernels Are formed on the Corn ears agriculture experts said. But heat speeds up the shedding of pollen from Corn hassles and delays the emergence of Corn Silks which accept the pollen grains to form the seed agronomists say. Agronomists at Purdue University in Indiana won t speculate on potential losses but say at least 25 percent of that state s $1.2 billion Corn crop already has been lost. Experts in Iowa have estimated that half of that state s com crop will be lost gov. Terry Branstad declared the entire state a disaster area Friday. Corn yields in North Dakota Are expected to be Cut by about 40 percent and even with adequate rain through the rest of the summer yields could be As Low As 56 bushels an acre statewide according to Robert Thompson president of the North Dakota Corn growers association. Last year the state averaged 96 bushels of Corn per acre. Drought insurance firm May lose License St Paul. Minn. A an insure All checks were cashed by june 15, said. The company explained that Salt. Paul. Insurance company faces revocation of its License in Minnesota if it refuses to Issue drought insurance policies to about1,000 Farmers who paid for More than $40 million in coverage a state official says. Minnesota Commerce commissioner Michael Hatch said Friday that new Jer sey based Chubb insurance co. In a Hatch said. We be told the company that we want the policies issued Hatch said. We re saying if you Don t Issue the poli cies Well ask the attorney general s of fice to prepare documents to revoke the company s License to do business in Minnesota. Said. T Sale exceeded its capacity. Hatch said Chubb was remiss for deciding Halfway through a drought stricken summer to refund premiums on drought coverage. When the Issue first arose last week Chubb contended that it had taken applications that did t translate into cover age until it approved them. Some of the applications contain such a statement and others Don thatch said. The insurance would begin paying  _ _/�,.__ a of a Hatch said a meeting was schedule formed Farmers who paid for the policies monday Between state officials and Corn by a june 15 deadline that the policies Pany representatives. Will not be issued. Company officials did not return Tele buyers a percentage the it Altamount i but under a 1987 state Law once an phone Calls seeking comment. Rainfall fell below 70 percent of Normal insurance agent accepts and cashes a Chubb had told Minnesota insurance at the nearest official rain gauge during Check from a Farmer the policy cannot agents that the sales should be cancelled june july and August. The lower the an j premiums refunded to buyers Hatch rainfall the higher tribe cancelled by either party Hatch said. Amount paid