European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday july 11,1988 rites held for victims of Oil Rig blast Aberdeen Scotland a Aber Deen mourned the fathers Brothers Hus bands and friends killed in the Piper Alpha disaster and saluted the thou Sands of men working on other North sea Oil rigs at Church services through out the City sunday. Roman Catholic Bishop Mario Conti read a message from Pope John Paul ii who said he Learned of wednesday s fatal explosion and fire with deep  Conti urged 600 worshippers included Many Black Clad mourners at a req i news briefs pm mass to ensure that High safety Stan Dards Are maintained by Oil companies and even bettered and that no unessential risks Are taken whatever the  Tom o Neill 56, safety manager with the Deco exploration firm that discovered the Piper Oil Field spoke on behalf of Oil men to those gathered in St. Mary s Cathedral. I ask you As an Oil Man to Pray not Only for the deceased and the next of Kin but for All the living and those who Are out there he said. When you Cook the dinner today turn the engine on in your car switch on the Central heating say a Little  a memorial service for the victims is to be held july 20. At the Rig 120 Miles off Scotland s East coast Texas Oil troubleshooter Paul red Adair and his Crew battled High winds sunday in a fight to put out the Blaze on what remains of the platform. The 73-year-old texan was directing his firefighting team from the support vessel pharos alongside the disaster Rig said a spokesman for Occidental Petroleum corp., the Rig s los Angeles based owners. The firefighting Crew boarded the Rig at Dawn sunday but was forced off by bad weather and a surge of flames from one of its Wells said the spokesman speaking anonymously in keeping with British custom. Divers and Rescue Crews will not be sent to search for the 149 missing men until after the debris is cleared and Adair has capped leaking Wells Occidental executive John Brading told a news Confer ence saturday. British report faults . In Gulf tragedy London a a British intelligence report based on monitored radio communications in the persian Gulf is severely critical of the . Navy for shooting Down a commercial iranian Airliner the sunday times of London reported. The report concludes the doomed Iran air flight left Bandar Abbas Iran for Dubai Only three minutes late was on the Correct flight path and was climbing not descending As the Ameri cans first reported when it was shot Down the newspaper said. It said the report was based on conversations held during the critical two hours leading to the shooting Down of the air plane with 290 people on Board. The conversations were intercepted by the government communications Headquarters Brit Ain s top secret intelligence gathering Agency which has listening posts in the persian Gulf. The conversations include those Between the air Craft and ground control at Bandar Abbas As Well As efforts by the guided missile Cruiser Vincennes to warn the iranian aircraft to change course. Some of the conversations were also monitored by the Beaver a British frigate on patrol 50 Miles away the paper said. The report also suggested the initial confrontation that started the shooting july 3 May have been provoked by american helicopters flying into iranian airspace the newspaper said. Both parties claim Victory protests staged in Mexico Mexico City a two men claimed Victory sunday in the race to become Mexico Snew president. Opposition party activists blocked a major Bridge and highways and vowed to remain until the government released official results. It was t Clear when the Federal election commission would give the Complete results of wednesday s vote. Hundreds of supporters of the opposition National action party pan occupied the Cordoba Bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with Elpaso Texas in one of several coordinated actions of civil disobedience throughout Northern Chihua Hua state. Pri claimed Victory for its candidate Carlos Salinas de Gortari a few hours after the poll closed. Leftist opposition Leader Cuauhtemoc Carde Nas claimed Victory saturday based on projections from his National democratic front s own count of 6.7 million votes. Presser from Page 1 was convicted of fraud and bribery faced Federal charges of racketeering and embezzlement. His trial however was postponed indefinitely after he was diag nosed As having brain cancer. He entered Lakewood Hospital the same Day As Federal prosecutors in new York filed a massive civil suit seeking to break alleged mafia domination of the  last major Public appearance was in october 1987, when Presser spoke to the Al Cio biennial convention. At that meeting the teamsters were welcomed Back into the Union umbrella group after 30years of exile. Israelis fatally shoot Arab teen on 2nd Day of West Bank strike Jerusalem a israeli troops shot and fatally wounded a palestinian teen Ager in the occupied West Bank on sunday after protesters pelted soldiers with rocks and bottles Hospital officials and Arab reporters said. The clash came As palestinian shopkeepers shuttered their stores and workers stayed away from their jobs in Observance of the second Day of a general strike called by underground leaders. The dead palestinian was among a group of about 20 palestinians who shouted Allah Akbar god is great and attacked the soldiers Early sunday morning Arab reporters said. According to the army command a military patrol ran into a Roadblock of burning tires and rocks on the main Highway outside the Asyar refugee Camp where dozens of youths hurled rocks at the soldiers. The troops opened fire when they Felt their lives were endangered the radio said. The army placed Askar under curfew confining the 8,200 residents of the Camp to their Homes indefinitely the army spokesman said. The killing brought the palestinian death toll to 218 since a rebellion against the israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza strip began dec. 8. Leaders of the rebellion called for a two Day general strike starting saturday to Mark the beginning of the eighth month of rebellion and to protest the fighting Between rival palestinian groups in refugee Camps near Beirut Lebanon. For the second straight Day streets were deserted and Public transportation halted in the main palestinian cities of Nablus Hebron and Gaza City. The army without explanation declared a Mallah a closed military zone Israel radio said. In other developments an unidentified foreign ministry official said israeli authorities were not telling the truth about the seriousness of the pales Tinian uprising the daily Dediot Ahrnot said. The official who returned from 62 Days of Reserve duty As a company commander in the Gaza strip said the authorities reported Only 10 to 15 percent of the protests and clashes involving palestinians and israeli troops the newspaper said. He said contrary to statements by israeli leaders the uprising was not waning and clashes with israeli sol Diers had become increasingly violent. A foreign ministry spokesman confirmed the official reported on his military service but declined to give any details about the contents of the report. Final toll 14 in store collapse Brownsville Texas a Rescue worker removed the last four victims from the wreckage of a collapsed department store saturday and said the death toll was 14, not 16 As feared earlier. Officials said the disaster might have been caused by a clogged storm Drain on the building s roof. There is no need to Check again. We have checked double checked triple checked and quadruple checked. There Are no More bodies in there said Walter Plitt head of a heavy equipment company that supplied some of the machinery used in the Rescue Effort. Mayor Ygnacio Garza concurred saying officials were convinced that the last victim had been found. Two adults and four children were rescued from the massive pile of rubble Friday but at least 47 were injured in addition to the 14 who died. In All four bodies were recovered saturday. Confusion about the death toll continued until the final Vic Tim Leticia Silva de Carrera was removed from the debris late saturday afternoon. Rescue workers had concentrated their efforts sat urday on two Sites in the rear of the building where . Border patrol drug and people sniffing dogs indicated spots where people living or dead might be trapped. Workers formed human chains to remove debris Basket by Basket. Prostitutes from Page 1 available there we Don t enforce the Laws in Korea Rixon said. But o Rourke said the army could do such things a improve screening of the women marrying the gis and establish Bonds to make sure the wives get a plan flight Back to Korea if the marriage turns out to be a  Are lots of ways to solve the problem if you choose to see the problem he said. I would like the United states army to understand that they As an institution Are causing a problem in the streets of Houston Harris county Texas. For the army com Mand it s not a problem. It s a problem in my  Rixon said the army has Clear regulations regarding marriage outside the United states. One of the things that must be considered is whether the individual meets the statutory physical mental and character standards set. Under the Law he said. O Rourke said the prostitution ring is made up of korean women and gangsters chinese Money and vietnamese  Here s an International crime ring operating in the United states and it s because of the United states army he said. Elements of the ring have been seen in new York Detroit Philadelphia los Angeles and Denver. We have it but not on the same scale As hous ton said a spokesman with the Fri office in Detroit. And Detroit s Wayne county prosecuting attorney Richard Padzieski said we do have cases where quite obvi9usly, koreans Are prostitutes. We be had multiple  the cities Are working together on the problem be cause the prostitutes move around. They use several aliases Driver s licenses and so Forth o Rourke , of the ins said it is illegal for aliens to marry citizens solely for the purpose of gaining som Type of residency status Here. And that happens More than we d like to  proving a marriage is illegitimate is difficult he said. Once we can prove it was arranged by a marriage broker then we be got