European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday july 20, 1988 Home front support Costas Stefanou the mayor of pelops lesbos the greek Island that presidential hopeful Michael Dukakis s family hails from displays his Village s Outlook for Dukakis s chances of capturing the presidency in november. Stefa nou and the other 639 residents of the Village Are plan Ning to attend his inauguration. World today police disperse residents rioting Over blast leak at chemical Plant Massa Italy a riot police broke up a demonstration by hundreds of residents angered by the explosion at a chemical pesticide Plant that spewed chemical Cloud Over this tuscan City and nearby coast Al resorts. One woman was slightly injured monday nigh when policemen used Batons and fired tear Gas to Dis Perse the protesters who had gathered outside a government office building where local authorities were meeting with environment minister Giorgio Ruffolo police reported tuesday. Demonstrators also blocked the Busy Aurelia state Road for several hours causing traffic jams. Most offices and shops in Massa were closed for four hours tuesday As part of a strike called to protest the activity of the Plant. The government on monday ordered the indefinite closure of the farm Plant facility which is owned by the giant Mon Edison chemical group while the cause of the explosion is being investigated. Sunday s explosion sparked a fire in a 50,000-liter tank sending thousands of panicked residents and vacationers fleeing from their Homes hotels and Camp Sites. Fosco Giorgeri president of the local tourist office told the associated press on tuesday that at least 20,000 vacationers fled the nearby coastal resorts Fol lowing sunday s scare. The number of tourists in Marina Dimassa an nearby resorts has been Cut in half and hundreds of reservations for the coming weeks have been can celeb Giorgeri said. Sunday s incident has been a hard blow to the local tourist Industry the official said adding he will claim damages of More than 50 billion lire or $35 million from the owners of the  area South of la spezia and North of via Reggio is a favorite vacation spot for British West German French and austrian tourists. Rescued Navy fliers arrive in Thailand Bangkok Thailand up a pregnant . Navy flier and two fellow aviators rescued by the Viet namese Navy after crashing into the South China sea arrived in Bangkok tuesday in Good health after their ordeal. The baby is doing wonderfully thank you said co Pilot it. A a Elizabeth Steinnecker 29. He is going to be one Strong kid she said As she patted her Abdomen and smiled. Earlier a vietnamese embassy spokesman said the american co Pilot was three months pregnant. Steinnecker and fellow aviators it. Richard k. Maurer 30, and Petty officer Michael r. Nee 34, were returned by Vietnam a week after they crashed into the South China sea near the disputed spratly Island. The three fliers dressed in flight suits appeared i Good health smiling and chatting As they walked into an informal debriefing with . Ambassador Willi Mbrown they were Well treated Brown said. There is no question of that in their own minds bearing in mind the limitations that they landed in very unusual Cir  Maurer however frowned and refused to respond when a reporter asked him whether he was ready to face an inquiry into the crash. . Embassy spokesman William Schauer told re porters the plane missed a refuelling Stop in Malaysia because of the failure of navigation equipment. The plane ran out of fuel and the pilots then made a professional crash Landing in the sea Brown said. He said the aviators did not have to wait Long before being rescued. Schauer said the vietnamese gave the americans medical checkups in to Chi Minh City Vietnam be fore the Trio left aboard a . Embassy plane. Following the debriefing the aviators boarded . Military Jet to leave for the Subic Bay naval Sta Tion in the Philippines. 6 who mistakenly drank Methyl alcohol die Mexico City a six people died and 149 were hospitalized after drinking highly toxic Methyl alcohol found in rail cars in Neuvitas Cuba thinking it was alcoholic spirits Cuba s official Prensa Latina news Agency said monday. It quoted Juan Rodriguez Deputy health director in Camaguey province As saying some of those hospitalized in the Eastern port City were in grave condition. Methyl alcohol is used As a solvent for varnishes and lacquers and As an Antifreeze. In a dispatch monitored in Mexico City Prensa lat Ina said preliminary investigations blamed irresponsible persons who removed the chemical substance from refrigerated Railroad boxcars that were temporarily parked in Neuvitas. Daily round trip flights to Berlin begun by Twa Berlin a Twa on monday started daily round trip flights Between Berlin and Frankfurt the first step in a major overhaul of commercial air traffic to the City s Western Side. The inaugural flight a Boeing 727, took off from West Berlin s Tegel Airport at 12 20 . After a rib Bon cutting ceremony featuring officials of the . Company. Twa is starting with two round trips a Day Between Frankfurt and West Berlin before adding service to Hamburg and Stuttgart in september. 38 drown when 3 cows cause brazilian bus crash Sao Paulo Brazil a thirty eight people were killed and dozens others injured sunday when speeding bus braked suddenly to avoid three cows crossing the Road and was struck from behind by a second bus police said. All of the dead drowned and were aboard the first bus which careened into a Lake and was partially sub merged police said. The buses were making the 335 mile trip from Londrina in the Southern state of Par Ana to Campinas police said. It was Early morning foggy and the Road is Nar Row said policeman Elias Campos. The Accident occurred 165 Miles West of Sao Paulo. Three cows crossed the Road the first Driver braked suddenly and the second smashed into the Back of the bus pushing the first vehicle into a Roadside  15 injured in France when trains collide Toulouse France a a local train collide with a stationary train tuesday morning a few minutes after both had pulled out of the main Matabia Sta Tion injuring about 15 people Railroad officials said. The first train stopped unexpectedly about half a mile from the platform. When the Engineer of the Sec Ond train which left five minutes later on the same track saw the Way was blocked he applied the Brake Sand slowed to about 10 Miles per hour before striking the Lead train from behind. Neither train derailed and the second train returned to the station to permit the evacuation of the injured officials said. Disasters have killed 529 in China in first half of f88 Beijing a natural disasters killed 529 peo ple and caused $540 million in damage in China in the first half of this year an official newspaper reported tuesday. The China daily quoting a civil affairs ministry official said floods drought landslides and cold spells also injured 11,588 people destroyed 470,000 Homeland affected 64 million of China s 1.07 billion people. Disasters also damaged $2.4 million Worth of Homeland killed 90,000 horses and oxen it said. Most of the deaths and injuries were caused by floods that ravaged Large areas of Southern China last month washing away at least $1.1 billion Worth of Grain