European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday August 1,1988 news updates inspection by soviets Woen Sprecht a nether lands a soviet inspection team accompanied by an american and dutch escort team conducted an inspection of the 486th tac mis Sile Wing facilities at Woen Sprecht a the Netherlands Friday and saturday said capt. Sylvia free Man a spokeswoman for Soester Berg a. The inspection was completed at 6 30 . Saturday. All parties left the inspection site and re turned to Schipholt Airport in Amsterdam from where the soviet inspection team returned to Moscow on sunday morning Freeman said. We tech jury still out new York a the jury in the we tech corruption trial considered evidence for a second Day sunday against rep. Mario Biaggi and six others charged with racketeering. The jury began deliberations saturday after More than four months of testimony and a week of closing arguments by the prosecution and defense. Biaggi d-n.y., former Bronx Borough president Stanley Simon and five other defendants were charged with turning the now defunct we tech corp. Into a racketeering Enterprise that paid out Mil Lions of dollars in bribes to obtain no bid government contracts. The other defendants include Biaggi s eldest son Richard Biaggi s former Law partner Bernard Ehrlich Peter Neglia a former regional head of the Small business administration and Richard Betso a former policeman. All seven defendants face Maxi mum 20-year prison terms if convicted of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy the most serious charges. Volcano eruption Jakarta Indonesia up huge plumes of fire and Ash shot More than 26,000 feet from Fri Day s eruption of the Kie Bessy vol Cano in the indonesian Island of Makian officials said saturday. No casualties were reported As the nearly 15,000 Makian villagers pre dominantly Clove Farmers and fish Ermen had been evacuated. Kie Bessy s last major eruption was in 1890. Officials noted that an eruption in 1760 killed More than 3,000 people. 2 leading palestinians jailed without trial by israeli police Jerusalem a police on Sun Day jailed two prominent palestinians without trial including one who had engaged publicly in a rare conference with israeli peace activists on the uprising in the occupied territories. Eight other arabs were held for questioning about suspected involvement in a wave of recent stoning attacks on israeli targets in Jerusalem. The crackdown was seen As an Effort to forestall a broadening of Plo activities in the Wake of a Deci Sion by Jordan s King Hussein to play a far less Active role in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. Palestinians have intensified stoning attacks on israeli buses and police vans in the last two weeks largely in response to the shooting death july 19 of a pales Tinian youth from East Jerusalem. The army is investigating the incident. The detentions raised to 48 the num ber of arabs taken into custody since last week said Jerusalem police spokeswoman Nurit Buton. Among palestinians ordered held under administrative detention was Faisal Husseini director of the Arab studies Center in East Jerusalem. The Center was ordered closed sunday for one year after police accused it of receiving financial support from Yasser Arafat s mainstream Fatah faction of the palestinian liberation organization. Police claimed Fatah was using the Center As an instrument to Advance the Aims of the uprising in the occupied territories. Husseini 48, was accused of being a senior activist in Fatah involved in coordinating inciting and establishing the uprising to achieve its goals Buton said. But Husseini said his arrest last fall May have been partly the result of secret discussions with Moshe Amitav a Mem ber of prime minister Yitzhak Shamir s liked bloc. Husseini a descendant of a Large and influential Jerusalem family was released in Early july after being held nine months in administrative de Tention without trial. The latest detention was Husseini s third under the arrest Rule. On wednesday Husseini joined in a Public dialogue with israeli peace activists at an auditorium in Jerusalem s pre dominantly jewish Western sector and sponsored by the peace now movement. Husseini said he endorsed a recent document drawn up by Plo spokesman Bassam Abu Sharif calling for direct talks with Israel under the auspices of an International conference. As a palestinian my problem is with the israelis so i must speak with them Husseini told a crowd of several Hundred israelis. Israel rejects any dialogue with the Plo which it Calls a terrorist group with the declared aim of destroying the jewish state. Labor party legislator Abba Eban was critical of Husseini s arrest. We tend to mock any expression of moderation and to give weight Only to Radical  former rep. Jordan still in critical condition Austin Texas a former . Rep. Barbara Jordan remained in critical condition sunday after a near drowning in her swimming Pool but she was awake and Alert and apparently suffered no brain damage Hospital officials said. Jordan who gained National attention during the watergate impeachment hear Ings was in intensive care breathing with the help of a ventilator but she improved slightly during the night Carolyn Hinckley Boyle spokeswoman for Brack Enridge Hospital said sunday. Or. William Deaton a pulmonary specialist said Jordan apparently lost consciousness while in the Pool. He said Lack of oxygen then caused the cardiac arrest but doctors Don t know Why she lost consciousness. There was no evidence of either heart or brain dysfunction Deaton said add ing that Jordan was responding to his commands. Last week Jordan delivered a nominating speech for vice presidential Candi Date sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas at the democratic National convention in at Lanta. Jordan 52, also had fluid in her lungs which makes it hard if not impossible for her to breath on her own so there s a breathing tube in her Mouth which is connected to a ventilator Boyle said. The breathing tube left her unable to talk. Boyle said there was no sign of brain damage. Mrs. Jordan is doing Well neurologically and it looks like there was no brain injury from the incident Boyle said. This morning she is awake and Alert and smiling. She recognizes people and is Able to follow  Jordan who uses a wheelchair was found face Down in the water by the woman who lives with her Nancy Earl. She lifted Jordan s head from the water and gave her Mouth to Mouth resuscitation said Helen Tackett of the univer sity of Texas. Boyle said paramedics pulled Jordan from the Pool but could not find a pulse or breathing so they administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation restarting her breathing and getting a pulse before former rep. Barbara Jordan at the democratic convention in Atlanta. She was flown to the Hospital. Jordan has continued teaching in spite of medical problems that Deaton de scribed As progressive loss of nerve function in her lower extremities similar to multiple sclerosis. 30 die 369 Hurt As pier collapses in Malaysia Kuala Bumpur Malaysia a a pier jammed with thousands of people going to a festival collapsed sunday in Northwest Malaysia killing at least 30 people and injuring 369, authorities said. Mazlan Griffin Deputy police chief at Butterworth a coastal City 190 Miles Northwest of the capital said the death toll was expected to Rise because 40 of the injured were in critical condition the Bergama news Agency reported. It said firefighters and port workers still were searching the debris late sunday for More bodies. Griffin said a huge crowd was waiting for ferries Totake them to Penang Island about three Miles across the Strait of Malacca for a festival when a Section of the Structure collapsed at 4 40 . Syed Mohamad aided chairman of the Penang ports commission that operates the ferry terminal said there usually Are Only 200 people at a time on the Section that collapsed. He said More than 300 people were moving across it to enter a ferry when it Gateway and More than 3,000 people were fined up behind  than 10,000 passengers had used the terminal during the Day he added. We were prepared to meet the massive passenger crowd and traffic in View of the Kwan Yin festival on the Island but never thought the Section would col lapse he said. Prime minister Datuk Seri Mah Athir bin Mohama said his government would provide Aid for the victims and would consider compensation for their  gave no More details. Griffin said 17 bodies were recovered at the scene and 13 people died at the Butterworth District Hospital. He said 180 victims were in the Butterworth Hospital,149 in the nearby Burkit Mert Ajam District Hospital and 40 were in critical condition in the Penang Genera Hospital. He said the hospitals and private clinics in the Are were swamped with victims and lacked personnel to Deal with the situation. Bergama reported that people with broken handstand legs and others bleeding profusely from the head were lying along the corridors and entrances of Hospi tals awaiting treatment. It said a Stream of cars motorcycles taxis and vans had formed to carry the injured to hospitals and area clinics and that police arrived to control the huge crowd that gathered. The Section of the pier that collapsed was about 40 feet Long Syed Mohamad said. Three cars entering the ferry were crushed and the port commission office under the platform was destroyed. A deck hand was among the dead and ferry manager Harun Othman and another port commission worker were among the injured. Syed Mohamad said the jetty was built in 1956 and was repaired from time to time Bergama reported. The Section that collapsed was repaired with fresh planks in mid-1956. The jetty was built with pillars Only at the sides of the Structure and not in the Center where the Section failed. Bergama said police and port officials were meeting sunday night on whether to resume ferry service to Penang from two other terminals. Suspension of the service led to massive traffic jams on the Penang Bridge the Only other link to the Island. In Kuala Bumpur the capital transport minister Ling Liong Sik told reporters after attending a prayer session for the victims that an open inquiry would be held to determine Why the jetty collapsed