European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes monday August 8,1988 . Report says world s armies have 200,000 children in ranks Geneva a the world s armies include an estimated 200,000 children with govern ments forcibly co scripting some and parents urging others to join to help the family says a report to a . Human rights meeting. The children Are subjected to physical brutality and Are trained in pillaging spying and terrorism said the report for a working group of the . Sut commission on Preven Tion of discrimination and Protection of minorities meeting last week. The report was by the London based friends world committee for consultation a Quaker Organiza european weather forecast Tor monday Germany and the Benelux will be Lair with Light morning tog. Western areas will become partly Cloudy during the afternoon. High temperatures 86-92 lows 64-68 Sunset monday 8 57, Sunrise tuesday 6 06. Outlook Lor tuesday Lair with morning tog across Germany and the Benelux. Western areas will become partly Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms and ram showers. High temperatures 88-94 tows 66-70. Temperatures recorded sunday 4am 4pm 77 91 Copenhagen f 52 75 Frankfurt t 79 86 London p 66 86madrid, p 61 73 Munich t 61 73 Paris f 61 81 Rome t Adana. P Amsterdam. I Athens p Aviano. T Berlin f Bremerhaven. Brussels t 4am 4pm 59 73 86 79 93 86 86 58 63 68 54 63 68 95 provided by Del 13.2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures High Low High Low Cairo t 93 73 Montreal Dublin f 73 52 Moscow c 64 57 Helsinki. I 66 52 Oslo i 77 59 Jerusalem t 88 68 Toronto Lisbon f 88 68 Vancouver. Supplied by the associated press. A Cloudy a fair a partly Cloudy a ram. Tion. The . Panel s Parent body is the . Human rights commis Sion. Parents sometimes urge children to enlist to get food privileges priority in employment or payments if the child Dies in Battle the report said. Media reports and private re search were the main sources cited in the report dated january 1988. According to the Survey exam Ples of the problem reportedly included illegal Street roundups in Afghanistan to recruit youths under 15. Abduction of boys under the Legal draft age of 18 by army recruiters in Al Salvador. Forced participation by minors in the guatemalan army s civil defense patrols. Lowering of Iran s conscription age to 13, with voluntary enlistment by parental consent for younger children. Introduction by South Africa of compulsory military training at age 16 in South West Africa also known As Namibia. Use of boys As Young As 12 by Nicaragua s Contra rebels and forced recruitment of at least 3,000 youngsters by government forces. No . Temperatures due to transmission difficulties there Are no . Temperatures in this edition. Use of volunteers under age 15 in Honduras and Morocco. No International organization persistently pursues the problem and National Veteran or Soldier groups do not defend the interests of child soldiers the report said. Conversion rates London up Friday s closing rates for the . Dollar to other currencies. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound and other local currencies in dollars the Price of Gold closed at $432.50 an ounce Silver at $6.89. Aug. 4 aug. 5 British Pound 1.7110 1.6935 German Mark 1.8780 1.8885 French franc 6.3375 6.3590 dutch Guilder 2.1186 2.1315 belgian franc 39.83 40.48 italian lira 1.38660 1.39095 Swiss franc 1.5680 1.5755 greek drachma 150.20 151.00 turkish lira 1,445.00 1,449.45 Spanish peseta 123.30 123.85 portuguese escudo 152.10 152.70 Canadian Dollar 1.2050 1.2050 austrian Schilling 13.1850 13.2475 norwegian Krone 6.8025 6.8260 danish Krone 7.1250 7.1650 these Are commercial rates and can be related Only to the use of foreign currency by . Forces for official business. Sales of German Marks to . Personnel for personal use will be at the rate of 1.86 through monday based on a Price fixing at midday. Bearing blamed for derailment Elsberry to. A a defective wheel bearing was the apparent cause of a freight train derailment that started a nine hour fire releasing a Cloud of hazardous Gas and displacing 600 residents a Railroad official said sunday. A preliminary investigation showed that the bearing apparently burned off a wheel of one of the train s 113 cars causing 14 cars to derail and hit chemical and fuel tanks saturday said Brian Swee Ney a spokesman for Burlington Northern Railroad. Missouri Highway 79 was re opened for traffic sunday morning except for the area immediately surrounding the crash site. People who were forced to spend the night in a Church and school near this Eastern Missouri town were allowed Back into their Homes at about 11 . Sunday after workers had removed anhydrous ammonia from a leaking tank. The evacuation was ordered after several rail cars caught fire when they derailed at about 6 . In route from Galesburg 111., to St. Louis. The fire took More than nine hours to contain but firefighters kept the Blaze from igniting nearly 28,000 Gallons of diesel kerosene and gasoline being stored nearby. Residents were not allowed to return Home after the fire was extinguished because anhydrous am Monia was leaking from a punctured tank. The ammonia is dangerous to respiratory systems and can cause severe Burns said Troy fire chief Gerald Cherry. Several firefighters suffered minor injuries fighting the Blaze but no injuries were reported by residents or the train s Crew. 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