European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday August 18,1988 news updates Teholt plea fails Oslo Norway a the supreme court has rejected an Appeal by convicted spy Arne Teholt for a retrial ending the former foreign ministry official s Hopes for a rever Sal of his 20-year prison sentence. Teholt 45? was sentenced by a District court in june 1985 to nor Way s maximum prison term. Prosecutors charged he had been handing Over Norway s secrets to soviet and iraqi agents since 1974. Teholt was arrested Jan. 20, 1984, when he was about to leave Oslo s Airport with classified documents which the court said were intended for his soviet contacts. New Caledonia talks Paris up delegations of melanesian separatists and pro French european settlers in new Caledonia arrived wednesday in Paris to begin a new round of talks on a peace Accord for the territory. Melanesian Leader Jean Marie Jib you told journalists he is optimistic that the follow up discussions will Clear the Way for endorsement by his coalition of the peace agreement he signed in june. Sudan epidemics Khartoum Sudan a a . Health official on monday said water borne epidemics Are expected to kill thousands of peas ants mostly children who Are Cut off from supplies of clean drinking water by floods that left 1.5 Mil lion people homeless. Or. Nicholas Ward a world health organization adviser on diarrhoeal diseases and immunization predicted that 400,000 peo ple most of them under 5 years old would develop diarrhoea and other gastrointestinal diseases and 4,000 of them would die. Crisis in Lebanon Beirut Lebanon a Suleiman Franjieh Lebanon s president when civil War broke put 13 years ago announced tuesday he would seek a new term triggering a political crisis that could delay selection of a new president set for this week. Franjieh a maronite Catholic is Syria s closest Christian ally in Lebanon and was president when civil War broke out 13 years ago serving Between 1963 and 1976. Under the lebanese Constitution the president is to be selected by parliament. To win a Candi Date must receive a two thirds majority in the first ballot and a Sim ple majority in the second ballot. Franjieh s plans to seek office again prompted several parliamentarians to threaten a Boycott thursday of parliament s first presidential election in six years. Restriction applies to rental car Drivers Vicenza Italy americans vacationing in Italy cannot buy Gas coupons at Caserma Ederle if they Are driving a rental vehicle according to officials. The coupons an allotment of 200 liners per family per 30 Days can be bought by id card holders driving per Sonal vehicles. The restriction does not apply to rental car Drivers who Are out processing or on temporary  buy coupons military members must have an id card leave orders an vehicle registration. Civilians on Jeave must have id card and vehicle registration. Forms for coupons can be obtained on the Cavern in room 12, building 109. The coupons Are sold at the main Exchange. Low level night flight limits tightened by British ministry by Dave Diehl . Bureau the British ministry of defense has placed restrictions on Low level night flying Over the United kingdom at the suggestion of investigators of an aug. 9 collision Between two Tornado jets. The restrictions Widen the distance to be kept Between nato jets flying at Low Levels Between Dawn and dusk and limit the use of airspace in a Given re Gion of the country to one command at a time a Royal air Force official said wednesday. There Are no plans to reduce night flying by either the Royal air Force or the . Air Force in England Accord ing to officials from both countries. The Raf spokesman said the restrictions will stay in effect at least until there is another recommendation from Accident investigators or until the end of the inquiry. Investigations usually last about 12 to 14 months. A 3rd air Force official at Raf Mildenhall said the us. Air Force will comply with the rules. There have been no cutbacks in Fly ing As a result she said. The restrictions follow the recommendation of the Board of inquiry looking into the cause of last week s collision of two Jet fighters in Northern England the Raf spokesman said. Four crewman were killed. The pilots of the planes from differ ent bases in England apparently had no idea that they were in the same area. Controllers at the rats West Dray ton control Center where All Low level flight plans in the country Are filed will enforce the new flight distances and will regulate Low level activity by Var ious commands using the system Thoraf spokesman said. The Raf categorizes users of the sys tem in four groups the Raf in the United kingdom the Raf in West Germany the . Air Force in eng land and other nato air forces. Palestinians shun their jobs in Israel strike called in occupied territories Jerusalem a palestinians refrained from going to work in Israel wednesday and Arab owned businesses across the occupied lands were closed in Observance of a general strike called by leaders of the palestinian uprising. In the West Bank witnesses said pro testers blocked roads with burning tires waved palestinian flags and scrib bled anti israeli slogans on Walls in the cities of Bethlehem and Nablus. Soldiers sealed off the occupied Gaza strip confining 650,000 palestinians to their Homes for a third straight Day Fol lowing an upsurge of violence. Troops and police were on High Alert in Jerusalem and the occupied lands after Calls by underground leaders for confrontations with israeli forces. Many of the 110,000 palestinians employed in Israel stayed away from their places of work. Arab owned shops and businesses were closed in at least a dozen towns and cities in the areas Israel seized in the 1967 Middle East War. The strike came in response to a Leaf let issued this month by underground leaders of the uprising it said the strike was in Honor of Jerusalem the capital of our palestinian state and to protest oppressive measures and  Israel says about 5,000 palestinians have been jailed since the revolt began about half without trial. The Palestine liberation Organiza Tion has said it plans to declare a state or set up a government in exile for the occupied lands in response to Jordan s decision to sever administrative ties with the territories. Israel opposes a palestinian state. Tensions were High following a riot tuesday afternoon in the desert prison of a etzion 20 Miles South of the Gaza strip by hundreds of palestinian prisoners. The army said two palestinians were shot to death in the Melee and a third was wounded but it refused to elaborate saying the riot was under investigation. The deaths brought to 247 the num Ber of palestinians killed since the uprising began dec. 8. Four israelis have died. 17 killed As fire sweeps fast train travelling from Leningrad to Moscow Moscow a at least 17 people were killed when a High Speed train in route from Leningrad to Moscow caught fire and derailed soviet Media reported wednesday. The Accident occurred tuesday eve Ning about Midway Between the soviet Union s two largest cities. The Moscow Leningrad route is one of the busiest in the soviet Union and the trains Are typically operated at capacity. Fire engulfed the restaurant car then quickly spread to the entire line of sleep ing cars according to the government evening newspaper Izvestia. It said that As of noon wednesday 17 people had died and 106 were hospitalized. Izvestia said there were children among the fatalities but did not say How Many. The train was carrying 760 passengers when it crashed 186 Miles North of the capital according to Anatoly n. Sobin director of the Leningrad railway station in Moscow. He told the associated press in a Telephone interview that 95 of the injured were hospitalized in two towns near the scene of the Accident Bol Goye and Vishni Wolochek. Sobin said he did not know the exact death toll from the crash but he said it was not As deadly As a june 4 explosion aboard a freight train in the City of Arza Mas 240 Miles East of Moscow. That blast killed nearly 100 people wounded 200 and forced the evacuation of 700 families. The official Tass news Agency said the Moscow bound Aurora passenger train left the tracks Between the Brezai a and pop Lavenets stations at 6 34 . Tuesday. Izvestia said 15 cars derailed. The cause of the fire and exact Point of its outbreak were still under investigation but it began shortly before the derailment Izvestia said. The newspaper said firefighting equipment could not approach the burning cars fast enough be cause they derailed in swampland. It also reported that the first railway water Tanker sent to the scene turned out to be empty and had to be refilled before it could be used by firefighters. Residents of nearby villages soldiers and civilian emergency workers arrived at the scene to evacuate the injured and help others Contact relatives Izvestia said. Traffic on the Moscow Leningrad route was restored by wednesday morn ing and an investigation team headed by a Deputy chairman of the Council of ministers Vladimir Gusev was set up Tass said. Disaster reports by soviet Media Are still slow in appearing and they Are often lacking in important details. But the accounts wednesday of the fatal train derailment less than 24 hours earlier reflect the closer watch soviet Media have been keeping on Public matters under communist party chief Mikhail s. Gorba Chev s policy of openness on subjects affecting the population. Usa eur non com Soldier of year named Schwet Zingen West Germany a Berlin brigade staff sergeant and a Vii corps specs asst Are the 1988 usar eur non commissioned officer and sol Dier of the year. Staff sgt. Vincent w. Hayes an Indi rect fire infantryman is a platoon ser Geant with cob 6th in 502nd inf. The24-year-old from Nashville tenn., has six years of service three in Germany. Spec. Thaddeus Nicholson a canno Crew member serves As a cargo Carrier Driver with Btry a 1st in 30th Fie Darty. The Oklahoma City native stationed in Augsburg is 21 years , with More than three years in the army arrived in Germany in Jan uary 1987. Hayes and Nicholson competed  from five major com mands in Usa eur 21st support omd v corps Vii corps Southern euro Pean task Force and Berlin brigade. The winners were announced by Sarteur commander Gen. Crosbie e. Saint wednesday night during a banquet at the Heidelberg officers club