European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes g soviets Lead in space Jane s says Page 2 d Fri seeks Landers writer who married con Man Page 4 d judge tells Yonkers fines must be paid Page 7 d Stark returns to Home port Page 28 the St ars and tripes us vol.47.no. 140 monday septembers 1988 2h Dir ind sunlit 0 0093 a Ramstein victims mourned the . Arhus Sudith to Wisl Germany. Richard Burl buttoning Emit Nils for his wife Cathl Rizir Turlingto i inti him before enl Calitr Ham Stein s is Nikon Luis. Church a Alurdas fur services paying tribute to victims no the Zumstein a Hij Kutaj tragedy. D Deedee Arrington Doke and de Reavis staff writers Ramstein West Germany steady drizzle fell saturday on about 200 onlookers and demonstrators outside a packed Catholic Church As mourners and International dignitaries paid tribute Lusi people killed in the Ramstein a air show disaster. Inside the 550seal St. Nikolaus Church Khz Inland Pfalz minister presi Dent Bernhard Vogel told the overflow crowd Zamstein should not become a Ramstein s Unsung heroes pages 13-1 7 synonym for a catastrophe. It must re main the Symbol of Friendship and neigh the death toll climbed to 51 saturday a two More West germans injured inthe aug. 28 crash of 041 italian air Force Jet died. Khz Inland Pfalz Interior ministry spokesman Jirgen Peizen said 166 people remained hospitalized. Officials said the dead include 43 Ger mans the three italian Miens two Ameri cans one person from he Netherlands and one from France. One victim remained unidentified i wreaths from nations around the world and All ii West Icerman states blanketed the altars at t c 87-year-old Church for the two hour service onlookers and photographers clustered on balconies and loaned out win Dows overlooking Ramstein s narrow main Street. The Street roped off in the hours before the service was heavily guarded by policemen f there Are events so Strong they make us speechless and Fec As if we Are strangled said Catholic Bishop Anton Schlimbach of Speyer one of six speak continued on Page 3 California chemical fire forces 20,000 residents to flee Homes Commerce t Alif. Us l a fire erupted among leaking containers of chlorine at a chemical firm Earl saturday spewing a Blue tinged half mile toxic Cloud that injured 10 people and forced 20.0wj others to Lee their Homes. Evacuations were ordered in the cities of com Merce Mon Locollo and Monterey Park East of los an Geles where residents were awakened a police officers pounding on doors and broadcasting an Alert on loud speakers. It was dark out and we did t know what was Hap pening said Jud Watkins of Montebello. We were scared to be told of have to leave our Home in afew moments is firefighters were called shortly before 12 to . To grow group inc. To inc Stiglie reports of a possible leak at the chemical manufacturer firefighters and sheriffs deputies began the evacuations at i ., after a hazardous materials team con firmed that a Small fire had broken out in or near a number of five gallon Drums and cardboard boxes filled with dry sodium Hypoth Loric commonly known As swimming Pool chlorine stored at Gro group s warehouse. The chemical used As a bleaching and disinfecting agent. Can came Burns to the skin and eyes and can be fatal when inhaled. Among those injured seven people were exposed to the toxic Cloud emitted by the fire and suffered breath ing problems but they were released after being treated Ai one of two hospitals a county lire depart ment official said. An eighth victim a firefighter received an Eye in jury trying to Neutral the soldering mass of Chemi cals. Two other firefighters suffered heat exhaustion. See fire on Page 28 Walesa catalyst As polish workers end strikes sit in Warsaw Poland a Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa succeeded in stopping Poland s strongest wave of strikes in seven year Iso Coal miners ended a sit in and 2,400 by find Dock workers Cut Short a strike \ the 19-Day wave of strikes Worth involved 100,000 employees nationwide ended in or whirlwind of appeals and twisting. Walesa urged supporters id end local disputes to that promised rowed table talks could begin on Union pluralism and Legauri the labor unrest was the strongest Challenge to communist authorities since icy crushed the Loviei bloc s first Independent labor federation with the see Walesa in Page 28 Miami beats Florida St. 31-0 Page 21
