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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 f j the stars and stripes monday september 5,1988 Mitterrand praises amnesty rockers Paris a. Frale Nii to " be said evoking the motto of tic French Republic. But nothing is Ever lost o the patient work for Solidarity. Music will not let itself be closed off it will carry the Universal message of human rights throughout its world  the tour marking he 40.amimit officials said they Hope the tour Breaks even with the goal being consciousness raising rather than fund raising. Amnesty International is an Island of idealism in a cynical world. It s important to remember that in the real world improvements come Inch by Inch letter by letter Springsteen said. Tric american Rock Star said he Hopes to make he. World a Little less oppressive less Bri Ifal mid. More than any thing a Little More  new leak perils California area Commerce Calif. Up a new leak of toxic chlorine Gas from a chemical company forced the evacuation of nearby residents fatty sunday just one Day after thousands led their Homes following a similar Accident. Residents were roused from their Homes in com Merce to Meycho and East los Angeles near Crow group inc., a los Angeles county fire Cha Walcher said. There were no reports of injuries. It s the same thing All Over again he said  to saturday s Early morning evacuation of 20,000 people from those cities Monterey Park and unincorporated Easl los Angeles which left at least 10 people injured. Apparently someone botched up the  the dispatcher said. We Don t know who it was that did it but it s our Job to prevent the stuff from reacting even further  the fire department received word about 5 20 am. That some 100 pounds of the chemical outside the company building had begun reacting again he said. A hazardous materials team three firc fighting Compa Nies and a helicopter were sent to the scene. Police und sheriffs deputies were coordinating the evacuation. It was not known immediately How Many people would be displaced by the Blest incident. The earlier mishap at the company that manufactures Pool Dean ing materials began shortly before 12 30 . Saturday. Firefighters and sheriffs deputies began the evacuations at i . After it was confirmed that a Small fire had broken out in or near a number of five gallon Drums and cardboard boxes filled with dry sodium hypochlorite commonly known As swimming Pool chlorine. The flames spread rapidly and More than 100 Drums each containing 300 to 400 pounds of Fth chemical were either damaged or destroyed before the fire could be extinguished i recall. Michael Wolfe said. The chemical used As a bleaching agent and disinfectant can cause bums to the skin and eyes and can be fatal when inhaled. Among those injured seven people suffered breath ing problems after exposure to the toxic Cloud emitted by the fire. They were released after being treated at one of two hospitals a fire department official said. An eighth victim a firefighter suffered an Eye in jury trying to neutralize the soldering mass of Chemi cals. Two other firefighters suffered heat exhaustion. Rescue from Page 1 one  and both hands said he his wife and his son were sitting about 30 feel away from the runway As one of three italian air Force planes crashed during a 10 plane acrobatic flying Man Euver aug. 28. "1 was ready to take a picture when the aircraft  Mccaleh said. I saw the collision and i saw the plane coming right at us. We had no Lime to  he said he and his wife were thrown about 30 feet by the blast. A nigh to army sgt. Sic Van e. Turner told the stars and Snipes that the boy was asleep behind two ice chests  crash occurred. Mccanch said that when he found his son i grabbed him gently i could see he was butt and then we just got out of there and went to the red Cross station. We feel extremely  \ the death toll remained at is sunday. The dead included 43 West germans the three italian pilots a . Army private first class and her 9-Yew-od son one person from France and one from the nether lands. One victim remained unidentified. Officials said 166 remained hospitalized. A greeting and a gift defense Secretary Frank Carluci gets a Fawn the Manl honer Mariana Isreal. She was among Wele omers Cheek and a Guam olympic committee to shirt Sun who met Carlund a labor Day picnic during a Guam Day. The greeting and presentation were from ii feb. Stopover on he Way to conferences in Chin. Jet from Page 1 tailed fighters painted in camouflage Gray zoomed 3,000 feet into the sky from Takeoff and then fell Back Ward nose still pointing up before the Pilot forced the nose Down pulling the aircraft into level night in a Man Euver known As Tail slide before the gasping spectators. In a 3v-hour display in Clear Balmy weather West european and american combat and civil aircraft also went through their paces mainly for the Benefit of potential buyers who hockey to Famborough 35 Miles Southwest of London. This is the safest show in the world said air Commodore Dan Hentcy Deputy head of the organizers  of British aerospace companies Ltd. The display aircraft from no frills Short haul Pas Senger jets  sleek fighters from West and Easl bloc countries All had to Fly away from the crowd instead of Over it and nost performed alone Honley said the Famborough safety rules were the same As usual and had not been tightened because of the Ramstein crash. The fighters migs the american f-18, France s new Rapale multipurpose combat aircraft and its Well known Mirage and Lite British Royal air Force s Tor Naxos twisted and turned and hurtled past the crowd in separate displays. Aerospace companies regard the display flying As an important pan of the sales drive at Famborough where the main  is Commerce not entertainment. Talks from Page 1 recess and that he wants to work out a More orderly Way of working at a later  Eliasson 48, is Sweden s ambassador to the United nations and has been named As . Secretary Gener Al Javier Perez de Cuellar s special mediator fora Gulf peace settlement. Aziz non Eliasson mid he was putting various Compromise formulas Forward As a Basic or face to face negotiations but he could not provided claims. The iraqi foreign minister repeatedly has said that Baghdad first wants a formal iranian commitment to permit free navigation in the Gulf and not interfere with ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. At the beginning of the talks on aug 25, Iraq also demanded International recognition of its claim to sovereignly Over the strategic Shalt Al Arab waterway dividing the two countries and leading into the Gulf Iran declared that the Frontier must run through the Middle of shall Al Arab and that Iraq must return 620 Square Miles of iranian territory. Officials close to the talks said Eliasson was trying to separate the issues. They said development of a Gulf Freedom of navigation document would be possible in next stage of negotiations. Plane aborts Takeoff after hitting two Deer Trenton Maine a an Eastern express plane bad to abort its Takeoff when it hit and killed two Deer that bounded out of the Woods adjacent to a run Way an official said. Neither the Pilot nor the co Pilot of the twin engined Beechraft Turboprop was injured in the incident at the Hancock county regional Airport said airline spokes Man Steve Mason no passengers were aboard the 19 Seal plane  
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