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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday september 14,198b news updates bomb materials Dublin Ireland a police discovered an underground Bunker where 79 pounds of Domb making materials were stored � spokesman said  Dublin police spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity said the hidden Bunker was found monday night during a Rou Tine search or land near the town of Dundalk North of Dublin an about half a mile from the South Ern Border of Northern Ireland. He said 18 4.4-Pound packs of  and fertilizer mix were found in the Bunker which was buried under sin inches of Earth and sealed by steel doors. The material has been used i bombs made by the Irish Republican army the Domestic British Agency press association said. The Ira is fighting to oust the British from Northern Ireland and unite the province Wilh the Republic the police spokesman said it was not known who owned the Bunker. Protest blocks flight Nancy France a about 20 relatives of passengers killed in the crash of a Tat Airliner six months ago blocked the airline s regular morning night from Nancylou Paris on tuesday demanding to meet the company s president. The relatives saying they had been Given no explanation for the March 4 crash boarded the air Craft at the Airport of this City in Eastern France and refused to leave putting up pictures of the crash victims. Airport officials said the protes ters bought tickets to gain Access to the plane then refused to let it Lake off. About 30 would be Pas sengers on the flight left for Paris by train or car. All 23 people aboard the Nancy Paris flight on March 4 were killed when the plane crashed into a Fieldner Melun about 30 Miles South East of Paris. China Taiwan travel Beijing up the first in direct passenger service Between Taiwan and China completed its inaugural voyage monday As 53 passengers landed at Shanghai Harbor amid fresh initiatives Mychina toward reunification Wilh the offshore Island. The panamanian nagged Excel Sior Mercury which also carried 13 chinese journalists landed atthe Wai Hon Qiao Dock monday morning to what a Shanghai offi Cial described As a warm Welcome with much  this is the first Lime Taiwan Ese have come to the Mainland in this fashion. This will help develop the relationship Between Taiwan and the Mainland Wang Ming Yang of the Shanghai foreign affaire Bureau said. Delta crash suit Dallas a a woman who survived last month s crash Ofa Delta air lines Boeing 727 has filed a lawsuit against the airline and the Pilot claiming injuries emotional trauma and economic loss. The lawsuit. Hied in stale District court monday by Alicia Hayes 32, seeks unspecified dam Ages. Delta flight 1141 crashed moments after Takeoff from Dallas fort Worth International Airport on aug. 31, killing 14 people. There were 94 survivors. Military clubs must streamline or face dim future expert says by Crystal Laureano staff writer Willinger West Germany faced with the task of operating profitably in times of declining Federal sup port a military club system that is striving to do everything is in for some streamlining a food service expert said tuesday. There is going to have to be a shake Down in the system at some Point said Don i. Smith a Wislin distinguished professor at Washington stale univer sity s school of hotel restaurant administration. The clubs Are trying to do everything be a fast food restaurant a table serv ice restaurant and a family restaurant. No one in the commercial sector would even try  Smith addressed More than 200 peo ple at the joint services club manager workshop taking place in Willinger this week. With 11 year As a professor and 24 years of Industry experience be is considered an expert by hospitality pro fission Ali the future of military clubs is difficult to predict. Smith said. Some have an excellent Chance. No clubs As a Rule have the greatest  but Smith labelled officers clubs As the single big. Gesl  they officer want More service More attention and there go your labor costs he said. In his speech. Smith said he envisions a. Day when a Timi such As Pepsico inc. Owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken Taco Bell and pizza hut would build a single Structure housing several restau rants on military bases. What i think you will begin to see is More and More fast food franchises on bases Smith said they Are More efficient and there is More Money to be  commanders need to give More sup port and respect to military club manag ers who face the task of increasing profits to compensate for lost Federal funding Smith said. If a commander really cares he will treat his club manager As a professional As much As he does a colonel or a major in the artillery or infantry he said. Although club managers Are being told to run their operations As a profit Mak ing business commanders Don t have the knowledge of How private restaurants operate causing them to have unreal expectations Smith said. For instance they Don t know that in the commercial sector restaurants make less than 5 cents profit out of every Dol Lar earned he said. In his keynote address Smith Lold managers to know How every Penny in spent and to make sure their command ers also understand. More than 400 people about Hal employed in military club operations and inc rest Trade vendors Are attend ing the joint service workshop thai a sponsored by the International military club executives association. 5 die when Boulder crashes into bus Embudo. . A a Large Boulder tumbled onto a Roadway alter a thunderstorm and sheared off the front of a greyhound bus killing five people and injuring 14, authorities said. I fell an Impact. A big concussion and what sounded like a loud explosion kind of deafening said Sean k. Jones one of two passengers who escaped injury. All of a sudden i Felt de Bris coming at us. A Bright Light flashed like Sparks and electricity in the front end of the  the bus bound from Denver to Albuquerque with 20 passengers was struck on new Mexico Highway 68 late Mon Day said stale police spokeswoman la pita Carrion. The Accident occurred in a Mountain Ous area about 50 Miles North of Santa be where the Highway parallels the Rio Embudo near the Point where that River meets the Rio Grande. The Driver and four passengers died and 14 passengers were injured Camon said. Four of the injured passengers we readmitted to hospitals their injuries were not described As lire threatening. Satwant Khalsa Deputy state medical investigator said nil five of the dead were adults. Although positive identification remains incomplete he said one of the victims was from India and another was from Japan. Hospital officials said six of the injured were children under 10 years old. The big Rock tumbled from the Moun Tain As the bus approached said state police officer Harold Zuni. It was rain ing at the time. It sheared the front end of the bus off Zuni said describing the Boulder As about As big As the from end of a  witnesses said the Impact of the Boul Der pushed the bus into some other rocks keeping it from falling into the water 40 feet below. The Driver apparently was killed instantly. The area had been hit by a powerful thunderstorm just a few hours before the Accident and state police officer . Rodilla said the rain May have triggered the fall of rocks. H was initially feared that some of the passengers May have been thrown into the River but . Mascarinas of scarch and Rescue team said All 21 peo ple aboard had apparently been accounted  14 injured were taken to the Emer gency room of Espanola Hospital nearly20 Miles Southwest of Embudo said a hos Pital administrator. Grant Nelson. He said four people were admitted iwo of whom were later transferred loan other Hospital and 10 were treated for lesser injuries and released. Tougher Low to fight housing bios signed Washington a president Reagan signed a Law tuesday that strengthens the government s Power to combat housing discrimination hailing Ilas the most important civil rights legislation in 20  the measure gives the Federal govern ment its first significant Powers to Battle housing discrimination. Under it the Secretary of housing and Urban development May go to court to seek stiff fines against property owners accused of discrimination. The handicapped and families Wilh children younger than is would be protected for inc first Lime from housing discrimination. The current Law covers discrimination against racial minorities legislation signed in 1974 bars discrimination on the basis of sex. Discrimination is particularly tragic when it Means a family is refused hous ing near Good schools a Good Job or Sim ply in a better neighbourhood to raise children Reagan said. The president joined by Republican and Democrat supporters of the Bill used the Rose Garden ceremony to throw an election season bouquet to vice president George Bush. Reagan praised the gop presidential candidate  his enormous courage in voting in 19ss for civil rights legislation that the new Law was designed to supple ment. He said thai the Bill was the product of years of bipartisan work and thai it repaired a significant. Defect in inc civil rights act of 1968. The original fair housing Law passed after the assassination of Martin Luther King jr., gave the Federal government Only a mediation role in settling housing disputes. The civil rights act of 1968 included for the first time in our history a fair housing provision. That was a major achievement one that Many members of Congress including a Young Congress Man named George Bush had to show enormous courage to vote for Reagan said. Reagan s mention of Bush was part of the Rose Garden approach that White House officials have used recently to boost Bush s chances on nov. 8. Bush s staff was described As being instrumental in helping reach a Compromise on the measure. About 100 congressional leaders. Cab inet officers and other administration officials gathered to witness the presiden tial signing ceremony. Members of both parties had rushed to become co Spon sors of the measure after the president signalled he willingness to sign it. Crash kills go injures 3 other americans Livorno. Italy a . Soldier was killed and three other americans injured before Dawn monday when their car was hit by another vehicle. Southern european task Force officials said tuesday. According to initial police reports the americans apparently were attempting a a Lurn when their car was struck by the second car according to a spokeswoman in Vicenza Italy. The Accident occurred at about 1 30 am. As the americans were returning to Camp Darby from leave. The Soldier who died had been As signed to the s09lh signal in at Camp Darby near Livorno. The three injured americans two soldiers and a civilian and the three italians in the second car were taken to a local civilian Hospital and were listed i Good condition the spokeswoman said names Are being withheld until families have been notified italian and . Military authorities Are investigating the Accident she said  
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