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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes the dirty dancing tour pages 14, 15 o ferrari1 of copters impresses Pilot Page 3 d fire forces 200 to flee Homes Page 5 d Hembrick s Appeal disallowed Page 21 authorized unofficial publication ran the . Ahmed forces vol. 47.no, 155 tuesday september 20,19b8 tit Dell Good morning d 8693 a 150 reported killed during Burma protests Rangoon Burma a troops tired into crowds of students Buddhist monks and other peaceful marchers monday in Rangoon As thousands of burmese protested Burma s military coup witnesses said. Unofficial Esti mates said about Iso people including 17 soldiers died. The military said soldiers firing on violent and unruly mobs in the capital and other parts of the country killed 21 people and wounded another 23. The announcement said the figures were incomplete however unofficial estimates based on eyewitness accounts and interview put the number of dead at about Iso. Including 17 soldiers with scores of others reported wounded. Soldiers were preventing demonstrators from entering this capital of 3.5 Mil lion residents witnesses said. Unrest also was reported in Mandalay Burma s Sec sea protests on Bach Paga Gilbert s last gasp brings . Flooding by he associated press Hurricane Gilbert s remnants swept from Texas to Illinois monday with heavy rain and flooding that forced evacuations in one Oklahoma town. The storm earlier spun off 41 tornadoes and killed three people in Texas and Oklahoma. The Low pressure system that last week was the strongest Hurricane on re Cord in the Western hemisphere spread Shu Werc and thunderstorms along a line toward the Northeast with gusts to about 40 Mph monday morning. The storm system itself picked up Speed to about 45 to 50 Mph said Dan Mccarthy of the National weather service. It s scooting said Mccarthy of the severe storms Center in Kansas City to. Meanwhile workers in Monterrey Mexico searched for the bodies of up to 200 people swept away when a nver swollen by Hurricane Rains poured Over its Banks and overturned four buses. Ninety bodies were recovered and a total of 191 people were confirmed dead in the aftermath of Gilbert outside the United states. Late sunday the storm moved Over Wichita Falls Texas with rain and High wind and monday it was Over Eastern Oklahoma. An area West of Wichita Falls was deluged with 4 /2 inches of rain and roads in Ozona in Western Texas were under water. The mass of moisture extended to Chicago. Parts of Oklahoma received up to 8 inches of rain in two Days causing minor flooding. About a dozen residents of a Low lying area in Kingfisher okla. Evacuated late sunday and others were told to be ready to leave. Kingfisher Creek was expected to Rise As much As 4 feel above flood stage monday said police dispatcher Lois Darling. It s already a foot past flood stage and rising Darling said Early monday. Elsewhere in Oklahoma a 50-year-old Pilot from Santa pc n.m., was killed late saturday when his plane broke apart while flying near Musko Kec Northeast of Oklahoma City in heavy rain produced by Gilbert authorities said. Although the Brunt of the Hurricane missed the . Gulf coast at least 41 see flooding on Back Page Bush Dukakis Trade jabs on economic issues by lit associated press Republican George Bush said monday that Democrat Michael Dukakis has raised All sorts of taxes in Massachusetts and will a the same nationally if elected. Dukakis retorted that the Reagan administration has left a sea of Republican red Ink that not even Moses could  push and his running male Dan Quayle launched economic based attacks on Dukakis to kick off a week that will Sec relatively Little campaigning As the presidential candidates prepare for their first debate Sun Day in Winston Salem. . In Philadelphia Bush charged Dukakis with championing an anti business scheme that has caused higher taxes and soaring business bankruptcies in Massachusetts. Bush told a local chamber of Commerce that the democratic governor this year has raised All sorts of taxes the income lax the sales lax and one that might be of special interest to this audience an additional lax on business. Quayle. At a rally in Knoxville tenn., said Dukakis had imposed an economic manacle on the slate s Economy a satirical reference to Dukakis claim of an economic Miracle in Massachusetts. In remarks prepared for an appearance in Little Rock ark., Dukakis said he was lived of Bush s using see issues on Back Page Haiti s new ruler. Brig. Gen. Prosper Anil salutes a sunday morning troop Parade celebrating his i Krov or of the presidency from la. Gen. Henri Namphy in a saturday night military Coop. Anil a Fanner aide new general in charge to cd Dietor Jean Claude Duvalier announced by radio and television from the presidential Palace in port a Prince that he was assuming Power to save impoverished Haiti from anarchy and  Summ in Evri gets first 1/.s. Gold sports Page 21  
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