European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday october 5, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 3 time to celebrate la Mani Singh Center had reason to smile monday her husband met he Les War Singh had just been freed in Lebanon. Joining in the Beirut Cele bration were Feryal Fol Hlll left find Bader Turner the wives of two american hostages who weren t released. Also monday a picture of the other Side of the hostage Story was released. It shows Singh left shaking hands with fellow captive Jesse Turner while Robert Polhill left and Alann Steen look on. Watch by hostage s wife ends in disappointment Jackson Mich. A Virginia Steen endured an exhausting Vigil to see whether her husband would be released by his moslem captors in Lebanon Only to hear the bittersweet news that a colleague and fellow hostage had been freed. There s still no word yet mrs. Slenn 31, said in a Telephone interview Laic monday. I am absolutely exhausted. I Hope most of the Calls will hold off until speculation built monday that Alann Steen one of four Beirut University College professors abducted More than 21 months ago was about to be released by his captors islamic jihad for the liberation of pales Tine. But the organization turned Over to syrian officials Mithilesh War Singh 60, a visiting professor of finance and a Legal resident of the United states Singh arrived in Damascus Early tuesday and was scheduled to be turned Over to . Officials. Singh Stycn 49, and two other american teachers were kidnapped Jan. 24. 1987, by gunmen posing As riot police at Beirut University College Bhiru Sukhpal a Friend of Singh s for More than 20 years and a professor at the University of Wisconsin Plattville where Singh also taught said monday i m really thrilled. I will Send a Telegram right away. During the 1970s and Early 80s, Singh also taught at Milton College in Milton we and Western Colorado University. Bruce Stern a brother of Alann a said he was encouraged by a photograph of the four hostages released along with a statement announcing the impending re lease of Singh. The photo showed Singh shaking hands with Jesse Jon Turner 41, while Steen and Robert Polhill 54, of new York City stood by As if they were bidding Singh Farewell. Alann looks belter Bruce Steen said from his Home in Santa Cruz Calif where he gathered Wilh relatives. He s smiling and looks like he s gained weight. He s smoking again but who would to in april 1987, Sien s capture said that he was near death and that his health was deteriorating despite medication. Mrs. Steen spent monday at her parents Home in Clark Lake about 10 Miles South of Jackson in South Ern Michigan Fielding reporters questions by Tele phone and waiting. Mrs. Steen a Fine arts professor at the Beirut school who returned to the United slates after the abduction said she and her husband a journalism professor met Singh and his wife when they arrived in Beirut in 1983. Of course he s a dear Friend and his wife is a Good Friend of mine she said. In Boise Idaho Eslella Ronneburg Turner s Mother also wailed monday fora Call that never came i m terribly disappointed it was t Jon mrs. Ronneburg said. But at least it s a sign they re a Lille More lenient than they nine americans arc among 16 westerners still miss ing in Lebanon. The longest held is Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press who was kidnapped March 16,198s, laotians arrest 2 americans in unusual Mia finding plan Bangkok Thailand a lao Tian police have arrested two americans who had planned to float several thou Sand . Dollars Down the Mekong River in an unusual Nti Crupl to find american soldiers they believe Are still being held in communist Indochina according to the . Embassy. Embassy spokesman Ross cuing said the two were being held Al ban sing Samphan in the Southern laotian prov Ince of Champas Sak. We have advised our embassy in Vientiane of the arrest and our embassy is checking Wilh lao authorities to determine what has transpired Pitzing said. Donna Long one of the two Ameri cans told the associated press sunday they planned to drop plastic bags con Taining . Dollar Bills and other currencies into the Mekong River which forms a Boundary Wilh Thailand and then flows on to both Cambodia and Vietnam. The pair also planned to pass out Money in villages along the laotian Bank of the River said Long who revealed the plan on condition it would not be re leased until the two returned or were Bill was stamped Wilh a message offering a j2.4 million Reward to anyone who could bring an american prisoner of War to the International red Cross. The Reward Money to any cambodian laotian or vietnamese is being offered through the National steering commit tee for american War veterans a private Mia pow group. The group says the $2.4 million has been pledged by 21 con Gressmen and the american defense Institute another group concerned with the Mia Issue. Members of the steering committee including chairman Ted Samply were scheduled to arrive in Thailand on wednesday. The . Government lists 2,393 americans As missing in action from the Vietnam War in Cambodia. Laos and Vietnam. The three indochinese govern ments deny that any americans Are alive in their countries. In 19s7, several Mia pow activists including relatives of mias floated bal loons Down the Mekong River from the thai Shore Wilh offers of the $2.4 million Reward. There has been no known result result. Porn Hipa Voja Rabuska a thai hotel manager said monday thai Long and the other american who asked nol to be identified had been captured by laotian authorities. Porn Hipa a manager Al Ubon s Shatum ral hotel said the two had sought assistance in gelling to the River and the Lionel fell obliged to help , 45, of Jacksonville n.c., said they expected to travel from Ubon to Khong Chaim on the Banks of the me Kong and then northward along the River to a thai fishing Village where they could hire a boat to to reach the laotian Shore. La quake would surpass san Andreas report says los Angeles a a killer earthquake in the heart of the los Angeles Basin would be More Catas trophic than the much feared big one on the san Andreas fault wrecking buildings and triggering giant fires slate officials said tuesday in a new report the report by California s division of mines and geology describes in detail How a temblor measuring 7 on the Richler scale would Knock out key roads and How snapped Utility lines would pour sewage and Oil into streets and Waterways the study confirms and expand on research reported by the , Geo logical Survey in 1985, showing a major quake on the Newport Ingle Wood fault zone would be More Catas trophic than an even stronger quake along California s infamous san an Dreas fault. A magnitude 7 Newport Inglewood quake would cause markedly greater damage in metropolitan los Angeles and Orange counties than would a Magnilude-8.3 along the More Distant san Andreas fault said Joseph Ziony an assistant director of the division s Parent Agency the Depar mint of conservation. The 45-Milc-Tong Newport Ingle Wood zone consists of a series of sur face faults stretching from near Bev Erly Hills Southeast through Culver City Inglewood South los Angeles Long Beach scat Beach Huntington Beach Newport Beach and Laguna Beach. The South part of the Newport ing Wood fault zone broke on March 10, 1933. The resulting Long Beach earthquake which measured 6.3 on the Rah tar scale killed is people injured hundreds More and caused extensive damage spurring the re form of California building codes. Scientists Don t know How often big quakes occur on the fault but believe one of a magnitude 7 is possible. The Richier scale is a gauge of the Energy released by an earthquake As measured by the ground motion re corded on a Seismograph. An Earth quake of magnitude 7 is considered a major one capable of widespread. Heavy damage. There is no evidence this Earth quake will occur in the near future Ziony said. We re providing this Sce Nario As a worst Case for the los an Geles Basin so that officials can develop the Best possible emergency response the report does t estimate the death toll
