European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday october 17.1988 Gale forces papyrus boat to abandon voyage Athens Greece a Gale Force winds forced six greeks paddling a Papy rus boat across the Aegean sea to aban Don their attempt saturday to re create a10,000-year-old voyage. It is impossible for a boat 6 meters 20 feel Long to face such weather conditions at a time when larger ships were forced to return to Safe ,11 the hellenic Institute of naval tradition said. News briefs the Canoe like boat made of yellow papyrus stems lashed together with rope set off eight Days ago from laution a port near Athens for the Island of Clos the simile trip was expected to Lake about nine Days. The boat was forced to abandon its attempt 2 5 Miles from Melos at the by Chadic Island of serifs the Institute announcement said. The 5-fool-wide Papy rela greek for papyrus was launched in an Effort to determine How Stone age sailors could have reached the Island to obtain Obsidian a volcanic Glass used to manufacture cutting tools. Obsidian was discovered in a Southern greek Cave by . Archaeologists in 1972. The material dating to around 8000 8.c.,was crafted into razor Sharp Blades and be longed to mesolithic Cave dwellers. The greek boat was built on the Island of Corfu using papyrus clumps found Ata nearby Lake. It was patterned on a Cen Turies old local design. Papyrus boats were used in ancient Egypt around 5000 . The Institute said saturday thai it Hopes to resume the voyage to Melos when weather conditions improve. Azores Island shaken by More than 100 tremors Lisbon Portugal a More than 100 Earth tremors Shook the mid Atlantic azores Island Osao Miguel sunday damaging houses and frighten ing the residents of four Small towns officials said. There were no reports of injuries. Pedro Mala an official with the National Institute of meteorology and geophysics in Sao Miguel said the strongest quake came at 5 15 ., reach ing Point six on the 12-Point Mccall i scale. The portuguese news Agency Lusa quoted fir and Hospital officials As saying no injuries were reported but several people had been taken to a Hospital suffering from Shock. Mala said the epicentre of the quakes was in the sea about i2fi Miles Southeast of the town of Vila Franca do Campo on the Southern coast of Sao Miguel the biggest of the nine islands in the portuguese  said the tremors opened cracks in some of the oldest buildings in Vila Franca do Capoand three neighbouring Small towns. Some fright ened residents left their Homes and slept in the open. Chinese bus tips Burns 43 reported killed 40 Hurt Beijing a a bus carrying More than double its permitted passenger Load toppled into a ditch and burst into flames killing 43 people and injuring 40 others an official report in the people s daily newspaper said sunday. The Accident occurred wednesday in a Rural area of shaan i province in North China the newspaper said. It said the bus s official capacity was 38 and it carried s3. The Driver who was among the survivors was reported to have been driving at High Speed in the rain and without Windshield Wip ers on a narrow Road Between deep irrigation ditches. Telephone Cable thieves disrupt service to 30,000 Buenos Aires Argentina a some 30,000 homeowners and businesses in the Bue nos Aires area were without phone service sat urday after thieves stole thousands of Yards of Telephone Cable from underground channels. The state operated National telecommunications co. Entel said the thieves stole the Cable Early saturday in a half dozen suburban areas. The thieves apparently believed it was made of Copper that could be melted and sold. An Entel official said the thieves Are in fora disagreeable Surprise because most of the Sto Len Cable was made of Glass based optical fiber not Copper. He said replacement of the cables will take at least a week. Hundreds flee As fire sends smoke through no. Hotel Portsmouth . A a fire in a hotel room sent smoke billowing through the building saturday forcing hundreds of guest outside authorities said. Fire chief Randall Sage said Here were no injuries reported and the Small fire which started in a third floor room of the four Story Sheraton Portsmouth caused Little damage. No one was in the room when the fire began. Sage said there was heavy Black plasticity very toxic smoke on the third floor and fire fighters had trouble getting to the flames because Ofil. Springsteen leads argentines in la Bamba As rights tour ends Buenos Aires Argentina up Brace Springsteen led 60,000 argentines in a soccer stadium in encores of la Bamba Early sunday in the final act of a worldwide Jio million Rock concert tour arranged by amnesty International to promote human rights. Let s dream of a world without oppression Springsteen said in a reminder to the crowd of the seriousness of purpose in the More than eight hour Rock Bash that began saturday afternoon and ended at1 30  Sunday. The Argentine leg of the tour which included a concert Friday night in the Northwestern provincial capital of Mendoza was dedicated to the 9,000 Argen tines who disappeared during the reign of a military government from 1976 to 1983. British Rock Star sting in a rendition in Spanish of they dance alone danced on the stage with it delegation of mothers of the Plaza de Mayo an organization of mothers of disappeared persons that pro motes human rights in Argentina. Sting s countryman Peter Gabriel led a chant of Biko in homage to the slain Black South african Stephen Biko. During the chanting tens of thousand sin the audience spontaneously lit cigarette lighters creating a bickering tribute. Gabriel then danced to african Rock arrangement with senegalese performer you Sou d Nour. The lop Rock stars performed without pay during the six week tour Rock songs with human rights themes were interspersed with favourites like Springsteen s born in the Usa " which the Argentine audience dancing in the stands and in he. Held of River plate stadium Sang with him in English Learned from records and radio station presentations. Jack Healey executive director of amnesty International Usa told United press International that the us Weck tour that began in London s Wembley stadium on sept. 2 Cost about $20 million and will lose less than 16 million after concerts in England France India Hungary Spain Canada the United Stales Japan Zimbabwe Ivory coast and Italy. Our idea is for amnesty to grow in the third world he said. Argentina was chosen Els a site to close the tour because of its sad past of disappeared people and bit cause it is a country that has made a non violent transition from dictatorship to democracy. This is part four message Healey said. The Reebok foundation created by the Reebok sport shoe manufacturing firm will cover the debts incurred by the tour and on dec. 10 it expected toward two prizes of $100,000 each to a Man and a woman under 30 years old who have contributed to human rights. Israeli forces Block jewish settlers from closing roads used by arabs Jerusalem a soldiers erected roadblocks throughout the occupied West Bank on sunday to Stop dozens of jewish settlers from choking major highways in a protest against the palestinian uprising the army said. In Israel a palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel fatally shot two sons of his Arab landlord and critically wounded their 38-year-old Mother after the family ordered him to leave a rented Flat in a Vil Lage bordering the West Bank two residents said. The boys were 3 and 17. Police spokeswoman Yehudit Edri described the assailant As a policeman originally from a West Bank Village near Nablus and said he shot the victims sat urday night during a rent dispute with the landlord. She declined to elaborate. Israeli news reports characterized the dispute As  but palestinians in Jal Doulya who spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity said the landlord ined to evict the palestinian because he was accused of collaborating with israeli authorities against fellow palestinians. The settlers aborted protest on two main West ban highways was aimed at heightened palestinian attacks on jewish targets Israel radio reported. It came a Day after an israeli Man was stabbed in the West Bank City of Jenin rabbi Dov Aharoni of los Angeles a support ref the settlers said the action was to Block palestinian labourers  during the i a Mon Yold uprising. Military sources said hundreds of soldiers mobilized at Dawn and turned Back dozens of automobiles driven by the militants on roads linking the cities of Nablus and Hebron to Jerusalem. At the Ariel settlement settlers fired into the air and smashed the windows of several Arab vehicles before troops arrived and turned them away Arab news re ports said. The army had no report of shootings and Tai troops kept roads open throughout the morning per mitting palestinian labourers to travel to jobs in Israel also sunday soldiers distributed leaflet in the it Bank town of Bindiya warning residents thai the army would use an Iron fist against anyone disturbing Public  last week an alleged Collaborator with Israel was slain in Bindiya. On Friday troops demolished five houses and sealed a sixth belonging to suspects in the slaying. Zia from Page 1 Lam Ishaq Khan who became head of slate after Zia s death ordered the investigation into the crash. . Officials in Washington have refused to discus the investigation in which american experts took part citing the sensitivity of the Case. Before sunday Rumor and speculation flourished int be absence of any official report on the Case which was widely assumed to have been an assassination. According to the speculation a bomb a missile or tampered engines caused the crash. Those blamed in the reports and tutors have in eluded the soviet Union fundamentalist moslem afghan agents and Indian agents. Zia a military strongman who imposed eight years of martial Law during his ii years in Power was viewed As a bulwark of stability in the volatile Region. The soviet Union objected to his arming of afghan rebels accusing Zia of violating the april pact for the pullout of soviet troops from Afghanistan. The soviets often warned him to Stop backing the guerrillas who Are based in Pakistan and also Are aided by the United states. Zia who look Power in a bloodless 1977 coup also faced opposition at Home from moslem who Felt hews too fan in imposing religious Laws on his country and from political groups seeking free elections. Paki Stan is committed to holding elections nov. 16 for anew leadership