European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday october 19.1988 news updates storm damage London a one year after the worst storm in centuries swept across Southern England killing 17 people and changing for Ever the country s landscape insurance companies say there Are Mill about damage claims lobe settled. The claims represent about 10percent of the 1.5 million that flooded in after Hurricane Force winds last oct. 16 knocked Down 15 million Trees and caused More than 1.8 billion pounds s3.15 Bil lion Worth of association of British insurers sunday said claims were still being sent to insurance companies because a shortage of builders an materials had delayed repairs Lloyd s insurers has Aid it was he world s largest insurance loss. Hirohito s condition Tokyo 1up1 Japan s emperor Hirohito was reported in Sta ble condition by doctors mondays the 87-year-old Monarch entered he fifth week or an illness believed to be abdominal cancer. An Imperial Palace spokesman continued la give reports on the emperor s condition three times Aday As the Monarch began his fifth week of confinement to bed in the residential Fukiage Palace. His majesty received about paint of blood and his vital signs showed that he remains in Palace spokesman Kunii Mazda told a news conference. His mind is Sharp he added. Hirohito s temp erasure was 98,7degrees fahrenheit and his pulse Rale was 88 beats per minute. Legionnaires Case Manchester England a health authorities monday identified pans of an air conditioning system As the probable source of an outbreak of legionnaires disease Al a British Aero space Plant outside . Guy Constable District medical adv for said bacteria from the 13 patients with the Dis ease resemble that found in som of Lite Plant s water Cooling towers along with tie confirmed cases,19 suspected cases have surfaced since the disease broke out oct. 4."this a Sulu taken in conjunction with the fact that the majority of those infected work at British aerospace to fold indicate that the Likely source lib been identified Constable said. Siamese twins Tokyo a siamese twins Viet and due were recovering Well monday 13 Days after they were separated in on operation at a vietnamese Hospital a japanese red Cross official said. Yoshiaki Temolo quoted Yoji Araki a japanese doctor observing the vietnamese boys at to do Hospital in to Chi Minh City Vietnam As saying the twins were doing very the 7-year-old vietnamese boys Are believed to be the oldest siamese twins Ever separated. Correction an article thu find the Type of c sgt Charlese i Spain in a Genera Banks who i counts of Larcen Day incorrectly Idelli Scharac Given to tech Anks of Zaragoza a court martial As convicted of two received a bad con hundreds rally at Pentagon to protest Aid to Al Salvador washing off
