European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday october 21,1988 news briefs go sentenced for theft of taxi Driver s Wallet Nornberg West Germany s4s a sol Dier who stole a Numberg taxi Driver s Wallet was sentenced thursday to 25 months in prison a 2nd army Cav regt spokesman said. An alleged accomplice has not be been tried Cape. Glen Golightly said in a general court martial pfc. Perry n. Davis of he troop 2nd army Cav regt pleaded Guilly to robbery attempted larceny and conspiracy to commit robbery Golightly said. Davis was one of iwo . Soldiers arrested by German police aug. 27 after they allegedly threw Pepper in the taxi Driver s face and fled with his Wallet which contained about 90 Marks or $50, Golightly said. Davis also was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge forfeiture of All pay and allowances and reduction to the lowest end Slid Grade. Italian Jet s Landing gear fails on Pitburg a runway Pitburg a West Germany an italian air Force f-104 fighter ran off the end of a Damp runway Here wednesday afternoon after its land ing gear collapsed base officials said thursday. The Pilot who was not injured was on a training Mission at the base and is assigned to Gros do a about 85 Miles Northwest of Rome the mishap closed the runway for about two hours officials said. There were no munitions on Board the aircraft. Italian air Force representatives were in route to Pitburg to investigate the Accident. German jetliner skids off Dusseldorf runway Dusseldorf West Germany a a Lufthansa dc-10 jetliner carrying 88 people skidded off the end of a runway at Dusseldorf Airport thursday while Landing airline officials said. No one was injured in the mishap. The jetliner stopped with its nose wheel stuck in a wet Grassy area just off the end of the runway Lufthansa spokesman Klaus Ulrich Metier told the associated press late thursday. Airport officials said he mishap occurred about 2 . During Rainy weather. M Tiller said that other arrangements were being made for the passengers to continue their trip none of the 75 passengers and Crew of 13 were injured he said Northern area of Greece rocked by earthquake salon1ca, Greece a an earthquake rocked Northern Greece on thursday. Officials reported it was entered offshore and police said there were no reports of injuries or damage. The Satonica seismological Institute said the quake struck Al 4 01 . And measured 4.8 on the open ended Richler scale. The measurement is powerful enough to do considerable damage. The Institute put the epicentre 11 Miles off Shore from Salonica Greece s second largest cily. More than 700,000 people live in the greater Salonica area. The quake came four Days after a powerful earthquake struck Western Greece injuring 25 people and toppling More than 100 houses. Earthquake jolts parts of Maine new Hampshire Augusta Maine a a moderate earthquake that rumbled through parts of Maine and new Hampshire thursday sounded like a sonic Boom and Shook buildings but no damage was reported authorities said. The temblor measured 4.0 on the Richler scale said Waller Anderson director of the Maine geological Survey. He said that measurement was from the Weston Observatory in Weston mass. Other reports put the temblor at 3.9 on the Richler scale according to the . Geological Survey in Menlo Park Calif. 7 israeli soldiers in Convoy killed by powerful car bomb by Glenn Frankel the Washington Post Jerusalem seven israeli soldiers were killed wednesday and 10 people were injured As an explosives Laden Van blew up in the Middle of a Convoy of army vehicles in Israel s self declared Security zone about 300 Yards North of its Border with Lebanon. The iranian backed islamic resistance front claimed responsibility for the blast Washington Post correspondent Nora Boustany reported from Beirut. The organization told reporters that one of its fighters had carried out the attack As a gift to the palestinian uprising in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip to celebrate inc birthday saturday of the Prophet Mohammed the founder of islam. Some israeli army officials noted that the Driver s body had not been found and said there were indications a Remote control device triggered the explosion the a reported. The new York times reported the attack As a suicide bombing. Israeli officials said the alack took place about 1 30 . Near the lebanese Village of far Kila. A White Toyota Van pulled out from a Side Road into a seven vehicle military Convoy on its Way Back to Israel from duty inside the Security zone. The Van packed with 200 to 400 pounds of explosives was detonated almost immediately damaging All seven vehicles a troop transport truck and six jeeps officials said. Scenes of wounded men being rushed on Stretcher to wailing ambulances filled israeli to newscasts. The ambulances their sirens screaming ferried the victims to emergency helicopters that airlifted them to Hospi Tal in Northern Israel. An israeli military statement said that besides the seven dead eight soldiers were wounded and iwo Leb anese women were slightly injured. News of the blast was withheld for seven hours by Israel s military Cen Sor until All of the victims families had been notified. Israeli television also showed footage of mangled army vehicles and of backpacks and soldiers Kite strewn across roads and Fields. Witnesses said the Toyota that carried the bomb was reduced to a Ball of charred Cut. It was the most devastating attack on israeli forces since last nov. 26, when a Lone palestinian commando in a motorized hang glider flew from Lebanon across the israeli Border and attacked an army base in North pm Israel killing six soldiers and wounding 11 others. Officials said they were Uncertain where the Van had come from. They said it May have been prepared out Side the Security zone and somehow managed to pass through military roadblocks into the strip. But they said it was More Likely that the Van had been brought in empty hidden in a Village inside the Rone and loaded with some of the hundreds of pounds of explosives that officials say Are kept in underground caches throughout the area. Whales from Page 1 original size Skluzack said. The devices arc used in marinas to keep boats from becoming Frozen in the Winter Ferrian said. The tired whales can survive for several More weeks Despic being battered and bleeding from grating against jagged ice said John Lien professor of animal behavioural memorial University in Canada. They can bleed a barrel and still be Fine said Lien who has helped free whales from ice for 20 years. We re talking about a big animal Here Between five and 20  the whales also May have to contend with Polar bears. Reporters flying by helicopter wednesday spoiled five prowling the ice a few Miles from the whales. There Are Polar bears that Are certainly going to be attracted 10 this said Ron Morris of the National Marine fisheries service. If they re going to Lake the whales we re nol going to Slop them. He said Polar bears Hunt Al night when biologists Are usually the Only people near the breathing holes 18 Miles Northeast of this Eskimo Village. The whales were named by biologists so the Mam Mals respiration could be monitored when they sur faced. One was dubbed Bone because so much of its snout has been scraped away by the ice. Eskimos have Given then their own names sikh ice Pulu schole and Kanik Snowflake. A National weather service ice analysis showed no open water in the whales Vicinity. But a Lead or path Way through inc ice had been spotted about five Miles from inc whales said Jim Brooks acting director of the fisheries service in Alaska there Are open water leads throughout the Chukchi sea and Beaufort sea out for a Long ways. The ice is always moving. It s very dynamic he said. Brooks said there was no guarantee that the whales could reach open water about 200 Miles Southwest even if hey could get to the leads. But the Hope is thai they will be Able to make it through the leads via these open leads used by Bow Heads and belugas in their migration. But the Gray whale is nol an ice adapted animal. It just does l seem to be Able to contend with the ice As Welt As other species of whale he said. Rescuers sought ways to coax the animals in the direction of open water if icebreaking efforts were successful including using lights As a lure near two new by calling holes Cut for them. But the mammals have shown Little interest Greenpeace representative Cindy Lowry said tape recordings of the sounds of other Gray whales were being shipped to Barrow to try to lure the animals to open water. If they Don l respond to that biologists said they have tapes of killer whales that might Spur the three Young whales to escape. The Barge was not expected to reach Burrow at least until midday Friday officials said. We re pretty optimistic said pole Leat Naid. Presi Dent of Veco inc., the Oil service company that owns the propulsion less air Cushion vehicle it looks like it will be moving a Little faster now that in s cleared most of the mud and sandbars in the  pullout from Page 1 neighbor to the North. Roh proposed a Summit meet ing Between the two Korea in a speech tuesday at the United nations general Assembly. He called for both countries to meet with the United slates the soviet Union China and Japan to Lay the groundwork for an Era of peace and Prosperity in Northeast Asia. The state department welcomed Roh s imaginative and constructive policy of reconciliation and accommodation although it did not endorse any specific proposal. On wednesday North Korea s Deputy foreign minister rang Sok jul spoke to the general Assembly and proposed creating a new nation out of North and South Korea with a shared military command and a National Assembly with equal representation from both sides. Stale department spokesman Charles Redman said wednesday the administration has no plans to remove North Korea from the list of countries that . Officials by engage m International terrorism. He added that North Korea s Well established Hack record of belligerence and state error makes a very cautious approach to this Issue  but Redman reaffirmed that the United slates is reviewing its policy toward North Korea following the resumption of talks Between the two Korea at fan Munnom and the show of North korean restraint Dur ing the Seoul olympics last month. There had been concern that North Korea would attempt to disrupt the olympics. A state department official who briefed reporter on tuesday on condition of anonymity said the administration will probably have an announcement on policy changes toward North Korea in a few Days. We certainly want to be responsive to  s " official w whip 10 w Tuuu Ait a t ii Aiumu Roh policy changes and what he wants to do the Ici Alsaid