European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday november 21,19b8 Bhutto s party trails in 3 provincial contests Karachi Pakistan up Bena Zir Bhutto s party trailed its main opponent sunday in three of four con tests for provincial assemblies weakening her bid to become prime minister. But the opposition Leader remained confident she would form the next government. There s no other National party and no other National Leader said the 35-year-old daughter of former prime minister Zulfikar All Bhutto who was hanged by the general who overthrew him. Officials in Islamabad meanwhile announced that president Ghulam Ishaq Khan would Mucci with Bhutto Nawaz Sharif head of the government backed islamic democratic Alliance and leaders of other major parties starting tuesday to discuss matters relating to the formation of a govern  there was no indication of what government would emerge from the meetings but a Leader in Bhutto s Pak Binazir Bhutto discusses poor showing of her party la provincial voting sunday. Stan people s party said 19 Ida Mem Bers have pledged to support Bhutto in he National Assembly. Aizaz Ahsan a newly elected As Sembly member said that although pop legislators would be prevented by Law from switching their allegiances once elected the Ida is not a political party but an Alliance and its members arc not affected by the anti defection Law. Bhutto maintains she already has enough support from independents in the Assembly to form a government. The pop gained the largest number of National Assembly seats in wednes Day s general elections but failed to secure an Overall majority. The president must choose a prime minister from whichever party he believes can command a majority in the Assembly. With almost All results from sat urday s elections to four provincial assemblies declared the Ida had gained the most seats of any electoral group ing in Punjab and in North West fron tier province. ,. No tvs briefs Egypt gives recognition to new palestinian state Cairo up Egypt after a delay of five Days extended formal recognition sunday to the new palestinian state describing its proclamation As a positive step that worm promote peace and stability in the Middle East. The government s announcement of recognition came five Days after the proclamation was made by the palestinian National Council last tuesday in Algiers Egypt merely issued a statement of support at the end of the Council meeting. Condition of Hirohito continues to deteriorate Tokyo up emperor Hirohito s Condi Tion continued to Worsen sunday As doctors gave the 87-year-old Leader a blood transfusion that touched off a Rise in his temperature and blood pressure a Palace spokesman said. The frail 5-fool-3 emperor sleepy most of the Day including when his family visits him and is unable 10 speak in an audible voice when awake Palace sources said the emperor has been bedridden for two months battling against suspected abdominal  from Page 1. Were destroyed or heavily damaged and another is to 20 suffered moderate to Light damage the houses were All in a strip about a Quarter mile wide and a mile. Long he said. Alabama gov Guy Hunt called out the National guard to help with the cleanup and the red Cross set up a disaster Center to help  Homes were damaged. Two people were killed one a 9-month-old child and 11 persons were injured late saturday when a Tornado slashed through a Rural area North of nettle ton miss Mississippi gov Ray Mabus Cul Short a trip outside the state to Lour the devastated area. Tornadoes also were reported in Simpson Bolivar Sunflower and Leake counties with at least 25 House damaged in Simpson twelve buildings six Mobile Homes four houses and two businesses were destroyed by the Nettleton twister. Twenty Rico other houses and two Mobil Homes were damaged he said. A Lorado in Sunflower county destroyed a staff worker s Home at the missis Sippi state Penitentiary at Parchman. Arkansas heavy ram Friday and saturday caused Rivers to Rise Ana the ouachita River is expected to Crest 10 feel above flood stage tuesday at Camden. Dismissed Carrier belonging to Japan s maritime safety  were no injuries and there was no damage. But , ambassador to Japan Mike Mansfield and adm. Huntington Hardisty the commander of , Pacific come. Felt the incident was significant enough to Call on prime minister Toboni Takeshita two Days later and apologize. Despite the apology japanese concern has continued o build. Politicians have called on the . Military to Lake Steps to prevent further  latest report of the bomb explosion near a Marine Camp is Likely to increase japanese fears. The bomb exploded Early sunday morning in a residential area near . Marine Camp zukeran on the Southern Island of Okinawa the Kyodo news service reported. Police found plastic debris on the roof of a House and said they suspect it was a tear Gas bomb. A 36-year-old Clcil Truan living in the House said his family and about 40 neighbors suffered burning throats and eyes. A duty officer at the , forces Japan command Center said do one was available sunday to comment on the report. . Marines began inspecting 200 firing ranges i Okinawa lost week in response to earlier complaints of stray shots hitting houses in a town near a . Driving from Page 1 the last two years provide a Clear Cut target audience for the safety Campaign almost three out of every four soldiers killed were 24 years old or younger. ,. More than .40 percent of the soldiers were under. The influence of alcohol. Nearly Halfpfp those killed were not wearing scat belts. An analysis of 43 fatal car accidents involving sol Diers in fiscal 1987 also showed that 78 percent of the soldiers killed were in grades b-4, is and e-6, a preliminary review of the 42 fatal car accidents involving soldiers in fiscal 1988 shows rends similar to the previous year Braun said. Meanwhile Safe statistics show similar patterns. Safe reported 21 private vehicle fatalities for fiscal 1988--- v seventy percent of the Safe soldiers killed were male and 46 percent were Between 20 and 26 years old. Alcohol was involved in 30 percent of the accidents and35 percent of the time the person killed was not using a seat Belt. Not All the trends Are negative however Braun  number of Drunken driving incidents in Usa Keur has dipped by i percent Over the last three years. But even with these statistics Usa eur cannot tackle the safely problem in a vacuum and other fac tors complicate in flask in Europe. For. Example the number of licensed vehicles in West Germany which has a population of about 61million, recently lopped 30 million. Traffic density is three times that in the United  400,000 Drivers Are licensed through Usa eur which has almost 200,000 cars registered Braun said. Usa eur safety officials Are using a Carrot and Slick approach to try to educate soldiers stepping up enforcement of traffic Laws White providing Sale driving incentives Braun  May a letter from the Usa eur chief of staff was sent to All commanders encouraging participation in safety programs control of licensing procedures to. Ensure a Soldier s maturity and financial capability and spot checks for seat Belt use. Commanders also were required to investigate All fatal privately owned .   in which no Soldier received a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol Are to receive a special commendation Fram the Usa eur com Mander and a recommendation for a training  German police have been encouraged to step up the year , forces were allowed to participate in a traffic safety contest sponsored by the German traffic safety Council. Contestants were required to invent slogans on traffic safely that could be used on German streets and  american family member won an Audi and a Soldier won a three week vacation to Morocco Braun . While not every Soldier can win such prizes traffic officials Are hoping a Safe trip through the holi Days will be Reward enough. Albanians from Page 1. Sures of Security could be introduced if demonstrations continued. Kosovo which is Doh infilled by an ethnic albanian population is the heartland of Serbia s medieval Empire. The slav minority composed of 200,000 serbs and montenegrin alleges it is being harassed by the 90 percent albanian population. On saturday Milosevic was honoured by hundreds of thousands of serbs at a rally in Belgrade the capital of both Yugoslavia and Serbia the Belgrade communist party daily Politika said the demonstration was the largest in Yugoslavia s Post War history. In his speech Milosevic vowed the serbs would nonstop until their Battle for Kosovo is won