European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse E stars and stripes saturday november 26,1966 Eather blamed for 5 deaths Italy Rome a a Strong Early dose of wintry weather with stiff winds Snow and fretting temperatures thursday was blamed for at least five deaths Italy. Snow fell the yugoslavian coast far the first Lime a decade. Portugal rain flooded scores of Homes and two yachts Sank rough seas off the coast. The harsh weather brought the first snowfall of the year to Many regions of Italy from the Alps to the mountainous tip of the Peninsula Calabria. Among four victims northeastern Friuli Region were two teen agers whose car skidded off a Snow covered Road a. 14-year-old boy was struck and killed Bya car whose Driver lost control the poor driving conditions. elderly Man was found dead his car that plunged into a Ravine near Trieste. Lit Parma italian air Force office was killed when a military transport vehicle overturned a slackened Highway and caught tire. Several cities particularly Northern regions have reported extreme cold to Alto adige a Region bordering Austria the temperature plunged to 26 below. Snow piled As High As a fool higher altitudes raising Hopes fan Early season. For some ski resort operators. Meteorologists said the cold weather was caused by a stalled High pressure sys tem which is blocking warmer upper air currents. There also were transport problems neighbouring Yugoslavia where heavy Snow and winds stalled traffic some parts. The Tangug stale news Agency reported Snow fell along the Adriatic coast for the first Lime 10 Yean and stalled traffic other parts. The unseasonal cold spell left 60 Vil Lages Tutin and Novi pazar regions of Central Yugoslavia without Power. Tan Jug said. Record Low temperatures were recorded Northern Slovenia Republic ranging from minus 2 degrees at Planica the order with Italy to 10 below the Cap ital Ljubljana. Snow drifts of up to three feel piled he Kopaunik Mountain a fashionable skiing resort. Hurricane Force winds uprooted Trees and swept away roofs the villages of Ragas and Globo Cica the Kosovo province the Border to Albania theve Hemje Noyoshi newspaper said Tan Jug said for the first time 10 years Snow fell split a mid Adriatic City port and Dubrovnik pc s hinterland further South. Two British yachts Sank off Portugal Southern Algarva coast As storms lashed the popular tourist Region the Portu Guese Navy said thursday. All seven peo ple Board the two yachts escaped Thesin Kings Laic wednesday. More than 60 Homes were reported flooded the Small town of Vila do Dispo 14 Miles West of the port City of Lagos according to the portuguese news Agency lust Batain ponders Purchase of 500 tanks gun 1 Zymm Rhein Mattall smooth Bora fire control Leitem digital Tiro control computer by cd Canada Crew four engine Gas Turbino 1500 the. Weight 57,000 kg41 Mph Road Royal ordnance Rifle control Tyi tem digital fire control computer by cd Canada Crew Fouren Glitto Perkins Plessl 1200 Blip weight 62,000 a Speed 35 Mph Road London a Britain s Cabinet failed thurs Day to resolve its dilemma Over whether to re equip the army with British or . Battle tanks but folic ifs said a decision Likely would be Mads be frs Christmas. At stake is order Worth Aht $2 billion Tor anew generation of 500 Britain s aging homemade the Choie Etc tween the m1ai Abrams made Nyics corp. Michigan and challenger built by Vickers pc of Britain. Vickers the sole British Tan maker says that if prime minister Margaret Thatcher s government buys american it will kill Britain s tank manufacturing capacity and cos Britain billions of dollars of Middle East orders. They had a Good look at it a government spokes Man said thursday after Thatcher and her ministers debated the Issue at a Cabinet meeting. Defense ministry has refused to comment Thal British military chiefs have doubts about the Chan Ufir s fire control system. Vickers Camf Nolb sir David Plastow says the company has solved the Tankosh bums and ran produced competitive tank at its Plant England. He added that loser the order Britain will cease to be International Lank manufacturer leaving the lucrative Middle East Market to the soviets americans. ". To its last major Choice Between British or american weapons the Thatcher government 1986 opted for the . Boeing airborne Early warning radar systems and scrapped a Nimrod version by the British Genera electric co. grounds it did not work properly. Civil rights Leader Dies flights cancelled by italian strikers Ruti-afif1rmvtt_ ,.n a Ynhu form it Mimir Albert a. Raby a former Public school teacher who became one of the most important civil rights leaders Chicago the 1960s, died Here wednesday night apparently of a heart attack. He was 55. Raby collapsed at his office and was pronounced dead less than hour later at Northwestern memorial Hospi Tal it was the same Hospital where mayor Harold Washington whose Campaign to become Chicago s first Black mayor was managed by Raby died one year ago. Raby played a crucial role persuading the Rev. Mar tin Luther King or. To bring his Southern civil rights move Menilio Chicago 1966. Rome a planned strikes by air traffic controllers and radar operators have prompted the cancellation of at least 4s National and International flights a Day Italy the next seven Days newspapers said. The italian air controllers planned to strike daily from ii . Until 3p.m. For one week beginning Friday radar operators have declared they arc striking from 7 . Until8 Friday through controllers and radar operators arc demanding higher pay and lighter workloads. Their strikes arc the latest a series of National labor contract disputes thai have plagued italian flight schedules for months. Italian airline pilots ended a strike thursday. The walkout by radar operators also could disrupt flights that have not already been cancelled news re ports said. The cancellations announced by the state run Alita Lia airlines and its Domestic subsidiary Ati primarily affect lights to and from Rome and Naples and selected incoming flights to Rome from Switzerland France Greece and Africa. La Sudan a strike Over a wage dispute has hatted both Domestic and International nights. Carols from Page 1. -. For the Charity that helps smokers stub out their fags As cigarettes Are known Britain Calls a Light hearted and topical Way to talk about the Dan Ger of smoking. At this time of year those tunes arc popular they re everyone s Heads and therefore it s a Way of capitalizing something. To put a message across a Light hearted Way. She said. They re not any sense intended As a smokers. They re not intended to be . Any sense .offensive."A. To the Lii Neof we three Kings the offer the following tale we three reps from Industry Are bearing fags we travel afar to the afflicted and the addicted we bring nicotine and tar. Of Tarof cancer Tarof death tar that gives you filthy breath keep smoking croaking choking it Smuch worse than drinking Meths spirits instead of god rest be merry gentlemen the revisionists came up with. God Cit you merry smoking Folk does nothing you dismay with every single cigarette 1 foil smoke your lives away yet still you puff the noxious stuff whatever others say docs this bring you com fort and Jay Comfort and Joy docs this bring you Comfort and to the tune of "0 Little town of Bethlehem the non smokers wrote of Little lungs of smoking men How ill we seethe lie All through your owner s fretful sleep you a hectic and Cougot and sigh. While your dark interstices Well hidden out of sight if something grows though no one knows it May soon come to Britain remains a nation of heavy smokers and Cartons of cigarettes still arc considered appropriate Christmas gift. More than 14 million people 33, percent of the populace Are smokers. The anti smoking campaigners have no plans for distributing their revised Carol Book. They say they have Given them to children who have then taken them to school and they Hope publicity will prompt Batons to write for copies
