European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Q units in England Italy gather items Lor quake victims Page 2 d single gis to get biggest percentage Rise in bad Page 3 d shuttle returns to Cape canaveral Page 5 d san Antonio still loves mayor Cisneros Page 13 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial pubic Luloh Fob the . Smed robots vol. 47, no. 241 thursday december 15. 1988 d 8693 a . Wary of Plo peace plan by Salt Arafat flushes the Victor " sign in Geneva. Quake death total 55,000, officials say by the Bull More Sun Moscow thousands of survivors of the arme Nian earthquake when camped for Days around Bon fires nem to their ruined Homes have begun to be evacuated As Hope fades that their missing relatives Faasii alive soviet l officials said tuesday officials raised to 55,000 i hair estimate of inc dead in Llic powerful quake that devastated Northern arme Nia dec. 1. Earlier Thuv had said that 40,000 to 45,000 died. They said .13.000 of the Lens of thousands of injured had sought medical help a Seuc teams from several countries freed several dozen More survivors tuesday As they search the rubble using 700 heavy cranes which were slow in reaching the scene soviet television said. During the past four Days ,500 people were pulled from the Ruthie i ,400 of whom were still alive according to foreign ministry spokesman Gennadiy 1. Gerasi nov. -. In the first few Days survivors were reluctant to leave the scene until the and steel were searched for missing relatives but Gerasimov said to resorts on the i Lack sea and else where was picking up and that 24,000 people had left. Meviin while. Troops in bulletproof jackets Elam per a curfew on the ruined City of Lacni Nakrin As a result of looting and one murder the communist party daily i Ravda reported tuesday. / apartments abandoned after the quake have been burglarized ant four people were arrested when they tried 6 Rob a jewelry store pravda said. Igor a Lapkin a ministry of internal affairs official told Jhu news Tieney Tass thai the chief task of the. Geneva api t to chairman Yasser Arof it s the acc Point Middle East peace plan was hailed . As a positive Bui still too vague on key issues. Arafat is asking for negotiations with Israel at an International peace conference and . Supervision of israeli occupied territories. speech tuesday to a special session of the . General Assembly Arafat referred to Israel several limes and appealed to its leaders to join peace talks i ask Llic Cadi is of Israel to come Here under lie sponsorship of the United nations so that lop Lher we can forge that peace Arafat said. He also appealed to the israeli people. Come he said Lei us Matte the peace of the bold far Frum she arrogance of Power and the weapons of destruction far from the occupation and oppression and humiliation and murder and torture.". In Jerusalem prime minister Yitzhak Shamir Dis missed Arafat s initiatives saying the Plo has not changed its policy of error tic called on Washington not to recognize the j to. We know what hides behind his words Shamir told a news conference. We know that As they arc Snow crib acts of terror he died an incident tuesday in which a palestinian shot and killed two israeli. In Washington state department spokesman c Harles Redman said Arafat Fai cd to meet conditions for open ing a dialogue with inc United states because his speech Dio no Cipiti by icing Fri a1 Israel s Rig til in exist. The speech Cunt Flint d some in Liti sting and Posi Tive developments Redman said. T it it continued to he ambiguous on key issues including recognition of Israel renunciation if terrorism and acceptance of . Resolutions 242 and vow Arafat s three Point plan Calls for a serious of furl 10 Ruff Vonc an peace conference in Geneva under . Auspices temporary . Supervision of occupied pales Tinian the deployment of . Peacekeeping forces and the withdrawal of israeli troops lie did not say whether he was Rvl Vrr inc in the Wen Hank and the Fia a strip occupied by Israel in i %7, a comprehensive settlement Manny ail i i tit s Arab israeli Cunt lick inducing the stale of Al t slim. Israel and Oiler neighbors within the Frame work of the International conference Arafat said the conference should he conducted on the basis of Keso Lucions 242 and .v1h and so As to Equality and the balance of interests especially our people s i jails in Freedom National Independence and respect for us right to exist in peace and Security for the . Resolutions provide for All countries in the Region to exist within secure Borders. Moshe Raviv of the israeli foreign ministry criticized Arafat s speech As evasive rhetoric and repeated Israel s claim that an Independent palestinian state is an obstacle to peace. See quake on Back Page a father blankly stares next to the coffin fur his dead child in earthquake Sli Allitif d la Niakan monday. Navy afto Reward pilots in Short Supply Page 2
