European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 15, 1908 the stars and stripes Page b Northern lights the iroc on to Inion s Trafalgar Square with its glittering Fountain reflected lights a a rift to Britain. The lights were switched on by the norwegian ambassador to Norway Rulf a Kusch a tree is presented each year by the people of Oslo Norway As an expression of the Northern country s gratitude for Britain s Rale in freeing Norway from nazi occupation in Wori Warll. Rights group Iran has executed hundreds of activists London a Iran s rulers have killed at least 300 opposition activists since july in the country s largest wave of political executions since the Early 1980s, amnesty International charged tuesday. Evidence of the mass executions is in disputable and the True death toll could be in the thousands the London based human rights organization said. Opposition activists have been killed secretly in prisons throughout Iran including Evin and Godard Ash in Tehran and others in Tabriz Mashhad and Shi Raz amnesty International said. Iranian authorities initially denied re ports of mass hangings and shootings but amnesty International said the re ports were confirmed in effect by Public statements in recent Days by iranian officials including president say cd Ali Kha Menei. Among those executed were people i ther kept in prison after serving their sentences or re arrested after release the organization said. It added that Many of i Host executed had been tortured. Most victims were leftists the majority of whom were members of the peo ple s Mujahed Cen organization of Iran the statement said. It said some were from nhe Kargar the people s be Day can organization the communist Tudich parly or kurdish opposition groups. Both men and women were executed ranging from students to doctors and clergymen suspected of supporting Aya Tollan Montazeri designated successor to Aya Lallah Ruhollah Khomeini Iran s revolutionary patriarch. Amnesty inter National said. It cited Many sources including rela Tives of executed prisoners and recent statements by authorities. The Organiza Tion said it had information All of it Cross checked on More than 300 executions since july but believed he real number could be in the thousands. Nobody really knows How Many peo ple have been put to death just As no body knows when the killing will Stop or who will be next to die it said. Our fears arc heightened because thousands of political prisoners Are still held in Iran and because Many of those executed recently had been imprisoned without trial or were serving Long prison sentences imposed after unfair  amnesty International said a Tehran woman who gave evidence had searched secretly for her husband s body in Jardch Khavarani cemetery in August. Groups of bodies. Had been buried in unmarked shallow Graves in the Section of the cemetery reserved for executed leftist political prisoners it quoted her As saying. Her husband a communist imprisoned under the late Shah Mohammad Racza Pahlavi was arrested again in 1985. Amnesty  tortured Over several months and convicted at a summary trial during which he was barely conscious. Khomeini islamic revolution Over threw the Shah in february 1979. The statement said the Man s wife arrived at Evin prison in Early August u visit him and was told he had been moved. Officials at the cemetery confirmed he had been executed but would not say where he was buried. The woman had to Slop digging because of patrols by guards but relatives later found the grave the group said. Once i knew where he was i could leave it quoted the woman As saying. She now is outside Iran but prefers to remain Anonymous for fear of reprisals against her family the statement said. Other prisoners secretly executed included High school students arrested in the Early 1980s for distributing political leaflets or disrupting political rallies the organization said. Some of them were kept in jail after serving six month sentences it said. One former student was held without charge or trial since his arrest in 1982 at age 16, the statement said. Germs sem suck but Foy Marcer Hopes kids wove to catch them. A by the Cox news service Atlanta with an epidemic of Ever grosser toys in the air a California manufacturer has come up with a germ of an idea. .-.,garbage pail kids trading cards produced by Topps featuring 100 disgusting characters such As Polly Scully und dead Fred began the trend a couple of years  were followed by equally deliberately Dis gusting toys such As mad balls and slime. And now from worlds of wonder the toy makers who brought you the talking Teddy Rump to Bear the hit of the 1985 toy season comes to Dum germs. Suggested retail Price $2.99 to 13.99. Germs Don t talk. They Don t interact. You Don t cuddle i Crri or dress them up. They certainly won t ill you a bedtime Story As Teddy Ruppin  merely Gross but Little kids who love better than Al most anything else to be grossed out or to Gross out i hair Peers Best of All they come in 12 different collectible varieties each Wilh its own pseudo scientific lab report and plastic test lube. You can gel  sneeze us Gylum pious smelly  eyeball Coo and even Lunyou Uritis Bellybutton lint. Paul Valentine a toy Industry analyst for Standard & poor a thinks germs will be healthful for worlds of wonder. There s always a certain Appeal for that kind of toy Valentine said. It goes Back to mad Magazine i remember when i was a kid we had. These sick monster cards. Every year we have a new Gross toy. There was mad balls then slime and last year malic had mad scientist which allowed kids to do disgusting expert   most of the disgusting toys arc inexpensive per haps to lower parental resistance to buying them Val Entine pointed out -. But their Appeal to youngsters he said seems to be irresistible. Little boys always want to have some thing to Gross out their big Sisters he said laughing. Germs explained Patty Root group product manager for worlds of wonder should tit the Bill. They re funny silly slightly Gross caricatures of germs she said. Each one has it different scientific name and then the Uli aies for but they cause things like body odor that kind of thing and they re All Bright and colourful and Zany enough that they re fun to look at and play  worlds of wonder is fervently hoping for a hit with germs. The newly formed company based in fre Mont calif., scored a huge hit in 19s5 with its Micro Chip driven interactive Teddy Bear Teddy Ruppin it followed that up with the very successful Lazer tag game Teddy Ruppin did s70 million Worth of business the first Christmas it hit the stores. Germs arc promising. Kids who get one germ the manufacturers Hope will also clamor to have the other worlds of wonder has already tested germs with children it 20,000 schools across he country. British rail Union rejects patrols by guardian Angels London a a rail Union Leader on monday rejected a plan by the u.5 guardian Angels group to set up patrols in London s sub Way system after two people were fatally Slabbed and a third was wounded. Private individuals arc in disciplined said Neil Milligan Secretary of the  associated society of locomotive engineers and firemen. He said police and rail staff should be increased., the latest victim of violence in the under ground was a 29-year-old Man who was stabbed Wilh a knife sunday it Igil Tiki Iii a fight at Lon Don Bridge station. He later had a kidney re moved in an operation monday. A turkish visitor Hakan Kosc Oglu i7, was fatally Slabbed Friday in Holborn station after he resisted two muggers who grabbed a Gold Chain from his neck. The two were tackled by two other passengers but escaped. Six hours later Mechanic John Heron 35, was stabbed at inc Waterloo station during an argument As he. Stood in line for information. The assailant escaped and Heron died saturday. Crime on the underground has multiplied by 20 times since 1980. This year 18,383 criminal incidents were reported subway officials said