European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes saturday december 17,198b Gem reassures Israel on talks president Reagan thurs Day defended his  s decision to open a dialogue with the Flo Whitt Ming Israel that Amenta will still guarantee its safety Reagan also said he would not hesitate to a communications if Yasser Arafat s Palestine liberation organization reneged on its acceptance of is Rael s sovereignty or ils renunciation of terrorism As an instrument to achieve policy objectives. State department officials later said that talks with the Flo probably would begin in Tunis on Friday afternoon. During separate Oval office picture taking seb tons with turkish prime minister Turgut  minister Ciriaco de Mita the Oje Raenel said he decided to reverse his songs Landing j5po5 Tion to contacts with the Flo on the or Sis of statements that Arafat made in Geneva wednesday asked if he  Israel was justified in being upset with his administration s move Reagan replied a Welt 1 Don l think so in the sense that we have made it very Plain that we have not retreated one Inch from our position of teeing the Saf. Ing_5 a a logy talks will was just another step in what we be been trying Tot eight years to bring about peace in the Middle  meanwhile acting on the instructions of Secre Pell Treml tary of state George p. Shutlz the . Ambassador to Tunisia Robert h. Pelletreau jr., called the director general of the political Section at the Plo s Tunis Headquarters to try to make arrangements for the talks . Officials said. On Capitol Hill leading members of Congress gave the new opening a wary Welcome and they wined Reagan in seeking to reassure Israel thai . Officials will be Alert to any Flo tricks. The . Announcement late wednesday came just a few hours after Bush had taken a Lough line against the Flo declaring it failed to meet the . Conditions. But Reagan and Shultz said thai Arafat instatement made in Geneva about the seme time that a King had met the . Conditions for a i i a form of diplomatic acceptance Long sought . Only a Day earlier the  had said Arafat failed to meet the . Condition and less than three weeks ago Shalt had accused the Plo of terrorism said Arafat was an accessory to such terror ism and denied the Plo Leader an entry visa to address the , general Assembly in new York. Rescue teams leaving quake area 1,000,attend memorial at re Rascheid by the los Angeles tires Moscow the foreign Rescue teams that have led the search for survivors of the devastating armenian earthquake began withdrawing thurs Day saying that Hope was All but gone that More people would be found buried alive in the rubble. At the same Lime soviet authorities ordered engineers to begin demolition of the worst hit towns villages and Urban neighbourhoods As Quick final searches Are made there for survivors. Taken together the moves effectively will end Rescue operations soviet authorities Are reported to have decided to Call off any searches still in Progress next tuesday nearly two weeks after the dec. 7 disaster. See related Story Page 3. With fewer people found in recent Days and with freezing weather grip Ping the area the Hope of finding any More survivors is ending Julia Taft director of the . Foreign disaster assistance office told reporters in Moscow after five Days in Leni Nakan Armenia s second largest City. People cannot remain buried forgery Long periods of time under rubble particularly As it has been very cold tall said. At  on. Some Point you have to y one person was found alive thursday according to the official so Viet news Agency Tass but 509 bodies were pulled out of the buildings. Teams from Britain Czechoslovakia France Italy and Switzerland already had withdrawn from the Rescue opera Tion before the 45-Membcr . Group which is scheduled to return to Yere Van the armenian capital Friday and to leave for the United states on sat urd Yonly austrian Canadian and dutch teams Are expected to continue the search past the weekend. Soviet authorities reported late thursday that they had recovered an buried 22.312 bodies. The official death estimate however remains55,000, while unofficial estimates reach As High As 100,000. Meanwhile Security forces cracked Down on looters who were plundering the abandoned shops and Homes of the earthquake Region and stealing some of the Relief supplies. Nearly 200 people were arrested by police and soldiers on charges of loot ing according to the soviet news Agency Tass but More than $13 million incas had been found and turned into police by honest citizens. Calif quake causes Little damage Remscheid Vest Germany a More than 1,0 people gathered at Achurch in Remscheid to remember Tut people who were killed after a . At tack Jet slammed if to a residential neigh boyhood. See Reu id photo Page 8. The service a held one week after the fiery crash of he a-10 Thunderbolt  t Oad Casl the service id at least 1,000 Pei Ile who stood outside the packed Luther n Church. The crash in lit Central West German City that killed be civilians and the american Pilot to gered a renewed pub Lic outcry Over i tary training flights in West Germany s c jaded skies. That Call was n Lewes by Remscheid a los Angeles a an Earth quake jarred a wide area of Southern California late thursday rattling win Dows and knocking Wall hangings Askew but apparently causing Little damage residents and authorities reported the tremor was Felt from los an Geles to Palm Springs 110 Miles to the East plus in Orange county. There were no immediate reports of damages. Or injuries. " it was sort of like Riding a Hobby horse said Georgia Duncan a Dis Patcher for the san Bernardino county sheriff in Victor Villa. The windows rattled and stuff on the Cabinet sort of bounced  Robert finn spokesman for califor Nia Institute of technology in Pasadena said the quake occurred around 10 . And seismologists had be in Mea Suring us magnitude and identifying i Scenter. Plate Glass windows bowed at the Palm Springs police station and rim around ceiling sprinkler Heads fell to the floor said sgt. Ron Starrs. In neighbouring Palm desert Mary to Lyon said the Mirror on her bedroom Wall Shook and she ran from the room to Check on her Christmas tree which listed to one Side after the Jolt it Shook me up she said. In los Angeles Chris Harris of hol Lywood said his typewriter fell off his desk and pictures were Askew follow ing the quake. Southern California was most recently shaken on dec. 3 by a 5.0-magnitude make that struck at 3 38 . Beneath downtown Pasadena. That quake was Felt in seven counties but damage was mostly limited to the contents of store shelves and windows. Mayor during the this mixture selflessness after quires us also in Power to Prev i from happening a Hartkopt 1  horror sadness and the Accident. Re do everything in our something like Thi Sain said mayor Willi and so in Thuc hour of sadness and protest i demand a general ban of allow level flights aver heavily populated areas in our  Rig capsizes new York a an offshore Oil Rig being Lowed across the Atlantic Ocean capsized in High winds thursday bul All 26 Crew members were Safe inside an enclosed boat called a survival pod the coast guard reported. Stay officer v electro cited 5, Italy Navy Petty a wednesday Nault officer this to class do from an Elmetric Shock he receive while working Aljine Lago Patria receiver site Alfh of Naples a Navy spokes Massaid. The victim a electrician As signed to Naji communications area mastiff staff in Mediterranean was a Creon King routine Maint Enand on a we of electro Nic equip Mienl when a received the Shock it Paul Weishaupt said Effo to revive he said at the receive site were Hunsuc Cescil. He was i bounced dead at the Navy hos Pujal in Naples wis Muirl said j lie Sailor s name is being with he pending notification of his family. Snow from Page 1 the winds which lore yachts adrift. Sev eral boats Sank As Waves up to 10 feel High slammed into seawalls a 60-Fooi floating Dock at san Francisco s pier 43sank,. About 3,000 sailors aboard the aircraft Carrier Carl Vinson returning from a six month deployment to the Western Pacific Indian Ocean and North arabian sea had their Holiday port Call delayed sever Al hours because of the winds. Pulty officer John Gwinn aboard the huge snip said he was eager to reach Shore where his wife. Sheree and 3 month old son Robert were waiting. For me it s hard i be never seen my kid he said. Thousands of motorists were stuck when Snow closed Highway 0 North of san Luis Obispo about Iso Miles North of los Angeles police said. One of the problems is Here we Don l have the Snow equipment 10 take care of this it does t happen Here said cup officer Frank Strieker. Cuesta Summit is 1,500 feet above sea level and Strieker noted Snow fell not Only at the top but at the Bottom of the Grade As Well in Northern Utah the tame upper air weather system brought gusting winds up to i is Mph another Meteorol Ogist reported. High winds in Utah felled Power lines toppled tractor trailer trucks delayed mail. Deliveries closed schools and tanned several Brush fires. Utah Power & Light co Crews worked into the afternoon to restore electricity at the Sites of scattered outages throughout a four county area As the wind howled around san fran Cisco Bay the coast guard was Kepi Busy retrieving Small boats torn from their moorings Sausalito police said a tugboat Sank. The High winds were caused by the Strong flow of air from a High pressure system Over British Columbia to a Low pressure Center in Southern California and Nevada a meteorologist Laid. A con rated Burn fire in Tuo Luronie county flared because of the winds and burned 100 acres. Several Small fire were also reported in the stanislaus National Forest. -. A College basketball game Between san Francisco state and Cal poly san Luis Obispo was not played because the san Francisco team was stranded at Alasca  rooms filled up fast in Atasca Dero and paso Robin As the Highway traffic ground to a halt. Downtown los Angeles warmed Only to 56 degrees compared to 9 Normal of 68. Rainfall totalled .77 Inch by 6 .,bringing the season Iota to 1.56 inches compared to a Normal 3.29 inches by dec. Is. Elsewhere rainfall totalled 1,69 inches at mount Wilson 1.68 inches at new Hall ,9i Inch at Pasadena and 1.14 Inch at Point Mug by evening. Snowfall ranged from 2 to 6 inches in Northern san Luis Obispo county and some schools were closed