European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday february 21,1989 Strong quake hits japanese areas Tokyo a a Strong earthquake hit the capital and much of Northern Japan on sunday killing one person and injuring another shaking buildings and briefly halting some train and airline service. The quake registering 5.6 on the Richter scale hit at 9 27 p.m., said a spokesman for the meteorological Agency. The Agency placed the epicentre near Utsunomiya 60 Miles North of Tokyo. The quake also Shook All of Northern Honshu Japan s main Island a stretch about 360 Miles Long. A local tire department official said monday that Shigeo Hikawa 78, was taken to a Hospital in Matsu do East of Tokyo after suffering Shock. He later died of a heart attack the Japan broadcasting corp. And Kyodo news service said. About 300 households in Chiba state East of Tokyo were forced to go without electricity for about 70 min utes after a Power Supply line was Cut in the Wake of the tremor a police official said. Japan railways officials said trains in Northern Japan were halted for about five minutes while local train service near Utsunomiya was still suspended 90 minutes after the temblor. Officials at the new Tokyo International Airport in Narita 40 Miles Northeast of Tokyo said they had closed the main runway to Check for damage but after 13 minutes the runway was reopened. In Central Tokyo the quake rattled plate Glass win Dows for about a half minute Shook clocks on the Wall and made chairs wobble. Japan is in a very Active seismological area and has suffered several major earthquakes in the past. An Aerial View shows damage left by blasts at the Tern Hill Barracks near Shrewsbury England. 2 japanese executives accused of Selling chemical to soviets Tokyo a two executives of an air conditioner manufacturer were arrested monday and accused of Selling the soviet Union a chemical used in mis Sile guidance systems police said. Tsugio Uesaka and Yoshimichi Odagawa of Daikon industries Ltd. Were accused of forging Export documents and Selling nearly pure halogenated hydrocarbon to the soviet Union police said. Exports of the solution in concentrated form to communist countries Are prohibited under japanese Law and under an International agreement. Halogenated hydrocarbon a compound commonly used in fire extinguishers can also be used As a coolant for guided missiles analysts say. Daikon a major air conditioner maker based in Osaka apologized for the exports but denied any responsibility saying the executives had acted independently. Police said the two approved exports of the chemical solution with a purity of More than 99.8 percent to the soviet Union Between february 1986 and May 1988. In 1987, Toshiba machine co., a subsidiary of to Shiba corp., was charged with illegally exporting computerized milling equipment to the soviets. The . Government imposed sanctions on the company including a three year prohibition on exports to the United states. In april two Small japanese trading firms were charged with illegally exporting sophisticated digital testing equipment to China leading to the arrest of three company officials. The Case is still pending. Arrest foils alleged spy plot in Italy Rome a the arrest of an electronics Engineer in an alleged Kab spy ring in Northern Italy thwarted an attempt to damage the country s National Security investigating magistrates said monday. Two italians were arrested last week in what italian Media described As a soviet plot to procure Western military secrets including information on fiber optics and an electronic warfare command system. Newspapers said italian secret agents had infiltrated separate Kab operations in Trieste an Adriatic port near the yugoslav Border and la spezia on the North West Ligurian coast. Those arrested were identified by italian Media As Giorgio Stancich 42, an electronics technician work ing in Trieste and living in Yugoslavia and Natalino Francalanci 51, a fur dealer from Pont Edera. The magistrates gave no details saying that the investigation is continuing. An International arrest warrant has been issued for a third Dalian sought in the affair newspapers said. Rome s ii Messaggiero identified him As a retired Engi Neer while Turin s Stampa Sera said he is a former policeman living in Bulgaria. Milan s corriere Della Sera reported that Kab agents and half a dozen italians involved in the affair fled from Italy when they realized the ring had Bee broken. Louvre closes its doors to Public for remodelling Paris up for the first time in its history the louvre museum closed its doors to the Public monday for renovations that will usher the 14th Century Royal Palace into the Era of escalators video display monitors and slide shows. The museum is closing until March 30 while renovators put the finishing touches on the new under ground Entrance Hall built beneath a giant Pyramid of transparent Glass that will flood it with sunlight. Instead of filing through medieval portals Art lovers will descend to the new Entrance Complex on escalators under the Pyramid s towering Glass Walls. Underground slide shows of major works and video display monitors will acquaint visitors with the floor plan of the vast a shaped museum. Drawings displayed near the Entrance will Trace the history of the louvre from 1200, when Philippe Auguste constructed it As a fortress on the Seine. Charles v converted the fortress into a Royal Resi Dence in the 14th Century and in the 16th Century Francois i started a new collection with 12 paintings by such masters As Raphael and Leonardo a Vinci. British army Barracks hit by Ira blasts London a a series of explosions rocked a British army Barracks in Western England before Dawn monday after two intruders were spotted and soldiers were evacuated officials said. The Irish Republican army claimed responsibility for the attack. Col. Peter Hicks a defense ministry spokesman said one Soldier was slightly injured by flying Glass when three blasts Shook the Ternhill Barracks blowing out a Wall of one Block and igniting several fires. Thirty minutes earlier a sentry fired warning shots at two intruders but they escaped Hicks said. Police said they Are searching for a car stolen by a masked Man who broke into a nearby Home about the time the bombs exploded. The Barracks near Shrewsbury about 160 Miles Northwest of London House the crack 2nd Parachute regt which was scheduled to return to duty in North Ern Ireland this week. Its colonel in chief is Prin Echarles heir to the British throne. Security was ordered tightened at other British army bases As bomb disposal experts arrived at the Barrack Sto search for clues. The parachutists have been an Ira target since the bloody sunday shooting on Jan. 30, 1972, in which 14 people were fatally shot by soldiers of the 1st Parachute regt during a civil rights March in Londonderry Northern Ireland s second largest City. The Ira is fighting to oust the British from North Ern Ireland and unite it with the overwhelmingly roman Catholic Republic of Ireland. World Toda doctors in Sudan strike for better conditions Khartoum Sudan a doctors at private hospitals and clinics have gone on strike to demand better work conditions and improvement of nation wide medical services. Earlier this month doctors at Public medical facilities went on a three Day strike for similar demands. The one week strike by a doctors Union began Over the weekend. A statement issued by the Union said All private hospitals and clinics would be closed except for the strictest emergency  the doctors Are threatening to resign if their de mands Are not met. Plans for Pope s june trip to Scandinavia detailed. Vatican City a Pope John Paul ii Mak ing the first papal trip to predominantly lutheran Scandinavia will visit Norway Iceland Finland Den Mark and Sweden june 1-10, the Vatican said Mon Day. The announcement gave the first details of the trip which will take the Pope to 14 cities on his second foreign trip of 1989. John Paul will visit four countries during a pilgrimage to Africa april 28-May 6, the 41stloreign tour of his 10-year papacy. The Pope will Fly first to Norway with stops in Oslo trondheim and Tromson. He then flies to Iceland june 3, visiting Reykjavik and things Ellis before heading to Finland june 4. After stops in Helsinki and Turku the Pope travels to Denmark for visits to Copenhagen Rosmilde Andrem june 6-7. _ the final leg is Sweden june 8-10, with stops in Stockholm Uppsala Vastena and link Oping. China to ban imports of cigarettes liquor Beijing a cigarette and liquor imports will be banned this year As part of China s drive to save Loreign currency and end abuses in its foreign Trad system. Foreign economic relations and Trade minister Neng Tuom also announced a ban on reselling Export licenses and tightened controls Over the import of All products that can be made in China the overseas edition of the official people s daily reported monday. 11 f s the Kiln on foreign cigarettes and liquor win apply to All imports except those for special tourist businesses. The report did not say when it would take