European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes wednesday. March 22,1989 mine kills 3 Irish soldiers in uni Fil Jerusalem a three Irish sol Diers sen ing with the . Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon were killed monday when their Mick ran Over a mine on a dirt Road a . Officer said. Two of the soldiers were killed immediately and a third was pronounce dead on arrival after he was carried by helicopter with severe wounds to a , Hospital in a Agoura said it. Col. Patrick Keogh the peacekeepers senior world today operations officer. The nearly 6,000-Man . Interim Force in Lebanon is headquartered inn Agoura which is just North of the Bor Der of Lebanon Ana Israel. Keogh said the incident occurred monday morning near the Village or bar chit 6 Miles North of the Border. Three Irish soldiers were on a routine administrative run on a Road commonly used by them Keogh said the i Rucic in which they were travelling struck  -. He wid that it appeared that the mine was detonated by the weight of the  however he said it could have been a Remote control device. The Inci Dent is under investigation. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the mine. The area where the mine was hidden is within in Lull s7/jne and North of the israeli Pat railed Security zone which is set up in Southern Lebanon in 1985 to serve As a Buffer for Israel s Northern Border. Keogh said the three Irish soldiers were All serving at inc Headquarters of Nihl. He gave their Ages at 26, 28and 3d and said two were married. The deaths brought to 29 the number of Irish soldiers killed since in fail was Cre ated in 1978. A total of 163 soldiers in the nine nation Force have died. Soviet deaths reported in ammonia tank explosion Moscow up at least two people were kilted and 41 hospitalized monday when a Large ammonia tank exploded in the lithuanian town of Inava sending a Cloud of Gas into the skies official Media reports said. The Lank about the size of a two Story House was Shrei Quarter Ful when it exploded of reasons As yet  the Tass news Agency said. A television reports showed. A. Cloud of Gas spewing into the sky above the damaged Lank and n local official was quoted As saying Resi dents in the area had been warned thai the might have 10 temporarily evacuate if the Gas Cloud was not dispersed by  almost hits Crews making repairs on runway Athens Greece a an olympic air ways jetliner on tuesday landed on a runway under repair and almost collided with repair teams at Athens International Airport a civil aviation authority spokesman said the Pilot landed the plane on runway isl which has been closed for repairs for the past 3 a months said the spokesman who requested anonymity. I he said inc Pilot of the Boeing 737 with 152 passengers aboard swerved off the runway onto an adjacent Lane to avoid Hilling the repair Crews. The plane had flown in from Salonica Northern Greece. One of the repairmen almost got killed when the plane turned the spokesman said. Getty offers Cash to help Stop Sale of medieval map London a John Paul Getty ii the reclusive american billionaire is offering i Mil lion pounds $1.7 million to help Hereford Ca thedral keep its nth Century map off the auction Block a Church official said tuesday the Cathedral s governors caused a National up Roar by announcing plans to sell the map to raise Money for repairs and programs. They withdrew the medieval treasure from Sale last month. The map shows Jerusalem at the Center of the. World and Hereford on a iced a. It avas drawn and painted by Richard of Hardingham in 1275. Canon Jqhn Tiller the Cathedral. Chancellor said Cclif s offer was made to the National heritage memorial fund which has offered in Cathedral 2 million pounds s3.4 million if the Cathedral holds a Public Appeal for a further 2 million pounds s3.4 million. Man who killed parents will inherit their estate Stockholm Sweden. A a a 21-year old Man who killed his parch is last year is inheriting their estate Worth More than i million Kro nor 5160,000 after a coun ruled thai he had been temporarily insane a court official Hassid. The official said the Man who cannot be identified under swedish press regulations would get almost 300,000 Kroner in life insurance in addition 10 the family Home two cars and corporate  Man from Ystad in Southern Sweden beat his parents 10 death sept 15, the District court ruled he could not be held responsible for his actions and was Inus enl lied to inherit he estate. Disabled . Climber to begin attempt to set it. Everest record Wiit tiler and a Sherpa guide in Katmandu on tuesday Katmandu a Cajal a a disabled us Mountaineer was id leave Katmandu tuesday in an attempt to be the first person with Only one foot to conquer mount Everest. For seven years i worked with disabled people to iry and show them thai the barriers arc More att Ludi Nal than physical. And Everest is my Chance to validate this Tom Whittaker told the associated press before his departure. Whittaker 40, and other members of the american Everest expedition will begin by trekking to the Kasecamp at inc Bottom of a Humbug a Lacicer. The group plans to spend a few Days acclimatize no themselves before beginning their attempt on the world s tallest Peak. Everest along the chinese Nipa Lese Border is 29,028 feet High. Whip alter who lost his right foot in a car Accident 10 years ago is equipped with a High Lech artificial Root. Before his injury Whittaker was an outdoor guide for White water rafting Rock climbing and mountaineering. Whittaker who has Long been an enthusiastic Mountain Eer said he eagerly accepted the invitation by one of the expedition s leaders Karen cd ecrhoff to join the climb. "1 was very excited at the idea As after my injury i. Had Given up All Hopes of climbing in the massive Himalayan ranges he a Iid. I realized this is my Chance of a lifetime. Thought that lightning does not strike twice in the same  the 14-Mtrmtvr International team includes both Menand women including experienced alpinist from swe Den Belgium Britain new zealand and the United slates. I the team is taking the traditional Southeast Ridge route pioneered by sir edmund1 Hillary and Sherpa ending Corgi in in their first Conquest of Everest 35 years ago. ,. Chernobyl contamination forcing soviets to import food to area Moscow a almost a Quarter of a million soviets arc living of land so contaminated by the chernobyl disaster that they must receive special food supplies to avoid overexposure to radiation the news paper . The communist party daily printed maps showing  of byelorussian the Ukraine an the russian Republic in response to readers complaints they still did t have full information about the level of contamination nearly three years after the Accident. It was accompanied by a Comien Tarby pravda science editor v. Gubarev who criticized officials for trying id Duck Public concern about the safely of nuclear Power. Yes it is impossible to get around using nuclear Power stations. However Why then Are they propose for heavily populated or seismic zones Gubarev asked Why is the Quality of construction so Low and Why does so much defective equipment arrive at nuclear plants and finally what is the source of this fear before a Public which rightly demands a wide debate of every proposed nuclear Power station Yuri Izrael chairman of the state committee for Hydra meteorology said that with decontamination efforts and food brought into the area those on the lands contaminated by cerium 137 can live safely with out exceeding radiation toleration limits set by the government soviet officials began bringing food supplies into areas surrounding the chernobyl Plant shortly after inc Accident but they had not previously said How Man people Werc living in those areas. The publication came As soviet officials again started to move villagers who have continued to live in areas surrounding the Plant since the Accident in april1986 thai killed at Casl 31 people. In february scientists decided thai 20 byelorussian villages must be evacuated because Over a lifetime their residents would receive an unacceptably High dose of radiation earlier this month officials announced that five villages in the Ukraine also would be  / a in november the Sovil government set a Maxi mum lifetime dose of 35 Rem Tor exposure 10 radiation. That Fie Utt has a comfortable margin of safety built into it Izrael said. Izrail said the area of the three republics where the current level of radiation from both the environment and existing food supplies would expose residents to More than 35.rem includes 4,000 Square Miles that have about 640 settlements with 130,000 people. That includes 800 Square Miles in the russian re Public 600 Square Miles in the Ukraine and 2,800square Miles in byelorussian including 1,200 Square Miles in  have been evacuated. Izrayl said studies showed that residents could re. Main safely As Jong As they did not eat the food especially meal and milk produced in the area which sharply increased the amount of radiation to which   quoted inc newspaper Sovic Skaya byelorussian As saying in a study of the Gomel mogilev arid Brest regions of the Republic less than 0.1 percent of the population had received an unacceptably High level of radiation. As of last fall there had been no cases of radiation sickness he said _ the entire population living within 18 a Miles of the Plant or about 135,000 people were evacuated and resettled