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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 09, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars to stripes tuesday May 9,1989 world today Denmark overhauling All Telephone numbers Copenhagen Denmark a Den Mark s Telephone companies plan to change All numbers in the coun Ryas of May 16. The four regional companies under the publicly owned telecoms Denmark went Over to an eight digit dealing system in 1986 and 1987 be cause of excessive traffic on existing lines. All numbers currently begin with a two digit area code prefix starting with Micro. In recent years the Telephone companies have logged so Many new customers that there Are not enough numbers to go  of beginning with Zero the new two digit prefixes will Start with numbers from 3-9.for the majority of danish telephones Only the area codes will be changed but some numbers will change  Calls will require All eight digits. To dial into Denmark from abroad the caller must dial the danish country code 45, followed by the eight digits. Oxford museum requests donations to offset deficit Oxford. England a Britain s oldest museum the ashmolean in the University City of Oxford launched an Appeal on monday for 3.2million pounds $5.3 million to Cope with a financial . Christopher White the director said funds Are urgently needed to offset an annual deficit of 95,000 pounds $158,650 and to avoid regular closing of galleries staff reductions and the imposition of admission charges. Denoted that Lack of Money has already forced the museum to close on mondays. Entry has been free since the museum open Din 1683. The museum is a department of the University and has collections of antiquities paintings and Armor. White said the museum is suffering because offcuts in government Grants to universities. Netherlands bus Accident injures 4 West germans Helden Netherlands a four West Ger mans were injured sunday when their tourist bus carrying 51 people swerved offa dutch Highway an toppled Orer on the soft shoulder police said. The injured including the bus Driver were hospitalized with broken Bones and were not in critical condition a police spokesman said. The Accident occurred around 7 30 . On the Eind Hoven to Venlo Highway the major link betwee the Netherlands and West Germany. The Driver of the bus from the Augsburg West Germany area suddenly became unwell and tried unsuccessfully to Stop his vehicle on the Highway emergency Lane near this Southeastern Village 11 Miles from the Border the spokesman said. The tourists All West German retirees were re turning from a vacation in the Netherlands he said. Hungary airs "56 speech on crushing of uprising Budapest Hungary a for the first time since Hungary s 1956 anti soviet revolt official radio on saturday broadcast a speech then Premier Imrch Nagy had made while red  soldiers an tanks were crushing the uprising. The broadcast was seen As another step in a reassessment of that period in Hungary s history and the show trial that led to Nagy s execution in 1958. The emotional speech Nagy gave on National radio on nov. 4, 1956, informed people that soviet forces had entered Budapest to put Down the  Dawn today soviet forces began an attack on our capital obviously with the  of top pling the Legal democratic hungarian govern ment Nagy said in the speech. His voice trem bling with emotion he said our troops Are fighting. The government is in place. 1 am Mak ing this fact known to our people and the whole  same Day Nagy look Refuge in the Yugo slav embassy. Weeks later he and his associates were kidnapped by the soviets and held in to mania until they wree brought Back to Hungary and executed in june 1958. Swedish plane crash kills 16, including 5 political leaders Oskars Hamn Sweden a a Small Passen Ger plane on a Domestic flight crashed on Landing Mon Day killing five swedish political figures and 11 other passengers and Crew members officials said. The politicians were on an official inquiry for the parliament into Sweden s telecommunications and internal air mail links said a parliament spokeswoman. Three of the victims were current parliament Mem Bers one was a former member and on was the Long Lime Stockholm party Boss of the ruling social democrats John Olla Persson the swedish National radio  plane a twin engine Bocch Craft 99, Hil inc run Way nose first caught fire and exploded witnesses told Rescue workers. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Police said 14 passengers and two crewmen we relisted on the flight when the aircraft left Stockholm s Arlanda Airport for Oskars Hamn a town on Sweden s Southeastern  police duty officer Sigurd Gustafsson said he could nol confirm that All the listed passengers were aboard the flight. The fire was too severe to be certain of the number of bodies. No one survived inc crash which occurred Aboul 10 ., Gustafsson  said the weather was sunny and there were no Strong winds when the Accident happened at Virk Varns Airport North of Oskars Hamn. The propeller driven aircraft belonged to the Region Al airline Holmstrom Flyg. A family company that has seven Small planes. Television s Zorro Guy Williams found dead in his Argentine Home / -7 i-1 Guy Williams by the new York times Guy Williams who played the swashbuckling Black masked hero Zorro on Lel vision in the late 1950s, was found dead saturday apparently of a heart attack at his apartment in Buenos Aires arc Nina Buenos Aires police said sunday. He was 65 years old. The police said Williams apparently died about a week ago. They were called by neighbors. Williams whose name originally was Armand cat Alano was born and grew up in new York City. He worked at a soda Fountain and was a garment worker and Model before he was Given a screen Tysl for the Zorro series by inc Wall Disney studios in 1957. At 6 feet 3 inches and 185 pounds Wilh sideburns and a Mustache Williams was made to order for the role of Diego de la Vega the Young aristocrat in early19th-Century Mexico who Bat cd the Spanish to protect his Downtrodden country Man. He had another asset for inc role his fall or was an avid fencer who interest cd him in the sport. When in came Lime to Lake Over the role thai was played first by Douglas Fairbanks in the 1920 film the Mark of Zorro and Ihnn by Tyrone Power in the 1940 version Williams took a refresher course Wilh belgian fencing master Fred Cavens who had Laught both Fairbanks and Power. Williams also took Guilar and Riding Les sons. In 1961, he was in the film the sign of  his other films included seven angry men sincerely yours 1955 and Captain sinbad 1963. Lacr in his career Williams Sla Rcd in inc television series loss in space in which he played inc Leader of a family marooned in space. In the 1950s, Williams was married and had a Sonand daughter. There was no immediate word on his survivors. East germans arrest 100 protesters Berlin a East German police broke up Ananti government rally in Leipzig and arrested about 100  demanding More democracy in the communist country sources said monday. The demonstration in downtown Leipzig occurred after sunday s strictly controlled municipal elections throughout East Germany in which unopposed com Munsil party candidates ran for local administration posts. About 800 human rights activists staged the rally i Leipzig soon after the polling Booths closed at 6 p.m., said the sources who have proved reliable in the  sources demanded anonymity. The demonstrators demanding More democracy and ultican Vidaic elections were faced by about 2,000 Security forces backed by Waler Cannon and police dogs. Police used loudspeakers to order the  to disperse. The sources said there were no major clashes. The arrests came after a group of do Monstras lors tried to March to a nearby Square. Laic sunday police arrested about 15 people after scaling offa Lul Hcrman Church in Leipzig. The sources quoted witnesses As saying a group of demonstrators had gathered at the Church to protest against the sin Gle candidate elections. One Man was arrested after tearing up his voting registration card the sources said. The sources said there was no word on the Fate of those arrested. Sunday s municipal elections reflected Easl Ger Many s Strong resistance to Sovil style reforms. Vol ers had no Choice of candidates and were discouraged from using voting Booths. The ballots had a list of unopposed communist party officials with no Choice of candidates. Some Church and human rights groups had called for a Boycott of the Csc Lions and i hair Call appeared to have had a limited Success. Official a clubs on Szalc run television said 98.77percenl of Easl Germany s 12.4 million registered vol cars a Cal to the polls. In was inc first Lime thai East Germany officially reported a Lurn Oul of less than 99 percent. The High turnout is used by communist party officials to claim massive backing for ils policies. Bui inc Cle Lions Are tightly controlled by auth onus and Vot ers casting invalid ballots or Boycott my inc vote can face serious repercussions. Wesl German officials said hundreds of Easl Ger mans were suddenly allowed to emigrate in the Days before the Elc Lions appear Cully to prevent any disturbances during inc  team from the Wisl German television network Ard was banned by police in Leipzig from entering the cily before sunday s demonstration  
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