European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday May 18,1989 Gainesville. Texas resident James Haney stands by his car and another one. Carried More than a Block by flood Waters. Wind Hail rain baiter Texas by the associated press thunderstorms slapped North Texas with tornadoes drenching rain and hailstones As big As baseballs tuesday causing floods that forced the evacuation of about 150 Homes and a City zoo. Gainesville a City of about 14,000 people about 60 Miles Northwest of Dallas was among the hardest hit by the storm. National guardsmen helped evac uate about 150 Homes in Low lying areas. Most of the evacuees were taken out by boat to emergency shelters set up at two churches. Flooding forced the evacuation of the City s Frank Buck zoo. The Ani Mals including zebras and ostriches were taken to a cattle auction Bam. The storms also swept through okla homa and Louisiana but with lesser of  the East heavy Rains triggered Flash flood watches in new York City and Philadelphia. Sunny skies prevailed from Florida to the Southern appalachians the Ohio Valley and the upper great lakes Region and in the Southwest. The Pacific Northwest had partly Cloudy skies. The Southwest storms spun off tornadoes that touched Down near Abi Lene and and Mcnard Texas and near Mcalister . A twister near Long View Texas caused no injuries or major damage. More than 11 inches of rain fell in Antelope Texas Northwest of fort Worth and More than 5 inches fell along the red River flooding roads and Homes in some places. Winds were recorded up to 100 Mph. Flooding blocked interstate 35 South of Gainesville and . 82 inside the City for a Short time. High water also blocked roads in Baylor Jack and Archer counties West of Gainesville. In Callisburg about 10 Miles North East of Gainesville winds flipped a Mobile Home slightly injuring two women the Cooke county sheriffs department said. West of Gainesville Hail As big a baseballs fell and Golf Ball sized Hail fell near the town of Robert Lee in Southwest Texas and  Gruver okla., in the Oklahoma Panhandle. In Fannin county Texas about 50 Miles Northeast of Dallas Hail cause several thousand dollars in damages officials said. Northwest Louisiana also had heavy rain. Zwolle had More than 6 inches of rain and Stanley had More than 5. Flash flood watches were in effect in Northwest Louisiana Northeast and North Central Texas and Southwest Oklahoma. Pittsburgh mayor wins vote bikers Pittsburgh a mayor Sophie Mas loft who likes to be called a jewish grandmother beat Back four challengers in Pittsburgh s democratic primary tuesday virtually assuring herself Victory in november. The 71-year-old Mas loft was City Council president last year when she was appointed to fill the vacancy left by the death of mayor Richard s. Caliguiri. With 394 of 402 precincts reporting. Masloff had 29,994 votes or 28 percent to 24,766, or 23 percent for state rep. Thomas j. Murphy or. The Man who had been considered her main challenger. Allegheny county con troller Frank Lucchino was third with 22,616 votes or 21 percent. Byrd r. Brown an attorney who Lethe local a act Branch during the 1960s, and City controller Tom Flah erty who had the local party endorse ment split the remainder of the vote. Mas lofts challengers conceded defeat Well before Midnight tuesday. None said they planned to run As a Republican or Independent against Mas loft in novem  82 percent of the City s 220.069 registered voters democrats the Winner of the democratic primary is All but cer Tain to win the november election. Re publicans have not elected a mayor since 1933. Dollar up in Europe by Randy Mcclain financial writer americans in Europe arc finding their dollars going further and some experts say it s going to get even better. In the United kingdom a Pound was going for $1.67 on wednesday. On Mon Day that same Pound was $1.70. The midweek rate was about the Best offered in Britain since october 1967. In Italy also the Dollar was up significantly buying More than 1,400 lira. In West Germany the Dollar wednes Day was trading at 1.91 Marks Foi the first time in More than two years. Some analysts said a 2-Mark Exchange rate is within sight. Other Exchange rates Page 20. Currency analysts Point to National and International reasons for the recent strength of the Dollar. . Interest rates which continue to exceed those available in most of Europe Are lending support to the Dollar. Unrest in Panama where 2,000 extra . Soldiers and marines Are being sent to protect american interests is also Aid ing the Dollar analysts said. Political turmoil in West Germany including recent disagreement Between the Kohl government and the United states Over whether to modernize nato s Lance Short Range nuclear missile is an other Factor analysts said. The government in Germany is perceived As rather weak right now and Thi is playing a major role one economist said. Political factors could keep the Dollar  the Dollar bolted higher on major cur Rency exchanges this week when the government reported a smaller than expected increase in the . Producer Price Index for april a statistic that economists watch closely As a warning sign of inflation. More economic news this week could have an effect on the Dollar. On wednesday . Trade statistics for March were to be released with most analysis expecting an $ 11 billion deficit. That would be slightly worse than the $ 10.5 billion deficit reported in february and might tend to Cool the rally. Panama from Page 1 Decd extra troops to Panama defense officials ordered 1.400 of base dependents to move inside the  on a temporary basis. A while some of those a mimics car find -.--, --., cant on base houses most Are going to Rushma of t the front door and g Ling on ave to , Pentagon spokes in aircraft to Juc \ re Hli of an evacuation. Cd slates by july i Howard said. Howard refused to characterize tues Day s Effort As an evacuation suggesting it was a continuation of the defense department s practice during the past year of reducing the number of military families living off base. An evacuation at least in my mind creates images of people grabbing up whatever they can in the household. Hamm Dan Howard said m the on goal is that they will be in permanent quarters on the install Lions or returned to the Continental unit added. This is no Mali bag  they expected a least one and possibly two  would be staged each Day for military families. From Page 1 As they could All the time. I hiked 80 Miles one Day and got three hours sleep but the runners had it much worse be cause they had to drive so much in the support vehicles to catch up with  the team flew from Naples to London last week aboard a Fleet air Mediterranean aircraft slept on the gym floor of the Marine Barracks there gathered equipment and made preparations for the trip participants set off from London s parliament Square As big Ben struck 5 . Friday and except for a Brief breather Dur ing a ferry ride across the English Channel never stopped. A sponsor supplied the team with four transport vans and the vans five member Crew provided support to the seven runners and five bikers. From London the team ran 30-Minutcrelays As far As Dover. Once across the Channel the group set off from Calais France. The route mostly on secondary roads look them through such French Cit ies As Lyon and Aix in province before hitting the French Riviera at Saint Raphael. The coastal route passed through Cannes Nice and Monaco. After entering Italy the team continued along the coast through Alassio Savona and Genoa before heading slightly Inland to Pisa. From there the team rejoined the coastal Road for the final Long haul South to Naples. The bikers Rode during the Day averaging about 20 Mph and slept in hotels Al night. The runners ran through the night averaging about 10 Mph and slept during Thoday. On the Road each biker would pump Forone hour and then be spelled by another biker who had been following in a  runners did likewise with each one run Ning 30 minutes before being relieved. Every once in a while we would have problems making connections Between the biking teams and the running teams. We had some Long stretches trying to find each other said it. Jim Schofield a biker As signed Tonsa s Public works department. In Lyon four separate groups spent several hours trying to track one another Down said it. Cmdr. Paula Vanda forc 31, a paediatrician at Naples Hospital and a member of the support team. One of the team s runners Feaman apprentice Heath Cheatham 22, a radioman assigned to naval communication area master station Mediterranean in Naples said that the runners had no problems considering that they Only managed to get about three hours sleep in any one night. Other participants in the event include edit. Cmdr. Kevin Andrews it. Cmdr. Mike Nowacki it. Cmdr. Jeff Mckinney it. A Runzel it. Kathy Hartman it.  la. John Gutch it. Martha Ryan Petty officer 2nd class Lowell Lind Ley. Marine Lance Cpl. Dennis duty and Leslie French