European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday May 27,1989 3 killed in California pipeline explosion san Bernardino. Calif. A a Geyser of gasoline erupted from a rup tured pipeline thursday and exploded killing at least three people and engulfing in flames the neighbourhood where a run away train earlier this month demolished a Row of houses and killed two train Crew members and two children. There was a very Good possibility the 14-Inch pipeline was damaged by the earlier train Accident said Ken Seal manager of the Las vegas office of the Cal nov pipeline co. At least 31 people were injured six seriously in the latest Accident. Ten Homes and 18 cars were destroyed and five Homes were damaged in the Blaze that radiated so much heat that pets and Garden Corn stalks were singed two blocks away. It looks like a bomb went off Over Duffy  City attorney James pen Man said at the scene across the Street from where the train destroyed six houses May 12 and damaged five others. Killed thursday were a toddler a woman and another adult whose sex could not immediately be determined said Linda Stokes a Deputy Coroner in Spector. The woman s body was found in the Back Yard of a Home. The other adult and child were found in a room together. At least 70 houses with 200 people were evacuated and the residents had have to wait until at least Friday evening before being allowed Back into their Homes officials said. A Fountain of gasoline spouted above ground just before the explosion said Paul Allaire a City information officer. Flames roared 300 feet skyward and thick Black smoke Rose thousands of feel High after the 8 11 . Explosion. A passing freight train May have ignited the spewing gasoline said Southern Pacific spokesman Bob Taggart. Resi dents have complained that train wheels throw off Sparks As they round a curve and say trainmen walk alongside afterwards and douse Small fires. The ruptured pipeline is buried 6 feet deep near the spot where a Southern Pacific freight train derailed killing two Crew members and two boys in a Home. The pipeline carries gasoline i Csc fuel and Jet fuel from a tank farm in Colton several Miles from the Blaze site to Southern Nevada supplying the Las vegas Valley with 90 percent of its fuel. The flow of fuel through the pipeline was shut off when an automatic alarm signalled a drop in pressure said Jed Robinson Cal nov general manager in san Bernardino. But fuel remaining in the shattered pipe continued to Burn fiercely through much of the Day. Robin son said up to 12,000 Gallons of gasoline burned. A House and a ear Are engulfed in flames from the pipeline explosion. ,0s Angeles teachers end strike Gorbachev. A from Page 1 s if the uis Angeles times los angles striking los an Geles  a three year con tract  the Way for class rooms to return to formal after a nine Day strike. In a voice vote a Majolly of roughly 12,000 teachers at the Sass of shouted that they favored the Comra Vunion vice president Frances Haywoo Jhun declared the contract has a Renwic  a written ballot consider co formality was to be taken later thurs Day. Meanwhile the los Angeles unified school District Board met in a closed session and was expected to decide to accept the pact As Well. Under a Compromise agreement announced thursday by Union and District officials teachers will receive a 24 per cent pay increase Over three years. Teachers in los Angeles the nation s second largest school District currently earn salaries ranging from $23,440 to $43,319 a year. The pact also called for teachers to receive half of the pay they were docked for refusing to hand in Grade reports be fore the strike. The rest can be earned Back through extra work. The agreement also Calls for the Elim nation of mandatory playground suru vision by elementary school Tcachm Nind the creation of shared decision faking councils at schools two  also had divided the Union and District Dur ing the strike. Iowa from Page 1 the base where Hartwig s relatives had left it after u memorial service last month. They said it did not contain a detonating device or the Book described in the new Day account. Meanwhile in Washington president Bush designated memorial Day As a National Day of remembrance for the sailors who died in the april 19 explosion. The designation came As the Pentagon said the Navy s probe of the explosion has a criminal investigative aspect to it and officials said the relationship be tween two shipmates is a focus of the investigation. The defense department would not Colic sent in detail on the Complex and  investigation in which government officials said Federal agents have Cor a up with tantalizing bits of information some of which has filtered into Neva Toper and television news accounts Buff Csc real evidence. Pentagon official who asked not to named said Navy incl gators Assisi by the Federal Bureau  have found no physical eve Noel 5t the blast was caused by a Mecham por electrical failure or any other in re Ial prob Lem. Without such Plau Uethe officials said a investigators searching for a Huann explanation. Pete Williaj Sirchich Pentagon spokes Man said to Artavy had decided As a pc liminal matter that improper Stor ing in it fees of the Gunpowder for the iowaift6-Inch guns was not to blame for the blast. _ the Gurpal rdc was subjected to a in Csc Cju Flash summer after it was re moved rom the ship for safety and Storc Jrsn barges while the Iowa was Over hauled at Norfolk. A. Williams said the Navy was still test ing the powder which is used in cylindrical silk bags stuffed into the barrel of the gun behind a Shell. Overheating probably would reduce the effective life of the Gunpowder but would not make it More Likely to explode unexpectedly he said. Still he said the Navy would remove All the Gunpowder from the Iowa an replace before the ship s next sailing scheduled for june 6. Truitt who lived in Tampa fla., was rented As a hero at a Navy news con Vicc soon after the explosion. He went into exclusion after news reports that he was scr investigation. China from Page 1 and ordered troops to Restor order in the capital. Sources also said Ife Sidcot Yang Shangkuan a Deng Jiffy delivered a speech thursday  criticized Zhao for his act ours during the current pro democracy of Fidel movement that triggered the pm Finical crisis. A Day before martial Law was declared Zhao Wentolo student occupied Tianan men Square to talk to students on a Hun Ger strike for democratic Reform. Zhao with tears in his eyes made an impassioned speech calling for reconciliation Between the government and the Stu dents. Troops remained poised on Beijing s outskirts thursday but none have openly entered the Central districts. Hundreds of thousands of citizens surrounded their trucks and threw barricades across streets to keep them out. After Days of standoff most of the troops pulled int military and other compounds. I meanwhile made his first Public appearance thursday since declaring martial Law six Days ago. Appearing confident and relaxed at a welcoming Cere Mony for three new ambassadors i said anyone with common sense should i could enter Beijing if it com Cal is a people s realize the wanted  our g. Government and olt army is a Peoples army state run Tel vision news showed i telling the amass arms from Mexico Burma and Liberia. Koo Aid the troop would enter the City after Zens under stood the reason for that Kirtian Law order. State run radio reported that 2ut of 29 provinces have backed the Law order. Already six out of seven military regions have cd Percsi support for the crackdown. Only  being military area has been  protests Are the biggest spontaneous political movement in communist China s 40-year history. Fro Page happen Arul votes were unanimous so Vole Cluj eng machines weren t needed. Eye though Gorbachev ran in Ooi Roscde for the presidency the opening Ossion was remarkable because deputies challenged the soviet Leader and Dis agreed with him and the communist party on How to Structure the Congress. Please Tell us is it right to use the army for punitive operations against its own people asked Marju Lauristin a Delegate from the Baltic Republic of Esto Nia. Her question referred to the deaths of 20 people in the soviet Republic of Georgia when soldiers used lethal Gas to break up a demonstration. When did you know about it she continued. Was a country House built for you in the Crimea a Leningrad Deputy asked. Another questioned the High visibility of Gorbachev s wife Raisa. The session was also a Milestone in that a Man banished to internal exile for almost seven years by the soviet govern ment was the first Deputy to address the new body. Gorbachev gave the floor first to an Drei Sakharov who had been punished for speaking his mind just a few year Sago. Sakharov told the Congress he could not vote for Gorbachev because he had t sufficiently answered questions raised about his leadership. Gorbachev fielded the criticism an challenges with the aplomb and savvy that has made him famous worldwide. After being grilled for nearly two hours Gorbachev won Over in a 20-min Etc speech most of the 2.155 delegates assembled in the Kremlin Palace of congresses. What is happening in this Hall is to tally out of the Ordinary for All of us Gorbachev said. And 1 Sec it As the most convincing proof that perestroika restructuring of the society is pressing firmly ahead he added to deafening applause. There have been mistakes. There have been major failures. There have been disasters which could have been voided the Leader admitted. Consider the criticism As comradery Crit us. I am for dialogue in this coun try "