European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes wednesday August 30,19b9 Early morning earthquake awakens Rome residents Rome a an earthquake just South of the capital woke some residents Early tuesday but caused no damage or injuries. The epicentre was placed at an area  and Finocchio in the Alban Hills Southeast of the City. Newspapers reported that police receive hundreds or Calls from frightened residents but no injuries or damages had been reported. The quake occurred at 1 22 . And measured 6 on the Mccall i scale which gauges the intensity of an earthquake As Felt in a specific location. That is equivalent to 5 on the Richter scale which gauges the Energy of an earthquake As measured by the ground motion recorded on a Seismograph. Bush his advisers put last touches on drug plan Kennebunkport Maine up presi Dent Bush convened his Security advisers at his summer compound tuesday to put the final touches on a National drug policy plan that will include More Aid to Colombia. The president who is to unveil the plan next tuesday in a nationally televised address met to discuss the strategy in a morning meeting with defense Secretary Dick Cheney acting Secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger attorney Gener Al Dick Thorburgh Cia director William Webster and Federal drug policy director Wil Liam Bennett. White House spokesman roman Popadiuk said before the meeting tuesday that the session was a status review of the $7.5 billion strategy and that most of the decision making had Al ready taken place. National Security adviser Brent scowcroft planned to meet with reporters on the session later in the Day. The advisers were also expected to discuss the heightened tensions in Colombia As the govern ment War against drug Barons escalates and $65 million in . Military Aid begins heading to the South american nation. Last week officials said Bush s drug plan would include an unspecified amount of additional Aid for Colombia. Strikes in 3 states delay Start of school for thousands War from Page 1 by the associated press teacher strikes in several Small districts in Michi for More than 24,000 students. In Eastern Ohio seven schools opened tuesday in the Indian Creek local school distinct despite a strike by its 180 teachers. Superintendent Joseph Aguiar said absenteeism appeared to be about 50 percent among the 3,150 students. He declined to estimate How Many teachers and replacements were working. In the largest school District affected s50 Northeast Ohio teachers voted to stay away from the scheduled Start of class tuesday for 8,000 pupils in the debt rid Den Warren schools. The dispute is Over wages and class size. Teachers were demanding a 10 percent pay raise in the third year of a proposed contract. In Pennsylvania the 192 members of the big Spring education association in Cumberland county went on strike monday afternoon after talks broke Down with the local school Board earlier in the Day. The District cancelled the first Day of classes tuesday for some 3,200 students until further notice. The strike is the first for the Rural District Southwest of Harrisburg. The 3.700 students in the upper St. Clair school District in suburban Pittsburgh were sent Home Mon Day on their first Day of classes after their 225 teachers went on strike Over salaries teachers aides and retire ment benefits. School officials said classes were can celeb tuesday for All students except High school seniors who Are being taught by administrators. Teachers also were on strike tuesday in three Mich Igan school districts affecting 6,669 students and 316 teachers. The Michigan education association said bargain ers reached tentative settlements in 10 school districts leaving 19 with negotiations at a critical stage and strikes possible. Picket lines were up in the 3,468-Studcnt mount Morris District near Flint after talks broke off sunday night. The District has 149 teachers. Strikes also were on in two upper Peninsula districts the 2,001-Studcnt Gladstone District with 97 teachers and in Ishpeming with 1,200 students and 70 teachers. Tanker from Page 1 by radar controlled syrian howitzers deployed along the seafront in moslem West Beirut. Syrian artillery batteries along West Beirut s seafront also fired on Aoun s positions and the shelling quickly spread to residential districts police reported. Police said the ship identified As the Sun shield Washin at least once by radar guided artillery about seven Miles off mama Elcin an area 11 Miles North of this War torn capital. The Crew was made up of five lebanese four egyptians and two ghanaian. Police said Only three of the bodies All lebanese were identified. The police spokesman said he had no information on the ship s tonnage registry or owners. He said the Sun shield was carrying 550,000 Gallons of gasoline purchased by the Christian government headed by Aoun which is vying for Power with a rival syrian backed moslem Cabinet a tugboat succeeded in getting a line on the burning ship Early tuesday and towed it to within a half mile of the coast As firefighters battled to extinguish the Laze the spokesman reported. Dozens of ships have managed to evade a Syria blockade to deliver weapons and other supplies in re cent weeks but there is a critical shortage of gasoline and other fuel in the enclave. About 1 million residents live in the  other cargo ships attempting to run the Block Ade have been hit by the syrians since March 16. A least two seamen have been killed. Iranian parliament approves a Sfanjani s Cabinet nominees monday with Colombia s foreign minister to formally request extradition of a key narcotics trafficking suspect. In Washington Colombia s Justice minister an attorney general Dick Thorburgh discussed extradition and millions of dollars of .  Jerusalem police on monday questioned two for Mer israeli military officers about reports they trained gunmen for colombian cocaine Bosses. The Washington Post quoting a confidential report by colombian Security forces reported tuesday that at least five israeli and 11 British mercenaries helped train teams of assassins for colombian cocaine traffickers and their right Wing  army on monday announced Abraham maj at identified As a top financial Man for drug dealers was detained last week at a ranch not far from Medellin. Authorities also seized about 4.5 tons of cocaine there about 1 percent of Colombia s yearly production according to . Narcotics  officials said maj at is wanted in the United states. If so he would be at least the fourth potentially extraditable suspect to be caught up in a nationwide sweep. Nicosia Cyprus a Iran s parliament tues Day approved All 22 nominations to president Hashemi a Sfanjani s new Cabinet the country s official news Agency reported. The islamic Republic news Agency monitored i Nicosia described the vote of Confidence by the 270 member majlis As unprecedented since some Mem Bers of All previous Cabinet slates had been rejected in the past the vote came after a Sfanjani got a last minute boost for his proposed Cabinet from Radical parliament speaker Mehdi Karrumi. I see or. A Sfanjani s Cabinet As a successful on and one that supports the deprived. And whose members have worked hard for the revolution Kar Rubi was quoted As saying by Irna. He told parliament on the third Day of a debate Onra Sfanjani s Cabinet it is a Cabinet that has experience proficiency competence and Faith with full revolutionary  earlier Tehran Iran newspapers had warned Shatas Many As three of the nominees could be rejected. A Sfanjani has come under fire from radicals for dumping their leaders from his Cabinet they included outgoing Interior minister Ali Akbar Mohtashemi who has been closely linked with shiite moslem Mili Tants holding most of the Western hostages in Leb anon. Karrumi s support was seen As critical for Raf Sanja in 55, who was elected by a landslide vote july 28, after two Days of debate in which some of his nominees have incurred severe criticism from Radical deputies. Karrumi a hard line Radical who has advocated the violent spread of Iran s islamic revolution is Allied to a Sfanjani s  he apparently has fallen in line with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran s spiritual Leader who last week urged parliamentary deputies to set aside their differences and approve a Sfanjani s Cabinet to ensure smooth transition from the outgoing government of prime minister Hussein Musavi. Khamenei was elected to succeed Iran s revolution Ary Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who died june 3. Karrumi succeeded a Sfanjani Leader of ran so called pragmatists As speaker last month. Irish radicals May have arms caches in w. Germany Bonn West Germany up Irish extremists probably have several arms and bomb caches in West Germany police said tuesday one Day after experts defused an explosive device found under the car of a British Soldier stationed in Northern Germany. The Federal criminal office said twas offering a do 25,000 $12,820 Reward for information leading to the discovery of apartments Rand other caches used by members of the extremist provisional Irish Republican army or Pira. Police said the group was believed Mohave attached a bomb to a British sol Dier s car in the Northern West Germa City of Hannover. Explosive experts de fused the device monday after the sol Dier spotted a suspicious object under his  British Soldier was killed in Hannover july 2 when a similar bomb attached to his car blew up also injuring three children. Two weeks earlier a blast caused by an explosive device damaged a British military building in ,60 Miles East of Hannover. Police said the three attacks were believed to be linked and were probably carried out by Pira members. The fed eral criminal office said a number of Pira members were thought to be incest Germany and it was Likely they had several arms and bomb caches in the country. The office said that five Pira Mem Bers recently arrested in Ireland and in France were thought to have been act vein West Germany before their arrests. Police asked citizens for information about the whereabouts of the five during their stay in West  extremists have in the past car ried out several attacks against British bases in West Germany including two bomb explosions in july 1988 that wounded nine soldiers