European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday september 18,1989 news updates Mother Teresa stable Calcutta. India a Mother Teresa developed mild Chest pains again sunday but Doc tors treating the Nobel laureate said her Overall condition remained stable. Doctors also said the 79-year-old roman Catholic nun had contracted a malaria parasite but they insisted it was not the cause of recurring fever. A statement issued sunday night by Woodlands nursing Home pie Hospital where she is recovering from a heart attack said Mother Teresa s condition was unchanged throughout the Day. Mother Teresa first developed Chest pains and High fever thurs Day just As doctors thought she was progressing Well. She was admitted to the Hospital sept. 5 with an irregular heartbeat a blocked artery and High fever. Coal miners buried Morganfield. By. A seven Coal miners were buried sat urday and an investigation into the explosion thai killed them an three others was delayed again be cause of dangerous Levels of meth Ane Gas authorities said. The methane Gas was in the area where the explosion is believed to have occurred said Kathy Snyder of the . Mine safely and health administration. Snyder said Federal and state investigators conducting a preliminary Check of the mine thursday found explosive Levels of methane. Slaying in Spain san Sebastian Spain a the Basque separatist group Eta on sunday claimed responsibility for the assassination of a top prosecutor in Madrid hours after two Eta members were killed in shootout with paramilitary civil guards in the Basque country. In a note sent to the san Sebas Tian newspaper Egin Eta said it shot to death Carmen Tagle 44. A top prosecutor of the National court which has jurisdiction Over terrorism cases. Talc was killed by two men in a car who fired automatic weapons As she drove into her Home s garage in Madrid on sept. 12. Marine treasure Columbia . A explorers recovering Gold that May be Worth More than $400 million from a sunken ship off the South Carolina coast said saturday they also May have found two previously unknown species of Marine life. Researchers using Remote control equipment gathered samples of the two organisms apparently invertebrate animals attached to remnants of the Central America at a depth of 8,000 feet. Fans sentenced Athens Greece a ten Swansea City soccer club fans were sentenced on saturday to 16months in prison each on charges of causing property damage while on a Drunken rampage at an Athens suburb. Four others were acquitted of the charge. The three member magistrates court allowed those sentenced to buy off their terms by paying 400drachmas about $2.30 per Day. The 14 men All from Swansea were arrested Early Friday after going on a Drunken rampage which caused damage totalling 2.2 Mil lion drachmas $13,000 to three taverns at the Seaside suburb of Gly Phada 1s Miles from Here. Nixon sought second raid on Iran in 80, paper says London a a newspaper re ported sunday that former president Nixon tried to organize a second Mission to Rescue 52 american hostages in iranian 1980 and held secret talks with British helicopter pilots and cd service Man. The sunday Telegraph quoted unidentified Security sources As saying the second Mission was conceived by the re publican party because it feared its presidential candidate Ronald Reagan might inherit the hostage crisis if he won the november 1980 election. The idea of a second Mission was quietly dropped in october 1980 when Iran said the hostages at the . Embassy in Tehran would be released after the inauguration of a new president the newspaper said. A Rescue attempt authorized by democratic president Carter ended april 25, 1980, when a helicopter collided with Tanker aircraft in an iranian desert kill ing eight servicemen. The Mission by the . Military Delta Force had been aborted and the aircraft had been refuel ing on the ground before turning Back. The newspaper reported that Nixon visited Britain for a series of secret meet Ings to plan the second raid Only three months after the failed Mission. He met the chairman of Bristow helicopters Alan Bristow and several former Mem Bers of the special air service or Sas Britain s elite military assault Force it said. Nixon was absolutely  it quoted Bristow As saying. We had a Long and detailed discussion about the chances of Success of a second strike. I told him it could be done but the strike Force would suffer at least 30 percent Cas  the newspaper said Nixon s plan was inspired by the Sas assault May 5, 1980, on the iranian embassy in London where gunmen demanding the release of political prisoners in Iran had taken 20 people hostage. Four of the five gunmen were killed. Or. Nixon was certain that president Carter s shame Over the operation would ensure that he would not try again before the  the newspaper quoted an unidentified person involving in the planning. Nixon kept repealing that something had to be  the newspaper said it remained unclear whether Nixon intended to use British sex military personnel and Heli copter pilots As part of a . Military operation after Reagan took office or whether a truly free Lance operation in the run up to the presidential election was on the  it quoted a Nixon aide As saying we will neither confirm nor deny this Story. We have nothing to  the newspaper quoted col Charles Beckwith commander of the original . Strike Force As saying that from the moment we arrived Home after the failed Mission we were told to plan for another attempt. None of us in Delta Force however believed that president Carter had the political stomach for an other  ran fire fens Force of fake Back areas if Iraq continues occupation Athens up1 iranian president Akbar Hashemi a Sfanjani said sunday that his country will eventually use Force to recover its occupied territories i Baghdad does not withdraw its troops to the 1975 Borders. Tehran radio monitored in Athens quoted the president As saying Iran is prepared to continue the peace talks with Iraq even if they last 10 years but will not tolerate the permanent occupation fits territory. If they do not withdraw we shall push them out by Force a Sfanjani told a gathering of commanders of the islamic revolutionary guards. We have achieved what we wanted from the War and do not need to resume the War. We have Good will and shall allow time to pass so that the world comes to recognize who the aggressor is and who is in the right he Saidt then we shall definitely a acc Back our soil because the revolution canno tolerate the occupation of its  before Tehran accepted the cease fire in August 1988, ending hostilities in the eight year persian Gulf War Iran was condemned As a warmonger he said. The world used to condemn the islamic Republic of Iran saying that it gave itself the right to interfere directly in the internal affairs of its neighbors and tried to Export the islamic revolution he said. But Iran has proved faithful to the cease fire and from the Day we accepted the cease fire till today not even a single violation has been committed by us the president said. He accused Iraq of prolonging the peace talks in order to gain concessions on the Arvand River or the Estuary that forms the Southern Section of the cease fire line. But we shall show the same Resis Tance that we displayed during the War and if the talks take even 10 years or arc reduced to War again we arc not ready to let go of even one Square Inch of our country a Sfanjani said. We shall push the enemy Back to the Point set by the 1975 Algiers  Iraq he said could not Bear the Man Power losses it would suffer if the War should be resumed because it has a population of Only 14 or is million com pared to Iran s 50 million. For Iran not so much damage would be done the iranian president said. The two countries began peace talks in november last year some three months after the  cease fire went into effect but they have made Little Progress toward achieving a lasting peace in the Region. Iraq demands the right to dredge and Clear the Shalt Al Arab Estuary while the talks arc in Progress but the iranians insist that the dredging and Clearing can Only begin after the iraqis pull out of some 800 Square Miles of their territory. The iraqis have also offered an Exchange of some 100,000 prisoners of War held by both sides but Iran again insists that an Exchange can Only take place after troop withdrawals. A Sfanjani is believed to have been responsible for Iran s acceptance of the August 1988 cease fire. His remarks Sun Day Are the first indication that Iran is prepared to resume the War if the peace talks eventually fail. Collision sets two tankers afire causes 5-mile Oil spill in North sea Hull England a two Oil tankers collided in the North sea off Eastern England Early sunday causing fire aboard both vessels and an Oil Slick five Miles Long the coast guard said. Seventeen of 26 Crew members were evacuated from the liberian registered Phillips Oklahoma after it collided with the maltese registered Fiona anchored near the Mouth of the number River about Iso Miles North of Lon Don coast guard spokesman David Clempson said. The Fiona s Bosun jumped Over Board and was treated for Shock after he was rescued but the rest of the ship s 30-Mcmber Crew remained aboard Clempson said. No other injuries were reported. The collision caused about 340,000 Gallons of crude Oil to spill from the Oklahoma forming a Slick about five Miles Long and a Quarter mile wide be fore the leak was contained Clempson said. Most of that will have probably been Burnt up in the fire he said. The Way it is heading it does t appear to be com ing  Clempson said aircraft were Dis patched to Spray dispersing chemicals on the Oil. By mid morning the fires had been extinguished and both ships had been anchored off spurn head in the Mouth of the Humber River Clempson said. The Phillips Oklahoma Laden with 56,000 tons of crude Oil and the Fiona carrying 46,500 tons of refined Oil collided about s a.m., he said. I m not going to be drawn on the question of whose responsibility it was he said adding that the investigation would be conducted by the Marine Acci Dent investigation Branch of the British department of transport. Clempson said it was not Clear How the collision occurred. Humberside police said the Oklahoma was sailing into port to unload its cargo. Sea King helicopters a Nimrod recon Naissance aircraft a Royal Navy mine sweeper and firefighting tugs took part in the Rescue Clempson said