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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D equal shot at jobs sought for civilian spouses Page 2 q governors Bush to study . School system Page 9 d the Capitol Hill paper Chase Page 13 q German officials denounce Low level flights Page 28 the stars  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 48. No. 156 wednesday. September 20, 1989 Isi did Nuy d 8693 a Hugo threatens . Coast David Donati uses a Rake to propel his surfboard through a flooded Section of san Juan puerto Rico. Miami a Hurricane Hugo the Caribbean killer blamed for 25 deaths seethed past the Bahamas tuesday on an Uncertain path Ilia threatens an area from Florida to North Carolina by Friday. Disaster teams found death and destruction in puerto Rico and a string of resort islands clobbered by the mightiest storm in a decade in the Eastern Caribbean. More than 50,000 people were homeless and military planes ferried radios drinking water generators chainsaws and other equipment to stricken areas thai pleaded for More help. Forecasters used computers satellites and charts of old storms but could not predict Hugo s wobbly  lurched to the North and West because other weather systems seemed to be blocking it from heading into the open Atlantic. At 3 . The Hurricane s Center was about 175miles East Northeast of grand Turk Island in the South Ern Bahamas according to the National weather serv ice. La had maximum sustained winds of 105 Mph and was moving Northwest at 12 Mph forecasters said. But Hugo was reorganizing Over open seas where War tropical air fuelled its engine and forecasters expected fluctuations in strength. Hurricane warnings were downgraded to storm warnings for the Southern Bahamas As Hugo skirted the area but the bahamian government issued warn Ings for the Central islands of the archipelago. Islander boarded up their Homes As a precaution. In Florida Nasa officials said they would wait until wednesday before deciding to move the space shuttle Atlantis scheduled for launch oct. 12. From its launch pad and into shelter. They also put off a Deci Sion on whether to remove a Navy communications satellite from an Atlas Centaur rocket on another launch pad until More is known about Hugo s path. Cruise ships moved out of the Way while american airlines heavy Caribbean service which uses san Juan As its Hub was suspended. Hugo walloped the see Hugo on Back Page Vatican backs relocating of Convent Vatican City the Vatican said tuesday that a roman Catholic Convent of carmelite nuns near the Auschwitz death Camp in Poland should be moved to another site As jewish groups have sought. Breaking its silence on an Issue that has severely strained jewish Catholic relations the Vatican said it would help to pay for a prayer Center i which the nuns would live. Jewish leaders in the United states applauded the statement and said it would improve jewish Catholic relations. A february 1987 Accord be tween jewish and roman Catholic representatives stipulated that the nuns would be moved to the Prajer Center from a Convent just outside Auschwitz. Jews have objected to their presence at a site where 2.5 Mil lion jews were murdered by the . However the polish primate. Car Dinal Josef Glymp has called for re negotiating the agreement and said the polish Church did not have the Money to build u new Home for the nuns. We need action1 on clean air Bill Bush says during speech in Spokane Spokane Wash. A president Bush declaring tuesday that sound ecology and a Strong Economy can coexist prodded Congress to pass his legislation on cleaning up the nation s fouled air. In a speech prepared for a riverfront Celebration of Washington s 100th anniversary of statehood. Bush called upon All americans to join in a renewed Spir it of conservation including recycling their trash and generating less waste. With House speaker Thomas Foley the Hometown democratic congressman at his Side the president said when it comes to clean air we need action on the legislation we be proposed  Bush who sent the clean air Bill to Capitol Hill on july 21, said every Day that passes is another Day we re postponing Progress on clean air. Now it is up to the Congress to pass this clean air legislation this  Bush has been sparring with the democratic controlled Congress Over drugs and other issues but poles told reporter son monday he expects Congress to Send Bush a clean air Bill to his liking with relate this year or Early in 1990. It will be an achievement for both the Congress and the administration Foley see Bush on Back Page president Bush dons a Cowboy hat during an appearance monday in Helena Mont  
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