European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday october 1989page2 a Hugo blasted area awaits new onslaught Charleston s c. A army engineers used bulldo7crs to begin rebuilding Sand dunes along South Carolina s Hurricane ravaged coast thursday to pre pare for a second Bio Tuni nature abnormally if i tides later this month. In Charleston. Major Joseph p. Riley or. Sought army troops to help t car i Chris left by Hurricane Hugo while work to replace the Only Bridge connecting the Mainland to to  islands ran into a Snag. Engineers shored up dunes along eight Miles of coast from Myrtle Beach to Pawlcyn Island where the great est threat of erosion exists when unusually High tides arrive oct. 14-18. Army corps of engineers spokeswoman Carol Todd said. Tides arc expected to be at least i to 2 feet above the Normal 5-foot Range and could be even higher because of northeasterly winds. The dunes arc the Only Protection for Homes and businesses that line the coast. Gov. Carroll Campbell said he Hopes to have 65 Miles of dunes rebuilt along South Carolina s 187-mile coast before the High tides hit. Residents of Pawlcyn Island 20 Miles South of Myrtle Beach did not wait for Federal Aid to begin rebuilding dunes. The Island was sliced in half by Hugo and do ens of Homes were damaged or destroyed. We be had  with the bureaucratic  said Hassid Forrester one of 16 landowners who hired a contractor to bulldoze new dunes in front of their Homes. We re told one thing one Day and another the next. That s Why we re going  at least 30 other residents have signed up for the contractor s services he said. Riley said he has asked the governor to request army troops and equipment to help Clear the mess left by the storm the mayor said trucks arc removing 1,000 loads of debris from Charleston daily and Simi Lar help is needed across the state. Preliminary figures indicate the state s cleanup Bill could top $200 million. Ten Miles outside Charleston the corps worked to repair the Ben Sawyer Bridge the Only link Between the Mainland and the Isle of Palms and sullivans is land. On wednesday the swing Bridge was pulled out of the intr coastal waterway where one end sat at a 45-Degrcc Angle since the storm. However a broken Cable prevented barges from positioning the Bridge Back on the Road thursday an workers predicted that the Span would not open to traffic until Friday at the earliest. The corps earlier predicted it would open thursday afternoon. The red Cross meanwhile announced that Only seven evacuation shelters housing 454 people remain in operation around the state. Since the storm approached 453 shelters had housed 87,230 people. About two thirds of South Carolina electric & Gas co s 150,000 customers in the Charleston area have Power and almost All customers in other areas of the state arc on line officials said. Riley said Power was restored to enough of the Cit to eliminate the curfew. Melvin and Crogg mayor of Sullivan s Island said Power and water had been restored but Between 100 and 150 of the Island s 850 Homes Are no longer Habi table. He said he did t know How Many people arc homeless because Many of the structures arc rental and vacation Homes. Officials estimate 90 percent of the area s hotels and restaurants will be open by the Middle of the month. News update tit Boic show in French be la Marine exhibit tilled " on Fri Paris naval museum was to open a memories Day. The sh0$ will display Obj  the Ocean Lin in the Atlantic Ocean in 1912, cum officials said. Jet s exiled Dalai Lama name inner of Nobel peace Pri rapist loses Appeal to reduce jail sentence London is an air Force master sergeant convicted of rape last year has lost an Appeal to reduce the 12 year jail sentence Given to him by a Brit ish court. Master sgt. Charles Hawkins who had been stationed at Raf bunt Waters was sentenced feb. 8 in the Bury St. Edmunds Crown court after he pleaded guilty to charges of rape indecent As Sault attempted sodomy and aggravated burglary. Hawkins committed the crimes oct. 19 against a 46-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter in their Home at Mellon a Village near bunt Waters said defense attorney David Goodin. Attorney Garth Hawksworth who argued Hawkins Appeal sept. 18 before the British court of criminal appeals in London said judge John Alliot should have Given Hawkins a Shorter sentence because he had pleaded guilty. But the three judge appellate court rejected the argument and said Hawkins could make no further Appeal. Hawkins had been the chief of administration with the 81st Security police so. A 3rd air Force spokesman said Hawkins who joined the service in 1978, will receive an administrative discharge after serving his sentence. All pay and allowances were suspended when Haw Kins entered confinement. Oslo % Way a the Dalai Lama the exiled spiritual and political Leader of Tittl won the 1989 Nobel peace prize on thursday for his non Vio Lent struggle to Nee his Himalayan nation from chinese the norwegian Picl committee praised the Dalai last message of uni Versal reverence and re spice for All living things. . Although he has  his followers repeatedly have in inc i bloody clashes with chinese authorities in Lhasa the tibetan capital in % last two years. I very much appreciate that Knipf recognition about my beliefs the exit tibetan Monk said in Newport Beach calif., where he is visiting. In fact i always believed in love compassion and a sense of Universal respect. Every human being has that  the chairman of the norwegian Nobel committee Egil Aarvik said the Selec Tion of the Buddhist Monk could also be seen As a signal of encouragement for the pro democracy movement in China a movement that was crushed in june. The chinese embassy in Oslo denounced the Nobel committee decision As interfering in China s internal affairs Apt called the Dalai Lama a political figure tent on splitting the  embassy official Wang Guishon Atvas quoted by the National Nib  As saying this has Hurt  i Dalai Lama Jalc s feelings and he reiterated the a Taim that Tibet a sways been an Inte Gral part of China. Tvs Tibet was  1911 until the communist authorities in China regained control in 1950. The Dalai Lama born Tenzin Yatso in 1935, had bpm nominated for the Nobel peace prize for at least the last three years new  March chinese troops imposed mar tial Law if Tibet following widespread riot ing Toor Otest the chinese occupation. In 1987038 people were reported killed in figuring in Lhasa. More demonstrations ave been reported since. In dharm Sala India where the Dalai Lama now lives tibetans danced and Sangin the streets to celebrate. Shops closed and excited people rushed out singing Folk songs in Praise of their Leader. The religious Leader said he would like to go to Oslo for the presentation of the Nobel prize on dec. 10. Last year the Dalai Lama proposed Compromise for ending China s occupation of Tibet offering to keep it As a autonomous chinese territory and to re Linquish control of foreign affairs to China. China s government said in augus that its door is always open to talks with the Dalai Lama but that he must renounce tibetan Independence. China stressed it would talk to him Only As a individual not As a representative of the tibetan government in exile which China has never recognized. In 1986, the Winner was author and holocaust survivor Elic i Csc. The1987 award went to Costa rican presi Dent Oscar Arias for his Central Ameri can peace plan. Last year s prize went to the . Peacekeeping forces. Armed Nen seize Costa inca embassy san Salvador Al Salvador a six heavily affied men seized the Costa rican a Orossy in the capita thursday holding a number of that country s diplomats hostage police  said. The an Bassy has been seized a costar can official at the embassy told the associate truss in a telex. They have forbid Donus to talk. They Are heavily armed. They Are holding our diplomatic personnel Here. The men Are armed an they say they belong to a group called Ceasal. That s All we can say we arc not allowed to talk an unidentified per son typed before the telex line was cutoff. Police sources who insisted on anonymity said the six gunmen seized the embassy about 10 . The sources had no further details. It was not Clear Why the gunmen had Sci the embassy or what they wanted. Non frs the leftist or rightist terrorist groups act go in the country claimed responsibility Law the action. Remesal snot among the pwn organizations and it had not Bacn Lucard of before thurs Day. The Costa rican embassy offices relocated on the third Foo if the Central american building on the West Side Ofsan Salvador. Torrejon a panel to help pick school superintendent Torrejon a Spain an eight member panel is scheduled to Convene next week to help with the selection of a successor to Warren Van Zee the superintendent of the military school systems Italy District who is expected to retire in december. The group which includes a Parent two teachers two administrators and three Mili tary officers Marks the first time the Mediterranean Region has used such a method to help select a superintendent. School system director John Strum pc ordered the creation of panels last school year to help select people for positions of principals and above. The move seen As an attempt to involve the Community in the school system was used primarily in the Germany Region during the last school year. The group plans to review six Candi dates from the school system on oct 12 and 13 at Torrejon. School system officials will later consider candidates apply ing for the Job from the United states. Panel members include Mediterranean Region director Robert Manring and col. Wayne Mayfield the Deputy commander of Aviano a Italy. Other panel members include it. Col. Robert Brown assigned to the Southern european task Force in Vicenza Italy capt. James Kovalcik assigned to the naval support activity in Naples Italy Emily Mika the principal at Naples elementary Robert Kloeb a teacher at Vicenza High school Alice Larson a teacher at Naples elementary and tech. Sgt. Edward Muro a Parent who serves on the school advisory committee at Brindisi High school in Italy