European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday january 27,1990 Europe storm deaths damages Rise London a a storm that spawned Hurricane Force winds in West Ern Europe icel at least 93 people dead officials said and workers in six nations Friday tried to restore badly crippled transportation and Utility services. Britain with 45 dead was hit hardest by the storm that whipped up 110 Mph winds on thursday paralysing much of Southern England and causing More than is billion in damage. Official reports said 19 people died in Holland eight in France. 10 in Belgium seven in West Germany and four in Den Mark As the storm swept in from the at lactic on thursday morning. The death toll Rose rapidly on thurs Day As High winds knocked Down shelters and scaffolding and sent tree limbs crashing Down on pedestrians and cars. In fatal accidents in France and West news briefs Germany cyclists were buffeted into the paths of cars. A Chimney was blown Down at the pal Ucol nuclear Power Plant in France. State owned electric it de France said the Plant was shut Down immediately. France s Central service for Protection against Ion radiation issued a statement later saying there was no Dan Ger of a radiation leak but said it would increase surveillance at the site until the stack is rebuilt. Commuters in Britain. Belgium and the Netherlands faced delays Friday morning because of cancelled trains and damaged Power lines. Tree limbs and broken roof tiles littered sidewalks around London and the government said i million people mostly in Western England were without elec tric Power. About 300 army commandos were dispatched to help Clear downed Power lines in southwestern England which took the Brunt of the storm. The storm Cut a wide Swath across the continent before turning Northeast and heading out into the North sea on thurs Day night. The London newspaper the Independent said insurers put Early estimates of damage to property in Britain in thurs Day s storm at More than $1.3 billion against $ 1.8 billion for the 1987 storm. In the Southwest Netherlands damage just to Glass in greenhouses was Esti mated at $29 million. Only one British rail station in the capital remained open thursday afternoon and the City s subway system Yas severely disrupted by fallen tree limbs on the surface sections. Service began gradually returning to Normal Fri Day morning. Rain came through the wind damaged roof of parliament and a Small amount of masonry fell into the Central lobby outside the main chamber. Nobody was Hurt. Highways in England were strewn with autos and trucks toppled by the winds As if they were toys. The storm also disrupted ferry services across the English Channel and Between Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the Baltic sea. The danish coastal ship Jotun Sank off the Island of Rug in. The danish Rescue Center said three Crew members were missing and presumed dead and one other Crew member died after being picked up by a helicopter. A West German Navy helicopter res cued 29 people from the soviet fish fac tors ship Bri. Which ran into rough seas of vhf dutch Island of tar Schilling. An other 10 Crew members were picked up by a belgian helicopter. Opposition criticizes use of soviet Force in caucasus Moscow a members of the soviet parliament s opposition group condemned the government Friday for ailing to quell ethnic violence in the caucasus and for relying on Force instead of More negotiations. Azerbaijani activists meanwhile said com Mandos raided the Republic s Mission in mos cow thursday night and arrested a nationalist Leader. A Moscow police spokesman confirmed the raid and said it was being investigated. Thirteen members of the inter regional group of progressive deputies in the soviet con Gress issued a declaration saying authorities took action too late in the simmering conflict Between azerbaijanis and  Baku. It. Gen. Vladimir Kubinyak the area s military commander said Friday that the situation was relatively Calm the official news Agency soviet Tass reported. A cease fire agreed to thursday by belligerents in the Azerbaijan s Nash Chevan Region was being observed said journalist Ashot Gazarian of the armenian news Agency Armyn press. He said Azerbaijan s rail blockade of Armenia was continuing. Noriega claims to be Row asks to go to Neutral nation Miami a deposed panamanian dicta Tor Manuel Noriega Friday claimed status As a prisoner of War under the Geneva convention and asked to be moved to a Neutral third country to avoid facing Federal drug charges. The claim was mailed to president Bush and a copy of the letter was contained in a motion filed in Federal court by defense attorney Frank Rubino to get Noriega out of the United slates. Rubind filed the motion moments before a scheduled or Cirialo detention hearing for Noriega who was whisked out of Panama on Jan. 3 to face a 1988 drug indictment in Miami. The hearing opened with Noriega appearing in uniform and Rubino Reading his motion into the court record for . District judge William Hock Clur. Belgium reassures nato allies it s Only studying troop pullout Brussels Belgium up Belgium s prime minister on Friday assured nato allies that defense officials were Only studying an eventual withdrawal of its forces from West Germany in View of a possible agreement at East West conventional forces talks i Vienna Austria. It s Only a question of being ready in Case the prob Lem would be raised in the nato Alliance or during the disarmament negotiations in Vienna Wilfric Martens told reporters after the weekly session of his enter left Cabinet. Martens said he made the statement at the request of defense minister Guy come a socialist who Dis cussed the possibility of a withdrawal of the 25.000 belgian troops in West Germany in newspaper inter views thursday. Come was quoted in the daily do Standard As saying the withdrawal of belgian troops had become Likely because of the changes in Eastern Europe and that he had instructed the general staff to work out different  it s a request to the general staff to study the scenarios for restructuring the armed forces including the one which envisages a possible withdrawal of the Bel Gian troops from the German Federal Republic and taking into account All the hypotheses of modification in the threat Martens said. It would be a mistake of management not to pre pare for such a possibility Given the importance of Fth investments the buildings the number of families concerned he said. The belgian troops including their dependents number 50,000 in West Germany. Come had said their withdrawal would mean a saving of 2.5 billion francs about $74.1 million How can we keep troops on the Border Between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German democratic Republic now that citizens of these two coun tries travel Back and Forth without much trouble and this Border becomes increasingly vague he said. A nato spokesman reacting to fac Rizic s remarks thursday stated the a Liliann View that troop reductions should be carried out Only under binding arms control agreements Between East and West and that such adjustments arc the subject of consultations an cooperation within the  in Bonn and London government spokesmen also said such matters should be discussed in the Frame work of nato. Greek from Page 1 Mediterranean is also a support unit for . Bases in Turkey. The inca Makri station monitors Telephone and telex traffic in the Mediterranean. In addition to the four major installations there arc 20 Small . Radar and communications stations spread throughout the country. The bases were established in Greece through a de sense and cooperation agreement initiated in the mid 1950s, which also granted Greece $350 million annually through military assistance programs. A five year agreement covering the bases expired in december 1988. It gave the United states 17 months to dismantle the bases if no new Accord were reached. Parliament is scheduled to debate a conservative socialist proposal next month calling for a six month Extension on the May 21 deadline to remove property personnel and Materiel in order to give Greck-. Negotiators More  17 rounds of fruitless negotiations both parties suspended talks before National elections last june. A Short lived conservative communist coalition put the bases Issue on  in Washington speaking on condition of anonymity said the decision to close Hill Nikon and inca Makri is unrelated to the talks on renewing the leases for . Bases in Greece. The greeks had demanded that any new defense Accord include a guarantee of assistance in Case of aggression by nato ally Turkey which the United states has been reluctant in providing. Crash from Page 1 did t catch fire. Frank Ghiorsi. New York regional director for the National transportation safety Board noted an absence of the odor of fuel at the scene. The source who spoke on the Condi Tion of anonymity reported that investigators had said the Pilo notified the Kennedy Tower that he was Low on fuel before he tried to land the first time. But he aborted the Landing telling the Tower that he was having trouble with his number two engine and that the Cloud ceiling was Loo Low 200 feet. The death toll As of mid Oming was 67, and it was not Clear How Many Crew members survived. Port authority police officer Michael Palermo said. The plane s flight and voice recorders were recovered said Thomas Gulotta a Nassau county executive. Authorities created a makeshift mor gue on the front Lawn of a mansion owned by the parents of Tennis Star John Mcenroe. The House is about a Quarter mile from the crash. The bodies were wrapped in White plastic and lined up in rows. By Early Friday 92 people had been taken to hospitals according to sgt. James Callahan of the Nassau county police emergency medical Bureau. One of the injured passengers a 30 year old Man rushed into surgery at North Shore University Hospital for abdominal bleeding had four condoms filled with White powder in his Abdomen surgeons discovered. A Hospital official speaking on Condi Tion of anonymity said the powder would be tested to determine if it was cocaine. Officer Peter Franzone Nassau county police spokesman said at least 78 peo ple survived he crash. Among those hospitalized were 15 children Many of them carried from the crash scene crying. The plane went Down about 15 Miles Northeast of Fth Airport after a five hour flight said off incr Phil Montouri of the port authority police. The crash occurred just off Oyster Bay Harbor in an exclusive Nassau county Hamlet on the North Shore of Long is land. It s near the former Home of president Theodore Roosevelt now a National historic site. Anxious relatives waiting at the air port viewed television news pictures of the crash