European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes sunday january 28,1990 Geoffrey Harris and Dawn Griffiths hold their baby Alexandra during a press conference on saturday. Abducted Newborn returned by police to London parents London a a baby girl kidnapped More than two weeks ago when she was 36 hours old snuggled in her Mother s arms again saturday after police found the child Safe and Well in a rented cottage. She looks exactly the same As she was before Dawn Griffiths said As she held baby Alexandra sat urday morning at London s St. Thomas Hospital where the child was abducted on Jan. Ii. Acting on a tip. Police found the baby Friday night in Burford. 65 Miles Northwest of London. The infant was in the care of a 35-year-old woman at a cottage known As the old police House the Village s former police station. Scotland Yard said the woman was arrested but a spokesman said her name would not be released unless she was charged. Police said the kidnapper claimed to be a health service aide and told Griffiths that she needed to take the baby away for a routine blood test. The abduction and the anguish of Griffiths 20, and the baby s father Geoffrey Harris. 25, was front Page news in Britain during the ordeal. Their appeals for the return of their daughter were broadcast on television and radio. The couple live together in South London and plan to marry. Alexandra is their first child. Rewards totalling 30.000 pounds nearly $50,000 had been offered for information leading to the return of the baby and conviction of the kidnapper. Detective chief superintendent John Bassett the police officer in charge of the Hunt said the Reward was not a Factor in leading police to Burford. Money had nothing to do with it. They residents had seen this woman with the baby and they thought we should know about it he said. Basset said two Scotland Yard detectives flew to the Village by helicopter after the telephoned tip off and found the baby. Basset said he broke the news of the baby s discovery to her parents in a Telephone Call. He then person ally drove the couple to Witney near Burford. Tor unemotional reunion with their daughter at the Village police station. They then returned to London for the news Confer ence. Basset said the arrested woman answered the door when the dec Clivos arrived. They found the baby asleep in an upstairs room he said. Detective inspector Roger Couzins one of the two detectives who discovered the baby said the woman in the House was very  we had a Short conversation and then i went up stairs Couzens said. The baby was in a carry cot crib and after a Short conversation with the woman. I was satisfied it was the baby we were looking  Couzins said the baby had been Well cared for and described the state of the House baby clothes and crib As very  violent s. African strike ends Johannesburg. South Africa a Black workers of the state transport company on saturday ended one of South Africa s most violent urics a 12 week walkout marked by widespread sabotage and More than 35 killings. The Union failed to win even part of its requested 150 percent pay increase but South african transport services agreed to recognize the Union and rehire All of the More than 23,000 strikers who had been fired. Officials of the company and the South african railway and Harbor workers Union signed the settlement saturday at a ceremony in Johannesburg. Afterwards they said they hoped for smoother relations in a reference to two strikes in three years. In the latest strike the workers walked out nov. 2. Demanding that the minimum monthly wage be in creased to $600 from $240. Numerous Battles Between strikers and non strikers followed including one clash Between hundreds at ? train station near Johannesburg. Railway coaches and tracks were sabotaged in dozens of incidents and the company said it lost $ 16 million in property damage. One key Issue in the dispute was whether the trans port service would officially recognize the strikers Union. The company maintained the Union had no followed proper procedures for recognition and insisted on bargaining with a smaller Black Union not tied to the militant Congress of South african Trade unions. Jay Naidoo general Secretary of the Congress said at the signing ceremony saturday that the settlement Laid the basis for a sound relationship Between the Union and the transport service. However the conservative party s transport spokes Man Jurg Prinsloo said it is shocking that after one of the most violent strikes. The strikers have again been installed in their  the walkout was illegal under legislation that bars strikes in essential services. The transport company employs about 170,000 people and runs rail and har Bor operations nationwide. World today nearly 100 die in floods throughout Indonesia Jakarta. Indonesia up heavy Rains continued falling saturday in Central Java As the death toll across Indonesia neared 100 in the Region s worst flooding in at least 20 years authorities said. The flooding triggered by a prolonged downpour began shortly after Midnight Fri Day and caused the River of Banjiro Kanal to overflow into several parts of the City of so Marang. About 250 Miles cast of Jakarta. The torrential Rains 3 59 caused landslides in several districts including one believed to have buried 31 people alive in Tama Ngung District about 50 Miles South of semarang. French lawyer publisher fined symbolic damages Paris a the former lawyer for marshal Philippe Petain who led France wartime government that collaborated with nazi Germany was ordered Friday to pay on franc in symbolic damages for a newspaper advertisement supporting Petain s policies. The publisher of the newspaper la Monde at the time it carried the advertisement Andre Laurens also was ordered to pay the symbolic franc Worth about 17 . Cents. Jacques Osorni Petain s former lawyer placed the and in the july 13. 1984, edition ofic Monde headlined French people you have a Short  it was signed by the association to defend the memory of marshal Petain. Two groups of  fighters filed charges under France s Law against apology for the  astronomers say new Comet May outshine Halley s Santiago Chile a astronomers working from an Observatory in Northern Chile have reported discovering a new Comet 10 times brighter than Halley s Comet. The discovery of the Comet which the named Austin 1989 c1, was made by astronomers Patrice Bouchet of France and Rolando Vega of Chile. They were working at la  Observatory operated by the european Southern Observatory As visiting specialists. La Silla is located on a Hill near la Serena a City 290 Miles North of Santiago. Bouchet said the Comet was named Austin after an astronomer who first said the come existed. But it had never been spotted before he said. Bouchet said "1989 cd after the word Austin arc related to the Date the existence of the Comet was first reported and its expected frequency. Cosmonauts install device for space motorcycle Moscow a two soviet cosmonauts stationed on the Mir orbiting Complex in stalled a Docking device for a space motorcycle and other scientific gear during a space walk Friday of More than three hours Tass said. The spacewalk by Alexander Victorenko and Alexander Serebro was their third in re cent weeks. They plan two More before the return to Earth in mid february ending a six month Mission. The official soviet news Agency said the cosmonauts assembled a Docking mechanism that will be used later when they install the space motorcycle a device that will help cosmonauts get around in open space near the orbiting Complex. They also installed a television camera that will be used for geophysical research. They made an inspection of the outside of their spacecraft and checked their radio communications. The two cosmonauts spent three hours and two minutes in space the report said