European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday May 8,1990 Sakharov a Book says events in . Parallel his life work London apr Andrei Sakharov the late soviet physicist and human rights Champion wrote that his life and work in Many ways paralleled the violence repression and eventually the reforms that have swept his Homeland. Excerpts from Sakharov a memoirs appeared in the sunday times of London in Advance of British publication in july. He died in Moscow on dec. 14 at 68 after a heart attack. The Book titled a memoirs a will be published in june in the United states by Alfred a. Knopf. Excerpts also will appear in time magazines May 14 and May 21 issues. Sakharov who endured years of persecution by soviet authorities but was mourned As a hero and visionary recalled the Awe and fear he Felt when he heard of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United states in 1945. �?o1 was so stunned that my legs practically gave Way a wrote Sakharov who was considered the father of his own country s Hydrogen bomb. A there could be no doubt that my Fate and the Fate of Many others perhaps of the entire world had changed overnight a he said in the sunday times excerpts. A something new and awesome had entered our lives a product of the greatest of the sciences of the discipline 1  in the time excerpts he wrote of the a tragedy cruelty and terror of the Era of his childhood the 1920s and Early 1930s, and remembered the stalinist repression that left parents afraid to speak freely before their children. Andrei Sakharov a this reluctance to reveal ones thoughts even to ones own son May be the most haunting sign of those times a he wrote. Later Sakharov Scalls for political reforms presaged Many of the changes under soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev who allowed Sakharov to return to Moscow in 1986 after nearly seven years of internal exile in the City of Gorky. In the memoirs Sakharov said that after world War ii when he was made a member of Igor Tammy Stop secret team developing the a bomb at the physics Institute of the soviet Academy of sciences a nobody asked if i wanted to take part a i had no real  a but the concentration total absorption and Energy that i brought to the task were my own a he recalled in the sunday times excerpts. A i understood the terrifying inhuman nature of the weapons we were building a he wrote. A but the recent War had also been an exercise in  it was Sakharov Scall for a worldwide nuclear test ban in the late 1950s that first brought him into conflict with soviet authorities. During the last three decades of his life he fought against the jailing of innocent people for free emigration and for disarmament and other causes. A thermonuclear weapons could end human civilization. They have become so frightening that the very thought of using them seems unreal. Their credibility As a deterrent has thus decreased while their threat has increased enormously a he wrote. File at least 6 killed 100 Hurt in collision of steam train express in Australia Sydney Australia apr authorities said monday they were investigating the possibility of Brake tampering on a steam train that was hit in the rear by an express train leaving at least six people dead and More than 100 injured. The passenger trains crashed sunday night near the Hamlet of Brooklyn 25 Miles North of Sydney As the old fashioned steam engine carrying about 300 people from a jazz festival struggled up a Steep Grade. The electric train was carrying about 100 people on two decks in route to Sydney from Newcastle. New South Wales transport minister Bruce Baird said it is possible an emergency Brake had been on set on a car of the steam train which had been trying to pick up Speed before it was hit. Investigators were also looking at Why the express was not aware of the steam trains presence on the track which has a signal system. A survivor Richard Stohr said the steam train appeared to have trouble getting up the Hill. He said the electric train seemed to be trying to pick up Speed to tackle the Hill when it emerged from a Tunnel and crashed into the other train. A this woman just flew past me a just sailed past a he said. A i think she was  probes inspect debris of sundays collision near Sydney Australia. A Long Gash made by a Hacksaw Mars the Back of the Little mermaids  Little Mermaid nearly beheaded Copenhagen Denmark apr police on monday discovered a deep Gash in the neck of the Little Mermaid in what looked like an attempt to decapitate the famed Bronze tribute to danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. A 7.2-Inch Cut from a Hacksaw went about one third of the Way toward severing the head of the statue set on a Rock at the Entrance to Copenhagen Harbor. The Gash was found by a danish passer by Early monday and the police homicide division immediately took on the Case. A a it a impossible to take fingerprints As so Many people climb on the statue to be photographed a said criminal inspector Jens Christensen. A we guess the crime happened a couple of Days ago As we found Verdigris in the scar. It did not happen last night a he said. Verdigris is a Blue Green Deposit on Copper or Bronze surfaces. The capitals landmark was created by danish sculptor Erik Eriksen in 1914 and depicts the character of one of Andersen a Best loved tales of a Mermaid who Falls in love with a Prince. A Den Lille hav Frue a As Danes Call her was beheaded by Hacksaw in 1964. The head was never recovered and a new one was cast from the original Mold. Twenty years later hooligans amputated her Arm. The Arm was found and re welded. She has also been the target of vandals pouring paint Over her. Visit by 2 . Warships to Oman recalls 1840 trip Xii crat / a a to i i c i Ltd _ j r a. A Muscat Oman apr two . Warships paid a Courtesy Call monday on the omani Navy to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first visit to America by an arabian ship. Commanders of the destroyer Ingersoll and frigate fanning docked at port taboos to meet senior naval officers to Mark the voyage of the three masted omani bark Sultanah to new York in 1840. Ingersoll and fanning Crews will donate blood to the National blood Bank and take part in a number of sporting activities a . Embassy spokesman said. The ships officers will Host a luncheon for omani officers tuesday to celebrate the anniversary of the Sultanah a visit to the new York naval Yard. Aboard the Sultanah when it sailed into new York Harbor was the first Arab envoy to the United states Ahmed Nav Man. He was sent by Sultan Saeed a direct ancestor of Oman a present ruler Sultan taboos. The voyage from Muscat took 17 weeks. I r o ship Sra go of gifts for then . President Martin Van Buren were two stud horses 120 diamonds a cask of Rose water and a persian silk carpet. The officers and Crew of the Sultanah Rode on the Long Island railway and visited a Penitentiary while the naval Yard carried out a refit of the ship for the voyage Home. Ahmed Nav Man had his portrait painted by a new York artist Edward Mooney. The Sultanah returned with presidential gifts for the Sultan including a pleasure Barge and four mahogany chests containing Colt revolvers and repeating rifles inscribed in arabic