European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday May 31,1990 ., Greece initial new bases pact Athens Greece a Greece an the United states initiated a new defense pact on wednesday that will allow  bases to remain on greek soil for the next eight years. The agreement ended nearly a year of uncertainty Over the Fate of the bases. The United states has four bases and about 20 smaller units around the coun try but is closing two of the bases As part Ota worldwide Cost cutting drive. Sources who asked not to be identified said the new Accord allows for the two remaining  Bases to continue to operate in Greece. They Are a major naval installation at Souda and an air Force electronic surveillance station at Bournes. Both Are on the Southern Island of Crete. Government spokesman Vyron poly doras told reporters the Content of the pact would be released in two weeks. He confirmed that some operations of hell Nikon a near Athens slated for closure by the United states would be transferred to Souda. The other base to close under the  Plan is a naval communications station at Nea Makri North East of Athens. The previous five year agreement covering defense and economic ties be tween the countries expired in Decem Ber 1988. The new agreement s title makes no reference to economic ties Between the two countries. Polydoras refused to say whether Greet would receive financial Aid As part of the new agreement. Kiki Munshi press attach of the  Embassy in Athens Alss refuse to give details of the pact. The greek parliament will have to rail Ify the Accord before it becomes Law with an absolute majority required in 300-member House. Quake from Page 1 port of Braila and one each in the cities of Buzgau and Brasov and in the Lalomia and Pra Hova counties North of the capital. The inspectorate reported 260 people injured 45 critically. It said 35 of the critically injured were in Bucharest where 138 people were Hurt. Elsewhere it said 51 people were injured in Braila 21 indole in the Southwest 20 in Pra Hova 12 in Lalomia 10 in the Eastern county of Galati seven in the nearby county of Constanta bordering on the Black sea and one in Buzgau. An earlier erroneous police report said 42 were injured i Brasov. In Calabrasi county in Southern Romania the ceiling of Amajor electrical steel Plant crashed to the floor the state news Agency to marcs reported. In Golden Colo the  Geological Survey said the earthquake measured 6.5 on the Richter scale. Its epicentre was 100 Miles North of Bucharest in the wooded Grancea Range of the Carpathian mountains. The earthquake struck at 1 40 . And rumbled across the carpathians which run through Eastern Romania the Western Border of the soviet Union and Southwest Poland. In Bulgaria the state Bra news Agency said the temblor was Felt nationwide but there was minor damage Only in Strong earthquake in Peru kills 67, injures hundreds Lima Peru a a powerful earthquake jolted Peru s northeastern Jungle killing at least 67 people injuring hundreds and wrecking Doz ens of Homes civil defense authorities said today. Thirty five of the deaths tuesday night occurred in Moyo Bamba a town of 50,000 people 400 Miles North of Lima officials said. Theother dead were from villages in nearby Jungle areas they said. The quake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred at 9 33 . Tuesday according to the peruvian geophysical Institute. The epicentre was in the Jungle 75 Miles Northeast of Moyo Bamba it said. Many houses and buildings in Moyo Bambalere destroyed including a downtown Church according to Gen. Jorge Ferreyro Peru s Civi defense chief. Electricity and Telephone lines were Cut in the Region Ferreyro said. Silistria a town on the Border with Romania. A nuclear Power Plant in Koz Ladoui on the Danube was closed. In the soviet Union the quake knocked out Telephone lines and Shook buildings in at least three of the country s 15 republics Russia the Ukraine and Moldavia. In Ottawa soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev said when asked about the earthquake everything is of. There was no devastation no  six people were hospitalized in Mogul near the soviet Union s Border with Romania said it. Ivan Kotuk of the regional Interior  quake was really Strong. Everything and everybody was falling said Alexander Yevchenko a local  were damaged in Izmail Bol Grad Reni Mogul and Kamrat soviet officials  quake also Shook buildings in Moscow 1,000 Miles East of Bucharest and was Felt As far North As leningrad.. Officials closed the older  Embassy which is 10 stories  s an old building and when the upper floors Shook we called around other places in town and closed the buildings a precaution to do safety checks said embassy spokes Man Jim Bullock. One of the two people killed in Bucharest shop assistant Petruta Lungu died when she was hit by a collapsing Balcony As she ran outside after the quake struck police said. The fire department said two Small fires were reported in Bucharest one in an apartment and another in the chem ical Laboratory of a High school. Jeremy Sutton Hibbert of Glasgow Scotland staying in an apartment in a 10-Story building in Bucharest Sai the Walls of the bedroom crumbled with plaster fallin stuff came flying off shelves and All the plaster came off tin ceilings. Outside there s a massive crack in the  Elena Chi Zui 56, who was in her sixth floor Apar Menin Central Bucharest said i m very scared and i could hear shouts in the neighbouring  her building suffered Only a minor  Stoica a 22-year-old student said i was scared. Was in a bookshop and the first thought was to get my Mon and get out on the  Deprats 24, a French journalist at the Bucu Resi hotel noticed the chandeliers in the Marble lobby swinging. In panic i followed All the people out of the hotel an people were All shouting and crying he  the hotel which suffered structural cracks on Al most every floor Small chunks of plaster littered the carpet this was the third major earthquake in Romania sine 1977. The other two were also entered in the Vrance Range and the most serious on March 4,1977, killed 1,50 people. The Richter scale gauges the amount of ener released by a quake As measures by the ground motion recorded by  increase of one number Means a tenfold increase in  powerful earthquake struck soviet Armenia in de Cember 1988, killing an estimated 25,000 people and Leve ing buildings in several villages and  earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale Struc the san Francisco Bay area oct. 17,1989, killing 67 peo pand injuring More than 3,000 others. Nato from Page 1 be resolved at his four Day Summit with Bush. Gorbachev s trip comes As he faces increasingly troublesome problems at Home where announcement of plans to double or even triple some food prices As Astep toward creation of a Market Economy touched off panic buying and widespread anger and unrest. A political rival Boris n. Yeltsin was elected presi Dent of Russia by far the soviet Union s largest Republic just As Gorbachev left the country and new Vio Lence broke out in the caucasus Between Armenia militants and soviet troops sent in to keep order. And on wednesday As Gorbachev began his final round of talks with Mulroney a powerful earthquake Shook Eastern Europe including at least three republics inthe soviet Union. Most of the damage was in Romania. As reports from the stricken Region began to filter in Gorbachev said he had been told there were several shocks in Moldavia and Armenia but no devastation no  Mulroney whose own popularity in Canada has plummeted in recent months amid a crisis Over French speaking Quebec province said Gorbachev reforms will outlast the setback he has suffered in Publ lie opinion at Home where his economic Reform plan have met Stalwart conservative resistance. Leadership in the service of Reform is no guarantee of political popularity Mulroney said in a Toast Prei pared for a state luncheon in Gorbachev s Honor. A every Leader has Learned frequently to his or her Dis May human expectations Rise continuously and become progressively More difficult to meet. Leadership implies change and in reality Chang has few champions. This is because change increase uncertainty and often inspires fear when the Natura instinct is to seek Comfort in the attitudes and Prad times of the  Mulroney said history treats kindly leaders who can take the Long View. You or. President have chosen to take precisely that  i Gorbachev in the text of his return Toast Salute the growth of political and economic ties Between car Ada and the soviet  Side has Ever tried to politicize them questioned the need to develop them on the basis Equality and Mutual advantage he said. What we want is not Western help " Gorbac Elsaid but cooperation on a mutually advantages basis in shaping a new Economy for our country which is a vast and Rich part of the world s  Dodds engr and survives 1 St 2 rounds of spelling Bee Washington a a 12-year-old Nevada girl misspelled the word irreducible wednesday to become the first youngster eliminated from the 63rd annual National spelling Bee. Aimee Baumann a sixth grader at arson Valley Middle school in Gard Nerville nev., put an a instead of the second i in the word. Baumann the 15th contestant an seven others were eliminated in the first round of the two Day contest that Drew a record 226 local champions from across the nation and overseas. The department of defense dependents schools contestant Edward wan Tamiso 12, from Span Dahlem Elemen tary school finished the first round by correctly spelling  later wednesday Tamiso got through the second round. He spelled Hauberk right. The second round began with 218youngsters. Cheryl Caprio 14, of grand Island,n.y., misspelled thoracic which is re lated to the area of the body Between the neck and Abdomen. The 51st contestant Caprio incorrectly spelled the word  Lori Kensel 11, of Tampa fla., mis spelled opulent and Taylor West 11, of Altavista va., incorrectly spelled  about an hour into the contest Jessa Myn Tracy 13, of Anchorage Alaska misspelled Leo Pardess a female Leop Ard. Three researchers in november put together a list of 1,000 words for the Bee knowing that 903 words were needed be fore 14-year-old Scott Isaacs of Engle Wood colo., won the 1989 Competition. A total of $26,550 in Cash prizes will be awarded by program sponsor scrip Showard. First prize includes $5,000, a trophy cup and special prizes from encyclopaedia Britannica. The program also is sponsored by 208 daily weekly an sunday newspapers in 47 states. The 226 local champions the most inthe history of the program include four time contestant Kanika Bahl 14, of Beavercreek Ohio and 9-year-old Erika Harrell of Muncie ind., the youngest. Bahl an eighth grader at Ankeney Junior High school is the daughter of a physicist. She is the Only speller to com Pete four times for the title. Five Contes Tants will be competing for the third time and 35 spellers Are making the second appearance. While Harrell is the Only fourth Grade competing there were 16 fifth graded and 31 sixth graders. The 9-year-ol Harrell attends North View elemental school in Muncie ind., and lists mat and science As her favorite subjects. Boll her parents Are teachers. Ito get to the nation s capital this Yean the 127 girls and 99 boys compete against nearly 9 million students at thl local level including Alaska and Hawaii the District of Columbia Guam Mexico puerto Rico the Virgin islands and Dodds. Last year 222 youngsters competed i the National Bee. Co champions Weri named in three of the previous 62 . Of the 65 champions 30 have been boys and 35 girls