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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol 49, no. 64 sunday june 17, 1990 a a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a inside sunday and to plus  Shell the fire ravaged supertanker Mega Borg is no longer belching smoke and steam from its Stern Section. Firefighters say there Are still hot areas below deck. The Tanker Blaze began june 9 after an explosion in the ships pump room. See related Story Page 5. Suspect in bombing at Rhein main held East Berlin apr a woman who allegedly helped bomb Rhein main a in West Germany and kill three americans was captured in East Germany officials said saturday the latest in a remarkable string of terrorist arrests. Sigrid Stembeck 40, was the seventh reputed member of the left Wing red army faction arrested in East Germany in a 10-Day Span German officials from both countries said. She was captured Friday night in the East German town of Schwedt a District of Frankfurt an Der Oder near the polish Border East Germany a Interior ministry said in a statement. It said she did not resist arrest. German authorities say the arrests help prove longtime suspicions that East Germany a former communist regime harboured West German terrorists. Among the seven red army faction members arrested Stembeck is Stembeck the first linked directly to a major attack involving american fatalities. The others were accused in a series of shootings kidnappings and bombings that included the deaths of prominent West German businessmen in the 1970s and 1980s. Stembeck is charged with the slaying of . Army spec. 4 Edward Pimental in Wiesbaden West Germany in August 1985, said Hans Jirgen Forster of the West German Federal prosecutors office. Pimental was lured out of a bar by a woman and was found the next Day shot through the head. Pimental was killed so terrorists could obtain his identity card and gain entry by car to the sprawling Rhein main a near Frankfurt Forster said. A the identity card served to attain unobserved entry by car onto the premises of the base a Forster said. The car Laden with explosives was detonated outside the base Headquarters killing two More americans and injuring 20 other people. At the prodding of West Germany authorities from both countries have launched a concerted Effort to round up fugitive terrorists in East Germany As the nations move closer to unification. Wanted posters have been plastered across the country and Law officers have acted on West German intelligence information that West German officials say had been ignored by the former communist government in East Germany. East German authorities had no comment on the latest arrest other than a Brief statement by Interior minister Peter Michael Diestel to adn the government news Agency. The government had announced Friday that it had see suspect on Back Page Hunt for Ohio flood victims continues Shadyside Ohio apr National guardsmen and police dogs combed River Banks and roamed wrecked Homes and businesses saturday in search of More than 50 people missing after a killer Flash flood. At least 12 people died late thursday when a Wall of water enveloped the fringes of this Eastern Ohio Village. A thunderstorm dumped 5 Xhu inches of rain in 3 la hours overflowing two creeks and swelling the Ohio River. Flood ravaged areas were sealed off saturday so 16 police dog teams from As far away As Maryland and Kentucky along with members of the Ohio National guard could search for flood victims. Stacie Gilg a spokeswoman for the Ohio emergency management Agency said 170 Ohio National guard soldiers had been dispatched to help in the search which also involved officials from West Virginia and the . Coast guard. The Highway patrol reported that at least 60 people were unaccounted for she said. The Belmont county sheriffs department reported 51 people missing. Houses and businesses were washed away roads were damaged and families were scattered in the Flash flood which caught the National weather service off guard. A a it a hard to explain. Its unbelievable. A Creek you could walk across with water up to your Ankles in some places Rose 15 to 25 feet a Gregg Warren trustee in nearby Mead township said Friday. A 9-year-old girl Amber Colvin sur see flood on Back Page it it a it a a. A a. Cleanup workers search an overturned car in a Creek near Shadyside Ohio Friday afternoon following a Flash flood thursday night. A  
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