European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes sunday june 17,1990 romanian opposition unfazed by rampage Bucharest Romania apr two opposition parties pledged saturday to continue fighting for democracy after president elect Ion Iliescu sent Coal miners on a two Day rampage against anti government protesters. Iliescu said he was contemplating creation of a National guard to protect the government. He said it would be composed a of clean Loyal honest people who can act resolutely at exceptional  a we know that we can rely on you a Iliescu told the miners on Friday before sending them Home from the capital. His comments were carried on romanian radio and monitored by the British broadcasting corp. The state news Agency rompers said six people were killed and 502 injured in the violence the worst since the december revolt that led to the ouster and execution of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Ceausescu and his wife were executed after the revolt. At least 110 people were still hospitalized seven of them with very serious injuries rompers quoted health ministry officials As saying. Security officials detained 1,021 suspects in the anti government rioting the government said saturday. The miners had been asked to help restore order on University Square the Center of a 5j-Day anti government rally that riot police ended wednesday by firing on demonstrators. The protesters had demanded a communists like Iliescu be banned from politics. The miners swinging Iron bars and clubs swarmed into Bucharest on thursday and Friday attacking anyone they suspected As being against the government. Their targets included the Headquarters of the National peasants party. Standing among shards of Glass smashed typewriters and broken furniture the party a Secretary general Liviu Petrina promised that the struggle for democracy would continue. A emotionally we Are ready to Start today a he said. A logistically it could take  the Liberal party Headquarters was also hit by the miners. Calin Marc eau a Liberal party official said leaders Are afraid for their lives a because nobody is protecting  Dinu Patricia another party official said the liberals would a continue to function As a free political party despite the intimidation. Iliescu called the anti government riots the Wenri r right Wing extremists he charged were Aideh f a abroad. A fn3m a we Are dealing Here with a broader scenario european proportions a Iliescu said. A there a joint action of right Wing forces which started from the presumption that right Wing forces in All East of a it Pean countries could come to  All East a a Radu Campeanu Leader of the opposition us i party told reporters Iliescu a accusations a and a part of an old communist pattern a were childish the City Center was quiet saturday with police and soldiers standing guard at University Square the s of the Marathon opposition protest. A rows of tanks guarded key buildings including the Headquarters of the governments state run television although Iliescu and his National salvation fron government overwhelmingly won the first free elections in More than four decades his critics demanded that he and other former communist party leaders be banned from politics for 10 years.11 state sweep nets . Gang members los Angeles Calif. Up a More than 170 members of the two most notorious los Angeles based gangs were arrested in an 11-state sweep involving local authorities and the military Federal agents said saturday. Authorities seized an unspecified amount of firearms drugs and Cash during operation Street sweep which began thursday said Stephen Higgins director of the . Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms. A a it a a Long season and we re trying to news Brief get victories against them any Way we can a Higgins said. More arrests were expected saturday officials said. So far 174 people have been arrested aft special agent Jack Killorin said. Andrew Vita agent in charge of the at office in los Angeles said two loosely knit gangs that have warred for years the crips and the bloods have staked out a Large portion of the nations cocaine trafficking and have been identified in 32 states and 69 cities outside California. At officials said hundreds of agents and local police officers participated in the sweep and the air Force aided the operation by flying Federal agents from Dover Del to los Angeles. Along with California the other states involved in the sweep included Louisiana Arizona Missouri Oklahoma Oregon and Washington. The four remaining states involved in the sweep were not immediately identified. Many details of the sweep were withheld but at officials mentioned a raid in Shreveport la., where nearly 13 pounds of cocaine Worth about $2 50,000 was seized. A in Portland ore., 14 people were arrested and More than 100 others were being sought on Federal or state warrants for mostly drug and gun charges. In Washington two 23-year-old men were arrested. A this operation shows that what was once a los Angeles problem is now a direct threat to several communities throughout our nation. The Success o operation Street sweep is not the end in Only the beginning a Vita said. Soviets ease blockade pump Gas to Lithuania Moscow apr soviet authorities As promised began pumping natural Gas to a fertilizer Plant in Lithuania on saturday partially easing the blockade of fuel supplies to the breakaway Baltic Republic. Meanwhile leaders of the popular fronts that spearheaded the Independence drives in the Baltic republics gathered at a resort near the latvian capital of Riga to discuss the future of the movements under democratically elected governments. Government leaders of Latvia and Lithuania also met to discuss the compromises offered by soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev in an Effort to get talks started Between the Independent minded republics and the Kremlin. A spokesman for the lithuanian parliament aids Palubinskas said he was told on saturday by a pipeline dispatcher that natural Gas was again flowing from the soviet Union to the a Otas fertilizer Plant in the City of Jon ova. A the Plant will be getting 3.5 million cubic meters daily a Palubinskas was told by dispatcher Alexander Mishkov. Restoration of the Gas Supply fulfilled a Promise made to lithuanian prime minister Kazi Micro Prunskiene on wednesday by soviet prime minister Nikolai Ryzhkova that 15 percent of the republics daily natural Gas Supply would be  from Page 1 Vived for seven hours on the Ohio River by clinging to logs and doing the dog paddle a the Only swimming stroke she knew a after she was washed out of her Home by floodwaters. The girl found seven Miles from Home was hospitalized in fair condition with minor scrapes and bruises. She said she was swept from a Bathtub when the House began to fill with water. A 12-year-old Friend of amberts remained missing. A we got in the Bathtub and the water was Over our Heads and then the House collapsed a Amber said Friday. The Federal emergency management Agency on Friday declared As disaster areas Belmont county where Shadyside is located and nearby Jefferson county. Franklin county in Central Ohio also was included in the disaster declaration because of flooding there. The declaration makes residents eligible for Federal Aid. Gov. Richard Celeste who flew Over the area Friday said he had not seen so much damage since a Tornado ripped through Xenia in Western Ohio in 1974, killing 37 people. A a Wall of water wiped a path through the area a Celeste said. Ohio a two . Senators John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum both democrats also toured the area Friday. Glenn called the flood damaged portions of the City of4,300 people a a War  Chuck Vogt an investigator for the Belmont county coroners office said All of the dead were from either Shadyside or Mead township where the two creeks run South of Shadyside. Shadyside is about 10 Miles South of Wheeling . At least five houses along the we gee Creek were washed away and two cars floated Friday in water filled basements. About 35 buildings including a tavern were dam aged along we gee Creek and 50 buildings were i along pipe Creek about four Miles to the South Dick Quinlin Belmont county emergency services coordinator. Jim Leonard of the american red Cross said teams set up a shelter at an elementary school. About 200 people came and went during the Day Friday. Most sought news of friends or relatives. Doctors and ministers at the school counselled people who had lost relatives and friends. The National weather service did not warn residents because a thunderstorm in the area appeared on radar to be less severe than it was said a1 Wheeler Deputy meteorologist in Cleveland. The weather service issued a flood watch indicating that floods along Small streams and Low lying areas was possible but it did not Issue a flood warning which alerts residents to take  from Page 1 captured three More terrorists but later said it was mistaken and had arrested the wrong people. At least 24 other key members of the red army faction were still being sought. One of the seven reputed terrorists arrested since june 6 was freed because the 12-year-old warrant on her had expired. West Germany has not said whether it will seek a new warrant. Adn meanwhile reported that its office in the East German City of Rostock had received an Anonymous phone Call from a Man claiming to be a spokesman for the red army faction. It said the caller said the group would a a liquidated certain people in reprisal within the next week. The red army faction has in the past already several former communists including former Premier Hans Modrow hold seats in parliament. West German authorities have said they offered tips to the former communist government As far Back As 1986 that West German terrorists were in the country but that no action was taken. One of the seven terrorist suspects arrested in the past 10 Days Susanne Albrecht told police she was furnished with a false identity by the former secret police of the communist government. The red army faction has focused most of its attacks on West German industrialists and Bankers but it also has claimed responsibility for or been linked to attacks on . Military targets m West  aug 21, 1981, a car bomb exploded at Safe Headquarters at Ramstein a injuring 18 americans. On june 1, 1976, two bombs explode at v corps Headquarters in Frankin 16 people most seriously injuring them americans. On May 24, 1972, three . Soldier were killed when a car bomb exploded a Usa eur Headquarters in Heidelberg killing three soldiers. On May 11, 1972, a bomb planted the officers club at v corps headquarter in Frankfurt killed a lieutenant colonel