European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes wednesday july 18,1990 continued from Page 1 a Thailand Switzerland and South Korea also offered disaster Aid. But philippine reporters who visited areas of major damage said there was Little sign Ofa coordinated comprehensive government Rescue operation. Most. Rescuers were private citizens organized by local civic groups and untrained for major disasters. Reporters also said rescuers lacked equipment such As cranes to lift debris. The temblor a epicentre was 60 Miles North of Manila the capital. Hardest hit were the cities of Dagupan 100 Miles North of Manila Cabanatuan about 60 Miles Northeast of the capital and Baguio homies Toth Enorth. In Dagupan where 20 people were killed some streets fell As much As 6 feet and cars were swallowed up by fissures in the Earth. On tuesday the United states dispatched Navy Seabee an engineering team debris Clearing equipment and a Field Hospital to Cabanatuan where at least 49 people were killed when the six Story philippine Christian College collapsed. / rescuers had pulled 179 people from the rubble by late tuesday and mayor Honorato Perez said about 30 were still believed trapped. Many of the up Tims were children. The Field Hospital included 27 medical technicians to treat the injured who jammed the City a five civilian clinics. In Baguio an air Force engineering team joined the search for up to 1,000 people believed still trapped under 27 collapsed buildings. . Aircraft also were scheduled to Fly medical supplies and heavy equipment to Baguio on wednesday As part of a $25,000 Relief package to the Philippines. The 27 damaged buildings included an Aerial View shows the collapsed front Section of the Hyatt one of four luxury hotels in Baguio that were damaged by the quake. Four luxury hotels that buckled and cracked in the quake. The entire front Section of the Hyatt which featured a floor to roof inner atrium tumbled onto the lobby area trapping an estimated 150 people. The earthquake caused the catwalks surrounding a five Story indoor atrium to collapse and parts of adjacent guest rooms fell into the lobby. Among the dead was the hotel managers wife. The defense Secretary estimated 50 people May have been killed there but Rescue efforts were still under Way. The quake ripped the City a luxury Nevada hotel in half leaving a huge Gash Down the Middle. The . Agency for International development was conducting a seminar with philippine Volunteer organizations in the Nevada when the quake hit. Nato from Page 1 a publishers of America who visited the White House. The president said he had telephoned both Kohl and Gorbachev tuesday morning for a fairly Long conversations Quot of 30 to 40 minutes each. By dropping its objection to nato membership for United Germany the soviet Union removed the last big obstacle to German unification. A beaming Kohl said tuesday in Bonn West Germany that he and Gorbachev have solved All practical problems in the Way of unification and that elections for an All German parliament Are expected on dec. 2. Gorbachev and Kohl announced the agreement in a televised news conference in Gorbachev a Home Region Stavropol in the soviet Republic of Russia. The area was one of the deepest Points of German penetration during world War 11. The announcement capped several months of intense diplomatic mane vering during which West Germany backed a $3 billion Bank loan to the soviet Union and pushed its allies for a comprehensive plan to bail out the crumbling soviet Economy. The foreign office said Gorbachev was evidently swayed by the july 5-6 nato Summit in London at which the 16 leaders of the Western Alliance committed themselves to limiting the size of the German army a a prime soviet concern. Nato leaders also offered a non aggression pact to the soviet Union and other Eastern european countries and said nuclear arms would Only be weapons of a last  France a major West european Power that belongs to nato but keeps its military forces outside the alliances command had no immediate comment. Foreign minister Roland Dumas said he was waiting to hear the news personally from West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher. In Rome an italian foreign ministry spokesman praised Gorbachev a position. A at first glance we look on it with extreme favor a said the spokesman who declined to be  which is not a member of nato said the agreement was a a historic hour for Europe and for the  the Long journey of european history in this Century has reached a very positive station a said austrian Chancellor Franz a Ratzky it is a the foundation for building a peaceful Europe. T the soviet Union took the heaviest casualties of any nation in world War ii with some 20 million people killed. In Tokyo prime minister Toshiki Kaifu tuesday hailed the development As a big  Japan is not a nato member but has expressed its intention to Send officials As observers to meetings of both nato and the conference on Security Ana cooperation in Europe. Nato in a statement from its Brussels Belgium Headquarters said Gorbachev a acceptance of a unified Germany in the Western Alliance a will increase stability for All. Including the soviet  from Page 1 investigation has begun because the soldiers had Access to top secret information within the past 12 months Hall said. Capt. Ken Hicks of the Gulf Breeze police department said Quot All kinds of Bells went off when local police contacted military officials to Tell them that Hueckstaedt was in custody. Quot it was be want them real bad keep them separated done to let them talk to each other a Quot Hicks said. A they were very  Hueckstaedt was the first to be picked up Early Friday morning. A patrol ear stopped him in a Volkswagen Van with out of state plates and broken Tail lights As he was leaving a residential area where several burglaries had been committed recently Hicks said. He also did not have a Drivers License. A the was real nervous a Hicks said so the police ran his name through the National crime information Center computer and found him listed As a deserter. Hueckstaedt led police to the other five soldiers. The four men were picked up at a Gulf Breeze apartment while the woman was arrested at a Campground at Gulf Island National seashore near fort Pickens. It is not known Why the six were in the area. The defense departments cryptology school is located in nearby Pensacola. The parents of two of the soldiers told the Pensacola news journal their sons had trained in Pensacola. Hicks said Eccleston seemed to be the Leader of the group. Quot she definitely gave us the hardest time telling the others not to say anything and being pretty uncooperative a he said. Col Bill Mulvey an army spokesman at the Pentagon said a recent search of the soldiers billets in Augsburg turned up literature relating to a cull apparently called Quot the end of the  he had no further information on. The cult or what link it might have to the soldiers leaving their unit. Quot for All we know they could be the Only six members a he  system fault possible during Empire state fire new York apr the speaker system at the Empire state building May have been faulty when a Smoky fire erupted Halfway up the 1cl-Story landmark forcing Many of the 1,000 people Side to seek their own Way out. Quot some people said they heard the alarms others said they did no to. But we get that in every fire a said fire department spokesman John Mulligan. A a there a a speaker system and we Are investigating to see How Well it  at least four civilians and 34 firefighters were Hurt mostly from smoke inhalation in the monday evening fire Mulligan said. The Blaze was confined to four unoccupied offices on the 51 is floor but smoke spread throughout the upper floors. Sixteen people were sent to hospitals for treatment. A firefighter who suffered minor Burns was the Only one to be hospitalized