European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday july 18,1990 in new York apr a a fire Halfway up the Empire state building on monday evening sent flames billowing from shattered windows and chased tourists from the observation deck and workers from throughout the building. At least 38 people were injured most from inhaling smoke. About 150 firefighters battled the Blaze which was largely confined to four unoccupied offices on the 51st floor said Don Malva a fire department spokesman. Heavy smoke poured through the Middle floors of the 102-Story building and the entire Tower was cleared of tourists and late lingering office workers. Josephine Danielson of new York who was visiting the observation deck with five friends from Spain said they clambered Down stairways to the 70th floor then took an elevator to ground level. A we started smelling smoke and we saw on the East Side of the building dense Black smoke coming from below the Tower a a said Danielson an airline flight attendant. A whoever runs the observation deck is tremendously unorganized. You would think they would have had some kind of recorded the fire was reported at 6 30 ., and by 8 45 The Blaze was out and the danger passed Malva said. The fire did heavy fire damage on the 51st floor with water damage on lower floors and smoke damage above said John Mulligan another department spokesman. The cause of the Blaze Wasny to immediately known he said. Thirty one firefighters and seven civilians were injured said Mulligan. Twelve of the firefighters were immediately hospitalized the most seriously Hurt suffering from first and second degree bums. Three non firefighters were treated at the scene by paramedics and four were hospitalized with smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion. A some people said they heard the alarms others said they did no to Mulligan said. A but we get that in every fire. There a a speaker system and we Are investigating to see How Well it worked a fire capt. Charles Kasper said the building underwent a a Brick oven effect a heating up quickly. Some windows broke from the heat and wind singing through fanned the flames he said. A it had to be close to a thousand degrees on the fire floor a said Kasper. A the nozzle Man i was next to was getting burned. He was screaming in pain but he did not let go of his building employees brought people Down from the deck 15 at a time finally Clearing the building by 10 20 The Empire state building was the worlds tallest Tower until 1973 when the world Trade Center was built in Manhattan. The Sears Tower in Chicago is now the tallest building. At 193 in Ine Manila Philippines apr an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale on monday jolted Manila and surrounding Luzon Island. At least 193 people were killed and the toll was expected to Rise. Hundreds were reported Hurt in collapsed buildings As aftershocks continued tuesday. It was the worst earthquake to strike the nation since 1976 when a 7.8 quake struck the Philippines and killed 8,000 people. Most died in a tidal wave that struck office of civil defense said defense Secretary Fidel Ramos telephoned from the Mountain resort of Baguio that about 80 people were killed there including an estimated 50 at the Hyatt hotel. Ramos figure was not included in the offices death count of 193. The office earlier reported 15 dead in Baguio about 110 Miles North of Manila. Reports said the Hyatt and three other hotels were heavily damaged and nearly 1,000 people were believed trapped in damaged buildings. In Washington the Pentagon said it provided an air Force c-l41 transport plane to carry 16 civilian search and Rescue personnel four dogs and support equipment to assist in the Hunt for survivors. The . Embassy said tuesday an unidentified official of the . Agency for International development is missing and feared dead Afier the quake heavily damaged the Nevada hotel in Baguio. A Baguio radio station said 23 people were killed when the Commerce building at the University of Baguio collapsed. Reporters in Baguio said most of the 119,000 residents slept outdoors on the streets after the 4 30 Quake. Officials said the worst affected areas were a Nueva Ecija province which in eludes Cabanatuan 60 Miles North of Manila. A Baguio area. The Baguio injured were being transported to american military hospitals at nearby Camp John Hay and Clark a. A Dagupan on lingayen Gulf about 100 Miles North of Manila. President Corazon Aquino was meeting senators in her office when the quake hit. She took cover under a table said her spokesman Adolf Azcuna. London apr Iraq freed British nurse Daphne Parish from a Baghdad prison in a Surprise move monday after she served four months of a 15-year sentence for helping a journalist who was hanged As a spy. Britain hailed the release and said it hoped this was a turning Point in the two countries Check ered relations. _ Parish 53, freed after pleas from president Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia flew in a private Jet to Lusaka capital of that Southern african nation. Zambian officials and iraqi diplomats presented the smiling nurse with a bouquet of red and yellow roses she was driven from the Airport in a luxury car to spend the night at Kaunda a official residence. In Baghdad Deputy foreign minister Nizar Ham Doun said Saddam Hussein decided to release Parish a in an overture from president Kaunda and for purely Hnz a a of off Rantins prime minister at monday a development and was grateful to presidents Saddam and Kaunda a Thatcher spokesman said. Parish was arrested in september after driving far Zad Bazot an iranian born reporter for the London newspaper the observer to the Al Iskandarian military installation outside Baghdad. The observer said Bazot who lived in Britain and travelled on British documents was trying to Check out reports of an explosion. But Iraq said he was a spy and hanged him on March 15. Iraq later confirmed 19 people died in an explosion at a miliary installation on aug. 17. 1 Parish worked at Baghdad s Ibn Al Bitar Hospital on a contract. Bazot befriended her on a previous visit to Iraq. The foreign office said Parish made a Brief statement before leaving Iraq saying her treatment in prison was Abb dad she was grateful to Saddam and Kaunda. Foreign of ape finister William Waldegrave said a i Hope our relations wet Rich Are always liable to be a bit bumpy with Iraq for a Are aimed in the right direction again a he said. In april British authorities seized huge steel tubes that were bound for Baghdad. Officials said the parts ordered from British companies could be used to make a a super gun capable of hurling shells As far As Israel. Iraq said the tubes were for an Oil from Page 1 agreed to negotiate a treaty with the soviet Union covering All aspects of their relations a political economic military cultural and scientific. No details were immediately available but officials said the treaty would include provisions for wide economic and technical cooperation. The agreements virtually assure that the Germany will be Able to hold All German elections and to reunite formally by the end of this year. The germans also agreed to limit future military forces to 370,000 troops compared with about 667,000 now for the two German armies combined. West Germany currently has about 494,000 men in its Active forces and East Germany i73,000. The germans also pledged to allow soviet troops to remain on East German territory for a three to four year transition period. Kohl said Germany would help pay for the maintenance and the withdrawal of the 380,000-Strong soviet Force. He also said american British and French troops would remain in Berlin until the soviet troops had withdrawn. The germans further agreed that no nato troops nuclear weapons or German forces assigned to nato would be deployed on what is now East German soil during the transition period and probably not afterwards. A we were unanimous that on the key questions Yre achieved a far reaching Success a Kohl said at the press conference. A this breakthrough was critical because both sides Are aware that the historic changes happening in Europe Germany and the soviet Union place special responsibility on the arrangements were designed to satisfy mos cows concerns Over the strength of a future Germany and problems involved in repatriating its Large military contingent in East Germany. Officials said details of the various agreements would be worked out at various forums including the a two plus four talks among the Germany and the world War ii allies which was scheduled to resume tuesday in Paris. Kohl said that the soviets had agreed to conclude the two plus four talks in time for a meeting of the conference on european Security and cooperation in november at which All european countries the United states and Canada will effectively give International endorsement to Germany a reunification. The agreement marked a major personal Triumph for Kohl who sat throughout the press conference with a Broad Grin across his face. Two weeks after achieving the monetary and economic Union of the two Germany Kohl now faces an unobstructed Home stretch toward Unity. The two it Lay display of his personal rapport with Gorbachev underscored by the invitation to join the soviet president in his native Region in Southern Russia. It seemed certain to strengthen further Kohls already Strong chances of being elected the first Chancellor of a reunited Germany. Gorbachev treated Kohl with an intimacy that no other Western Leader has enjoyed with the soviet president. Quot our talks were very candid and marked by understanding and personal sympathy a Kohl said. Gorbachev said the discussions had been conducted in a the spirit of that Well known German word a German and soviet officials agreed that the breakthrough was made possible by the series of meetings of Western leaders in recent weeks. They included the european Community session in Dublin the United states soviet Summit in Washington the gathering of the seven leading Industrial Powers in Houston and above All the nato sum Mit meeting m Lon Don. In these meetings the officials said the West effectively agreed to eliminate the vestiges of the cold War and to consider ways to help Gorbachev s program of from Page 1 a who were optimistic about life in a United Germany. When it came to failings and unhelpful characteristics the germans had their share and perhaps More but in contrast to the past they were much readier to recognize and add get this them selves. A the Overall Mes Gage was unmistakable we should be Nice to the germans. But even the optimists had some unease not for the present and the immediate future but for what Mig Ujj lie further Down the Road than we can yet the participants according to the newspaper included historians Hugh Trevor Roper Oxford University Snorman Stone american professors Fritz Stern of Columbia University and Gordon Craig of Harvard journalist Timothy Carton Ash and George Urban former research director at radio free Europe. The summary was published amid political upheaval Over the resignation of Cabinet member Nicholas Ridley for his harsh comments about the germans and opposition politicians were Quick to accuse Thatcher of insulting a Friendly ally. The labor party a Gerald Kaufman said it was an a offensive farce for senior Cabinet ministers to a sit around pulling the germans to
