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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, July 19, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july t9. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3zone As toll rises philippine president Corazon Aquino is briefed wednesday at quake battered Baguio. Baguio Philippines apr Strong aftershocks rattled the earthquake devastated North wednesday As Crews worked to Clear a Road to this hard hit Mountain resort. More bodies were dug out raising the death loll to 311. The number of dead was expected to Rise sharply in Baguio where hundreds of people were believed still trapped in rubble because of a Lack of heavy equipment and emergency training. The City was Cut off by landslides in mondays quake. A president Corazon Aquino flew in wednesday to assess the damage. She ordered officials to give lop priority to Clearing the roads so Medicine food and heavy equipment could be brought in. She also ordered City schools closed fora month. At Baguio Shyatt hotel which collapsed in the earthquake Clarita Gonzales tearfully called out with a megaphone for her 5-Yea Road d aught or trapped in the rubble with her Nanny. _ a if you Are still alive please tap a Gonzales sobbed. On tuesday Aquino declared a state of emergency throughout the quake stricken area North of Manila on the archipelago nations main Island Luzon. Two aftershocks Early wednesday measured 6.3 and 5.8 on the Richter scale according to the . Geological service in Golden Colo. Two More were reported later but precise readings were not immediately available. No new damage was reported the office of civil defense said 311 people were confirmed dead and 682 injured in mondays quake which registered 7.7 on the Richter scale. Officials said at least 82 people were killed in Baguio where four luxury hotels and 23 other buildings were severely damaged. But presidential press Secretary Tomas Gomez said Aquino was told that 142 people died in Baguio including two americans one South korean a taiwanese and a chinese. He gave no names. . Officials could not confirm the report but said an official of the . Agency for International development was missing. About 1,500 americans live in the town. A Baguio funeral director Filemon relis said his mortuary alone received nearly 70 bodies of Quavc victims. Bodies covered with blankets were lying outside his funeral parlor there was no room inside. Mondays quake the strongest to strike the Philippines in 14 years damaged Baguio a Airport and triggered landslides that blocked the four highways leading to the resort. Highway Crews used bulldozers and dynamite wednesday to Clear some of the dozens of landslides blocking one of the roads to Baguio. Officials said they hoped to Clear the debris later wednesday so that much needed supplies in eluding cranes food and Medicine could reach the City. The City of 120,000 people had no electricity and was running out of food. Only one service station was open and gasoline was being rationed. . Embassy spokesman Stanley sch Rager said a 14-member military search and Rescue team arrived wednesday from Andrews fab near Washington d.c., and would travel by helicopter to Baguio to join the search. He said about 20 people injured in Baguio and Cabanatuan City were flown to a . Military Hospital at Clark a. More than 50 people were killed in Cabanatuan City 60 Miles North of Manila when a six Story school collapsed. Japan sent doctors nurses and $ 180,000 in Relief supplies and Canada Thailand Switzerland Singapore Australia and South Korea also sent assistance. In Dagupan where 20 people died fire trucks began delivering drinking water to 31 outlying villages whose water lines were destroyed by the quake. Officials in the City of More than 100,000 inhabitants 100 Miles North of Manila said it also was without electricity and food and drinking water were running Low. Dagupan a business District Sank one to two Yards during mondays quake and mud and sea water were seeping out through fissures in the Street. Coh Bienvenido Liclican spokesman for the military Rescue team appealed Over Manila radio stations for tools blood plasma Medicine and doctors to care for the injured. Young facing Miller in Runoff for demo governor nomination Atlanta map a Andrew Young seeking to become Georgia a first Black governor finished second in a five Way primary for the democratic nomination Landing him in a Runoff with it gov Zell Miller next month. Miller lieutenant governor for 16 years Rode an Issue of growing popularity a legalization of a state lottery a into first place in tuesdays primary. A tonight i believe i can hear Georgia singing a Miller told supporters. Quot i hear Georgia singing a new song full of Hope and Harmony. A new song full of dreams and the determination to make them come  state rep. Johnny Isakson 45, a real estate executive won nearly three quarters of the vote against three challengers m the Republican primary. With 89 percent of 2,446 precincts reporting Early wednesday Miller had 380,925 votes or 41 percent Young had 275,457 votes or 30 percent and state sen. Roy Barnes had 187,498 votes or 20 percent. State rep. Lauren a a Bubba Mcdonald had 58,974 votes or 6 percent and former gov. Lester Maddox a one time segregationist had 27,962 votes or 3 percent. Miller and Young quickly served notice of an aggressive Campaign leading to the aug. 7 Runoff but both men said they expected the racc4o remain gentlemanly. Even before the last votes were counted tuesday night Miller warned Young to expect questions about his record As Atlanta a mayor a a subject Miller has raised before. He has criticized Young for Atlanta a record As big City crime capital of the nation for his last two years As mayor. A i done to think its in any Way in gentlemanly for him to Challenge my record a said Young who has said the record is partly attributable to better reporting of crime statistics by the City. A a in a love for him to Challenge my record. I can account for my last 20 years in office and i Challenge him to do the  Young a one time aide to slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King or. Who went on to be a congressman ambassador to the United nations and mayor of Atlanta stressed that his worldwide experience could bring business to Atlanta and said economic development was a cause that could bring Blacks and Whites together. In the Republican primary with 87 percent of 2,446 precincts reporting Isakson had 65,558 votes or 74 percent. A the question is no longer whether a Republican can be elected governor of Georgia we tonight have Laid that question to rest. For the first time in centuries georgians will have a Choice in the governors race a Isakson said. The Only congressional incumbent  opposition democratic rep. Doug Barnard trounced journalism student Scott a. Starling of Athens by a 3-1 margin. Barnard who serves on the House banking committee was accused by opponents of being too cozy with savings and loan officials. . Stoner a White supremacist who served time in prison for the bombing of a Black Church in Alabama ran seventh in a nine Way race for the democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Slate Sens. Joe Kennedy and Pierre Howard w ill be in a Runoff.5th general Hospital to stay open memo says Stuttgart West Germany a amps a the army a 5th general Hospital once a candidate for closure will stay open according to a message from the facility a outgoing administrative Deputy commander. The Hospital located in Stuttgart a bad Cann Statt District expects to receive 57 million Over the next five years for improvements and maintenance col. Jack r. Slayton said in he july 6 message to Hospital employees. The 7th medical come referred questions about the decision to . Army Europe Public affairs. A spokeswoman at the Heidelberg office declined to comment on what led to the decision How Long it is valid and whether it will affect other army medical facilities. Slayton said . Army Europe commander Gen. Crosbie Saint inspected the facility on july 6 and then received a 7th medical come briefing on the Hospital s construction needs. A at that briefing general Saint decided that closure of the 5th general Hospital would cause too much Hurt to the soldiers we serve a Slayton wrote a the commander acknowledged circumstances that make continued operation of the Hospital difficult. One is the age of the facility part of it was built in 1891. Another is a defense department moratorium on military construction which has postponed at least temporarily plans for a new High tech Hospital Core and other improvements. Slayton left wednesday for a new assignment in the United states  
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