European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday july 19,1990 toll tops 300 in Philippines from wire reports Manila Philippines a two Strong aftershocks struck Central Luzon Island Early wednesday As More bodies were found two Days after a devastate Fig Earth quake. The death toll passed 300,officials said the aftershocks which occurred before Dawn could have caused further damage and May complicate Rescue efforts already hampered by Lack of equipment and training to Cope with a natural disaster of such magnitude in Golden colo., the . Geological service measured the aftershocks at 6.3 and 5.8 on the Richter scale. Mondays earthquake registered 7.7. President Corazon Aquino left by plane wednesday morning for Baguio to inspect the damage. 309 people were confirmed dead in the earthquake and hundreds More remained trapped in the nibble. Nearly slabs of Concrete from the Baguio Park hotel folded like an accordian after mondays earthquake. On wednesday the office of civil defense reported Ike Maine trapped in the rubble. 700 were injured. Four More bodies also were recovered wednesday in Cabanatuan City from the rubble of the collapsed philippine Christian College. Military teams from . Bases worked Side by Side with phillipine soldiers to pull survivors from the rubble of the school and set up a 54-bed Field Hospital. Rescue teams dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings on tuesday but a Lack of heavy construction equipment and other emergency supplies hampered their efforts. A Manila television station made repeated appeals for More blood Medicine and Rescue equipment for the stricken areas. . Military engineers from Clark air base and Subic Bay naval station assisted in the Rescue Effort bringing cutting torches jacks front end loaders and search dogs to assist poorly equipped filipino Rescue workers. J reporters in the hardest hit areas said Rescue efforts appeared disorganized often consisting of citizens working with Little More than Bare hands. Eighty two people were confirmed dead and 386 known injured in Baguio a Mountain resort City of Baguio 120 Miles North of Manila following mondays quake which lasted about 45 seconds. By Nightfall More than 50 people were still believed trapped beneath the rubble of Baguio Shyatt terraces hotel where the upper floors collapsed onto the luxury hotels atrium style lobby. Delivery of Rescue materials to the stricken areas was hindered because Baguio a Airport was closed and the narrow winding Highway from Manila was blocked by debris. Helicopter travel to Baguio was limited by a tropical storm that swept into Manila tuesday evening. Initial reports said that up to 600 people May still be trapped in several collapsed factories in Baguio and up to 100 More pinned beneath the Nevada inn hotel. However officials of the office of civil defense said they knew Only of 50 still trapped at the Hyatt. Film taken from helicopters showed vast destruction in Baguio a City of 120,000 residents. The Nevada inn and the Baguio Park hotel both folded like accordions the roof of the Library fell into the Street and thousands of people camped out in a Park afraid of aftershocks. An official with the . Agency for International development was still missing m Baguio and believed buried under the rubble of the Nevada inn where he was attending a .-sponsored conference . Embassy spokesman Stanley Schrager said. Schrager said he had no word on the Fate of the 1,500 . Citizens who reside in Baguio. Most stores in the City were reported closed and residents were running out of food. A. I. From Page 1, a a a a Quot to a a a satisfied Quot the polish foreign minister told a news conference tuesday. German Unity now appears set to go Forward without a formal peace treaty with Poland hich would have raised thorny a and costly a questions of past aggression garbage and financial reparations r tuesdays meeting concluded that German Unity would proceed according to live Basic Points a the territory of a United Germany would include Only East and West Germany and Berlin. A the West German Constitution would be Rev Iid to reflect Germany a new status. A a a United Germany would sign a Border treaty with Poland. A a United Germany would make no territorial claims against another state. The four. Victorious Powers would note the commitment of Germany to definitively confirm its Borders. The rapid agreement appeared to Surprise participants at tuesdays conference in route to Paris Secretary of state James a. Fiaker Iii had suggested to journalists travelling on his plane that Washington met take up a polish proposal that the four Powers retain rights Over Germany until the Border question was settled. By Early evening Baker was hailing the unexpected polish German agreement As was soviet foreign minister Eduard a Shevardnadze. Tuesdays conference marked also the first occasion for bringing Forth bilateral agreements that Kohl and Gorbachev reached in breakthrough talks sunday and monday. A the meetings in soviet Caucasia generally signalled a new Era of warm relations Between Kohl and Gorbachev As they strolled through the Countryside in shirtsleeves an j stayed at the same inn. President Bush said that he talked to Gorbachev and Kohl separately by Telephone for about 40 minutes tuesday morning and discussed Gorbachev s agreement on nato and Germany. He later told a group of Magazine publishers that the two men a displayed exceptional qualities of leadership during this challenging make a. Runoff Atlanta Jap a it. Gov. Zel Miller finished first in Georgia a five Way democratic primary for governor tuesday and will compe Feinma Runoff with Andrew Young who seeks to by come the states first Jack chief executive. With 69 percent of 2,446 precincts reporting Miller had 278,800 votes or 41 percent Young had 185,882 votes or 28 percent state sen Roy baits had 141,638 votes or 21 percent state rep. Lauren Quot Bubba Quot Mcdonald had 47,023 votes or 7 percent and former gov. Lester Maddox the one time arc segregationist had 21,336 votes or 3 percent. Georgia Law provides for an aug. 7 Runoff Between the top two candidates unless one wins a majority in the primary. The Republican primary was won by state rep. Johnny Isakson 45, a Eoles Tate executive from a North Atlanta sub Urb who was piling up 7lpcrcent of the vote against three challengers. Miller .55, is Quot a moderate who enjoyed a Pas doable Black support in his. in the stat amp is no. 2 Job. He made himself the principal advocate of an Issue of growing popularity in the state a legalization of a state lottery. Quot tonight i believe i can hear Georgia singing a a Happy Miller told supporters As he Laid claim to a Runoff berth. 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 trailed Barnes at some Point Early in the evening when most of the returns came from Rural mostly White counties. He surged ahead of Barnes to stay As the heavily Black Urban counties reported. At first cautious about claiming his Runoff spot Young told supporters after Midnight Quot we re going to keep on doing what we re doing Quot for the Runoff. Quot the question is no longer whether a Republican can be elected governor of Georgia a the Well financed conservative Isakson declared. Quot we tonight have Laid that question to he said georgians will choose him instead of a a Liberal who fights to preserve the ways and failures of the from Page 1 Dent to submit a balanced budget each year and allow deficit spending Only if approved by three fifths majorities in the House and Senate. The vote was 279-150, or seven votes Short of the necessary two thirds margin for constitutional changes. A total of 169 republicans and 110 a democrats voted for it while 145 democrats and five gop lawmakers voted against the amendment. Under the proposal the budget balancing provisions would take effect in 1995, assuming passage by a two thirds majority of both houses of Congress and ratification by 38 states by that time. Quot we need discipline Quot said rep. Dan Burton r-ind., pleading for the Amend ment. A enough already Quot added rep. M Ickey Edwards a okla. As the House was debating the Issue the White House announced that Bush would meet wednesday with speaker Thomas s. Foley a Wash a House democratic Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Senate democratic Leader George j. Mitchell of Maine and the Republican leaders in each chamber a Kansas sen. Bob Dole and Illinois rep. Robert from Page 1 the others not to say anything and being pretty uncooperative Quot he said. Maj. Joe Padilla an army spokesman in the Pentagon told the associated press that he could not say what jobs they performed at the 701st, but said their training was in analysing foreign communications. Pentagon officials did not know when the six left Augsburg. Hall would say Only that the disappearance of the six Quot came to our attention Quot on july 9. The army is not treating their disappearances As an espionage Case although a routine counterintelligence investigation has begun because the soldiers had Access to top secret information within the past 12 months Hall said. Hueckstaedt was the first to be picked up Early Friday morning. A patrol car stopped him in a Volkswagen Van with out of state plates and broken taillights As he was leaving a residential area where several burglaries had been committed recently Hicks said. He also did not have a Drivers License. Quot he 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. The absent soldiers had been staying with two Gulf Breeze women Gulf Breeze police chief Jerry brow n told the associated press. One of the w Omen had met one of the male soldiers last year in Gulf Breeze and struck up a Friendship. He called her and asked if the group could stay with them for a few Days Brown said
