European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes tuesday August 28,1990coast guard searchers locate crippled yacht Agana Guam apr coast guard res curs found a yacht that had been crippled in rough seas Southwest of Guam and sent a patrol boat monday to Tow the boat and its Crew to safety officials said. A search and Rescue plane from Hawaii spotted the Royal Taipan about 120 Miles Casl Norl cast of Yap an Island of the Federated state of Micronesia said it. Kent Youcle a coast guard spokesman in Honolulu. A 95-foot patrol boat was dispatched from Yap to take the boat in Tow Youcle said. Everyone aboard was reported Safe he said. The Royal Taipan a converted Navy minesweeper owned by Honolulu based windjammer cruises radioed for help saturday when it ran into the fringes of tropical storm Abe. The Crew including 14 filipinos and two americans was sailing the Royal Taipan from the Philippines to Saipan where the yacht was to have been refurbished for cruises Youel said. The nationality of the 17th Crew member Wasny to  slogans sprayed on gravestones Freiburg West Germany apr gravestones were overturned and anti semitic slogans were sprayed in a jewish cemetery in a Small town in Southwest Germany a police spokesman said sunday. It was the third time within a month that a jewish cemetery in the West German stale of Baden  has been targeted by vandals said Werner Erlach a police spokesman in Freiburg. The incident occur cd saturday night in the town of in Ringen located about 12 Miles from Freiburg. Police said about 177 gravestones were overturned or smashed. Anti semitic slogans As Well As swastikas also were sprayed in the cemetery. T anti semitic slogans appeared earlier in August in jewish  in tub Ingen and Stuttgart both located in Badin Wiir Temberg he said.169 miners feared dead in Yugoslavia explosion Dobra Yugoslavia apr an explosion of methane Gas or Coal dust on sunday trapped 169 Coal miners underground and an official said there was Little Chance any survived. Only one Man who was working near the surface was pulled alive from the Dobra Jug pit of the Dreka mine said Vidan Krstanovic technical director of the Rescue operation 90 Miles West of Belgrade. The blast occurred at about 1 30 . Sunday at a depth of about 1,500  truck overturns on Oregon interstate the Dalles Ore. Apr a Tanker truck carrying 8,650 Gallons of gasoline overturned and exploded sunday on a Bridge Over the de schutes River but its Driver walked away uninjured police said. The Accident resulted in the closure of an interstate 84 Bridge located about 7 Miles East of the Dalles. The Bridge was later reopened. Burning gasoline dropped into the de schutes River but posed no environmental threat officials said.21 killed when boat overturns in Taiwan Lake Nanton Taiwan apr a yacht carrying Oil company employees on a Moon gazing cruise overturned on a Lake in Central Taiwan killing 21 people police said sunday. At least 34 people we re m i s s i n g a n d f a red d cad. The boat was chartered by Shell Taiwan Ltd. For a weekend excursion for employees on Sun Moon Lake in Nanton 163 Miles Southwest of Taipei. The company said in a statement that 88 people were on Board including three British executives and 82 other company staffers and family members. Pol ice said they have arrested boat owner Hsu Ching Hsin on manslaughter charges. They said the unlicensed Craft was carry ing More than its 60-person capacity when the Accident occurred. Poll finds growing support for assassination of Saddam new York apr a Newsweek poll taken last week found growing support for assassinating iraqi president Saddam Hussein As a Way of quickly ending the crisis in the persian Gulf. The poll conducted on thursday and Friday and released saturday also found that 80 percent of americans oppose Quick military action against Iraq preferring to wait to see if economic and diplomatic sanctions arc effective. Forty three percent of those polled said they would support an assassination 49 percent said they were opposed to it and 9 percent said they did no to know. In a Newsweek poll two weeks ago 34 percent supported an assassination. Federal Law prohibits american involvement in the assassination of foreign leaders. More than two thirds a 68 percent a of the respondents said president Bush should pay More Atten Tion to a diplomatic solution to the crisis which began aug. 2 when Iraq invaded Kuwait. But if fighting begins More than half a 57 percent a said Bush should order attacks on iraqi positions even if Saddam makes Good on his threat to station Western hostages As human Shields. Only 26 percent said Bush should not attack under those conditions and 17 percent said they did no to know. Bush a approval rating has not changed much from the Newsweek poll two weeks ago a 74 percent now compared with 75 percent in a poll done aug. 9 and 10 most americans a 55 percent a said Bush was not spending too much time on vacation during the crisis compared with 38 percent who said he was and 7 percent who said they did no to know. Newsweek interviewed 767 people for the poll which has a margin of error of 4  from Page 1 firmed his country supported the in. Decision saturday to use Force in the Gulf but said the soviet Union did not plan to join a blockade of Iraq. A diplomatic efforts to end the conflict continued with Egypt a foreign minister heading to Moscow and King Hussein of Jordan to Libya but British prime minister Margaret thatchers prognosis was that a negotiated settlement with a a tyrant a was a most unlikely in the face of reports More britons had been rounded up by the iraqis. The British foreign office reported that eight britons were takers from their Homes in Kuwait saturday by iraqi forces bringing to 145 the number of britons who have been seized. A the French foreign ministry reported eight French citizens including two women and two children were taken from their Homes and detained at the Regency hotel in Kuwait. About 60 French have been rounded up. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has said the foreigners will be held at key military and economic Sites for use As human Shields against any attack by Western forces which were dispatched to the Gulf Region after iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. In a message possibly signalling a stiffening resolve a j a p n a a to a a Uwi a w to round up Western foreigners iraqis ruling revolutionary command Council announced anyone found hiding foreigners would be executed because the government considered such action a a crime of espionage a the iraqi news Agency reported. Thatcher reacted angrily sunday to a meeting last week Between Saddam and British hostages that was aired on iraqi television and rebroadcast around the world. A you Are dealing with a dictator who is an absolute tyrant who had a callous charade on television with children a Thatcher said. A we know full Well that he Hasni to hesitated to use the chemical weapon against innocent people. This Man is a despot and a tyrant and must be stopped.�?�. The . Security Council ruled saturday that warships in. The Gulf Region could use a minimal Force to Stop ships suspected of breaking an economic blockade against Iraq imposed by the United nations following the invasion of Kuwait. Egyptian foreign minister Esmat Abdel Meguid left Cairo sunday for Moscow where he was to seek a solution to the crisis and King Hussein left Jordan for Libya and other Arab countries in his ongoing Effort to mediate a solution. Although the organization of Petroleum exporting countries talks in Vienna were described As a a informal and a consultative Quot open sources said it was probable a formal conference would be convened at which decisions on output quotas could be made. Key Oil producers such As saudi Arabia and Venezuela want open to allow them to temporarily exceed their output quotas to compensate for a worldwide loss in production of nearly 5 million barrels a Day resulting from the . Embargo of Raqi and kuwaiti crude. Libya Algeria and several other members of the Cartel were believed to oppose raising output quotas. They Lack the capacity to immediately raise their own production and arc Happy with the sharply higher prices the Gulf crisis has  from Page 1 Vietnam War is far from Complete. Within a few weeks about 45,000 marines Are expected to have arrived in the area. By then the total . Combat Force in the Region May number Well Over 100,000, military sources said last week. The final elements of the 7th Marine expeditionary brigade were arriving in saudi Arabia Over the weekend after a 7,000-mile flight from their Home base at Twenty nine Palms calif., and the 1st Marine expeditionary brigade was heading for the Gulf from its Home base at Kaneohe Bay Hawaii one source said. A third Marine unit the 4th Marine expeditionary brigade from Camp Lejeune n.c., was preparing for deployment but was not expected to arrive for at least another two weeks. Oyer the past week the Bush administration added significantly to not Only the . Ground forces in saudi Arabia but also the air and sea Power in the area including a a a Squadron of 22 Al 17a stealth fighter Bon Ibers. 1 he radar evading planes on their first overseas deployment Are specially designed to operate at night. I hey can slip deep behind enemy lines to Lead an offensive strike on vital targets. A the aircraft Carrier Saratoga arrived in the red sea by Way of Egypt a Suez canal. It is accompanied by the Aegis missile Cruiser philippine sea and the missile Cruiser Biddle. The Saratoga is to be joined soon by three other members of its Battle group the missile destroyer Sampson and frigates Elmer Montgomery and Thomas c. Hart. The aircraft Carrier Dwight d. Eisenhower which had been on patrol in the red sea headed Back into the Mediterranean. A the aviation brigade of the 101st airborne div an air assault unit based at fort Campbell ky., began arriving in the saudi desert. It is armed with Apache attack helicopters the Backbone of the army a tank killing Arsenal. The aircraft Are equipped with laser guided missiles that can hit moving targets at night. Also the strategic air come acknowledged saturday that b-52 bombers were dispatched overseas two weeks ago from two undisclosed . Air bases. One of the least publicized features of the enormous mobilization of . Forces is the Marine corps operation. For years the marines have organized what they Call Marine repositioned ships at three strategic Points on the Globe along the Atlantic coast near Diego Garcia Island in the Indian Ocean and near Guam. The idea is that in time of crisis any or All of these three units a each with four or five ships a could move quickly into an area of conflict with enough firepower and supplies to last 30 Days. The Marine repositioned ships from Diego Garcia and Guam were among the first forces to get the word to Bead for saudi Arabia. The first group got there in six Days. Among the weapons each Marine expeditionary brigade brings 10 the Field Are my Abrams Battle tanks howitzers and Carrier based Fa-18 Hornet strike fighter jets and a-6e intruder attack bombers. Some army airborne units were deployed quickly to saudi Arabia but they were unable to bring As much firepower and supplies with them As the marines which Are virtually self sustaining in food water fuel trucks weapons and ammunition