European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 the stars and stripes sunday september 30,1990 souvenirs of Era a Young Hoy a prs n soviet soldiers tint while sitting behind ids in there a sides staid near berlins Branden Burg Gate on Friday souvenirs from Eastern bloc countries arc hot items As German unification nears. Kazakhstan Leader wants site of blast declared disaster area Moscow at a the president of the soviet Republic Kazakhstan asked the Kremlin on Friday to declare an ecological disaster in part of his Republic following a sept. 12 explosion at a nuclear fuel factory which released a Cloud of toxic Gas Tass reported. I he blast and resulting fire occurred at a workshop using beryllium in the Ulbinsky metallurgical Plant. The explosion released a toxic Gas Cloud that affected a a considerable part of the population of ust Kamenogorski a City in Eastern Kazakhstan near the Border with China Anil Mongolia the official soviet news Agency said. A a i lie Public of Kaz Oakstan and population of the city4 ,-----rwi.wnjf demand urgent measures to improve the situation and they demand compensation for damage to their health a said a Telegram sent by Nur Sultan Naza Bayev the re nr., a 4. A it a x n it.t1. I1u1.uiuujvt, Uler 11, Muhic s president to soviet prime minister Nikolai Ryzhkova. Naza Bayev also asked that a group of soviet experts be sent to ust Kamenogorski to decide whether the Plant should continue operations and he requested an investigation by Independent International ecological experts l ass reported. He was quoted As saying in the Telegram that local authorities had already declared the Region an ecological disaster zone. Several people were injured in the blast. There was no report of radiation being released. The Plant is one of the largest producers of fuel for nuclear Power plants in the soviet Union and is situated in a densely populated part of ust Kamenogorski Tass said. After the explosion and fire the toxic Gas filled the streets and dissipated slowly because of Calm wind conditions. Preliminary tests showed twice the permitted Levels of beryllium in air and water samples. Beryllium is a very Light Metal that can catch fire Gasisy and Burn like a magnesium Flash vaporizing and releasing a deadly smoke of beryllium oxide. Ust Kamenogorski a City of about 20,000 people is located in the Altai mountains about 100 Miles East of Semipalatinsk where the soviet Union conducts its nuclear weapons tests. Residents have campaigned against the nuclear tests and none has been conducted for months. A the soviet newspaper Izvestia reported shortly after the blast that officials involved in the Accident were hiding documents to avoid blame. Jailed Turk May be accomplice of Man who tried to kill Pope i a i 11 / a it. A a x. X _. A Paris a Tizon jailed fun a a a a i univ Compline of my limit Ali Acca the gunman convicted of j re met to Bill Nina it t., 11i a 1 to i investigators questioned a turkish citizen jailed Here to determine if he is the elusive a a i. A "cj---1 Vav it Vlku via trying to kill the Pope judicial sources said Friday. Police accompanied by italian judges questioned aim on sept. 14 and 15 to learn whether he is Oral Celik whom prosecutors accused of firing a third shot m the 1981 assassination attempt on Pone John Paul ii in St. Peters Square. The Pone was wounded in the attack by Aga also turkish who is serving a life sentence in an italian prison. Cehok was tried in absent a but acquitted for Lack of evidence. On May 5, italian authorities filed a demand for an inquiry to determine if acts 31, is really Oral Celik it was not Clear Why they thought the two might be the same Man. B a today nothing permits us to establish that Bedri acts is Oral Celik a judicial source said speaking on if cd n anonymity it state mints Are being ver however the French newspaper be Figaro citing sources said an italian judge who was not named identified acts As being Celik. A acts arrested in 1986 near the French belgian Bor Ono 8-w. Three accomplices was sentenced in May 1988 to eight years in prison for drug trafficking. He is being Hildat the Prissy prison West of Paris. Military Roundup nato holding exercise in Mediterranean area Naples Italy a shortened and scaled Down ver Sion of the annual nato exercise display do Crmim Tion began Friday. A the medium scale conventional exercise ran no throughout the Central and Eastern Mediterranean Are to involves land sea and air forces from eight Allied Njo tons. The exercise focuses on joint and combined once tons and coordinated air defense plus maritime and amphibious training. Quot some nations have diverted troops and naval assets to the Gulf that would have participated in display determination a air Force Cam Jerry Todd a nato spokesman in Naples said Friday referring to operation desert shield in the pers a Gulf. In a the diversions have had some Impact but nothing  s More than 50 surface warships from six multinational naval task groups will conduct Maneu vers along with air and submarine forces on maintaining control of the sea lines of communication in the Mediterranean. Adm. Jonathan  Howe commander of natos Allied forces Southern Europe is leading the forces. The final part of the exercise features an amphibious pre Dawn Landing by 2,300 italian turkish and  troops at Saros Bay Turkey. Forces from Portugal the United kingdom West Germany France and Spain Are also participating in display determination. The exercise ends oct 13.Wiesbaden Hospital gets health care accreditation Wiesbaden West Germany a amps a for the sixth consecutive year the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden received accreditation from the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations the commission announced full accreditation for two More years after finding that the Hospital complied with stringent nationally recognized health standards. The accreditation program began in the Early 1980s to assure that health care received in overseas military hospitals is equal to hospitals in the United states. A it says a lot of our Hospital a said it col. Carroll c. Williams the hospitals associate administrator. The accreditation committee said the 50-year-old Hospital building must Strain to meet the demands of Modem medical care but was still Able to safely meet those demands. The Hospital has been pegged for Mot Balling As part or the draw Down of . Forces in Europe. A Small contingency staff will remain at the Hospital after it shuts Down. World today chinese train robbers executed after crackdown Beijing up a nine men convicted of 37 Tram robberies have been executed in the Southern province of Huangdong in China a continuing crackdown on crime an official newspaper report the nine were found guilty of robbing 98 Railroad passengers of $39,000 Between july 1989 and last March the provincial Nan Fang daily reported last week. The report reached Beijing on  think it s magic As Witch doctor drowns Harare Zimbabwe apr a traditional healer drowned because his followers thought his magical Powers enabled him to breathe underwater for 48 hours police have said Lovemore a Tofu 40, drowned during a tribal cleansing ceremony at a dam in Southwest Zim Idem if red 3 spokesman who was not when a Tofu plunged into the water but did not resurface his followers believed it to be part to cf1rnmony>the spokesman said. Me followers who were trainees of the Trade Aler danced and Sang on the Banks of the dam for two Days As they awaited his return. I ves traditional healer evidently told police they believed he was killed by a Mermaid living in the dam. Traditional healers or Quot no Angast in the local Witch doctors get 316 Etter a own a it a West As