European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Author Leo unofficial publication Fob the . Ahmed forces Good morning vol. 49, no 240 monday december 10, 1990 a a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a Jyh Crisp san the Gulf is related stories and photo pages 2 and 3 1 St wave of . Hostages for Germany i Baghdad Iraq apr the first americans to be freed under an iraqi decree releasing All foreign hostages left Baghdad of sunday aboard a us chartered flight for Frankfurt Germany  four month ordeal. Related stories photo Page 4. A i am stunned and still cannot believe it. It seems like a Miracle a said Lyonell Hoffman 51, of Melbourne fla., who had worked As a contractor in Kuwait before iraqis aug.,2 invasion. About 175 americans were among the 324 people aboard the jumbo Jet. A the americans were expected to spend the night in Frankfurt and travel Oil to the United states on monday. A a a a a -7 7\ a in addition to the americans Airport sources said those aboard the .-chartered Jet included 93 britons 31 canadians 12 Irish five greeks three austrians and one each from Argentina Denmark Italy the Netherlands and Switzerland. . Officials said they planned to charter another flight in three or four Days to evacuate the rest of the estimated 750 americans in Iraq and Kuwait the first foreigners to leave Baghdad under the decree issued by Saddam Hussein last week came hours earlier when an italian chartered jumbo Jet left for Rome with about 240 freed hostages mostly italians. Western diplomats complained that iraqi authorities had thrown up some last minute bureaucratic roadblocks. ,77-7�?T 7 a 7 foreigners in cities other than Baghdad were told they must obtain exit visas from those cities. Those under work contracts were told that iraqi Law requires them to present a letter releasing them from their obligations. _ _ Iraq has refused . Requests to waive visa require ments for freed hostages arid the processing of the visas alone had been expected to delay some departures for  \ a however diplomats s raid iraqi officials were working quickly sunday processing an estimated 80 exit visas an hour. One Diplomat said that it normally takes up to half an hour to process a single exit visa. They now a the Diplomat said. About 20 former american  at Ellington Field near Houston Early sunday after flying out of Baghdad a Day earlier aboard a Jet chartered by former ii Secretary John Connally Quot a private hostage freeing Mission. Quot they clearly have a different set of instructions Treasury Secretary John Connally who was in Iraq on a Miriam Cox of Orlando fla., stands in line with her family at Saddam International Airport on sunday in Baghdad  Cox family spent the entire time in Kuwait after the aug. 2 invasion by Iraq. Their release was arranged before iraqis decree freeing All foreigners a god bless America a said one of the arriving americans Scott Nelson of los Angeles. He said he was held at a munitions Plant about 35 Miles South of Baghdad. Three . Embassy employees in Iraq also were on the flight along with relatives of the former hostages. Meanwhile a London newspaper reported that Iraq has redrawn its Border with Kuwait in what could signal plans to withdraw As Early As next month. The observer said Iraq was laying claim  area of the Ruma Ilah Oil Field and the islands of Warba and Babiyan in the persian Gulf. The report said Iraq has constructed a new International line by building a barbed wire Fence around the Southern tip of the Oil Field which extends into Northern Kuwait saudi arabian officials denied the report. About 8,000 westerners had been detained since iraqis invasion of the emirate including about 600 who see hostages on Back Page Walesa easily elected president of Poland Lech Walesa. Ready to tackle problems Warsaw Poland a Lech Walesa the shipyard worker who helped Lead his country out of communism swept to a landslide Victory in Poland a first popular presidential vote sunday according to exit polls. Walesa Defeated emigre businessman Stanislaw Tyminski a virtual unknown before the Campaign by a margin of 77 percent to 23 percent according to an exit Survey of 22,500 voters at 303 rep risen to live polling stations nationwide. Turnout was estimated at 55 percent according to the Survey conducted by the German incas service and state television. The first actual results from 165 of the country a More than 22,000 polling stations showed 74.7 percent for Walesa and 25.3 percent for Tyminski the television said. Quot full official results were expected late monday but the exit polls have proven accurate to within 2 percent a your Campaign passed the  elections have Given us a Chance for Poland a future arid we have to take advantage of it a said Andrzej Drzycimski Walesa a spokesman. He spoke during a jubilant Celebration at Walesa a Campaign Headquarters in see Walesa on Back Page snowstorms Wallop sections of Europe London apr heavy Snow Cut some services m parts of France Switzerland and Spain on sunday while Britain already severely disrupted by snowstorms braced for fur ther bad weather. A British weather forecasters predicted More Snow for Northern and Centra England and said icy winds from Europe could extend the Arctic freeze to the Southeast 7 _ police said at least four people have died in the freezing conditions and Snow which hit much of Northern and Central England on saturday. Another three died on roads in Northern Ireland which was battered by Gale Force winds they said. Snow and ice made Many British roads impassable sunday major rail a services were Cut and thousands of Homes were without electricity and water supplies helicopters scrambled to Rescue Drivers stranded along roadways in sub freezing temperatures 7 in Central France the first Winter Snow Cut electricity and made driving hazardous High winds and rain swept the Cote do Azur and the French Maui Terrane an Island of Corsica officials said. Heavy snowfalls in Northern Spain forced traffic officials to close dozens of Mountain passes Snow in Tessin state in Southern Switzerland dosed Lugano Airport and disrupted rail traffic local officials said. A the London weather Center spokesman said the cold front which had showered France with Snow was moving across Belgium and heading for the Southeast of England bringing icy winds from the Arctic and a a packet of  Northern Britain and the midlands hardest hit by snowstorms saturday were to get More Snow sunday but saturdays Arctic winds would not be repeated he said. _ in Yorkshire in Northern England about 200,000 people were without electricity Utility companies said. Power supplies to Homes in a Ces Ter Shire and Oxfordshire were also hit said local officials. 7 thousands of Homes in Shropshire county in the West had their water sup. See storms on Back Page