European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes Friday december 28,1990 news updates ferry recovered Haifa Israel apr a floating Crane on wednesday pulled from Haifa Bay the chartered ferry that capsized last weekend drowning 21 sailors from the . Aircraft Carrier Saratoga. As the red and White ferry was pulled ashore sailors watched from the Saratoga a deck with binoculars and cameras. Water poured from the broken ferry windows and Orange life jackets tumbled into Choppy Waves. A . Helicopter hovered overhead. On initial inspection wednesday the ship seemed to be in Good condition with no obvious problems Israel  radio said the Accident was the deadliest involving . Servicemen during the persian Gulf buildup. . Traffic deaths by the associated press at least 390ebplc died in traffic accidents Over the Christmas Holiday period Law enforcement officials from across the nation reported wednesday. The toll included accidents from 6 . Friday through Midnight tuesday and was on the Low end of the projection of 380 to 480 deaths front the National safety Council in Chicago. California the nations most populous state had the highest number of traffic deaths with 55, followed by Florida with 32 and Texas with 27. \. Border toll rises san Ono irk Calif. A the number of persons killed this year near a . Border patrol Sta lion has risen to a record 15 after two people were fatally struck As they tried to circumvent the checkpoint authorities said. \ fourteen were killed last year near the checkpoint which is on interstate 5 about 70 Miles North of san Diego since 1987, at i last 65 people mostly mexican immigrants have been hit by cars As they tried to skirt the checkpoint by crossing the eight Laie freeway the California Highway patrol said. Forty have died. A the most recent pedestrian deaths occurred Christmas eve the cup said. Elva Valdes Lopez 37, and Del Carmen Valdez Hidalgo 15, both from the mexican state of Michoacan were struck by a Sedan. The Driver was not injured or cited authorities said Swiss court clears Way for of Marcos funds to Lausanne Switzerland apr Iri a ruling published thursday the supreme court conditionally approved returning to the Philippines $350 million sent to Switzerland by late president Ferdinand e. Marcos. The court said the Money Frozen in several Swiss Banks since March 1986, must be returned As soon As a criminal court in the Philippines issues a Quot legally binding verdict in the Case. That verdict it said should indicate whether the funds would be confiscated or returned to claimants. It gave the Philippines a year to open the criminal proceedings. If no verdict is returned within the deadline Swiss Banks will end their seizure of the assets Quot upon request of those affected Quot the court said. It said the philippine trial must conform to the standards set in the Swiss Federal Constitution and the european human rights convention covering chiefly the Independence of the judiciary and the impartiality of judges. Before returning the funds Swiss authorities must determine that All conditions have been met the court said. Bank records seized in Zurich and Bern however can be turned Over to philippine authorities under the ruling dated dec 21, Marcos his family and aides have been accused by the philippine government Ted by president Corazon Aquino of looting the Treasury Marcos was forced out of office in a 1986 Quot people Power revolution Zurich District attorney Dieter Jann said the courts warning about failure to meet the dec 21, 1991, deadline did not mean the assets would automatically revert to the Marcos family. He said the family would probably have to prove its claim to the Money in protracted civil Law proceedings. Jann said the deadline was Quot relatively  he said it seemed to make Plain the Swiss desire that the Philippines take Concrete action at last in preparing a criminal trial in the Case the ruling rejected 11 appeals against lower court decisions to release funds to taling $350 million that Are now blocked at credit suisse in Zurich and at Swiss Bank corp. In Fribourg the appeals were filed by lawyers on behalf of Marcos widow Imelda and other family members As Well As of three foundations based in the principality of Liechtenstein. The decision ended More than four years of litigation in Swiss courts. Following Marcos flight to the United states All Swiss assets linked to Marcos and his family were provisionally Frozen March 24,19s6, under an unprecedented government decree. The freeze was extended indefinitely after the philippine government requested Swiss judicial assistance in efforts to recover the Money originally estimated to total about $1 billion. Marcos lawyers frequently cited the absence of formal criminal charges As a reason Why the request for judicial assistance should be turned Down but in a july 1,1987, ruling the supreme court authorized such assistance. Algiers Algeria a tens of thousands of algerians marched through the streets thursday protesting what they said was political and religious intolerance and too rapid arabic action symbolized by a new Law forbidding foreign languages in this North african nation. The protesters led by opposition Leader Hocine Ait Ahmed focused their displeasure on the Law passed wednesday night making arabic the National language and exacting stiff fines for using anything else in official transactions the Law targets French currently the language of the workplace in this former Colony but considered elitist and implicitly threatens the use of berber spoken by nearly a third of algerians population of about 27 million the protesters marched passed the presidential Palace erecting a tent to show their anger at the governments refusal to Accord an Algiers Headquarters for Ait Ahmed a front of socialist forces party. A a v marchers said they were demonstrating in favor of democracy and Quot Quality arabic Ationo of this former French Colony Ait aimed a berber called the Law a Quot veritable coup against  Quot under the pretext of defending the Arab language they Are fingering democracy a he said the Law passed 173-8 with 13 a Stem tons but must be signed by president Chad i Bend Edid before it can take effect a a. A a a a a a according to the Law the use of arabic in All official and business transactions As Well As in schools is to be a a total by 1997. To programming must also be in arabic although French newspapers already existing Are not  the new Law All documents prepared by the government or private businesses in a language other than arabic will be a a nullified and a Fine of 1,000 Dir. Nars to 5,000 dinars $100 to $500 levied Elkins . A a 3-year-old girl was revived after one wandered out into the Snow and froze to the Point of clinical death her body temperature 24 degrees below Normal. Brittany Eichelberger was in critical but stable condition wednesday at children a Hospital in Pittsburgh nursing supervisor Patty Wentroble said. Her fingers and toes were Frostbitten Butsic was sitting up in bed and talking Wentroble said. A the remarkable thing was that the child a body temperature was 74 degrees and. She was successfully resuscitated a said or. John Veach of Davis memorial Hospital where Brittany was revived a she was in Complete cardiac arrest with no heart activity and no breathing Veach said. A because she was so cold she had a death like appearance and in fact she was dead a Brittany was found lying in Snow Mon Day morning Clad Only in a Nightgown. It was 27 degrees at the time her Mother had last checked on. Her five hours earlier cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed and  put Down Brittany a Throat to get her breathing again while she was rushed to the Hospital where she became responsive about three hours lately Veach said Brittany Likely will remain hospitalized another three weeks Wentroble said. New York a trading on the new York and american Stock exchanges was delayed 90 minutes thursday after a fire broke out in the Wall Street area building that houses their computer operations. The exchanges opened at 11 , because of the fire which followed a transformer explosion the securities and Exchange commission asked All other exchanges to refrain from trading until the information system was operating spokeswoman Mary Mccu Esaid. Quot its Only fair that Market participants have Access to the same information a she Saidt he Over the counter Market began trading it 9 30 . A a regional exchanges which include the Midwest Pacific Cincinnati Boston and Philadelphia exchanges Trade some of the same stocks As the new York and american exchanges but handle Only a Small percentage of the total volume of Stock traded on the major exchanges. The Blaze erupted at the building that houses the securities Industry automation corp.,which controls the computer system for Stock trading new York Slock Exchange spokeswoman Sharon Gamsin said the Stock exchanges Are located several blocks away. The company a joint venture Between the two major Stock exchanges was evacuated about 2 30 ., some two hours after the explosion she said. Officials said earlier that the fire May have caused hazardous pcs to spew onto seven floors of the build ing Quot a. /. _ the environmental Protection Agency gave securities Industry automation permission to re enter the building at mid Ornig. Over the counter Stock trading is conducted independently of the new York and american exchanges. The National association of securities dealers automated quotation system or Nash a reports quotes for Over the counter stocks. Trading is usually Light in the week Between Christmas Aud new years Twenty six firefighters and 14 others were treated for possible exposure to the carcinogenic poly chlorinated biphenyl As a result of the fire said it. Jim Powell a new York City fire department spokesman. T of the 26 firefighters treated for possible cent a i nation from the pcs four were hospitalized he said. It was not immediately known if any securities Industry automation employees were among the injured exploded just after 12 30 ?z Towel Isa id. The fire was under control at 3 16a.m trading disruptions Are relatively rare. More than a year ago trading on the new York Stock Exchange was halted when a fire related Power problem at securities Industry automation briefly delayed the opening. Last month a Power failure disrupted trading for 90 minutes. The Exchange shut Down after trading began nov 23 and resumed later that morning. In mid August a fire at a con Edison Power substation forced the american Stock Exchange new York mercantile Exchange and other futures markets in lower Manhattan to close by Early afternoon. The new York Stock Exchange was unaffected by the outage but trading volume slowed. A ,