European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 25, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9world Angl cosmonaut a. A. T a. A Helen Sharman a 27-year-old scientist will but Britain a first cosmonaut in an Anglo soviet Mission in May. Sharman said she had been training for More than a year in the soviet Union and was not afraid. A i would rather Fly in space than Cross Leninsky Prospect a a Busy part of Moscow Sharman told a news conference in London. More than 13,000 candidates applied for the Mission which will carry out six Days of experiments in weightless conditions aboard the soviet Mir space station. Fire sparked by to kills 11 in Leningrad hotel Moscow up a fire sparked by an exploding television swept through several floors of a major tourist hotel in Leningrad on saturday morning killing eight guests and three firefighters Tass said. The official soviet news Agency said it took firefighters More than three hours to contain the Blaze which began in a seventh floor room in the Leningrad hotel and quickly spread to adjacent floors. New Solidarity Leader to push workers rights Gdansk Poland apr Solidarity delegates elected Marian Krzak Lewski on saturday to succeed president Lech Walesa As the unions leader., Krzak Lewski 41, said he would concentrate on workers rights instead of political activities.  a easy Victory in a third round Runoff against Deputy chairman Lech Kaczynski seemed Krzak Lewski to defy Walesa Scall earlier saturday for Solidarity to take an Active part in shaping Poland a  by the powerful upper silesian chapter Krzak Lewski polled the 50 percent he needed to win outright receiving 222 of the 433 votes cast. Kaczynski received 174 votes. Walesa who had led the Union since 1980, resigned dec. 12 after becoming Poland a first freely elected president. A pfc a a 3 die battling High Rise Blaze Philadelphia apr a fire engulfed at least eight floors of a 38-Story downtown Bank building and killed three firefighters authorities said. It was still burning out of control unday morning More than 12 hours after it started. Flames were visible Rel the 27th and 28th floors of one Meridian Plaza As firefighters pumped water from adjoin my skyscrapers. Police kept a crowd of onlookers More than a Block away As debris fell front the burning High Rise. Fire commissioner Roger m. Ulshafer said the Vic tints were a Captain and two other firefighters. They apparently became disoriented in heavy smoke and were trapped on the 28th floor he said. Autopsies were scheduled the City medical examiners office said. The fire broke out on the 22nd floor of the building which is across from City Hall and spread up to the 28th floor and Down to the 21 St officials said. _ the building houses the main Philadelphia office of Reading based. Meridian ban corp inc. And several other offices. Officials said they knew of no one  building when the fire began. The Philadelphia inquirer reported the fire appeared to have started in an insurance office. Fire battalion chief Bernard Dyer said the cause of the fire was unknown. About six firefighters were treated for minor injuries he said. Quot. A a a. One firefighter was being treated for Back injuries at Hahnemann University Hospital a spokeswoman said. Others had been treated for injuries and released but she did not have an exact number she said. The 12-alarm fire erupted about 8 30 . Saturday shooting a plume of smoke visible for More than five Miles. Officials closed the City a main downtown intersection the traffic Circle where two major arteries Broad and Market streets intersect. George Biechler a spokesman1 for Meridian ban corp said he did no to know if any of his company a offices which Are not on the floors that burned were damaged. Meridian is Lead tenant in the building owned by Richard 1. Rubin amp co. There was no answer sunday at Rubin a offices which Are also in the building. A Black smoke pours from a Philadelphia Bank building. Shuttle Enterprise ranks High on japanese firm s wish list. By the Washington Post Washington a a japanese television network wants to pay the smithsonian institution whatever it costs to borrow the space shuttle  and an assortment of other spacecraft for the company a planned 40th anniversary Celebration. It is willing to pay into the tens of millions of dollars for the hardware to be used in the 1993 Celebration. Representatives of the Nippon television network say the Deal is 80 percent to 90 percent done. Smithsonian officials say the japanese company is counting its spacecraft before they be been launched. The company says it wants a one year loan of the space shuttle an Apollo capsule a Moon conveyor vehicle a rocket and a spacesuit. One source with some knowledge of the Effort said nov was willing to pay up to $30 million. At a congressional hearing earlier this month rep. Sidney Yates d-ill., asked smithsonian officials about a a Rumoro that a Deal had been struck to lend the Enterprise for upward of $20 million. National air and  director Martin Harwit said then and repeated it Friday that he had simply listened to a proposal from a japanese concern but no Deal had been made smithsonian spokeswoman Madeleine Jacobs said the institution has talked to the japanese company Only about the Enterprise and that the smithsonian is a not too keen on the idea. The National aeronautics and space administration also has a voice in the decision she said and has its own  one thing Jacobs said the space shuttle is difficult to transport. A there Are Only two ways on Back of a 747 or by ship a she said. A in both cases there arc certain risks to. The artefact. It is for that reason that we have always been very reluctant to get involved with moving that  the Enterprise a shuttle prototype built in the 1970s that never flew in space is currently stored at Dulles air a port. A a a. A a. A. A although the smithsonian complained about budget constraints in recent months Jacobs said Money is not. A really a factors in the decision. / a what is a Factor Here is the importance of this artefact to us and to our nation a she said., Are not going to be swayed by financial  toddler killed on train tracks Encinitas Calif. A a toddler who wandered away from his Home was struck and killed saturday by an Amtrak train about 15 minutes before his Mother reported him missing authorities said. The Engineer spotted 18-month-old Geraldo Santiago about 500 Yards ahead and tried to Stop the train with the emergency Brake an Amtrak spokeswoman said. Fire department officials responded to an emergency Call from the Engineer whose name was not released said sheriffs sgt. Roy staff per the boys Mother Guadalupe Reynoso reported him missing 15 minutes later Stamper said. A the Mother heard a train whistle a said Chris Hinshaw a san Diego county sheriffs dispatcher. A a few minutes later she noticed her son missing and notified  Hinshaw said he did no to know How the boy wandered away from Home on a Street that runs parallel to the tracks. The Accident was under investigation Stamper said. No one was injured aboard the train which was bound for san Diego from los Angeles said Pat Kelly the Amtrak spokeswoman in Washington