European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition the slg�4pilpes vol. 50, no. 18 wednesday May 1,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the ,armed Force scamp open for business . Lifts Flag Over kurdish Center x \ a from staff arid wite reports Zakhoo Ira Ltd the United nations raised its Blue and White Flag in this refugee settlement tuesday the first step in assuming control of Camps for some of the hundreds of thousands of kurd who fled Saddam Hussein a troops. A this is a historic Date a said Steffan de Mistura the see tomorrows stripes for an illustrated eight Page special report on kurdish refugees. United nations special envoy for the refugees Las the Flag was raised at a . Humanitarian Center in this Northern iraqi City. Many refugees began moving toward the tent Camp tuesday after kurdish guerrillas dismantled their checkpoints under pressure from Allied forces. A the Gates Are open a said Gordon Murchie a state depart Merit official. A a they re going to have to Start moving them in. We re open for  \ a _ a spokesman at in Ciurlik a in Turkey said that about 1,000 kurdish refugees have moved into the .-built Camp at Zakhoo but that Many other kurd see Camp on Page 10 kurdish refugees ride in the Back of a trailer from their Mountain hide out to a Camp in Zakhoo Iraq. Fire cripples nuclear Plant Wiscasset Maine a the Maine Yankee nuclear Plant was crippled by a fire that severely damaged non nuclear parts of the Plant the nuclear regulatory commission said tuesday. No radiation was released authorities said arc spokeswoman Diane Screnci said late tuesday morning that authorities on the scene reported that a a loud Boom pre ceded the Hydrogen fire about 6 30 . Monday and Federal officials believe it could have been an explosion. Screnci initially reported that an Cpl Sion at the 19-year-old Plant set off the fire however she said Early tuesday afternoon that she had to clarify her statements because authorities weren to certain there had been an explosion. She said firefighters put out the Blaze by pumping Carbon dioxide into the building. Although no radiation was released during the incident the plants steam Turbine electrical conductors and transformers were badly damaged she said. There were no reported injuries. The Blaze caused when a Hydrogen line ruptured was put out about 10 ., but the damage from the fire and blast shut Down the Plant indefinitely officials said. A the Hydrogen is used As a coolant. Maine Yankee spokesman Duggan Kimball said the fire posed no threat to the Public. A on the non nuclear Side the damage was severe. The primary Side the no a see fire on Page 10 on Tsongas Manchester . A Paul Tsongas oped a Long shot Campaign for the 1992 democratic presidential Nomi action tuesday with a Call for a new economic nationals mid with an outsiders criticism of Washington. Accusing successive Republican presidents of lacking leadership the former Massachusetts senator said a enough of this Washington avoidance. Enough of this Washington  _ a Tsongas is the first Democrat to declare his candidacy. He began his Campaign at a rain drenched Hometown rally in Lowell Massand then headed to nearby new Hampshire the state that holds the nations first presidential primary. A drier but smaller crowd heard the same speech in an auditorium at the Manchester Campus of the University of new Hampshire. _ a i feel like in a Home in new Hampshire a said Tson see Tsongas on Page 10 rescuers free 30 miners in Kutaisi .s.r. A rescuers clawed through collapsed buildings and Rock a slides tuesday searching for survivors of an earthquake in soviet Georgia that killed at least 80 people and injured hundreds. A Small Mountain Village was a wiped off the map and several other towns were devastated said Tengiz Sigua the Southern republics prime m mister. But 30 miners trapped by the quake Ere saved by rescuers officials said y Sigua said the temblor which struck at midday on monday killed 80 people injured 500, left 80,000 homeless and damaged 80 percent of the Homes in the Region where 250,000 people live. A ruined houses and Public buildings highways Bridges Power lines a this is the picture a the official Tass news Agency said tuesday. J. Aftershocks continued tuesday. Elgua said he flew Over the Village of Khakh Ieti which was destroyed when a Mountainside collapsed and buried 40 people alive. ?  Village was wiped off the see quake on Page 10the Dollar takes a dive across Europe Page 17