European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes wednesday june 5, 1991japan Volcano continues to erupt Shimbara Japan a. Japanese Rescue troops a Retreat Kcf from blasts of an erupting Volc Atio in Southern a Japan on tuesday As they searched for bodies and sought dozens of missing people. At Ca St 14 people were believed dead. V a at least 31 people were missing after mount Unen sent a torrent of volcanic debris scaring Down a Valley at up to 25 Mph monday afternoon police said. , the site of Japan a worst volcanic disaster 200 years ago in which 15,000 people died has been1&Quot spewing what scientists Call a pyroclastic flow a fast moving destructive torrent. Japan a ground self defense forces or army sent armoured transport vehicles into the. Debris strewn a Mountainside a  an attempt to Rescue victims and recover bodies. But the troops Clad in firefighting gear retreated alter another eruption news reports said. Military spokesman Nobuyuki  army helicopters had spotted at least 12 bodies after mondays eruption. Television reports showed rescuers carrying a body on a Stretcher. Kamaguchi said he could not confirm How Many had been retrieved before the troops withdrew. A the fiery volcanic flow set dozens of Homes ablaze and authorities evacuated about 5,000 people. Police said 20 injured people 15. Of them seriously burned were brought to seven local hospitals. Yasup Omachi 3.7, a firefighter and Takahiro Higuchi 26, a policeman both lied tuesday in the Hospital police said. White Clouds boiled up hundreds of Yards above the Mountain and television world Black oceanic Ash from mount Unzen co yrs Shini Abara Japan on monday As the Volcano belched out hot rocks Quot and lava. Reports from the scene showed parts of the Mountain still afire. Thick volcanic  windshields Miles away. People with Burns All Over their bodies their clothes in shreds and crying for water were brought into local hospitals news reports said. An official at Shini Abara City Hall said the City had turned Gray with volcanic Ash but was in no immediate  a we Are about 8 Kilometres about 5 Miles away from the Volcano. I done to know How far the lava is going to run but i done to think it will reach the City a he said. A police will not confirm any of these death reports until rescuers reach the Sites and verify.them.�?�. Three foreign researchers a a French couple and an american a and 16 Jour also a Volcan Logist. A lists were among the missing. The american was identified As Harry Glicken a Volcano expert who worked for the . Geological Survey until a 1989, when he moved to Tokyo to do research at Tokyo metropolitan University. Kyodo news service identified. The French Volcan Logist As Morrice Kraft. The woman was identified As Katia Kraft plans outlined in Poland for big . Investment from wire reports Warsaw Poland a. A .-based development company offered monday to recreate the facade of the Long destroyed City Hall As part of a. Hotel office Complex that it said would become the largest american investment in Poland. Andrew Gutowski a representative of Boston Atlantic ventures of Boston said a team consisting of american and French companies was ready to Start work a a immediately to bring Back the landmark building destroyed by the germans in the waning Days of world War ii. The project proposed for theater Square opposite the grand opera would feature a 450-room Sheraton hotel apartments offices and stores and would Cost $134 million according to the developers preliminary  Road closed Islamabad Pakistan a Muslim insurgents say they have closed Afghanistan a Only Road link to the soviet Union its major supplier. Of humanitarian and military Aid. Alter sevc Sal Days of fierce fighting .-backed rebels said they destroyed a 37-vehicle truck arid tank Convoy rumbling Down the Salang Highway toward Kabul the afghan  guerrillas said the casualties were  the fight for the Highway by gave no details. It Vas impossible to independently confirm the report. A a a jewish Graves vandalized Jerusalem a vandals scrawled anti israeli Graffiti on jewish Graves and toppled Over 40 tombstones at the ancient cemetery on Jerusa a lems mount of olives police said monday. The plots desecrated were above the Arab neighbourhood of Silvan in the cemetery sold Section for burial of sephardi jews those of Middle Eastern or North african origin. Air Force finishes withdrawal of fighter jets from Philippines Manila Philippines up a three f-4e phantom ii jets left Clark Abs on tuesday completing the withdrawal of fighter aircraft assigned in the Philippines the . Air Force said. An air Force statement said the three jets flew to Davis Monthan fab in Arizona where the aircraft would be retired. A the departure completes the phaseout of permanently based fighter aircraft in the Philippines. The phaseout had been announced last november As part of worldwide Force Structure adjustments and budget any constraints a the statement said. The withdrawal of two fighter squadrons assigned at Clark Home of the 13th air Force came amid intense negotiations Over the past year for the renewal of . Basing rights expiring in september. Negotiations for the continued use of Clark where the United states still maintains the military Airlift come and the Crow Valley training Range and Subic Bay naval facilities a repair and logistics Center for the 7th Fleet  stalled Over the major issues of compensation and duration. President Corazon Aquino has offered a seven year renewal of the 1947 bases treaty for an annual compensation of $825 million. Washington wants a 10 to 12-year renewal for $360 million annually. _ foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus of tuesday briefed Aquino and other members of the Quot philippine negotiating panel on the results of his discussions on the bases with Richard Solomon . Assistant Secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs last week during a ministerial meeting of the european Community a a a a he said the United states had agreed to the seven year duration Manila had proposed but Washington wanted a a reasonable time after that period within which to dismantle its facilities. Our position is that we would like to keep everything Down within the seven year framework a Mangla pus said.  compensation he said a we Are arriving at Fig urls thut nitty be 3cceptnble to both  Aust said he was a a hopeful an agreement could be reached soon. 77, commits suicide y from wire reports Beijing a Jiang qing the widow of chinese revolutionary Leader Mao tse Tung who was jailed and reviled after his death committed suicide last month in her Villa in Beijing the government said tuesday. She was 77. Jiang Rose from being a Little known movie actress to one of the most powerful players in chinese politics through her a marriage to Mao but ended her Days denounced As an a enemy of the.  the state run Xinhua news Agency said that Jiang had committed suicide on May 14, but did not say How. On monday the chinese government had refused to confirm a report in time Magazine that Jiang had hanged herself. Today a announcement was held until 4he last hour of the june 3-4 anniversary of the 1989 crackdown pro democracy protesters in Beijing a sensitive to during which police already w Ere mobilized to Previ any Public disturbances. Authorities apparently feared that the news i inspire popular reaction a the most Likely being i Raj a icons it hich greeted her arrest of Mao s death. During her trial As a member of the called gang of four that tried to usurp Power she \ reviled in the official press As a Demon. Xinhua said Jiang had been receiving medical tre ment since May 1984, but did not specify her illness also said she had been released from custody for i treatment. Time reported Jiang had Throat cancer and May he wished to shorten her life