European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol 50, no. 64 sunday june 16,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 50c d 8693 a. Of philippine Volcano could blow apart from pressure i Lita Ryfa m i lies being sent Home Manila Philippines Ala officials prepared saturday to., evacuate tens of thousands of people in three major cities after scientists warned that so. Much pressure was building in mount Pinatubo that the Volcano could blow apart philippine defense Secretary Fidel Ramos chairman of the National Council said the evacuations would begin on sunday morning. Because of tie danger the . Military has decided to Send Home the families of . Troops who were stationed at Clark a which is 10 Miles from the Volcano the . Embassy said saturday. An embassy statement said the dependents will be sent Home Over the next few weeks. It did not say How Many of the 15,000 americans who lived at the base Are dependents. The . Military personnel and their families were evacuated from Clark on monday and taken to the Subic Bay naval facilities in Olon Gapo where they have been jammed into emergency up garters. Subic Bay Home to the largest . Naval base in the Philippines was on the Edge of the danger one but officials said there was no immediate plan to evacuate. Also saturday the last 1,500 . Troops patrolling Clark a were evacuated. Subic spokesman Robert Coble said he was unaware of any plan to evacuate the base. A a we be had plans on How to Deal with a Volcano but 1 do not know of any such plan a he said. A a what we have so far is a lot of Ash fall but its not in Washington Pentagon spokeswoman Chris Cimko see Volcano on Page 10 the last . Service members patrolling Clark a leave saturday As mount Pinatubo threatens to blow quake kills 6, destroys 9 villages Moscow apr a Strong earthquake hit a mountainous Region in the Southern Republic of Georgia on saturday killing six people and wiping out nine villages news reports said. The quake occurred near the area hit by a temblor in april which left More than 100 people dead. The quake measured 6.3 on the Richter scale and struck at 3 59 . In the Republic of Georgia. The earthquake physics Institute in Moscow said1 the temblor was an aftershock from the april 29 quake. Georgian prime minister Tengiz Sigua planned to tour the scene by helicopter Institute spokeswoman Olga Kryle Skaya said the quake entered near the georgian City of Bak Uriani. It is a caucasus Mountain ski resort town about 56 Miles Northwest of the capital of Tbilisi. A. The worst damage however appeared to be in the Dzhavad and ask Tinval regions in North Central Georgia. Eight villages Yvere heavily damaged and the township of Dzhavad was destroyed according to the state news Agency Tass and the Independent news . Five children were reported killed just outside the City of Gori about 22 Miles Northwest of Tbilisi according to the georgian government a sixth person also was reported killed according to the georgian news Agency Saki form and a local journalist. No other details were Given. Tass said a seventh person was killed but provided no details and the report was not confirmed by other journalists. More than 50 people were injured and taken to ask Tinval regional Hospital. Soviet Interior ministry units were helping transport victims and equipment and were flying Over the area to assess the a scale of the misfortune a Tass reported. ,. The quake on saturday hit two Days after a newspaper reported that soviet a geophysicists have concluded a ctn cts lion Between some of in the area and underground nuclear weapons tests conducted by the Kremlin according to the newspaper Komsi Monskaya pravda. Allied troops Complete pullout Dozhuk Iraq apr the last group of .-led forces that occupied the provincial capital of Dozhuk in Northern Iraq for the past three weeks finished their pullout on saturday the . Military said. Hundreds of soldiers and trucks filled with equipment Are leaving Iraq Eich Day and the . Military announced that troop strength in occupation provide Comfort had dropped almost 30 percent since its Peak on May 21. / the allies withdrawal from Dozhuk was preceded Friday night by a peaceful demonstration of about 1,500 kurd. They surrounded the Allied compound and pleaded with coalition forces to stay. A no no Saddam yes yes Bush a the crowd chanted. A placard read a please leave peace when you go a. The gathering ended after 90 minutes when . Army maj. Gen. Jay Garner commander of Allied combat troops in Iraq assured the crowd that the iraqi army and secret police would not be allowed Back into Dozhuk for an unspecified period of time. Under an agreement Between iraqi forces and the . Command the iraqi army and other Security forces will not enter the City according to . Army col. Dick Naab a negotiator for fhe coalition. In addition Naab and either Allied officers have the right to visit Dozhuk after saturday a to keep the iraqis honest a he said. A a we a like to show a Little bit of a presence a Naab said As he sat at the Dozhuk hotel while the last american soldiers cleaned up around him. The colonel said he was not worried that the iraqi army would break the agreement immediately. Still like most americans in the operation he expressed see pullout on Page 10
