European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday june 25, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3 again Manila Philippines apr mount. Pinatubo Ted Ash More than six Miles High monday darkening the sky As the last group of . Troops and dependents who were ordered evacuated headed for Home. A about 124 volcanic quakes were recorded during the past 24 hours according to the philippine Institute of volcanology and seismology on monday. A philippine officials said preliminary estimates showed Clark ai3 alone suffered $300 million in damage since nearby mount Pinatubo began erupting june 9 for the first time in 600 government sources speaking on condition of anonymity said they were Given the $300 million figure by american officials who told them talks on a new lease for . Bases in the Philippines must wait until surveys Are completed. The . Embassy was closed monday for a municipal Holiday and . Officials could not be reached for comment. A a. \. The lease on Clark and the other . Bases expires sept. 16. Talks on an Extension had bogged Down before the eruptions a Over How much Washington must pay and How Long the installations can remain. Pinatubo a eruptions have blanketed the Countryside with deep Ash and forced the evacuation of Clark which lies 10 Miles East of the Volcano. A a until the eruptions it was Home to 15,000 air Force personnel and family members. The Pentagon has ordered most of Clarks military personnel out of the country As Well As All military family members whom live at Subic Day naval facilities 25 Miles Southwest of the Volcano. . Officials in Cebu said nearly 2,000 americans. Evacuated from Subic aboard the aircraft Carrier Midway left Cebu on monday on flights to Guam and the United few Hundred americans and philippine spouses remain in Cebu but should be departing soon officials said. Many of them were visiting relatives in the Countryside or were on leave when the evacuations began. Many of the americans leaving said they did not expect to return. A a what a there to come Back to a asked Jane Roark 43, of Denver who taught at Subico a school. A school vehicles pass under Trees covered in volcanic Ash near the Philippines erupting mount Pinatubo on monday. Will definitely be closed. I done to think dependents will Ever go back.�?�. The commander of the Subic Bay facility rear adm. Thomas a. Mercer said the base was a essentially operational after eruptions damaged scores of buildings and covered the Airstrip Vith Ash. Propeller driven planes were again Able to use sub ices naval air station at Cubi Point he said. A there is an awful lot of blowing to do a Mercer said. A there Are an awful lot of collapsed mondays eruptions spewed Ash up to 33,000 feet Quot High and it rained Down Over the Rich farmlands of Sampanga and Tarlac provinces Northeast of the 4,765-foot Volcano. V of hauls wanted monday that the tons of Ash Ami debris on the slopes of Pinatubo pose a serious threat to areas East of the Mountain including Clark Ami presi. Dent Corazon Aquino s sugar Plantation in Tarlac. A it is Only waiting for. A Strong sustained rainfall that can be delivered by the first typhoon that comes dose to the Pinatubo area a said Kelvin Rodolfo a geology professor at the University of 111inois-Chicago. A a a so i f we have Only a few typhoons we will continue to experience mudflows for Many years.�?�. At least 296 people including the 9-year-old. Daughter of a . Air Force sergeant have been killed since the Volcano exploded to life. Twenty people Are listed As missing. Going going gone in a choking Cloud of dust Sander Hall comes tumbling Down sunday at the University of Cincinnati. University officials decided to implode the 26-Story former dorm which had been abandoned since 1982, because it would have Cost too much to convert it to faculty offices. The Mountain of rubble now will be cleared away and a Park will be built on the site. 23 Blacks killed in South Africa Johannesburg South Africa apr Twenty three Blacks were killed Over the weekend including six from the same family police said monday. Mativa Gubane his wife and four of their children were killed when gunmen burst into their House in Edendale Natal the scene of repeated Black factional clashes in recent years. A woman at the Home also was killed and the couple s 7-year-old son was seriously injured s attack. Police said 12 Blacks were killed in Richmond also in the Eastern province of Nat Al on sunday night. Peace talks scheduled for monday in the areal Between the african National Congress and the inkatha Freedom parly were put off after the killings. Three other people were killed in a nearby township saturday police said. A Man waiting at a train station in Germiston East of Johannesburg was killed when shots were filed from a passing train police said. More than. 6,000 Blacks have died since 19k6 in nationwide violence. A most of the fighting has involved supporters of the Anc the brain Black opposition group and the conservative Zulu based inkatha. The two groups and the government agreed saturday to work together on a peace committee that will seek a solution to the violence
