European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 25, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 . Navy families return As Pinatubo erupts anew from wire reports Manila Philippines a the first group of . Navy family me tubers who fled at the height of mount Pinatubo a eruptions returned saturday to Subic Bay naval air facilities a Navy spokesman said. The Volcano ejected Ash up to 7.5 Miles High saturday and Shook with 66 earthquakes during a 24-hour period officials said. Nevertheless 99 family members aboard two . Air Force planes landed at Cubi Point Airstrip near Subic about 50 Miles Northwest of Manila said senior chief Petty officer James  plans elections Ankara Turkey a parliament returned from recess in an emergency session Friday to. Begin procedures needed for Early elections in october. The party in Power the conservative motherland party submitted a Bill fixing oct. 20 As the election Date. A parliamentary vote was expected saturday. The motherland party holds 275 of the 450 seats. Political analysts say motherland wants an Early vote lest the deteriorating Economy and High inflation reduce the party a chances next year when general elections had been  Opal found Perth Australia a a giant Black Opal has been found in a Remote area of Western Australia state turning the australian prospector who discovered it into an instant millionaire his agent said saturday. Peter Milic found the 36-Pound Opal at a claim in the Northwestern part of the state said John Mcdonald executive director for Opal investments of Australia. Milic had been working at the site for two years. The Opal has been valued at $4.68 million Mcdonald said. Milic 49, also had discovered two other stones one weighing 10 pounds and another weighing 5.5 ounces Mcdonald said. Typhoon rakes Korea 55 die 40.000 homeless Seoul South Korea apr at least 90 people were dead or missing and an estimated 40,000 were left homeless saturday in a typhoon and ensuing storm that dumped record rain on the Southeast korean coast. Typhoon Gladys downgraded to a tropical storm moved West into the yellow sea Early saturday where it was expected to die. It had been expected to strike Japan but veered West catching koreans unprepared. The National anti disaster Relief Center said initial estimates of property damage were $12 million to factories roads ports Homes and flooded farmlands and Rice paddies. The Relief Center said 55 people were confirmed dead 35 were missing and 62 were hospitalized with storm related injuries. A a news reports said 40,000 people were homeless along the coast and 22,000 vacationers had been evacuated to schools Public buildings and higher areas. Most of the damage was in a 125-mile arc along the jagged Southeastern korean coastline to the cast of where the typhoon made landfall Friday night. The hardest hit area included Pusan the nation s second largest City 200 Miles Southeast of Seoul and nearby Ulsan a major Industrial and ship building City. The Korea meteorological administration said Ulsan had 16.4 inches of rain Friday the most since a weather station was opened in Ulsan in 1931. The Rains at Pusan were the most recorded since 1904. By saturday morning the Ulsan area had 21.3 inches the weather service said. The rain was slopping in most areas it said. A 950,000-kilowatt nuclear reactor North of Pusan was temporarily shut Down after High winds blew debris into its Cooling Tower protector the news Agency Yon Hap said. Sex nazi reportedly bragged about killing polish jews Stuttgart Germany apr former nazi is commander Josef Schwammberge on trial for the killings of 3,374 jews told a fellow prison inmate he regretted he Hadnot killed More a German prosecutor said. Schwammberge 79, served As the is commander of nazi labor Camps in Poland Between 1942 and 1944. He is accused of being involved in the slayings of 3,374 jews and has been charged with personally killing 43. Schwammberge faces a life sentence if convicted in the nearly 2-month-old trial. Prosecutor Kurt Schrimm told the court Friday that an inmate at Stuttgart a Stamm Heim prison said Schwammberge a bragged to him that he personally killed jews with his own  the prosecutor asked the court to schedule the inmate who is in prison for a serious traffic violation to testify. The next trial session is set for wednesday. According to Schrimm the inmate said Schwamm Berger bragged he killed polish jews for Germany and regretted he had not murdered More of them. Schrimm said he wants the Man to repeat in court what he told prosecutors. The trial began june 26 at Stuttgart s regional court. Witnesses have testified they saw Schwammberge personally shoot a rabbi to death when he commanded forced labor Camps of Roy Wadow Mielec and Przemysla near krak6w, Poland. The austrian born former is lieutenant admits he commanded the Camps but denies he personally killed anyone. After world War ii Schwammberge fled to Argentina where he became a citizen and lived under his own name until he was arrested in 1987. After he i butt a Legal Battle Argentina ordered his extradition to Germany Las year to stand  turns Over possible Mia remains from wire reports Bangkok Thailand a Cambodia has turned Over to . Specialists remains believed to be those of an american missing since the Vietnam War the cambodian government news Agency reported saturday. A the government handed Over the remains of what was believed to be an american missing in action to a . Delegation for further analysis a the official spa news Agency reported. It said the remains were turned Over Friday in phenom penh by Deputy foreign minister Long Visalon to col. Wil Liam Jordan special adviser to the . Defense Secretary on Mia affairs. The first set of suspected american remains was released by Cambodia in july 1990. These remains have yet to be identified. Jordan who led a . Team searching for Mia remains in Indochina arrived in phenom penh on thursday morning for an official visit to Cambodia. Meanwhile a . Senator said Friday that the leaders of Vietnam and Cambodia have pledged an a open inquiry to rapidly resolve the fates of americans who failed to return from War in Southeast Asia. John Kerry d-mass., said the two communist countries promised to allow . Helicopters to take part in the Mia search. They also pledged to Welcome . Citizens to make their own on the spot inquiries. They also said they would give unprecedented Access to a newly formed Senate committee investigating the m1a-pow Issue he said. �?o1 think it is very significant that they Are willing to have that kind of intrusion that kind of open inquiry a Kerry said at a news conference. A it seems to me at first Blush that they Are extraordinarily committed to make that  Kerry a highly decorated Vietnam War Veteran returned from a we Klong trip to Hanoi and to Chi Minh City formerly Saigon in Vietnam and phenom penh in Cambodia. He met with do muoi head of Vietnam a communist party cambodian Premier Hun sen and a number of other officials in both countries. Kerry a comments echoed those of . Officials who said that Vietnam Cambodia and Laos have significantly stepped up cooperation on the Issue of 2,273 missing americans. Policeman at Lakenheath convicted on theft charges Raf Lakenheath England a amps a a Security policeman has been sentenced to 45 Days in jail for taking a compact disc sunglasses and a Bank card from another airman a room. Airman 1st class Richard l. Greene of the 648th Security police so Raf Lakenheath also was demoted to airman Basic and ordered to forfeit $182 per month for four months. Greene had pleaded guilty to charges of larceny and attempted larceny and elected to be tried by judge. He was convicted thursday at a one Day general court martial. According to a base spokesman the 20-year-old airman had been drinking with friends in a base dormitory room when he and airman Troy a. Jepson also with the 648th Security police so entered another room through adjoining bathrooms. Greene reportedly took the discs and other items while Jepson took a Gold Bracelet chemical warfare defense uniform and a compact disc. Jepson was convicted july 30 and sentenced to 60 Days in jail demoted to airman Basic and ordered to forfeit $250 per month for three months. Both men will serve their sentences at Lakenheath according to a base spokesman. Green has been in the air Force two years. Elephant Slaughter sought from wire reports Harare Zimbabwe a wildlife authorities want to Slaughter 15,000 elephants to reduce an exploding population of the animals which have trampled people to death and destroyed vegetation the Herald newspaper has reported. One of those deaths came Friday when the University of Zimbabwe said a British scientist was killed in an area of Northern Zimbabwe where herds have grown. In the past elephant culling in Zimbabwe has aroused controversy in Western countries that have banned the importation and Sale of elephant Ivory. The ban was instituted to combat poaching in parts of Africa and Asia where elephants Are threatened with extinction. But Southern african nations oppose the bans arguing their wildlife management policies have led to Large increases in Herd sizes. Recent calculations have put the elephant population at about 75,000 in this Southern african nation slightly smaller than California. Experts generally believe Zimbabwe a Bush can comfortably sustain about 35,000 elephants. The excess elephants have destroyed forests and Bush vegetation and encroached on farming areas sometimes killing peasant cultivators zimbabwean officials say