European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                World . Navy families return As Pinatubo erupts anew from wire reports Manila Philippines a the first group of . Navy family members 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 Jones. Turkey 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 scheduled. . Envoy now in Bonn Bonn Germany a Robert m. Kimmitt the new . Ambassador to Germany arrived in Bonn Early saturday and said he was looking Forward to living and working with the German people. Kimmitt who was nominated in june to replace former ambassador Vernon a. Walters who stepped Down from the Post on aug. ,18, was accompanied by his wife Holly Jean and five children an embassy statement said. A former under Secretary of state for political affairs at the state department Kimmitt it Vas sworn in As the new ambassador on aug. 23, after unanimous confirmation by the Senate m july. Kimmitt 43, is scheduled to present his credentials to German president Richard von Weizsacker on sept. 5. Sunday August 25, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9 typhoon rakes 60 die 40,000 homeless Seoul South Korea apr sixty people were killed 38 were missing and about 40,000 were left homeless saturday after a typhoon dumped record rainfall on the Southeast korean coast government officials and news reports said. The National anti disaster Relief Center said an additional 62 victims of typhoon Gladys were hospitalized with storm related injuries. 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. By saturday afternoon rain had stopped and Relief workers said the recovery was under Way. Many of those evacuated could return to their rain Sodden Homes and others were to remain housed in shelters they said. Damage estimates for flood ravaged factories roads ports Homes and farmlands were at least $30 million the Relief Center said. The typhoon downgraded to a tropical storm moved West into the yellow sea Early saturday where it was expected to die. The hardest hit area included Pusan the nations 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 in a 24-hour period since a weather station was opened in 1931. A. The Ulsan area had More than 21.3 inches of rain by saturday the weather service said. A 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. Typhoons have sustained winds of at least 74 Mph. Reported linked to Tehran Iran apr an iranian source close to negotiations on the Western hostages in Lebanon said saturday that american Terry Anderson or briton Terry Waite could be swapped for a shiite Muslim cleric held by Israel. Hopes of freeing the remaining 11 westerners a including five americans three britons two germans and an italian a missing and believed held captive by pro iranian groups in Lebanon have been raised by the release earlier this month of three westerners and by stepped up hostage talks. But a main sticking Point has been israelis insistence on receiving information on its seven missing soldiers in Lebanon before it begins releasing any of the 375 arabs its forces hold that the kidnappers want freed. The iranian source speaking on condition of anonymity said the kidnappers would be ready to Exchange either Anderson or Waite for Sheik Abdul Karim Obid a Hezbollah spiritual Leader abducted by israeli commandos from his Home in South Lebanon in july 1989. The source said Anderson and Waite Are considered prize hostages by their lebanese kidnappers but did not  chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press was abducted March 16, 1985. Waite an anglican Church envoy was kidnapped Jan. 20,1987. Obeidi a release has been the prime demand of the pro iranian Hezbollah or party of god believed to be the umbrella group for the hostage takers. Cambodia turns Over possible Mia remains from wire reports line Jordan Capri of us vicar in in 11 c loan Var i re a. 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 Quot 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 investigate hug the Mia pow Issue he said. A i 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. Field s 4 ovals spin interest among ufos study group Lethbridge Alberta a a ufos study group is investigating four crop circles discovered in a Southern Alberta wheat Field. A Well its interesting and its a mystery a said Gordon Kijek director of the Alberta ufos study group after investigating the site near Lethbridge. Researchers Are still puzzled by crop circles discovered in held near the ancient Stone rings at stonehenge in England. Circles squares and bars have appeared in Gram Fields Southwest of London in recent months. Some scientists believe the circles Are made naturally by eddies of wind moving Over Hilly ground. Yet pranksters have confessed to making circles and other shapes in Britain and Germany. Kijek said there Are similarities Between the Lethbridge circles and the ones in England. The Grain is Bent counterclockwise in three circles and clockwise in the fourth. The patterns consist of two Large circles about 3 Yards wide with a pair of smaller circles a each about 1 Yard wide a radiating from one of them. Kijek said the Grain is pushed Down but not broken. The soil within the circles is also much drier than Earth outside them he said. The ufos study group is awaiting written reports from two groups of people which reported strange lights in the sky Northeast of Lethbridge five or six Days ago. Elephant Slaughter sought a from wire reports a Harare Zimbabwe a wildlife authorities want to Slaughter 15,000 elephants to reduce an exploding population of the animals which Nave 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. 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 cumulation 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  excess elephants have destroyed forests and Bush vegetation and encroached on farming areas sometimes killing peasant cultivators zimbabwean officials say