European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 25, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 9 . 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  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. Is was accompanied by his wife Holly Jean and five children an embassy statement said. A a former under Secretary of state for political at fairs at the state department Kimmitt was sworn in As the new ambassador on aug. 23, after unanimous confirmation by the Senate in july. Kimmitt 43, is scheduled to present his credentials to German president Richard von Weizsacker on sept. 5. Typhoon rakes Korea 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. 1 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 in Usan 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.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. Israel s release of Muslim cleric reportedly would free 1 captive Tehran Iran apr an iranian source said saturday that american hostage Terry Anderson or British Church envoy Terry Waite could be freed by their lebanese kidnappers if Israel released a jailed shiite Muslim cleric. Meanwhile president Hashemi a Sfanjani accused Israel of blocking a hostage agreement and blamed the United states for failing to pressure the jewish state to help free the westerners held in Lebanon. In Beirut on saturday the office of the highest shiite Muslim Leader in Lebanon said that reports quoting him As saying seven missing israeli Serviceman were dead were. Not accurate. The office of Mohammed Mehdi Shamseddine the ranking official on the shiite supreme Council said he did not know which of the seven were alive or dead but urged details to be made Public so the hostage Issue could be closed. Hopes of freeing the remaining hostages believed held captive by pro iranian groups Haye been raised by intensified talks and the release earlier this month of american hostage Edward Tracy and British journalist John Mccarthy. I israeli negotiators have pledged to go along with a package Deal involving Arab prisoners and the Western hostages but insist Israel should first receive detailed and confirmed information about seven servicemen missing in  and its militia ally in South Lebanon hold 3 10 to 400 prisoners whose releases Are sought by Hezbollah the iranian backed lebanese group believed to be responsible for the hostage holders. The iranian source who is close to the negotiations said the kidnappers would be ready to Exchange either Anderson or Waite for Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid a Hezbollah spiritual Leader abducted by israeli commandos from his Home in South Lebanon in july 19s9. The source spoke on condition of anonymity. Quot Cambodia 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 Mia pow Issue he said. A i think it is very significant that they arc 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 Liioi 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. Canada s postal workers walk out for higher wages Ottawa a Canada posts largest Union went on strike saturday and workers picketed Post offices in at least six Canadian cities to press their demands for higher wages. In Toronto a picketing postal worker was taken to the Hospital after a replacement truck Driver ran Over her foot saturday morning. Police did not intervene said picket Captain Gail Macewen. Two people were punched kicked and thrown to the ground when they tried to Cross a picket line at another Toronto distribution Plant. Police said no one had been charged. The walkouts were prompted by failed contract talks Between the government and the Canadian Union of postal workers. A there was no other Choice than to put some heavy pressure on Canada Post a Union president Jean Claude Parrot said Friday night when the Midnight strike Call was issued. Parrot expected talks to resume in Ottawa Over the weekend. The Union wants pay increases the replacement of part time jobs with full time jobs and an expansion of door to door mail delivery. The Union asked for a three year agreement with annual raises of 7.9 percent 7 percent and 6.5 percent. It represents about 45,000 mail Sorters Drivers letter carriers and technicians. 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 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 poaching in parts of Africa and Asia where elephants arc 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 Ana Bush vegetation and encroached on farming areas sometimes killing peasant cultivators zimbabwean officials say