European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8the stars and stripes thursday october 10,1991 quake disaster looms experts say of a a a n14 t Nta Lliam a Tokyo apr disaster experts from around the world gathered Here tuesday for the International earthquake Summit and their message was Clear a the big one is coming. The four Day conference part of the United nations International decade for natural disaster reduction brings together representatives of some of the worlds most seismically Active countries including the United states Mexico Indonesia and the Philippines. A we on the Pacific ring of fire await disaster a said los Angeles emergency management director Shirley Mattingly who urged government and business to work together to reduce the potential aftereffects of quakes. Japanese experts said earthquake prone Tokyo where a quake and fire killed 140,000 people in 1923, May be hit by another Large quake soon. A Tokyo has always risen from the ashes like a Phoenix a said Setsuo Kobayashi who is in charge of the City a disaster prevention activities. A but there is a great fear that our efforts notwithstanding it will once again face a grave  the Tokyo government last month announced predictions of just what that disaster could entail. It said 10,000 people would die 150,000 would be injured and one fourth of the City would be destroyed in a quake of 7.9 on the Richter scale the magnitude of the 1923 disaster. Many experts believe such a quake could occur at any time and is Likely to come in the next few years. But even those figures Are widely regarded As optimistic for a Metropolis that has grown from about 2 million in 1923 to about 12 million today. Tokyo and its surrounding area which includes Yokohama is Home to about one fourth of Japan a population. A recent study funded by the National government predicted 150,000 would die and 200,000 would be injured in a major quake. About 10 percent of All earthquakes worldwide occur in Japan which sits atop four tectonic plates. Much of this seismic activity is attributed to the friction resulting from the interaction of those plates. Japan Grants Tokyo up a Japan will extend $2.5 billion in emergency Aid to the soviet Union a to Send a Clear political message welcoming the dramatic moves toward democratization and economic Reform a foreign ministry official said tuesday. Officials decided to not withhold the assistance despite a Long standing dispute Over four Northern islands seized by the soviet Union during world War ii. The move matched a pledge by the european Community to Send $2.5 billion in Aid to the soviet Union. The soviet people face potentially crippling shortages in food and medical supplies this Winter. The United states has already promised a $2.5 Bil norwegian students Charlotte Buhring Dehli left and tone wok ride an electric Scooter tuesday As they look Over gravestones in the pure Lachaise cemetery in Madrid Spain apr thousands of angry residents demons rated tuesday in the Spanish capital against heroin and the gypsies Many claim Are the main purveyors of the drug. Radio reports said 10,000 people gathered in Legazpi Square to protest an official plan to Settle 80 Gypsy families next to their Low income neighbourhood. Demonstrators claimed that gypsies had already turned shantytowns in the neighbourhood into a drug  no incidents were reported. In the Barcelona neighbourhood of san Cosme police patrolled the streets following attacks by residents on soviets $2.5 lion credit guarantee to help the soviets buy . Grain. A since the attempted coup in the soviet Union the situation there has been rapidly changing and full scale Reform toward democracy and a Market Economy Are now under Way a chief Cabinet Secretary miso i Sakamoto said. The package includes a loan from the Export import Bank of Japan for $500 million in emergency food and medical supplies and a $2 billion credit line to encourage Trade. Japan will also provide $1.8 billion in Trade guarantees for japanese exports shipped to the soviet Union Paris. The 1,087-acre graveyard makes 10 such Battery powered cycles available to visitors for a rental fee of 90 francs about $16 an hour. Several dozen heroin addicts monday night. Tension remained High in the Malvarosa District of Valencia following a violent demonstration by some 3,000 people monday against drugs and drug addicts in which 25 people 14 of them police were injured. Interior minister Jose Luis Corcuera who is scheduled to defend a controversial government crime Bill in parliament later in the week warned demonstrators their actions could a get out of control Quot and often were a radically  v last week Madrid mayor Jose Luis Alvarez de Man Zano issued a decree Banning drugs use in Public and fixing fines As High As $22,000.billion in Aid and investment in that country. Another $200 million in credit will be set aside to promote Trade with the soviets. Sakamoto said the package reflects Japan a support of the recent changes in the soviet Union. A we have wanted to Send a Clear political message to what is happening in the country before it becomes too late a he said. Analysts said the move was also partly aimed at heading off pressure on Japan from the other economic Power when the group of seven leading Industrial nations meet in Bangkok Thailand this  oks plan to permit return of Marcos body Manila Philippines apr president Corazon Aquino said wednesday that the body of former president Ferdinand Marcos May be flown directly to his Home province and buried there if his widow approves the plan in writing. A group of 14 members of the Houst of representatives and other Northern provincial leaders proposed in a meeting with Aquino that Marcos body be blown directly from Hawaii to Laoag City capital of Locos Norte province. Under the proposal the remains would lie in state for nine Days before burial in Laoag City 250 Miles North of Manila. A we Are in conformity with that a Aquino told reporters after the meeting. Executive Secretary Franklin Drilon said the group which includes close associates of the former president assured Aquino that it would oppose plans to bring the remains Back to Manila. T the group also assured the president that Marcos remains a will not be used for any political purposes a Drilon said. Marcos died in Hawaii in september 1989, three years after he was driven into exile by a popular revolt that installed Aquino As president. The government recently gave Imelda Marcos and her children permission to return to face criminal and civil charges but prohibited the return of Marcos body. It said a a extremists might use the funeral to create disturbances. Rep. Luis Singson said his group made the proposal at the urging of Locos Norte leaders a to finish once and for Alt the Marcos  taking the body directly to Laoag would prevent a any untoward incident a he said. He Aid not elaborate. Drilon said that if the group obtains Imelda Marcos written authorization soon the body can be brought Back to the country by the former first lady when she returns on nov. 4, As she has announced she would do. A Manila court ordered the government monday to Issue a passport to Marcos who has been Given Only a one Way travel permit by the philippine consulate in new York. Drilon said the government will Appeal the court ruling. The government has argued that denying a passport to Marcos would prevent her from leaving the country to evade the charges against her. The Aquino government has claimed that the  embezzled up to $10 billion in government funds during Marcos 20-year administration. Marcos denied any wrongdoing during his time in office. Dead end tour gypsies drugs prompt Madrid protest