European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes thursday october 10,1991 quake disaster looms experts say 1 that has grown from about 2 million in. Ill it i % f _ ii _ a. To Famlin a inc Ictor. _ _ a. A 1 am Lillah f n ramp i a a tar. 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  state to expel alleged Neo nazi. R Noruin Aprl in Cuhlic that he views vie Hannover Germany apr state government officials said wednesday that they Are expelling an austrian born alleged Neo nazi who advocates violence and lives in a House protected by barbed wire. The move comes As Germany attempts to quell a Long series of attacks against foreigners. Earlier in the Day the Federal government said More than 500 xenophobic crimes had been committed since the Start of the year and that measures to combat the violence would be intensified. The Interior ministry in Niedersachsen state said Karl Polacek an austrian native must leave Germany within four weeks. Polacek age 56, is the Leader of the Niedersachsen Branch of the free German workers party which Law officials say is a Neo nazi group with a record of brutality against germans As Well As foreigners. Polacek was recently sentenced to a probationary term for attacking a German woman with a Hatchet after she had spit into his car. Three of his followers Are currently on trial for allegedly stabbing a German Soldier to death on new year s Day. A state Interior ministry spokesman said Polacek dead end tour norwegian students Charlotte Buhring Dehli left and tone wok ride an electric Scooter tuesday As they look Over gravestones in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. The 1,087-acre graveyard makes 10 such Battery powered cycles available to visitors for a rental tee of 90 francs about $16 an hour. Gypsies drugs prompt Madrid protest Madrid Spain a thousands of angry residents demonstrated 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 drug  no incidents were reported. In the Barcelona neighbourhood of san Cosme police patrolled the streets following attacks by residents on 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 Quot get out of control and often were a radically  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. Has frequently announced in Public that he views violence As a legitimate Means for fighting his  Polacek lives in the City of Gottinger about 55 Miles South of Hannover. In Bonn Hans Neusel a top aide to Chancellor Helmut Kohl told a parliamentary panel that about 500 xenophobic attacks were registered from Jan. 1 until the end of september. Dozens of additional acts of racial violence have occurred since then although fewer have been reported in recent  rules out Marcos burial in Home province Manila Philippines apr president Corazon Aquino said wednesday that the body of former president Ferdinand Marcos could be flown directly to his Home province and buried there but Imelda Marcos objected to the plan. Aquino spoke after 14 members of the House of Senta Tives and other Northern provincial leaders told her that Marcos body could be flown directly from Hawaii for burial in Laoag a City 250 Miles North of Manila. The wife of the former president in new York rejected the idea saying it was her husbands dying wish that he be buried in Manila. A this was his Choice. I am his wife and i will not violate his word on my Honor a she said in a snort statement. Quot i Pray that those who love and Honor him would respect Nis last  the proposal was subject to approval by the Marcos family and her rejection effectively scuttles it. One member of the group proposing the burial North o Manila rep. Luis Singson said he and his colleagues wanted a to finish once and for All the Marcos Issue. The government recently gave Imelda Marcos and her children permission to return to face criminal Ana Cuiyu suits but prohibited the return of the body. It Saia a a extremists might use the funeral to create disturbances. The former philippine ruler died in Hawaii in september 1989, three years after he was driven into sex by a popular revolt that installed Aquino As presiden. After wednesdays meeting Aquino said she supported the plan to take the body directly to Laoag. Executive Secretary Franklin Drilon said the sri up of lawmakers and regional leaders assured Aquino in Marcos remains a will not be used for any political p poses a Drilon  the government said the body could be brought a to the country by Marcos when she returns on no. A As she has announced. A Manila trial court on monday ordered the nov ment to Issue a passport to Marcos who has been g Only a one Way travel permit by the philippine Lon ate in new York. Drilon said the government will Appeal the court ins. It the government has argued that denying a up Al to Marcos would prevent her from leaving the Cou j to evade the charges against  Aquino government has claimed that the costs embezzled up to $10 billion in government during the presidents 20-year administration n Nied any wrongdoing during his term