European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday october 22, 1991 at a glance a Pennsylvania trooper Janies Stewart demonstrates a radar gun for catching speeders. Scores of of flyers around the country now suspect that Long term exposure to radiation from the device has Given them cancer. See Story on Page 6. Duke baffles gop National Republican leaders repudiated David Duke and state gop leaders were in a quandary after the former Klansman won a Slot in Louisiana s gubernatorial Runoff by restyling his looks and his message. A Page 4 res never die cafeteria food has never had great allure for finicky schoolchildren but wait until they find out that their French Toast beef chunks and Pepperoni pizzas Are leftovers a from the persian Gulf War. A Page 5 a Demon spirits evangelist Jimmy Swaggart recently found associating with a prostitute told his followers sunday that Quot Demon spirits Quot were responsible for his woes. A Page 6 an to stick around residents of . Military installations in Central Europe scheduled for closure can expect at least one service to remain available to them right up to the Day the Gates Are locked a american forces network radio broadcasts. A Page 7 some trading with Cuba despite a Long standing . Trade embargo american companies have sharply increased Trade with Cuba through foreign subsidiaries a government study says. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 faces no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Turner from Page 1 aug. 8 after being held for years. The others were britons John Mccarthy a journalist and Jack Mann a former world War ii Pilot As Well As american Edward Austin Tracy. In addition a Frenchman was released after being held three Days. Eight westerners a four americans two germans a briton and an italian a remain missing in Lebanon. Most Are believed held by shiite groups Allied with the iranian backed Hezbollah. Early monday Israel freed 15 lebanese prisoners another step toward a Broad Swap being negotiated by the United nations involving israelis missing in Lebanon Western hostages and arabs held by Israel and its allies. But Israel also attacked what it said was a Hezbollah guerrilla base in Southern Lebanon wounding three civilians in apparent reprisal for a bombing by the iranian Allied group that tiled three israeli soldiers sunday. Late in the Day islamic jihad a shiite group holding americans Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland said the israeli raids could hamper . Efforts to free hostages. That raised questions about a statement earlier in the Day by the islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine the shiite group that held Turner. The statement promised that a hostage would be freed. The United nations also had said a release was imminent. The islamic jihad statement also came several hours after Sheik Mohammed Mehdi Shamseddine Lebanon a highest ranking shiite cleric said the israeli attack would not affect a hostage release. A the hostage Issue is heading to an end irrespective of the raid a he told reporters. Since August 66 arabs have been freed and Israel has received word of the deaths of two soldiers and the body of a third. The International committee of the red Cross said 12 men and two women were freed monday morning from the Khiam prison in israelis self designated Security zone. Another prisoner Hezbollah activist Ali Fawaz was released from a jail in Israel. Fawaz 26, was transported to the Southern lebanese port of Are. He told reporters there he had been imprisoned Tor five Tyre years. A i was captured during a major attack on a zionist outpost in the Security zone five years ago. I was wounded and that is How the zionists captured me a he said. Fawaz said he was held in Kamleh prison with Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid. A Sheik Obeid and i were five cells apart a Fawaz said. A Sheik Obeid used to Lead the prayers at the prison every  Obeid was kidnapped by israeli commandos from his Home in Southern Lebanon in july 1989. Hezbollah has repeatedly demanded his Freedom. Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said the release of the arabs was a Only another step in the series of efforts we Are making in connection with the . Secretary general to bring about the release of our people and.  firestorm from Page 1 ing Home. A firefighter and a police officer also were killed said Alameda county supervisor Don Perata. About 1,000 firefighters battled the Blaze which was reported about midday sunday and moved quickly from Street to Street then Hill to Hill in Oakland and Berkeley neighbourhoods with panoramic views of san Francisco Bay. The fire made a deafening Roar As it burned terrain parched by five years of drought. Wildfires burned elsewhere in Northern California and the West. Firefighters battled blazes in Colorado Montana Oregon Washington and Wyoming. In the Oakland ares winds gusting to 40 Mph whipped the flames forcing firefighters to flee along with residents. Thunderous explosions attributed to propane tanks Trees or electric transformers were heard. The fire in the heavily wooded neighbourhoods near the Caldecott Tunnel destroyed at least 350 Homes in Oakland and 30 to 40 in Berkeley said Oakland police sgt. Kevin Traylor. For a time the fire appeared to threaten the historic Claremont hotel a rambling victorian landmark nestled into the Hills. About 100 people were evacuated from the hotel but it was spared. Oregon 1 Idaho s4s the Blaze reported about 11 . Sunday was kicked up by winds gusting from 35 to 40 Mph and heated by unseasonable temperatures that soared to a record 89 degrees in downtown Oakland. Weather conditions were better monday As forecasters predicted slightly lower temperatures and mild winds. Morning commuter traffic was a disaster. The fire forced the closure of two highways that connect suburban Contra Costa county to Oakland and Bay area rapid transit trains were also halted. At least 50 people including three fire fighters were treated at hospitals for bums smoke inhalation and other injuries officials said. Itie cause of the fire was not immediately known. Mayor Elihu Harris said it did not appear to be arson. It was the most destructive fire in California since a wildfire destroyed 560 Homes and other buildings in Santa Barbara county in june 1990. In 1923, a Brush fire in Berkeley destroyed 584 Homes. Before evacuating Many homeowners climbed to their roofs with Garden hoses in desperate attempts to save their Homes. Others did no to get the Chance. A the fire exploded All around us. I thought it was All Over a said Curtis Kar plus who had to leap off his 6-foot Balcony with his wife Rosemary. A i looked out the window and saw a Wall of  Jocelyn Grote fought Back tears As she sat in a parked car. A we stuffed All our clothes in bags a our pictures our files anything and everything we could grab a she said. A there were big clots of fire streaming Over the House. When we left the fire was just on the treetops in our  a caravan of packed Volvo audis Mercedes and bows made its Way out of the area. Other residents stood on their chimneys scanning the horizon trying to guess the fires next move. Thousands spent the night in shelters including 1,000 students evacuated from a University of California dormitory. Soldier killed when Streetcar hits Auto by the stars and stripes Stuttgart Germany a a 565th engr in Soldier died Friday when a Streetcar hit the automobile he was driving in Stuttgart. The Accident happened at 4 20 . At an intersection in the City a Hofen District. The victim spec. Kevin m. Tucker 24, of Baltimore apparently overlooked a red Light that should have stopped him from turning left into the streetcars path German police said. The Streetcar hit the Drivers door of Tucker a compact car and pushed the car about 80 Yards along the tracks. Tucker a Bridge crewman assigned to the 38th girder Bridge co died from his injuries at the Accident scene police said. His wife Chalonda Tucker also 24, a passenger in the car was treated for minor injuries at the army Hospital in Stuttgart a bad Cannstatt District and was released. The tuckers were moving from Stutt Gart to Karlsruhe the Day of the Accident Karlsruhe military Community spokeswoman Ruth Dyal said. The company had moved there earlier but some of its soldiers were not Able to obtain new residences immediately. Tucker had been stationed in Germany since july 1990. His survivors include his wife and a 7-year-old child. A memorial service will be held wednesday at 9 . In the Neureul Chapel in Karlsruhe. Construction to Start on Aviano Mac terminal Aviano a Italy a construction on a new military Airlift come terminal at Aviano a is scheduled to begin in Early november according to a spokesman at the air base. There is no specific timetable for the renovation said staff sgt. Austin Carter Public affairs spokesman at Aviano but the terminal is scheduled to move into a temporary facility nov. 1. The temporary terminal will be set up in hangar 2, directly across from the flight line snack shop. According to capt. Keith Caver commander of det 5, 625th military Airlift support group the new terminal will have enough space to hold the 200-plus passengers who regularly crowd the terminal tuesday mornings hoping to Board the Mac flight to Philadelphia. Caver also said that equipment at the new terminal will make it possible to simultaneously provide anti hijacking Secu qty measures process passengers Anc sign people up for space available flights. There will be limited seating in the temporary terminal Caver said. He expects construction for the new Termina to last at least seven months