European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes saturday november 2, 1991animosity toward . Fading in Hanoi Hanoi Vietnam apr la Ngoc Thuy Drew aside a soiled curtain across his altar to reveal fading photographs of his wife and their three children. The died he said when . Bombers destroyed their neighbourhood 19 years ago. A if i had met the Pilot who dropped those bombs right after the attack i would have killed him by any Means  said the 78-year-old Man sadness etched in his eyes "11 was crazed with  Thuy described the night of dec. 26, 1972, the so called Christmas bombing of Hanoi when he lost his family inside an underground shelter next to their Brick Home that also was obliterated. A but if that Pilot were in front of me now Quot he said. A Well i have become Calmer. I know everyone on both sides had to do their duty a they had no Choice. And the War has been Over for Many years. Now we must look to the  if any place in Hanoi has cause for bitterness against the United states it is Thuya a neighbourhood along Kham Thien Street a working class area through which american warplanes Cut a deadly Swath. Several Hundred civilians perished in a Campaign by president Nixon to pressure Hanoi into a peace agreement to end american involvement in the Vietnam War. A memorial to the Kham Thien Street bombing says 283 people were killed and 266 wounded there on dec. 26. U Ngoc Thuy sits in front of his Shock while recoiling the bombing of his Hanoi Street on dec. 26,1972 that killed his wife and three children. But even Here among factory workers and sidewalk vendors the anger has faded and residents Hope for renewed ties with their one time Archenemy. The United states scion will begin talks with Hanoi on normalizing diplomatic ties and perhaps end a crippling Trade embargo imposed since communist forces triumphed in 1975. A French colonial Villa has been reserved for the future . Embassy at 19 Haiba Trung st., where the United states maintained its last official presence in Hanoi a . Consulate. In most parts of Hanoi and particularly among youths pro american feeling runs High. In one of the worlds last bastions of communist Power a new and once most improbable refrain goes a America is no. 1,�?� accompanied by the thumbs up sign. Many Hanoi residents have relatives in the United states which represents the Good life in contrast to their sacrifice and poverty. People also believe that lifting the Trade embargo will hasten Vietnam a economic development with foreign investment. And most in Hanoi under the age of 30 do not remember the wars horrors and hatreds a As do the survivors of Kham Thien Street. A i Hope or. Bush will be the architect of Charity toward Vietnam a said Dinh Ngoc due a 77-year-old retired doctor who lost his eldest son in the Christmas air raids. A every War creates tragic consequences. But i am not angry anymore. Its been Long enough to forget a he said. Thuy lives in a narrow fetid Alley behind dues Coffee shop. His Leaky roof is made of thatch and the Walls from bricks he salvaged from his destroyed House. He said he had never recovered a economically or emotionally a from the bombing. At Sunset on the rim of Hanoi children played outside a primary school. In front the twisted remnants of a . B-52 bomber jutted from a Pond otherwise Lush with vegetable Beds. A plaque said the plane had been downed dec. 27, 1972. Star of Bethlehem was a Comet scientist says London apr the Star of Bethle hem signalling the birth of Jesus Christ was really a Cornel visible in the Spring of 5 ., a leading scientist says. Professor Colin Humphreys rejected a popular theory that the Bright Light seen in the heavens by the three Wise men was a conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in 7  A recent calculations show that Saturn and Jupiter would always have appeared separate whereas the description in the Bible is of a single object that stood Over Bethlehem a said Humphreys head of the department of materials science at Cambridge University. He said astronomical and historical evidence suggested the a Star a which appeared in the East was one of several comets listed in ancient chinese records. A a Comet uniquely fits the description in Matthew of a Star which newly appeared which travelled slowly through the sky against the Star background and which stood Over Bethlehem a Humphreys said. Comets such As Hailey a often look Tike stars but follow an orbit around the Sun. In an article to appear in the quarterly journal of the Royal astronomical society Humphreys said that based on ancient chinese astronomical records three comets Are possible candidates for the Star of Bethlehem those of 12 ., 5  And 4  A it is shown from historical and biblical evidence that the comets of 12  And 4  Were too Early or too late. Hence the Comet of 5  May uniquely be identified As the Star of Bethlehem a he said. Jesus birth in 5  Is also consistent with the census of Caesar Augustus Humphreys said. Jesus was Likely born Between March 9 and May 4,5 ., probably around passover april 13 to 27, Humphreys said. Only during passover would the Bethlehem inn have been full he said. 12 survive 6 missing after crash of military transport in Canada Alert Northwest territories apr twelve survivors of a military plane crash in the Arctic have been found after a search and Rescue team parachuted through blowing Snow to reach them. Six other people aboard the c-130 Hercules were unaccounted for capt. Rohin Barr of Canadian forces base Edmonton said Friday morning. Quot they re getting medical attention to the people they find and they re searching the area looking for whoever else they can find Quot Barr said. I he conditions of the survivors were not known. I he plane was on a routine Supply run from in Hule Greenland to a Canadian military station at Alert the world s most northerly settlement when it crashed about 12 Miles Short of the runway wednesday afternoon. The cause of the crash was not determined. Radio Contact earlier showed there were survivors among the 18 people on Board hut High winds and blowing Snow prevented rescuers from reaching the area immediately following the crash. The weather cleared enough by late thursday to allow six parachutists to land near the Snow covered Rocky site said cd Al. Rod Gray of cab Edmonton where the Hercules is based. Aboard the plane were five Crew members from Edmonton 10 military passengers and two civilians from Ontario bases in Ottawa Leitrim Kingston and Trenton and one military member from Gander Newfoundland. 4 sentenced for failed Van Gogh theft am Sildam Netherlands map a a dutch court thursday sentenced four local men to up to five years in prison for the Thor cd theft of 20 Van Gogh paintings. Dutch Media reported. R. Van hasten a guard at the Vincent Van Gogh National museum who was on duty at the time of the april 14 theft received a five year sentence. His three co defendants two of whom were the robbers received four and five year terms according to the dutch National news Agency an p. According to court evidence the 24-year-old Van Baston switched off the museums infrared alarm system to allow the two bandits to strip the works Worth hundreds of millions of dollars off gallery Walls the news Agency said. 1 he sensational Thelt trom the Amsterdam museum ended less than an hour after it was pulled off when the paintings by the i9ih-Eentury dutch impressionist were discovered in a parked car. Three of the paintings were badly torn. A a police said the theft failed because a second car had a Flat tire on its Way to rendezvous with the  in the wind Drivers Speed along a Roadway in Lel Ystad the Netherlands flanked by giant windmills. The windmills 35 of which Are located in the area provide electricity for hundreds of households