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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, November 2, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday november 2, 1991 animosity toward . Fading in Hanoi Hanoi Vietnam aple Ngoc Thuy Drew aside a soiled curtain across his altar to reveal fading photographs of his wife and their three children. They 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. A i 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. Quot but if that Pilot were in front of me now a 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. Be Ngoc Thuy sits in front of his Shack while recalling 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 soon 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 feeding 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 Chanty toward Vietnam a said Dinh Ngoc due a 77-year-old retired doctor who loss 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. Survivors of military crash airlifted from Remote site Edmonton Alberta up ground and air rescuers Friday began to evacuate the 13 survivors of a Canadian military transport plane that crashed wednesday killing five people about 350 Miles from the North pole. The four most critically injured were taken by helicopter to Alert a radar tracking station on Ellesmere Island in Canadas Northwest territories. Rescue officials hoped to have the other nine removed from the crash site by the end of the Day but were hampered by High winds which prevented helicopter travel. The survivors eventually will go to a . Base in Thule Greenland for medical stabilization then to the nearest Hospital said it come. Wally West of the Canadian forces base in Edmonton Canadian military helicopters and Nodwell track vehicles reached the crash site 12 Miles Southeast of Alert on Friday Morniing. West said there were about 40 rescuers on site. The victims All military personnel included the planets Pilot capt. John Couch of Edmonton Load master master Cpl. Roland Pitre of Edmonton and three passengers capt. J. Trepanier of Ottawa master warrant officer . Jar Dine of Trenton and warrant officer r. Grimsley of Ottawa. Rescue efforts had been thwarted by High winds blowing Snow Jow Cloud cover round the clock darkness and temperatures of about 5 degrees below Zero. The cc-130 Hercules a Large four engine Turboprop carried five Crew members and 13 passengers on the routine resupply flight. The flight was one of three annual routine flights to Supply the base with food and fuel. Star of Bethlehem was a Comet scientist says London a the Star of to fettle hem signalling the birth of Jesus Christ was really a Comet visible in the Spring of 5 ., a leading Sei Antist 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 Bisle is of a single object that a stood Over Bethlehem a said Humphreys head of the department of materials science at Cambridge University. He said astronomical and historical evidence suggested the Quot Star a which appeared in the East was one of several comets listed in ancient chinese records. Comets such As Hailey a often look like 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 arc possible candidates for the Star of Bethlehem those of 12 ., 5  And 4  A Luis 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  honoured Sis Dev cry townspeople in  Germany celebrate All saints Day at a cemetery Friday. All saints Day a religious festival honouring All Christian saints is observed on nov. 1 by roman catholics and members of the anglican communion  
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