European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 10, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3filipino toll expected to hit 5,000typhoon Seth bearing Down on country Manila Philippines apr divers recovered bodies saturday of victims swept out to sea during the floods and landslides triggered by tuesdays tropical storm. Officials said the death toll May reach More than 5,000 people in the Central Philippines. Meanwhile a typhoon was reported to be heading toward the country. The Manila weather Bureau reported saturday that a typhoon was headed for Northern and Central areas of Luzon Island and would begin to affect weather there by monday. Forecasters said the new storm typhoon Seth was entered saturday about of Miles East of extreme Northern Luzon. It was headed Southwest with maximum sustained winds of 115 Miles per hour. President Corazon Aquino planned to travel today to Oroc City 350 Miles Southeast of Manila where most of the victims perished in the tropical storm. Navy divers found 16 bodies buried in shallow portions of the Bay off Oroc City said rear adm. Mariano Domangcas chief of the philippine Navy. A Domangcas said More bodies were believed to be entombed under tons of debris still floating in the Bay after tropical storm Thelma struck the islands of Leyte and Negros. He said four Navy vessels were involved in the sea search while two other Navy ships were delivering dump trucks generators water tanks and other essential equipment to Oroc City. Local and National officials said at least 3,465 people died including More than 3,000 in Oroc City. In addition 2,080 people were listed As missing and officials said they think most of them died. In Manila civil defense director Ernesto Rivera said there is almost no Chance that any of the missing have survived. A Loimoc is isolated and there is no place for the missing to go and they Are probably dead he said. Throughout the Day philippine military planes and Navy barges arrived with supplies. . Officials said two . Navy and one philippine air Force c-130 planes left the Subic Bay naval facilities on Luzon in route to Taloban in Leyte. The planes Are to deliver food blankets and other supplies. From Taloban the goods will be ferried by truck and helicopter to Oroc City. But Oroc City mayor Maria Victoria Locsin said authorities were having problems organizing a food distribution system because they were overwhelmed by the scope of the disaster. Many supplies were stored at City Hall because there were not enough City workers available to hand them out. People who joined up at Supply Points received a Small tin of sardines and 2.2 pounds of Rice. Oroc City is a major sugar and Rice producing Center but Many of the food stocks were destroyed by the cascading mud and debris set Loose by the flood Waters. Survivors spread Muddy Rice in the Sun to dry. Emiliano Osmena governor of the Central province of Cebu sent 300 nurses doctors and civil service personnel to Oroc City on saturday to help prevent the spread of disease and assist local officials in restoring Public services. A we cannot expect anything from the poor people of Oroc who Are still under Shock a Osmena said. A they Are also dissipated  Osmena said his staff hoped to restore electricity in parts of Oroc City by monday. Aquino also announced that Japan had donated $1 million to storm victims. France Australia and the United states earlier gave donations. The philippine department of budget and manage it Flap residents remove debris from a Yard in Oroc City Fob lowing tuesday s devastating tropical storm. Ment released an initial amount of $259,000 to fund Relief in Oroc City and nearby  police kill gunman free hostages Lude Scheid Germany up a masked gunman on Holiday from prison who held nine hostages in a Bank for 22 hours was killed by sharpshooters saturday As he tried to make his getaway with a $6 million Ransom. The gunman who used five of the hostages As Shields was shot in the head after he was Given the Money and a minibus he had demanded prosecutor Manfred Risner said. None of the hostages was Hurt. Risner said the gunman was a convict who had been allowed out of prison on vacation. Such vacations for prisoners Are customary. Wearing a White stocking mask the convict held up the Bank Friday about 3 . And took 15 people hostage. He released two children and four adults late Friday and Early saturday. The police anti terrorist squad stood primed to pounce after the gunman was Given the Ransom of 10 million Marks and a getaway car he had demanded. He left the Bank with his human shield about 1 . After handcuffing the five hostages together and placing a Blanket Over their Heads. But he apparently could not Start the bus and was returning to the Bank when police attacked witnesses reported. Within five minutes the gunman was dead and All the hostages a three Bank employees and six customers a were free. The robber was armed with a pistol and a Dummy bomb when he entered the Branch of the Commer Bank in a pedestrian zone in Luden Schwid about 43 Miles Northeast of Bonn. After he had rounded up the customers and employees Friday the gunman made one hostage strip to his underwear to take a message with his demands to police for Handcuffs food cigarettes and the Ransom. Police imposed a news blackout during the a i Csc. They appealed to German radio stations not to broadcast news of the incident. Police said the gunman who apparently listened to newscasts had threatened to kill the hostages if a blackout were not imposed and his demands were not met. 4 die in crash of Small plane in Darmstadt by Jimi Jones staff writer emergency workers have found the bodies of four people who were killed Friday night when a Small twin eng me air plane crashed into an apartment building in Abw town Darmstadt Germany. Darmstadt police spokesman Werner Riihl said the four victims were the Cessna aircraft a 57-year-old Pilot his 40-year-old wife who was a passenger an 80-year-old woman who lived in the building and her 54-year-old daughter who was visiting. He did not provide their nationalities or names. Riihl said the buildings roof and one apartment on Kar Strasse were destroyed in the Blaze that followed the 7 30 . Crash. Two other apartments were damaged he said. He estimated property damage $1.86 million. Riihl said 27 people were evacuated from their apartments and spent the night in a hotel. The area around the crash site was temporarily cordoned off Friday. Riihl said saturday that the Streetcar Stop nearest the apartment building will be closed for the next three to four Days. The cause of the crash is still unknown and it had not been determined whether weather had been a con firefighters and Rescue workers search through the wreckage saturday following the plane crash in Darmstadt. Attributing Factor. It was raining at the time of the Acci singers was flying Low Over the City 15 Miles South of Dent. Frankfurt when it crashed. They said it had appeared the bodies were removed from the wreckage sat to be having engine trouble urday morning. The plane Hung Between the houses Riihl said the plane was on a flight from Mannheim roof and third floor. To Essen. Witnesses said the plane which could carry sex Pas United press International contributed to this report