European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday november 16, 1991 British beef up forces after Rise in n. Ireland violence the stars and stripes world Page 9 Belfast Northern Ireland up three Hundred extra British troops were ordered into Belfast in a bid to Stop a wave of killings in the spiralling War Between protestant and Catholic paramilitary groups the British army said. The extra troops will be deployed in both protestant and Catholic districts in Northern and Western Belfast where five men have been shot dead and five other people seriously wounded since wednesday night. The latest victim was a Catholic who was shot Early Friday in Lurgan 20 Miles West of Belfast police said shortly after the incident. Another Catholic Man believed to be a leading member of the nationalist Irish Republican socialist party was shot in the stomach thursday night at his House in Springfield Road. He was reported hospitalized in serious condition. Thursday a Catholic taxi Driver was shot in the head and Arm As he drove children to a primary school at Raven Hill Road in the South of the City. A spokesman at British army Headquarters in Lisburn 10 Miles West of the City said 200 troops would be redeployed from other duties in Northern Ireland and 100 others were expected to be flown in to Belfast from Mainland Britain within 24 hours. Extra police also were deployed in the City after police and army chiefs were told at a Security meeting that intelligence reports warned of plans for a dramatic increase in attacks on civilians property and Security forces. Police sources said the recent surge of violence was planned to coincide with a pre Christmas bomb Blitz by the Irish Republican army which is fighting to remove British control Over Northern Ireland. Already this year 81 people have been killed in gun and bomb attacks in Northern Ireland. A total of 2,931 people have been killed in the unrest in the province since 1969. Dan Kohl talks to reporters after starting a hunger strike to protest living conditions for elephants Nike and Shiva. Fired zoo keeper protests conditions Stockholm Sweden apr a fired zoo attendant has refused to leave the elephant quarters and started a hunger strike to protest the animals living conditions news reports said. A i will not leave the elephants Nike and Shiva voluntarily. The police will have to Cany me away a Dan Kohl told the National news Agency to on thursday. Kohl demanded that Justice minister gun Tellvik inspect the Skansen zoos 100-Square-Yard elephant House and the 475-Square-Yard paved elephant run to said. She declined. The zoo dismissed Kohl in a dispute involving his complaints about conditions. Zoo authorities agree the area is too Small but say they Lack funds for an alter Nate site. They want to sell the two elephants. Kohl wants to keep them. A if someone wanted to separate you from your kids How would you react a he said. Plans to move Nike and Shiva to a Large animal Park South of Stockholm were dropped after one of the Parks elephants accidentally squeezed a keeper to death. 3 americans nabbed for wildlife smuggling from wire reports Sydney Australia a three americans have been ordered to stand trial for allegedly trying to smuggle rare Bird eggs and a Lizard from Australia prosecutors allege Joseph Fred Demaio 1, and Matthew Salvatore Pisciotta 24, both of new York and Ronald Martinolich 24, of Florida were part of a multimillion Dollar wildlife smuggling operation. The Trio ordered thursday to face trial were arrested on sept. 16 at Sydney Airport As they tried to Board a plane to los Angeles. Martinolich whose Hometown was not immediately available was allegedly carrying a Lizard in a hidden Pouch in his underwear. Demaio and Pisciotta allegedly were each carrying 36 cockatoo eggs concealed in modified vests. Skinheads attack families Leipzig Germany a Neo nazi skinheads burst into the apartments of two vietnamese families smashed their belongings and stabbed one of the occupants police said thursday. The separate attacks in the East German City were the latest and among the boldest in a surge of violence against foreigners in Germany. Six intruders on wednesday kicked in the door of one apartment beat and kicked the husband and threw him in a cellar where he was stabbed with a knife. Police said the 43-year-old Man was hospitalized with serious injuries. Or a Ipar it be also wednesday four thugs broke into Anothy threatened the vietnamese a univ baseball bats and Gas pistols and demolished the apartment. The couple was not Hurt. Queen Victoria Speaks London a a faint voice on a 103-year-old recording device May be the Only record of Queen Victoria speaking author Paul Tritton believes. A a a i think its More Likely to be her than not Tritton said wednesday. The science museum where the Wax coated Cylinder has been stored for More than 60 years is putting on a special display of the taping the times of London reported. Only nine of about 40 words Are recognizable a greetings. The answer must be. I have never forgotten a the times said. Tritton discovered it while researching a Book about Henry Edmunds a supporter of the graph Aphone a recording device of the 1880s. Wei remains found Paris a archaeologists have unearthed human remains in a Woods in Eastern France that May be those of Henri Alain Fournier a promising writer killed at the Start of world War i officials said thursday. In 1913, the 27-year-old Alain Fournier wrote a highly acclaimed novel la grand meal pcs about life in a Small French town. On sept. 22,1914, As a lieutenant commanding an infantry company he was killed during a Battle with German soldiers near co mercy. France s anti smoking proposals Stoke protest Paris apr French smokers disdainful of what they regard As an Ameri can style obsession with clean living Are fuming Over government proposals to limit where they can Light up. Their grousing while Short of a Rush to the barricades has prompted Premier Edith Cresson a already unpopular government to Retreat from immediate imposition of the anti smoking measures. A for me its an attack on Liberty. In France we have Liberty. This in t America a said Laone Peralta 56, puffing on a Gau Loise the pungent National favorite Brand at a Haze filled cafe near the champs Elysee. The gallic Ideal of Liberty fires both sides of the argument. Non smokers who Are increasing in number demand the Freedom to breathe clean air. But smokers demand the right to their vice. At Issue Are health ministry proposals that Are in line with a Europe wide trend to curb smoking. A we have to go step by step in a country like this. It can to be like a police state or there will be a counter reaction a said or. Helene Bost hour tech of the French National league against cancer. The health ministry proposed that a restaurants Reserve 50 percent of their tables for non smokers until 1995, and 70 percent thereafter. A trains be composed of 50 percent no smoking cars up from 30 percent. A smoking be banned on Domestic air line flights in rest areas at private firms and from waiting lines at Post offices and other Public buildings. A fines of up to $445 be levied for multiple violators. The proposals Drew the Wrath not Only of smokers but restaurant owners fearful of losing their smoking clientele. Media commentators wondered whether police would enforce the Law and accused the government of overstepping its Bounds. A a we re a latin country and we done to like constraints a said Bost hour Teca. A where there Are rules they Are generally followed. But i done to foresee police patrolling the uproar forced Cresson a govern ment one of the most unpopular since world War ii to backpedal. She returned the proposals to the health ministry for review. The ministry is negotiating the Issue with labor unions that support the governing socialist party. Non smokers welcomed the proposed measures As overdue. A Paris is one big ashtray a remarked Chris Jones 28, a Canadian studying in the capital. A a in be never seen a place where people just smoke on the Street like about 66,000 French citizens die of smoking related disease each year Bost hour tech said. The social Security administration estimates the health costs related to smoking at $3.6 billion a year
