European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ike sufi Kamic Lpes vol. 50, no. 248 tuesday december 17,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 356 d 8693 London rail line bombed police converge on London a Victoria station on monday after a bomb threat led to closure of the City a Man rail stations. London apr a bomb exploded near the country s busiest rail Junction before Dawn monday prompting British rail to close All its London stations for hours and throwing the morning commute into chaos. No injuries were reported. Twenty minutes before the blast a Man claiming to represent the Irish Republican army telephoned a to station and said a bomb had been planted at a major rail station. No bomb was found during a search of the capital s eight stations. Also monday the London Stock Exchange was evacuated for two hours following a telephoned bomb threat Scotland Yard said. A search uncovered nothing suspicious. The incidents appeared to be part of the iras recent Campaign in Britain in which 75 firebombs have been set off since dec. I. No one has been Hurt although economic damage has been severe. On sunday the Ira firebombed a Bookstore at the National gallery one of London a major Fine arts museums. The terrorist group said it would continue to disrupt daily life until Britain ends its Rule of Northern Ireland. If set by the a however mondays bombing would signal a change in tactics from recent efforts which have been largely confined to incendiary devices set in buildings. The last time the Ira targeted British rail was on feb. 18 when it bombed Victoria station killing a Man. Scotland Yard said the bomb monday exploded at about 6 . On a Railroad track about 300 Yards North of Clapham Junction station in Southwest London see bomb on Page 2 Yeltsin pledges strict control of nukes Moscow apr russian president Boris n. Yeltsin assured Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii on monday that All 27,000 soviet nuclear weapons will be put under strict control. Yeltsin met with Baker for four hours and then told reporters at a joint news conference that a a single authority would take charge of All strategic and nuclear arms. He also said that three of the four so Viet republics with nuclear weapons will destroy those arms leaving Russia As the Only nuclear state to emerge from the splintering soviet Union. The three republics that would relinquish the weapons Are the Ukraine byelorussian and Kazakhstan. All four will join the International non proliferation treaty Yeltsin said. Nuclear weapons Security topped bakery a Agenda for his five Day visit to what he referred to As the a former soviet  he and Yeltsin also discussed the growing International Relief Effort to assist the soviet people through the harsh Winter now taking hold. Whether Mikhail s. Gorbachev the embattled soviet president would be left with any meaningful role seemed even More unlikely. Yeltsin dismissed reports that Gorbachev might stay on As com Mander in chief of the military. A i feel ashamed of those commentaries especially in the Izvestia paper a the russian president said. A i would not like to discuss his future a Yeltsin said. Quot its up to him to  later Gorbachev told reporters the changes sweeping the country were Quot very serious both for our nation and Tor our see Yeltsin on Page 2 . Navy searching for ferry victims rescuers help an egyptian Man who was on the ferry which Sank in the red sea. Saofaga Egypt apr . Navy aircraft joined the search monday for survivors of the ferry sinking that left 462 people missing in shark infested red sea Waters. Investigators meanwhile were looking into complaints from some of the 178 survivors that the Crew of the Salem express abandoned ship without helping them into lifeboats or flotation gear. They also want to know Why the ferry strayed outside Standard navigational channels. The 1,105-ton ship went Down saturday night about six Miles off the Gratian coast after ramming into a Coral reef in Stormy 10-foot seas. A we Are looking for both survivors and bodies a said Brig. Abdel Karim Al Gaz Zar Egypt a Deputy chief of port Security. A we Haven to lost All Hope that there May be some survivors although the Odds Are against  prime minister Atef Sidki who travelled to Saofaga said Many passengers May have been on lifeboats driven far from the wreck scene by Strong winds. Ahmed Gamal Sobhi Saf amp Gas City Council chairman said Only four bodies see ferry on Page 2 Don t blink a you la miss him Collegeville Minn. Apr Santa and his Reindeer May Nave slowed Down a bit in recent years but they re still about a Hundred times faster than the Wink of an Eye says an associate professor at St. Johns University. Santa now has about a millisecond to visit each Home on his route says Stephen Saupe who recently updated the calculations he created a few years ago of Santa a Speed. Saupe a biology professor assumes that in 12 hours Santa visits All children in North America and Europe whose families celebrate Christmas. He multiplies the population of North America and Europe 780 million by the percentage of children in that population about 20 percent and again by an estimated percentage of families celebrating Christmas. The result is divided by the average number of children per see blink on Page 2