European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday january 4, 1992 of German Kohl Speaks out for dec use by Marc Fisher the Washington Post groping for a greater a but still in threatening a role in the world Germany has asked the european Community to boost the status of the German language in its official deliberations. Chancellor Helmut Kohl wants the dec to put German on a Par with English and French in the 12-nation organizations documents and meetings a government spokesman said thursday. While commentators and politicians from France to Serbia have warned of an increasingly aggressive German foreign policy the Kohl government has been at pains to portray its Post unification intentions As a benign and cooperative outgrowth of 45 years of postwar peace. But recent German diplomacy a particularly the country a push for its version of european integration As Well As its drive for european recognition of breakaway yugoslav republics a has led some .  european officials to worry about Germany a tendency to go its own Way. A Kohl spokesman told the associated press that German is a second class language in Many dec affairs. A we have always had a problem that English and French have been first when it comes to publication of dec documents a the official said. A naturally we want German to be appropriately  citing Germany a new size and political stature Kohl wrote to Jacques Del ors president of the european commission the eco a executive Arm requesting a higher profile for German. Although surveys show that germans Are More Likely to speak foreign languages than Are citizens of any other dec country except for the dutch Pride in the German language has increased markedly in the year since the two Ger Many  gumption Madam Tan a Pong a store owner in Singapore prepares a special display of chewing gum which she is Selling at a discounted Price. The Singapore govern ment imposed a ban on the Sale import Export and manufacture of chewing gum on Friday to rid the country of what it considers to be a constant nuisance.7 people killed in huge pileup Milan Italy a nearly 200 cars and trucks piled up in thick fog along a 30-mile stretch of a North italian Highway thursday evening. Police reported that at least seven people were killed and 121 injured. Hundreds of Drivers were stranded for hours As the Highway was first blocked by the Chain collisions and then closed by traffic police to Rush ambulances and Tow trucks to the scene. Police reported that some of the victims were burned to death aboard cars that caught fire after the crashes in both directions of the so called a superhighway of the Sun Between Piacenza and Parma South of Milan. Police officers said visibility was reduced to a few Yards when two trucks and a few cars collided in the initial Accident near Piacenza. Dozens of other collisions quickly followed. Those injured were taken to the hospitals of Fidanza Piacenza and Parma. Several were reported to be in critical condition. A 50-car pileup later Friday closed the Highway just hours after it was reopened following the first mass collision _ police said at least one person was killed and six were injured in the latest pileup that forced them to close the fog shrouded Highway Between Milan and Piacenza. Thirty five people were killed in fog caused Road accidents tuesday and wednesday. S&5 map Scotland Yard issues warning in the Case of the missing spider London up Scotland Yard issued an urgent Appeal Friday for the return of a dangerous guatemalan spider stolen from a House in Southeast London. Quot the spider is about the size of a human fist a said a Scotland Yard spokeswoman. A it is Black with red hair on its Hack and it can paralyse an adult for about 10 hours or kill a Small dog or  the spider was taken from a House in Forest Hill in Southeast a Guidon around Midnight on new years eve where it was kept As a pet the spokeswoman said. Thieves broke into the empty House stealing Silver cutlery and the spider. Police Are unsure whether the spider called Ariadne by its owner was taken by mistake or whether the burglars intended to sell it or show it to friends. The spider is 10 years old and usually lives on a diet of live locusts. Police urged whoever has the spider to treat it with extreme caution place it in a Container and hand it to police. Lava flow from mount Etna ebbs As workers hurry to finish Barrier from staff and wire reports Catania Sicily a lava flowing from mount Etna had slowed dramatically giving workers enough time to build a Barrier to halt its Advance experts said Friday. Quot the first Stream of lava has mostly cooled nearly halting its Advance a said professor Franco Barberi the Volcan Logist in charge of the emergency operation. Barberi said it should be another couple of Days before a new wave of lava reaches the 3,250-foot level of the Mountain where the first Stream has nearly stopped. Just below soldiers and local workers have been Labouring round the clock since wednesday to build an earthen Barrier already nearly 66 feet tall. Barberi said that the two Day respite from the lavas Advance will allow the Barrier to be completed with Quot no problem Quot and to save the nearest Village Zaffarana Etna. So far he estimated the damage caused by the erupt amps map Tion at 3 billion lire $2.6 million. The damage assessment included the destruction of the Aqueduct supplying drinking water to the Village about three Miles Down the Valley from the lava. He said that there is no plan of evacuation being put together for the villages 7,000 inhabitants. Quot what we Are afraid of now is that the Volcano will erupt at some new Point further Down a he said. The current flow which began dec. 14, erupted at the 7,260-foot level of the 10,900-foot Mountain. Barberi said that extremely High pressure in the Volcano meant the lava flow would continue for some time. Personnel assigned to Nas Simonella Are in no immediate danger from the eruption said it. Mark Mccaffrey the base Public affairs officer. The naval air station is about 35 Miles South Southwest of Zafferano Etna. Base officials have cautioned the naval air station residents who number about 7,200 including civilians to avoid the Zafferano Etna area. Mount Etna belches smoke and ashes frequently each year and erupts about every two years. But its lava flow usually follows Well worn channels that keep it away from villages situated on the lower slopes. The building of the Barrier was the first attempt to impede the lava flow since 1983, when explosives were set off to divert the flow into an artificially dug Channel during an eruption that lasted nine months