European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes sunday february 2, 1992 peace dawns in country where terror once reigned san Salvador Al Salvador a a ghostly silence draped Over the capital before Dawn saturday As peace took effect ending a 12-year civil War that killed More than 75,000 people. The usually Lively streets of the capital were oddly deserted As the Midnight deadline passed. But the government and former rebels who Drew thousands of supporters at their Homecoming Friday planned major celebrations later saturday. The  cease fire agreement signed Jan. 16 in Mexico City establishes a new social blueprint for this country of 5.2 million people. Former guerrillas will turn into policemen and the army has promised to Bow to civilian authority. The Accord also Marks the end of a regional Battleground in the cold War a Battlefield where the . Government each year pumped millions of dollars in military Aid to a government fighting leftist rebels. . Military Aid is to be halved to about $40 Millionth bring life to Madrid Spain apr International experts in the study of mummies want the world to know Why they Are wrapped up in their work and will meet in the Canary islands this week in a conference. A we think this is a genuine area of science that has progressed to the Point where it deserves such an event a said or. Arthur Aufderheide an organizer of the first world Congress on Mummy studies. A up to now a lot of people have viewed this As a  Aufderheide a pathologist from the University of Minnesota Duluth spoke by Telephone from Santa Cruz de Tenerife a Spanish province in the Canary islands. He said there were few previous conferences and these typically focused on Egypt. The conference scheduled to run monday through thursday will bring together about 225 scientists from 20 countries with varying specialities. Also on hand will be 25 mummies ranging in age from 600 to 7,000 years. A year the first significant reduction in 12 years. On the eve of the cease fire leaders of the leftist Faramundo Marti National liberation front or Feln returned to a Welcome of Flowers and flags in the capital. The army chief of staff Gen. Gilberto Rubio declared the War at an end. A i have the Honor of informing the salvadoran nation that today is the end of the military Campaign against communist aggression and in defense of the state a Rubio told a major military review in the capital. Gen. Rene Emilio Ponce the minister of defense said a it is now the responsibility of All salvadorans not to curse the Shadow the past has cast but to maintain the flame on the Candle of peace. Let us Bury forever sectarian strife and the vanity of seeking  the rebels later arrived at san Salvador a com Alapa Airport where they were greeted by thousands of people Many waving rebel banners that had been hidden from Public View for  preserve the most eagerly awaited papers Are those dealing with the first findings on Dan research in mummies. Detox ribonucleic acid or Dan is the primary com Anent of chromosomes the structures that transmit hereditary characteristics. Egypt offers the Best preserved ancient examples of artificial mummification. After organs were removed the body was packed with Sal like compounds wrapped for Protection from insects and placed in a dry place Aufderheide said. Similar practices occurred elsewhere. The embalmed body of soviet founder Vladimir i. Lenin on display in a Moscow mausoleum is a Modem example. Natural mummification takes place by Chance under certain soil or chemical conditions. Examples of 2,000-year-old preserved bodies were found in scandinavian peat bogs. Desert areas like the Atacama in North Central Chile Are other Sites for mummies. Aufderheide said mummies offer clues to the evolution of diseases. World Clapton says he blames no one for son s death from wire reports London a a British Coroner ruled Friday that the 4-year-old son of Rock Star Eric Clapton died accidentally when he fell 500 feet from a new York apartment building. The Coroner held an inquest into the incident because the Clapton family Home is in the Southern English county of Surrey. Clapton 47, told the inquest in Guildford Surrey that he blamed no one for the death of his son who fell last March from an open window in his mothers Manhattan apartment. The boy ran across a room tripped and fell from the window left open by a cleaner. Clapton told the inquest that he arrived at the new York apartment shortly after his songs death. He described the scene As  in a television interview with the Grenada network Clapton said he could not blame anyone for what happened. Clapton also said he had written a song tears in heaven in memory of his  kills seven shirt Turkey a an Avalanche crushed a military station in Southeastern Turkey on saturday killing at least seven soldiers and leaving 23 others missing and feared buried gov. Atilla Koc said. He said 15 soldiers were rescued after the Avalanche hit the station in the tune Pinar Village of Eruth township at 4 30 . No other information was  fire flares up Tijuana Mexico a firefighters Are battling a flare up of an underground toxic waste fire that has burned for More than a year. The fire at a Battery Plant covers an area the size of two blocks 13 Miles East of Tijuana. Last week the san Diego Tribune quoted sources As saying the site was contaminated with Lead sul uric acid and other toxic substances that endanger local dairies and farms. Ranchers say fumes and smoke from the factory have caused severe headaches rashes and Eye and Throat irritation for years. Cattle have also fallen sick or died  Rush on thai Street Bangkok Thailand a a Gold seller caused panic on a Bangkok Street when he dropped a bag containing hundreds of nuggets of the precious Metal a news report said saturday. The Bangkok Post reported that the 50-year-old Man was crossing the Street in a Busy downtown area Friday morning when he was almost hit by a speeding motorcyclist. In his fright he dropped his bag which contained about 18 pounds of Gold the paper said. Traffic was backed up for several hours As disbelieving bystanders and passing motorists scrambled to snatch the tiny nuggets off the Road and sidewalk despite police attempts to allow the Gold shop owner to retrieve his valuables.44 killed in bus crash Beijing a an overcrowded bus tumbled 250 feet Down a Mountain slope killing 44 people and injuring 25, a chinese newspaper reported in saturdays edition the Wen Hui Bao said 74 people were aboard the bus on Jan. 16. It was travelling to Xizang county in Southwest China a Sichuan province. Hie Driver was unable to negotiate a Sharp turn in the Mountain Road and the bus tumbled Down the Mountainside. A preliminary investigation found that the buses brakes were in poor condition and it was carrying 22 More people than allowed the report  Abe indicted Tokyo a Veteran lawmaker Fumio Abe a longtime ally of prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa was indicted saturday on suspicion of accepting bribes the Kyodo news service reported. Abe has been under interrogation by prosecutors since he was jailed Jan. 13. He was arrested for allegedly taking $634,000 in bribes Between August 1989 and january 1990 from Kiowa co., a now bankrupt steel Frame company involved in property development. Sign of changing times a worker replaces a sign marking Leni Allee in Eastern Berlin on Friday. Officials renamed the Street one of the most important in East Germany Landsberger Alle and erased i reminder of the former communist regime. Experts about mummies plan