European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8a the stars and stripes thursday May 7, 1992 soccer tans struggle to climb out of the Maze of Metal tubes created when a temporary grandstand collapsed on Corsica. 20 people killed 700 Hurt when grandstand collapses Switz. O z it to Italy Corsica Sardinia Bastia Corsica apr authorities were still shuttling injured soccer fans to Mainland hospitals wednesday As prosecutors opened a homicide investigation in the collapse of a temporary grandstand that killed at least 20 people. Officials said 60 of the 700 injured were Hurt seriously in tuesday nights tragedy which occurred just before a French cup semifinal game was to begin. The temporary stands for 10,000, made of Metal tubing had been brought in to increase the regular capacity of 8,500 seats at the stadium on Corsica an Island territory of France for a match Between Bastia and olympiade Marseille. Authorities said the stands were not solidly fixed to the ground. Jean Fournet Fayard president of the French soccer federation said the stands were inspected and certified monday. Hungary Austria Bastia site of bleacher collapse Rome Africa tyrrhenian sea Sicily Mediterranean sea several spectators said that fans had been stamping their feet just before the collapse and that the Metal scaffolding was unsteady. Fans were unable to hear several warnings broadcast Over loudspeakers to Stop the stamping. A the stand vibrated about three seconds then just fell Over a said Bastia fan Antoine Casanova. A there was a huge noise then an immense silence and then cries for help a Bastia fan Jose Poggioli said. A it was horrible a a mass of Metal tubes and fans covered with  the collapse of the top 15 rows of the stand built on the North end of Thefield threw some spectators 80 feet to a the ground. Helicopters evacuated the injured from the playing Field where some received first Aid and transfusions. Air Force and private planes shuttled hundreds of injured to Mainland hospitals. By mid morning wednesday Many families remained without word on the condition of their loved ones. 100 Milam 100 pm work at sex jewish cemetery held up Bonn Germany apr a Developer halted work tuesday at a former jewish cemetery that has become the focus of a clash Between orthodox jews from abroad who seek to save the site and German jews calling for Compromise. The firm of Buell and Liedtke said work leading toward the construction of a shopping Center and apartment Complex on the Hamburg site would Stop while it called in one of israelis most important rabbis to Rule on the controversy. Hamburg jewish leaders proposed that the rabbi be sent for. The 1.5-acre property much of which is now a parking lot was the site of the nearly 400-year-old Ottense cemetery until the nazis destroyed the burial ground and built an air raid Bunker on it. In 1950, the few holocaust survivors left in the Hamburg jewish Community sold the land to private investors. In 1988, Buell and Liedtke purchased the property. It has begun tearing Down the Bunker. Although admitting the Sale violated jewish Law that maintains cemeteries should be kept forever Hamburg jewish leaders said the Sale was Legal in Germany. They and others among Germany a Small jewish population Are urging moderation fearing the controversy will inflame right Wing extremists. Rabbi Nathan Levinson of Hamburg appealed last month for Calm a in View of the jews now living  but orthodox jews from Israel Britain Switzerland and Belgium have been protesting the construction work since september. In the last two weeks police have guarded the site almost daily to ensure that protesters do not try to disrupt work As they have in the past. On tuesday Peter Voss a spokesman for Buell and Liedtke announced that his firm agreed to the proposal to Call in rabbi Yitzhak Kolitz the ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem and former judge on the rabbinical supreme court. He said there would be no work at the site until a ruling by Kolitz who arrives sunday. But Voss refused to speculate on what would happen if Kolitz sided with the orthodox protesters. A the jews believe there is a real cemetery Here a Voss said in a Telephone interview. A but it Hasni to been one for the last 40  a if they come Here  see that there is no real cemetery a he added. The Israel based society for the preservation of jewish holy Sites which is organizing the protests has asked geman Chancellor Helmut Kohl to intervene. But Kohls spokesman Dieter Vogel said monday that it was a state matter in which the Federal government could not interfere. Hamburg City officials also have said they have no Legal right to intervene in the matter. World . Military Maneu vers unsettle Castro regime from wire reports Mexico City a Cuba on tuesday denounced the military buildup at the . Naval base of Guantanamo on the East of the Island As a threat to the marxist regime of Fidel Castro the official party newspaper said. A on May 1, the United states began War Maneu vers in the Region a the party newspaper was quoted As saying. The buildup the paper said is part of the Atlantic fleets Ocean venture 92 exercise involving More than 30,000 marines and troops. It is scheduled to last until May 20. Nature s death toll rises Bern Switzerland a natural disasters claimed an estimated 160,000 lives last year the worst death toll since 1976 when an earthquake killed 240,000 people in China a Survey by the Swiss insurance Industry said tuesday. The report noted that the risks of death and destruction from natural disasters have increased because of rising population density and because More companies and communities Are moving into disaster prone areas. Navy enthusiast fined Brisbane Australia a an unemployed teen Ager who wants to join the . Navy was fined $230 wednesday after stowing aboard a visiting american naval ship. Nineteen year old Kurt Craig Stellenberg of Melbourne said the submarine tender proteus was one night out of Sydney before the Crew realized he was not a Sailor. He was arrested by Federal police tuesday after the four Day trip to Brisbane. The ship is visiting Brisbane As part of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral sea. Panama violence erupts Panama City a a protest by thousands of unemployed people erupted in violence tuesday in the pm bean port of col6n, prompting an overnight curfew. Police broke up a March with tear Gas and shots fired into the air when protesters tried to carry their grievances to a government office where president Guillermo Endara was meeting with officials. Gunman kills 1 in bar Belfast Northern Ireland a a gunman opened fire at random in a Belfast bar tuesday night killing one protestant Drinker and injuring two others police reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack at the mount bar in the predominantly protestant Tiger Bay area in the North of the City. The Man who was slain was not immediately named by police. They said he was elderly but gave no age. Gangplank Falls in Sicily Palermo Sicily a a gangplank collapsed As dozens of italian tourists were boarding a ship on tuesday authorities said. More than 30 people were injured and two women were reported missing. About 40 tourists were boarding the Giovanni Pascoli bound for Naples when the gangplank slipped from its moorings to the ship Ana five people plunged into the sea officials said. Sex ruler Pinochet treated Santiago Chile a former military ruler Gen. Augusto Pinochet was released from Santiago a military Hospital on tuesday after being treated for an irregular heartbeat caused by an anti flu Medicine the army reported. An army communique said that a the results o the exams taken and the general evolution of to commander in chief have been