European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes saturday May 16, 1992 prepared Genoa Hopes ship comes in with expo by j. King codger Mediterranean Bureau Genoa Italy a when Genoa opened the three month run of its expo �?T92 on Friday the Premier event in the country a commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus historic voyage the United states Pavilion was one of the few attractions ready to Welcome visitors. Genoa is banking on expo and its connections with its most famous son to put to on the tourist map and to lure 3.5 million visitors this summer. But on thursday night not a single sign in the City pointed the Way toward expo and no banners proclaimed that expo was even taking place on the 12-acre exposition site. Like most of the worlds major ports Genoa turned its Back on its sprawling port in the 1960s when it could not meet the Challenge of Container shipping. Now Genoa a City planners Hope to revive the port and use it to lure tourists. The heart of the plan involves the expo site where once crumbling warehouses have been turned into handsome exposition buildings. The american Pavilion a collaborative Effort of the . Government the United states information Agency and the private sector was officially opened thursday by Peter f. Secchia . Ambassador to Italy. The theme of expo is Quot Christopher Columbus ships and the  in keeping with this nautical theme the . Pavilion highlights the importance of Waterways to the history development and traditions of the United states. It focuses on the Chesapeake Bay Region and the port of Baltimore a sister City to Genoa As illustrative of americans maritime culture and current environmental concerns. Titled Quot beyond the horizon and housed in a renovated 17th-Century Palace the . Exhibit uses multimedia effects displayed in three galleries. The . Pavilion in Genoa is a far better Effort than the american exhibit at the years other International exposition now under Way in Seville Spain. Some of the Crew from the . Navy combat stores try Multi car Virgi Sylvan Ian a chief Cook and chief Petty officer Tony Cain who is in charge of the Sylvania a division that supplies other ships at sea grilled dozens of hamburgers. Quot we Haven to had a Chance to see anything of expo yet but As soon As we fill the bellies of our visitors we will be off to see the fair a Ware said. While in port 25 of the Sylvania screw volunteered to Spruce up a school in Genoa and the ship participated in a pizza baking contest against two local pizzerias. A we have the worlds Best pizza. If Columbus could have tasted our pizza in Genoa he never would have left his Hometown a said capt. Edward Quot Moon Simmons the Sylvania a skipper. The pizza bake off was held at the ii Mosaico pizzeria in downtown Genoa and customers overwhelmingly voted the Sylvania a pizza the Best. A we brought along 200 of our Crew to the restaurant to eat and to vote a said Simmons adding a we were not going to lose that  More than 30 countries Are taking part in Genoa a expo which runs until aug. 15. It looks As if the italian organizers May need another week or so to get ready. On thursday evening the Sites new aquarium Europe a largest was nearly ready to open but still needed water in its tanks and fish to swim in them. Explosive Celebration fireworks burst Over the old City of Jerusalem late thursday night during a Celebration marking 25 years of israeli Rule Over the entire City. The City wus divided Between Iordan and Israel in 1949 and was not reunited until East Jerusalem was annexed by Israel As a result of the 1967 Middle East War. Travellers advisory French Battle pollution around Mont St Michel from wire reports Paris the Bay surrounding Mont St Michel one of Frances most popular tourist attractions has been severely polluted by untreated waste according to officials who announced a cleanup program thursday. Roughly 1.5 million visitors a year come to Mont St Michel a Rocky Isle topped by a Benedictine Abbey and connected to the Mainland by a causeway. Despite the multitude of visitors hotels and restaurants on the Isle have dumped untreated waste water into the Bay. Officials say Mussel and Oyster harvesters Are worried that their livelihoods could be affected. Pierrc Frederic tonic re Buchota a regional water official said the cleanup plan would Cost about $3.7 million and would establish a waste treatment system within two years. He said the Cost of water on Mont St Michel was Likely to increase by 180 percent. The project would entail the temporary removal of the cobblestones paving the Isle s narrow main Street. The Bay already had been the subject of environmental concerns shrinking in size because of the encroachment of Silt. Trouble for subway plans Rome a a proposal to build a subway in Venice appeared to he in jeopardy thursday when Italy a railway said it could not give up track space for a special train. The proposed subway has been attacked by environmentalists and other critics who fear it will destroy the character of the Lagoon City. The subway was to have gone from mistre on the Mainland to Venice using existing train tracks. Then it would have gone underwater to the Island of Gid coca. But a spokesman for the state railway said the proposed subway would have rubber wheels rather than steel ones. Therefore he said a a we a have to eliminate tracks Quot from the railway system for the subway rather than sharing them. The spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity said the railway was prepared instead to cooperate on a special regional train system. It would transport passengers from Mestre to the Venice rain station at the Edge of the City. However he added a clearly it can to go  iraqi gun in museum London a nine sections of steel tube that were ordered by Iraq to build the worlds largest Cannon became museum piece thursday. Other parts that were confiscated two years ago were shipped to a military Laboratory for testing. T he huge steel sections of the iraqi weapon were confiscated by customs agents in april 1990. The Imperial War museum in Duxford near Cambridge has 42 tons of super gun parts. The Royal armoires museum at fort Nelson has pieces of a smaller gun called a baby Babylon Quot which the iraqis admitted test firing four times. The iraqis were required to dismantle the guns under the terms of the persian Gulf War armistice.. Soldier tells court he roped killed girl 1 7 by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Ellwanger Germany a a . Soldier confessed Friday in German court that he raped and killed a 17 Vear old girl in Schwabish a mind in 1990, and raped and tried to kill a woman in nearby Hub Lingen in 1991. The Soldier spec. Marcellus v. Singleton 111, faces several charges in connection with attacks on six women in communities in the Eastern part of Badin Wurttemberge state. His trial began monday in a regional court in Ellwanger. In his confession the 23-year-old Singleton claimed that he was having sexual problems with his pregnant Girlfriend and that the trouble motivated him to attack and rape other women according to District attorney Harald Stephan. Singleton was serving with he co 1st inf Piv fwd in go Pingen about 25 Miles East of Stuttgart. German authorities conducted Dan identification tests on his sperm and blood and determined they matched that found on the victims Stephan said. Singleton was arrested in june 1991. The court has heard 45 witnesses including the five surviving victims in five Days of testimony. A Heidelberg psychiatrist has been directed to examine Singleton and to report his findings when the court reconvenes thursday. The prosecution and the defense May deliver their closing arguments that afternoon or the following week. The series of crimes began in August 1990, when authorities say Singleton tried to rape a woman in Ebersbach. A second rape attempt involving a different victim occurred in nov. 25 in Schwabish Amund. The slaying occurred dec. 24. Authorities say Singleton struck the victim on the head with a Hammer like object then raped her. The victim a polish immigrant died 12 Days later. On May 5, 1991, alter lie returned from a three month deployment to saudi Arabia for operation desert storm authorities said Singleton attacked another woman with a Hammer like object and raped her near her Home in winning in. When her Mother came to her Aid she also was attacked. T Roe Days later in Goblin Gen a 28-year-old nurse was attacked and raped. She had been Riding a bicycle Home from work. A prosecutor in the Case denied published reports that German authorities had retained jurisdiction to avoid the possibility that an army court martial might convict Singleton and sentence him to the death Penally. Germany has no death penalty