European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday december 24, 1992 Uiti candlelight reflects concern of germans a three unidentified Young women stand in front of Frankfurt Salt Oscr or old opera House with candles illuminating their signs that read a give nazis no  an orderly crowd of germans Many of them carrying lighted candles gathered in downtown Frankfurt on a wet evening tuesday to protest racism and anti foreigner Vio Lence by Neo nazis and other right Wing radicals. The demonstration involving nearly 100,000 people came on the heels of tuesdays action by the Bonn government Banning a Neo nazi group a the fourth rightist anti foreigner organization to be outlawed since  faces Issue of same sex marriages from wire reports Frankfurt Germany a Frankfurt District court has told City officials to accept applications for same sex marriages but the decision might not stand a court spokesman said tuesday. Same sex marriages Are illegal in Germany but the Gay Community has been pressing for a reversal of the Law. In August homosexual couples hooded civil registry offices in Frankfurt Berlin and other major cities to Force the Issue. Many of the Gay couples later filed suit to overturn registry office refusals to accept marriage applications Heinrich Straschil spokesman for Frankfurt District court said that court has instructed registry officials to accept three same sex marriage applications. But Straschil said the registry officials Likely will file an Appeal. Prolific to scriptwriter Dies London a playwright Ted Willis credited in the guinness Book of world records As being the worlds most prolific television scriptwriter died tuesday at age 74. His serial epic about a plodding London police officer Dixon of Dock Green glued an estimated audience of 15 million to their to screens every saturday night for 21 years front 1955 to 1976, for the British broadcasting corp. Willis son John said his father died from a heart attack at his Home in Chislehurst Kent after going out to collect the morning newspapers. He leaves a widow Audrey and their two  on for balloonist Tokyo a a japanese piano tuner who headed for the United states by balloon one month ago has vanished the coast guard said tuesday. Other nations coast guards and ships in the Pacific were asked to report any sign of Yoshikazu Suzuki or his gear but a so far we Haven to received any information a a said Yasunori Futamura of the maritime safety Agency. Suzuki 52, left Japan on nov. 22. Portuguese investigating claim wind Shear caused Jet crash Faro Portugal apr a portuguese official said wednesday that it is too Early for investigators to confirm Martin air a claim that an unforeseeable burst of wind Shear brought Down the charter airlines dc-10 Jet this week killing 54 people. Portuguese dutch and american investigators along with teams from the makers of the plane and its three engines were searching through the scorched wreckage of flight my 495, while the airline was preparing coffins that would carry the dead a mostly dutch vacationers a Back to the Netherlands. Martin air president Martin Schroeder said tuesday in Amsterdam that the Pilot could not have avoided the disaster which occurred As the plane was Landing in Stormy weather with 340 aboard. A that is far from being determined yet a said fran Cisco Severino Faroe a assistant Airport director. A it is the investigation commission that has to make that  officials did not expect to conclude their preliminary investigation in less than a month. Early reports that the Pilot attempted to land More than once before crashing were erroneous and apparently based on reports from passengers confused by changes in Altitude and direction Severino said. A five Miles before Landing the flight commander spoke with the Tower a Severino said. A the Tower said the Light was of the weather was of no problems for them to come Down. But it is the Captain who makes the final decision. There was no indication in the Tower of a  blast hits London subway station London apr a North London subway station was safely evacuated before an explosion during the tuesday evening Rush hour police said. The explosion on the platform followed a Telephone warning m the name of the Irish Republican army. The Ira has killed More than 1,800 people during its 23-year Campaign against British Rule in Northern Ireland. A spokeswoman for the London underground system said the Hampstead station on the Northern line had been evacuated before the explosion at 4 57. There were no casualties the spokeswoman said. A police spokeswoman described the explosion As Small. She said anti terrorist officers had been called the scene. She said there was Only one warning which w called in to the British news Agency press associate less than half an hour before the explosion. This month the Ira has set off explosions in major London department store and outside Anotol underground station. Two bombs in Manchester to month injured 64 people. The London underground spokeswoman said Servi to nine stations on the subways Northern line h been suspended. Weather taking its toll on Swiss glaciers Bern Switzerland a Switzerland a once mighty glaciers Are slowly melting under the Impact of mild Winters and hot Summers a report said tuesday. The Survey by the Swiss Academy of scientists said the glaciers had shrunk to their smallest size in 112 years of systematic monitoring. The report said 1990-91 was a a Shea a loss year for the 109 glaciers studied. It said the Valais Region in southwestern Switzerland was worst hit. The Grin Elwald Glacier a popular tourist attraction in the Central Swiss Alps also was badly affected 1 he scientists said glaciers Are suffering from a combination of warm winds from the Sahara desert and seven straight mild Winters and hot Summers. They predicted the glaciers would continue to melt and disappear within a time scale ranging from several centuries to several thousand years