European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday december 28, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3 fuel smuggled to freezing Marj Al Zohoury Lebanon apr villagers smuggled heating fuel to 415 palestinians expelled by Israel and stranded in a Snow covered no Manis land in Southeast Lebanon As a . Envoy arrived in Israel seeking to end their plight. The deportees spent their 10th freezing night in a tent Camp Between israeli and lebanese lines since their expulsion dec. 17 and said they were almost out of food. They claimed heating fuel and drinking water ran out Days earlier. Villagers from the Central Bekaan Valley renowned smugglers across the Border with neighbouring Syria were seen sneaking through Olive Groves into the deportees Camp with plastic canisters filled with kerosene. Reporters did not see whether the villagers were also sneaking food to the palestinians All Muslim fundamentalists although Small amounts have been smuggled in Over recent Days. A lebanese journalists allowed to visit the deportees daily bring in batteries newspapers Medicine and eiga Rettus. A the palestinians were expelled by Israel after six israeli military personnel were killed in the jewish state and the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. Lebanon refused to accept them saying it did not want to become a a dumping ground for people deported by Israel. The jewish nation refuses to take them Back. Two representatives of Palestine liberation organization Leader Yasser Arafat a Fatah guerrilla faction also sneaked through the icy mountains past lebanese checkpoints to visit the deportees. Christmas delivery gets help from maps by Craig Martin staff writer Heidelberg Germany a sets. Gary Vandertang and Robert Henderson and their fellow police were expecting a quiet Christmas Day As they patrolled the Heidelberg military Community. Their expectation did no to last Long thanks to Karen von Braunsberg and her daughter Amanda Lynn who will be 1 week old new years Day. Vandertang and Henderson a Holiday duty adventure began when a 6 09 . Call came into the 529th my co that a woman was in labor in her quarters in Heidelberg a Patrick Henry Village. Vandertang Henderson and three other military police members including Vandertang a wife responded. They found von Braunsberg in her living room with intense contractions insisting that she was going to have a baby right away. Her husband spec. Tom von Braunsberg was with her. Karen von Braunsberg had begun labor about 5 ., but she was in too much pain to ride in a car to the Hospital. So the couple called the maps who arrived within minutes. A i Felt the baby move Down and the urge to push a she said. A a that a the last thing right before you Vandertang said he knew then that it was too late to move her to the Hospital. A i was pretty frantic because i knew the baby was coming a von Braunsberg said. A we had her lie Down on the floor in the living room a Vandertang told the stars and stripes on saturday. A was soon As she Lay Down the water at 6 20, Vandertang and Henderson delivered 8-Pound, 1-ounce Amanda Lynn into the world. The infant arrived shortly before the Karen von Braunsberg shows her Christmas present Amanda Lynn. A amps Craig Martin German ambulance which took the Mother and daughter to the military Hospital in Heidelberg. A i was kind of scared a said Tom von Braunsberg who is assigned to the . Army Europe a Headquarters at Heidelberg a Campbell Barracks. A i was glad the maps arrived when they did. They did a real Good did no to realize that morning the baby would come so soon a Karen von Braunsberg said referring to the birth of her third child. A the maps knew exactly what to do. We re really grateful to the von Braunsberg family includes Stephanie Joyce 6 and t of jr., 2vi. The Mother said she Felt easier once Vandertang told her he had helped deliver a baby at his last duty station. The Mother and daughter were to leave the Hospital sunday. Inmates rampage at British prison London up a an inquiry was under Way sunday after rioting inmates at a prison in Berkshire set fire to buildings and injured three officers before guards were forced to flee officials said. About 100 police stormed the prison at Reading 30 Miles West of London late saturday to regain control from 48 inmates who smashed furniture and set fires in the Kitchen and gym in a four hour rampage a prison spokesman said. At least 40 firefighters battled for More than two hours to control the fires. T he results of the investigation into the causes of the riot and assessment of damages at the prison a holding Center for prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing will be sent to the Home office the spokesman said. A it seems to have begun after a number of inmates took keys from prison staff. We do not know Why they did it a a Home office spokesman said. Police officers were inside the prison sunday interviewing inmates and a everything is Calm now a the prison spokesman said. The prison spokesman said the riot began about 7 15 palestinians both governments refuse to allow Relief Aid into the Rocky no Many a land just North of israelis self proclaimed a Security zone in Southern Lebanon. In Israel . Undersecretary general James Jonah arrived on a Mission to try to resolve the palestinians plight which has drawn International censure of Israel and could endanger .-sponsored Middle East peace talks. Gad bin Ari spokesman for israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin said the expulsion decision was a a Sovereign decision of Israel. Its a final decision and its not up for he did not say whether israeli officials were willing to discuss with Jonah the possibility of allowing Relief organizations to provide the deportees with supplies through the Security zone. Libyan paper assails ., urges Boycott Cairo Egypt apr an official libyan newspaper urged the libyan government and other developing countries sunday to withdraw from the United nations which it said was being used As a weapon against them. Quot the newspaper a1 Zahl Al Lakhdar claimed that the United nations is now controlled by a powerful hands Quot and urged developing countries to found their own International organization. The newspapers editorial was carried by the official libyan news Agency Jana monitored in Cairo. A the United nations has become a sword aimed at the Small people Al Zahl Al Lakhdar Libya turned on the United nations after the organization slapped the country with sanctions on air travel diplomatic relations and sales april 15. The embargo was an attempt to Force Libya to hand Over two libyans indicted in the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland which killed 2.70 people. Russia to Issue 10,000-Ruble note Moscow apr spiralling inflation and a severe Cash shortage have prompted russians Central Bank to begin printing 10,000-Ruble Bank notes news agencies said saturday. The new Bills Worth roughly $25, will be 100 times larger than the biggest Bank notes issued by the soviet government that disintegrated a year ago. Inflation has soared to 2,000 percent since then and prices freed in january by russian president Boris n. Yeltsin have risen so astronomically that shoppers pack huge wads of Cash for everyday purchases. Earlier this year Russia introduced 200-, 500-, 1,000 and 5,000-Ruble notes. One Dollar is Worth 414.5 rubles at the current Exchange rate. Injure 3 guards . After the inmates aged 16 to 21, refused to return to their cells at the end of a recreation period. They obtained a set of keys after attacking a prison guard and other staff members soon withdrew he said. One officer suffered a fractured cheekbone another a fingers were fractured and a third had cuts and bruises the spokesman said. Several others received Hospital treatment for smoke inhalation he said. More than 70 other inmates quickly surrendered because they did not want to become involved the spokesman said
