European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 b the stars and stripes world sunday january 17,1993 London up a Windsor Castle reopened saturday just two months after fire swept through the British landmark causing an estimated $90 million Worth of damage the charred framework of St Georges Hall and the grand reception room both gutted in the nov. 20 Blaze have been made Safe. Now archaeologists Are sifting through the piles of burned rubble in search of anything that can be kept or used in the restoration process. Nothing remains however of Queen Elizabeth has private Chapel where the fire began. In place of the magnificent Chapel Organ which piped music for state banquets into the 200-foot-Long St. Georges Hall there is Only a gaping Hole in the ruin special screens temporary doors and closed circuit television have been installed to allow visitors to see the fire devastation and to View workers sifting through the charred rubble. Quot i think people will be fascinated and awed by the utter devastation of the fire a said Hugh Roberts Deputy Surveyor of the Queens works of Art. The castles representatives believe the fire damage itself will form part of the tourist attraction "1 be surprised if people weren to queuing up to look at these blackened remains rather than the other state apartments Roberts said. Sir Patrick Palmer governor of Windsor Castle said a a this is a wonderful Opportunity for people not Only to see the magnificent state apartments which have been subject to a program but also to be Able to see the results of the fire and what a happening in the Way of the smell of Burnt Timber was still overpowering in the two gutted Public rooms As preparations were made for the reopening of Windsor Castle s state apartments which House part of the Royal collection a considered one of the finest Art collections in the world. And the devastated remains of the two rooms usually open to the Public contrasted vividly with the splendor of the rooms that survived the Blaze. Some of the Castle s 15 state apartments were reopening to the Public closed not because of fire damage but after an extensive restoration and rewiring program. These rooms bore no signs of smoke or fire damage. Tale of sex Tel Aviv Israel a a new phenomenon has burst into israeli politics the sex scandal. Still recovering from jitters Over the Allied raid on Iraq to viewers were suddenly served a decidedly different Bill of fare thursday night when Benjamin Netanyahu came on the air and talked about his extramarital affair. Netanyahu 43, is one of the Bright Young stars of israeli politics a polished articulate and with a political style that draws heavily from his experience As a Diplomat in the United states. He made his name As an articulate spokesman for the previous right Wing government both at Home and abroad. Now Quot Bibit pronounced Bec bees he is nicknamed is a front runner in the race for his liked party s nomination As israelis next prime minister. In his Bombshell live appearance on the nightly news Netanyahu revealed that an Anonymous caller had telephoned his wife the previous Day and threatened to expose Nis affair with another woman unless he quit the race. Was there indeed an affair a a there was a replied Netanyahu. Quot it ended some months ago a he refused to give any details saying he owed no one an explanation except his family Quot it is personal and will remain personal he said Sarah his wife of two years stayed away from the Media. Apfell Benjamin Netanyahu left with his wife Sarah at their wedding in March 1991. Tho bedroom was the last outpost of israeli politics that had not been conquered by America. A Nahum Tamea Netanyahu accused Quot a very senior Man in i Kudo of being behind the blackmail attempt but refused to give his name. David Levy his main rival in the March 25 party election angrily denied Media speculation that someone in his Camp was behind it. On Friday the scandal was the main front Page Story. Alongside photos of Netanyahu his wife and their Newborn baby newspapers reported that the blackmailer had threatened to release a videotape of Netanyahu in an intimate situation with the other woman. The problem for political analysts is that Israel has never had a real politics and sex scandal so nobody knows How this one will play. Although several leading politicians Are rumoured to have had extramarital affairs these never made a Media splash. Quot my guess is that the reaction would be much More moderate than elsewhere a said pollster Hanoch Smith. Quot israelis have so Many big problems that they done to really focus on this sort of by All accounts it was Netanyahu himself who made the matter Public and initiated the live to interview. Some commentators blame american influence for shifting israeli politics from ideology to personalities. Quot the bedroom was the last outpost of israeli politics that had not been conquered of America a wrote Nahum Barca in Edioth Aharon oth. Quot it is conventionally thought that israelis have a healthier attitude than americans to the sex lives of the famous a he wrote. Quot the Bibi Case will enable this convention to be examined on the Eli Dayan a senior lawmaker in the ruling labor party said the controversy signalled a the importation of the vilest political habits from America and Quot private lives have no bearing on Public office and this is As it should a a he said. Quot this is a flagrant violation of it s the Mother of All hungarian political parties Budapest Hungary a the mamas from p4pa want dad at work and mom at Home. So they be founded Hungary. Newest political party. The National party of hungarian mothers is the brainchild of Agnes Somoray a native of the Western town of Pipa. The party was registered dec. 28 and plans to contest National elections next year even though present membership is at a modest 30 people. They re All women but men can join Somoray says. Two concerns led her to go political Somoray said Friday Quot the hungarian nation is becoming extinct and families need to be the population declined from 10.62 million in 1984 to 10.33 million in 1991, the last year of published demographic statistics. The 34-year-Ofcimother of four and co organizers in p3pa, 90 Miles West of Budapest want traditional mom and pop roles re established. That Somoray said in a Telephone interview would Lead to population growth. Quot we want the head of the family to be just that earning enough to support his woman and children a she said. Somoray said the party seeks increased family allowances and an Extension of maternity leave for working women from the present 3 years to 10 of reporter identified new York a human remains dug up in Cambodia last year have been identified As those of an american Abc correspondent who disappeared 23 years ago while covering the War in Southeast Asia an Abc official said saturday. Welles Hangen a remains were positively identified Friday night by the . Army. Central identification Laboratory in Honolulu said Arthur lord a senior producer for Abc news in Burbank Calif. Hangen was one of five television journalists believed executed by the communist Khmer Rouge following their disappearance in the cambodian Jungle on May 31,1970. He was 40. His body was one of four dug up from a riverbed during a .-cambodian excavation last March. The other three were identified last october but Hangen a medical records were unavailable and positive identification was delayed pending a Dan blood test. The five had been driving along a Highway covering a Battle when one vehicle was hit by a grenade that killed three other lbs journalists. The Khmer Rouge marched the five into the Jungle 25 Miles South of phenom penh. They were never heard from again. When excavated from a riverbed in a Rice Field two were found with their hands tied behind their backs a . Official said last year. Hangen a remains will be cremated and buried at Arlington National cemetery in Virginia on Jan. 29. Hangen a wife Pat said saturday from Alameda Calif., that she had still held a Hope her husband would be found alive arsonist hits . Consulate Hamburg Germany a an arsonist set fire to the . Consulate in Hamburg but caused Little damage police said Friday. Firefighters and police reacted quickly to a fire report about 930 . Thursday and the Only damage was a blackened Wall police said. The police statement said someone poured a flammable liquid into a Light Shaft of the building and set fire to it. The arsonist apparently Cut himself climbing Over a Fence because there was a blood Trail the statement said. The Only clue to a possible motive was a postcard sized image of the late iranian revolutionary Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini left on the Fence around the consulate the statement said. The consulate declined to comment other than to confirm there was minor damage to the building. A
