European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 19, 1993 world the stars and stripes Pago 9 France wants . Talks on growing crime from wire reports Paris a France will propose a . Conference to combat the global spread of organized crime groups like the mafia Justice minister Michel Gauze Lac said monday. Gauze Lac speaking on radio Monte Carlo said that he would suggest the idea to four other european Justice ministers who have been meeting with Nim in the Southern City of Arles since sunday. France is worried about the spread of Italy s mafia and other criminal organizations into the 12 european Community states thanks to this years relaxation of Border controls. The meeting a attended by Justice ministers from Italy France Spain Portugal and Greece a comes three Days after police in Sicily arrested Salvatore Riina believed to be the mafia s top Boss. Sea May get new name Manila philippine non communist Southeast asian nations Are considering changing. The name of the South China sea to discourage chinese claims to a Chain of Oil Rich islands there officials said monday. A there is a convergence of views on this Quot foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo told reporters. Romulo said the idea was under discussion within the six member association of Southeast asian nations which includes the Philippines Thailand Malaysia Singapore Brunei and Indonesia. He did not indicate when a decision would be made or How the proponents would lobby for the name change. Oldest japanese turns 114 Tokyo a Tane Sikai the oldest japanese celebrated her 114th birthday in a Hospital bed monday. Hersity mayor gave her Flowers. Sikai who became the nation s oldest person on june 16,1992, when Waka Shirahama died at age 114, has been confined to bed since she was stricken with a cerebral Haemorrhage five years ago. An official at the Hospital in Nagoya Central Japan said Sikai can to speak Well but eats three meals a Day. She eats Nee Gruel containing various kinds of vegetables the official said. The oldest Man in Japan is Gengan Tonaki in Okinawa 108 years and two months old. Zimbabwe faces his threat Harare Zimbabwe a More than  million zimbabweans have contracted the virus that causes aids and up to 1,000 people Are being infected every 24 hours a research group said monday. John Fraser Mckenzie head of the commercial Farmers Union aids prevention program predicted the epidemic will have a disastrous effects on this Southern african nation of 10.4 million  said transport finance marketing and the farming sector were expected to suffer a severe loss of skills Over the next decade unless the spread of aids is slowed. Athens limits traffic Athens Greece a the government monday announced a ban on private cars from the Center of Athens As warm weather sent smog Levels soaring to danger Levels. The environment ministry said All private cars would be banned today from 6 . To 8 . In a 5. Square mile area around the Center of the City. Only Odd numbered cars will be allowed to drive in the greater metropolitan area. Taxis with Odd numbered License plates and All buses will be allowed in the Center. The ministry said it took the one Day measure after warm still weather caused a dangerous buildup of air pollution in the Mountain ringed Athens Basin. T said some pollutants including nitrogen dioxide had reached danger Levels. The capital monday had a High temperature of 64 f. Homes bombed in Corsica Ajaccio Corsica a bombs planted by nationalists destroyed or damaged nearly 30 vacation Homes on this French Mediterranean Island police said monday. No injuries were  Homes belonged to foreigners or Trench main Landers including Dominique Mouton director of Fiat France a the italian automakers Trench subsidiary police said. Avalanche buries houses kills at least 16 in Turkey Ankara Turkey a an Avalanche descending like a a Sheet of White Quot buried 50 houses in a Vil Page in northeastern Turkey on monday at least 16 people were killed trapped under tons of Snow a local official said. The disaster occurred at lozenge i 20 Miles from the provincial Center of Bayburt 95 Miles East of Ankara the sem official Anatolia news Agency said. Village official Faik Cakir said in a Telephone interview that about 50 people Pere still trapped monday afternoon and 15 were injured after being pulled out alive. The Village has a population of about 380. A it struck at about 8 . Before we could understand anything half of the Village was buried a Cakir said. A there was a tremendous noise and suddenly a Sheet of White descended on the Village leveling the houses a he said. Cakir added that the death toll was relatively Light because Many people were at morning prayers or tending livestock. While waiting for rescuers villagers used picks and shovels to try to dig out those trapped Cakir said. He said villagers were told that two army helicopters sent from the Avalanche buries houses nearby Garrison town of Erz incan had to re turn to their base because of bad weather. The Snow had piled. 2 Yards High in the area and the temperature was minus 13 degrees. A to Steps on toes in Vienna Vienna Austria up a As people in Bosnia and Herzegovina fight to survive the bitter Winter Vienna a High society is again indulging in its annual soul searching and Calls Are growing for the Fah Tous a opern balls to be scrapped. A the opera Ball last called off during the 1991 persian Gulf War is the highlight of several dozen balls throughout january and february when leading politicians Waltz the night away. This year though opera director loan Hollender has caused an uproar with Calls for the annual get together to be scrapped once and for All. For Hollender the Ball is a a huge  he said the opera has to close for two Days to allow for preparations and the singers dressing rooms stink of cigarette smoke for months afterwards. Although the government a which decides the balls Fate a is unlikely to sacrifice its annual shindig the atmosphere has been further dampened by reports that town Hall bureaucrats have drawn up a Quot Black list of balls where they will be watching dance floors to ensure that numbers Are strictly within safety limits. And the almost ritual anxieties about Waltzing loosed off a round of invective from Thomas Chorherr editor of the conservative newspaper die Presse. A it will be of enormous help for raped women for concentration Camp inmates for the refugees the starving and those freezing if carnival in Vienna is sub Duck a Chorherr wrote in a front Page editorial. A the main thing is we show our bad conscience.�?�. As Ever in Austria the squabble has political repercussions the conservative a Blacks Quot treasure the annual gathering while Many a a red socialists a although members of the government coalition a would just As soon do without the Ball the environmentalist greens Are backing Hollender. However Ball fans needed no prompting to defend their annual gathering. A the whole world imitates this Ball but Here we want to scrap the original a Lotte Tobisch the doyenne Disney bans characters from yugoslav papers Belgrade Yugoslavia apr add Mickey mouse Donald Duck and friends to the growing list of casualties from the civil War in the former Yugoslavia. Walt Disney publications has cancelled contracts and pulled its cartoon characters from yugoslav newspapers. The action was to protest the support by Yugoslavia of serbian fighters in Bosnia and Herzegovina s civil War newspapers reported sunday. A who killed Donald Duck Quot read one headline. A Donald chained Mickey weeps a proclaimed another. The Disney figures have been appearing in yugoslav papers or comic books for 60years. Phone messages left at Disney Headquarters in Burbank calif., were not immediately returned sunday night newspapers carried lengthy commentaries about the ban which they Saio was imposed in line with the . Economic embargo. A your children who at bedtime watch horrendous to pictures from the War will be deprived of the few remaining dreams a the daily Politika said sunday. A what kind of developed world is that to shamelessly take away Mickey and Donald a the weekly Creme called the Disney embargo a cheap  it said. Donald and his Friend will have to go underground of the Ball season told the weekly Magazine news. A you can Only be that stupid in  Oil Tanker leaking off estonian coast Tallinn Estonia apr an Oil Tanker has leaked thousands of Gallons of Oil after running aground off the estonian coast and was in danger of breaking apart in rough seas officials said monday. The estonian Tanker Kihnu was carrying 294,000 Gallons of crude Oil and 126,000 Gallons of Light fuel Oil when it went aground late saturday in the Gulf of Finland near Tallinn said Kalle Pedak Deputy director of the estonian Marine Board. One estonian ship managed to attach a line to the Tanker monday in an attempt to hold it in place said Mati Raidma Deputy director of the estonian Rescue Board. If the Tanker remains intact officials Hope to Tow it to a nearby shipyard. But 60 Mph winds forced rescuers to abandon efforts to remove the tankers nine Man Crew Pedak said. Estonia dispatched four boats to keep the Oil from spreading Pedak said. They were expected to Lay Down Oil booms but it was unclear if that would be effective in the rough seas several trucks stood by to Dean up any Oil that washed ashore. The Tanker probably will be torn apart in the rough seas Raidma told the Baltic news service. A this would be the worst Oil catastrophe in estonian history if this happens a he said he said the Tanker had already spilled up to 11,760 Gallons of Oil. The 200-foot-Long Tanker hit rocks just a few Hundred Yards offshore As it carried Oil from one terminal near Tallinn to another a few Miles away Raidma said. Finland sent one ship to help and offered to Send a helicopter to Rescue the Tanker s Crew said Hannu Ayravainen commander of the Gulf of Finland coast guard in Helsinki. Saturdays Accident happened u Days after an Oil Tanker ran aground off the Shetland islands and spilled 24 million Gallons of Oil into the North sea