European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 9, 1993 world the stars and stripes Page 11massive earthquake strikes Guam Agana Guam apr an earthquake reported As the worlds strongest in More than four years rocked Guam on sunday knocking out Power to the Western Pacific islands 133,000 residents damaging Bridges and injuring about 40 people. Tourists fled two hotels where parts of floors were damaged. The quake in the . Territory measured 8.1 on the Richter scale of ground motion said Frank Baldwin with the National earthquake information Center in Golden Colo. Suzanna Loper of the University of California seismographic station at Berkeley said the station measured the quake at 8.2. There were no reports of injuries or structural damage at . Military facilities on the Island said air Force it. Col. Greg Smith a spokesman at the . Pacific come in Honolulu. About 40 people went to Guam memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries mainly cuts Hospital Nistra temblor shakes japanese Island hit in july Tokyo a an earthquake measuring a preliminary 6.5 on the Richter scale rocked Northern Japan on sunday sending residents of an Island already devastated by a quake last month fleeing for the safety of High ground. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage caused by the quake who Chi was Felt most strongly on Oku Shiri a Remote Island where 200 people were killed by an earthquake fires and a 100-foot tidal wave july 12. Many residents still Clad in their a Jarvas and some carrying hastily packed bags gathered at evacuation centers on High ground wary of More destruction from tidal Waves. Numerous aftershocks followed sundays quake and the weather Bureau issued tsunami or tidal wave warnings along Northern coastal areas. The warnings however were lifted an hour later. The quake which occurred at 4 42 a.m., was entered about 12 Miles below the Ocean floor off Oku Shiri which lies just West of hokkaido Japan a northernmost main Island. Oku Shiri has a population of about 4,600. Tor pct Rjohn Camacho said. There were no serious trauma cases and no reports of deaths he said the hospitals emergency Generator initially malfunctioned but was repaired and supplying Power Camacho said. Cars caught on Bridges tumbled into Rivers and there were reports of landslides Agana police it. Phil Dennis said. Communication with the Northern part of the Island was difficult because of downed Telephone poles. Gov. Joseph f. Ada spoke to Guam residents Over the radio urging them to remain Calm. The quake struck around 6 34 p.m., Baldwin said. The quakers epicentre was 50 Miles West Southwest of Agana the capital. A fall of a sudden the House started shaking real lightly. Gradually it got worse and worse a said John Ryan a reporter with Guam Cable to who was at Home. The last great earthquake was in the Macquarie islands in the South Pacific on May 23, 1989, when one registered 8.2 on the Richter scale Koyanagi said. A quake of 9.5, the largest Ever recorded was measured off Chile in 1960, he said. Forest fire coastal areas Madrid Spain apr firefighters along Spain a Mediterranean coast battled Forest fires sunday that destroyed nearly 12,300 acres of Woods and Parkland. Fires burned in areas of Catalonia Valencia and Andalusia with firefighters and volunteers employing air planes helicopters trucks and heavy machinery to try to Stem the destruction. There were no reports of serious injuries Over the  the mountains around Beas 12 Miles East of Granada fires destroyed some 3,000 acres including 1,250 acres of Oak and Pine in the Hue Tor Santillan natural Park. A a it was a Beautiful area a the Only Parkland we had in Beas a mayor Jose Mesa told Spanish National radio Rne. A a. Now its  the fire was still out of control sunday afternoon and Mesa said he suspects it was intentionally set. Damage was most widespread farther up the coast in the Valencia Region where fires continued to Burn sunday with the damage estimated at some 8,750 acres the Spanish state news Agency efe reported. The Highway connecting the City of Valencia to Madrid was Cut for five hours saturday because of fire danger. The Road opened in the evening but blazes continued around Valencia. Some 6,500 acres were destroyed along the regions Northern Border with Catalonia Rne reported. A fresh fire broke out sunday morning in Al callar in Catalonia the same site where another Blaze killed five people and burned 2,0q0 acres last week efe reported. Firetrucks and aircraft were dispatched to the site. In the first seven months of the year 7,575 Forest fires burned 70,400 acres of Spanish land according to National Institute for natural conservation data reported by efe. Although rain is ample in Northern Spain much of the rest of the country is dry during the summer months making those areas susceptible to fire. Jacque of oking a 21-Ycar-old student from Soweto smiles after being crowned miss South Africa in Sun City on saturday. Flanking her Are her two princesses Corinne Der Helm left and Marcze stcyn.1st Black wins s. African pageant Sun City South Africa a a 21-year-old woman from the Soweto township was named miss South Africa on saturday becoming the first Black to win the title. Jacqui of oking is the second nonwhite to win the Crown in the 37-year history of the pageant. She succeeds Amy Kleinhans who is of mixed race heritage. A in my own Small Way i would like to help the people in our country to Stop the violence and learn to live with each other in a peaceful Way Quot said. Of oking a University student majoring in communications. A i just want the killing to  the White government has dismantled Many apartheid Laws and set Multi race elections for april but unrest among rival Black groups threatens the election plans. Of oking will receive prizes Worth $210,000 and will represent South Africa at the miss world pageant later this year.3 palestinian negotiators reportedly to quit Over Plo dispute Jerusalem a three pales Lian leaders were headed to Tunisia on inday to resign As Mideast peace Nego tors because of differences with the to a palestinian daily and Israel radio ported. The three Faisal Husseini Hanan Shtawi and Saab Ere Kat decided to it in the Wake of . Secretary of ate Warren m. Christophers visit last week in which he tried to revive the stalled peace talks the radio said. The East Jerusalem based a1 buds daily said the three were resigning a because of a dispute Between members of the palestinian delegation and the Plo leadership a that surfaced during meetings with Christopher. Both the radio and a1 buds quoted unidentified sources in East Jerusalem. The sources could not be immediately confirmed. A Secretary at ashram in a Home and an aide to Husseini both reached by Telephone confirmed Only that the three had left to go abroad sunday via the jordanian capital of Amman. Husseini is the head of the palestinian negotiating team Ashrafi is the teams spokeswoman and Ere Kat is Deputy Leader. The radio said that because or their conflicting views with the Palestine liberation organization based in Tunis Tunisia the palestinian negotiators gave Christopher a different position paper than was drafted by the Plo. It said the negotiators presented a a tougher positions than the plots. No other details were Given