European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday january 6, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 11 . Begins talks with emirates on Security a tourists line up tuesday outside the main Entrance to Windsor Castle in England. Visitors now have to pay to get in. Sfart of fire damaged London up tourists visiting Windsor Castle were hit with an 8 Pound about $12 admission fee be ginning tuesday part of Queen Eliza Beth h s Effort to raise funds to help renovate the Castle following a fire. The fee allows visitors to enter the grounds of the medieval Castle and tour several attractions including the state apartments where Kings and Queens have lived St. George s Chapel and the picture gallery. Previously tourists were admitted to the Castle grounds for free and could choose which if any of the exhibits they would View paying for each separately. A visitor choosing to View All the exhibits on the new 8-Pound ticket previously would have paid 9 pounds $13.80. The decision to impose ticketing for entry to Windsor Castle comes after the november 1992 fire that caused an estimated 40 million pounds about $61 million in damages. Nine rooms in Trecastle were damaged four of which will be entirely restored. The others will be redesigned because a full restoration would be too costly. In an Effort to raise funds for the work Buckingham Palace was opened to the Public for the first time with tickets also costing 8 pounds. Washington f up the Clinton administration and the United Arab Emi rates Are holding talks on turning informal understandings into agreements that will enhance Pentagon planning for protecting the persian gulfs vast Oil sup plies in Case of attack . Officials said tuesday. Assistant Secretary of state Robert Gallucci s talks in Abu Dahabi will focus on reaching an agreement in which the Arab nation commits in writing to participate in joint military exercises wit troops from other Gulf nations and the United states they said. The Accord also will Grant american troops ships and aircraft Access to bases in the emirates As Well As permit the Pentagon to position War Materiel there. Kuwait saudi Arabia Qatar Oman and Bahrain which along with the United Arab emirates make up the Gulf co operation Council already have signed such an Accord with the United states. The idea known As the Gulf cooperation Council initiative was announced by the Bush administration shortly after the War with Iraq More than three years ago. Assistant Secretary of state Edward Djerejian said at the time that the Initia Tive is designed to protect the economic Security of the whole world. Senior administration officials said that Djerejian s words were merely diplomatic shorthand for Protection of the gulfs Mammoth Oil reserves which Supply much of the world with fuel. The written agreement with the Emi rates however is merely a formality officials said. In practice they said the Pentagon already has stored vast amounts of Materiel in All of the Gulf nations use bases there with regularity and participates in joint military exercises. . To Check on philippine kids fathered by americans. " Rvl. V .1. A -1 of a a a _ a. I _ a aaivwn1 by to of i or a Etc Manila Philippines a a . Mission will visit this nation next week to look into the conditions of thousands of philippine children fathered by . Servicemen it was announced wednesday the department of foreign affairs said the Mission will include four . Congressional members including rep. Lucien Blackwell d-pa., who has introduced legis lation that would Grant . Citizenship to such children. That Bill would include filipinos in the coverage of the amerasian immigration act of 1982, which . Citizenship to abandoned children fathered by . Servicemen in Korea Vietnam Thailand Laos and Cambodia. There Are an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 philippine children left behind by american dads after the fathers military Tours of duty in the Philippines ended. The United states had kept several military bases in the Philippines since the Early 1900s, including Subic Bay naval facilities and Clark a the . Military presence ended in 1992, however after the philippine Senate voted Down an Extension for Subic Bay s lease. The delegation arriving next tuesday for a three Day visit is to meet with president fide Ramos visit Subic Bay and have dinner with amerasian children. Deformed chernobyl area boy flown to London for treatment London a a 6-year-old boy born severely disabled after the Cherno Byl nuclear disaster arrived wednesday in London for medical treatment. Igor Bovlick was born in the Ukraine Village of Bragin 43 Miles from Cherno Byl 11 months after the 1986 disaster. He was born with no right Arm stunted legs and feet turned outward. Igor s Mother abandoned him soon after birth and he has been raised at a children s Hospital in Minsk Belarus. Victor Mizzi chairman of the Cherno Byl children life line which arranged to Fly Igor to Britain said there were Many More children in hospitals throughout the former soviet Union. The wards Are full Mizzi said at London s Heathrow Airport. There Are children there with every kind of deformity Igor will be fitted with an artificial Arm during his three month stay in Britain and doctors at Guy s Hospital in London will examine his feet to see if surgery can help. The nuclear reactor at chernobyl exploded april 26, 1986, releasing a radioactive Cloud across much of the for Mer soviet Union and Europe. The official death toll was 32, but ukrainian doctors and environmentalists say at least 250 people died. Doctors have warned that deaths from cancer and radiation related diseases could run to 10,000. Has Ness a turned Argentine san Carlos de Bari Loche Argentina up at least 20 vacationers in Southern Argentina say they saw a strange creature emerge from a Lake and the clamor has brought on lookers in droves. Jessica Campbell a resident of san Carlos de Bari Loche 1,100 Miles Southwest of Buenos Aires was among those who claimed to have seen a creature break the surface of Lake Nathuel Hupf last weekend. We could see several parts of the Back of a very big Long animal that emerged from the Lake and caused a lot of Waves she said. It submerged again and resurfaced a few seconds later then returned to the Depths of the Lake. I could t compare it to any known animal. We could t see its head or its Tail Campbell added. The clamor Over the beast in the Lake comes weeks after British scientists ruled out the possibility of a monster living in Loch Ness in the scottish Highlands hoping to put an end to More than a Century of legend and speculation about residents of san Carlos de Bari Loche say the animal they Call nah Eli to has lived in the Lake for several years. Some say it is a Large Freshwater fish others maintain it is a monster of unknown origin. The announcement of the sighting has brought dozens of curious onlookers to the Lake carrying photographic and video cameras in the Hope of Cap Turing images of the beast
