European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes world thursday Juty 21,1994 a cargo plane lands at the Airport in Goma Zaire bringing humanitarian Aid tuesday to rwandan refugees. Rwandans flee despite assurances Goma Zaire apr despite assurances of safety from a new government tens of thousands More rwandans fled wednesday to sanctuaries in Zaire that held Only thirst hunger and disease. In the past seven Days an estimated l7mi lion men women and children have left the tiny Centra african nation fearing retribution from victorious rebel forces. Many arc dying in filthy overcrowded refugee Camps. The first suspected Case of cholera an often fatal intestinal ailment was reported wednesday in one of three Camps near Goma where 1 million people Are taking Refuge. Fearing a spread of the highly contagious disease Aid workers already had set up isolation tents in the Camps. Samantha Bolton spokeswoman for the French based doctors without Borders said there was no Way to estimate the number dying of dysentery malaria and Lack of food and water. A people Are dying from dehydration left right and Center a she said tuesday a i walked 20 Yards to our tent at the Munagi Camp today and saw five dead. There was another when i came  despite the Uncertain Fate awaiting them As Many a historic wooden Bridge reportedly to be replaced Warsaw Poland apr Europe a longest wooden Bridge reportedly will be torn Down and replaced by a new modern one. The 4,290-foot-Long Bridge links the Banks of the Vistula River near the City of Wyszegrod 35 Miles Northwest of Warsaw. It was constructed in 1933 and rebuilt after the War in 1947. It is the Only Bridge on a 43-mile stretch of the River and residents have campaigned for its replacement for 30 years. As the Bridge became rickety Over the years its capacity shrank to 2.5 tons and trucks were no longer allowed across. The Bridge is guarded around the clock in Winter against floating ice and sometimes is closed because of High water. A a according to a newspaper report tuesday in the Wycie Warszawa the Bridge will be replaced because of its High maintenance Cost reaching nearly s70g,000 a year. A loan from the world Bank will allow for construction of a new Bridge the report said. The Vistula flows from Southern Poland through Warsaw to Gdansk on the Baltic sea. 3,000 people an hour were reported crossing the Border wednesday in the far southwestern Comer of Rwanda estimates of those still moving through southwestern Rwanda toward Zaire ranged from 1.3 million to 1.9 million said Panos Moumtzis spokesman for the . High commissioner for refugees. If they Cross the Border it would bring the number of rwandans living in refugee Camps in neighbouring countries to about 3.5 million a nearly half of Rwanda a prewar population of about 8 million. A the whole country is coming out of its Borders Quot Moumtzis said. A we feel absolutely  the exodus continued despite assurances from a new government installed tuesday that innocent civilians had nothing to fear. From the Tutsi led rebels who toppled the previous Hutu regime. Those fleeing Are mostly Hutu the ethnic majority from which extremist politicians recruited civilian militias blamed for the deaths of 200,000 to 500,000 people mostly Tutsi in three months of genocidal Slaughter. Alexis Kany Arenge a rebel Leader installed As one of two Deputy prime ministers in the new government asked the refugees to come  no smoking pad May have buts about it Madrid Spain apr Madrid restaurants Long havens for spaniards who wind up their meals puffing cigars or Chain smoking cigarettes took a first halting step tuesday toward Clearing the air. Under an agreement signed Between regional health officials and a business group restaurants with More than 25 tables will be encouraged to establish no smoking sections beginning oct. 1. The agreement is strictly voluntary for the restaurants and specifies that there should be no Adverse economic effects on the restaurants. A 1988 Spanish Law prohibits smoking in elevators and government offices but it is universally ignored. Spain has one of Europe a highest smoking rates. In 1990,51 percent of Spanish men Over age 15 smoked. Fewer women smoke but their numbers Are quickly growing.21 die in plane crash at Panama canal Entrance. From the associated press. Panama City a a commuter plane exploded in the air and crashed tuesday in a mountainous area of Northern Panama killing All 21 people aboard the civil aeronautics administration said. Administration director Zozimo Guardia told a news conference that several witnesses saw the alas airline plane explode around 4 30 p.m., about sue Miles after taking off from the Airport at cold a City at the Atlantic Entrance to the Panama canal. A the reports received is that the aircraft is in pieces and the bodies Are strewn Over an area of a Quarter of a mile around it a Guardia said. A there Are no  said an investigation has  strike in Turkey Ankara Turkey a hospitals took Only emergency cases and countless commuters were forced to walk wednesday in cities around Turkey after More than 2 million Public workers stayed off the Job for the Day. A other effects of the nationwide labor protest were Power shortages in several cities. Workers were protesting a government austerity program that has Cut off pay raises just As Consumers reel under inflation running 100 percent  flight hurts 9 Rome a an a italia flight from Rome to Milan hit turbulence wednesday morning just As flight attendants were serving refreshments leaving four passengers and five attendants slightly injured the airline said. An a italia spokeswoman who declined to be identified said there was no time for the Captain to Alert those aboard the a-300 aircraft that the plane was entering turbulence. A italia said that passengers whose to thug was stained by Coffee and other beverages were allowed to buy new clothes in Airport shops and that those passengers who were to return to Rome on wednesday night were being offered the flight  top drinkers Moscow a russians have overtaken the French As the worlds heaviest drinkers with the average Man swigging More than 21 Gallons of Vodka a year a newspaper reported tuesday. A the alcohol a Victory came almost unnoticed but Cost a lot to russians a the daily Izvestia said. The newspaper cited 1992 statistics a the latest available a As showing that the level of alcohol consumption in Russia reached 3.64 Gallons per capita. The level for adults Only was much higher. In France the consumption of pure alcohol stood at 3.5 Gallons per capita in 1989.ex-Palace guard gets jail London a a judge sentenced a former Buckingham Palace attendant to jail tuesday for stealing from the Palace. Duncan Gray 23, pleaded guilty to stealing a $525,000 Oil painting $595 Worth of Silver cutlery and a $6,000 Rose bowl that belonged to Prince Charles and his wife Diana. A judge sentenced Gray to one year in jail. The painting and the cutlery were recovered but the bowl is still missing Buckingham Palace  behaviour baffling Emmen Netherlands a the standoff Between 120 Baboons and their keepers continued tuesday at the local zoo the Northern zoos entire Baboon population passed its third consecutive Day up in the Trees with the keepers unable to coax them Down. With a full grown weight of 132 pounds and a temperament Best described As Touchy about All the Keepe is h ave be e n Willi n g to do was coax them. A a we re feeding them with water soaked feed so they get drink and food to one a said spokeswoman Dorien de Koo. A they just come Down pick up a handful of food and dash Back into the  it All started sunday morning when the Hama dryas Baboons native to Ethiopia were let out of their sleeping quarters. A suddenly one of the apes started screaming and a second later All of them were in the Trees a said de Koo. Experts at the zoo Are mystified by the Baboons behaviour