European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 27, 1994 world 1 the stars and stripes Page 13 French police Grill key Basque suspect Marseille France a police on Fri Day questioned a woman known As the tigress wanted in connection with 23 killings attributed to Spain s deadly Basque separatist group Eta.  Lopez Diaho 30, reputedly one of Eta s most dangerous operatives was arrested thursday in Aix in Provence and transferred under heavy Security to this Mediterranean por  said that under anti terrorism Laws she could be held up to four Days before being charged probably in Paris. Wanted by police in France and Spain for Sev eral years Lopez Riany was accompanied by an unidentified French citizen when she was arrested. It was unclear if the Man was taken int custody. She was carrying a pistol and false identity papers As do nearly All Eta members in the Hope they will be charged and sentenced in France and thus delay extradition to Spain. Said to have been a member of Eta s lethal Madrid cell Lopez Riano is wanted in Spain in connection with at least 23 killings. Salvage team gets reprieve on flying b-29 from Arctic Copenhagen Denmark a hours before a deadline ran out an american Salvage team thursday was Given another week to Fly Home a Vintage b-29 spy aircraft that was stranded in Northern preen and 47 years ago. The team which has been repairing the abandoned bomber is now waiting for favourable weather conditions to Fly the b-29 from a Frozen Lake about 620 Miles South of the North pole to nearby Thule a a . Facility in Greenland. Friday had been set As a deadline for the Salvage team to use Thule base located 220 Miles farther South. But the Thule a commander  , gave the Salvage team a week s respite said cmdr. Erik Thomsen a banish army Liaison officer in Thule. Thomsen expected the b-29 super fortress Nick named Kee Bird to land there monday or tuesday. The weather forecast for the next Days is pretty Good he said. The rain and winds that had threatened to delay the b-29 project for another year stopped wednesday afternoon. But weather conditions in the Arctic can often change quickly and the California based private Salvage team needs three Days of Clear skies to prepare a runway. We All know Here that it can be Tricky said Thom sen in a Telephone interview from Northern Greenland. On feb. 20, 1947, the Kec Bird had taken off from Ladd Field in Fairbanks Alaska for an 18-hour spy flight Over the soviet Union. But it had to make an emergency Landing the next Day after the plane fell off course and ran out of fuel. Nobody was injured. The Crew spent three Days in the dark Arctic landscape before being rescued abandoning the Kee Bird intact on the iced Lake in Dau Gaard Jensen land. In the late 1980s, the b-29 the same Type of plane that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,.Japan, on aug. 6 and 9,1945,- was found in a remarkably Good shape. The deadline was set because a Canadian air Force team was expected at Thule a on Friday for a month Long operation transporting diesel Oil to their Arctic base on Ellesmere Island. The Thule base does t have enough room for both groups. Somehow they worked that out so they the Salvage ers can stay a Little longer said Thomsen. He had no information what arrangements had been made. The team including two members of the original b 29 Crew have mounted four new 2,000-horsepower engines new propellers and tires. New instrumentation has been installed. The fuel system has been replaced to eliminate risk of fire. Japanese envoy May have saved 8,000 jews Tokyo a a japanese Diplomat saved the lives of up to 8,000 jews fleeing the nazis a number greater than previously estimated according to japanese officials Friday who cited a . Researcher. Many jewish refugees were Able to reach safety by travelling through the for Mer soviet Union to.Japan and other Points after the Diplomat Chine Sugihara issued japanese transit visas to them in Lithuania in 1940. Previously the number of jews helped by Sugihara s visas had been estimated at 6,000. The new figure was brought to. Light by Hillel Levin director of the Center for Judaic studies at Boston University Japa Nese officials said. In the archives at.Japan s foreign ministry Levin unearthed a 31-Page document listing 1,944 names of jews to whom visas were issued. Shinji Miura an official of the ministry s diplomatic record office said Levin calculated that since each visa was used for an entire family the number of jews involved might have been As High As 8,000. Levin who spent the summer research ing Sugihara left.Japan earlier this week. Foreign ministry officials declined to Dis cuss further details of his research. After the War Sugihara was dismissed from the foreign service apparently be cause of his actions in Lithuania. He died in 1986. His actions received greater recognition after release of the Oscar winning film Schindler s list about a German industrialist who saved thousands of jews during the War. End of summer International shopping Bazaar Rhein main Community activity Center building 150, Rhein main air base. F i Rover 40 vendors. Open to valid old. Card holders Only. No strollers permitted. Shop on Friday and saturday 26 and 27 aug. From 10 . Until 6 . And on sunday 28 aug. From10 a until5rm. Please note All game rooms . 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