European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 8, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 Crews still South Kuril Russia apr Rescue workers searching for earthquake victims Friday could Only look helplessly at nine bodies trapped in the rubble of a military Hospital a Relief official said the workers who had no heavy equipment were Able to save three people after the Hospital collapsed in tuesdays 8.2-magnitude quake the strongest in. The world this year. The temblor generated tsunami Waves up to 9 feet High that slammed into houses inundated coastal areas Sank 5-ton fishing boats and tossed others onto  victims but the devastation was less than officials estimated before they could reach these Remote islands off Northern Japan. Original reports had said As Many As 85 percent of structures on the Island of Kun Nashir had collapsed. Some wooden houses of the Island of 5,000 people were destroyed their Walls and roofs Flat on the ground. But from an air plane 1,500 feet overhead All the Island s larger buildings a 1950s soviet style Concrete structures arranged in neat rows a could be seen standing intact. About 13,000 people live in the South pm Kuril whose three main islands Are Kun Ashir Sturup and Shi Kotan. The nine relieved dead in the Kuna Shir Hospital were seven soldiers a preg. Nant woman and a 14-year-old girl said army capt. Arkody Anchi Kov. The quakers total death and injury toll was still unclear. In Northern Japan 331 people were injured in the quake 291 Homes and build mrs were destroyed or damaged and 288 Homes and buildings were flooded japanese police said Friday. They also reported that four ships Sank 75 others were damaged and one was missing., the Southern Kuril which stretch Between Japan a hokkaido Island and russians Kamchatka Peninsula Are controlled by Russia but claimed by Japan. Russia seized them from Japan at the end of world War ii. Valerie Gromov a Public health offi rial in Yukhno Sak Halinsk about 250 Miles Northwest of the Southern Kuril said Friday that rescuers told him medical supplies were destroyed in the Hospital collapse. F a there Are six doctors but almost no equipment a Gromov said. A police officer rescues Sherry gravely while another keeps his gun trained on her wounded former Boyfriend who took her hostage wednesday in Belvidere Iii. Gunman killed in hostage drama belv1derh, 111. Apr a six hour hostage standoff ended when police shot a Security guard in the head after he tackled and choked his sex Girlfriend and then aimed a gun at the officers. Robert Rickey Arthur 25, of Friendswood Texas died about 45 minutes after he was shot wednesday afternoon. V a a a. Police and Fri agents had the House surrounded when Arthur emerged onto the House porch with 19-year-old Sherry gravely in his arms. She broke free but he tackled and began to choke her causing her to pass but. When Arthur pulled a gun from a a towan3 officers a pocket and pointed it Sharpshooter shot him. Later a police officer brought gravely to safety while another officer kept his gun trained on the wounded Man. A they did what they had to do a Belvidere police chief Charles Burkhart said. A a it a a sad event that this turned out the Way it  gravely who has an infant daughter with Arthur broke up with him and left Texas a month ago the Rockford Register Star reported. She and her 2-year-old daughter from an earlier relationship came to Belvidere to live with her parents but the baby remained in Texas and the couple argued about her custody the paper said. On wednesday Arthur broke into the gravely Home and took gravely hostage along with the 2-year-old, Melissa and gravely smother Sylvia 49, they were not Hurt. London apr people who enjoy a couple of drinks a Day Are about 40 percent less Likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke compared with Teeto tales according to a British study of 12,000 male doctors. A scientifically its upwards of three drinks a Day but we figured if we say one to two drinks people will stretch it to three a said Richard Peto of the Imperial cancer research fund at Oxford University the results will be published in today a Issue of the British medical journal previous studies suggested red wine is better for the heart than other types of drinks. But this new study indicates two martinis Are just As healthful As a few glasses of Beaujolais. The new study also quantified the alcohols benefits As opposed to previous surveys that suggested moderation May prevent diseases. A we did no to find any measurable difference Between one Type of drink and another a Peto told a news conference thursday. A i done to think there a Good evidence for red wine. I think a lot of the claims have been exaggerated.�?�. Or. Eric Rimm a researcher at the Harvard school of Public health in Massachusetts said the findings Are important to gain further insight into alcohol s benefits but Rimm said that a to Tell everybody to drink is dangerous because a significant percentage wont be Able to Stop at two to three drinks a  the latest results Are part of a Large British health Survey that began in 1950 and included 40,000 doctors. That study was one of the first to prove the dangers of smoking. In 1978, researchers asked All doctors surviving from the original study 12,000 Between the Ages of 50 and 90 a about their drinking habits. After 13 years they found fewer deaths among those who drank one to three drinks a Day compared with those who abstained or who drank More. Overall mortality was one sixth lower among moderate drinkers. The biggest effect was seen for heart disease. Moderate drinkers were about 40 percent less Likely to suffer from a heart attack or stroke compared with no drinkers or heavy drinkers who drink about six to 10 drinks a Day Peto . Gets Tough with bosnian after slayings Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr . Troops forced 500 government soldiers to leave a demilitarized zone near Sarajevo and destroyed at least one government Bunker after 20 bosnian. Serbs were killed in a commando raid. The aggressive , response which began thursday and continued Friday appeared aimed at heading off an escalation in fighting Between bosnian serbian troops and government soldiers. Discovery of the bodies by . Peacekeepers thursday had raised concerns that the bosnian serbs would again shut the Airport in Sarajevo a Day after it reopened following a two week closure. No . Aid flights landed thursday but the Airlift resumed Friday. A a the first plane landed shortly after noon carrying vital flour for the City bakery said Salemka Lisinski of the . Aid Agency in Zagreb Croatia. Three More planes touched Down within two hours.  found the bodies of 16 serbian soldiers and four nurses thursday afternoon at a serbian command Post just outside a demilitarized zone on mount i Man Southwest of Sarajevo.  officials said they believed the serbs were killed thursday morning bosnian serbs later removed the corpses. A a a a a. A a a a. The United nations said six people also were wounded in the attack. The Muslim led government acknowledged killing the serbian soldiers and nurses but denied that the bodies were mutilated As claimed thursday by Yasushi Akashi the chief of the . Mission in the former Yugoslavia. V y a a. A. A. A a a . Officials Friday retracted Akashi a  copter crash airmen Seoul South Korea apr five . Airmen were killed when their helicopter crashed in Central South Korea the . Military command in Seoul said a Friday a \ y. The Hh-6qg pave Hawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue so at Kadena a on Okinawa Japan was conducting a routine training Mission when it crashed shortly att Fps . Thursday near Joc Hewon 94 Miles South of Seoul the command said. The helicopter crashed in an unpopulated area and no one on the ground was injured the command said. The Crew members were cats. Edward j. Karlson and William m. Alston senior airmen Richard m. Be Laro or. And Frank h. Zurawski and airman 1st class Jason c. Kutscher said a statement from Kadena a. Their hometowns were unavailable. The cause of the Accident was being investigated the command said. South koreans National Yon Hap news Agency quoting witnesses said the helicopter crashed into a River after hitting a High voltage electric wire. The bodies of two . Officers and three enlisted men were found along the River and inside the wrecked helicopter broken into two pieces it said. As a result of the Accident Power was Cut off for about 900 people in nearby households for about an hour the Agency said