European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 8, 1994 the stars and stripes a a a. As. A Page 5 Crews still seeking quake victims South Kuril Russia apr res Cue 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-Magnitudc 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 land. 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 on the Island of 5,000 people were destroyed their Walls and roofs Flat on the ground. A a a a. But from an air plane 1,500 feet overhead All the islands 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 Ern Kuril whose three main islands Are Kun Ashir Sturup and Shi Kotan. The nine believed dead in the Kuna Shir Hospital were seven soldiers a pregnant 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 buildings 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. Valeric Gromov a Public health official 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. A there Are six doctors but almost no equipment a Gromov  a. A a. A a a a a a a a. Or a police officer rescues Sherry gravely while another keeps his gun trained on her wounded former Boyfriend who took her hostage wednesday in Belvidere 111. Gunman killed in hostage drama Belvidere 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. 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 out. When Arthur pulled a gun from a pocket and pointed it toward officers a police 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, Thev were not Hurt. Study toasts health benefits of drinking 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  few glasses of Beaujolais the new study also quantified me alcohols benefits As opposed to previous surveys that suggested moderation May prevent diseases. A we did no third 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  a. Or. Eric Rimm a researcher at the Harvard school of Public health in Massachusetts said the findings Are important to gain further insight into alcohols 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. A a a 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 Dav Peto  swoops closer to Earth on map Mission Cape canaveral Fla. Apr space shuttle endeavour dipped closer to Earth on Friday to create astonishingly cafe tailed 3-d radar maps of the planet that might one Day enable scientists to predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. By retracing its Orbital Steps and passing Over the exact same spot two Days in Row the shuttle can use its radar to map the same ground features from slightly different angles and detect changes in terrain As Small As half an Inch. A imagine if we could globally Monitor earthquake faults prior to the eruption of earthquakes and see very minute changes in those earthquake faults or if we could look at volcanoes As the domes Start to expand a said astronaut physicist Peter a a Jeff Wisoff. Quot this might Lead to some Type of Early warning sys Tern for population centers that Are nearby those earthquake faults or volcanoes a flying Over the same spot on Earth is easier said than done a there Are no Road markers or maps in space. Nasa has never attempted to match shuttle orbits before. Earlier this week flight directors succeeded in bringing endeavours orbit to within 30 feet of where it was during a similar radar mapping Mission in april. The real test came Friday. Commander Michael Baker lowered endeavours Altitude from 135 Miles to 127 Miles a one of the lowest Ever for a space shuttle a to begin duplicated passes just 24 hours apart. Early Friday afternoon the radar surveyed a Swath of North America from Western Canada to the great lakes to th<2 Chesapeake Bay. Endeavour is supposed to Fly the same course today so the radar could scan the same area repeat observations also Are planned Over Africa the Middle East Ukraine and  copter crash kills five airmen Seoul South Korea apr a five . Airmen were kilted when their helicopter crashed in Central South Korea the . Military command in Seoul said the Hh-60g pave Hawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue so at Kadena a on Okinawa Japan was conducting a routine training Mission when it crashed shortly after 8 . 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 a cats. Edward j. Karlson and William m. Alston senior airmen Richard m. Be Taro or. And Frank a 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