European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world monday. November 21.1994 angolans of pact but fears linger Lusaka Zambia a Angola s government and rebels signed a peace treaty sunday but their Lead ers did not put their names to the document heighten ing fears that it would fail to end 19 years of civil War. Unita rebel Leader Jonas Sav Imbi did not attend his aides said because government attacks made it impossible for him to leave his Bush Camp in Angola. Angolan president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos was at the ceremony in Lusaka. But rather than put his signature alongside that of a Unita Deputy he designated foreign minister Venancio de Moura to represent the govern ment. The head of a rebel military delegation who goes by the  Guerre Gen. Eugenio Manu Yakola rep resented Unita the portuguese acronym for the National Union for the total Independence of Angola. A permanent cease fire was to take effect in two Days. A truce was to have preceded the signing a a demonstration of Good Faith but fighting continued up to saturday. All angolans should forget the suffering of the an Golan conflict and face the future with Solidarity and Trust Manu Yakola said after signing the treaty Stres sing that he was acting on behalf of Sav Imbi. Then As Heads of state and other onlookers stood and cheered Manu Yakola embraced de Moura and Dos Santos. But angolans were subdued and sceptical. Only with the signatures of president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos and the Leader of the rebels Jonas Sav Imbi will the cease fire be respected the official journal de Angola said in a front Page article in Luanda the an Golan capital. The ceremony had pomp and circumstance with the flags of More than 20 african nations ringing the sign ing table and . Envoy Louine blonde Beye who has overseen peace talks for nearly a year in the Zam Bian capital presiding in a flowing White Robe. Missing was Confidence that peace had triumphed. The signing of an agreement is one thing said Vernon Mwanga who had acted As Host Zambia main conduit to Sav Imbi. If they Don t implement it the International Community will lose interest in an Gola and the angolan people will have to face their problems  the conflict is one of Africa s longest and crudest wars with More than 500,000 dead and a potentially prosperous nation in tatters. Elephants and their riders play Power soccer saturday during the Surin elephant Roundup in Thailand. Tarut stuff in thai display Surin Thailand a in their Days of glory they helped win wars logged teak forests and graced Royal ceremonies. Now Thailand s dwindling population of elephants has taken up soccer Golf and posing for tourists. Each year the pachyderms place in thai history and their current role Are on display at the Surin elephant Roundup. This year the event featured 208 elephants an equal number of Mah outs or elephant riders and some 50,000 spectators. In a soccer game saturday 18 elephants and their riders took to the Field for a display of raw Power and cleverness although play was not always by the Book. The highlight came when the goalie of the red team unquestionably the game s most valuable player ignored rules about having to kick and instead grabbed the oversize Ball with its trunk and charged Down to the opposite goal. The elephants also showed their prowess at Golf wielding regulation clubs with their trunks to hit regulation balls during the Roundup now in its 34th year. For centuries elephants constituted the tanks of thai armies helping to win wars with their awesome charges. Until they were replaced by machinery in recent decades elephants also were indispensable to the logging Industry. Although still a National Symbol elephants have fared badly in a country that has ravaged its forests and is moving rapidly toward industrialization. After the Roundup Many Mah outs from Surin take their elephants to Bangkok 208 Miles to the Southwest or to resorts around the country. The pachyderms Are a hit with foreigners at Seaside hotels while thais pay Small sums of Money to walk under their bellies an act said to bring Good Luck. We go everywhere together eve sleep Side by Side said plan Sandee a 40-year-old Manhout who has Bee taking care of elephants since he was 11. " my elephants and i cannot be separated. We Are the same  such sentiments have prompted action by conservationists who note that the country s once vast population has fallen to about 3,000 captive elephants and an estimated 2,000 in the wild. If we do nothing there May be no More elephants Pitta a honk rails founding member of the asian elephant foundation said recently. Nobody shouts for  Many did at the Surin Roundup which ended sunday with a plea to All present love elephants. Please preserve the forests which Are their  7 to share $9.3 million Jackpot in . Lotto London a seven ticket hold ers who guessed the right six numbers will share a $9.3 million Jackpot in Brit Ain s lottery. Eager gamblers bought 25 million tick ets right up to the saturday night drawing for the new National lottery which is to Benefit charities arts and sports. The winning numbers announced on British broadcasting corp. Television attracted a to audience estimated at 21.7 million viewers in this land of 55 million people. No details on individual winners were available sunday afternoon. The organizer Camelot group pc said 1.2 million Money winning tickets were purchased with a total payout of $34.8 million. The vast majority of those tickets paid $15.80 for correctly picking three of six numbers available from 1 to 49. Camelot initially estimated that the prize available to those picking All six Correct numbers would be $10.9 million. But the unexpectedly High number of winners at the lowest winning level meant that the Jackpot for the Luckiest winners had to be Cut to $9.3 million. Camelot estimated that people spent$77.4 million on tickets. The Odds of correctly guessing the six winning numbers were nearly 14 million-to-1. Goat s head left As threat at Sicily Home executive Catania Sicily a a baby Goat s head a traditional mafia warning was found saturday impaled on the front Gate of the Villa of a sicilian businessman and newspaper executive. Italian news reports said the body of the animal whose Throat had been Slit was discovered at Dawn lying outside the residence of Mario Ciancio Sanfilippo who directs Catania s la Sicilia newspaper. He also is an executive of the italian news Agency Ansa and owner of sicilian television stations. Left with the Goat s head was a note Reading Ciancio be careful about what you do Ansa said. The Agency reported that Sanfilippo said he did t know who might have left the threat which is a traditional sicilian mafia Way of warning that death will Fol Low if the mobsters continue to be Dis pleased about something Sanfilippo said he interpreted the gruesome scene reportedly discovered by his daughter As a sign that someone wanted to Send a message to him or his journalists. It s a strange coincidence that this happens on the eve of the Summit in Naples organized by the United nations on the mafia said Francesco Piro an officer of the association of Young journalists who used to work for la Sicilia. The three Day conference which starts today is drawing journalists from around the world. Ferry hits breakwater off estonian port Tallinn Estonia a the Esto Nian ferry that replaced the one that Sank in september killing More than 900 peo ple hit a breakwater saturday As it was leaving the port of Tallinn. No injuries were reported. The Hull of the Mare balt icum was leaking but the ferry was Able to return to port the Baltic news service said. Pas sengers were not evacuated. The collision happened about 7.p.m., shortly after the ferry set out on its regu Lar 14-hour run to Stockholm Sweden the report said. The Mare balt icum is the Only ferry making a regular run Between the Estoni an capital and inc Holm. Estline officials said the ferry would be out of serv ice for at least several Days. There was no explanation for Why it hit the breakwater