European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 10, 1994 the stars and stripes page.5 the mass grave of 95 unidentified sets of it Mains disinterred by flooding is covered at Albany a nameless dead from go floods Are re buried Albany a. A the unidentified re Mains of 97 people disinterred by floodwaters injury were reburied thursday. These Are my children said Lee sweat supervisor of a temporary morgue that had the task of identifying the remains. I was present for the. Examination of All the remains. There s no body out Here More than us who would like to give these people a  the Flint River swollen in july by More than 2feet of rain in 24 hours from tropical storm Al Berto inundated two cemeteries. Both contained Graves dating to the civil War. The cemeteries were heavily damaged and405 coffins popped out of the ground and floated downstream. Some of the remains washed out of their caskets. 2 eventually 308 of the bodies were identified through dental and medical records fingerprints jewelry casket and mortuary information an with information provided by relatives. But 97 people remained Anonymous. During reburial thursday a forklift lowered 95 Cement vaults with new caskets into a pit atthe City s Parkview cemetery. The remains of two other people will be buried in the jewish Sec Tion of the cemetery at the request of the City s jewish Community. Officials said they know theremins came from there even though they were never Able to identify them. 236 . Soldiers injured no refugees a Nuevo Emperador Panama a a tense Calm returned to cuban refugee cart is after a least 236 . Soldiers were injured by Rock throwing protesters angry about the slow Pace of efforts to Fin them permanent Homes. At least 17 cubans were reported to have been Hurtin the rioting which began wednesday and was brought under control a Day later. V it was the worst outbreak of violence since president Clinton ordered . Warships to intercept cuban Refu gees at a in August. About 8,500 refugees have Bee held at Camps in Panama under . Supervision since september. More than twice that Many Are detained at the . Naval base at guant5namo Bay Cuba. Vice president Al Gore said Friday that the riot would hot Force any changes in , immigration poli  / v ,. We re taking a lot of Steps including actively seek ing third countries for them to go to Gore told cd morning news. We Are also actively reviewing humanitarian and hardship cases and we Are improving the conditions  a military spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed that tear Gas was used at one Camp thursday afternoon to quell rioting. He said about1,000 troops were summoned to restore Calm and were welding together Large sections of barbed wire fencing knocked Over by the rioters. Helicopters could be heard flying Over the Jungle Camps in the Panama canal zone late thursday. There s a tense Calm it. John Thomas told the associated press. Soldiers hit by Rock s in the head arms and tags suf f feed minor injuries said Liliana Levi spokeswoman for operation Safe Haven the . Military Mission in. Charge of the four Camps in Panama. The troops did not fire weapons said military spokeswoman Melanie v Reeder. V. O7- "-.? v   Twelve soldiers were hospitalized thursday Levi said. V   re troops set up roadblocks around the Camps 12 mile West of Panama City to search for about 100 refugees who escaped in the rioting. Thirty others who escape were caught and Are being held by panamanian police Thomas said / " " a. V .---., the violence came As 119 refugees were being flown to Spain or Miami under a plan to relocate refugees. A  military communique1 said the fighting was caused by the erroneous perception that. Transfer ring people to other countries was being deliberately delayed. " /. Y 7 -.,  \.",-. The United states has granted visas to some Cuba families in the Camps but said others weren t automatically entitled to entry. One Day they Tell us that children will be sent to the United states and the next Day they say something else refugee Antonio Giovanni said summing up the frustration. /.  a Winner Oslo Norway a israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin said Friday that the Nobel peace prizes will serve As encouragement to finish the difficult Middle East peace process. Foreign minister Shimon Peres who shares theaward with Rabin and Plo chief Yasser Arafat called the process  Rabin and Peres spoke at a news conference shortly after arriving in Oslo for today s pomp filled ceremony which comes at a time when Israel Plo talks Are stuck in a quagmire of violence and suspicion. Israelis and palestinians Hope the same spirit of Oslo that brought the two sides together May help them overcome remaining hurdles. We can clearly use the extra time we have to godhead with our talks Peres said. Reminders of the lingering troubles remain. About 50 demonstrators protested outside the hotel where Rabin and Peres were speaking to show opposition to Arafat s sharing the award after years of terror ism sponsored by his Palestine liberation Organiza Tion " " a  one protester s sign said Arafat s hand dripping i blood accepts the Nobel  yet Rabin sees things differently and defended Arafat from accusations of murder. ."./. ,._.  The receiving of the Nobel  will serve Asen Cour gement to continue with our efforts to solve the problems he told the news conference. Rabin said that Israel remains committed to let Ting the palestinians hold elections and to the Rede-1 ploy ment of israeli troops in the West Bank As pro a Jed in the peace Accord. Irr Versi the peace process is not yet completed but it is irreversible. What has been done already exceeds Mostof our expectations Peres said Arafat was arriving later Friday for today s award ceremony. A protesters have flown in from around the world to heckle the  Rabin and Peres reached the norwegian Nobel Institute to meet the awards committee about dozen police officers arrested new York rabbi at Weiss and three other protesters amid shouts of shame shame by a Small crowd outside the building. Bjorn Job Rehsen of the Oslo police said the protes ters were arrested because they refused to stay in a zone set aside for their demonstration. Weiss had Bee leading a series of protests in Oslo. We feel it s an obscenity said Dov Hikind a Newyork state assemblyman who had flown to Oslo to pro test the prize fifteen months after the signing of the peace  killing More terrorism taking place in Israel More jews haying been killed than in any period prior to     " Hikind was not arrested. Despite the hostile tone of protesters there is still some nope that Oslo can do again what it did for israe Lis and palestinians last year. The City s relaxed hospitality for secret talks resulted in the autonomy Accord for the Gaza strip and the West Bank town of Jericho Rabin Peres and Arafat will meet Over the weekend Between Friday s news conferences today s awards ceremony and sunday s receptions to try to resolve some of the problems that for months delayed expand ing self Rule to the West Bank. Tallahassee Fla. A gov. Lawton Chiles has declared an end to the Early release of felons in Florida a Deci Sion made possible in part by a massive prison buildup and declining admissions. The governor said criminals coming into state penitentiaries this month will serve an average of 75 percent of their sentences while violent offenders will serve about 80 percent. Prisoners in the state s penitentiaries currently serve about 40 percent of their sentences. We can keep a Campaign Promise today Chiles said at a news conference thursday. We Are ending Early release. It s  the state will open 4,000 additional prison Beds by year s end and 8,000 Beds by the end of june. Chiles said other fac tors enabling the end of Early release in clude the deportation of imprisoned Ille Gal aliens and changes in sentencing guidelines that reduced the number of drug related and nonviolent offenders entering prison. The governor s announcement was greeted with scepticism and criticism from supporters of stiffer prison sentences including Manatee county sheriff Charlie Wells. I quite frankly believe it s a facade said Wells a founder of Stop turning out prisoners a petition drive for a constitutional amendment to require that prisoners serve at least 85 percent of their terms. Wells criticized the governor s actions As not going far enough and doing Noth ing to reduce crime. We Haven t done a darn thing Here except juggle a Bunch of numbers he said. Conservative republicans who made tougher sentencing guidelines a theme of this year s election were also critical of the governor s announcement. I Don t understand Why the political Leader of this state in t committed to keeping criminals serving at least 85 per cent of their sentences said Republican state sen. Charlie Crist sponsor of a Bill based on the Stop initiative