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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday september 5, 1995 Dalai Lama plans address Wreath laying in Atlanta from the associated press Atlanta the Dalai Lama spiritual Leader of Tibet and recipient of the 1989 Nobel peace prize visits Atlanta this week As part of a , Tohir. Today the Buddhist holy Man will give an address at Emory University where he stopped in 1987. He also will appear at an inter Ash breakfast service of religious leaders at the Temple on wednesday the Dalai Lama will Cap off his Atlanta visit at the Martin Luther King or. Center for nonviolent social change where hell take part in a Wreath laying ceremony at the crypt of the slain civil rights Leader. Fire threatens c re Home Portland Ore. Flames from a wildfire that has blackened 600 acres shot dangerously close to neighbourhoods in Central Oregon forcing residents of two subdivisions to evacuate their  rangers and sheriffs deputies went door to door sunday night warning residents Between Sunriver and la Pine about the fire that has burned on both sides of the de schutes rive car the la Pine state recreation area. It was among 70 wildfires that broke out in the state sunday. Most were believed to have been caused by lightning dog Diye prom pts Rescue Newport news a. Johnny Johnson in did t even Stop to think before taking a 50-foot dive off a Bridge to save his Fiancee s dog. Animals Are like your children. 1 just flipped Oft my flip flops and Dove in he said. He and Lisha Lee stopped their car on the James River Bridge on saturday while the Span opened Tolet a boat pass then got out with her 5-year-old. Miniature Collie Cosmo to look Over the Side. Cosmo tried to jump tip onto the railing but sailed " right Over. The two floated downstream for about 15. Minutes before being fished out Lee said Philippines torm brings floods volcanic debris san Fernando Philippines a fast rising floodwaters and hot volcanic debris unleashed by trop ical storm Nina have forced 33,000 people to flee their Homes in the Northern Philippines. One woman gave birth on a rooftop where she sought safety a disaster official told radio station hmm ._.,. / v a  nonstop Rains since sunday swamped 35 villages in Sampanga province near mount Pinatubo with flood Waters As deep As Lofeeta. Hundreds of houses in the town of Bacolor 35  of Manila were buried by 9-foot Walls of volcanic " debris washed Down from the Volcano s slopes. Sampanga gov. Lito Lapid said the Avalanche trapped some 400 residents including babies who were forced to spend the night on rooftops. They were res cued by military helicopters. However one woman and her two Brothers reported missing were found Safe in Bacolor after they scrambled to escape the volcanic debris according tothe regional disaster . Disaster officials monday ordered the evacuation of 3,000 people in seven Northern villages near Bacolor saying More Rains were expected. Authorities said that the flows of volcanic debris arid the floods displaced More than 33,000 people in two Days and that Many More were abandoning their. Homes. / Nev paper go Sims Stockholm Sweden a newspaper has accused the Nobel prize committee for Medicine of giving its prize to an italian drug researcher in 1986 be cause of a lobbying Campaign by her company the Nobel committee denied sunday s allegations which come five weeks before the announcement of this year s Obeis in Medicine chemistry physics economics literature and peace. Each award carries a Cash prize of $987,000.  the Dagens Nyseter newspaper citing italian officials and unidentified sources claimed the Fidia com Pany spent $8.4 million to persuade the Karolinsky Institute which selects the winners to Honor Rita Levi Moh Salcini in 1986. Neither company officials nor month acini could be reached for comment by the associated press. Montarcini denied similar allegations last year by an italian health official cited As one source of the Dagens Nyseter report. Montarcini was honoured for her discovery of nerve growth factors in the human nor votes system. After the award Fidia s sales doubled although the company later went out of business the report said. The Dagens Nyseter claimed that Miclia s Campaign included creating ties with swedish researchers. . In Rob testy the daily oklahoman Oklahoma City a government a test on a 5,000-Pound truck bomb has been called off bul Defenso attorneys for bombing defendant Timothy Mcveigh Are considering doing their own test. We May said Lead defense attorney Stephen. Jones. They prosecutors May be trying to get us to do it and to pay for it but of course it All comes out of the same pocket.", v officials with the . Bureau of Alco hol tobacco and firearms said the test wednesday was to be the latest in the project to study the effects of car and truck bombings. The bomb was to have been detonated on Kirtland fab near Albuquerque  it or not people were speculating that there was a connection to the Oklahoma City bombing said at spokesman Les Stanford. There was no connection. There is no connection. But that did t Stop the speculation so we just put it off  there was a series of 10"to 12 tests that were scheduled right after the world Trade Center bombing. The purpose was to learn More about vehicle bombs. We have done eight tests out there so far. There were three or four More to go. The tests began in 1994 and were to end in 1996," the decision was made in Consul tation with Federal prosecutors in the bombing Case. A yes they be cancelled the test and they did it in Cordi nation with us said Steve Mullins a spokesman for the . Attorneys office in Oklahoma City. We did t Tell them to do it but we recommended that they do  distributed by Scripps Howard news service labor leaders urge Jackson not to run against Clinton Washington a two top labor leaders indicate support for presi Dent Clinton s re election and say a pos sible candidacy by Jesse Jackson could Divide the democratic party. Al Cio president Thomas Donahue urged Jackson not to Challenge Clinton in 1996, and John Sweeney who is challenging Donahue for the leadership of the 13.3 million member labor federation also indicated that a Jackson Campaign would be unwelcome. We would consider All the candidates who Are in the race for president but we firmly believe that president Clinton has done a great Job As president and de serves Bur support Sweeney said Sun Dav on Abc s meet the 1 re Sweeney and Donahue opposed Clin. Ton s support for tie North american free Trade agreement and disagreed with his decision Friday to limit a Federal pay increase to 2.4 percent next year. Clinton s health care Reform plan failed and he is unlikely to push a minimum wage increase through the Republican controlled Congress. Saying he has b Een disappointed with Clinton administration policies Jackson has indicated he is mulling another run for the presidency perhaps even As an in dependent. Jackson s Agenda tends to be More Liberal than Clinton s. A candidacy by Jackson a Challenge to Clinton will have 3 divisive effect Donahue said. Bigfoot moves in. For its hard partying is putting its a Days. It has allowed american artist Jonathan Borofsky to set come a trademark for the area 8l156 feet of u in a Pes that the work of Art will be  
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