European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A " Friday september 8, 1995 the stars and stripes Pago 5 Luis to re into Eastern go ribbed it smaller islands heavily damaged by powerful storm san Juan puerto Rico a Hurricane Luis roared into open seas thursday leaving at least 13 peo ple dead thousands of buildings devastated and roads littered with the debris of interrupted lives refrigerators cooking pots and a family photo album. Luis Tore up streets and brought Down so Many Tele phone lines that it was impossible to confirm unofficial reports that the 700-mile-wide storm had killed dozens More elsewhere in the Caribbean. Electricity and water also were Cut after Luis pow ered through the Eastern Caribbean with 125 Mph winds.  the  thursday to 130 Mph in the Atlantic As it moved Northwest at about 9 Mph. It was expected to turn farther North today. Luis was not expected to endanger the . Main land but the National Hurricane Center said residents of Bermuda should keep an Eye on the storm. By midday it was about 280 Miles North Northwest of san Juan. Heavy surf advisories were in effect thursday along much of the East coast from Florida to the mid Atlan tic states the Center reported. French officials thursday began ferrying food and Medicine along with Volunteer doctors and soldiers to St. Martin which appeared to be the hardest hit of the islands. There was so much damage that it s impossible to make an assessment Michel a Bessenbacher the French representative on Guadeloupe which governs St. Martin said wednesday night. 7There were unconfirmed reports of dozens of deaths on the tiny British Island of Anguilla Between St. Mar tin and the Virgin islands. But Joan Medhurst of the Anguilla tourist office in new York said police on the Island and the governor s office told her thursday that the reports were not True. Power was out Fri Anguilla and a shopping Center arid a number of houses were destroyed but a Genera Tor kept the Airport open for emergency aircraft said Steve Ewald a Ham radio expert at the american radio relay league in Hartford Conn. Much delayed shuttle finally Heads to space Cape canaveral Fia. A after More than a month s delay space shuttle endeavour beat approaching storms and rocketed into orbit thursday with five astronauts on a double satellite delivery Mission. The 4-5 million Pound spaceship roared from its pad into a Cloudy sky at 11 09 a.m., leaving behind a thick Trail of White vapor. In recent weeks Nasa has had to con tend with worries about critical shuttle seals and an overheated Power Generator. Finally everything seemed to come to Gether including the weather. It was close though. Clouds and rain advanced from the Southwest thursday morning making it a bit of a race with the weather and with our countdown clocks said launch commentator Lisa Malone. The dogs Are in space shuttle com Mander David Walker said moments after reaching orbit. The astronauts Jok. Singly Call themselves the dog  also in Nasa s favor was Hurricane Luis which seemed to be headed away from the . Mainland after battering the Caribbean. Endeavour s Mission no. 71 for the shuttle program was supposed to begin aug. 5. But shuttle managers put Hurricane Luis blows across Sainte Anne Deach in port Louis on Guadeloupe where 1,000 were left homeless. On wednesday a Bessenbacher reported nine deaths on St Martin two on the larger French part and seven on the dutch St. Maarten  of people there were reported missing presumed dragged into the roiling seas and about 1,000 of. The Island s 50,000 residents were homeless. Of until wednesday there were confirmed reports of Only four deaths caused by Luis. T in the former British Colony of Antigua and Barbuda the main Hospital was destroyed and roofs were torn off schools houses and hotels said prime minister Leste Bird.  -.-St. Kitts and Nevis reported that 75 percent of the buildings on its islands another former British territory had been ripped to pieces. A French transport plane carrying 250 soldiers flew from Guadeloupe to St. Martin Early thursday. Relief supplies and volunteers were being sent on three Mili tary helicopters three French coast guard boats and five air planes chartered from air  statement from the French provincial government in Guadeloupe said supplies also would be sent to nearby St. Darthe Leroy an Island of 3,500. The trans port plane could not land there it said because the air port was submerged along with five Seaside neighbor hoods comp than one third of the Island. " age Rice France press the French news Agency said St. Barthelemy a Holiday Home to the Rockefeller and rothschilds reeled in the face of powerful winds that carried refrigerators and casseroles from Homes and l left them strewn of inroads along with tree branches. Luis moved away from the Caribbean wednesday of tar non after skirting puerto Rico. Forecasters jihad expected the . Commonwealth to feel the storm s full fury but it escaped with Only minor damage a few Fly away roofs crowned Power lines and some flooding. Car bombing injures 11 of French jewish school vill Eurbane France a a car bomb exploded in front of a jewish school in this Lyon suburb thursday just before students left the building at the end of the Day. Eleven people were injured including three children. The blast was the sixth of a series of bombings or attempted bombings in France since late july and the first car bomb in France since 1982. Algerian Muslim fundamentalist extremists who have threatened France for its support of the algerian military backed government Are prime suspects in the attacks. No one immediately claimed responsibility for thursday s blast in Villchur Banc about 270 Miles Southeast of Paris. But police said they had detained for questioning a Man seen Vilh two others just before the explosion. _ among the 11 injured were three Chil Dren who suffered smoke inhalation. Six people were hospitalized. Lyon s Deputy head rabbi Isaac Ella dad said the toll could have been worse but for a faulty school clock which delayed the children s exit by two minutes the school has about 700 students. The blast destroyed the car set fire Ura nother parked nearby and ignited a Blaze in an adjacent apartment officials said. The blast came three Days after bomb was found in Paris and defused. Three bombings in Paris since july have left seven people dead More than 100 injured and prompted heavy Security Mea sures throughout the country. The space shuttle endeavour lifts off thursday on an 11-Day Mission. The flight on hold until repairs could be made to the nozzles of both solid fuel rocket boosters. Nasa came within eight hours of launching endeavour on aug. 31, but had to Call it off Wien one of three electricity generating fuel cells overheated. The failed unit was replaced. Nebraska governor plans Senate bid Lincoln neb. A democratic gov. Ben Nelson said thursday that he will run for the . Senate an announcement that came As Good news for democrats reeling with defections and retirements since republicans seized control of Congress last year. Sen. Jim Exon whose seat Nelson will seek is among seven democrats who have decided against running for re election. Each retirement makes it More Likely democrats will remain a Senate minority next year and improves Republican chances of reaching the magic number of go. " ". " that s How Many Voles it takes to end a filibuster the democrats main parliamentary weapon. The governor s announcement ended weeks of Saccu Kinion about his future