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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, August 9, 1978

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 09, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday August 9, 1978ruye o i Sci of maj mind or into .,�.--. Junta ousts separated in vie from Honduras War split families United _ _. A Tun it c ref trainman to Hao Kaj president Tegucigalpa. Honduras a the commanders of Honduras armed forces ousted president Juan Alberto Melgar Cas Tro after accusations of government involvement in cocaine smuggling to the United states they appointed themselves a three Man ruling Junta. A communique issued by the Junta Mon Day night said Melgar Castro a 47-year-old brigadier general had resigned it said Gen. Policarpio Paz Garcia the head of the armed forces and commanding general of the army would head the Junta As chief of state and the other members were it. Col. Domingo Alvarez chief of the air Force and it. Col. Amilcar Zelaya Rodri Guez chief of Public  Junta pledged to respect previous International commitments no disturbances were reported second House cleaning it was the second military House clean ing in three years due to charges of corruption. The military replaced president of Waldo la Pez Arellano with Melgar Castro in april 1975 after Lopez Arellano was accused of accepting $1.25 million in bribes from United brands the american exporter of honduran bananas formerly known As United fruit. Lopez Arellano had come to Power As a colonel in a military coup in 1963, permitted 16 months of elected government in 1871-72 and then overthrew president Anun Ernesto Cruz in 1372. Opposition parties have been accusing the military regime of widespread corruption among government officials and senior military officers. I Manuel Gamero publisher of the news paper Tiempo. Was jailed for a week in june for a series of articles alleging that High ranking officials were involved in a so million a year operation smuggling co Caine to the United states. The judge said Gamero was not telling All he knew and found him guilty of concealing  the articles said officials were allowing shipments of cocaine to be smuggled through this Central american nation from Colombia to the United Stales. The jailing set off student riots in late june and Early july in san Pedro Sula. Honduras second largest City 170 Miles North of Here. The demonstrators claimed the charge against Gamero was trumped up by the government. Bangkok. Thailand a Robert Bailey fought Back tears monday when he saw his wife and 8-year-old son or the first time since communist forces won in Viet Nam three years  his son by the shoulder and helping his wife fill out immigration forms the native of Portland. Ore., said he intended to buy the boy some ice Cream and hamburgers As soon As possible. Then i m going to shave off this Beard and after we get All the paperwork done Here we re heading Back  the 33 year old aircraft Mechanic said. Bailey s wife and son were among a group of 29 vietnamese women and Chil Dren arriving in Bangkok from Vietnam to be reunited with their american families. Bailey the Only husband to meet the group said he wrote dozens of letters ask ing for help in getting his wife and son out of Vietnam. He said he was about to return to Vietnam when communist forces swept into Saigon in april 1975. His wife Nguyen Kim Bailey 27, said the boy forgot most of his English and he went to a vietnamese school but he kept saying. Mama when Are we going to see daddy " although most of the group appeared Happy to have left Vietnam none of the 29 told of being harassed or persecuted be cause of their marriage to americans. Nguyen Thi Ngoi said she had t heard from her husband who had been a civilian contractor in Vietnam for two years and was t sure where she and her Young daughter would go. She said her Only pos sessions were two $1 Bills and two shrill handbags of clothes. Tuan Phuong Brown said she and her son. Benny had never been to the United slates. Her husband a former govern ment employee in Vietnam died in 1973 and the . Government has been sofa his monthly $613 in benefits for her and the past three years. Richard to 12, who was born in the United states of vietnamese parents a sent Back to visit relatives before the item unit takeover said he will be " Happy � be going to see my parents but i we Jefe my relatives in  he has not ten his parents in More than three years. The Hanoi government has begun rep striation of More than 200 other Viet Namae who through marriage or other Circum stances Are eligible to go to the United states said a spokesman for the . In Gressional delegation that accompanied the group. He described the Airlift to Thailand a very big breakthrough in Freurd tiny families split at the end of the War and i step Forward toward improving relation Between Hanoi and Washington. Princess Grace of Monaco attends the annual red Cross Ball with Singer gracious and gala event Harry Belafonte Center and her son in Law Philippe Janot. Junot had been talk in latin sweep for electronic bugs honeymooning with Princess Caroline in Tahiti and Ocean City . Dpi selecting Pope will be mixture of old new by Victor l. Simpson Vatican City api in a mixture of the old and new. The cardinals gathered to elect a new Pope will probably talk among themselves in latin have their meals sent in and bed Down in the apostolic Palace but the conclave room will be swept clean for electronic bugs beforehand under intensified secrecy measures adopted by Pope Paul i. In the week of aug. 20. Us princes of the roman Catholic Church will barricade themselves in the sistine Chapel and the adjoining Vatican apartments they will not emerge from the tightly guarded con Clave area until a new Pope almost certainly one of their own number is elected. There is no foretelling How Long the con Clave might last it took less than three Days to elect Pope Paul but the conclave that elected Pope Gregory x in 1271 took two years and nine months the longest on record. Since the gathering brings together cardinals from North and South America. Europe. Africa. Asia and Oceania the Only common language is that of the . Translators Are barred although anyone is free to speak any language they will probably communicate in latin most of the  said Ernesto Civardi. Secretary of the sacred College of cardinals. Even before the conclave the cardinals take an oath of secrecy any Cardinal breaking it at any time in his life faces immediate excommunication fro the Church. In 1975 Pope Paul Laid Down even suffer rules on secrecy instructing cardinals to ensure that the enclosure is not violated the Pope was reported to have been an gered by frequent news leaks from the vat ican and by a Book by two italian journalists entitled sex in the confessional based on their own confessions tape recorded without the knowledge of the priests. Under his directive two technician must be at hand to test for the presence of instruments or the recording reproduction or transmission of voices and images in the 15th Century sistine Chapel where the conclave is held. Pope Paul also forbade cardinals to bring i assistants. Except for those Grav Ely ill. Their notes and their ballots Are Tobe burned. According to Vatican historians there Are no known cases of valid revelations rom recent papal conclave although Here have been reports published purport ing to show How balloting Wen there Are no stenographers present to keep records although individual cardinals May take notes in the conclave that elected Pope Paul an a Nusie actively campaigns for the papacy am such politicking said to be Faaifo Adial s chances. One prominent european Cardinal killed his Chance in the current conclave Accord ing to a High ranking Vatican source was he wrote an article a few years ago on hot he thought the Church should be run. No Cardinal enters the conclave read papa bile. Says Giancarlo Zinzola. Author a a recent Book on the making of a Pope � though the Case of Pope Paul himself v pears to be an exception to the Rule. On his deathbed. Pope John xxi is ported to have said to an aide card Montini would make a Good Pope and at word was passed on to the conclave. \ at icon sources say that it would not unusual if cardinals asked their local Bish Ops what kind of Pope they would Prew. But this is question of categories Tuneo tour Lan. Pragmatic Diplomat Etc. Rail than individuals. The balloting can go on indefinitely. I the event of deadlocks the Cardinal of decide to drop the need for a two a majority plus one for a simple majority i Van a Runoff  
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