European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Kenya chief Kenyatta is dead revolutionary Africa Leader Dies in sleep Kenya a president who 10 years after convict i As a Mau Mau terrorist led Kenya to upend nce in and then presided one of Black Africa most effective 3 stable governments for 15 died a peacefully in his sleep Early the government Kenyatta was believed to be in his although he himself said he did not know his a government news bulletin said tie died at the state House n a coastal resort before the there were no indications that his health was but last week he held a reunion for members of his a custom often observed by elderly members of the kikuyu tribe who ear their lives arc nearly he was reported in a Happy cracking jokes with photographers recorded the the government called on All kenyans to remain Calm and ordered All flags flown at Hal staff until further the her boy grandson of a itch was among the last of a unique generation of african leaders who during the 1960s brought their Peoples from colonial status to he turned out to be As successful a presi Dent As he had been a Mak ing friends with the British who had detained him for eight years As a Leader to Sarkness and death in one of Africa bloodiest Freedom his Middle Rathe Road economic and racial policies i continued on Page 2 Jomo Kenyatta speaking to the people of Kenya 127 August 1978 lit doily Ond Sondov if 21855 a waking up with a nagging morning backache Benjamin the Goat grabs a snooze on his version of a horse Malik Doest mind the sleeping arrangement and Benjamin prefers it to the Charles and tour ofter of Fairbanks  military building funds Cut Washington Senate completed congressional action monday on a military construction appropriation that cuts funding for combat Readi Ness projects in the administrations request to spend million for combat readiness in Europe was trimmed to the Bill was sent to the White House on an 831 with Only James me voting against the a Compromise Between House and Senate versions approved ear Calls for spending million less than was proposed by the administration for military construction in the United states and building projects in Europe were the chief target of the there have been complaints in Congress that nato members arc not paying enough of the Cost of their own defense and that the United states winds up paying for facilities that Benefit the among the items that were Cut were million for ammunition storage and up grading facilities in million for aircraft hangars at and million for Airfield protective shelters throughout in a report accompanying the con Gress also proposed it be Given a voice in any administration decision to reprogram funds in the Bill for use on construction continued on Page 3 nicaraguan senators held As hostages Nicaragua up fifteen to 20 gunmen shot their Way into the National Palace tuesday and took hostage the majority of i he country 67 senators meeting embassy sources and witnesses the believed to be members of the leftist sandinista liberation broke into the meeting while the Congress was in they were seen firing from the roof of the building at members of the National who immediately sur rounded the a Lone sniper was seen firing from a rooftop across the Street from the and gunfire also erupted six blocks a government employee who witnessed the spectacular raid said 15 to 20 gunmen stormed the building under a covering Hail of fire and seized most of the 67 senators Meiling in u no parliamentary session in the was no immediate report of casualties there was some sort o a Sho Loul a u s embassy source said aside from we dont have very much in the Way of firm we understand that some people Are in the which is surrounded by the Fuit ional guard the spokesman said the gunmen had made no although the Central american slate has born i marked by anti government violence since when a leading newspaper publisher was assassinated in the streets