European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday september 2, 1978 Somoza troops take Over a tag a i a a Tagaloa Nicaragua up National guard troops advancing behind a Mored cars and jeeps mounted with heavy guns seized this City without resistance Friday when an army of students gave up their rebellion and went Home or fled into the Hills. Or. Cesar Anador Kuhl said at least 50 persons were killed in five Days of insurrection against the regime of president Anastasio Somoza by a rag tag army of about 500 students who held National guard units at Bay with pistols and rifles from be Hind barbed wire and garbage can Barri Cades. Another doctor at a red Cross clinic said he saw 14 bodies some of women and Chil Dren brought there. Col. Aquiles Aranda the National guard s chief information officer said there were no new casualties but gave no further details of the operation to re establish control Over the City of 50,000 shortly after Dawn. Aranda said one guardsman was killed thursday but he had no information on civilian casualties. In Washington the state department said it was increasingly disturbed by. The Prospect of an Ever increasing Cost in human suffering but declined to say what president Carter May do to Stop the rebellion finally ended Friday when a some to National guard units advanced i into the City behind one tank and jeeps mounted with machine guns and enc Oun / tired no resistance. One student who said he had not participated in the rebellion said the students most of whom were in their teens were in the Hills waiting for the National guard to says shipping lanes must be protected Haig warns of ominous russian intentions Gaeta Italy a nato commander Gen. Alexander m. Haig or. Warned Fri Day of the ominous soviet intentions from Afghanistan to East Africa and urged Western readiness to protect vital shipping lanes. In recent months we have observed a pattern of activity ranging from Afghani Stan in the East through the Southern tier of the Middle East and to the african Conti nent which cannot but be viewed with in creasing concern by the West Haig said in a speech at the change of command cer Emony for the 6th Fleet on Board its Flag ship the guided missile Cruiser Albany. Vice . Harry d. Train relinquished command of the Mediterranean Fleet to be come commander in chief of the . At lactic Fleet out of Norfolk va., also be Bonn. Continued from Page 1 statement. The statement accused spa opponents of seeking to discredit the Alliance Trust worthiness and competence of the social because it is also in the interest of the american government not to become mis used in this Way the executive Secretary of the spa on instructions of party chair Man Willy Brandt has asked the american envoy in Bonn for an official position in this proceeding the statement added. A spokesman at the . Embassy declined comment on the request and refused to say whether it had been officially received. We re not making any comment at All he said. Our position is that any statement will have to come out of Washington. We re simply acting As a ambassador Walter j. Stoessel has been in Washington for the past week on state department business embassy officials said. Holtz joined with his bundestag col leagues in voting to lift his own immunity. Under the West German Constitution bundestag approval was required in order to search Holtz s office and Home or those of his staff members. It was not Clear whether Holtz or a Mem Ber of his staff was under suspicion. But the Young american educated Law maker went on National television on the eve of the debate to deny he was a spy. It s All nonsense he said. China importing linguists Tokyo a China has invited 70 linguists from abroad to teach foreign languages in chinese colleges for one to two years and is inviting More professors and specialists for scientific and cultural exchanges China s official Hsinhua news Agency said. Sports in Brief american league California 000 300 030 6 10 0 Toronto 3 000 100 4 9 1 Hartzell Laroche 8 and Downing Jefferson Cruz 8 and Ashby. A Hartzell 7-8. A Jefferson 7-11. Or California. Bostock 4jackson 4. Coming the eighth four Star Admiral in the Navy. Vice . James Watkins Deputy chief of naval operations took Over the 6th Fleet in a ceremony attended by Haig and chief of naval operations . Thomas Hay Ward. We cannot fail to recognize the Chal Lenge of soviet activities aimed at control Ling Western Access to vital resources Haig warned. Nor should we ignore the development of soviet air and sea bases which threaten Day to Day the very vitality of the lifelines of Western Commerce and raw related Story Page 2. Adm. Harold Shear commander in chief of Allied forces in Southern Europe cautioned that the primary soviet Mission in the Mediterranean is interdiction of both naval combatants and maritime shipping. He appealed for the fullest participation of All Allied forces to meet the threat. Haig said the . Naval presence in the Mediterranean has never been of greater significance although the number of . Warships in the area lags behind that of the soviet Union. Navy sources put the latest strength of . Naval presence to 35 vessels including two aircraft carriers while the soviets Are reported to maintain 48 Craft with no carriers and the majority being support vessels. Postal service Union officials open talks to Avert nation wide strike Washington up coached by a Harvard professor . Postal service officials and Union negotiators representing 500,000 postal workers opened talks Friday designed to head off a new threat of a nationwide mail strike. Talks began right on schedule at 10 . With chief mediator James j. Healy a Harvard labor relations expert briefing leaders of three postal unions on How he in tends to proceed. J. Joseph Vacca head of the 180,000 member National association of letter carriers Emmet Andrews Leader of the 280,000-member american postal workers Union Lonnie Johnson chief of the 40,000 member National Post office mail handlers Union and James Lapenta a Union Torrijos plans to step Down As Panama chief Panama City up Gen. Omar Torrijos announced Friday he is stepping Down As chief of government of Panama but will remain As commander of the National guard. Special constitutional Powers under which Torrijos has been acting expire oct. 11. If he were to govern Panama after that Date it would have to be As president. Panama now has a figurehead presi Dent Demetrio lakas. I Don t aspire to the presidency Tor Rijos told 150 municipal delegates who met with him at his at his summer Home in a Rallon. Torrijos recommended that education minister Aristides Royo 38, one of the negotiators of the new Panama canal trea ties be selected president by a National As Sembly which will meet before oct. 11. He also recommended As vice president Ricardo de la Espriella jr., 43, manager of the National Bank of Panama. Torrijos decision was relayed to news men by outgoing vice president Gerardo Gonzalez. Even though he will not be head of state Torrijos 49, will remain Kingmaker in Panama As head of the National guard. Bargaining coordinator were present at the opening session. Deputy postmaster general James con Way headed the government s five Mem Ber negotiating team. Under an agreement worked out to Avert a strike set for last monday Healy will have up to 15 Days until sept. 16, to medi ate a new contract with the postal workers. If Healy fails or determines there is an impasse he will resolve the issues through a system similar to binding arbitration. Any negotiated settlement will be submitted once again to the unions rank and file for ratification. Union members ignored president car Ter s anti inflation appeals and voted dowry an earlier agreement that provided a 19.5 percent wage and Cost of living increase spread Over three years with annual base pay hikes of 2,3 and 5 percent. The Compromise bargaining arbitration system with Healy in the chair was Sug. Tested by Wayne Horvitz director of the Federal mediation and conciliation serv ice to forestall strikes mandated by two of the three unions after the previous agree ment was voted Down. Rep. Harris will fight Carter bid to Cut raises continued from Page 1 Good,.congressional staffers said Friday. They said after All this is an election year and members of Congress Are suf Fering tics from taxpayers revolts and Are not Likely to upset voters who Are Al Kennedy to visit soviet Union Washington up sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., who visited peking ear Lier this year announced Friday he will Fly to the soviet Union sunday to attend an International health conference. He May also meet top soviet leaders. Kennedy chairman of the health sub committee of the Senate human resources committee is a leading advocate of National health insurance. He originally at tacked Carter s proposed health plan As in sufficient but has since softened his criticism somewhat. Or. Julius Richmond an assistant Secre tary of the department of health Educa Tion and welfare will head the . Delegation to the sept. 5-7 health conference in Alma Ata capital of the soviet Central asian Republic of Kazakhstan. Ready unhappy with government spending. Unions denounced the Carter move. The National Treasury employees Union said it was bitterly disappointed and charged him with playing politics. The president s action is but one More signal that political expediency rather than fairness and equity is the guiding Force behind the wage setting and person Nel policies of this administration said Teu president Vincent l. Connery. House and Senate leaders already have indicated their support of the 5.5 figure Anil opposition to any move to disapprove the president s 5.5 percent figure. Legislation is now moving through con Gress already approved by the House and Senate appropriations committees to also limit pay raises of Federal Blue Collar workers to 5.5 percent for the year starting oct. 1. Europe \ Cloudy and Cool with isolated rain showers saturday and sunday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 59, Low 48. Sunset sat urday 7 09 . Sunrise sunday 5 43 . Temperatures recorded Friday.4am 4pm Adana 45 70 Aviano p 50 61 Brussels m 50 58 Frankfurt cd 63 84 Madrid p 67 Paris m 4am 4pm 79 84 Athens p 46 61 Berlin p 52 52 Copenhagen r 56 58 London m 46 48 Munich r 48 70 Rome m i a partly Cloudy a mostly Cloudy cd Cloudy 25,31st weather Sii
