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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, February 10, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes february aliens found fear not the promised better life new York up the Long Days and nights were filled with fear and in the they were a better life awaited eight five dominicans paid to apiece to be smuggled into the United in they were sold the myth of a land of plenty jobs and a welcoming they travelled thousands of Miles in a cramped Only to be arrested As illegal aliens on their first Day in new their deportation hearing before an Immi Gration court judge is scheduled this six of the dominicans told their tale of misery and shattered dreams in an inter View with each asked that he not be quoted by though they agreed to be identified As a the six Are Rene Rafael a Street Vendor and the father of four Chil Dren Andres Norberto an economics student Felix Vinicio de a truck Driver with three children Candido an Interior decorator with six children Amable a student Book keeper with three and a retail clerk identified Only As they said they left their Island nation Between 17 and 21 and were arrested the very night they arrived in new York City 2 after Long Days and nights of hunger and they were locked for three Days in a trailer with very Little they said they were contacted in their country by a whose name they did not who offered to Fly them to the United states via Mexico and promised to get them working papers after they arrived in new in addition to their initial payment of to there were to be some unspecified extra charges to be paid after we were one of the men Blue impulse Swan song we believed the Legal situation was going to be we didst want trouble with the they flew to Mexico in Small posing As they arrived always at were pushed into a bus and rushed to a we stayed locked without going to the one we Only got one meal a Day Chicken and Pepsi on the night of they were jammed into a bus with other dominicans and began the Long journey to the they travelled until the next Day without food and were left in the Middle of some it was cold and they didst dare Start a fire for fear of we discovered a Road Bridge and huddled under trying to protect the Wom who where sick from the Lack of food and the one Man by 6 the next members of the smuggling network came with cars and jammed the migrants nine to a i was forced to travel in the with another one of the dominicans later that they were locked in a hut in the Middle of with Little the next they crossed the Rio Grande at the Border in groups of they were locked into a tractor trailer and travelled for three Days until they reached new we had no air and Little one the food was passed through a Small win Dow and that was when they finally reached new York cites largely hispanic South an Anonymous tip to police gave them away As they were transferring from the truck to a so ended their Hopes of the promised two people Roopnarine a native of and Efrain of puerto Rico were arrested and charged with the illegal transportation of top soviet officer has talks in Cuba Mexico City up cuban de sense minister Raul Castro and soviet joint chiefs of staff Boss Nikoli Ogarkow met Over the weekend in what were termed fruitful Cubas Prensa Latina news Agency said the meetings Between Castro and Ogar Kov could be a new source of concern to the which has repeatedly accused Cuba of supporting soviet designs for expansion in Africa and latin officials recently have alleged Cuba and the soviet among other coun Are shipping weapons to leftist guerrillas fighting to overthrow the military civilian Junta in Al who is also vice minister of de arrived in Havana with a soviet Mili tary delegation Friday at the invitation of the cuban the news Agency the soviets held an unspecified number of meetings with military including younger brother of cuban presi Dent Fidel Prensa Latina the quoting the Havana newspaper Juventud said the weekend talks Between Castro and Orgar Kov produced a fruitful interchange of opinions on distinct themes of Mutual others at the the meetings included Sergei commanding officer of the soviet brigade stationed in and Abelardo col me and Senen Casas of Cubas revolutionary armed Prensa Latina East Germany claims Sharp drop in crime rate Berlin a the East German crime rate dropped to a Quarter of what it was three decades the official news Agency adn quoted that communist ruled country chief prosecutor As the report gave no figures or other specifics regarding the East German crime Paisley to Lead mass rallies to protest Ulster sellout known As Blue f86 Jet fight ers of the japanese air Sel defense forces aerobatics team make their Farewell flights at the Adf air base in ending their 23 years of forma Tion because the models that the team has used since it was formed in 1958 have come of retirement they will be replaced by t2 jets next a photo Northern Ireland up protestant activist Ian Paisley said monday that he will Lead a series of mass rallies throughout Northern Ireland to protest what he described As a British he warned that he could not Rule out the use of Force if any attempt was made to Force Northern Ireland into a United ire the Paisley told a news conference in Belfast City Hall that he will conduct 12 rallies protesting the current Anglo Irish talks in Dublin and he called the talks a sellout of the protestant tradition of loyalty to Northern Ireland most outspoken Heads the democratic Union which seeks to increase its following at elections for the provinces 26 District councils in the rallies could provide an Early indication of Paisley electoral upon which depends the possibility of his leading any future devolved traction in the Paisley said that the which would include a March of loyalists to the Stormont Home of the Northern Ireland parliament until its dissolution in would show British prime minister Marga ret Thatcher that the protestants were determined to protect their in december Thatcher and Irish prime minister Charles Haughey initiated talks on closer relations Between Britain and the Irish the two leaders Are scheduled to meet again at a european common Market sum Mit in Holland next month and then in Lon Don in asked if he could Rule out the use of Force to keep Northern Ireland out of any form of Union with the Paisley replied i would not like to think we would have to use just let me quote lord Carson when he we will Stop at that is where i we will Stop at nothing to protect Edward Carson helped found Northern Ireland As a Semi autonomous British prov Ince 60 years formed the illegal Ulster Volunteer Force and imported thousands of rifles from Germany which he threatened to use against Britain if attempts were made to Force the province into the embryonic Irish free we Are on the Carson Paisley in an action evidently intended to evoke memories of Carsons Paisley on Fri Day staged a military style rally on a lonely he showed journalists 500 men drawn up in ranks and displaying what he said were firearms he said they were a Token of the Many armed loyalists ready to fight to keep Ulster Paisley said protestants attending his ral lies would be Able to sign a covenant similar to the one signed by hundreds of thousands of loyalists who opposed Irish Unity in  
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