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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes August 1985 Pope deplores South african violence Cameroon up Pope John Paul on the fourth Day of his visit to deplored mounting racial Vio Lence in White ruled South Africa sunday and categorically condemned apartheid As the in two of his strongest statements to Date on the worsening conflict in South said the latest clashes Are causing concern Over the whole of Africa As Well As Over the whole one of the statements was issued through the Vatican chief spokesman As John Paul celebrated a mass for people in cameroons capital of the Pon Tiff issued the second statement in an address at the end of the before flying to Garoupa to celebrate a second describing John Paul As very concerned about the tragic events that Are developing in South Vatican spokesman Joa Quin Navarro vails said the Pope urged prayers for Justice and respect for others in South he profoundly deplores that this unjust situation is fanning the different communities into bloody confrontation almost every Navarro More than 60 people have died in less than a week in Savage clashes Between Blacks and asians in racial separation is the statement without the fundamental rights of which the holy father always there is no dignity at the statement the holy father appeals to All for an end to any kind of for Politi Cal Freedom of thought and Freedom of con the Pope personally issued a similar plea after ordaining 16 new priests during an outdoor mass celebrated on a Bow shaped site overlooking sundays ordination mass throbbed with african rhythms beaten on primitive instr John Paul told the new priests to minister to their flocks wherever the need was especially in Northern where christianity competes with islam for conversions among people still largely Fol lowing Pagan spirit worshipping he said they also must be ready to work in other african the Pope is on the third leg of a seven nation tour of his third to the continent and his 27th foreign trip since he became Pope in shiites grab 65 release them after 3 hours Beirut a shiite moslem gun demanding the release of a relative kidnapped snatched 65 lebanese christians headed in a Convoy to Beirut Airport but the gunmen freed them unharmed three hours the the largest mass kidnapping in several came during fierce fight ing in downtown police said six peo ple were killed and 19 wounded in sundays rocket and mortar exchanges along the cites dividing Green the casualties raised the known toll since Early saturday to at least 15 dead and 77 wounded along the three mile line that splits the capital into Christian and moslem shells also crashed into residential districts deep inside East and West in some of the worst exchanges in recent other shells exploded near president Amin Gemayel Palace in the Christian suburb of and around the defense ministry and residence of ambassador Reginald Bartholomew in nearby no casualties were police said the kidnapped rid ing in a Middle East airlines bus in Convoy with at least four were stopped at a Mobile shiite checkpoint on the Airport Highway in Beirut shiite populated South Ern three hours after the midday the 50 bus passengers were soon the 15 occupants of the cars also were let police police said the kidnappers demanded the release of Fadi a shiite allegedly abducted by christians As he drove into East Beirut police said the kid nappers were relatives of after their most of the travellers went on to the Airport to catch flights out of the the kidnapping underlined the fragility of a Syria sponsored Security plan to end a wave of lawlessness and militia Rule in West Beirut and its Hijack plagued the Airport area is controlled by the shiite amal the launched july has brought a measure of Calm and order to West Bei in recent gunmen have begun reappearing on the and there has been a spate of gun Battles and sundays mass kidnapping came hours after waved the kuwaiti embassy press officer seized in Beirut on july 11 by shiite was released soviets agree on Summit Agenda Washington up and so Viet officials have worked out a preliminary Agenda for the november Summit meeting Between president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the main topics will be arms bilateral regional issues and human the White House said Secretary of state George Shultz and soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze worked out the Agenda framework for the 1920 Summit session in Gene when they met in Helsinki last White House spokesman Larry Speakes who discussed Summit plans with reporters aboard air Force one As president Reagan flew to California for a 23day vacation at his Mountain said the Agenda includes three primary issues Navy from Page 1 sought a photo an impression of the woman who bought the Auto used in the Rhein main a car bomb attack is conveyed by this composite image put together by Ger Many criminal terrorist from Page 1 red army the German left Wing terrorist band that took responsibility for the the band also is known As the Badac Remhof gang after Andreas Baader and Ulrike its founders in the they killed themselves in direct a French extremist took responsibility for the bombing along with the red army car Dieter state Secretary in the German Interior called sunday for International cooperation against left Wing extremist bands with increasing International support Are waging a Mur Derous War of terrorism against the West Ern their institutions and their the official told the Welt am son tag he said the bombing of the american base was part of this Springer said the Western democracies must counter the attacks with an aggressive political program to maintain order and protect their Hospital found in neighbourhoods throughout the Amis took command of the 500bed hos Pital in shortly after the Navy announced it would court martial Donal Bethesda chief heart Billig is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the surgical deaths of patients at Bethesda and 28 counts of Derele Tion of duty for operating without required the Navy also took action against a for Mer commander of the hospitals former director of surgery and seven other Navy medical officers and recruiters for their role in bringing Billig into the service and allowing him to the Navy hired Billig in 1982 despite warnings from Hospital authorities in new Jersey that he was incompetent As a sur Geon and had surrendered his state medical License the Navy also discounted the results of a medical examination which showed the cardio thoracic surgeon to be legally Blind in his right the Billig Case was a result of mis guided individuals overriding the Amis wrote of the had Complete integrity been displayed in the recruitment or later in the credentialing the Billig Case would not have our individual and corporate sensitivity has now been and similar events should not Amis we solicited candid comments and we got the Navy surgeon Gener Al said Friday when asked about the it was the Type of letter i Hope i could always expect to get when you ask for Frank the Bethesda letter and reports from other Navy medical commanders formed the basis for discussion at a meeting last month that May result in a Radical overhaul of Navy Seaton we Are at a turning we Are going to have to but we will always serve the Fleet and the Marine corps be cause that is our first Seaton we have finite the surgeon general hinting that several of the navys smaller medical facilities May be drastically scaled you have not heard me plead for More dollars or More whatever we were going to do it in his memo to the surgeon Amis echoed Many of the concerns that have been heard lately about military medi a 10 million patient sys tem that has been staggered by successive revelations of poor care and Amis suggested that a redefinition of the systems Mission to first care for Active duty men and then dependents and retirees would have to be or massive amounts of new funding would be Quality services cannot continue to be provided at the current expected Norm without vertical cuts in service or additional Amis commanding officers must be supported As they reallocate their precious resources to come into compliance with All necessary military and civilian this is an absolute necessity if we Are to survive and maintain our professional rep the memo we simply cannot continue to support the Fleet and keep our training programs going in the current distributed by the new York times news service arms a subject in which negotiations Are stalemated bilateral relations and regional in he Reagan intends to raise human rights asked about speculation that the soviets would use the Summit As a Public relations Speakes said the meeting is far too important and far too serious from our standpoint to resort to any or he said he expects Reagan to begin re viewing Summit briefing materials during his under the preliminary the first Day of the Summit will be devoted to a general Exchange of on the second Day the leaders will discuss the four major topics of regional bilateral human rights and arms temperatures l h 67 86 72 92 72 88 65 85 60 80 61 78 80 102 58 85 56 80 77 88 76 96 70 86 78 104 Albany Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Kansas City Las vegas August 10 l h 67 82 78 90 57 80 76 94 73 90 73 92 82 106 73 90 60 82 52 81 60 84 55 73 74 90 los Angeles Miami Minneapolis new Orleans new York Orlando Phoenix Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland Salt Lake City san Francisco san Juan european weather forecast for monday partly Cloudy skies with Light morning in the extreme mostly to partly Cloudy with a Chance of afternoon ral showers or isolated High temperatures lows Sunset monday Sunrise tuesday out look for tuesday mostly Cloudy skies with Gusty surface winds and possible rain and temperatures slightly temperatures recorded sunday 4am 4pm 4am 4pm f 75 90 p 55 66 m 52 68 f 54 77 m 73 90 r 54 63 m 71 81 f 57 86 f 57 73 f 55 72 m 56 70 r 54 73 r 50 66 p 66 86 by Del 7th weather Graben other worldwide temperatures High Low High Low f 90 72 cd 84 64 r 64 54 f 90 68 r 66 57 f 90 64 cd 84 68 f 75 61 cd 64 50 by the associated of far a Cloudy partly Cloudy mostly Cloudy  
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