European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday september 17,1985 2 die As s. Africa Blacks attack ambulance Johannesburg South Africa up a Man narrowly escaped being burned alive and two men were shot dead when a mob of Blacks attacked an ambulance and tried to Rob its passengers As continuing countrywide rioting flared in to Sbisa near Johannesburg police said monday. Parents doctors and psychiatrists concerned about Chil Dren caught up in nationwide political violence monday demanded the release of detained children and urged police to stay away from Black schools. A police officer confirmed Hospital reports that 16-year old pc Ros Nxumalo died sunday after being shot in Dierk Loof part of the giant Soweto township. Black sources said Nxumalo was shot by police but the officer declining to confirm the reports said his death was being investigated. Police said in a separate routine report on Black political violence that an unidentified Man was doused with gasoline in to Sbisa late sunday by a mob apparently intent on setting him alight. He managed to escape from his assailants unscathed police said. Dozens of Black policemen councilman and civil servants have been burned to death this year by radicals opposed to their cooperation with the minority White government. The renewed unrest came amid growing concern about children caught up in the political unrest. A spokeswoman for a group of Soweto parents appealed to police and soldiers to stay away from Black schools in the township. It is disgusting that children should be picked up indiscriminately and locked up she told journalists in Soweto. Many of these children arc innocent and we wonder what attitude they Are going to develop towards the  police enforcing an edict confining children to classrooms from 8 . To 2 30 p.m., thursday detained 746 Black pupils in Soweto. They were released saturday moments before a court hear ing on their detention. In another Appeal 50 doctors social workers and Pyc to Risu said in a statement after a weekend meeting that All detained children should be released. We express our deeply Felt horror and revulsion at the state s assault on children and Call upon the government to release All detained children immediately the group said. According to the Independent detainees parents support committee hundreds of teen agers and children As Young As 11 have Beer held in adult prisons. . Is debtor nation for 1st time in 71 years Washington a the United states foreign Trade registered a near record s31.8 billion deficit from april through june confirming that the country has become a net debtor for the first time in 71 years. The cd Merce department said monday that the deficit in the current account was 4.9 percent higher than the s30.3 billion imbalance in the first three months of the year. The current account measures not Only Trade in merchandise but also in services mainly investment earnings. Since the country began the year with Only a $28.2 billion surplus in investments the s62.i billion in deficits has for the first six months of the year wiped out that surplus. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige said in june that it appeared the country had become a net debtor but economists could not pinpoint just when the country crossed Over. Monday s report provided fur ther confirmation that the country is now a net debtor for the first time since 1914. What that Means is that the United states now owes foreigners More than they owe this country. It also Means that the country can no longer soviets from Page 1 hidden by tall  As the soldiers attempted to free the vehicle a soviet truck approached at a High rate of Speed and grazed the . Vehicle the statement continued. At this Point several soviet soldiers including a lieutenant jumped out of the truck and surrounded the tour vehicle directing . Personnel to remain inside. Subsequently a major and a civilian arrived and later three East German soldiers All of whom proceeded to photograph the truck and tour  All told the two americans whom the Pentagon declined to identify were detained by the Roadside for about six hours. At that Point a soviet lieutenant colonel arrived at the scene and began questioning the americans. Then the soviets towed the . Truck to a different area near a  stricter sign where it was photographed again the statement said. The two americans were then allowed to repair the truck a task that took an other two hours. Then they returned to Berlin. In discussing the incident sunday on lbs to s face the nation Weinberger said the men had been detained at gun Point even though we have had promises by the soviets that they would Tell their people not to use  Weinberger has been blasting the soviet Union for its treatment of Liaison team members Ever since the fatal shooting on March 24 of maj. Arthur d. Nicholson by a soviet sentry. The soviets have refused to apologize for that shooting or to offer any compensation to Nicholson s family. The sept. 7 incident was the second involving . And soviet soldiers since Nich Olson s shooting. In july a soviet truck rammed the rear of an american vehicle in what the soviets later said was a simple Highway Accident. Look to the flow of dividend and interest payments to . Investors to help cover Trade balances since the United states will now be paying out More in such investment payments than it will be receiving. The current account deficit is Likely to top $120 billion this year making the United state the world s leading debtor nation substantially ahead of the previous leaders Brazil and Mexico. Monday s report showed that the j3i.8 billion current account deficit for the  Ond Quarter came near the record deficit of $32.5 billion in the third Quarter last year. The imbalance came from a record $33 billion merchandise Trade deficit. The Trade deficit came from a $2.5 Bil lion drop in exports which totalled $53.2 billion from april through june As agricultural exports dropped for the second consecutive Quarter. Imports Rose $1 billion to $86.2 billion As Petroleum imports increased sharply off setting a slight decline in non Petroleum imports. Temperatures september is airman s a Oke is no laughing matter by 1. King Cruger . Bureau Raf Lakenheath England a Lakenheath airman now realizes How seriously authorities take a death threat no matter How jokingly intended. The airman made the remark last thursday As British Prince Charles visited the Lakenheath base. One of the results of the statement was a half Page Story Mon Day in one of Britain s largest circulation newspapers that inaccurately related the Story under a misleading headline that read ". Airman held after threat to kill  the unidentified 19-year-old airman was not arrested and was not held in Cus Tody but was interrogated after making the remark according to u. Col. Douglas j. Kennett director of Public affairs for 3rd air Force he at nearby Raf Milden Hall. Kennett said the incident began during the Royal visit when the airman who was on duty in Raf Lakenheath s communications Center asked for permission to leave his duty station to join the crowd waiting to Greet the Prince. Since base officials had already allowed As Many personnel As possible off duty to Greet Charles no one working that shift in the communications Center was allowed to leave. When the airman was told that he could t leave he jokingly muttered of i d probably kill him anyway according to Kennett. Kennett said that although All the airman s co workers understood that the comment was intended As a joke no chances were taken and office of special investigations agents were summoned. They interrogated the airman for several minutes. Everyone involved is now totally con Vinced that the comment was made in a joking manner and simply exhibited the Young airman s frustration at not being Able to join his friends in greeting the Prince Kennett said monday. He now realizes the seriousness with which such a joking comment is taken. He is obviously embarrassed and upset that anyone took him seriously. The visiting party was informed of the situation Ana the airman s commanding officer is presently considering appropriate disciplinary action Kennett said. Cruise missile site confirmed by Safe Ramstein Germany a a for Mer . Army base in southwestern Ger Many is being converted for the deployment of 96 new . Cruise missiles a spokesman for Safe said. Capt. Clark Wilcy briefing reporters accompanying natos fall Maneu vers in Germany said the nuclear rockets would be stationed at the former base in Wuesch Heim. The planned missile Lite will be run by the air Force s 38th tactical missile Wing he said. It is the first time . Spokesmen have publicly disclosed the location of a nuclear missile site in Germany. German military officials have also declined to disclose the Sites although they have been widely re ported in the Domestic news Media. Col. Werner Baach a spokesman for the German defense department told the stars and stripes that the German govern ment had released the name of the missile site to the government of Rheinland Pfalz after an official query by that government in january of this year. It was an exception to our Normal practice of not revealing the names of any missile Sites Baach said about $00 air Force personnel started con version work on the site april is and 1,000 eventually will be based there said Wigley. He said no cruise missiles have been stationed in l a 70 Albany 59 74 Albuquerqu of 50 60 Anchorage 51 74 Allan a 51 71 Atlantic ally 43 74 Baltimore 52 77 Billing 57 77 Birmingham 47 m Boll so 7 Boston 44 4 Buffalo 41 70 Burlington 61 Ai Charleston . 40 76 Charleston . 40 70 Chicago 45 74 conc null 40 u Cleveland 67 1� Dalus i. Worths5 a server 46 75 Das Molnar 47 67 Detroit 46 51 Fairbanks u 77 Fargo 71 n Honolulu 69 3 Houston 45 73 Indianapolis 64 76 Jacksonville a 75 Kansas City 71 w in vegas 59 til ulna Bock l h 63 13 los Angeles so 75 Louisville 63 77 Memphis 74 m Miami Baach 49 77 Muti St. Paul 50 77 Nail Vlam a n new Orient 51 74 Norfolk 64 76 Oklahoma City 49 74 Omaha 69 As Orlando 41 73 Philadelphia 41 6b Pittsburgh 77 n Phoenix 41 77 Portland a. 54 61 Portland Ore. 45 71 Providence 44 71 Rawot 11 74 Reno 54 n is. Louis u 17 is. Petersburg 55 7s Salt Lake City 64 77 san Diego a 74 san Francisco a 64 Smili 45 61 Syracuse 77 99 Tucson 77 99 Tucson 50 75 Washington � n of Chile Wuesch Heim yet but he declined to say when the deployment would begin. Wuesch Heim is about 30 Miles North of Ramstein the european Headquarters of the . Air Force. The 96 cruise missiles Are a portion of the 464 scheduled for deployment in Var ious nato member european nations along with 108 is. Penning ii rockets to counter a soviet missile buildup in Eastern Europe. Germany is accepting All the pending missiles whose deployment started in late 1983 amid Strong Domestic controversy that included left Wing blockades of deployment Sites. European weather forecast for tuesday Central end Northern area can a pct Cloudy conditions and periods of rain rear showers wid fog. Southern areas we be parity Cloudy 10 occasionally non Tiv Cloudy with morn to too. Utah temperatures win by in the mid sos to Tow 60s. Tows in the mid to won 401. Sunup to tidy j3ti lung la wednesday 705 Outlook for wednesday can of Ltd Cloudy skies wlm rein end Rel showers in Central and nor Lotrn districts partly Cloudy to Rno Tlly Cloudy skies and morning fog elsewhere. Temperatures nightly warmer. Temperatures recorded monday 4am 4pm Adana p 70 m  Leardam m s4 Atheni i 61 77 a Leno m 64 71 a flan m so 61 Miramar Haven m 4 54 Bruitt. M so is 4am 4pm Copenhagen r so a Frankfurt m 4s 41 London d Madrid p Munich p Perls m Roma p a a a a a u u n provided by dal i7m Waater so Graben Trarbach. Tolx uror Edwld temperatures High Low Cairo f 16 66dublin, cd 63 41 Helsinki d 57 50 Jerusalem i m 44 Lisbon i 17 7i High Low Montreal i 10 41 Moscow r a 44 Chojo. F a 41 Toronto i 71 m Vancouver r 41 u supplied by the a daled press. L i a partly Cloudy a Molly Cloudy a Dou Duj