European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes divots to allow . To March crash Vita Page 5 q surrogate mom gives birth for her sister Page 6 a Day of thrills in the mountains pages 14 and 15 the s w4andpripesxgutgfex author into unofficial publication for vol. 44, no. 206 sunday november 10, 1985. Rambo for Cit and d 8693 a hostages make plea to Reagan Beirut Lebanon a four kid napped american sent a letter to president Reagan on Friday appealing to him to negotiate their release quickly because their shiite moslem Capton Are growing Imp it b in your Power to have us Home by Christmas the four men said in a letter addressed to Reagan and delivered to the associated press in Beirut. Will you not have mercy on us and our families and do so a White House spokesman said Friday night that the United slates will not negotiate concessions to terrorists but is pre pared to talk to obtain the Safe release of our hostages in Lebanon. Edward Djerejian Deputy press Secretary for National Security affairs said the administration has offered to talk with anyone who can help secure the release of the six americans missing in Beirut including the kidnappers who hold them. The letter was the first Public Appeal by the group of hostages for negotiations to obtain their Freedom. They said they will be killed if any at tempt is made to Rescue them. The letter also said they Are being held in primitive conditions and that their physical and men Tal health is deteriorating. Djerejian i remarks seemed to signal a change in emphasis from earlier White House comments. He restated the administration s position in terms that put the emphasis on a refusal to make concessions or deals with terrorists. In the first Washington response to the message White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the president s policy has not changed As far As negotiating with terrorists and will not change. We do not negotiate with terrorists. Until we Sec the letters we cannot ver Ify either that they Are genuine or when they were written Speakes added. We remind the kidnappers that we hold them see hostages on Page 28 mail order Bride arrives of wilderness Camp Anchorage Ala answered an and for a mail of ready to haul water from an ice take on All the other chores of living Bush. Jill Vandock 22. Of Olympia wash., Arrivi thursday at Anchorage International Airport to the waiting arms of Tom Williams 40. Last month he advertised for brides for himself and about a half dozen of his workers who had complained about the Lack of women. Williams is building a replica of an 1800s mining Camp at pay Strcic a Remote site about 90 Miles South of Anchorage. 600 answer and Bandock was one of the 600 women who an swered the and. She and Williams met for the first time thursday. I m satisfied Williams said after meeting her. He s going to have to drag me Back to to Airport if he wants me to leave Bandock Williams said the couple had plans and wanted to Lake time to Cal other. The couple was in Payst Bandock said she i hardships of the alas Williams letters pc a half dozen women from the lower 48 states have visited pays Locke but none has stayed. Mail order Bride Jill Bandock says Tom Williams is just the nun she s been looking for. Weinberger Cas Foryes Effion on veterans Day . Threatens to Block ship s departure soviets reject subpoena for Medvid Wash defense special Vetera Active duty Pei the occasion a great nation s Fieri Ai our nation ins Day on this reflect on our to americans and be of veterans a courage Dedic Aii in onsite for la enrich our lives on behalf defense i sex gratitude to sacrifices c Long ago have Vanis Iton a f Secretary of w. We Ferger issued a y Rne Juge Friday to All i. Ucang them to Mark of safeguard our values Chi to observe voter 1985, we should Kand heritage As the millions a Host loyalty list Are re or Edom that Ger said. Entire department of no arc a creation and Erans. Wit it their would i had Reserve la. A congressional representatives Friday presented a subpoena to soviet officials requiring a ship jump ing Seaman to testify before Congress but the soviets responded that the document will not be honoured authorities said. The soviets were told the ship will not be allowed to leave new Orleans unless the Seaman Miroslav Medvid goes to Washington tuesday to testify said Terrance Wear a lawyer for the Senate agriculture committee. Since the subpoena has been served under customs regulations the ship cannot leave . Waters. Wear said. A soviet consular official who was among those who met with the . Officials implied however that american ships in soviet Waters could be subject to Retalia Tion a Senate aide said. Wear said . Officials were not allowed to Board the marshal Konev on Friday but that during negotiations he Felt he had reached a Point at which he had effectively served the subpoena. Two copies of the subpoena also were slipped into packages of cigarettes offered As a gift to the Captain of the ship he said. He said representatives of the soviet ship and the soviet embassy had assured them that Medvid a ukrainian Seaman who jumped ship twice and raised an International ruckus Over whether he wanted to defect was aboard and in Good health. We were advised after the second Secre tary consulted with his ambassador that Medvid does t want to talk. He does t want to leave the ship. He wants to go Back to the soviet Union Wear said. The soviets also said they do not believe . Laws apply to them on their ship he added. It is the soviet position that the state department was sure that Medvid wanted to go Home and that As far As they re concerned the Case is closed said Wear. They did not physically accept our subpoena during our meeting with them this afternoon he said. The Ball is in the soviets court said David Sullivan an aide of sen. Jesse Helms , who signed the subpoena for the Senate agriculture committee which he Heads. If they choose to ignore our subpoena then they stand out in that Stream at Anchor until further matters Are clarified Sulli Van said. He said a soviet consular official who see Medvid on Page 28
