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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday november 18, 1985page 2tj the Sta boy of coup Leader on display in Liberia Abidjan Ivory coast a the Bullet riddled body of Brig. Gen. Thomas qui Wonkka Leader of a thwarted coup attempt in Liberia was on Public display saturday residents reported from that neighbouring West african nation. Residents in the liberian capital Monrovia contacted by Telephone saturday said that Calls were stepped up Over the radio for leading opposition figures to surrender. Qui Wonkka on the run since tuesday s attempt failed to overthrow the government of Gen. Samuel k. Doe was shot to death Friday in the streets of Monrovia officials reported. Residents said qui Wonkka s body first was displayed Friday at the main military Barracks. Doe was quoted Friday night by the liberian Christian station radio Elwa As saying six or seven government soldiers and an unknown number of civilians were killed in the coup attempt. Doe said wednesday thai 10 rebels and one government Soldier were reported killed and 16 rebels captured. Diplo Mats later said the loll could Rise because of fighting re ported tuesday and wednesday. A radio Elwa broadcast monitored in London saturday night reported Doe told diplomats that Charles Benyan editor in chief of the liberian broadcasting system was shot to death Friday. It quoted Doe As saying that Security troops arrested Benyan and while trying to disarm him a gun went off killing the editor instantly. The broadcast said Doe summoned the diplomats to the executive mansion to inform them of developments since the coup attempt. Monrovia residents said the capital appeared Calm with most stores open and traffic near Normal. A dusk to Dawn curfew remained in Force and the country s Borders were closed. The residents spoke on condition they were not identified. Radio Elwa monitored in neighbouring Ivory coast broadcast repeated Calls saturday for the top dissidents to report to Doe s executive mansion. They included Jackson Doe whose Liberia. Action party was accused Friday by Samuel Doe of complicity in the  Doe no relation to the head of state and other opposition leaders accused Samuel Doe of rigging the oct. 15 presidential elections. Liberian action has charged repeatedly that its Leader won the poll which according to official returns gave Gen. Doe the presidency with 51 percent of the  radio also reported a separate list of six wanted men three military officers and three government offi  residents said roundups of government opponents were continuing. There was no reliable estimate on How Many have been arrested. Doe was quoted Friday night on radio Elwa As saying about 400 people took part in the coup including citizens of three West african neighbors Ghana Sierra Leone and Guinea As Well As cubans. Cuba s government has denied . Doc seized Power in a 1980 sergeants coup that toppled the civilian government of president William Tol Bert and ended the political grip on Liberia of descendant of freed american slaves. Bhagwan from Page 1 would arrange a news conference later. His aides said he would Start a new com Mune in the Himalaya mountains in North Ern India. His problems in the . Were Only a divine play. His work will continue As usual meditation celebrations singing danc ing ecstacy said Swami yoga Chi Maya head of a Rajnesh commune in Nepal. He will Settle somewhere in the Hima Layas and thousands will go with him. It is a purification process. Now the movement will be deeper More intense More  Rajneesha who disbanded his love cult in Oregon in september was arrested with six disciples oct. 28 when they flew to Char Lotte n.c., in two chartered Learjet. Fed eral prosecutors said Rajneesha was trying to flee to Bermuda to escape prosecution on charges of immigration fraud. He pleaded guilty thursday in Portland to two charges of arranging Sham marriages to help his foreign disciples remain illegally in the United states. The . Government dropped 33 other immigration charges in a plea bargain assessed him $400.000 in fines and court costs gave him a 10-year suspended prison sentence and ordered him to leave the coun try immediately. Rajneesha abruptly left India four years ago after the government revoked the tax exempt status of his Poona commune and sued the India based Rajneesha foundation for $2.5 million in Back taxes. No criminal charges have been filed against him in India according to Maharashtra stale officials. They said income tax officers have been investigating the accounts of the Poona commune and the possibility of income tax evasion. Rajneesha claims a worldwide following of 500,000 disciples. Colombia from Page 1 tors buzzed Over the sea of mud covering most of the Armero Valley. One Rescue worker said an Armero Busi Nessman whose legs were severed when mud buried his House committed suicide by repeat edly subbing himself while still trapped. The businessman stabbed himself five times red Cross worker Jose Oviedo said in an interview with Caracol radio. Also in Armero a 12-year-old girl trapped with just her head above mud and a Pool of water died saturday despite intense Rescue efforts according to a radio report. The girl was trapped by mud debris and her dead Mother s body which was under the water and across the girl s legs rescuers said. Bodies were becoming a health Hazard. Some were being buried in mass Graves. In Armero associated press reporter Richard Cole saw dozens of bodies lying along paths and streets. The International red Cross said in Geneva that the red Cross Branch in the Armero District was virtually wiped out by the disaster with 71 of the 82 members killed. It quoted one colombian red Cross Helper As saying Only those who could run Uphill fast got  twelve . Helicopters and two c-130 Hercules cargo planes arrived in Colombia Friday and saturday. They carried blankets tents Medicine fuel water generators and shovels said Josie Shumake of the is. Embassy. The air Relief including 100 military medi Cal personnel came in from Howard a in Panama she said. The International red Cross launched an Appeal for $4.6 million that it said would be needed to help the survivors for the next 90 Days. A spokesman of the league of National red Cross societies in Geneva Switzer land e. Daniel Kin car said the Money was needed to provide clothing food medi Cine and other supplies for the victims. Geneva from Page 1 ballistic missile treaty. To sign a joint communique with the soviets that includes language that obscures their record of arms control Vio  a senior administration official asked if he thought the letter had been leaked in order to sabotage the Summit talks replied sure it  Speakes did t attempt to mask Reagan s anger Over the leak of the letter from Wein Berger. The president would have preferred to read it in the privacy of the Oval office and not in the new York times Speakes said. Weinberger was left off the Geneva delegation a move interpreted widely As an indication that Reagan did not care to have a split on arms policy dominate inner administration discussions in Geneva. Wein Berger and others in the Pentagon Are said to be More strongly opposed to arms conces Sions than others in the administration. Two close Weinberger aides undersecretary of defense Fred Ikle and assistant Secretary Richard Pyrle Are in the Geneva delegation. They generally share Weinberg or s suspicions of the soviets. Perle is particularly sceptical of arms control agreements. Reagan wearing a dark overcoat and White Scarf was met by Swiss president Kurt Wurgler. Reagan said the United states and Switzerland Are determined to defend the freedoms of its own people and to Advance the cause of Freedom throughout the world. And each rests confident in the knowledge that Freedom will endure and  he said it is to make certain that this great work on behalf of human Freedom can go Forward in peace that i have come  As Reagan spoke his wife Nancy stood smiling at his Side. Reagan planned to spend sunday Confer ring with his advisers resting and inspect ing the mansion alongside Lake Geneva where he and Gorbachev will meet tues Day. The president is to select one of the Small rooms for the 15-Minutc private talk he will have with Gorbachev before the two leaders and their delegations meet. Also Reagan is to decide which Side of the 16-foot-Long rectangular table the americans will sit on. Arms control is one of the major items on the Agenda although administration officials have virtually ruled out any nuclear Accord. The two sides Are deeply divided Over How to achieve reductions while the soviets Are demanding restrictions on the . Search for an anti missile defense. Reagan has refused to put the program known popularly As Star wars on the table. A . Official said saturday however that there probably will be a joint reaffirmation to guard against the spread of nuclear weapons technology to other coun tries. Agreements Are also expected on broader cultural exchanges improved air safety procedures in the Pacific and the need for periodic meetings Between Reagan and Gorbachev. 8,000 March for peace in Geneva Geneva Switzerland a anti nuclear demonstrators environmentalists and pacifists numbering about 8,000 by police count marched through Central Geneva saturday to highlight their causes Infix Dayi before the  Summit. No violence was reported Ai the crowd it tried through the streets Many Demontra ton chanting in French Reagan out of Cen trial America Gorbachev out of  president Ronald Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev on tuesday begin two Dayi of sum Mitry at which arms control and regional issues Are expected to be discussed. Some of the marchers carried banners saying ".a.-.s.r.  Alain Gonthier one of the March organizers said a marching slogan Reagan Gorbachev the world does t belong to you was the theme of the Parade. 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