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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday november 19, 1965 soviets leave news conference after incident by de Reavis ind Betty Ulman staff writers Geneva Switzerland three soviets walked out of their scheduled news conference monday when a woman seeking Freedom for a psychiatrist in a soviet prison disrupted the session and immediately was sur rounded by television cameras. The woman had also interrupted a press conference on sunday. Vladimir Lomeiko head of the press department of the soviet ministry for foreign affairs had just started to Tell the journalists about the arrival of soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev when the woman stood up and began arguing with an unidentified Man in the Center aisle. Please end your provocation Lomeiko told the woman. Go outside to shout  he asked the journalists whether to continue or have recess but reporters and television cameramen crowding around Irini Grevnina were not wearing earphones to hear the translation of his question. He criticized the journalists saying this interfere with our productive  other journalists agreed Yelling at the offenders take it  just before walking out with his two associates Lomeiko said i warned the distinguished Swiss that this was planned. There s nothing Here that s  in a later news conference. White House Deputy pres Secretary Larry Speakes rejected any allegations that the United states had anything to do with Grevnina s out burst. Grevnina also disrupted a news conference sunday but remained quiet when the russian delegation threat ened to leave. She was allowed to remain in the auditorium. Grevnina claimed in. Statement that she and her family escaped from the soviet Union two week she had been a soviet correspondent for a dutch i Azine while in the soviet Union and gained Access topless Hall with credentials from that Magazine a journalist said. In her statement Grevnina begged for help for  Toly Kryagin who she said is dying in a political Zaboj Camp in the soviet Union. Grevnina said Kryagin h of his third or fourth hunger strike. His life is in the hands of he people in the West in said. You have a real Chance to save a human  Lomeiko continued his briefing in a Small  but used the time mainly to criticize the fun us a lists and the woman. A . Government official said Swiss Security Ici als stated they would ensure that Grevnina does i further disturb the news conferences. Gorbachev from Page 1 night noted it was different that Gorba Chev did not mention ski in his Airport speech but referred Only to stopping the Extension of nuclear arms to new spheres. Wurgler in welcoming Gorbachev at the Airport said your country s great poet Leo Tolstoy who pondered upon War and peace during All his lifetime reminds us that fire cannot put out fire nor evil stifle evil. Good alone can defeat evil. The whole world Longs for peace free Dom and Security Wurgler said. You and president Reagan have it in your Power to determine the Fate of Mankind and to pave the Way for  i press Secretary said monday the Summit talks could be a watershed meeting but Success will not be judged on the number of agreements  results of this meeting will not be judged by tomorrow s headlines but in the advancement of better relations in the months and years to come White House spokesman Larry Speakes said. We re interested in substance not forms action not words As far As arms control is concerned. Paper is not important. It s action that  explaining his watershed remark Speakes said relations Between the soviet Union and the United states have characteristically been on a roller coaster from euphoria to gloom and doom. We want to put them on an even , 74, and Gorbachev 54, Are scheduled to meet for the first time tues Day morning and spend at least 15 minutes with Only their translators present. Speake described the private meeting As an Opportunity for the two to size each other Upland establish a personal  the two men will have four two hour working meetings although they also will meet for social events such As  said that while Reagan s interpreter will translate Gorbachev s statements Ashe soviet Leader Speaks the soviet inter Preter will wait until Reagan finishes speaking before translating for Gorbachev. The extra time needed for translation will reduce sharply he amount of actual time the men can discuss the  control will be discussed this afternoon. Although both sides have offered to reduce nuclear weapons by so percent they differ greatly on the  Issue that continues to be non negotiable by Reagan is his mull billion dollars i research program. Anyone who has heard the president speak knows his position on ski is firm Speakes said. He is not looking to bargains i now or in the  regional conflicts in Afghanistan Cam Bodia Nicaragua Angola and Ethiopia will be discussed wednesday morning. In Addi Tion Reagan also intends to discuss human rights and an increase in people to people exchanges Between the two countries. On human rights chief of staff Dona Dregan discounted the soviets release of nine spouses of american  has been done practically every Summit Regan said in Geneva on face the  they release a few people where Are the rest of the people it s just pittance and Mere pittance at that. Why Don t they release All of the people Why do they keep their Borders closed whether the two Leaden discuss the fatal shooting by soviet soldiers of . Army maj. Arthur Nicholson in East German remains o be teen Speakes said. However Shultz has brought up the lulling in his resubmit meetings with the soviets Speakes  undecided is whether Reagan and Gorbachev will meet thursday to Issue joint statement concerning the results of the first .-soviet Summit meeting in six years the press Secretary said. Lon nol from Page 1 North Vietnam. Shortly after Lon no took Power. Presi Dent Nixon s administration conducted what it called an incursion into Cambodia to strike communist sanctuaries. The United suites also conducted a series of secret bombings on cambodian territory. After the War Nixon said the bombing strikes were carried out on behalf of the Lon nol regime and had helped delay a virtual extermination of a people a reference to the brutalities under the Khmer Rouge portrayed in the the killing Fields a film about a new York tuna reporter and his cambodian assistant the bombings were held by some to have destabilized Lon nol s government and to have hastened if not caused in downfall. With the Khmer Rouge nearing the cambodian capital of photon penh in the Spring of 1975, Lon fled april 1 with a entourage of 32 people. A new government was set up but collapsed when the Khmer Rouge occupied the capital on april 17. The extreme leftist regime was Over thrown by Vietnam in january 1979. State department press duty officer Bruce Ammerman had no comment about Lon nol s  nol i body was taken to Neeli Mort uary in Brea said mortuary spokesman Carol Weddle. A Public service is scheduled for saturday but burial arrangements were not Complete Weddle said. Lon nol is survived by his wife Sovanna five sons four daughters and six grandchildren most of them living in California Weddle said. In a 1979 interview Lon nol said he hoped the International Community would help restore his country after the destruction wrought by the Khmer Rouge under Leader pol pot. That regime destroyed much of Cambodia s population through execution forced labor in work Camps and through starvation an disease As cities were emptied and people were forced to move to the Countryside. Educate cambodians and those with any connection to the West were persecuted. Estimates of the number of people who died under Khmer Rouge Rule Range from 1.5 million to 3.5 million this in a country whose population was Only about 5 million to 8 million. Another 600,000 to 800,000 arc Esti mated to have died in the War Between the Khmer Rouge and Lon nol s government. Lon nol had held out Hope that ayoung Brave and honest Khmer would come Forward to restore his country which was renamed Kampuchea by his successors. I Call upon All nations in the name of god and every group who has also been a victim of genocide the jews the Armeni ans the Irish and our Brothers and Sis ters in the third world to help us he said. Help us show to the world that the  and the . Covenant on human rights Are not meaningless  envoy urges hostages families to keep Hope London a the archbishop of Canterbury s special envoy Terry White said he made Progress a his meeting with the kidnappers holding american Houges in Lebanon and urged the hostages families to keep their Hope. But Waite speaking to reporters at Lon Don s Heathrow Airport on sunday night warned that lives still were at risk. We have breathing room. I Don t know How much but we have some space Waite told reporters. He said he was to meet with . Officials monday to discuss his five Day Mission to Beirut. In Geneva White House spokesman Larry Speakes with president Reagan for the superpower Summit said we look for Ward to receiving the information that he has obtained on the stylus of the us. Hos tages being held in Lebanon. We Are anxious to have direct word on the status of the americans being held in Lebanon Speakes said monday. Earlier he had stressed that the White House would not negotiate concessions with the kidnappers. Waite reported immediately to archbishop Robert Runcie at Lambeth Palace Lon Don residence of the spiritual head of the Church of England. He refused to say whether he had seethe hostages and also would not talk about their condition. But Don t read anything into it he told reporters. I know what it is for families of those who have been taken hostage he said it is very very hard. I would like to say totem keep Hope maintain Hope "  Anch Aoraha Atlanta Atlantic Colv Bat Mora Billings Birmingham Bolta Boston Buffalo Burlington Cha Lailon. Pc. Chart Aslon . 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Airman found dead apparently a suicide i Ramstein a Germany a Dyrman assigned to the 1964th information systems group was found dead in Brewr Haven sunday morning the victim of Ai apparent suicide. A German civilian found airman Jamar j. Mackenzie 27, dead in his Auto at it . Sunday with a Hose running from Tami exhaust pipe into the Back of the car is Jav spokesman said. The cause of death is listed As Carbon monoxide asphyxiation tit spokesman said. I Mackenzie a native of fort coffin,colo., who had been assigned to Ramst i since August was in Bremer Aveo visit Iva Friend officials in his unit said. He is survived by his father Janet t. Stein of Edison no. And his Mother Elain p. Audrict. Of Brick township n a air Force office of special investigate officials in Bremerhaven Are investigating. Swiss sculptress Dies Bern. Switzerland a men Oppenheim noted Swiss sculptress and sur realist artist has died at 72  
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