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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, December 31, 1985

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Deng named time s Man of the year in a York on sunday  a Xiaoping is in i crediting him with Nitro i economic Rof Orfin w hit i believed Llinat Deng s re Wrens held More Promise for changing me course of history than an thing close that occurred in i Jas. If Ali reforms succeed a editors wrote the transformation Uotila Hae proof ural and enormous consequences throughout the world. The soviet Union. Which has historically feared the chinese mass on its Southeastern Border would face neighbor considerably strengthened by Triumph and  St year s time Man of the yet was or Ueberroth the . Baseball com sooner and organi or of i lie js4pics in los Angeles. Artist s figures play peek a boo with guards across Berlin was \ h historic u i. The com Rete Kirner in or in Ter 1 Enk to a parody "1  ii " i Enk set up 1 com the Kaiser my a third a pier Mac he Man earlier in the Day next to Heck Point Char Fie. The Best known crossing of the Wall Between the Cit Western sector and past Ber Lin he capita of surrounding c ominus Nisi i ast Erin any talking to reporters beside ims Sculp Tures the a sear old 1 Enk  thai in the j a a  German Border guard a laugh their goal will haul a not to in in " but he a my his work also was. I. Id a Siril a is a t in a the  i is  Sci incl she .1 la re Jii of. The to \ exit ii is Chir West Berlin has been  bal lied troops since 1 is am u an and  part of West German. The cil lies i 10 Init. Inside i a i German. I Enk said he put up ins  Wall watchers Acier tailing to a Jtennis Sion from Allied forces officials in Creel two " one Ion Stone sculptures no pose the 1 Nili can Surv Brandenburg Gate Winch lies on Tofiel ast Berlin Side of the wll. Hank hauled his papier Machech Rac to Erst truck nil Miles to West Berlin from is Home in Southern West German. Guards at the Tat germ in Border held him in after  tie Leelo the sculptures sticking it from a k it ,1 Tir Paul i eff saaid. He said int guards  a am of fax no 1 s culfy1 a tors 1al in h de Jia scribed his cargo As Dolk Anil the let Apih to him continue Otilja after he convinced Una linking a is at he fast Berlin Border crossing.  he was an Irrie museum theft focuses attention on Security Mexico City a adequate Security has Long been considered impossible for thousands of Archit Ojo Gica Silas scattered throughout Mexico where looters have operated. But the richest collection of the nation s treasures at the world famous National museum of anthropology and history in Mexico City was believed Safe until Christmas. The discovery on Christmas morning that thieves had entered the museum unimpeded and taken 144 invaluable Gold Jade and Stone objects ent Shock Waves through a nation where the ancient history of the mayan Aztec and other Indian cultures is a source of tremendous Pride. Unlike the archaeological Sites that Range from the grandeur of the abandoned mayan cities of inc Yucatan Peninsula familiar to most foreign tourists to tiny spots in Mountain villages the modern museum and its fortress like w alls appeared Imp Reg  officials although insisting that systems were adequate conceded after the Hoisl that Llu re were no electronic alarms and Security depended on eight guards circulating through the entire massive build ing every iwo hours. Enrique Pior Escano director of the National Institute of anthropology and history which supervises the nation s historical Sites said he was concerned that thieves might take increased interest in provincial museums As Well. It is an event in which the irresponsibility of the authorities of the Institute is joined by the Lack of interest of Tho a who should have been attentive to the vigilance of trea sures of such value the newspaper 1 1 uni Versal said in an editorial. T l Universal also Drew a parallel with what it called the sacking of Rich archaeological ones in Southern Mexico. Professional looters As Well As Small time thieves Are known to operate in the archaeological Siles working for the lucrative International Market in smuggled artefacts. On occasion looters Een have found Siles before the archaeologists did. Are Jacoh gifts say the looting is stimulated by collectors who often Are motivated More by investment Ihnn artistic or i Lori Cal interest the main Market Appeal s to have switched from the United slates whith has an agreement with Mexico and other countries to return stolen pieces to  Laws barred private collections after 1972,  registration of any collections begun before that and prohibited the Export of artefacts. Respect for the ancient Indian heritage of Mexico is a Comoux Issue. Mexico Ity was built on the ruins of the a Tec Indian capital of Tyno Cheillan Rej by the Span ish conquerors in 1521. The Pla a of three cultures at la Tell co Tine of the City s landmarks honors the Indian past the Spanish colonial tradition and the modern nation that theoretical combines the Twu. 7 lie anthropology museum . Back i the Lmh Century. The modern building in Chapultepee Park was inaugurated in vd4 and is one of the Cit s most popular attractions for mexican Awell As foreign visitors. It is a museum of his or Lormer director Ignacio  Garcia Pimentel said at a 1 is i ceremony. It must exhibit conserve and stud its collections so As to be Able to re create. The world that contains our deepest Roo a and which mixed with the Spanish and recently with others formed the country in which we live and which we  the ancient  of Mexico depicted ii the 13 exhibition Halls on the museum s first floor Date  thousands of years the Early pc classic period starts in 1700 b.c., and it is the period from then to the arrival of the spaniards that he museum s archaeological collections detail most elaborate inc thieves emptied seven showcases in three exhibition Halls the Xix . Which shows objects irom the mixtec and   Lions of Southern Mexico dating  from before the ear a p. 1000 the Masa. Whose Cintli at uni in the Yucatan Peninsula Dales to the ear 500. And the Mexica another name for the a Lees who arrived in Central Mexico in t 5. The Viulen objects Are too  to be placed on an open Market. Roman Pina Chan one of Mexico s Ihm Nown archaeologists  i an interview w Ith the newspaper i a Jornada. An mexican to leu or s Uio coded up but do i turn would never dare to show them. Eer " he called for modern technology to he applied to museum ecu Rii. It s technology that  but we  a for it. The people who robbed the Inus Cuni studied that robbery perfect they Are people who knew about . I Hope hat this is not repeated in the history of our Archaeol   
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