European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page8 the stars and stripes wednesday april 9, 1986 Nicaragua blamed for collapse of latin american peace talks world today Panama City Panama a peace talks con ducted by 13 latin american foreign ministers collapsed monday and several of the countries blamed Nicaragua. The ministers of Al Salvador Costa Rica Honduras and Guatemala said the Contador talks had broken up Over Nicaragua s rejection of an agreement setting a june6 deadline for signing a peace treaty. Nicaragua rejected everything everything that was presented to it said vice president Rodolfo Castillo Cla amount of Al Salvador. There is nothing left to Castillo who is also his country s foreign minister left the meeting with his delegation at mid afternoon along with the foreign ministers of Costa Rica and Honduras. The guatemalan delegation had departed earlier. That left the nicaraguan delegation and the eight nations of the Contador group and its five nation support group to decide what will happen next. A source close to the talks said that while Nicaragua had rejected proposals put before it there May have Bee More room for earlier monday rep. Bill Richardson of new Mexico one of three. Democratic congressmen who attended the meetings As observers said two cubans were advising the nicaraguan delegation to adopt an unbending attitude. But the panamanian foreign ministry hosting the Confer ence said thai was not True. Richardson said several Central americans whom redid not identify told him the two cuban advisers were directing Nicaragua s negotiating strategy providing technical and political i understand there Are two cuban gentlemen Here who Are doing More than drinking coca cola and i am quite upset that the sandinista have confirmed once again that they Are not acting on their own. They re acting on the advice of another satellite that is creating instability in the hemisphere Richardson said. Richardson had predicted that if the conference failed it would cause disarray among the House members opposed to president Reagan s plan to give $100 million to Contra rebels. A breakdown in the negotiations Here will have a very Adverse Impact on the House vote. Realistically if this Breaks Down the vote on Contra Aid is lost Richardson told reporters shortly before he and two democratic col leagues returned to Washington. Richardson rep. Michael Barnes of Maryland and rep. Jim Slattery of Kansas arrived saturday to observe the talks at the request of House speaker Thomas Neill. The House which rejected Reagan s request for $100 million in military and other Aid to the contras last month is to reconsider the matter april 15. The Senate approved the proposal March 27. Gunman kills greek industrialist Athens Greece a a gunman shot and killed an elderly greek industrialist tuesday As he walked to his office in the Center of the capital. Police said responsibility for the attack was claimed by a left Wing greek terrorist group that in the past has said it attacked americans living in Greece. The industrialist 79-year-old Dimitris Angelopoulos was shot at least four times on crowded Kanari Street in the Volonaki District City police chief Manolis Bosinakis said. He said the attack took place outside a supermarket and the gunman got away on a motorcycle driven by a accomplice. Angelopoulos died in a Hospital of abdominal wounds Constantino i Tsitakis Leader of the conservative opposition in the greek parliament told reporters at the scene of the shooting. Witnesses said a Man wearing a Trench coat was waiting for Angelopoulos As he walked Down the Street. He was wearing a Trench coat and carrying a Small bag. I saw him pull a gun out of the bag and fire Eleni Georgakas 20, told reporters. She said the gunman ran Down a narrow Side Street an jumped on a waiting motorcycle. Bosinakis said the left Wing terrorist group november 17 claimed responsibility for the attack in a four Page proclamation found on a nearby Street. Copies of the document were not immediately mad available to reporters. November 17 has claimed a string of political assassinations in Athens Over the past 11 years including the kill Ings of two american diplomats. No arrests have Bee made in connection with any of the killings. Angelopoulos was a director of the family founded steel company Halyvor Riki and had been a prominent Mem Ber of the greek industrialists federation. November 17 is named for the Day in 1973 that soldiers and tanks crushed a student rebellion against Greece s military dictatorship at Athens polytechnic University. The group targets american diplomats greek police officers and Well known members of Greece s conservative establishment. November 17 first appeared in december 1975, when it claimed responsibility for the shooting of Richard Welch the Cia s station chief in Athens. It also took responsibility for the november 1983 killing of . Navy capt. George Tsantes and a failed attempt against a . Army sergeant in 1984. France lifts ban on vaccine cleared in deaths of infants Paris up the government has lifted a ban on a vaccine against four diseases after investigations showed the serum was not responsible for the deaths last month office babies the health minister said. Use of the Tetra Coq vaccine which provides immunity from diphtheria tetanus whooping cough and polio was suspended March 28 after five children died within 24 hours of receiving the vaccine. All five were vaccinate from the same lot of vaccine. The results of investigations conducted by the pharmaceutical company and an Independent Laboratory found no scientific basis for linking the deaths to the Tetra Coq virus health and families minister Michele Barzach said. She said further investigation would be made into the deaths. Firm ignores ban plans to sell to shirts featuring Royal couple London a a British firm said it plans to sell to shirts featuring Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson As wedding souvenirs despite a Buckingham Palace ban on their Sale. We took Legal advice and were told there was no reason Why we could not do it said Eddie Clark sales director for imagine transfers manufacturer of Novelty items in Braintree 45 Miles Northeast of London. In issuing guidelines on acceptable souvenirs for the july 23 wedding Buckingham Palace specifically ruled out to shirts bearing images of Andrew second son of Queen Elizabeth ii and Ferguson. The Palace said to shirts would not meet its standards of Good taste although it would be of to show the couple on a Range of other items including Tea towels head scarves mugs and pot Tery. Thieves snap up 149 crocodiles from Breeding farm in Thailand Bangkok Thailand up thieves got away with some Toothy but valuable loot when they stole 149 Young crocodiles the manager of what s believed to be the world s largest Crocodile farm said. Charun Yan Prapakorn manager of the Crocodile farm at Samut Prakan 15 Miles South of Bangkok said the reptiles each measuring 2 feet to 3 feet Long and valued Ata total of $19,230, were stolen april 6. The thieves must have been pretty skillful at catching the crocodiles because there were no blood stains any where Charun said. He speculated that former employees at the farm might have been involved. The farm Home of 30,000 crocodiles claims to be the largest such operation in the world. The thai language newspaper daily news warned of serious danger to the Public if the crocodiles were let Loose in the canals that lace Bangkok and its suburbs. Navy doctor researching better diving techniques by j. King Cruger . Bureau Alverstoke England a . Navy physician working with the Royal Navy is researching ways deep sea divers can go deeper stay Down longer and decompress faster. Dives to 1,000 feet Are considered routine especially by divers working out of pressurized Chambers in support of North sea Oil operations but 1,500 feet now is the practical limit and 1,600 feet is on the Edge of technology said or. Cmdr Edward d. Thalmann a diving qualified physician. Below 1,500 feet Gas is so dense that it is described As being eaten rather than breathed Thalmann said. At those Depths divers have tremors slower mental processes dizziness and symptoms of stomach flu. Because the performance of divers is so limited below 1,500 feet such deep dives made by helmeted divers wearing heated suits appear to be impractical right now. However it s an area for very Active research in order to minimize these Thalmann works in the division of hyperbaric Medicine at the Royal Navy s Institute of naval Medicine. The Billet has existed for 24 years As part of an Exchange program Between the Institute and the naval medical research Institute at Bethesda my. Essentially Thalmann studies the physiology of individuals who Are under increased pressure. The Navy s main interest in hyperbaric Medicine is in diving although it also is used in medical treatment he said. He noted that it is possible to simulate deep sea diving through the use of hyperbaric Chambers such As the one he uses at the admiralty research establishment s Phy Siolo Laboratory. The Chambers Large thick walled is Pho tour. Cmdr Edward d. Balmann looks taken on deep research dives. By Gus Schuelter through slides Metal cylinders with heavy doors Are pressurized by these of compressed gases. He said researchers Are taking a hard look at Hydro Genas a deep diving Gas. That s the Only other Gas that looks promising besides the helium that s being used now. The big problem presented by Hydrogen is that it will Burn fiercely in the air so All leaks must be prevented he said. What we do in undersea Medicine Here is to advise the Royal Navy on physiological standards for diving apparatus. In other words will the equipment support a working diver and advise on procedures to be used with the most of the department s work is done in support of the Royal Navy s operational diving. They might want to stay in water longer or to decompress quicker he said. Thalmann also is actively researching the breathing of 100 percent oxygen during shallow diving. He said the technique enables divers to work up to four hours in Shal Low water without replenishing dive tanks. Oxygen diving is. Simpler cheaper and requires smaller tanks than compressed air diving but it is greatly restricted As to depth he said. Diving gear using oxygen can be fitted with Carbon dioxide scrubbers so that dives Are silent and Don t leave telltale trails of bubbles he said. There is interest now in putting divers in very cold Nalow water for Long periods of time. This primarily would Benefit the combat swimmer who May be going into blow up a Thalmann 40, a graduate of Rensselaer polytechnic Institute in Troy n.y., and Georgetown medical school is accompanied on his three year tour by wife Brenda an daughters Katherine 6, and Amanda 4
