European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday May 28,1986 things lust Aren t the same on Lampedusa Lampedusa. Holy not this Barren and Dusty Island or sheer Cliffs and Waters so Clear hat he fish can sure up at the fishermen would like nothing better thin to be Oul of the news. But this shard of Italy which is closer 1o Tunisia than to Sicily recently came under special scrutiny by Libya s. Leader. Col. Moatimer khad Afy nothing Here has been the same since. On april is about 14 hours after the . Air attack on Libya. Khad Afy s forces fired two soviet made scud mis Siles at Lampedusa. The missiles fell Well Short of he Island but Many Lampedusa is say they cannot help but wander what destruction hey would have wrought had they been better aimed. The missiles Large was a . Const guard station perched tap Cliffs at the High Edge of he Island on u washboard Road that meanders through Rocky and nearly desolate land. The arid ass is broken Only by Law scrub prickly Pear Bushes and the wild Flowers that push their Way stubbornly through the rocks. The problem fur the lamp dunns the Island was first settled in 18-13 by 120 sicilians is hat Libya is not just threatening the coast gun id base. It is threatening to blow up he whole Island which it has said is a base for attacks by the u nil cd slates and the dearth Atlantic treaty organization. Over the weekend the libyan embassy in Rome made Public a new warning to lamp dust saying that threats by nato cannot make us change our Timlen Tion of destroying Tref hand a lung of i remains a nato base find ii crucial Center of information and espionage for the american 6th  amid such Trilk Miliny of the 4,70 1 people who live Here arc Starling to minder if they i Juhl not be better off if the men and women of the coast guard base just left. Their reasoning has nothing 1o do with anti americanism. It s not that they caused rouble they did to Vince pm de Rubeis said of the coast guard. The problem is that suddenly their or Cignac is a disturbing Factor. And we want  Nicolini. The 25-year-old communist Deputy mayor said the proposal of the focal communist administration id have the americans leave before the agreement on the base expires in 19b8 had met with just such a response. The 30-year-old do robots made her Case by asking with a smile the italians Don t have any bases on islands off the american coast do hey in fact the existence or a coast guard base so fir from the United states took americans As much by Surprise last april As anyone. Bill it should not have said la. Ernest Del Bueno the 31-year old commander of the base. The Lampedusa Sta Tion he snip is a Long Way from being a spy installation. It is a Loran station one of roughly three dozen he coast guard has around the world. Del puerto said the base has one Mission to keep hat  radio signal on the air As close to 24 hours a Day As passible.". Loran the name Means Long Range Aid la navigation system is an american invention that serves shipping nil Over the world including limn Dusa s fishermen with a Loran receiver any Captain can pinpoint his position by picking up two separate Laran beams. -. It s great said a Fisherman who gave his name As Hai Listii interviewed As he stared at u Sunset from inc rocks overlooking the Island s most Beautiful Beach you go out and find a Good place in fish. You find your position on the , go Home and go to bed. The next morning you go put push some buttons and zip there you Are. You find exactly where you need to go Back  most though not All Loran stations Are ran by the coast guard. The service is offered on the theory. Del Dueno said that it s in everybody s interest to know where everybody  the Lorun base is Here because the United slates moved it out of Libya in 1972 in response to khad Afy seizure of Power three years earlier. In All. 23 to 25 Macri cans arc normally assigned to the base though Del Bueno trying to suggest without saying so hat Security had Bee increased said the number cat Ila be As High As 30 now an open base that once received tourists"200 one Jay Del Bueno recalled nostalgically it is now closed off sandbagged its windows boarded shut. To underline just How Little he bad to a with the american attack on Libya Del Ouno said he was asleep at the Lime i heard about it on the b by he said. Dut Libya does t believe this and that is Lampedusa s problem. Silling on one of his Favorule rocks at the Seaside the Island is about 18 Miles Alt around i the sea is never far the communist mayor Giovanni Fragapano said the Island ers had never thought much about inc american base before. We re worried about their presence because that gentleman he painted across the Clear Blue sea in inc general direction of Libya says he wants la attack All the n Ato. Bases. We just annl the base turned Over to the  beginning last january when Anonymous threats of a i. Byan assault first began to come in there has been what for this Island is n major military buildup. The Vario Taj branches of the italian military will not say exactly How Many soldiers Are nowhere but Nicoli nip  100. To sonic degree the soldiers arc a symbolic or sense. This ," said col Kobe Rio Buccetti Deputy chief of logistical operations for Sicily. So Well defend it vet it is nut Clear what the 100 troops could do if Libya Ever mounted an assault. And Buccetti said with a smile you can t Slop a ballistic missile Lampedusa is Are glad the Central government is think ing about it Sam. But arc squeamish what he soldiers pres ence represents. For the 40 years of my life i be never seen soldiers in  raid Vinconzo Longbardo who runs the main newsstand downtown we can t live like  Charity from Page 1 Japan. Canada South Korea and Germany had events. Whether or not hands across America alters the plight of the hungry and Home less ii provided a boost to the spirits of those who took part. This sounds corny bul there was a feel ing in inc air knowing that people were linked up 4,000 Miles across America said Phillip f. Zinc who helped organize Aci Ivl tics at Arkansas children s Hospital m Little Roek where 15 patients Many in wheelchairs or casts joined hands in the lobby. There were people Oul there with Lears in their eyes there were people out there laughing at the ton of their lungs he said. It was wonderful just  but now the party atmosphere needs to give Way 10 solid work Kragen said. Nobody s off the Hook just because we did something terrific yesterday and called a lot of attention to the issues. We Haven t by any Means solved them and no one would pretend hat we have said Kragen. Earlier monday he urged people to Roll up your sleeves and go out to work in your  Kragen said participant should Volunteer with food bunks and Contact elected officials about the problems of the homeless and hungry. The pendulum needs to swing Back now from Mega events to local Community action Kragen said. There were gaps Large and Small throughout the 4,152-mile line especially in the deserts of the Southwest and even in Urban areas once thought certain to be Ful. Organizers had estimated 5.4 million peo ple would be needed to Complete the line. The connection that was most important wins made said Kragen the physical con Celion was nowhere near As important As the connection Between the issues of hunger and homeless Ness that line was connected in spirit and i defy anybody to Tell me it was  among the families in the line Bill Jones wife Mary and their five children All residents of the Long Beach Calif family shelter for the homeless and Ranald Rea Gan and wife Nancy of i fico Pennsylvania ave., Washington . Reagan decided to join on Friday after talking with his family. "1 think it s just incredible and i Hope this feeling carries on said Jones who anchored the Western end of the Tine a the Queen Mary i wish everyone would gel the spirit. There is a real  six year old Amy Sherwood of Brooklyn whose Mother is on welfare and whose father has disappeared anchored new York s end of the line. In Between were people of nil kinds. Hands across America took a break me Morial Day closing its National Headquarters and 67 offices in 16 slates and the District of Columbia where staffers had worked non Slop tar several weeks. They were the Rue heroes of this chernobyl from Page t  ,.  Core crashed Down on ii causing enormous damage the observer said. To quoted the investigators As saying tire that raged for Days Theta the reactor. Pc Likhon said on the Abc news program meet the press sunday that the Accident was caused both by human error and Mechan ical failure but he did not elaborate. Monday s pravda quoted an unidentified 92,0 _ to areas Fieri no longer dangerous so they can help with decontamination work. Soviet officials said More than a week ago that radiation Levels in the City of Cher Nobyl 11 Miles from the station were no longer High enough to be considered dangerous. -. But Nguie Siaion will Labitt Etc for a Long Lime. ,_,-,., that without fail people will  to till it gave no indication of when that Irnine be Possi ble. Tench Fown americans reaffirm ties spinal France up thousands from a town liberated by i. Troop " and Sang the Star Spang monday in a rousing Day of reconciliation Between the United states and France. Look at his Street Swidan ambassador Joe to Dajc pm typing his Arm. At a  and Blue on inc every i a r to see this. This u a True and sincere showing of  the memorial Day ceremonies were originally planned As a tribute to the 100th anniversary of the French Uirl of the statue " the United Stales tit took  m of Franco american Friend ease strains caused by the French refusal to let . Fighter jets Fly Over the country during the april is raid on Libya. The refusal angered thousands of Ameri cans who already frustrated by the Tum bling Dollar and the menace of terrorism cancelled vacations to France. Officials tried Lor Ember rail d Epina a i Bic in the Vosges mountains in Eastern France a re Gion that produced Joan of arc and the of the statue of Liberty augusts  Livest free our Region mayor of spinal and the  for social affairs and  a never  event Kragen said. They should feel Good for the rest of their lives that they made it  Marly Rogol executive director of Usa for Africa he foundation overseeing hands across America bos estimated about $7,30 of a Sio contribution will find its Way to Charity. About 90 percent of the Money Given to Charity will be spent on self help projects for the needy. A 35-Mcmber task Force will be Assem bled next month to of Vince distribution of funds. Participants will come from 400 Charity organizations. Temperatures unto Rock Anutt  motile m3 Beachly is Paul. 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