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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday. July 18,1986 car bomber in Lebanon kills herself injures 3 Beirut Obanon a a suicide Bombe detonated a Bow Laden with explosives in Jyz Niue i main Square killing herself and injuring three civilians in Southern Lebanon s largest Christian town police reported. Two cars were demolished and severe shops were reported destroyed after the bomber drove the car close to City Hall. Police said the car exploded at 11 45 a.m., barely 10 minutes after the South Lebanon  a militia Force Allied with Israel discovered another car rigged with explosives at crossroad near Mezzine. The syrian social nationalist parly a leftist lebanese faction claimed responsibility for the bombing in Mezzine a town of 50,000 that is 25 Miles Southeast of Beirut and 11 Miles East of icon. Navy suspends Litton from new military work Washington Topi the  sus Pended Litton industries inc. From doing Busi Ness with the Pentagon official said wednes the suspension comes one Day after the firm agreed to plead uilt., to overcharging the government by $6.3 million and to pay $15 million in penalties. The temporary suspension coven All new con tracts with the defense department but will not apply to work that has already been awarded to the firm the  said the suspension is for a temporary period pending completion of a thorough review of the underlying facts surrounding the ongoing Legal proceedings a  statement said. The firm will be Given 30 Days to respond to the suspension and submit any new information bout the Case. Hostage s sister says she s still hopeful Athens Greece a the Lister of a american reporter held hostage in Lebanon flew to Cyprus thursday saying she was still Hope Ful of contacting her brother and five other american  say said she believed the syrian govern ment Wai trying to secure the release of Trie hos tages and would find a Way of reaching them. Her brother is Terry Anderson 38, chief Middle East correspond Tel for the associated press who was kidnapped in Beirut on March 16,198j."i m still hopeful that some Channel of communication can be opened with the hostages. It1 be promoting that further when 1 get to Cyprus say 45, from Batavia n.v., said strikers from Page 1 give the strikers some More time to obey Bis Back to work order. On tuesday District Council 33 president East Stout bad said he would obey a Beck to work order. On wednesday before the order was issued Stout said be would follow the advice of the Union s attorney but said i can1 control what my people do. If my people Don t go Back what do 1 do Arlington said he was surprised by the waiters refusal to obey the court order. Yes it does come As a Surprise he said. I really thought they d gel into toe  Arlington said the City s next step would be Loen Plain to the workers that pickets cannot legally Stop them from reporting. The garbage haulers face dismissal if they continue to defy the order. Mayor w. Wilson Goode has warned. Blake cited a Clear and present danger or threat to the health safety and welfare of the Public in issuing the Back to work order wednesday. About an hour later a formal negotiating session Between the City and the sanitation workers Union ended without comment from participants. Inter German ties strained by cloak and Dagger Case Bonn not what appears to be an old fashioned cloak and Dagger Story is threatening to create serious political strains in relations Between the two Germany. Officials Here said wednesday the situation involving a shoplifting incident and what appeared fora while to be the flight of a senior East German official to the Wesl could seriously upset tics Between the two Gen Nanys. West German authorities said they had issued a arrest order for Herbert Meissner Deputy Secretary general of the East German Academy of sciences and a noted economist on suspicion of espionage. But East Germany accused the West German government of seeking to Kidnap Meissner who was holed up wednesday in the East German diplomatic Mission Here. Meusner a Odyssey to the West began last wednes Day when he was detained by the House detective of the Large Wertheim department store in West be Linfor attempting to steal a $12 bathroom Shower Hose. According to the West German government spokes Man Fried Elm Ost Meissner told the West Berli police he would talk Only to West German counterintelligence officials. Authorities said he was taken to the counter Interi gence Headquarters at Palladi. Near Munich where he evidently signed an affidavit declaring he had come to West Germany of Bis own Accord and according to Oil related that he bad had contacts to the ministry for state Security the East German espionage serv ice. Meissner apparently was then put in a Safe House near Munich with Little surveillance but disappeared several Days later and did not reappear until Lobar Glienke the East German Mission s second in com Mand in Bonn accused West Germany of seeking to Kidnap Meissner and to blackmail the scholar into working for West German intelligence. As it turned out Meissner had by then sought ref Gein toe East German Mission after apparently changing his mind about defecting to the West. The office of Federal prosecutor Kurt Rebmann then announced an order for the arrest of Meissner had been issued and Alexander Prechtel the prosecutor s spokesman said he was suspected of activity As an espionage agent the suspicion was evidently based on the affidavits the 59-year-old East German had signed. Ost said a representative of Chancellor Helmut Kohl held talks thursday afternoon with officials of the Etta German Mission and the spokesman said Wen Ger Many was interested in Clearing up this affair quickly and  no one would be served if relations were irritated Ost said. Relations Are already strained because of West Ger Man charges that the East is failing to cooperate in limiting the number of political refugees who Stream into West Berlin from the communist Eastern portion of the divided City. The dispute Over the refugees was highlighted wednesday when serious fighting broke out Al a Refl Gec Camp in Ingelheim near Frankfurt three gha faians were seriously injured and five lebanese arrested. Most of the 400 refugees at Ingelheim have come through East Berlin to the West. Gottfried Hennig the stale Secretary in the ministry for inter German affairs has accused East Germany of recruiting ghanaian with payments of Dollar to come to West Germany via the East East German officials have charged until now that the free flow of refugees u not their problem but of the West which refuses to control entry into West Berlin from the East because a the Western claim mat Satin East and West remains an occupied area under Post War agreements and the line Between the Eastern an Western portions of the City is not a Border. Hans Dietrich Senicher the West German foreign minister is expected to brooch the refugee Recac with soviet leaders when he travels to Moscow later this month apparently in the Hope the soviets will lean on their East German allies to be More conciliatory. Rains across . Fail to Cool Southeast by the associated press showers and thunderstorms were scattered across Broad sections of the nation thursday As a heat wave held its grip on the Southeast and temperatures in the Northwest were on the Cool Side. Showers and thunderstorms spread across the North Ern and Central High Plains and were scattered across the Southeast the Central Gulf coast Region and fro the Central appalachians to the Middle Atlantic coast Region and across the upper great lakes Region the Rockies and Arizona. Rain was scattered across Washington state. Early morning readings were in the 70s to 80s from much of the Plains across the Mississippi Valley to the Central and Southern Atlantic coast temperatures were in the 40s to 50 along the Northern Pacific coast Early thursday. The High wednesday at Boise Idaho was Only 66, breaking a record set in 1982 when the High for the Date was just 76. Yamuna Wash was 62 wednesday its lowest High temperature Ever breaking a record of63 set in 1916, fair weather prevailed from the lower Ohio Valley across much of the Mississippi Valley to the Central and Southern Plains and across California and Oregon. Titanic troops from Page 1 sad thai so much of it had been eaten away. Thousands of pictures have been taken and Bauar said still photos and several minutes of color videotape will be flown ashore from the Mother ship Atlantis 1 and released Friday. Among the images captured were vivid color video tapes of the toppled crows nest from which Lookout Frederick Fleet saw the huge iceberg and telephoned tothe Bridge iceberg right  by july 24, researchers Hope the mini submarine Alvin and its three occupants will have completed the12 dives planned for this trip. The enormity of the ship does t strike you until you stand on its deck. It must have been Beautiful Balard told a news conference wednesday night by radio from the Mother ship Atlantis ii above the wreck. But Ballard said Jason or. Revealed one disappoint ing development tie ship s elaborate teak Wood work has been eaten away. Scientists had thought much of the Woodwork remained based on still Pic Tures taken by Remote control ust fall when a lean led by Ballard found the ship. The disappointment is the Lack of All the Beautiful Woodwork. Anything left i Safe. Wood borers Don t eat porcelain said Ballard noting Jason or. Found a Ceramic stove a cute Little French one in a first class Cabin. From Page 1 raids according to a us. Embassy officer who spoken condition of anonymity bolivian authorities said the leopards will raid co Caine processing jabs in Beni an area about the size of new Jersey and Capare where a group of the us trained drug Agerou escaped in january after being sur rounded by armed Farmers who grow the coca plan used to make cocaine. American officials said wednesday that six Black Hawk he Coplen Wilh pilots and support personnel were at the Jungle Camp Wagi Ting the on Jer o begin operations. Edward Djerejian. Deputy White House press Secre tary said wednesday that president Reagan approved the use of american troops. He said 160 . Army personnel would Pic Pate in the operation but not they re in a support role and i have to underline that every Effort is being made to avoid placing . Personnel in situations where they might become involved in a confrontation,11 he said. . Official in Bali via said the american pilots were ordered to shoot Back if fired upon. President Victor pm Estensoro gave the sold Iris diplomatic immunity. In a recent interview with the associated press Par Esten so re said the illegal cocaine Trade brought in $600 million a year compared with Soo million for Legal exports  
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