European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page z the stars Ano stripes monday july 21,1986 news update River trip finished new Orleans up a California paraplegic who spent 31 Days travelling Down the missis to i River in a paddle pal powered y his wheelchair arrived in new Orleans tired but triumphant. Dan o Hara said his dream trip became a Nightmare after vandals robbed him of Money and medical supplies and broke into his Van. That River a taken Ray dog my by Friend away from me he said in Memphis Tenn they robbed me of $1,000 and medical supplies and smashed my Van when Nick bearing Vandal at tacked his Van in Memphis bit dog Charlie became excited an mined into the Street where the animal was hit by a car. The 52-year-old from Oakland calif., who was left paralysed by a mugging 13 years ago Laid remade the journey to raise Money to build recreational centers across the country for the handicapped visitors permitted peking a the British am Boa Dor said sunday that detained new York tuna correspondent John bums would be allowed to receive victors for the first time since he was taken into custody last week a British embassy official Wapato visit bums a British National at 9 . Monday at a local office of the Public Security Bureau China s police said the ambassador. Sir Richard Evans. Aquino economize Manila Philippines a president Corazon Aquino has Cut the expenses of her office an Davtd taxpayers 27.4 million pesos f 1.3 million during the past three months the newspaper Manila chronicle reported sunday. The newspaper said Aquino spent just 6,000 pesos $300 for Flowers during the period govern ment auditors have said that for Mer first lady Imelda Marcos and her husband ousted president Fer Dinand e. Mirow spent 30 my lion pesos $1.5 million for flow ers in 984 and 19sj, k lip creatures a to european Vve m in Lull my Nam Ormom 1ii inti d o itt and tit tar Lauru adj Dmitri to we my hid Wil ind of Muir. 1uthmi hopi Toni near dry Toff i k a h a 71 _. W in fed h re. Ii Kwiw to nth to which. Act fila hot u hell we 71 Yumul d u w h comm d 79 h71 74 oho. It 70 �14 h Toronto it � h 17 to Ito Var. Al to h democrats pick 6 finalists for 1988 convention site Washington up democrats selected six cities saturday Atlanta Houston Kansas City to. New or leans new York and Washington . As finalists in the High stakes contest to Host the party s 1988 National Conven Tion. The democratic site selection com Mittee concluding two Days of presentations by officials from Eig Jit hopeful Cit ies eliminated Detroit and the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park by voice Ole. Before the selection of the six finalists Atlanta Houston and new Orleans were considered favourites because of the importance of the Southern vote to democrats the South went heavily Republican in 1980 and 19m. Committee chairman Nathan land of said the selections were unanimous. Detroit site of the 1980 Republican National convention was eliminated be cause of the Lack of hotel rooms near the convention Center he said and Brook Park was turned Down because of transportation problems in reaching the pro posed convention Center. The 57-member site committee is to visit each of the finalist cities from sep tember to november with an Eye to Mak ing the Choice for the 198 Al Host City be fore the end of the year. The democratic National convention is scheduled for july 18-21, 1988, a month before the Republican meeting. General requirements for the Host City include facilities to accommodate meeting of 20,000 delegates alternates and guests and 13.000 reporters of All varieties a private transportation system that can move 10,000 people daily tar five to seven Days commitments for 20,000 hotel rooms and the construction of a convention Telephone system Large enough to serve 25,000 people. Houston Kansas City and washing ton made their pitches saturday morn ing. Houston mayor Kathy Whitmire told the committee her City has the pros to make it a Success and a huge centrally located convention Center to be completed by september 1987. Photographers Tensed when Joe Russo the Houston Host committee chairman promised he would unveil a Model or the convention Center and would break a bottle of Champagne Over it to show you How exciting it  the unveiling was done quietly with out the bubbly. Committee members expressed con Cern that the George Rbrown Conven Tion Center with its More than i million Square feet of space might not be completed in time but they were assured that construction had remained on schedule since the March 1, 1985, ground Brok ing. Mayor Marion Barry of Washington said his City would represent a s9 million savings because 60 percent of Alt delegates live within driving distance of the nation s capital. Barry injected some political hardball noting that Washington is a Well Organ died Union City and labor Doest Lite for us to 39" to Southern states because of their anti Union Laws. Kansas City site of the 1976 Republican National convention offered two convention Sites and based its Appeal units heart of America location. Mayor Richard Berkley reminded the commit tee of the City s democratic heritage and urged members to hold their convention in Harry s backyard a reference to the late president Truman. Hostages sister flies to syrian capital to seek help in freeing he 4 others Damascus Syria a Peggy say Lister of hostage Terry Anderson arrived sunday to seek the help of syrian Leaden to free him and the four other americans held by shiite moslem zealots in Lebanon. Tin very pleased to be Here in dam ascus where i intend to thank the government of Syria for its Public statements on behalf of the american hostages she said. Say we met at the Airport by greek charge d affaires Dionysios Korellas after she Dew from Cyprus. Her Mission began in Athens Greece last week where she met the wife of greek prime minister Andreas Papandreou Margaret the american born mrs Papandreou raised the hostage Issue with syrian president Hafez Assad when she attended a women s rights con Ference in Damascus this month. Assad also told rep. Robert Dornan,r-calif., this month that the syrians May have Good news soon for the hostages families. Since then Syria the main Power Bro Ker in War divided Lebanon has sent i troops to help lebanese army and police units restore some semblance of order in militia ruled moslem West Beirut where All the americans were kidnapped. Anderson the chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press was abducted March 14,1985, say 45, was accompanied by Charless. Lewis of l Washington Bureau chief and personal representative of the news Agency s president Louis d. Boccardi. She said she will be in Contact with the foreign ministry to set up appointments. Say flew to Damascus to fulfil deathbed wishes of her father and older brother to secure Anderson s Freedom. Both men died of once earlier this year. In an interview with the associated press in Cyprus saturday say noted whatever happens on this Mission it will be successful for me in a personal Way in that i know i have fulfilled my Promise to my father and brother to do everything in my Power to get Terry re  the other hostages Are the Rev Law rence Jenco so a roman Cit Holk priest David Jacobsen 54, director of the american University Hospital in Bei rut Thomas Sutherland a Dew of agriculture at the american University and William Buckley 51, a political offi cer at the . Embassy in Beirut they Are believed held by the islamic jihad islamic holy Wara shiite mos Lem extremist faction believed linked to iranian Leader Ayatollah re Houth Kho Meini the group has demanded toe re lease of 17 comrades convicted of bomb Ings in Kuwait which has refused to free them. There has been no word from islamic jihad or its captives since Anuci Church envoy Terry Waite visited Beirut last december in a vain bid to negotiate the hostages release. Philippine moslem gunmen Kidnap 2 Zamboanga Philippines up military authorities investigated sunday the abduction of a Swiss tourist and a philippine woman by moslem gunmen but no word had been received from the kidnappers officials said. The abduction saturday we the third of a foreigner in the Southern Philippines in six weeks and came a Day after the release from Captivity of a kidnapped american missionary. Hans Kunzli 45, a businessman from Zurich Switzerland and the woman were grabbed saturday afternoon moments after they boarded a chartered boat to return to the port City of Zamboanga 540 Miles South of Manila from Hie nearby Island of Santa Cruz said tourism ministry official Luz Campos. Campos quoting the boat operator who was unharmed in the incident said he was turning the boat around when live armed men Riding another boat approached from behind. The gunmen crabbed Kunzli and forced him and the woman into their Craft Campos said. Campos said Kunzli tried to resist but was overpowered. At the tip of the Island the abductors boat joined with two other boats carrying nine More gunmen and sped off in the direction of Basilan a moslem Island 10 Miles South of Zamboanga in the Sulu archipelago Campos said. Campos said military authorities were investigating but authorities said Tiey bad received no word from the kidnappers. Horst Faber the Swiss owner of a Guesthouse what  on Friday Fri Foj of in Jap in a tthf111"1 film 7�fit�he told Faber he had been to the Philippines before but this was his first trip to Zamboanga on the Southern Island of  week ago american missionary Brian Lawrence 30, and 10 philippine nuns were kidnapped in separate Inci dents in the predominantly moslem Cit of Manli Sod Miles South of Manila and also on  nuns were released unbanned thursday while Lawrence was freed unharmed on Friday after nearly us Days of  said the moslem gunmen who captured him said they wanted Independence for Mindanao the moslem stronghold in the predominantly Roma Catholic country. Moslem Seua Ratto have waged a bloody War on Mindanao for years Lawrence also told reporters Molt orbit kidnappers were teen age moslem angered by their dismissal from their jobs at Mindanao slate University. The gunmen who kidnapped Law rence were also beb eved to Nave been behind the june 6 abduction in Malawi of French cleric Mich de de Gigone the chaplain of Mindanao state  gig Ord was freed after 21 Days