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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday August 15,1986 car bomb injures 3 in Northern Spain City Bilbao Spain a a car bomb explode thursday As two police vans drove by it Younng two officers and a woman pedestrian in this Bas que cily in Northern Spain police  9 1s . Blast damaged nearby buildings and shops. The injured policemen and pedestrian were treated for minor injuries and released from a Hospital officials said. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing but police said i looked like the work of the Basque separatist organization Eta. Police said a group of youths apparently Deno rated the bomb by Remote control from across he Custo ship canal. The explosion occurred As two vans carrying six policemen drove past. Six More disciplined by chernobyl probes Moscow up another six officiate have been disciplined by investigators for Ihei roles in the chernobyl nuclear disaster the newspaper pravda said  of the men were expelled from the communist party and the other four were reprimanded under an investigation by the Central committee to find those guilty in the april 26  have been no reports so far of criminal proceedings Over the Accident but the Kremlin warned last month that those responsible would be charged. Sanctions on s. Africa again urged by Tutu peking Dpi Bishop Desmond Tutu declaring that Blacks have been peace Loving to a fault again urged the International Community thursday to impose sanctions against South Africa before it is too  a speech to chinese officials foreign Diplo Mats and journalists at peking s great Hall of the people Tutu said the years of nonviolent protests by South african Blacks have been met by escalating state  say to the International Community please if you want to see a Resolution to the crisis in our land with a minimum of violence please intervene on our behalf the Nobel Lau reate said on the last full Day of a one week visit to  called on foreign nations to impose sanctions against Pretoria Only so As to persuade the South african government to go to the con Ference table before it is too  Ira sympathizers attack protestant contingent Dundalk Ireland up Irish Republican army sympathizer thursday hurled fire bombs bottles and hones at Northern Ireland protestants who crossed the Border in a Shew of Solidarity with an Ulster politician facing Crimi Nal charges in the Irish Republic. Police in riot gear Baton charged gangs of pro Ira youths who ambushed the protestants being escorted out of the Border town after a hearing in which Peter Robinson a member of the Brit ish parliament was released on continuing bail. Police said a number of protestants suffered minor injuries and Tome had their car windows smashed. They said five people were arrested thunderstorms twisters hit parts of Midwest by the associated press heavy thunderstorms that spawned Tornado Sand prompted Flash flood watches rumbled across the nation s heartland  were scattered from Eastern Colorado across Kansas and Southern Nebraska while showers and thunderstorms ranged from the Eastern Dakotas across the upper Mississippi  flood watches were issued to Southern Iowa extreme Southeastern Iowa and extreme Northwestern  and thunderstorms also were scattered across the Southern Atlantic coast states and the Southern Rockies. Negotiations for Summit Spur cause for optimism. _ _. .1 a.  _i4 off q emt Timit to lilt 1washington up preparations for a second Summit Between president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev reached a crucial stage wednes  officials said . And soviet arms negotiators had a Good Tschang in Moscow this week and will hold a second round of talks in washing ton. A senior administration official said the development is definitely a cause for  White House and Static department spokesmen said that arms control teams will meet in the near future in Washington bul that no Dale has been set. The meetings Art part of the preparations for the second Summit Between Reagan and Gorbachev that the two men have agreed in principle should be held in the United states this year. A soviet delegation began separate talks on bilateral issues at the state department wednesday another element of a pre Summit work program agreed to by both sides. Reagan at a news conference tuesday said he is optimistic about the prospects for a Summit but the soviets still have not agreed to a Dale. White House spokesman Larry Spe Alces said Reagan s statement Falls More in the realm of Hope than anything Defi site department spokesman Charles Redman said the second arms control session will be held before Secretary of state George Shultz and soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze hold the key Summit planning session in Washington sept. 19-20. An eight member Isle Agency american arms con Irol delegation headed by Shultz and Paul Nitze Spe Cial arms control adviser to Reagan held the first round at a Dacha outside Moscow monday and tues  two Days of meetings were serious substantive and Businesslike said a statement read by the Whitehouse and state department spokesmen. A Cli Side was Able to hear the other out in detail and to express its own views ideas were explored and there was a Good Exchange 4 Days of Mia talks under Way Bangkok Thailand up a five member . Military team arrived in Hanoi wednesday to discuss with vietnamese officials reports Olive americans in Vietnam and the Fate of nearly 1,800 . Servicemen listed As missing in action there. The meeting his week is part of a series of four Day technical sessions Between vietnamese government officials and members of the joint casualty Resolution enter and the army Central identification Laboratory both based in Hawaii. Along with the Mia Issue and the reports Olive americans in Vietnam the group is also expected to discus the joint recovery of . Servicemen s remains at warplane crash Sites. As usual we will be presenting a number of Case to fill out their data base. We always talk about live sighting reports said l. Col. Paul Mather Jarc Bangkok representative who flew to Hanoi. Eleven years after the War ended nearly 1,800 . Servicemen arc listed As mias in Vietnam and Are Waters out of a total of 2,434 missing in the Region. All the mias Are presumed dead except one whose file is kept open symbolically As a possible prisoner. . Intelligence officials say they have about 100 unresolved accounts of americans in Vietnam Tome As prisoners but others living freely. In july Richard Childress National Security coun cil director of asian affair travelled to Hanoi and announced technical talks would be held in August an october. Vietnamese officials Taid these meetings would be especially productive children reported. He also mid the vietnamese agreed to biscuit sex ctr lion of specific crash Sites during this week s Teuton. Mather Laid Hanoi s optimistic pledge was the tint in memory for a technical session but there we no due to what the vietnamese meant. Major  from technical sessions usually involve the return of servicemen remains or aircraft excavations. Vie Nam and the United states conducted heir first joint excavation of . Warplane crash site last no vember. A similar operation probably would be impossible until seasonal Rains end in late october. We Don t have any indications that an agreement will be reached 10 jointly excavate a crash site said Mather. With the Monsoon Rains now it would be difficult to do  chemical arms funds rejected Washington up the House handed presi Dent Reagan his fifth straight arms control defeat on the j286 billion defense Bill wednesday voting 210 209 to stall for a year a new generation of chemical  a one vote margin members knocked out s68 million for new artillery shells and bombs in an administration program intended to end a unilateral . Moratorium on such weapons since 1969. The Vole gave House arms control advocates a clean sweep of their issues in the defense Bill. Earlier wednesday the House approved a one year Continua Tion of a ban on tests of he . Anti satellite weapon. In a drive that started Friday the House also has voted to mandate adherence to Salt ii and to Force a nuclear testing ban. It also voted to freeze 1987 Star wan spending at this year s s3.1 billion figure. The vote see sawed Bock and fourth. Victory was assured Only when rep. Mario Biaggi d-n.y.,switched his vote from no to yes at the but min Ute. The authors of the chemical weapons amendment reps. John Porter r-ltl., and Marge Roukema a no said they expect opponents to demand another vote when the House nears final a Sage of the defense Bill. When the Senate dealt with the Issue last week. Vice president George Bush broke a 50-50 tie and helped turn Down attempts to derail the chemical weapons program. Owens from Page 1 harbours no bitterness. God has been very Good to us she said. If you within your heart carry the right feelings for the peo ple of the world Only Good can come of it. We re living examples of  of the athletes who accompanied her to Berlin the one who kept his name in the spotlight the longest after his olympic Victory was Bob Hayes. Hayes won two Gold medals in Tokyo in 1964 the 100-meter run and the 200-meter relay. He later starred As a wide receiver with the Dallas cowboys in the National football league bul he has t forgotten one of his childhood heroes. Every Black kid wanted to grow up and be like Jesse Owens said Hayes who now works for a real estate company owned by former cowboys Quarter Back Roger staubach. Hayes conceded that his life after the olympics has been much easier than Owens life. "1 was Lucky though. Cod gave me a Talent and i used it Hayes said he like Owens Only wanted to run and win. I just wanted to win a Gold medal he said. For Hayes the Gold medal meant much More than the nil and commercial endorsements it Means it gives you a Security be said. Ii gives you a higher Power. 1 feel like i m a Diplomat for my country my school my work. To be the Best in the world. 1 a an ambassador of Good will to All  on thursday Ruth Owens christened a pan am Jet that was1 named for her husband and was the guest of Honor at a dinner in her husband s Honor. Besides the athletes . Ambassador to Germany Richard Burt and Berlin mayor Eberhard Diepgen were on hand to Honor the memory of her husband. Owens said after the christening ceremony that she was delighted to be in Berlin and to have a Pine named for her husband. A. Few years ago a Street was named for him she said. You just can t imagine How different everything is   
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