European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 9,19b6 the stars and stripes Page 9 contras allegedly to train in puerto Rico Managua Nicaragua a Interior minister Tomas Borg said sunday the United states will train nicaraguan rebels in puerto Rico As part of its Aid to insurgents trying to overthrow the sandinista govern ment. Borge whose ministry deals with police and Intelli gence said the training at secret puerto rican bases would include a civic action program which he referred to As cynical action aimed at winning popular support of nicaraguan peasants. There was no immediate response from american officials to Borg s allegation. Many of the rebels known As contras operate from bases in Honduras near the nicaraguan Border. Hon Duran officials have said they cannot control the con iras activities but would oppose the use of american advisers to Tram the rebels on honduran territory. Congress recently approved s100 million in military and humanitarian Aid for the rebels. Borge spoke before a gathering Ofsan Dinisi defense committees in Dir Iamba 25 Miles from Managua. Of the rebel groups he said i suppose they expect to come Here with beads and mirrors thinking we still go around in Loincloth. They think we will open our doors to them. We will meet them As murderers and  Borge also attacked president Reagan s undeclared War on Nicaragua and urged increased revolutionary  our enemies try to demoralize us through economic blockades and terrorism. They claim we persecute the roman Catholic Church and now they accuse us of being drug traffickers he said. We will Export revolutionary principles. There is no question that the Yankee arc masters of  in another development the government refused a request from five opposition panics to temporarily suspend discussions on a new Constitution and begin National dialogue on problems facing the country. In a letter to the groups Carlos Nunez president of the National Assembly said suspending the constitutional talks will not Aid in the efforts we arc making to obtain  on the contrary he said it would give a feeling of  the opposition parties socialist communist popular social Christian Independent Liberal an conservative democratic sent a letter late last month to the government asking for urgent meetings to set the stage for extensive talks on problems facing the Central american country. They asked for the temporary suspension of discussions on the Constitution. A special commission heavily weighted by the sandinista began work last year to write a Constitution. The opposition groups said the talks were necessary because the country is in the midst of the worst eco nomic crisis in its history. The sandinista have ruled Nicaragua since july1979 when they won a civil War against the rightist regime of the Laic president Anastasio Somoza. Predator a snowy owl with a piercing stare was captured through a Canon 35mm Macro Lens by Cape. Charles Evans to win third plan in the color print Scenic and nature category of the 1986 us Keuk photo contest. The Captain titled his photo predator he captured the of on film at the Gutlen Burr Castle near bad Rappe Nau Germany Evans la an id Lon officer with the office of the Dep Uty chief of suit for operations Usa eur. Cameroon victims Scoffer hampering Relief efforts Wum Cameroon a tired officials arc still Irving 10 find and Supply Aid to scattered survivors of the poisonous Gas Cloud that blanketed three Mountain villages suffocating most of the inhabitants. In an age old african response to crisis most of the survivors of the aug. 21 disaster which killed More than i 500 people have been absorbed by their blended families in neighbouring villages solving their immediate problems. But Lar pomp Cates the government s efforts to count the victims and assess their Long term needs. Following the eruption at Lake Nios in Northwestern Cameroon the Cameroon government was hit by a deluge of Relief supplies Money scientific teams and journalists that threatened to overwhelm this Cal Tor Nia size country s under equipped and highly bureaucratic administration. Lack of initial accurate information about the disaster and inflated counts of the survivors who Are spread out Over a Region accessible Only by four wheel drive vehicles and helicopters hampered internationally funded Aid efforts and Ted to pileup of unneeded items like blankets and tents and spot shortages of medicines and fresh food. However Cameroon authorities and foreign Diplo Mats said the Aid operation was on the whole Well handled by the government the cameroonians have done a fantastic Job said Neal Walsh . Embassy spokesman. Government officials in the provincial capital of Samenda and in Wum say their task has evolved from providing immediate emergency Aid to caring for the Long term needs of the displaced  say most of the nearly 600 people hospitalized in Wum and Nambe Are ready to go Home while Many of hundreds of Farmers and Fulani cattle herders who fled their Homes two weeks ago have moved i with relatives in neighbouring towns. Most of the Chil Dren orphaned by the Gas eruption have been adopted by local  of the people currently demanding Aid fled from villages outside the declared disaster zone fear ing similar eruptions in their lakes. Officials say these people simply panicked and will probably begin Drill ing Back to their villages in Lime. Last week a National commission set up by presi Dent Paul Hiya to oversee Relief efforts decided to group displaced refugees in two or three Camps to centralize food shipments and medical services being offered to the victims