European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 25,1986 the stars and stripes Bokassa arrested on return to homelands an Page 9 Paris a Jean Bedel Bokassa the ousted emperor of the Central african Republic returned to his Homeland thursday from exile in France and immediately was arrested an official there said. Bokassa 63, was overthrown in a French backed coup in 1979 and was sentenced to death in absent a on charges of murder and cannibalism. A spokesman for French Premier Jacques Chirac Denis Baudouin said the former ruler his wife and five of his children secretly left their 18-room chateau West of Paris on wednesday. An official in the office of president Andre Koling a of the Central african Republic confirmed Bokassa was arrested upon arrival thursday morning in the capital Bangui. The official who was reached in Bangui by Tele phone from Paris said he had no further information and refused to give his name. Baudouin said there were minor disturbances in Bangui when Bokassa arrived but did not elaborate. Agency France press quoted French government sources As saying Bokassa s wife and children were not allowed to enter the country with him. Baudouin told reporters Bokassa and his family drove to Brussels on wednesday flew to Rome and took an air Frique flight to Bangui. The spokesman said that although Bokassa was not under arrest in France one would have preferred to know certain things before he left. He did nol elaborate. Bokassa a former French army Soldier took Power in a 1965 military coup and became president. In1976, he declared himself emperor changed his coun try s name to the Central african Empire and later held an extravagant crowning ceremony. Witnesses claimed he clubbed to death schoolchild a photo Jean Bedel Bokassa Dren whose parents refused to buy uniforms from a factory he owned and there were allegations of ritualistic Cannibal meals at his Palace. He vehemently denied both stories. He spent four years in exile in the Ivory coast then moved to his French chateau. He often said he was living Only on a Small military pension and sometimes ran out of Money to heat the chateau or buy food for his family. Bokassa repeatedly said he wanted to go Back to the Central african Republic. In an interview with the associated press a year ago he alleged hat president Francois Mitterrand of France ordered that i be shot at if i show up in earlier this year Koling a said in a French radio interview that Bokassa had been sentenced to death for murder embezzling state funds illegal use of state property assault and Battery receiving corpses and cannibalism to mention Only he said if Bokassa returned the Law required he be tried again. He said this could cause disorder and that it was in Bokassa s interest As Well to stay where he is in leaving France Bokassa left a letter dated oct. 11 and addressed to Mitterrand and Chirac saying that he wanted to return to his country said Baudouin. He expressed affection for France which he called his second Homeland but said he was at the service of his own country without a spirit of he named two lawyers to defend his interests. Baudouin said if French authorities had known about Bokassa s intentions they would not have let him go and that there would be an investigation to determine How he was Able to leave. He said Bokassa s departure was very much in the style of the Iceland trip offered Chance to fest new of radar Wash did t know it president _. _. The air Force lest a critical new radar system earlier this month when he flew to Iceland for his Summit with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The president s air Force one flight on oct. 9 was used for a target track by engineers completing work on the first stage of the new Over the horizon Backstatter radar system said maj. Ron Rand an air Force spokesman. That initial unit has been constructed in Maine and was Able to track the or Dent s plane from a Point rot nautical Miles off the nog to Erica coastline unt Lilja Dora own in ice land t it marked the first Lime that an oper i a sector had tracked a tar jul Range of coverage the spol the president did t know about the spokesman said. The oth a system has an operational Range of roughly 1,800 nautical Miles or about 2,070 statute Miles. The air farce castration s military aft Etnas been a Over tie horizon at will ring the . Coastline a new radar Bamer. The system in Maine is expected to become fully operational in a year or sound will be followed by similar units on the Pacific Northwest coast in Alaska and in the Middle of the country Point ing southward beyond the Gulf coast. The project is considered a key feature administration s strategic modern and an improved _ Mand selecting. Of flying Planch heading toward the United unlike conventional radar systems which interrogate the skies by trans mitting and receiving radio frequency signals More or less in a straight line an oth a system transmits radio signals skyward toward the Earth s ionosphere. By transmitting in the High frequency band instead of using the Normal Micro wave frequencies the oth a s signals Bounce off the ionosphere Back to the Earth s surface at a considerable distance from the transmitter. 1 radar e an object a return Echo bounces Back. But with an oth system the return or Backstatter signals Bounce upward to the ionosphere ice again and then Back to a Large an Stic ated computers and knowledge Towel atmospheric conditions the oth a a tuned to scan an area ranging from a Miles to 1,800 nautical Miles beyond the transmitter. That compares to a Range of less than 100 Miles for a Normal radar. Congress orders Dod report in chaplains corps by chuck1 Washington Bureau Washington instead of ordering the null to recruit or Call up from Reserve duty More rabbis and roman Catholic priests to fill shortages. Congress directed the Pentagon to submit a report on the personnel situation in the chaplains corps. A defense department spokesman said wednesday that the proposed military chaplaincy Faith balance act had called for establishing a ratio of chaplains equal to the distribution by Faith of service members. Air Force col. John Mann director of the armed forces chaplains Board said in a july memorandum the legislation would do no Good because shortages of military rabbis and priests Are a direct result of Shon Ages in the private sector. There has been a Sharp decline in Young men entering the Priesthood and a a Tenter ing the pulpit ministry he serv ices would gladly appoint and rabbis if they were Jas Mann said the chaplains on a voluntary basis to allow shortages but he warned of the dangers of in Unitarily recalling Reserve Chap Lains to acty Tyr any involuntary recall of priests or rabbis would Only aggravate civilian sector shortages and seriously Impact upon our ability to recruit for the military chaplaincy Mann said. Aid Bishops religious superiors and synagogue least Ambady experiencing shortages of in flu permit their clergy Toj-3 the military. That reluctance Wom be a a a mounded should Reserve chaplains be inv by of called to Active duty for anything he said. A the fiscal defense authorization act Appl last writ pacts the defense department to submit t that includes to statistical listing of the Faith composition of the armed forces and of the chaplains corps. Information on the amount of time chaplains spend on Faith specific and non Faith specific tasks. An analysis of the military personnel policies for managing its chaplains. An analysis of by w Reserve chaplain could be used to alter the Faith composition of the chaplains corps. An explanation of How chaplains Are recruited and the role of organized Faith groups in assisting or hampering recruitment and retention of chaplains. Kremlin order chef in que Moscow Abke Mamedo Louetti the ital Ian who embassy snack bar sat in Hijab try Kitchen thursday wondering Ftp Plath 400 stuffed roasted Quail was going to be the lunch special today Etli moaned. Coi Ietti s lunchroom is a favorite midday gathering place for american diplomats report ers and businessmen. The canteen usually serves up american style cheeseburgers and Steak Sand Wiches but the chef occasionally produces a More exotic plate put together rom local re sources. On thursday it was shut Down by the Krem Lin s order that All soviet personnel leave the in partial retaliation for the expulsion t diplomats from the United states o has worked in the Zembas the morning his entire Hensy for 24 year�7 staff of 14 was i Don t know what to this place without them he gesturing at a huge Freezer in the Kitchen he said there Are 400 Stu in there and i guess that s where they win stay. Maybe tomorrow they will come to their
