European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes december 1,1986 m is updates Banks criticized Bern. Switz and a four major swi groups concerned with Thirl world issues have accused swi Banks of actively helping inc Philippines in Rojc Ping assets of president Ferdinaid Marcos when he was in Power. I the groups inf uding he Cath Olic lenten sacrifice and the protestant bread for air Brothers said the Swiss Banks file was a scan dal that cannot of hidden behind professional or baking Girlfriend questioned Rome a police on sat urday questioned i woman identified As the girl Fri id of one of the two Rome prison i match hoisted to Freedom by two Ai to splices in a hijacked helicopter . In addition a Rome judge is sued four arrest warrants in connection with Las unday s dramatic escape in which a red Cross helicopter Pilot v is forced by iwo French speaking bandits to flyover the re Bobbi Security prison to pick up the Pri Mars. The woman 1 ing questioned was identified As Losa Fagioli 30, reportedly the i Friend of Tuni Sian born French Nan Andre Bel Laichy 36, one of the two who got away police said. The arrest wan mis were issued for Bellaiche fell Escapee Gian Luigi Esposito 30 24. A would be est Pec who was left behind in the Pris n courtyard and Jean Claude Mysz a. Believed to be one of the two Fri in speaking ban dits.po1kesaid. Temperatures cities delegates gather to discuss social problems san Antonio Texas up the National league of cities opened us five Day annual convention saturday with some 5,000 delegates focusing on the problems of homeless people illiteracy drug addiction and teen age pregnancies. Another priority of the organization made up of 1,200 members and 49 stale affiliates will be finding ways to discourage additional Medcraf budget cuts to local governments in the Effort to reduce the National deficit said Alan beats league director. The Gramm Rudman act adopted by Congress last year already has take More than $7 billion out of cities pock ets. Most of the reductions came when Congress abolished the j4.6 billion fed eral Revenue sharing program. Deals said City leaders must decide How to fight future cuts. A lot of groups react to somebody else s initiative he said. We decided 15 years ago we did t want to be in that position. And we have i think been pretty the league s resistance last year to the reductions led to a lawsuit against Agram Rudman provision that permitted the president to defer municipal funding. Beals said the resulting Legal Victory enabled cities to keep s3 Oillion in Federal Aid that otherwise would have been lost. Delegates wednesday will adopt a National municipal policy which will be come a Core of the league s lobbying efforts on Urban issues. San Antonio mayor Henry Cisneros the league s outgoing president recommended finding new approaches to so Cial problems. I would expect one of the major themes of this conference is going to be that whole new set of questions that did t exist eight to 10 years ago but today arc pressing so Many cities the number of homeless people the wave of problems of illiteracy and drug Addic Tion the epidemic of teen age pregnancies i Sercu s acknowledge thai in me areas we cannot simply solve prow Emily allocating More Money by attempting to fund old initiatives bul that the time has finally come to think about new approaches. The times Are dynamic. The response must be dynamic Cysneros a among mayors expected to attend the convention Are de Koch of new York Andrew Young of Allan w. Wilso Goode of Philadelphia. Ray Flynn of Boston and Federico Pena of scheduled to speak include Bruce Babbit of Arizona and Bill Clinton speakers will be sen. Joseph Biden jr., a Del. Sen. David Duran Berger a Minrul former sen. Howard Bakerr Tenn and the Rev. Jeue Jack ton. Ling around Refuge Camps in West Beirut mate moslem amal militiamen More on palestinian posh Plo fighter Beirut Lebanon up palestini an guerrillas consolidated their grip Over a strategic Village in South Lebanon say urday and advanced on nearby Hills de spite fierce resistance from shiite Fitial fighters police sources said. Shiite militia and spiritual leaders pledged to crush ism in Lebanon and of Pkt for every drop of soil sized Byrne guerrillas in five weeks of Comba that has killed More than 254 peo puff after six Days a running Battles palestinian guerrilla captured All of Magh Bousheh a Hiop Christian Village 2.4 Miles Southeast of Sidon 24 Miles South of Beirut Axa advanced toward the near by shiite villages of Antoun and gha me he few Miles further Inland the the palestinians said their War near Sidon was aimed Al easing the pressure from two refugee Camps in the Region. To amal described the action As. Piracy designed to prevent our fighters rom heading South to confront he israeli occupation taking a Ghousheh Means control ing the coastal Highway to South Leb anon. And this we cannot let the palestinian do said an amal spokesman. Police sources said relentless Battles also continued in moslem West Beirut saturday underlining the futility of a cease fire agreement which amal and syrian based palestinians negotiated without guerrilla Leader Yasser Arafat s mainstream Ai Fatah group. At least 33 people have been killed and 240 others wounded since the cease fire deadline raising the five week loll of fighting Between Amil and the palestini ans to 254 killed and 790 wounded the source said. While the palestinians maintained their supremacy on the strategic Hills East on Village of Sidon and prevented amal fighters trom using the coastal Road to Loutfi Leb he balance Wai apparently lilting Ial s favor in Beirut be sources said amal tighten by syrian provided soviet t-s4 tanks Ito aged palestinian guerrillas trapped a the Sabra shatilla and Burn Camps and captured Illy situated buildings on f the three Camps . Pm Bat pushed both lians toward greater Ai Bara Neu several Strati. The perimeter cover of tank an the escalating amal and the intransigence. Palestine us Eratico organization chairman Yasser Arafat we Ami we out to expel be palest Nkru from Leb anon and called on the Tab a to Stop this flagrant crime.11 amal militia Leader Nabin Barri in a statement published saturday described the palestinian action in the Sidon area As a
