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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. January 14, 1987 the stabs and stripes world today n Rutt pbq0 v Ujj. Photo Japan s prime Minuter Muhln nalu one 0efl with East Genera Leader Eisch Honecker it Schoenefeld Airport. Nakasone makes Stop in Berlin on tour of East european nations Berlin a prime minister Yasuhiro Naka Sone making the first visit by a japanese government Leader to a soviet bloc nation Laid a Wreath tuesday atan East German memorial to the victims of nazism. After the morning ceremony on the Unter Den Lin Den Boulevard thai was once a showcase of Hitler s third Reich. Nakasone held talks with East German president Erich Honecker. The talks were expected to focus More on efforts to strengthen East West dialogue rather than Trade is sues Western diplomats and aides to the japanese Leader said. East Germany was Nakasone s first Stop in a three nation swing through communist East Europe this week. He arrived in East Berlin monday from Finland and was scheduled to depart for Yugoslavia on wednesday followed by a Stop in Poland inter in the week Nakasone accompanied by his wife Tsukato an nine japanese parliamentary deputies was greeted on arrival at East Berlin s Schonefeld Airport by Hon Ecker and the entire East German politburo despite subzero cold and heavy Snow. Tuesday morning he participated in a Wreath laying ceremony it the Monument to the victims of fascism and militarism As East Germany s official press Agency adn described it. Japan was an ally of nazi Germany in world War Nakasone also visited East Berlin s Pei Gamon museum before talks with Honecker Western diplomats in Tokyo and East Berlin said Nakasone was particularly interested in making an in direct but unmistakable approach to soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev with the East european Lour. Gorbachev declined an invitation to visit Japan this month disappointing Nakasone who is seeking better ties with Moscow after decades of soviet japanese coolness Over soviet annexation of the Kurile stands North of Japan at the end of world War ii. Pope polish Leader hold Frank talks Vatican City a polish Leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski and Pope John Paul ii on tuesday held Long private talks described by tie Vatican As serious Frank and  a Brief statement issued by the Vatican after the 70 minute meeting one of the longest in memory betwee the Pope and a government Leader said they discussed problems of polish society relations Between Church and stale in Poland and questions regarding International  addressing Jaruzelski and his entourage of 20 peo ple at the end of the meeting in the papal Library the polish born pontiff described the session As  then turning to Jaruzelski the Pope said it is my wish that this visit brings the fruits so much desired for Europe and for Poland. A Vatican source said before the meeting that the pontiff was Likely to press a Nizelski to Grant a greater voice to Ordinary poles in running polish society. The source who spoke on condition of anonymity Laid the Pope was expected to urge More dialogue in Poland where the overwhelming majority of the peo ple Are roman Catholic the general Clad in a dark Gray suit was asked by a reporter whether he found understanding from the Pope. Two poles must always understand each other above All concerning the most important problems for Poland and Europe Jaruzelski said. Asked again whether he had found understanding from the Pope for the issues he raised Jaruzelski replied it is up to the holy father to pronounce himself in this regard. I nope to have found his  asked whether he was satisfied with the audience Jaruzelski said i am very satisfied Csc Rytie i meet with his  it was the first Lime the two leaders met since they held two separate meetings during John Paul s visit to Poland in june 1983. Jaruzelski added that he found the meeting particularly important because in look place at the Vatican and As the Pope prepares for his third pilgrimage to his Homeland in May. The polish Leader on his first official visit to the West since he imposed martial Law on Poland in 1981 to crack Down on the Solidarity free Trade Union later met with Vatican Secretary of state Cardinal Agsuno Casaroli. Jaruzelski gave the Pope a painting of Wadowicz John Paul s Hometown and the Pope presented the general with a huge Book of frescoes of the sistine Chapel. 2 americans rescued by soviets after crash Moscow a soviet sailors rescued two americans working in Oil prospecting after their helicopter crashed at sea off Colombia the offi Cial Tasi news Agency reported monday. Tic Brief dispatch did not say when the Rescue occurred and gave few details but said the americans identified As Pilot Larry Hennessy and Mechanic James Adint were picked up in nor Mal  Tass said the helicopter stricken by a problem with its Rotor Blades crashed at sea three hours after Takeoff from Colombia and Sank. The two americans climbed onto a raft and were spotted by sailors aboard the soviet merchant ship Volodarsky which was headed for Havana. The sailors hoisted the two americans aboard gave them first Aid and then turned them Over to a . Coast guard Cutter Taw said turkish Leader Breaks ground for new Bridge Istanbul Turkey a Premier Turpit Zottl led a ground breaking ceremony monday for a new Bridge at the Mouth of the four mile Long Golden Horn waterway. The Span will replace the 74-year-old Galata Bridge Between Zarakoy and Emi Nonu squares at the Banks of the Golden Horn which flow South into the bosporus. The Bridge is being built by Hytten Engi Neering of Germany and Turkey s Seui turf Ces and Fevzi Akkala at a Cost of $30.8 million. Construction is expected to be completed thin year. Periodical tracks trends from to to diseases London Iron Britain s tax Revenue have grown More wan 4,000 fold since the hey Day of Queen Victoria s reign but there Are a Lotmore Batons around to foot the Bill. These and other contrasts were drawn in the government s annual abstract of statistics published monday. Its 350 pages record the Chang ing social and economic environment of modern Britain a tooling trends from television watching to infectious diseases. For example the study says the British Mer chant Fleet has shrunk to one tenth the number of vessels sailing in 1885 but the Sulway net work has expanded. Besides More people there Are More cattle ship and pigs to feed hem. Typhoid epidemic delays school openings in Kenya Nairobi Kenya a a typhoid outbreak in Western Kenya has killed 24 people in the past month and prompted authorities to delay for a week the reopening of several schools. Or. . Arap Seongok Kenya s director of communicable diseases was quoted in kenyan newspaper As predicting the epidemic would spread rapidly among pupils if their schools re opened As scheduled monday without time for preventive measures to be taken. The Stan of the new school term was postponed until Jan. 19 in three towns in the Bun Goma District near it Elgon along the Border with Uganda medical officers said that in addition to the 24 deaths since Pec 10, 193 people had been diagnosed As having typhoid. The cause of the outbreak Naa been attributed to polluted drinking water from two riven. S. African girl Dies 1 year after liver transplant Johannesburg South Africa Uhi two year old Nicole Hohowsky died in a Johannesburg Hospital Early tuesday � year almost to the hour Tince she underwent a Complex liver transplant operation in los Angeles her father said. Nicole age 28 months and a week captured the hearts of South Africa As she struggled to overcome a birth defect known As biliary at Csia. A fund raising Campaign collected More than half a million Rand 1250,000 for Nicole s trip to americ and her operation Jan. 12 last year in the University of California medical Center. Nicole has been featured on the from pages of South african newspapers throughout the past year and the Campaign included pop concerts sponsored runs and cake sales. Her father Quimin Hohowsky said the child had been in a coma for two Days when she died of internal bleeding a few minutes after 1 tin we can Only thank god thai he has Token her away from All the pain and suffering. She is at peace now away from at the Needles and doctors he said. Hohowsky said he and his wife. Damn were at Nicole s bedside when she died. Doreen was standing Neil to her when she opened her Eye once turned her head and briefly looked it Doreen. Then she closed her eyes and it we All Over he said. Nicole s parents refused last week la Send her Back to America for a second operation. They said she had suffered enough  
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