European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d diet pills from Mexico linked to deaths Page 3 d Reagan oks $4.4 billion physics project Page 5 d Coghlan wins 7th Wanamaker mile sports Page 21 Tuth onried uner Riciki. Pui Lichton to the . Armed Poncei vol. 45, no. 287 sunday february 1, 1987 Wilif i 0 8693 a Waite safety vow dropped Beirut Lebanon a druse Leader Walid Jumblatt said saturday he could no longer guarantee that anglican Church envoy Teny Waric is Safe sever Al privately owned Beirut radio stations reported. Jumblatt s progressive socialist party militia had been in charge of Wai it 5 Security during the envoy s efforts to secure the release of . Hostages. Waite was last seen in Lebanon on Jan. 20. Jum Blau was quoted As saying he can no longer say that he recent guarantee he gave to archbishop of Canterbury Robert runic about Waite s safety still to am in ouch with people connected with or Waits and other american hos tages he said without elaborating. I told them do not Embarrass me hostage if you want but i want to take delivery of Terry Waite " the radio announcers quoted Jumblatt As saying there have been several reports non confirmed that wait has been taken hostage by the captors of american hos tages with whom he had been reported negotiating since he arrived in Lebanon on Jan. 12. Diplomatic sources in Washington have told the associated press that Waite May have been kidnapped in a Power struggle involving Jumblatt. Earlier saturday three americans lira men and a woman fled Kidnap a photo a druse bodyguard stands with Terry wails in last photo before Waite disappeared. Racked moslem West Beirut to die Chris Lian com rolled Eastern sector. Two other americans both women walked at evacuation at the last minute As he group was assembling at the old . Embassy in the West Beirut District ofe it Mac Issei. The . Embassy no operates out of East Beirut. One of the women burst into knits and left saying i Don t wan to leave 1 Don to she would not give her name to reporters As she left in a car escorted by Jumblatt s militia Dnise sources said another american woman whom icy did no identify also changed her mind just before the evacuation. An elderly american Man wearing lebanese police Cap was taken away in a police patrol car and the two other evacuees both women were driven to East Beirut. Pressure has been Moun i ing for americans to leave the country. Declaring that All americans in Lebanon were potential hostages the state department on wednesday ruled the country off limits to . Cilia tvs. Eleven foreigners have been Kidnap Ped in Lebanon since Jan. 12, when wait arrived for his fifth visit seeking Freedom for foreign hostages. He has not Hern seen since leaving his Beirut hotel Jan. 20 for what was believed to be a see Waite on Page 28 Navy to decentralize commissaries pcs Washington a the chief of naval operations has directed that responsibility for commissaries and exchanges be restored to individual base commanders the Navy said Friday. The move by adm. Carlisle . Troll tracks the recommendations of special project team that recently Stu died ways to improve services to the families of sailors the Navy added. In recent years to achieve economics numerous Fleet and family sup port functions have been brought under centralized management the Navy said. In so Doin the Loca base commander was remove to from exercising manage ment influence Over station activities. The result is that base commanders arc no longer always participants in decisions affecting the health and welfare of Fleet personnel and their families whom they Are charged to by restoring authority to local com Manders the Navy cancels to improve significantly flee and family support by simplifying the lines of command and making the command Structure More responsive the service added besides commissaries and exchanges the Navy said local base commanders a so will regain authority Over Public works centers which provide Utility services. The changes Are to be completed by april. . To improve relations with Poland following talks Warsaw Poland a the United states announced it was expanding its economic and political contacts with Poland after talks saturday Between pol ish Leader can. Wojciech Januc ski and the state department s John while had. Whitel Iead the Deputy Secretary of state told re porters the United stoics and Poland Are on course to improved relations. But he refused to say if his talks with Jaru Zutski would Lead the United states to lift its remaining eco nomic sanctions. While Haj s three Day visit was Ilic highest level Contact Between the two governments since the polish govern Cal imposed martial Law and suppressed the Solidarity movement in i9h1. An Anonymous . Official said the two countries would begin negotiations on it new Wiener Anil technology i oops Tutuian Agri Mcm and Turk toward recon vening a joint .-polish to Numic commission by Thi end of his Vear. Tallis on a imme Abri Mcm Hrncir off in 1985, and the ecu Nonic Connoni Uijun has Nul mi.1 since 1980. A polish Poilu Nuary delegation headed by communist party politburo member Jozef Czyrek will hit the United states in february or March and . Firms will end heir Boycott of the annual Poznan Trade fair the official said. After martial Law was lifted in 19bj, the United states removed some sanctions from a package of restrictions that had been imposed on Poland to protest the military crackdown. But the Reagan administration still denies Poland new financial credits and pro Ermial Ariff Rales the two countries also have not a Changi d ambassadors since marital Law was declared. Whitehead said he and Jaru Ilski Dircus cd upgrading diploma ii Riv ions. Whitchead also Niel Vith Solidarity founder Walesa and senior Al Tivinis
