European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d fund drive erases projected Uso deficit Page 2 d $17.7 million in bogus Bills seized counterfeiters held Page 5 d san Diego cheers As America s cup returns Page 21 the St ars Autho Mied unofficial pu1l1cat vol. 45, no. 295 monday february 9, 1987 d 8693 a Waite reportedly released Bern offers Deal to free foreign captives Beirut Lebanon up police and shiite moslem militiamen sunday checked 9 claim that hostage negotiator Terry Waite had been released and Mili Tia Boss Nabih Bern offered kidnappers a Deal to free their foreign captives. Police however reported no sign of the 47-year-old Church of England envoy hours after an unidentified Telephone caller told a moslem radio station that Wail had been released in Beirut s Southern suburbs. Journalists and camera Crew s spent saturday night Al wait s hotel in West Beirut in Hopes of sighting him. We Are Mill looking but have not found anything a police spokesman mid. In Damascus saturday Herri called for the release of All foreign hostages held in Lebanon saying he was willing 10 accept he demands of the kidnappers of four College professors three Ameri cans and an Indian threatened with execution monday. Barri Leader of the powerful amal militia also said Waric is in Good health and i think he will be released soon 1 cannot say tomorrow or after tomorrow but i have this feeling that he Wilt be released soon. I have asked especially for or. Waite and those four men said Bern whose organization has been steadily drained by the hard line moslem fundamentalist Hezbollah or party of god Over the past two years. Moslem fundamentalist gunmen Are believed to have seized Waite. Barri said in was wilting t an israeli Pilot captured in october for 400 Arab prisoners held by Israel the Price demanded by the islamic jihad for inc Liberal Ion of Palestine in Exchange for the americans and Indian. Israel has refused to release the 400 for the four College professors. The kidnappers have said they Wil Kilt the hostages monday and had no imme Diate reaction to Herri s proposal Sim Ilar to a Deal with Israel he said he Bro Seo Waite on Page 28 israeli worships seize suspected Plo guerrillas Tel Aviv Israel of israeli warships seized a honduran registered cargo ship bound for Lebanon and detained 50 passengers suspected of being pales Tinian guerrillas the military said. It was the second time this year Israel reported Cap Turing a Lebanon bound ship and claiming palestinian guerrillas were aboard. The jewish state is trying to prevent the Palestine liberation organization from rebuilding its Power base in Lebanon and resuming Cross Border raids into Israel. Rear adm Avraham Ben Shoshan told a news con Ference the 500 to 600-ton Maria it had sailed from Warnaca Cyprus and was Midway to Lebanon when it was slopped at Midnight Friday. He said the so Pas sengers surrendered without resistance and were detained for questioning. He said the passengers belong to the mainstream Fatah movement of the Plo and came from a variety of countries and he said they carried phony passports but did not specify the countries. He earlier told Israel radio there were command ers among them. We Don t yet know their ranks but Hope to find out More details some of the detainees May be freed after question ing but others could face trial Ben Shoshan said. Eight egyptian crewmen also were detained and were being questioned we arc still checking what see seize on Page 28 soviet Tanker freed a who a two tugboats guide the 40,000-ton soviet Tanker an of Provoo. The Tanker was freed saturday after going Ionia Gram Sci through the ice All the finnish Lawn aground late Friday in the Gulf of Finland. My it left nato uneasy official says1 a i is a ctr a by Pauloz. Staff Miter Brussels Belgium the Reykjavik Summit has left nato nations in Europe with a sense of unease concern ing . Jim ankh traditional i my Jill ing nato official said saturday. Not a non nuclear to nuclear world Hajj to feel uneasy with if nato am Legerc addressed about 70 people at a luncheon meeting of the department of Europe of the Reserve officers lion of the in military strategy of flexible response and "tt., said. For americans that often relying on a Strong conventional Force in Case of War. Void discussion of another conventional War on their soil. For them the nato strategy meant deterrence based on the willingness to sickly escalate a conflict to include nude sir Atcy was Broad sides 38 28 is on Rescue miss on die in Copfer crash fort Stewart a. A four were killed when their helicopter crashed in a Remote swampy area As they were flying to assist civilian Vic Tims of a traffic Accident officials said saturday. The aircraft had been on thaw Jan of tip the injured motorists whcriti9flioccurrcd Friday night about three Raj he Lumli West of the fort in South East go Raja John Martin said. Ref and land search hampered by rain and Low the acc Kasey my Titre found. The army officials would not speculate on the helicopter to crash. Killed were the Pilot 1st it. James oel Click 23, of Mayodan . The Crew chief. Spec. 4 Jerome bar Chol 23, of Midway and a medic sol. 1st class Doyle Cannon 40, of Elmhurst 111. Lie Elf Mitef the fourth victim has not been released pending notification of his family. When the copter left Wright army Airfield at fort go cart at 9 p.m., weather conditions were Loysble i a a spokesman said. Visibility was Ihre Emile m two men injured in Mim Mui re driven to the Hospital at fort Stewart where in stable condition
