European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday february 19.198? shiites lift blockade on 2 palestinian Camps Beirut Lebanon a Shi Ilc moslem lifted a four month blockade and id fond trucks in scr two Small pales Tinian refugee Camps in South Obanon. But there was no indication of an end 10 Itic Camp siege in Beirut. Tic United nations Saiid monday inc four Rucks unloaded 47 ions of flour. 90,000 cons of sardines and 564 canis ters of skim milk in a Hass and Bour Al Shamali near the port of Tyr in Beirut Shi Ilc moslem and communist militia Man clashed in Street Bailies for a second straight Day monday in West Beirut trapping do ens of families in burning apartment buildings police said. They said at Leasi one combatant was killed and tour were wounded in the fighting with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades in several residential districts of he City s moslem sector. News briefs meanwhile inc iranian backed Shi Ilc moslem faction Hezbollah denied allegations tint in holds anglican Church nets Lac neg Obialor Terry Wail who dropped from sight nearly a month ago Walid Jumble la Leader or inc druse militia responsible for wait s Security had accused the militant group of taking waive captive. In the refugee Camps the Arnal militia also allowed thousands of palestinian women and children from the much larger Ras Hidich Camp to travel 2 Miles to Tyre to buy food. A police source in Tyre said Amul militiamen allowed he Convoy to enter the two smaller Camps Only Afler they confiscated a third of the flour amal militiamen have blockaded the three Camps 50 Miles South of Beirut since oct. I. There were no indications that the Shi Ilc blockade of Beirut s larger Bour Al Baraj Nch and shatilla Camps would be lifted. They have been under siege since nov. 24. In Beirut a spokeswoman for the . Relief and works Agency said amal officials have refused la allow More food into the two Camps. Police said two people were killed and five wounded monday in skirmishes around Bour cd Baraj Nch and shatilla. The casualties raised the loll from three months of fighting Between shill is and palestinians for control of the Camps to at least 568 dead and 1,459 wounded by police count. The syrian backed amal have been Fig Ling the palestinians since May 1985 to prevent Yasser Arafat s palestinian liberation Organiza Tion from regaining the Power Bate lost in Israel s 1982 invasion of Lebanon. The Unhwa spokeswoman who asked not to be identified also said amal officials refused to allow a three truck Unhwa Convoy to proceed from the predominantly sunni moslem pan City of Sidon to Ras Hidiyeh to Miles to the South. She said Unhwa also was providing a daily meal for More than 10,000 pales Tinian refugees who have fled the Tyre Region since nov. 24. They living in garages basements and makeshift Shel ters in various districts of Sidon. Tyre based reporters said the City s shops and supermarkets were crowded with women and children buying flour powdered milk meat and vegetable for Ras Hidiyeh s 30,000 refugee. Italian frigate monitors soviet naval task Force Taranto. Italy a an italian frigate is monitoring a soviet naval task Force in the Ioni an sea the italian Navy announced monday. A statement issued by the naval base in this Southern port City said the frigate Perseo was dispatched toward inc lower ionian sea to watch the aircraft Carrier Kiev and to support ships ii said the soviet ships were steaming toward the Strait of Otranto apparently headed for the Adriatic sea and Anchorage off Yugoslavia. The 37,000-Lon Kiev which carries helicopters and vertical Iak coff planes is accompanied by a Kresta i class Cruiser and a Svorc Mcneny class destroyer the statement said according to inc . Navy in Naples the Kiev task Force entered the Mediterranean on Jan. 16 and patrolled off North Africa. . Navy spokesman Dave Morris said the Kiev is inc first soviet aircraft Carrier to patrol the Mediterranean since 1985. Soviet dissident s wife awaits husband s release Moscow up the wife of dissident Yosif begun expressed fear that a Power struggle Between the communist party and Kab secret police might be preventing the announced re lease of the jailed hebrew teacher. The dissident s wife Inna and his son Boris said monday that officials from the ministry of internal affairs which oversees the penal sys tem said they had no information on the prisoner s release they say they have received no papers on mrs. Begun said in a Telephone interview monday. There has been no authorization on my husband s after a week of protests for inc release of the hebrew teacher sentenced in 1983 10 12 years in prison for Ami soviet agitation soviet Cen trial committee member Corgi Arbatova told lbs news sunday that begun is now i Don t know what id Inna begun said monday. The problem seems to be that Arbatova is a representative of the government and Rny husband is in the hands of the Kab the soviet secret police. Shamir Calls on soviets to release More dissidents new York not prime minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel arrived in new York City monday and called on the soviet Union to re lease More Diss dams. We will Wail and see Shamir said on the first Day of a 10-Day visit to the United Stales. We Are not interested in gestures. We would like la Sec a real change in their Shamir made his remarks Ai the Regency hotel in Manhattan where he held meetings with new Jersey gov. Thomas h. Kean and new York mayor Edward i. Koch. An israeli spokesman said the rest of Shamir s schedule monday was private. The prime minister was scheduled to leave for Washington tuesday to Confer with president Reagan and others. Controversial miniseries amerika draws estimated 70 million viewers new York up s miniseries amerika lived up to ils Billing As the major television event of the year by attracting a record 70 million people to inc sunday night debut he network said monday the first instalment of the h i hour drama was easily the most Walch cd program of the night with a 27.9 rating and 43 share according to 13-City Over night ratings measured by . Nielsen co we estimate 70 million viewers saw some or All of spokesman Vic Ghidalia said monday. In s the highest opening night for a miniseries since the Thorn Birds opening night Back in March 1983. We re pleased and very which ran the two hour movie the facts of life Down under scored an 18,6 Wing and 28 share. Lbs ran ils regular schedule of two situation comedies and a drama and scored an rating and 12.2 share. Each National ratings Point represents about 874.000 households and a snare is the percentage of operating sets tuned to a particular show. The impressive ratings were no Surprise. Amerika a drama about the United states under soviet Rule stirred More Advance publicity than any television program in years. Demonstrator picketed television stations around the country during sunday night s broadcast shouting better dead than red in favor of the show and world War Iii brought to you by against the miniseries. Network switchboards reported hundreds of Calls but affiliate officials around the country said the num Ber of Calls was not unusual. Sometimes on a weird night Well gel 20 Calls about Walt Disney a san Francisco station noted. Also on sunday night both competing networks made references to the miniseries. Abc ran promos featuring a family so bored by amerika that it switched Lonic s movie and lbs news did a length feature on the program during is sunday night news cast. I Don t think could have bought thai amount of publicity said one executive. The miniseries runs through next sunday. Contra from Page 1 Broad nicaraguan resistance and i would no longer be head of fun he said i would. Be Only a member of the Cruz the moderate Contra Leader whose participation was considered essential to winning $100 Mil lion in Aid from the United states had no comment on Calero s announcement. Robilo in Costa Rica said the resignation is Good for the cause gives the contras More cohesive leadership and improves the chances of winning continued . Aid. On Capitol Hill rep. Tom Foley d-wash., said the split in the contras doomed further funding request by the Reagan administration. The inability of i he contras to have much Success in the Field the disintegration of the political leadership inc disunity have undercut congressional sup port he said. Bui sen. Jesse Helms r-n.c., the ranking Republican on the foreign relations committee said Calero s resignation was forced by higher officials in the state department who Are seeking a capitulation to the com Helms called Calero the Only person within the Uno who truly represents the Freedom Calero Robelo and Cruz joined in nominating Pedro Joaquin Chamorro son of the slain editor of the nicaraguan daily la Prensa to Lake the fun spot As n Uno director. Chamorro worked on la Prensa until he went into exile in Cosia Rica in 1984. According to Uno and has since been a director of the Centra s newspaper Seminario Nicaragua Hoy. Calero s resignation followed a month of open splits with the other two Leaden. Cruz criticized concentrating on military Ai opposed 10 political solutions to Nicaragua s problem. Both Robilo and Cruz Are associated with the con tra operations based in Costa Rica while Calero s fac Tion operates from Honduras. The Southern front members were associated with More moderate opponents of the sandinista govern ment while the fun had Many officers who had worked in the unpopular National guard of former dictator Anastasio sumo Al. Pc fac cold foils Light plane s global try a commercial Pilot who logged More than Hoij rifles Irving to Circle the world via the poles int a Haj line plane is Back Home because the Arctic Chil Cutini Richard Norton and German were 3,000 Miles Short in their attempt to set to _ records. They called a postponement Friday at Mou Bay on Canada s Prince Patrick Island. The iwo had landed their 1350.0 the Arctic Tern near a station after hearing knocking so adj Noel Elf Wing. Then they discovered tic Ajith Man l restart. Nure of 50 degrees below Zero had made5 As Brittle As twigs. It was nature thai won out Norton said at a news conference sunday night. The conditions in the a Oil in Rtin Tarcic Are truly world airlines Pilot who also knee Nan time at the Institute for the of human potential said he Wai not to Fth had come up Short. We particularly to the Chil Dren of the world a Feck will always be Challenge for them he said. for Norton said he and Rose if a fuck Birned to fail Home base in Paris looking to Prince Patrick Island in the Spring and flying
