European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes q Mia talks resume in Vietnam. Page $ d biking safety in Europe Page 13 d Boston nips Detroit in Aba playoffs sports Page 21 vol. 46, no. 41 Uthon led unofficial publication Fri 1thursday, May 28, 1987 d 8693 a . Asks nato to help in Gulf Brussels. Belgium not defense Secretary Caspar a Weinberger describing Western Access to he persian Gulf As essential called tuesday for nato to join Washington s military Elbrt to protect the movement of Oil through the Gulf Weinberger attending a two Day meeting of nato defense ministers Here said he asked his colleagues for any assistance they might be Able top it after consultations Wilh their initial reaction appeared Cool. Although Western european countries rely on the Gulf for much of their Oil they arc wary of committing themselves to a Secu Rity project that could turn into a military conflict. Weinberger s Call for Allied help was prompted by the May i attack on he frigate Stark by on iraqi Jet in which 37 american Sartors were killed. Iraq says the attack was a mistake. The a pack combined with a kuwaiti request for its Oil Tanker to Fly the american Flag has focused Atten Tion on the Iran Iraq which has Ted to attacks by i both sides on ships carry-1 ing Oil through the water-1 Way. As passage through the i Gulf became More Hazar a Dous the Reagan adminis a ration bolstered the Amer lican military profile in the of Region. Speaking with reporters Weinberger refused to say i which allies he sought help Weinberger from. He declined to specify the kind of assistance he is seeking but named Ihrcke general areas in which nato members could help the United Stales. He said they could provide additional naval units in the Gulf cooperate in air cover and offer the use of existing infrastructures presumably bases. There Bush near Grifor Cairo Egypt a go Cyri ambushed a station Wagon on a Busy Highway in menu Damial suburb of Maadi South of Cairo tuesday sulm injuring two american diplomats then sped officials said. A third american in the vehicle was not in Ufi an embassy Security official at the scene said attackers driving a Green station Wagon used a shot gun egyptian Security sources said 10 to 15 shots maj have been fired. The inferior ministry said the iwo diploma Tif cd As Dennis l. Williams the Mission s acre Secu Rity chief and his assistant John Hucke a hit by flying Glass from the station Wagon s will the ministry said their injuries or superficial and they were released after Turcanu Rai a Hospital. An embassy spokesman we abused to identify the third Man in the car said a attackers fired after failing in their efforts to of Tyche americans to Stop. It was the first at Ami . Diplomats in Egypt in recent memory Al tempi there have been threats. In Washingion Staie department spokeswoman Laura Achl said we Don t have anything to say about it hours after the attack a Western news Cairo received a phone Call from a Man Spe Awig English who said this is Egypt s revolt we Are responsible for the shooting in Maadi Egypt s revolution joke name used by a shadowy group that has Clam responsibility for three attacks on israeli or adj to employees in Egypt in the past three years tvo Fiose attacks occurred in Maadi where tints from the United states and other fees live. Mohammed Redan egyptian member of the pm f Security unit said at the scene of the attack we i whether the attackers followed the Ameri cans were lying in wait but it appears thai it was planned fld Vance. We Don t know who they Are but they did new a k like he said wies described one assailant As very the attack occur a the americans were driving from Maadi to the Emba in downtown Cairo As reconstructed by the assailants pulled alongside the american pm ii Etc tried to Force it to the Side of the Road and then of Ltd fire. The gunfire shattered windows Annb Tsioles in the roof of the vehicle. Police maj. Gen. Bahaa Eddin Ibrahim line Roundup of suspects began after the i no one has been charged. The attack occurred at 7 15 . And by 7 3 police had sealed off the area and roadblocks were in place,1 an embassy source said. 50,000 Scarf Celebration for Consi fusion Philadelphia a the summer Long party Porjit Constitution s 200sh birthday opened with pompsh8tbrtblfc�e�ccnes and merrymaking by50,000 people pack Swan a Jiff Liberty Bell Pavil Ion and Independence Hail. Former chief Justice Warren Burger water _ the Rostrum monday As 30,000 helium filled red White and Blue balloons soared into the sky. Said i Don t know How they re going to equal it on sept. 17." on that Date in 1787, delegates from 12 of the 13 original slates signed the Constitution the Celebration marked the Biden cd Brof the opening of the Federal four months of often bitter Hajjah fonts Over a document to replace the which was Feder Al Law during Sjur jars of Independence. Vice president George Bush and Burger who stepped Down from the supreme court to head the Nali Onat Bicentennial Observance formally opened the Celebration. While the concepts of the Constitution May have been commonplace for us it s important to affirm and firm that our Constitution is special la hajtiel3btaejween Liberty and a Hirons that Fol system that yields guarantee our Freedom Bush said because the document lives it has enhanced our freed Rosand supported a system that seeks to unleash the god Given talents of every individual to grow and Prosper he said. I for one am proud to live in the fairest the freest the most generous country on the face of the the ceremony ended with a joint invocation from representatives of four religions. One by one came the Roll Call of the original states and the crowd then joined in sin " -. Nark a a in memory of the sailors killed in the iraqi missile attack on the guided missile frigate Stark the 0de cily Fife and pram corps and actors in colonial costumes added historical flavor to the Cele bration which also featured 18lh-Ccnlury crafts food Johs and a Soapbox for citizen orators i he believed the people got a lift from a Hajj Tryand speeches. Philadelphia Numis on Goode the grandson of a slave called the 2uammhmry an Opportunity to reflect on How we have sch Jas two Century
