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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday june 9,1987 Pope begins 7-Day visit to Poland Warsaw Poland a recalling the icy and suffering of the polish peo ple. Pope John Paul ii monday began his third pilgrimage to his communist Home tend with a Promise to serve fellow poles. Of land of Poland land so sorely tried the pontiff said in his arrival speech i the roman Catholic Church and he communist party leadership both Hope to Benefit from the seven Day Lour which for the first time will take the port Tiff to Gdansk Birthplace of the Solidarity Trade Union. Polish Leader Gen. Wojeieck Jaruzelski said in his welcoming remark sat Warsaw s military Airport that be hoped the visit would Lead to Strong National  he apparently referred to the nation wide Calm communist Leaden Hope to Foster after the turbulent Era of the Soli Darity Union movement. Solidarity was outlawed under 1981-1983 martial Taw and remains so. The Pope s we Klong tour of eight Cit ies will include a meeting with Lech Waim a Solidarity founder. It also will in clude the. Pope s second meeting this year with Jaruzelski who Ted the martial Law crackdown. Roman Catholic Bishops Sec the visit devices from Pago 1 by combed with listening devices. He said trying to remove the listening devices from the Concrete tincture could dangerously weaken the building although Schlesinger said he would make his first specific recommendations to t Secretary of state George Sulu he said he would not Rule out recommendation to rebuild the top two floors of the embassy or to build a second secure Structure nearby. He said soviet specialists had made impressive Progress in spying technology and Only the development or a new ,detection device had uncovered the soviet operation. Schlesinger said there had been a Clear element of complacency in . Attitudes toward the construction methods in addition to Advance in soviet spying methods since the original contract to build the embassy was signed in 1972. Bamberg go s body found near train track Ansbach Germany is the body of a 1st amid div Soldier was Dis covered lying beside an electric Railroad track in Bamberg Early saturday mom ing. Pfc. Jonathan a. Medawis 21, As signed to cob i25lh support in in Bamberg was apparently electrocuted when he climbed a track Side Utility pole supporting electrified wires that Power the trains a division spokesman said monday. The conductor of a passing train spotted Medawis body lying beneath the Power line and notified German police Al 7 1 . Medawis motive for climbing the pole is unknown. The grand rapids Mich native is survived by his parents Henry Medawis of Howard cily Mich., and Anna Meda wis of Wyoming Mich. His brother spec. 4 Henry Medawis Iii also a 1st annd div Soldier is assigned to cob 1st in 13th Armor in Vilseck. German and . Army authorities Are investigating. As a Way o fight pessimism and passivity and consolidate spiritual values linking the people of the overwhelmingly roman Catholic nation. In an address to cloistered nuns in thei4lh-Ccnlury St. John s Cathedral in Warsaw s historic old City John Paul monday emphasized the Palish Reali  you know Well that this reality is difficult full of painful tensions full of uncertainty and human crisis made worse by sin which at times is the Conse Quence of human weakness but not Only that. " the pontiff said i voice 1 rating off. In the audience was Mother Teresa who won the Nobel peace prize in 1979 for her work with the poor. The Pope s a italia dc-9 jetliner arrived at 10jo . Jam Zylski and Cardi Nal Jozcfa Glymp primal of Poland led the official greetings. Hundreds of thousands of people waved and cheered along the motorcade route from the Airport to the City Center As he passed in his pop Mobile. The pontiff spoke glowingly of Poland upon his  a Eccl you fellow countrymen who know the Joy and the suffering of living in this land the Pope said in a nationally broadcast ceremony. In the course of my pilgrimage i will seek to serve my nation to serve you my fellow countrymen Brothers and Sis ters. I ask everyone to accept my pastoral service he said his White Robes flutter ing in the  his traditional symbolic gesture Al the Start of trips outside Italy John Paul Knelt and kissed the ground after emerging from the Airliner. Eurythmics concert Sparks new clash Between e. Berlin guards Rock fans Berlin a thousands of youngest germans trying a hear an outdoor Rock concert by the eurythmics just on the other Side of the Berlin Wall fought with hundreds of club wielding communist Border police witnesses said Mon changing Down with the Wall and the Wall must go the Rock fans just before Midnight sunday broke through a Metal Fence set up by police in front of the historic Brandenburg Gale but police drove them Back the East German witnesses reported. They said 20 to 30 East germans were arrested some of them dragged away by their hands and feet. It was nol known if anyone was injured. The Concrete Barrier thrown up by the communists has divided the City into East Berlin and West Berlin for 25 years. The confrontation Between East Ger Man youths and police was the worst since 1977, when a Simitar Street Battle took place on he City s  police broke up a Rock concert there. Witnesses said Many of the East Ger Man fans appeared to be intoxicated. It was the second straight night that Rock fans clashed with East Berlin police because of outdoor concerts a the Reich Stag building in West Berlin. The first disturbance came during a concert by British Rock Star David Bowie. The Berlin Wall runs behind therein Stag and is about 200 Yards from the site of the concerts. A third concert by the Rock group genesis was scheduled for monday night. East German police acted monday to prevent further violence. They roped off Unter Den Linden in front of the soviet embassy about 1,000 feet from the Brandenburg Gale at 6 . And refused to let curs of people pass fifty guard were posted across the so Eccl. Hall from Page 1 Tolulah for the Comras. Kel Rcd air Force maj. Gen. Richard v. Second testified during the first week of the hearings last month that North had told him of joking with president Reagan on the same topic. At another Point. Hall told or asking North for a Small loan for a weekend trip to the Beach in june 1985 and said he gave her three 120 traveler s checks drawn on a Central american Bank. He said. Make sure you pay Back the Money it s nol mine " Hall said. She said she found it unusual that the checks were Central americas but said she did t ask North Why and he did t Volunteer an explanation. Hall said she fielded Telephone Calls for North from fund Raiser Carl Channel and his associates outlining what the would like col. North to say to their contributors to the con Ira cause. She said some of those messages involved Money for airstrips and helicopters. But she said she did not sit in on the meetings North held and could nol say if he actually made solicitations. Earlier monday a Reagan administration lawyer was questioned closely by the committees Aboul his 1985 Legal opinion that was used by some in the administration to justify secret Aid to the Comras. Drc Iton Sciaroni counsel for he presi Dent s intelligence Over sight Board acknowledged thai he was working in hit first Job As a lawyer and that he wrote the Legal opinion alter conducting iwo Brief inter views and Wilbut seeing memos showing North s direct role in aiding the contras. He stood by his opinion that congressional limits on military Aid to the nicaraguan contras did not apply to Nonh and the National Security Council. The lawyer s testimony at the Start of the sixth week of congressional bearings touched off partisan debate Over con Gress intentions when it passed the 1984 ban known As the Boland  other developments Secord disputed last week s testimony by his business partner Albert Hakim who said he set aside a 1200,000 fund for the family of North. Secord who managed the Sale of arms to Iran and the resupply of weapons to the contras said he set up that fund to pay medical Bills and survivors benefits for main participants in the opera Tion not just North s family. Secord also said he stands behind his earlier testimony that the contras were charged markups cf20 percent to 30 per cent for weapons despite documents provided by Hakim suggesting much higher profits. He also said no nov nip was planned during meetings among himself. Hakim and North As the affair was unravelling last november. North won at least a temporary Vic tory in his Legal Battle with Iran mantra Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh a Federal appeals court Tow a District judge he had erred in holding North in contempt of court without first ruling on North s Challenge to the constitutionality of Walsh s appointment. David c. Fischer a personal aide to Reagan from 1981 -s3, has received full immunity in return for his cooperation with watch said his attorney Charles r. Work. Wii grenades found in trash bin by worker Pitburg a Germany Sas maintenance worker found two live world War ii grenades monday morning in a dumpster behind be billeting facility. The Man saw part of a vacuum cleaner sticking out of the dumpster and found the grenades when he took a closer look inside said base spokeswoman Tina Cor Coran. Officials evacuated some rooms in the building As a precaution. An explosive ordnance team from Spang Dahlem a removed Ibe grenades without incident. The Mark ii grenades were slightly corroded said capt. Jereon brawn a Span Dahiem spokesman. Military officials Are investigating the incident. 36 Gay gis dismissed paper says Amsterdam Netherlands a three dozen . Military members serving in the Netherlands have been dismissed after having been unmasked As homosexuals by american undercover agents according to a newspaper report Here. The series of dismissals Al Oesterberg a in the Central Netherlands began in july last year according to the saturday edition of the Amsterdam newspaper the Tele Graaf the Calion s largest orc Lavioe daily . Air Force officials at Soe Lerberg a had no immediate comment on the report monday afternoon the paper did not identify any of the 36 military members that have been reportedly dismissed nor did it indicate to which Branch of service they belonged before their purported dismissals. There Are two air Force squadrons at the base along with support units. In the Hague . Embassy spokes Man Sam Wunder declined to comment on the report we usually Don t comment on issues involving matters of Security or privacy Wunder told the associated Presson sunday. According o the Telegram is account american undercover agents operating Alsoe Lerberg invited . Service member suspected of homosexuality to barbecues and other parties. The report did not indicate when the undercover agents began their alleged operations at the base nor did it say which . Agency employed them. Once the agents had succeeded in seducing a Sam remember they would re port the person to his superiors Accord ing to the Tete Graaf  
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