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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday june 20, 19b7 jews threaten Boycott of Pope s Miami visit Miami a jewish leaders said they May follow the american jewish Congress in boycotting a meeting Here with Pope John Paul ii because of the pontiffs plans to receive austrian president Kurt Waldheim at the Vatican. It might endanger our visit to Miami said rabbi Gilbert Klapperman president of the synagogue Council of America. Everything is an option. We will be considering the matter very seriously on thursday the  american Jewis Congress said la Leaden will Boycott the sept. 11 con Ference. Waldheim has been accused of taking pan in nazi War crimes during world War ii. The Vatican must have known that a meeting with Waldheim would outrage anyone with a memory of the holocaust said Henry Siegman executive director of the Congress. Their disregard of such predictable re actions is utterly  for jewish representatives to meet with Pope John Paul in these circumstances would be a desecration of the memory of the victims of the holocaust in whose destruction Kurt Waldheim has been accused of complicity he said. The Congress sponsored the research on Waldheim s War record and produced the charges which Waldheim has vigorously denied. Timothy Dolan a Secretary to archbishop Pio Laghi papal representative in the United slates said it s unlikely the Vatican Wil reconsider the Waldheim visit. Jewish Vatican relations already were troubled be cause of the Pope s meeting with Palestine liberation organization chief Yasser Arafat and the Vatican s refusal to recognize Israel. Waldheim former Secretary general of the United nations was elected president of Austria last july. In april the . Government barred him from entering the United slates citing accusations that during world War ii he aided in the deportation of thousands of jews and partisans who later died in nazi death Camps. There really is a deep sense of outrage almost be trayal in the jewish Community said rabbi Mark , director of International relations for the Amer Iii jewish committee. We Are absolutely dumbfounded As to Why the most significant Leader of world catholicism would wan i to Consort with someone who most of the civilized world considers a War criminal said rabbi has Kell beat president of the rabbinical association of greater Miami. The Simon Wiesenthal Center for holocaust studies in los Angeles wrote to rabbis in the City asking them to Boycott the Pope s visit saying the result if not the intent of the meeting will be to help morally and politically rehabilitate or.  deadly encounter a motorcycle is embedded in the Side of i Volks Wagen following an Accident in Rome n.y., Bat killed Rebecca git under 15, a passenger in the of to Mobile and sister of the Driver Paul Gillander 21. The motorcycle collided with the or As it was turning into a driveway. The unidentified cyclist mid an unidentified passenger in the car were injured in la wednesday Accident Goez avoids Public after acquittal new York a be hard Yoeu is holed up in his apartment paying Bills and watching television since being cleared three Days ago  murder in the shooting of four youths on a subway train. We just visited because we were concerned be was a shut in guardian Angels Leader Curtis Sliwa said after he and sin other members of the civilian anti crime patrol spent an hour at Coetz s Manhattan Home thursday. We saw defense attorney Barry Slot Niclo last night and he suggested we drop by and give him tactical air support and moral support and just Purne him up and let him know that the people Are behind him Sliwa said. Goetz was in queued tuesday of attempted murder assault and endangerment charges in the dec. 22, 1984, shootings but was convicted of possessing a illegal weapon. Since he verdict he has avoided re porters and remained within his apartment. Sliwa said Goetz is a Little sullen and that the main thing on his mind is his sentencing sept. 4 for the gun conviction. He understands he s in the judge s hands the guardian Angels Leader said. The penalty for the crime ranges from a Fine to seven years in prison. He s just tied up in his work Sliwa said. We had a Chance to see All the High tech wizardry gadgets that he has. He s working actively doing what he does Best what he gets paid to  neighbors have been bringing Goetz food and news papers said Aguslin Barquet the manager of the building where the electronics Engineer lives. Goes has been hanging around checking the mail paying Bills watching to banquet said. The Only request i got from Bumie today was please leave me alone. 1 want to Resi. I want Lorela " said Barquet who has been visiting Goetz at least twice a Day. Eight Security guards at the building s four entrances kept reporters from getting inside. Barquet said Goetz appeared More related i think he had a Good rest a Good night s sleep he said. I think he s Happy about the Way things came  stateside nuke explosion detonated in seventh test this year Las vegas nov. A scientists detonated the seventh announced nuclear explosion of the year deep Bencale the surface of the Nevada test site the Energy department said. The test with a yield or less than 20 Kilotons was set off 655 feet beneath Llie surface of Yucca rat 86 Miles Northwest of Las  was very successful we had no problems with it Energy department spokesman Jim Boyar said. The weapons related test was the first since the Hardin nuclear weapon test was detonated april 30. It was the 666th announced lest since testing began at the site in 1951.the Energy department classifies tests As having explosive yields or either Ess than 20 Kilotons or be tween 20 and Iso Kilotons. Not All tests Are announced because of Security reasons. Free pamphlet offers to tips for parents Washington a the corporation for pub Lic broadcasting has put together a guide for parents on How to use television to help children learn. The 20-Page pamphlet entitled to tips for parents is designed to build awareness and viewership of children s programs on Public television As Well As in crease station membership the corporation said. The guides available in English and Spanish offer 10 tips ranging from setting a child s to schedule or making Public to a companion for Latchkey Chil Dren to using television to promote  also includes a list of children s programs Avail Able on Public  pamphlet is available free to the Public by writ ing to the corporation for Public broadcasting box33039,.washington, d.c., 20033. Mazda income drops 76% for 1 St 6 months of 1987 Detroit up Mazda motor corp. Thursday reported a 76,9 percent drop in net income for the first six months of fiscal 1987, attributing the decline to unfavourable currency Rales sluggish demand in the japanese Market and severe Competition worldwide. The third ranked japanese car maker s after tax net income for the six months ending in april 30, totalled ill.4 million off 76.9 percent from $-49.5 million in the comparable 1986 period. Net income per share was about1 cent compared with 5 cent a share a year before. Operating revenues totalled nearly  billion off 4,2 percent from just Over 16 billion a year ago. Earnings figures Are based on the Exchange rate of 138.95 yen to the Dollar and All percentages Are based on yen amounts. Operator flees after boat hits Sandbar off . Point Judith . A a ferryboat operator ran the vessel onto a Sandbar and jumped into the water leaving behind More than 50 passengers and the mate who freed the vessel and returned it to Shore Tho coast guard said. I Dunk what happened n he might have been stressed out. There s a lot of pressure involved in the Job Marine safely Crador. Larry Doyle of the coast guard said thursday. The operator who was not identified was picked up by a coast guard  passenger car ferry the Carol Jean hit a Sand bar in Block Island sound a minute after leaving a Docking slip thursday for Block Island Doyle said. The 28-year-old operator did run it aground and he did jump off but Why he did 1 can t Tell you Doyle said. Utah Man pleads guilty in $ 172 million tax scam new York Dpi a Utah Man pleaded guilty in Manhattan s Federal court thursday to taking part in a $172 million lax fraud  Landon 39, of Park City Utah pleaded guilty in . District court to a Range of charges including mail fraud and conspiracy to commit tax fraud Securi ties fraud and Bank fraud. The scheme involved the illegal takeover of a sail Lake City  Vincent Bro Derek set sentencing for oct. 29 and released Landon on a $400,000 personal recognizance , who faces up to 15 years in prison and $252,000 in fines also was charged in a scheme in which convicted con Man John Peter Salinas was indicted  
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