European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d foreign visitors to . Setting records Page 5 q roaming or fashions in Rome daily Magazine d a Dpi College Grid polls agree on top 3 spots Page 21 authorized unofficial publication vol. 46. No 145 thursday september 10. 1987 i the a o med Force ill hit of Hutar 0 8693 a iraqi sorties end Gulf War Lull Manama. Bahrain a Iraq said is warplanes attacked two ships tuesday night near Iran Khais Island Oil . Ending a Brief Lull in the pm Man Guir Tanker War before a . Peace Mission 10 the Region. The official iraqi news Agency said two targe Mariti nil targets which usually mean tankers were Hila him. Cast of Harg. In did nil Henly the ves Sels and Thor Cwaig con . Frs ifs raised to 25 the number of 5rit i ported hit since aug. 29 by either Iran Ort fact we mph have been at War since september before the was a a ranch passage of a . Resolution during which few raids on commercial shipping occurred. Iran increased its Oil exports by about 20 percent during thai Span. In its report of the raids tuesday the iraqi Agency quoted a military spokes Man in Baghdad As som Ftp the Agni Solnin until the Lan regime accepts to live with the 4c of the Region in peace and puts in end Lif tt�1��$ according to . Security Council the Resolution was passed july jo."11 -,1,., diplomats linked the Brief respite Tai the peace Pinili Atic of . Sec Clary general Javier Perez de Cuellar. He made a suspension of hostile a i a pc mmwmi46trlhis Mission which is to begin in Tehran in thursday and will Lake him to Baghdad later. In the Gulf shipping sources said there appeared to be More vessel movements than usual As companies unit advantage of the pause in the j a year old raids on shipping. M a Woskow soviet foreign minister use Gulf on Page 28 Kohl Honecker talks affirm differences Bonn up East German Leader erect Wrhen Ecker and West German Chancellor Helmut Konti. Ended 12 historic hours of talks tuesday by agreeing to disagree on fundamental issues Between the two states but nevertheless made some Progress on human rights. After two Days of talks in Bonn Honecker was scheduled to travel to the Industrial Ruhr District wednesday for High level talks with politicians and industrialists. In a statement issued tuesday after Honecker met for the third time the Cut pledged to respect one anole or . Fireside dreams arc fat him us. Our policies Are based on the ext Uhtof iwo Independent Sov Ereign slates on German soil Honecker said in a speech in Bonn. Inti Lessic questions we remain far apart from one not tier but nobody could expect anything else Kohl replied. The political systems that we represent Are Loo opposed. The Basic positions which define our goals and our actions arc too different Bui Kohl pledged not to put opposing and in questions in the front line but to Concan irate onto is presently feasible and poum Jef linntl7rrwlirin1 i Sec agreement and the development of Between our two states a visit. The two slates which stand on line Ween the Warsaw i acl and nato. Try space where weapons of destruction Are conceal ran nowhere else on Earth must have particular incr Sci in disarmament and detente. They have a great historic responsibility for in the sole reference to the question of reunification the leaders joint statement said considering the existing circumstances and notwithstanding the different viewpoints on fundamental issues including the National question it is the intention of both sides to develop in keeping with the Basic treaty see talks on Page 28 Erich Honecker signs his autograph in Bonn Reagan promises not to abandon contras Washington a we will not abandon our friends president Reagan said tuesday vowing that nicaraguan rebels will be Able to count on support from the United Stales if the Central american peace agreement fails to pro Duce democracy. We will not accept a Mere semblance of Reagan said. If the re cent peace agreement does not work let s resolve that they will be Able to count on our continuing assistance until Nicara Gua is a genuine democracy. In recent weeks the Issue in Central America seems at times to have become confused who is proposing what How Many Voles arc there on Capitol Hill for this or Hal but the real Issue has never changed. The real Issue is peace and democracy in Cen trial America and the National Security of the United states. Let s be a ear about one thing we will nol aban Don our friends in Nicaragua he said amid cheers. Reagan s speech Reagan to an audience of political appointees came As the administration explored ways to head off what officials believe will be almost certain defeat for the con tras As a result of the peace Accord signed a month ago. The peace agreement was signed by five Central american presidents in Guatemala on aug. 7. It demands an end to . Aid to the nicaraguan rebels and gives the sandinista government until nov. 7 to arrange a cease fire and under take democratic reforms. The sandinista have taken several Steps to open the country s political pro Cess including the formation of a National reconciliation commission. Several . Officials said they expect this process will continue in such a Way As to lilt the balance in Congress decisively against any renewal of . Military Aid to the contras when the current Sloo million allocation expires on sept. 30, Over the Short term the Best the con tras can hone for is . Humanitarian Aid the officials said. As the contras realize they can no longer count on Mili tary Aid demoralization will set in. They said and once the rebels cease to be an effective lighting Force the sandinista will renege on their democratic promises and Wilt move quickly to establish a cuban style system. All they the sandinista have to do is Wail until december one official said. Search launched for venezuelan mudslide survivors Maracay Venezuela a volunteers joined troops and civil defense units tuesday in the search for survivors of a 10-fool-deep tide of mud that swept hundreds of cars off a Mountain Road. Photo on Page 8. Unofficial reports said there were More than 200 known dead in the mudslide and floods. At least 250 were missing 1,000 were injured and 20,000 were homeless they said. No official casually figures were released. The mud roared Down the Mountain sunday after torrential Rains wiping out three Miles of the Road. Most of those trapped on the Road will probably never be found said a firefighter in Maracay s devastated Al Limon District staring at a swollen River 200 Yards below. They were probably swept from their can and Only cod knows where their bodies Are now or if they la Ever turn col. He Cir Vargas who was involved with the army Rescue Effort pointed into the mountains in the direction of the Road and said it is a very ugly disaster. There must be plenty of dead still up army helicopters carried food and medical supplies to the stricken area. Families were caught returning Home from outings when tons of mud. Boulders and uprooted Trees swept across the High Way that runs through the mountains be tween Maracay Ana the Beach resort of Ocumarez de la Costa on Venezuela s Cen trial coast. Luis Mora a survivor said a crowded bus was inept Over the Edge As people tried to squirm through its windows and a woman he was trying to save was Lorn. "1 saw arms clicking out of the mud from some of the buried cars he said. Another survivor said a tree Hal to cd my car. My family and i left quickly and found ourselves with hundreds of people trying to escape the Highway. It was like a pilgrimage through Carlos Tablang. Who is a member of the National Congress and survived the slide said Long lines of vehicles had been created by the collapse of a Bridge. During heavy rain at about 4 p.m., he see survivors on Page 28
