European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes g Honecker lays Wreath at Dachau Page 3 q Bonanza actor lome Greene Dies at 72 Page 4 c Navy cancers port Call Over aids dispute Page 7 the stars and Fries so a uhf to cil p full it action for 1h� u i. Aff co Fth Cal vol 46. No. 147 saturday. September 12, 19b7 d 8693 a never again Pope says pontiff meets with jewish leaders storm washes out mass in Miami John Paul flies to Columbia . Columbia . A Pope John Paul it told jewish loaders Friday thai future generations must learn Aboul tie holocaust so that it happens never again then reached oui of fellow Chris Hans in a joint prayer Tor Unity beginning his first full Day of his . Tour with a Long awaited meeting with jewish leaders in Miami the Pope said joint efforts Al education which arc wait developed in your country can help pre vent another horror such As the murder of 6 million jews by the nazis. In saying never again John Paul forcefully echoed a slogan adopted by world jewry. Following a mass that was washed out by a tropical storm the Leader of the world s 850 million roman catholics flew on to Columbia for a meeting with 27 Lead ers of protestant and orthodox groups. We must learn inc Way to overcome those sad divisions which still exist today among christians the Pope told an invited crowd of roman catholics at St. Peter s Church his first Slop in colom Bia. We must be eager to be fully one in Faith and Al he first in a series of outdoor masses planned for his second . Lour John Paul spoke in Spanish haitian Cre Ole and English to 230,000 jubilant worshippers gathered in a Light rain Al Miami St Miami Park. The Pope wearing Green pcs menu sea Pope on Page 28 news briefs Pope John Paul ii begins his mass in Miami under an umbrella. Ife has soon forced to cancel it because of Fth . Mine sweeper returning Home after hitting Tow ship Honolulu apr one of three mine sweepers in route to the persian Gulf was dam aged when it collided with one of the snips Tow ing in and is returning to Pearl Harbor for re pairs the Navy said Friday the Conquest had completed refuel ing alongside inc tank Landing ship Harbour county about 1,200 Miles Southwest of Pearl Harbor when the Accident occurred thursday. There were no injuries and the damaged vessel was not taking on water. Preliminary reports indicated the Conquest suffered a 15-Fooi-Long and 12-Ineh-Widc Gash on the port Side about 2 inches above inc water line the Pacific Fleet said. Record Trade deficit causes Dollar to fall London a the . Dollar plunged in Europe Friday after the United slates reported a record $16.5 billion merchandise Trade deficit for july. After holding steady through the morn ing session the Dollar Wini into Sharp decline after the Commerce department reported that the . Trade deficit wide need to $16.5 billion in july from sis.7 billion in june. See Story. Page 2 conversion Rales. Page 2t.j More briefs Page 28 certain strike Man Euver area historic East West Battle site b Joe Mother Bureau soldiers from the . Ill corps won t he the first warriors to throw Ihetu strength against an invader on the North German Plains. Charlemagne defended the Fords across the upper Elbe River in the eighth Century. The East and West Haie Long converged in inc Northeast Corner of the German state of lower Saxony. Many towns in inc sparsely settled area South of Ham Burg and near the East German Border carry slavic sounding names As a result of thai heritage. More recently. Russian and . Forces met at the Elbe near the end of world War ii monday. 78,000 nato troops converge on the area for the certain strike Field exercise the Elbe forms the Northern of notary of the 3,700-Squarc-Mik Battle ground of the Orange and Blue forces. The 35,000 . Troops in certain strike will oper ate under the Northern army group one of to nato army groups in cd neral Europe. The group is responsible for defending about 75 Miles of Ecsi German Border from Hamburg on the Elbe River to Kassel. Luuis of the har mountains. The Central army group area of responsibility begins South of Knss. Military analysts have Long feared that North a docs 1 have enough Oldie i Loop a arc mrs Mot ing West along the North German Plains invasion route. The length of Flat country stretches from the ural mountains in the soviet Union to the English Channel. Some analysis Frel this sir clip of open country More suitable to Lank mane vering than the Hills of Southern Germany is More Likely to Bear inc Brunt of a Warsaw pact atlatl than. For example the Pulda Gap Region Northeast f Frankfurt. "1 would bet that in would he Northern Germany where the main Battle will he fought said Gen. Sir Martin fam Dale commander of the Northern army group and inc Brit Ivy and of the Rhine. Fam Dale said Modem amm within the military sen ices of the comnes thai contribute 10 North a has improved the group s Iiren Gih in inc past Sev eral years. Another area of improvement is the Multi National army group Conn pias opposed to separate National strategies i said in 1978, a Forward brigade of the 2nd army div at fort Hood to mrs was maligned in Gar Lemdi just West of Bremen it is the Only major . Combat unit in Northern Germany and it marked the first major realignment of . Troops in Europe since the end of world War ii . Troop strength in Germany is Conion Lati d largely in v corps with in Frankfurt Ami Vii corps farther Uili in Skull Jan the 2nd army Oil i Fuji i Kuish a Lite pcs of tile see Man Euver on Pago 23
