European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes o Honecker lays Wreath at Dachau. Page 3 d Stuflebeam acquitted of sex charges Page 5 d Navy cancels port Call Over aids dispute. Page 7 the Star Andi vol. 46. No. 147 it Komick unofficial a Miklic Atim Fri the it a aft co of Sci saturday. September 12, 1987 � .o.i, d 8693 a storm stops pontiff s mass persecution must never reoccur Pope fes jewish leaders Miami a pouring rain and lightning thai struck the Field silenced Pope John Paul ii Friday during the first Public mass on his . Lour and nearly a Quarter of a million people were asked to disperse because of the danger. Earlier Friday inc Pope defended his predecessor Popes against accusations that they were silent about the Holo Caust. In a Messing with jewish leaders he said the holocaust should never Hap pen again. The pontiff had begun his homily under the shelter of an umbrella but was unable to finish As rain poured Down and lightning crackled in the dark sky. The people spontaneously Sang a hallelujah and did t seem bothered by inc steady rain. But archbishop Edward a. Mccarthy announced that because of the electrical storm the mass was being Cut Short before the communion. John Paul who had been greeted by weeping nuns and enthusiastic crowds that surged close to his pop Mobil earlier had said How pleased he was to be in the land of Sun. Helped Lorles photo an Page 12. When the storm began he Srnik d and added hat sometimes there must be rain. As the crowd dispersed organizers used inc Public address system to urge people 1o stay away from the sound Low ers because of maiming activity lightning hit somewhere on the Field. See storm on Page 28 news briefs Pope John Paul it listens to remarks by rabbi Mordecai Wax nuts former head of inc synagogue Council of America mine sweeper returning Home after hitting Tow ship Honolulu a one of Hryce mine sweepers in route to the persian Gulf was dam aged when it collided with one of he ships Tow ing it and is returning 10 Pearl Harbor for re pairs the Navy said Friday. The Conquest had completed refuelling alongside the Lank Landing ship Harbour county about 1,200 Miles Southwest of Pearl Hart for when the Accident occurred thursday there Welt no injuries and the damaged vessel was nol taking on water. Preliminary reports indicated inc Conquest suffered a 15-foot-Longand 12-Inch-Widegashon the port Side about 2 inches above the water line the Pacific Fleet said record Trade deficit causes Dollar to fall London a the . Dollar plunged in Europe Friday after the United states reported a record $16.5 billion merchandise Trade deficit for july. After holding steady through the morn ing session the Dollar went into diary decline Affer the Commerce department reported that inc . Trade it flail Widene cd to ii 6.5 billion in july from 15.7 billion in june. Set Story pig i Conterman rates Page 27. Mora briefs Page 28 certain strike Man Euver area historic East West Battle site byjoe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau soldiers from the . I corps won t be the first warriors to throw their 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 have Long converged in the Northeast Comer of the German state of lower a ony Many towns in the sparsely settled area South of Ham Burg and near he East German Border carry slavic sounding names As a result of that heritage. More recently russian and . Forces met at the Elbe near inc 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 Boundary of inc 3,700-Square-mile Battle ground of and Blue forces. The 3j.ooo . Troops in certain strike will oper ate under the Northern army group one of two nato army groups in Central Europe the group is responsible for defending about 75 Miles of Weil German Border from Hamburg on the Elbe River to Kassa. South of the Hare mountains. The Emral army group area of responsibility begins South of Kassel. Military analysts have Long feared that North a does t have enough soldiers to Slop aggressors moving West along inc North German Plains inva length of Flat country stretches from the i Vasion route. ural mountains in me soviet Union Lotic English Channel. Some analysts feel this stretch of open country More suitable to tank mane vering than the Hills of jul Horn Germany is More Likely to Bear the Brunt of a Warsaw pact attack , for example inc Fulda Gap Region Northeast of Frankfurt "1 would bet that it would be Northern Germany where the main Battle will be said Gen. Sir mania Farndale commander of the non Horn army group and the British army of the Rhine. Far Date. Said Mode uni anon within inc military services of to countries thai contribute 10 North a has improve4
