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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday september t4,1987 . Leader in Iraq on peace Mission Baghdad Iraq a the . Secretary general arrived sunday from Tehran. Iran where president Ali Kha Menei tiled the Nuernberg War crime trials in saying that Iran will not accept any peace settlement until Iraq is condemned As the aggressor in their War. But Iraq warned that Iran must accept the . Security Council s july 20 cease fire Resolution in its entirety or face what the official in Baghdad called a More severe  so far i am neither pessimistic nor optimistic the . Official told 70 news Copic on arrival at Baghdad inter National Airport. He said his discussions with iranian leaders during his two Days in Tehran dealt Del sively with the implementation of Resolution 598.1 could not go beyond my  brief1 mandate it was a very Clear  Perez do Cullar arrived in Iraq after lengthy talks with Khamenei and parliament speaker Hashemi Raf Sanjana. Radio Tehran quoted Khamenei Stelling Perez de Cudelar that Iran has been dissatisfied with decisions made by the Security Council on the 7-year-old Gulf War. But Khamenei added considering your Good intentions we Hope that this trip will be  the radio monitored in Cyprus quoted Khamenei As saying no peace seeking group has objected to the Nuernberg trials so punishing Iraq for Starl ing the War is acceptable to the  Iran claims the War began when Iraq invaded in september 1980. But Iraq insists the conflict broke ouf two weeks earlier when Iran shelled Border towns. But Iraq said sunday it will reject any alteration in the . Resolution. Iraq has accused Iran of playing far Lime to Muster support in the . Gen eral Assembly iraqi officials claim Iran Only wants a truce in the Gulf so it can Export its Oil through the waterway but that Iran will not end hostilities on land where it haste advantage iraqi Oil exports go through pipelines 1o saudi Arabia and Turkey. But Iran can get its Oil out Only by sea through the persian Gulf. Both sides need Oil Revenue to finance the War which costs them some $10 Bil lion a year Iran had been singling out vessels trading with Kuwait which is Only 60 Miles Southwest of the War zone for at tack charging that Kuwait backs  won agreement to a Flag 11 tankers under the . Flag that entitles them to . Navy  eighth Convoy of .-Cscortcd tankers carrying kuwaiti Oil was reported sunday to be near Bahrain Halfway  the southbound voyage to the Strait of Hormuz the gulfs Only outlet. The two tankers in the Convoy the 81.28won surf City and the 79,999-ton Chesapeake City and their escorts left Kuwait s Al Ahr Nadi Oil terminal  Secretary James Webb on Sun Day visited . Warships of the 11-unit Middle East Force which provides the escorts. Adm. William a Crowe chair Man of the joint chiefs of staff visited the Carrier Guadalcanal on saturday. Lightning Joe Collins Wii hero Dies at 91 Washington a one of the last surviving generals who led american forces in world War in. Lawton Collins died saturday at his Home of cardiac arrest. He was 91. He will be buried wednesday with full Mili tary honors at Arlington National cemetery after a mass of Christian burial at fort Mcyr s Chapel. Collins won the Nick name lightning lot when he commanded a division on Guadalcanal Early in world War ii. He led one of the two array corps hat landed a Normandy on a Day june 6, 1944. His Vii corps pan of pm Omar Brad co Linsley s 1st army then led the breakout from nor Mandy at St. To. President Truman named him to succeed Bradley As army chief of staff in 1949 after Bradley became chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Collins tenure As army chief of staff ended in August 1953, during the next two years before his retirement from the army in 1956, his posts included service As special envoy to Vietnam. . Forces in Berlin launch first of 3 training exercises Berlin the , forces in Berlin sunday began the first of three training exercises which were announced sept. Ii. The exercise is to evaluate the ability of the 4th no flee 502nd infantry regl to accomplish its Mission in the defense of Berlin. The exercise will be conducted at the Park Range training area on Lichterfeld s Odorfer Strasse and in parts of the Grunewald Forest. The exercise will last approximately one week and includes both Day and night operations. Kohl s party loses heavily in German state elections Kiel Germany a Chancellor Helmut Kohl s Christian democrats buffered heavy losses in sunday s elections for stale Legislatures in Schleswig Holstein and Bremen according 10computer projections. In the Northern Schleswig Holstein stale the Christian democrats lost their absolute majority and suffered their worst result since 1954 with a drop of nearly seven percent but appeared Likely to stay in Power with the help of the free democrats. In the City state of Bremen where the social democrats As expected maintained their absolute majority despite a Small loss the Christian democrats had the wont thawing in 28 Yean and dropped 10 percent. The environmentalist anti nato Cretin doubled their vote in Bremen but did less Well in Schleswig Holstein while the business minded free democrats scored big gains in both states. Pope from Page 1 in american Community would be the focal Point of the Pope s Stop in san Antonio. It is his fourth Stop on a nine City 10-Day . Lour that began thursday. Many of the readings and songs of the mass were in Spanish. During the mass the Pope switched to Span ish when he called upon the hispanic Community to respond to its own needs and to show generous and effective Solidarity among its own  in the course of his 23-hour stay in Texas the Pope was to visit the predominantly hispanic Parish odour lady of Guadalupe where he intended to deliver his speech in Spanish. Also scheduled were speeches to representatives of Catholic charities and men and women preparing forgives As priests nuns and Brothers As Well As a drive past the Alamo and a visit with the people of Panna Maria he first permanent polish settlement in the United states. It is estimated that 21 million of the nation s 52.9 million roman catholics Are hispanics by the end of the Century a majority of the nation s catholics Are expected to be hispanics. Id texan that s already the Case hispanics account for at least five out of eight catholics. The Pope was greeted on arrival at Kelly fab by a local mariachi band by archbishop Palaric Flores the nation s first Bishop of mexican descent and by mayor Henry Cisneros who is of mexican descent and whose infant son suffering from severe birth defects is named John Paul after the pontiff. Catholic officials had forecast that As Many As 500,000 people would attend the mass but reduced their estimates to 300,000. Church officials had said they expected 150,000 mexicans to Cross the Border to see the Pope. However As of Early sunday the Bonier patrol reported thai Only 4, had entered the country. Some went to great lengths to attend the mass Lin ing up As Early As Midnight although they were no allowed to enter the site until 4 . For a mass that did not Start until after 11 . I slept Only two hours but 1 Don t think i la doze off today. We be gone through too much for this said Irene Hernandez of san Antonio. She served a Laco breakfast to 12 friends and family members who go front Row seals by arriving at the mass at 3 . The mass was celebrated under sunny skies at he shameless site in Welcome contrast to the open air masses in new Orleans and Miami thai were doggedly rain. The temperature Al the Start of the service was 86 degrees fahrenheit and health officials said heat related casualties were few. The setting for the mass ran into trouble thursday when two towers flanking the altar collapsed during a storm Rores the archbishop referred to the destruction Al the Start of the mass. The towers collapsed but the Church of Texas is standing he said. Separated twins waking from coma Baltimore a seven month old siamese twins began to emerge sunday from the drug induced comas in which they were placed after being separated at the Skull a week ago a Hospital official said they re starting to show signs of waking up now said Ghita Levine a Johns Hopkins Hospital spokeswoman they re starting to breathe normally and show some spontaneous movement doctors began reducing the Barbiturate dosage sat urday night and planned to completely withdraw the drug sunday night said Levine. Patrick and Benjamin Binder Are not expected to awaken completely for several Days she added the boys who were bom joined Al the head and snared a major vein were separated in a 22-hour operation thai began sept. 5. Doctors maintained the German infants in an Anes thetic coma for a week to keep the children s brain functions to a minimum so the brains could use most of their Energy to heal. The twins who have been breathing on a Respirator arc now beginning to breathe independently said Levine. However she said they remain listed in critical but stable condition. The Binder twins and their parents Josef 36, and Theresia 20, arrived in Baltimore on aug. 29 from their Home in Ulm Germany. Johns Hopkins doctors who had Given the opera Tion a 50 percent Chance of Success now say they Are guardedly optimistic. Dodds from Paga 1 charts itinerary said their approach to drug abuse prevention reflects the realities of student drug use. Some of our kids know More about drugs than the teachers he said. So we re past the stage now where educators can be looked upon As experts by  in outlining their program the Broschart stressed that teachers need to Trade their role of instructor for that of Facilitator. You need to get your class to talk about their prob lems with each other George Bros Chan said. You need to use peer pressure in a positive  the program Calls for eight to 10 lessons per semes Ter with each session tasting up to 40 minutes. The package focuses on discussion techniques aimed at providing students with enhanced self esteem. Houston said the program will Benefit every student even if some teachers fall Short in prompting Dis Cussion. The materials spell everything Oul so even if there s not much discussion the information is still  Houston said Etc choosing for yourself program is a pan of a wider Dodds Effort aimed at curbing student drug abuse. He cited a two Page May 15 memo from former Dodds acting director Bob Rauner As proof that the system is determined to com Bat drug abuse. The memo lists 10 Steps that the school Mem will tale As part of the Campaign. The introduction of teaching materials for classroom teachers u one of the Steps. Houston said the effectiveness of drug education May never be measured. We re looking at this thing like a vaccination for the kids. Ycu u never know who might have fallen victim to drug abuse if they had t been   
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