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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page s the stars and stripes saturday october 1967 n Icaran ans and members of tic foreign diplomatic corps trait at the la or is building Tor the historic edition. Banned nicaraguan newspaper opens after 15-month shutdown Managua Nicaragua a la Prensa the nation s Only opposition newspaper hit the streets again thursday is months after the leftist government shut it Down. Readers lined up to buy inc historic Issue Wilh the Banner headline that proudly proclaimed its return the people  this is free press said publisher Violela Chamorro holding up a copy of the afternoon newspaper As it rolled off the presses 10 the cheers of employees opposition leaders and members of the foreign diplomatic corps including some from the . Embassy. Outside scores of people lined up for half a Block waiting to Purchase the first of 200,000 copies of la Prensa once Nicaragua s most popular newspaper. The sandinista government approved its reopening sept. 19. President Daniel Onega said the move was in line with the new regional peace plan which Calls for Resto ration of democratic us odoms. Chamorro said Ortega assured her the newspaper would be allowed to print without censorship. The 62-year-old la Prensa was shut Dawn june 26, 1986, following . Congressional approval of $100 million in Aid for the Contra rebels. The government enacted strict censorship following the first declaration of a stale of emergency in March 1982 after some Early Contra attacks. La Prensa had a permanent censor assigned to it. Greek defense chief denounces nato exercise As Provo Caf be Athens Greece a defense minister Yiannis Haralampopoulos on thursday described nato s display determination exercise As provocative and said it indirectly supported what he called expansionist plans by neighbouring Turkey. The minister charged that the nato exercise. Indirectly supports the expansionist plans of Ankara Turkey a defense ministry announcement said. Nato officials in Brussels Belgium said they were aware of Haralampopoulos statement but said they Hod no comment. Greece frequently claims its nato ally is a threat to its Security and thai Turkey covets the Eastern greek islands close loth turkish Aegean coast the staging of the exercise and particularly the entry of the . Aircraft Carrier Saratoga into Waters Between the greek islands when Greece was not taking pan was a provocative action and increased tension in the Region the announcement quoted Haralampopoulos As saying. It also charged that Allied aircraft allegedly violated greek airspace 30 tunes last week the Agency Saul the display determination readiness exercise is staged in the Aegean annually by nato forces. Greece refuses to participate in nato exercises because of a longstanding dispute Over the military status of the Northern greek is land of lemnos. Army denies troops in Germany training for persian Gulf duty Hamburg a . Military officials dispute a German Magazine report that . Special forces troops were training in Southern Germany for possible action in the persian Gulf Region. Stern Magazine said thai the special forces have been in a High stale of Alert for Days apparently ready for deployment to the Gulf. But the . Army denied that the troops were training for a Gulf Mission. The i oth special forces battalion is not training for any Gulf operations said Harold Flecnor a Usa eur spokesman in Heidelberg. The Magazine also claimed thai one team of the troops from bad Stoelz had recently been aboard the aircraft Carrier Ranger. The Ranger had been operating in the arabian sea in said. Stern which Well on Sale thursday did not provide a source for its information. Maj. Dennis Pinkham a spokesman for the . European come read a prepared statement in response to the Stem report. There Are . Special forces stationed in bad Stoelz Ecsi Germany. These troops have been stationed in Bavaria for years and routinely do mining in that area Pinkham said. But he added we do not comment on operational deployment of any .  Dodds Roundup College night to be held at Brussels High school Brussels Belgium three High school will co Host i College night oct 13 at Brussels High school. More than 100 . Colleges and universities will be represented at inc three hour event beginning at 6 30 . Catl 02 7ji-5626 for More information. Butzbach school children get on site archaeology lesson Butzbach Germany children at Butzbach elementary school Are getting on the site archaeological education thanks in pan to a $5.2 million addition to the school. Fifth and sixth graders have spent time after school digging through the construction site next to the pottery pieces predating inc roman Empire were unearthed this week. Principal Harold Sony Borg said he Hopes to have the pottery displayed in the addition once construction is completed next year. Hanau High school invites students to College night Hanau Germany Hanau High school is inviting Dodds students to attend its College night oct 15 where More than 100 colleges and universities will be represented. A school official sent letters to Frankfurt Fulda Giessen and Wurzburg High schools inviting students to attend the 7 . To 9 30 . Presentation but All students and parents Are Welcome. Call ets 322-8164 for More information a nah by thu Naan ont we a world today fire at theater forces cancellation of musical London a a fire in the a Meni of her majesty s theater in London ended a performance of the hit musical phantom of the opera on thursday night and forced the evacuation of 1,500 theater goer. No one was injured. The sellout crowd was forced into the Street when smoke wafted into the auditorium of inc theater Dur ing intermission. The London fire brigade said the tin apparently started in a Pite of trash in the basement and May have been caused by a discarded cigarette. Theater manager Ray manse i said the show had to be cancelled because the fire damaged a Power Cable knocking out the theater s secondary lights wed if something goes wrong with the main lights. 4 killed in Stampede at concert in Mexico Mexico City a three girls and a woman were killed and 35 other people were injured when thousands of fans stormed a Gale at an outdoor con Cert the City attorney general s office said thursday. The Stampede took place late wednesday afternoon before the concert by three of Mexico s most popular pop music groups at the capital s sports Palace. The concert was staged later wednesday evening. The surge of people apparently was touched off by a delay of More than 90 minutes in the Start of the con Cert by the groups Tim Briche flans and Frew according to a spokesman in the attorney Genera i office. An estimated 25,000 people wailing to enter the concert area pushed Forward and a baby wait loaded from the arms of a Parent causing those in fro it to stumble witnesses told local newspapers. Germans discover Tunnel under new embassy site Bonn a a Tunnel was discovered beneath West Germany s new embassy Complex under construction in Moscow raising concerns the compound is the target of soviet espionage efforts a newspaper said Friday. The newspaper die Well said housing minister Oscar Schneider old Wesl German Cabinet officials about the discovery during a meeting wednesday. According to inc report soviet officials said the Tunnel was built for maintenance   
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