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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the Stafij and stripes saturday october 10, 1987 iranian envoy to Bonn linked to hostage taking in 1979 Washington a the newly designated Ira Nian ambassador to West Germany has been identified by the uni cd sales As a participant in the taking of american diplomats held hostage in Tehran Iran in 1979, sparking a complaint to the West German government by the slate department . Officials said thursday. The Nylk Hils speaking on condition of anonymity said West Germany Naif granted approval for Iran to sind As us envoy to Bonn Mahdi Ahari Mostafavi who was associated with the rcvolulionan1 guards who guarded the .  in Tehran while americans were held captive there. The hostages were held 444 Days until their release in january 1981. The United states Learned of the appointment after Wen Germany agreed in August to accept the iranian is ambassador the officials said. Under International custom Host countries have the right to accept or turn away proposed ambassadors and arc Given the names in private before the appoint ments Are made Public. The officials said the uni cd states complained lowest German officials after the iranian envoy was accepted by the West German government. Secretary of state George Shultz was said to have go wafer wonks Mecham to quit Phoenix Ariz. A former Arizona sen. Barry Goldwater has criticized gov. Evan Mecham s first 10 months in office and says the Cobalt cd Mech am. A fellow Republican should resign. Goldwater also said that Rose Moford a Democrat who is Arizona s Secretary of state was one of the greatest women that Ever got into politics and added that if inc governor was smart he d quit and let Rose be  As Secretary of stale mofford would succeed Mech am if the governor resigned. In a wide ranging Bull session marked by Goldwa Ler s characteristic bluntness he 78-year-old Republican patriarch spoke thursday to about 75 students at f a state University. I Don t like some of the things he s done said Goldwater who did t list any specifics. I think until you understand the Man better you can t understand Why he Don these things. He s a very very religious Man and i think he honestly feels that he has an 800 1 Ine St Raight up to god. "1 told him one morning i said eve. Before you use that line Why Don t you Call some of us. Hal were in this business and find out Whai we think and then get the word from upstairs " Mecham who is in Taiwan on a Trade related Lour of the far East is the target of a recall drive. Organizers have criticized his re Cisin of the Martin Luther King or. Holiday declared by his democratic predecessor for slate executive Branch workers and his stand on various policy issues. Newlyweds blame bit o the bubbly los Angeles a two newlyweds whose embraces and carousing forced a jetliner id make an unscheduled Slop in Houston were fined 11.000 each and sentenced to two years probation for assault and lewd conduct. Mitchell and Cindy Martina of Huntington death admitted Hal they got drunk after their wedding May 3, then staggered aboard a com rental airlines flight from Tampa fla., to los Angeles. The Martinas were verbally abusive nearly jabbed anti hut passenger with a a Natal Fork and amorous by embraced each Oiher in front of a Young girl according to assistant . Attorney slip Hen Wolfe. After the plane landed in Houston the couple was turned Over to Federal agents who put them up for their first two honeymoon nights in separate jail cells. Davies also ordered Mitchell Martina 23, to attend alcoholics Anonymous meetings during his probation. Repeated inc concern on thursday during a meeting with West German foreign minister Hans Dick Rich guns Char whose reaction was Noi known. For years even before the current outbreak of fighting in the persian Gulf the United slates has been urging its allies a take the toughest line possible with Iran the Western europeans have issued statements supporting the . Position and some have sent military forces to the Region to Back the american Effort there. Most of the countries however have maintained diplomatic tics with Iran. The United Stales and West Germany were involved in a terrorism Rel catch controversy earlier this year when Mohammed Ali Hamadi a Middle East Erner suspected of involve Cal in the hijacking of a Twa Jet in Beirut Lebanon in 1985, was arrested in Frankfurt. The United states urged West Germany to turn Hamadi Over for prosecution in the United states where he was wanted for the hijacking and the murder of a passenger on the Jet Navy diver Robert so them. West German officials apparently concerned that Hamadi s extradition would increase their country s vulnerability to ice dorism decided to keep Hamadi s Case before West German courts. Ortega angers White House Washington a the while House Fri Day described Nicaragua president Daniel Ortega s speech to he United nations As insulting and said president Reagan will not accept Ortega s Rev Imison to Eccl with him in december. Our reaction to the speech is very similar to that of ambassador wallers White House spokesman Marlin fit water said. Vernon Walters the . Ambassador to inc untied nations led the . Delegation in a walk out thursday after Onega in a general Assembly speech blamed Reagan personally for40.000 killed or wounded in nicaraguan fighting. Ii was insulting to the government As Well Aso the peace process Fitzal Craid. A regional peace plan was signed aug. 7 by five Central american presidents. Reagan has criticized the plan on grounds it docs not provide guarantees that Nicaragua s marxist led sandinista government would Slick to the reforms it is required by the plan to make. Ortega said he doubled Reagan had read the plan. Nicaragua has allowed the opposition newspaper la Prensa to resume publication and announced other reforms but the Cugan administration has voiced scepticism Ghoul them. Jim and Tammy Balker with their son Jamie Charles meet the press outside the Batter Home. We who bakkers ready for pal return Gatlinburg Tenn. A Jim and Tammy Bakker reacting to word thai the Rev. Jerry Falwell is leaving the controversy wracked pal said thursday they were awaiting a Call to return to the television ministry hey founded and Tost. The backers called the resignations of Falwell and the pal Board a wholesale  the resignations came one Day after a bankruptcy court ruled thai pal s creditors and contributors could file a competing plan for reorganizing the ministry which is More than $60 million in debt. We want to Heip in any Way to restore our baby Darker said. Bui he ibid the invitation to return must come from the creditors who claim 160 million in debts against the ministry and from pal partners who contributed $1,000 each. I think if a child had a need i would Call the fall or and Mother to help with Hal need said Bakker. Bakker turned the ministry Over to Falwell on March 19 amid a scandal caused by a sexual encounter Wilh Church Secretary Jessica Hahn. Bakker said he doubled Falwell s stated reasons for stepping Down a chairman of pal saying the Lynch Burg a. Evangelist did not want la face Bakker s attorney Mclvin Belli in bankruptcy court. Falwell said his resignation was precipitated by a judge s decision allowing pal s creditors and contrib Utor to file a competing plan for reorganizing the ministry. I Don t believe Jerry Falwell Bakker said. I really Don t believe he was resigning because of this judge s decision "1 sincerely believe that Falwell and he team that stole pal do not want to face a court hearing and go under oath to the Bank Ulcy court where they would be interviewed by or. Belli Bakker said. If they Tell the Rulh they will have to reveal that they plotted to steal  he said. Bakker said he had witnesses to testify about an alleged Falwell plot to take Over the ministry. Belli is a san Franciso defense attorney famous for his celebrity clients and courtroom theatrics. Bakker warned he would pursue with All vigor Legal efforts to restore his reputation. He declined to elaborate when asked if he planned 3 lawsuit against his critics. Mrs. Bakker fought to hold Back tears when she recounted idling her husband Hal she fell homeless in her $148,000 Gatlinburg Home hidden from Public View by a Stone Wall lopped with Iron bars  
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