European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday october 17, 1987 Turkina faso president killed in coup led by his Deputy Ouagadougou. Turkina faso a ousted president Thomas Sankara was shot and killed after his government was overthrown in a coup led by his second in command a Well informed official source said Friday. The Turkina faso source said Sankara and about a dozen other people were killed during the coup. He did hey were buried in a cemetery outside this Weil african capital. The source who commented on Condi Tion of anonymity provided no More details. Capt. Blaise corp arc and Liis popular front seized Power thursday and declared Friday a Holiday. The City was quiet Friday with More soldiers than Normal in sight but a reporter found roadblocks outside the presidential Palace unmanned. Firing was heard outside a military Camp thursday evening after the coup was announced on stale radio. It was t Clear whether the weapons had been fired in combat or in Celebration. There were no signs of fight ing outside the presidential Palace. Authorities initially said no casualties were report cd but Hospital stall said two civilians were killed and four people wounded including two soldiers. Coup Leader Camphore who is a former minister of slate and Justice helped Sankara also an army Captain overthrow can Baptiste Ouedraogo on aug. 4,1983. Residents interviewed noted that because compare had been Sankara s second in command few changes were expected. Ii was the fourth coup in the last seven years and the fifth since Turkina faso formerly called upper Volta became Independent from France in 1960. Turkina faso is an impoverished landlocked country of 105,869 Square Miles just South of the Sahara desert the popular front of the 15th of october seized the government to Hall the restoration of Neo colonialism being undertaken by the traitor to the revolution the country s official radio said thursday referring to san Kara. The broadcast was monitored in Abidjan capital of neighbouring Ivory coast. Turkina faso s Borders were closed a 9 . To 5 . Curfew was imposed and Sankara National revolutionary Council dissolved according to a communique read thursday on the Turkina faso radio Broad cast monitored in Abidjan. Compare said in a communique thai representatives from the country s 30 provinces will elect a new president but the announcement did nol set a Date for the election. The political policy making National Council of the revolution the presidency and the secretarial of the grass roots committee Lor the de sense of the revolution were All dissolved. The new government said All political prisoners were released and that 1,500 teachers fired in 1984, had been reinstated. The . State department s most recent human rights report said the situation had improved in Turkina faso in 1986. And All prominent political detainees had been amnesties. Sankara had close tin with col. Moa mar Qaddafi although his support for the unpredictable libyan Leader was confined to rhetoric. Sankara has been widely praised among third world countries for his attacks on Western  he was knowledgeable in the teachings of Karl Marx Vladimir i. Lenin and Mao tsp Tung and tried to build a col German soviet doctors of fest herbal drug on cancer patients Hamburg up West German and soviet medical researchers thursday announced a joint pro Gram to treat cancer patients with a common herbal drug they said has been found to bolster the body s immune response to cancerous cells. Or. Burghard Bohn of Heidet Ben s medical molecular biology research society or Pegen told a news Confer ence that patients at the Moscow cancer research Center would be treated with the Plani extract Eleuther Kokk in a controlled Experiment starting monday. Blood samples from the cancer patients at the 1,000 bed Hospital will be flown every two weeks to Heidel Berg for analysis he said. Eleuther Kokk a substance extracted from the roots of a wild Bush found in Southeastern Siberia and imported to West Germany by the part a inter med co. Of Hamburg has been available in pharmacies since 197 s As a popular herbal drug thai strengthens Resis Tance against the common cold. Only recently have soviet and German researchers discovered that the drug actually strengthens the immune system and hinders metastasis or the spread of cancerous cells from a tumor 10 other parts of the body by destroying cancerous cells. Or. Antonius Curtze a number of the West German health ministry commission that controls marketing of herbal medicines said Eleuther Kokk is the first Plant extract for which a positive effect on the human immune system has been objectively  or. Nadishda Blokhine diagnostic director of the Moscow cancer Hospital has said soviet scientists Are convinced from initial tests with Melanoma breast and stomach cancer patients that the drug is a highly effective defense against malignant tutors. The news conference coincided with the publication in the scientific monthly drug research of test results with Eleuther Kokk by a Heidelberg research team financed by the West German government. Bohn said these tests showed the Potency of the patients immune systems doubled and sometimes tripled after daily treatment with the Plant extract Over a four week period the most conspicuous finding was a drastic in crease in the absolute number of immune capable cells especially Ute to lymphocytes of mainly the Helper Inductor Type As Well As of Zyto Oxie. And natural killer cells. They play a key role in the defense function of the immune system against cancer Bohn said. A spokesman for the researchers in the soviet Ger Man program said Eleuther Kokk would be used first in conjunction with chemotherapy and radiation treat ment to prevent the depletion of while blood cells thai often forces treatment to be terminated. That Means longer treatment potential and there fore an enhanced Chance of survival and Healing Bohn said. Checkpoint Charlie museum Marks 25th year As tourist site Berlin a the House an checkpoint Charlie museum a permanent exhibition chronicling escapes Over the Berlin Wall marked its 2sth anniversary Fri Day having become one of West Berlin s leading tourist attractions. Director Rainer Hildebrand said the museum has been visited by More than 12 million people since he first began the operation on oct. 16, 1962. The iwo Story museum Complex displays various equipment used in escapes and houses film and slide shows that depict Clems leading up to communist East Germany s decision to build the Wall on aug. 13, 1961. Hildebrand said there has been a Rise in the museum s popularity in recent years. He said the museum is now visited by up to 3,000 people a Day making it one of the leading Sites for foreign tourists in West Berlin. The museum located just Yards away from the checkpoint Charlie crossing through the Berlin wait also puts on temporary exhibitions that portray human rights abuses throughout the world. Hildebrand is also the director of the aug. 13 work ing group a conservative West Berlin organization that monitors escape attempts Over the Berlin Wall and reports on human rights abuses in East Germany. Many of those who work at the museum or in ils gift shop Are former refugees front East Germany. Al least 80 people have been killed while attempting in escape or the Berlin Wall and 110 others have been injured according to figures compiled by Hilde Brand s group. C up. Thomas Sii Akum App no labor Ilion Between soldiers and peasant Farmers. Tin 38-year-old president could be Siren at International meetings dressed in camouflage outfits and a red Beret carrying a Pearl handled revolver. As president he called himself a progressive among third world leaders and his speeches reiterated the themes of social Justice integrity and austerity. On the first anniversary of his coup Sankara changed his country s name from upper Volta to Bur Kina faso which was translated As land of the upright men.11 world today italian police arrest 7 in terrorist crackdown Rome a police have arrested seven peo ple and seized Aims drugs and document in a nationwide crackdown on right  the italian news Agency Ansa reported thursday. The report quoting police sources said the arrests were carried out Over the past few Day after police searched same 60 Homes in eight cities Tor evidence. The suspects allegedly belonged to a gang reorganized after being crushed in a major crack Down on rightist Ana leftist gangs in the late 1970s and had been planning operations to gain funds Ansa said. Luxembourg car tags to feature european sign Luxembourg a the Luxembourg government has decided to give a distinctive euro Pean sign s Blue Flag with a ring of 12 Golden stars to car License plates issued after Jan. F. It is the first of the 12 european economic Community member countries to Mark its car License plates with a european sign. So far Only officials working in dec institutions have had a special european plate on their car. Luxembourg Premier Jacques Santer said Luxembourg wants to emphasize its support for the european  norwegian firm Selling ski Wax at $ 106 an ounce Lillehammer Norway a a norwegian company has sold 4,000 boxes of its new Lii Wax. At 1106 an ounce it is Worth one third ill weight in Gold. Don t expect parents to buy this kind of Wax for their kids Harald Bjerke spokesman for Swix sport said thursday. One Box is sufficient for Only three pairs of Cross country skis. It s a super Wax for  the Wax Sells in one ounce boxes costing 700 norwegian Kroner each or $106 Ai the current Rale. That Means 2.2 pounds costs 23,000 Kro Ner or $3,485, which is 13 limes More than the Price of Silver and one third the Price of Gold. Bjerke said the Wax was tested in secret by italian skier Maurilio de Zolt in the 50-Kilomc Ler Cross country race at the 1987 world championships. He unexpectedly won the Gold medal