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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday january 31,19bb baby born with two faces Dies of spinal condition Miami a a week old baby bom Wilh two perfectly formed faces and one body a rare variation or a siamese twin has died Hospital officials said. The Newborn boy whose body was Normal had in breathing on his own since being delivered Jan 23 by caesarean Section loan unidentified Dade county woman. The child died 4 1 s . Friday at Jackson memorial Hospital said Bruce Fucsko adminis Trator on duty. The boy s prognosis was poof because or a spinal condition known As spa Bifid. Or open spine. Doctors said 1he baby had two faces each with two eyes a nose and a month that re acted separately to eliminate Gawker. The hos Pital i mild visitors to his parents and doctors and nurses earing for the infant. Syria demands release of West German hostage Beirut Lebanon a Syria a military intelligence chief in Lebanon was in West Beirut on saturday seeking the release of a West Ger Man hostage and said his troops will Deal firmly with the abduction a syrian source re  source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Brig. Gen. Ghazi Ccnaan drove from neighbouring Syria on Friday night and made it known that Syria wants Ralph Rudolf Schray released the sooner the  Schway s kidnapping on wednesday in the heart of syrian policed West Beirut marked a serious Challenge to Syria s i i month old peace keeping Effort in the capital s moslem sector none of Beirut s extremist factions has yet claimed responsibility for kidnapping Schray a 30-year-old Industrial Engineer. But the abduction was believed linked o the trial in West Germany of a lebanese Stirite mos Lem Abbas Ali Hamadi on charges of Kidnap Ping 1�o other West germans in Beirut last year. Control Tower operator sought after Amtrak crash Philadelphia a an Amtrak control lower operator led his Post and could no be tested for drug use after a train he was responsible for slammed into a repair car and derailed injuring at least 25 people Federal officials said Friday. Related Proiti Pige 7. Federal investigators said they planned to question the operator identified As Tom Connor of Aldan about the northbound nigh owl that derailed Early Friday is Miles South of Phila Delphia with 160 passengers aboard. Two Amtrak employees remained hospitalized saturday with minor injuries after the crash which disrupted service in the nation s Busic a rail corridor. All others injured were treated and released Hospital officials said. Amtrak could face criminal charges for railing to obtain the drug tests. National transportation safety Board member Joseph t. Nail said at a news conference Friday night. Friendship one smashes record in flight for Charity Seattle a Friendship one on a round the world flight to set a Speed record and raise Money for Charity arrived Home saturday morning after a 37 hour flight thai broke the old record by More than 8 hours. The plane Wilh 100 partying philanthropists aboard began its limed run from a radio Beacon lower at Seattle Tacoma International Airport shortly after 7 . Thursday. It passed he Beacon Tower again saturday at 8 17 . For an unofficial time of 36 hours 30 minutes flight officials said. The plane covered a distance of23, statute Miles at an average Speed of62i Mph officials said. A crowd of several Hundred gathered before Dawn at Boeing Field in South Seattle to watch the air plane land. The High surpassed the 20,000 nautical Miles Aboul 21,000 Sla Lule Miles needed to establish a re Cord said Bruce Mccaw a Seattle businessman who helped organize the trip. The flight departed from Seattle thursday in an attempt to Circle the Globe in 40 hours or less and raise Money for National and International children s Char Iti Esthe passengers who paid 15,000 each for the ride dined on gourmet food and drank Champagne watched movie played Board games and Rode exercise bicycles said Alexandra Stibbard a spokeswoman for the flight in Seattle. A nines boxing -�., Trail a Nusun Viiu Twagcn-u.5., which had Donald a car that was aboard the plane and will be raffled off. T Tion  l be raffled off. The trip was sponsored by the Friendship found Tio to Benefit among others children s Hospital in Seattle children s Hospital in los Angeles and City of Hope children s charities in los  record of 45 noun and 32 minutes was set in february 1984 by Brooke Knapp who flew a Iwin engine Gulf Stream 111 Jet Easl Bonind around the world and raised nearly is million for un1cef. She aver aged sl2.bmph, including stops. Last june gulfs Ream Ese Culive Allen Paulson flew around the world westbound in a Gulf Stream in Jet in 45 hours 26 i nulls and 55 seconds averaging 503.9 Mph. Army from Page 1 Mer Secretary of slate and former Delaware Jov Pete Dupont. The newspaper said former sen. Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson among the democratic contenders and rep. Jack Kemp of new York and former television evangelist Pat Robertson on the Republican Sid did not respond. The candidates who did stressed their support for the North Atlantic treaty Orjan ipalion and for maintenance of a Strong military Force in Europe. Withdrawing i forces at this time would be a mistake particularly with arms control talks continuing with the soviet Union Gephardt said in a common View. Haig said those who have served overseas since world War 11 understand Hal our troop presence there a helped to deter conflict and has added to the Secu Rity of the United states  Babbitt said the More fundamental questions to me arc How we persuade our friends to Bear a greater share of the Cost of our Mutual  Dole agreed saying our forces Are part of a collective defense which our allies should do More to  nol in technological fantasies like Star wars but in technology Hal will have real application in tiie real world against a real threat he said. A breakthrough in anti tank warfare will Bea major goal of my  when it came to the use of military Force the Candi dates declined to get specific but said any president had to keep that option open. Ii is naive to think that we can have american diplomacy without Ever having to use american Power wrote Core. Bush wrote our Mam objective is the maintenance and establishment of governments committed to free Dom and democracy governments that respect human rights and the sovereignty of i hair neighbors our foreign policy is designed to prevent the Neces sity of using military Force. I can assure you however that i will not hesitate to use our military forces should the need Ever arise he said. Simon went one step further than the others in re Gard to consultations before the use of Force pledging not Only to consult Wilh Congress bul to abide by the War Powers an in Hal regard. President Reagan hat termed the Law unconstitutional and refused to invoke its terms in connection with persian Gulf operations. Simon stood alone in one other response too. Saying he thought some overseas . Bases should be closed. Without being specific Simon said there Are clearly some bases that can be consolidated or moved to other locations., one of my Early acts As presi Dent will be to Call for a review of our worldwide Mili tary base agreements on other issues the candidates agreed All who responded said Forcia Mijc they thought it was a Good idea 10 keep stable the size of Floc Active duty army currently Aboul 781,000 soldiers. Tote candidates said they thought today s Soldier was being fairly paid no though Dupont called for changes in health care and retirement Banc finsand the promotion system. All of Floc  it Wise Toton True recruit ing incentives such As the army College fund Hal under lie the All Volunteer Force and All supported draft registration without a Braceti Mcraft . On that latter Point three of the nine Haig Simon and Babbitt mentioned the possibility of developing a National service program for All american Young people. Meese from Page 1 Bush from  1 some of his erstwhile allies in the Michigan Battle. I Don l think this is Asb a Victory As they be tried to make said Dick Minard who ran the Kemp Campaign in Michigan. This program was designed for George Bush he added he beat Ronald Reagan Here in 1980, and everybody exp cried him to win Minard. Called Kemp a big Winner coming out of Michigan with More than 30 delegates. Right now Corning out of Here it s a Bush Dole Kemp race he said Lack s a legitimate  asked if Kemp s gain was tainted by the fact his delegates were a gift from the flush Camp rather than earned us the grass roots m Inard shrugged it off. With yesterday s Ball game All you look at is he score. There s 32 delegates nobody can Lake away from us under investigation. We Are making Good Progress in those matters. We Hope to finish All aspects of the investigation As soon As possible he said outside the . District courthouse where he is at the trial of sex White House aide Lyn Nofziger charged for illegal lobbying. An assistant said the Case could be completed in two months the foreign Corm i practices act prohibits . Citizens from bribing foreign officials and lays the attorney general May take Legal action against anyone apparently breaking the Law. Sources close to the investigation said prosecutors Are examining whether Meese broke the Law by doing nothing Aboul the proposed transaction when he Learned of it. If so it could result in his being charged in connection with the scheme the sources said. Wallach. Mcnese j close Friend and former attorney so far has refused to cooperate with investigators or to testify before the Federal panel. The aug my general has made a half a dozen visits to the grand jury since becoming a target last summer because of his lies to we Lech corp. The Bank run Bronx , defense contractor. Wallach is under indictment in new York for his role in the scandal involving granting no bid army contracts to we Lech. The iraqi pipeline which was never built was to run close to the israeli Border carrying Oil to the red sea port of Aqaba Jordan. The new York times reported in october Hal Wallach had a financial interest in the project and the acc Hycl group a huge san Francisco construction firm Hal bid to build it said Wallach represented Bruce Rappaport. A wealthy Swiss oilman in the negotiations. U was not Clear whether any israeli was Ever paid to support the project. Lewin said since in was principally a subject involving foreign Rel Anions Meese had very limited involvement in discussion concerning  for Meese however who also has appeared several times before the Iran Centra grand jury of another Independent prosecutor Lawrence Walsh the disclosure Friday adds to the steady barrage of allegations of wrongdoing. Meese whose confirmation to be attorney general was held up for nine months while yet another inde pendent counsel investigated charges of financial mis conduct also was harshly criticized last year by con Gress for his inept handling of the original  investigation and faced a controversy Over errors in disclosing his finances which were handled by w. Franklyn Chinn also under indictment in the cd tech scandal  
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