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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 24 the stars and stripes thur Dav april 1988 Noriega withdraws offer to negotiate Panama City. Panama a As military transport jets brought in the first of 1,300 additional . Troops Panama s military regime said it was will ing to negotiate with the opposition then inexplicably withdrew tilt offer. The government which is controlled by the  chief. Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega issued a statement tuesday saying it was willing to meet with opposition leaders in larks mediated by the roman Catholic Church. Later the govern a sent said the statement a void and sent a messenger to news organizations offices to reclaim it. No explanation was Given for the move an government officials met late into Hie evening. Opposition leaders have said they will not enter such talks until the government Frei All political Pris Onci allows opposition news Media to reopen and promises that Noriega will be willing to resign and leave Panama. The government statement had not addressed those news briefs baby m s surrogate Mother gets longer visiting rights eight hours a week with the child she agreed to Bear under a j 10,000 contract. Superior court judge Birger m. Tween  Gould s visits with 2-year-old Melissa Stem baby m would be expanded from one eight hour Day weekly to two Days every other week in september overnight visits in april 1489 and two weeks during that summer. The judge also ordered the adults in the Case to undergo counselling to ease the emotional Bur Den on the child who lives with her father Wil Liam Stern and his wife. Elizabeth. The stems who hired while heal Gould As a surrogate have custody of Melissa air Force no sentenced for false travel claims Hahn a. West Germany is a 21 year old air Force sergeant was sentenced by a general court martial tuesday to six months confinement and Given a bad conduct discharge for tiling false travel claims a base spokesman said wednesday. Sgt. Burthol Mcgatrey jr., an administrative specialist with the 50th tac fighter Wing at Hahn a also was reduced in rank Loe a and ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances said sol. Paul d. Richard. The West Memphis ark., native was found guilty of fraudulently claiming 11,040.60 in travel expenses and using a false document to claim More than j100 in Basic subsistence. Mec Trey in the service almost sin Yean also was found guilty of false i wearing and of offer ing a bribe to a military member to process false paperwork. Mcgatrey will serve his sentence in Germany Richard said. Vet from Page 1 dragging its feet on accounting for 1,767 americans who remain listed As missing in action in the War. Vietnam has threatened to end its cooperation in repatriating other american remains if Washington continues its criticism. In a meeting wednesday with visiting sen. Larry Pressler r-s.d., foreign minister Nguyen co Thach responded heatedly to a recent Pentagon suggestion that the communists have been storing remains and returning them Little by Litlie mid an american negotiator Requet ing anonymity. The head of Vietnam s accounting office Tor missing in action Nguyen can had dismissed the charge Ai nonsense the Day before. The Oil time they make such a statement we will have to reconsider Heth to we will do the Job. This shows there is no Good will on the part of the  conditions. Also tuesday leading opposition activist Ricardo Arias Calderon asked for the Protection of the Catholic Church after four carloads of slate Security police sur rounded his Home. Calderon who is president of the Christian democratic party led his Home before the police arrived and appeared later with the Rev. Oscar Brown the auxiliary archbishop of Panama City. . Military transports began touching Down about once an hour Al Howard air Force base near Panama City on tuesday in an Airlift that was to bring another 1,300 troops 26 bclicopter5,police dogs and equip ment into the country by late thursday. The extra forces were ordered after a five wok Campaign of economic and political pressure failed so oust Noriega whose strength lies in the 15,000-Slrong Pana Manian defense forces. Noriega was indicted in the United Stales in february on Federal charges of trafficking in Colombia cocaine. . Economic unctions have since prompted Panama s Banks to close and the government has been unable to meets its payroll. The reinforce meals were sent after reports . Citi Zens were harassed by panamanian soldiers and sever Al american reporters were briefly arrested during a police raid on opposition Headquarters in a Panama cily hotel. The government has repeatedly accused the Reagan administration of preparing to invade Panama. The first . Troops arrived tuesday in c-141 Star liner transport jets that brought airborne military police based at port Bragg . Other troops were due from fort Mead md., and fort Ord Calif. There is no limit on the length of Ihei stay. The . Government has said the additional sol Diers Are needed o protect the 10,000 troops in Chr former Panama canal zone and to guard the canal american citizens and installations. Primary from Page 1 on and win the  Jackson who appeared on lbs this morning congratulated Dukakis for running a Good effective Campaign in Wisconsin but he noted Sis own Strong showings to Date. Of 40 contests that have been run now i be Comein no. 1 or no. 2 in so of them and i have a 250,000 plus popular Volt Lead and so at this stage of the Campaign i feel very Good be said. The new York contest puts the spotlight on gov. Mario Cuomo who often has been mentioned As a potential draft at a deadlocked convention. But Duka Kis win will Likely tone Down talk of drafting Cuomo or another Democrat. The new York governor has not made an endorse ment but the Dukakis Camp a hoping the Wisconsin Victory will give Dukakis the nod from his fellow governor. There was a Republican primary in Wisconsin but there were no doubts. Vice president George Bush the nomination his in everything but name bested Pat Robertson by a 10-1 margin. In the democratic Battle Wisconsin gave Dukakis the boost he had to have and perhaps pointed to a ceiling on Jackson s support i Hope it s a sign of things to come said Dukakis of what he called a great  with 99 percent of the precincts reporting Dukakis had 481,857, or 48 percent to 285,575, or Zub percent for Jackson. Gore had 176,009, for it percent while Simon Drew Only 48,877, about 5 percent. Dukakis edged Jackson among Blue Collar workers network exit Polli said and won while Union workers outright. That was Good news for the Massachusetts governor who needed to show be can win that group which is key to the party s Hopes in the full. Even in Kenosha county Home of the doomed Chrysler Plant where Jackson had made a splash by joining a picket line Dukakis won with Lucr than i2-1 margin. I m doing very Well with working families. Be cause people Sec in me someone who does t just talk shoo jobs Dukakis said. The Massachusetts governor also won in Colorado s precinct caucuses which were held monday even though the counting dragged into tuesday. Wit i 77 percent counted Dukakis won with 44 percent to Jackson s 37 percent. Uncommitted groups look 16 percent and Gore 3 percent. In the Republican caucuses in Colorado Bush won easily Over Robertson. Hostages from Page 1 then contacted the Mashhad Airport lower in Northeast Ern Iran to remind that the respite is nesting its end Irna said. The doctor did not identify the women he treated orsay what was wrong with them. He said he asked the hijackers to let the women leave the plane but the Hiya Elk in refused Irna said. According to a passenger list from the Kuwait airways Boeing 747, they were the Only women remaining among b7 hostage after the release wednesday of 24 female passenger and flight attendant. The kuwaiti Cabinet called the hijackers demands blackmail and it sent a team to Iran to negotiate wit the hijackers after meeting in emergency session under Crown Prince Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Saab. The team made up of to unspecified number of for eign ministry official and Tome physicians arrived in Mashhad wednesday afternoon Irna reported. The . State department Laid it believed there were no americans aboard Hie Jet. Which was commandeered tuesday in route to Kuwait from Bangkok and forced to land in Iran. Suspect from Page i death of Enrique Camarena Salazar a . Drug in Force Cal administration agent according to a . Law enforcement source speaking on condition of anonymity Malta arrived at Kennedy International Airport Early wednesday on a night from san Juan puerto Rico said it. Kevin Ward of the port authority police. He was accompanied by three Federal marshals who put him aboard a government Jet that took off for an undisclosed Federal prison Ward said. . Marshals on duty in new York and washing Ion overnight would not comment on the Case. Warrants charge Malta Wilb escape from Federal custody cons ii Acy to Imu Gic cocaine Possession with intent to distribute cocaine engaging in a continuing criminal Enterprise and other crimes. This arrest is a major Milestone in our worldwide assault on illegal drug  Stanley e. Morris director of the . Marshals service in Washington Aid tuesday. Maua had been living openly in Honduras after escaping in 1936 from a colombian prison. He had been held in Colombia on charges of involvement with the cocaine trafficking medea it Cartel. Officials said he was believed to have since become � Leader of a group of traffickers thai controlled the flow i of illegal drugs from Mexico. Camarena was kidnapped tortured and killed i Guadalajara Mexico in 1985. John c. Lawn the head i of the pea said in 19s5 that Malta was one of the four prime Lupe cd in the Case Carlos Lorenzar Malta s lawyer Laid in a Tele phone interview that about 60 heavily armed police men using helicopters arrived at his client s Home at 5 45 . Tuesday he said Malta As a honduran citizen could not be extradited to the United slates because the Constitution forbids  honduran government sources did privately thai president Jose Azcona Hayo met with top civilian and Security officials to disc Malta s Case. . Authorities link Malta s return to Honduras to an increase in transshipment of colombian cocaine through the Central american country. Allegations have been made of involvement by top honduran military officials. The government denied the reports in february. Aicola did critics were trying to discredit the armed forces and my government which has taken e series of i actions to combat the drug traffickers  
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