European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday. April 16,1988 signs indicate hijackers May be easing demands Algiers up hijackers holding a Kuwait air ways jumbo Jet at Houan Boum Dienne International Airport repeated threats to kill their ii hostages Fri Day but there were signs the sky pirates might have softened their  the 11 in Day of he ordeal stale run Algiers radio and a kuwaiti newspaper reported the eight moslem fundamentalist gunmen told algerian authorities they would free their captive from the Blue and White Boeing 747 in return for the release of Only two lebanese men among 17 shiite prisoners serving Pris on Lenien Ces in Kuwait. Publicly the hijackers always demanded the release of All 17 men. The 17 were convicted of the 1983bombing of . And French embassies and other tar gets in the Northern Gulf emirate. The gunmen seize the air plane april 3 and look it to Iran and then Cyprus where two kuwaiti hostages were shot and killed and dumped on the Tarmac. On wednesday they flew to Cyprus after trading 12 passenger for fuel. At 3 10 . Friday the hijackers radioed the control Tower and two hostages read Over identical Mes sages we Pray god that the kuwaiti authorities release the 17 persons who Are held in the kuwaiti  said Suleiman Mohamed Al mashed and Mohamed Al Ami their voices cracking with emotion. They Are determined to kill us if you Don  pleas seemed to have been scripted by the gun men and began with greetings to the captives  closely resembled a similar Pica another hostage Zayid Ahmad made  negotiators evidently encouraged by the release thursday night of one hostage patiently Nur sued talks with the hijackers and a kuwaiti official delegation. Panama files protest against . Over violations9 of sovereignty Panama c1tv, Panama a the government Friday tiled a formal diplomatic protest with the unit cd Stales Over what in called violations of Panama s sovereignty by american troops. The note said . Troops closed a panamanian Highway during a two hour fire Ficu tuesday night Between soldiers of the United states and an unknown  foreign minister Jorge Abadia called the act a Fla Grant violation of Panama s sovereignly by . Sol Diers who violated panamanian territory in a visible  the Highway was closed for three hours tuesday night when . Officials said about 100 marines exchanged fire with 40 to 50 uniformed intruders at a fuel dump near Howard a outside Panama City. The . Southern Contd said it consulted with the Panama defense forces before closing the Highway for Security  the Highway runs past the air base and connects the capital with the Western part of the country. Copies of the protest note were sent to Javier Perez de Cuellar Secretary Genera of the United nations. Marines scouring rugged Jungle at a fuel depot have found no evidence to Back sentries claims that uni formed intruders engaged them in a nighttime fire Light the . Military says. Still and despite panamanian ridicule the Ameri cans stood by their  Southern come said a Marine was accidentally shot to death by another Marine on monday night a they investigated what was described As a break in Sysu to eight uniformed camouflaged intruders at the depot. The next night the Southern come said about 100 Marine and 40 to to intruders wearing dark uni forms engaged in a two hour firelight. No injuries were reported. On thursday state run news Media and Panama defense forces heaped scorn on the american Story. Marines made fools of a headline in red in said in the morning tabloid critics which is controlled by the government. The Story said the marines had shouted cries of fear desperation and terror during the reported Skir mishes. A cartoon showed a Marine smoking marijuana against a backdrop of swaying Palms. The United states maintains about 10,000 troops in Panama As a permanent Force to defend the Panama canal. About ,300 More . Servicemen were sent to Panama last week to increase Security for the canal and . Citizens there. In describing the tuesday night incident Southern come officials carefully avoided implicating the Pana Manian military saying the reported intruders could not be identified with any particular  the defense forces Are headed by Gen Manuel Antonio Noriega the Power behind Panama s civilian government. Noriega is under indictment in the United states on charges of drug trafficking and the Reagan administration has been seeking his ouster for months. Greece blames . For Snag Athens Greece a the government on Fri Day blamed the United Stales for Lack of Progress in negotiations for a new . Bases agreement to replace an Accord that expires in december. There has been to particular Progress As the Amer ican Side docs not seem disposed to accept certain principles in relation to be Cyprus problem and greek turkish relations said government spokesman Yiannis Roubanis negotiations for a new . Bases agreement to re place the ensling five year Accord began in november. Officials have held four rounds of monthly three Day sessions to try to Hammer out a new agreement. Premier Andreas Papandreou has said a new bases Accord must be linked with Progress on greek turkish disputes Over the Aegean sea and the divided Mediterranean Island of Cyprus. The United Stales has refused to be drawn into regional disputes. The next meeting is set for next week in Athens. Four american bases have operated in Greece since the 19sos two near Athens and two a the Southern Island of Crete. Spe Ajces quits Job at Merrill Lynch new York up Larry Speakes the sex while House spokesman who admitted in a new Book he fabricated quoi i attributed to president Reagan re signed Friday from his executive Post with the giant securities firm of Merrill Lynch 4 co. Leaving for Merrill in a Brief statement released by. Neither speaker nor Merrill Lynch officials would say what prompted the resignation but in followed a barrage of criticism from the administration and the press corps aimed at up cafin after be acknowledged making up quotes by the president during the 1939 lie or 01 i Wien Tynan at us Vini the company was the Best course of action Orrid Lynch and Lor me personally Speakes said if statement d b Merrill Lynch.  Summit in Geneva. The admission was included in a blistering Book about Scakes experiences at the White House and with the Reagan family thai prompted a Stern rebuke from Reagan earlier in the week. Spca Kea served for nearly six years As Reagan s chief spokesman but apparently embarrassed his former Boss with his kiss and Tell chronicle speaking  Marlin Fitzwater Spca Kei successor As Reagan Schief spokesman said i m sorry for him personally but i Don t have any other  however fill water denounced Speakes earlier in the week calling his fabrication of quota a Damn  in is brivio s Reagan again threatens veto of Trade measure Washington a president Reagan s spokesman Friday repeated the administration threat to veto � sweeping Trade Bill calling a plan closing provision injurious to a dynamic econ omy. Amid complaints that Throe Yean or  bit in perilously dose to ring Down the tubes spokesman Martin Fitz Wiler old Rea Gan Mill wants to Tig nitride but but he Laid  continues to resist a labor backed provision requiring that worker be Given 60 Day notice of planned  administration also has signalled that inclusion of a provision requiring disclosure of foreign investments would Force a Reton veto. On thursday rep Dan Rosenl Unoko d-1u_ chairman of the House ways and Means com Mittee said he feared the Trade Bill would die. Conferee Are trying to Iron out difference Between competing House and Senate versions of he Bill. . Accused of trying to scuttle afghan pact Moscow a less than 24 hours after the signing of the Geneva accords on Afghanistan Tan accused the United states of trying to ruin the agreement by continuing to Supply weapons to insurgents fish line the afghan  said private and Public figures from Var ious countries had hailed the agreement which paves the Way for the May 15 Start of the withdrawal of the estimated 115,000 soviet troops now in Afghanistan. But Tasi said the . Government hat been reacting in a typical Washington  it said the . Government was interfering i afghan soviet relations by insisting the soviet Union Stop its military Aid id Afghanistan s marxist government. . Officials have said they will continue Aid ing rebels fighting the afghan government Ai Long As soviet military supplies to the soviet backed regime continue. Killer Canton goes quietly to electric chair in Virginia Richmond a. A Earl Clantonjr. Went quietly to his death in the electric chair thursday night for strangling a neighbor during a 1980 Rob Clanton 33, was pronounced dead at 11 07 ., six minutes after the first of two one minute Joto of2,900 Volu each was administered said slate department of corrections spokesman Wayne Farmr. Clan on who had escaped from death Row in 1984, bad no final statement and showed Lite Emo Tion As he went to his death. _. _ Virginia unanimously overturned a slay granted tuesday by a Federal , the . Supreme court in a 7-2 vote denied a slay and gov. Gerald u Galilei re fused clemency an hour before Canton went to Hii death. Clanton was convicted by a Petersburg jury in1981 of murdering 38-year-old Wilhenina Smith a school librarian who lived in his apartment building. He was on parole at the time for a 197i murder conviction in new Jersey. . Vetoes . Move to condemn israeli actions unfred nations up the United Stales Friday vetoed a Security Council Resolution that condemned Israel s repressive measures against palestinians in the occupied territories and which urged an immediate halt to deportations. The United states cast the negative votes the 15-nation Council voted 14-1 on a Resolution drafted by the non aligned countries which again called on is Rael to adhere strictly to a Geneva convention on Protection of civilians under military occupation. One of the paragraphs of Friday s Resolution hinting u at International conference on the Middle bait affirm the urgent need to achieve under the auspices of the United a Loru a comprehensive just and lasting tet element of the Arab israeli conflict an integral pan of which is the palestinian