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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes monday May 2,1988 . Continues efforts to Force out Noriega Washington a Treasury Secretary James a. Baker said negotiations continued sunday for the removal of panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega but a panamanian official said serious talks could not occur until drug trial ticking charges against Noriega Are dropped. Related Story. Page 9. . Attempts to Cut a Deal with Noriega mean while brought More criticism from the panamanian opposition and from members of Congress. In an interview on Abc to s meet the press Baker said Progress is being made the goal is for Noriega to abdicate  but he declined to say whether a Deal was being worked out for the military commander to remain in Panama. The Treasury Secretary did not describe the talks but said they were sensitive and were going on As we  Dennis g. Hartr stale department Public affairs director said he could not confirm whether negotiations look place during the weekend. Saturday in Panama City Noriega waving a Machete that he called a Symbol of the valor of the Pana Manian people vowed to keep fighting . Efforts to oust him As Panama s strongman. This Machete says not one step Back " Noriega told a Solidarity meeting of about 300 latin Ameri can labor leaders. Administration officials said Friday that Noriega had agreed during private talks with a Reagan administration envoy to step Down but not leave the country. The Deal was denied by panamanian officials. Baker said he expected the . Goal of removing Noriega to be met but declined to predict when or under what circumstances. I Don t think it would be helpful for me to. Get into hypothetical questions about leaving Power stay news briefs terrorists plan to attack if meeting paper says Cologne West Germany a left win terrorists have plans to carry out bomb and arson attacks during an International monetary fund conference scheduled to be held in West Berlin in september a newspaper reported sunday. The Cologne express tabloid said West Ger Man Security officials have evidence that Mem Bers of underground organizations linked to the red army faction terrorist group have been planning a series of attacks to be carried out during the conference. The two Day conference is expected to be at tended by several thousand financial experts from 151 countries. Israelis suspend officer in killing of palestinian Jerusalem a the army suspended an officer sunday after his troops shot and killed a palestinian during a Stone throwing Demon stration  occupied West Bank. An army spokesman said soldiers shot at palestinian demonstrators who stoned them As they moved in to Clear away roadblocks burning tire Sand palestinian flags in the Village of Fakuda. One of the protesters died the army reported. Military sources said they were investigating whether the soldiers under the officer s command had been too Quick to fire live ammunition. Noriega raises his fist at a Panama City meeting. Ing in Panama or leaving Power and getting out of Panama Baker  said the announcement saturday that the 40,000 americans living in Panama could pay Utility garbage and other Bills to the Noriega controlled government was not a lifting of sanctions. He said such exemptions which will allow the resumption of Utility and other services to americans were contemplated in the original orders cutting off Public and private payments to  said there was no plan to lift the other eco nomic sanctions against Panama. Panamanian Commerce minister Mario Rognoni called the Miami indictment against Noriega on drug trafficking charges a political ploy and said . Action amounted to  said panamanians know Noriega is innocent of the charges that he was paid millions of dollars to Aid the smuggling of illegal drugs into the United  appearing in separate interviews on the Abc a Ogram were sen. Richard Lugar a and. Rep. Lee Amilton a and. And Juan Sosa Panama s anti no Riega . Ambassador. Lugar of the Senate foreign relations committee said that the United states should keep open the Mili tary option Foi changing Panama s government but should not use Force or make a Deal with Noriega with out support from panamanians and other latin Ameri can  also pushed for More regional involve ment in . Efforts against Noriega and said it would be a very severe mistake to use military Force in  said the panamanian problem is broader than Noriega and that he might Only be replaced by his supporters. E. Berlin rabbi returning to . Berlin a Isaac Cuman the american rabbi who has had several disagreements with East germans since taking Over As the nation s first rabbi in two decades said sunday he s leaving the communist capital later this month and might not return. Cuman became the Only rabbi for the nation s tiny jewish Community last sept. 23. In an interview with the associated press in his East Berlin apartment the 65-year-old Cuman discussed disagreements he has had and his reasons for his plan to return to the United states on May 16. Cuman a polish born survivor of Auschwitz and nine other nazi concentration Camps went to the United states in 1950. After his studies he served As rabbi in Cedar rapids Iowa from 1961 to 1974 and in Champaign iii., from 1974 to 1987. There arc less than 350 officially registered jews in East Germany with the majority in East Berlin. Cuman says there have been efforts within the jew ish Community to silence him for example by making it difficult to teach adult religious classes. I in listed several other frustrating aspects of his Job. They Range from the monthly jewish Community Bulle tin that omitted mention of last month s anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising to his objections to an East German cartoonist who he says uses anti semitic themes. British from Page 1 evacuated As a safety precaution. A spokesman for the British forces at m6nchcnglad Bach said the servicemen involved in the Ormond shooting were based at a Royal air Force base in wild car Al West Germany. He identified the dead Man As senior air craftsman Ian Shinnor 20, of Winsford in Cheshire. The two injured men were being treated in a nearby dutch Hospital. The spokesman said he would not identify the Nieuwe Bergen victims. The British command in West Germany issued an Alert for All British military personnel living in the Netherlands or near the dutch German Border or planning to travel through the Netherlands. The Brit ish command ordered those military personnel to Check their cars for explosive devices according to the bbl. We have put out a warning to British military Liv ing in Holland or driving through to be extra vigilant a ministry of defense spokesman said. The claim of responsibility by the Ira which is fighting to oust Britain from Northern Ireland was contained in a coded message to Belfast Media. We have a simple message for mrs. Thatcher disengage from Ireland and there will be peace said the message. If not there will be no Haven for you military personnel and you will regularly be at airports awaiting your  this was an apparent reference to Thatcher s March 19 trip to an air Force base when the bodies of two British soldiers were returned to Britain. The men were beaten in front of television cameras and later shot to death after driving into an Ira Fune ral procession in Belfast. Families from Page 1 fell into this category. Expression oriented this group Smith said con Sist of 17 percent of those surveyed. They believe the army in which they feel they arc cogs in the Green machine is a Means to an end. They feel a Lack of control but they Trust the sys tem. And lend to get involved through Small work units Smith said. To Best serve them the army needs to. Provide resources for Small unit Cohe  expressive conflict these family members Sec themselves As fighting for their rights and arc Likely to share War stories on successful defeats of housing offices personnel offices and any other military agencies viewed As stumbling blocks in their paths. They see the military As a callous uncaring system that you have to Force to make it work Smith said. About 17 percent met the criteria for this category. Individual personal growth characterized by Smith As real achievers these people All believe in a system they need to learn and master and they be Lieve in their own personal  eleven percent of the people surveyed fell into this category. Structure oriented families the largest percent age of the families surveyed 33 percent Sec the army As the end goal and tend to be family of the Yea types. They really own the system Smith said. They re very Good organizational workers but they re kind of resistant to  these families need to belong to the system and generally become closely involved with it Smith said. The five identities for the groups represent a combi nation of types mapped out in the 1970s by a team of social scientists. Ranks ranged from staff sergeant 10 lieutenant colonel in the 18 career army households surveyed in fort Sheridan iii., and Heidelberg and  households had an average of 2.5 children Al though some had As Many As six children and one couple had none. Twenty percent of those studied were Black. Not included in the study were households headed by a single Soldier or couples in which the wife was the Soldier and the husband a civilian. The average family surveyed had moved seven times in an 18-year army career with one third of those moves made  general successful older career families were interviewed. However these families had been stationed All Over the world. They were once recruits too Smith said  
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