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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, May 24, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday May 24, 1966 news updates above soviet soldiers unit holding Hewers Parade in Terna , ceremonies miking their return from Afghanistan below Long lint of Arnfred vehicles i Hutchc Anlo attic distance near the City in the soviet Republic of Uzbekistan. . Gives Musk oxen to China Beijing apr , officials formally presented the Beijing zoo with two alaskan Musk own Mon Day As a Georgia woman who first suggested inc gift beamed fondly at inc shaggy animal. Four year old Tanana a female and  Koyuk stood with lowered Heads in their outdoor enclosure at a horde of diploma wildlife opens and reporters Gath ered on the other Side of the Fence. They re Beautiful said Helen Miller 65, of Moultrie go. Miller began campaigning in 1980 for inc United Stales to pre sent two Musk oxen la China. She fell it was a matter of National Honor to replace two . Ani Mals Given to China in 1972, that had died of old age. The original pair had been presented when. President Nixon made his historic trip to China As the two nations normalized relations it look is of letter writing lots of Telephone Calls and lots of trips but i enjoyed All of it Mili Craid. "1 heard the chinese children were very sad Over the death of the original oxen she said. So i had to find out what a Muskox was and., to you can come by  As the dignitaries dispersed for a banquet banana and Koyuk ate grass in their enclosure and chinese zoo a sailors moved in for a look. They re not bad Laid a chinese Man in a baseball Cap. Last soviet troops leave strategic afghan City Moscow a the last soviet troops an sunday pulled out of Jalapa bad Afghanistan and arrived in the Cap ital. Kabul the Tan news Agency reported the withdrawal paved the Way for a rebel attack on Jala Labad a strategic northeastern City. Anil communist forces have said icy would invade Jala Labad once the soviet troops were gone. Tasi said withdrawal of the Convoy left no soviet troop in the province of Nang arhar in Northeast Afghanistan near inc Border with Pakistan. The Brief dispatch did not say How Many troops were in the Convoy the taint in a. Serin to make the so mile trip to Kabul from Jala Labad. The Convoy will res in the capital be fore travelling an additional 200 Miles to the soviet City of tar Mhz. The first Convoy headed out from a Lala bad on May 15 and was greeted in Kabul with marching bands and speeches by afghan officials including president Rajib. Under an agreement signed in Geneva on april 14. An estimated 115,000 soviet Soldier who have been supporting inc afghan government in its War with Ali marxism guerrillas Are o be out within nine months 3 is sentenced to a for car Cuamag no spree by Deedee arr1ncton Doke Karen Laureni Bureau ka1serslautern three sol Diers involved in 9 Jan. 2 vandalism spree received prison terms Afler being found guilty Mil month in separate courts martial of conspiracy and Damag ing private property. A 2lsl support come spokesman did the three soldiers All Drivers assigned to the 50.1rd trans co. 26 h support group in Heidelberg damaged 49 privately owned vehicles by breaking out windows with a lug wrench Andabas Balbat total damage to the vehicles which were parked in villages Between Heidelberg and Frankfurt amounted to 35,000 Marks 520,710. All the vehicles belonged to West germans the spokesman said. All three soldiers pleaded Guilly to inc charges. Most ree enily convicted was spec. Mat thew d. Bissonette 21, of Rochester. Minn. Biss Onelle was sentenced May is in Mann Heim to 18 months confinement me also was Given a bad conduct discharge was reduced in Grade Loe a and was ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances. The most stringent punishment was handed Down May 6 in Mannheim to spec. Frankln d. Gocr 21, of Paw Paw mich., who will spend 24 months in jail. Ger was demoted Loe a ordered to forfeit at pay and allowances. Given a bad conduct discharge and fined 5,000. Spec. Donald m. Nelson 25, of an chorale Alaska was sentenced May 3 in Heidelberg to nine months in jail. He also was Given a bad conduct discharge was demoted to Al and was ordered id forfeit All pay and allowances the spokesman said Geer and Bisso Nellc went on the vandalism spree after a drinking party Jan. 2. Ask driving through several Small villages and smashing vehicle windows with the lug wrench the pair drove to Polton Barracks in Heidelberg and got a baseball by. Gocr and Bissoni Etc later picked up Nelson a enjoined them in damaging parked vehicles. The three later threw the Bat from a Bridge and hid the lug wrench. An eyewitness to the vandalism re ported ii 10 West German authorities who contacted the three soldiers the next Day. No motive was disclosed for their actions. Postal clerk guilty of theft Heidelberg an army postal clerk was sentenced to three years confinement after being convicted of steal ing mail. Spec. Michael w. Horrocks. Assigned 10 the 266th theater finance Center in sch Atzingen West Germany pleaded Guilly in a May 12 general court martial la three count of postal then and one count of false swearing. Hoi rocks 26, also was Given a Dishon Oracle discharge reduced in Grade to e-1 and ordered to forfeit All pay and allow ances for the thefts which look place Between september and february. A postal  turned up packing paper inscribed with addresses in Hor rocks desk a list support come spokesman said. Horrocks said he had found the paper and stuck it in i drawer but investigators searched hornets residence and found other mail thai did not belong to the Soldier. Horrocks later confessed to authorities the spokesman said. He will serve his sentence at fort Riley Kan. South Africa threat Johannesburg South Afri Ca a a member of right Wing opposition party said sunday that South Africa should Tut end strategic Mineral sales to the United slates in response to threat of increased . Economic unctions. Clive  of he conservative party called for ban on the sate of Platinum and other key minerals that the United staid obtains primarily from South Africa. Why should South Africa Kow Tow to the .t he mid in a statement. The United Stales it deliberately undermining inc Economy of South Africa at great Cost to Afi of to  the . Congress ii consid ering a sanctions package thai would Cut most bilateral economic tics in a bid to pressure South Afri Ca into speeding up race Reform. West s plan rejected Warsaw. I Oland a the communist parly newspaper has rejected a new proposed Aid Pun for Poland in Exchange for West Ern inspired democratic Reform calling the idea alms that would in addition subjugate Poland to  Are we today going to experience new dependence on the West served in the wrapping of a new Marshall plan try Nuna Ludu asked in a commentary in it weekend edition. This would be stupidity bordering on  several Western political commentators and Leaden including former French president Valery discard d Esling it nestled the idea of a Western bailout during polish labor in Cit from april is to May 10. The plan would help Poland with its huge foreign debt in Exchange for democratization and other political Reform Panda problem Toledo Ohio a Legal wrangling threatens to prevent a pair of Giani Paul i from being put on Public display despite the Eicie Emoni the a warlike creatures have stirred up Here. Although the zoo hoped la Mart exhibiting Lyle and Nan Nan on tuesday it still must Clear at least two hurdles before showing the pandas of which fewer than 1,000 arc though to Nisi. The . Fish and wildlife service which said the animals entered the United Stales without proper documentation he Given inc zoo until saturday to Correct the problem wildlife service spokesman David Klinger said. Al the tame time the world wildlife fund and the american association of zoological Parks and aquariums Are trying la mop the zoo s display with a Federal lawsuit. The groups contend thai Eihl i Tion of the pandas violates the International convention that pro Hibits trafficking in endangered species for commercial purposes. The Toledo zoo has filed a noun persuit charging harassment  
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