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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday june 6,1988 news updates Ulster militiaman shot Belfast Northern Ireland a an off duty militiaman was shot to death outside his Home in Northern Ireland saturday the eighth member of the Ulster de sense regiment 10 be killed this year police said. The outlawed Irish Republican army claimed responsibility. Lance Cpl. Michael Darcy 28, a Bachelor living with his widowed Mother was killed As he parked his car outside his Home in Castlederg. The killing brought the known death toll in the province to 2,648 by police count since 1969, when the Ira launched its violent Campaign to end British Rule and unite the predominantly protestant province with the mainly roman Catholic Irish Republic. India heat wave ends new Delhi India a rainstorms saturday broke a heatwave that killed at least 450 people in new Delhi and the Northern slates of Rajasthan Punjab and Aryana in the past week. The weather service said the temperature in the capital dropped from 100 to 82 degrees after therain began. Light showers and a 7-degree drop in temperature were reported in Raja nhan which bad been hardest hit by the unrelenting Sun. Heavy Rains were reported in neighbouring Punjab and Haifa ii states where High winds took Down Trees and Power lines near the joint state capital of Chandigarh the United news of India said. The death toll in Rajasthan from a week of intense heat Rose to 393 sat urday after the reporting of 11 More deaths the news Agency said. At least 60 other deaths from sunstroke and other heat related illnesses were reported through the week in other Northern Stales. 111. Phone station fire h1nsdale, 111. A Tele phone technicians restored service rust after Midnight sunday to the last of 35,000 Western suburban customers whose phones were disrupted by a Mother s Day fire company officials said. It went very smoothly and everything should be Back to Norma now Illinois Bel spokeswoman Pat Montgomery said Early Sun Day shortly after the final adjust ments were made at the Hindal switching station. By throwing the switch at mid night Bell hooked up the last Seton subscribers in Hinsdale and five other West Chicago suburbs. The customers would be switched to new state of the Art digital equip ment at the Hinsdale station which was ravaged by fire May 8. 8 More bodies discovered at German mine blast site Borken West Germany a Rescue teams on sunday found the Bod ies of eight More miners killed in a pow Erful Coal mine blast As residents Gath ered to remember the victims of West Germany s worst mining Accident in 26 Yean. The service was held As a controversy grew Over whether Rescue teams failed to respond to radio Contact made by six men who were later pulled out alive from the mine. Ii is Good that we come together in our pain and Pray in this hard unbearably hard situation the Rev. Ernst Siegfried Krulc Kucberg told More than 350 people Many of them turks who Gath ered in Borken s lutheran Church for services sunday morning. Earlier sunday mine officials said eight More bodies had been found deep in the mine bringing the confirmed death toll to 45. The search continue sunday afternoon for six miners still missing. So far 37 bodies have been brought to the surface. On saturday a Miner who survived the blast said rescuers made radio con tact with six survivors of the disaster three Days before he miners were finally found. In an interview with the Adf television network Ahmet Balkan said the radio connection occurred hours after the six and 51 others were sealed off in the mine by a powerful underground explosion on wednesday. We attempted to make radio Contact but in vain Balkan said. We tried to get out. When we had gone along 600-700 meters Yard Gas Carbon monoxide was streaming to Ward us. We put our masks up and re turned to our original position,1 he said. Then we attempted to make radio Contact again and this Lime we did he said. But Balkan said the six were told Dur ing the connection avoid using radio Contact to that other radio Tommu n cations would not be disturbed. After awhile we tried again but radio Contact had been broken off Tor Good Balkan said. In the interview Balkan did not say whether the six had had inc Chance to identify Thoni Jelics As some of the miss ing miners How Good inc radio connection had been or now Long it lasted. Rescuers apparently thought the six men were one of the teams searching for survivors the television said in a Broad cast Early  six were finally discovered tired but uninjured Early saturday after their sounds were picked up by a microphone lowered into a Shaft 500 feet beneath Thi ground. On the Day of the Accident Borke mayor Bernd Hes Star told reporters that rescuers had established Brief radio con tact with a group of miners who reported themselves uninjured. However later the same Day other officials said it had been determined the Contact had actually been made with other rescuers. Meanwhile officials rejected claims by some miners families that the retrieval of already discovered bodies had been Given priority Over the search for survivors before the six miners were found alive. A systematic plan has been followed in the Rescue efforts said Walter Wall Mann governor of Hesson slate. Wallmann pointed out that according to thai plan the search for survivors runs parallel to inc retrieval of bodies discovered by rescuers drilling through Tom of debris deep underground. Wallmann also said he doubted More survivors would be found. In Light of the conditions High level of Carbon monoxide in the mine we cannot assume that More survivor will be found Wallmann said Jesse Jackson s Haf brother charged with planning attack on murder witness Washington a the half brother of democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson was arrested in Greenville s.c., and charged with hiring someone to alack a murder witness police said sunday. Noah Robinson 45, was arrested late saturday night and charged with being an accessory to a felony obstruction of Justice intimidating a witness and Crimi Nal conspiracy according to Greenville police detective Keith Morton Morton said Robinson who owns a Small business in Greenville has also worked in Chicago. He is suspected of hiring someone who slashed Ana Slabbed a woman who was a witness to the execution style murder of a Man who had worked for Robinson. We think he was responsible for the solicitation of the act and took part in the arranging said Morion. Robinson who gave police a Home address in Chicago and Jackson have the same father. Jackson who has spoken frequently on the Campaign Trail of his beginnings was Bora out of Wedlock to a woman who had an affair with the Candi Date s father who was married Ai the time. Jackson and Robinson have had a Cha Otic relationship Over inc years at time working together but also quarrelling and staying apart. Jackson had Robinson take control of the federally funded breadbasket com Mercial association inc., an Arm of Jack son s civil rights group operation push that helped minority firms bid for Public contracts. But Jackson was quoted As saying in1987, when Robinson was reportedly being investigated for allegedly violating Federal bankruptcy Laws i have no connection with him. Bob Borosage a Jackson Campaign spokesman declined to comment Earl sunday. A duty officer at the Greenville s.c., detention Center said Robinson was being held sunday in lieu of $100,000 Bond although Morton said prosecutors planned to seek a higher Bond. The warrant filed late saturday charges thai Robinson did advise counsel urge encourage or otherwise Aida co defendant in inc commission of a felony assault and Battery with intent to kill. And later rendered assistance Lothe co defendant in absconding the Juris  a Man charged with assault and Bat Tery with intent to Kilt in the attack turned himself in to author dues in Jan uary according to inc Greenville Newt. Morton said that Robinson was arrested Afler statements from co defendants and that More arrests Are expected. According to Morton Janice Denice Rosemond was Slabbed repeatedly in december 1987, after she had testified before a grand jury in Chicago about the slaying of Croy Barber Barber was shot to death in january 1986 outside a Plaza in Greenville that Robinson owns. From what we understand there had been several altercations Over the Yert Between Barber and Robinson. He had been working for Robinson in chicagoan had come Back to  Aid Morton. They d gotten into a fight a couple of Wicks before Barber was hot Morton said Barber was shot once in the head by an unidentified assailant and Rosemond unfortunately was a wit Ness la  no one has been charged with the bar Ber slaying Morton said. Meese is a pig1 posters Lead to arrests tickets Washington a at least eight members of an informal group distributing Meese is a pig pos ters have been ticketed or arrested in the past month for posting the signs an organizer of the project said saturday. The signs aimed at attorney general Edwin Meese Iii read experts agree Meese is a  they have appeared around the Washington area on traffic signal boxes fences buildings and in Public transportation areas. Organizer Mark Andersen 28, of Arlington va., said about 60 people Many of them Punk Rock musicians and their friends arc involved in the project he said the informal group objects to Meuse s Law enforcement and civil rights policies and believes his conduct in the Iran Contra investigation and his Deal Ings with scandal plagued cd Lech corp. Are grounds for ouster. He said the group is voicing ils opposition to Meese with creativity and with  four people were arrested in Arlington for posting signs on county property and four others have been ticketed in the District of Columbia in tie past month for their role in posting the anti Meese signs police officials confirmed Andersen said secret service officers followed him and pulled him Over for driving a car with faulty Brake lights in mid May after he picked up some poster sup plies left in a parking lot. Secret service spokesman Richard Adams said the department s officers have the same rights As District of Columbia police to Slop traffic violators but he bad no information on Andersen s Case. Andersen said he subsequently was contacted about the posters by the Fri. And has asked the Bureau to submit its questions to him in writing. I can t understand in at All other than that they re trying to intimidate Roc he said. Fri spokesman hairy mount had no comment. Both the posters and to shirts bearing the tune slogan Are part of a local grass roots Effort to bring about Meese s resignation Andersen said common concerns a Washington Boot Ore has sold about 150 of the to shirts in the past two months said Bookstore employee Linda Ellis  
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