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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday july 3,1988 news briefs civilian Pilot Dies in crash during German exercise plot West Germany a a civilian air plane participating in West German army a Nevers crashed into a House and exploded kill ing the Pilot police  woman inside the House managed to flee her Home before it was destroyed in Friday crash police said. She was slightly injured. It was the third military related Accident in two Days in West  wednesday three . Air Force f-16s crashed in two separate incidents. Two of the f-16s collided in flight near Mainz killing a . Pilot. The other f-16 crashed near Karlsruhe after its Pilot ejected  German police in Plon said the Light Bronco ov-10 plane went Down just outside the town about 60 Miles North of the port City of Hamburg. The aircraft was being used for spot Ting during army artillery exercises. In Bordeaux France a West German air Force Ransall transport plane made a crash Landing saturday near the Bordeaux Meringa Airport injuring All six men aboard officials said. The Ransall was arriving in Bordeaux to pickup West German soldiers who had been involved in military exercises in the Region French military officials said. 8 tons of int explodes in 3rd soviet Accident Moscow up eight tons of int i military warehouses exploded blowing windows out of More than 250 Homes shops and school sin the latest in a string of accidents with explosives the newspaper Izvestia said  main evening newspaper in the country said the blast last wednesday night caused injuries from flying Glass but there were no deaths. It occurred in an area used by an anti aircraft unit five Miles South of the East coast part of Khabarovsk. A defense ministry commission was investigating the cause. The latest blast Fol lows two others involving even larger amounts of explosives in the past two months. Pileup of 23 vehicles in France kills 1, injures 70 Macon France up one person was killed and 70 people were injured Friday when 23 automobiles and trucks piled into each other during a storm on a major Highway West of the Swiss Border police  of the 70 were trapped in their cars and were believed to have been seriously injured in the Accident at tour Nus 72 Miles from Geneva. Traffic in both directions was Cut on the a6 Motorway which is a major artery to and from Paris. Traffic police said the trouble began at 4 20p.m. Two cars and a truck collided during a storm that drastically reduced  20 vehicles including another truck slammed into the first three within minutes. Lefebvre s followers Given excommunication warning Vatican City up the Vatican warned followers of excommunicated French archbishop Marcel Lefebvre around the world saturday that they face automatic excommunication if they continue to support Lefebvre s dissident movement. The warning was contained in a decree issued by the Vatican s congregation of Bishops that formally confirmed thursday s excommunication of Lefebvre and four Bishops he consecrated in Defiance of Pope John Paul  decree added 84-year-old brazilian Bishop Antonio de Castro to the list of those excommunicated on grounds that he participated directly As a co Consecrator at the ceremony at Lefebvre Shea quarters in Econe Switzerland thursday. The Vatican estimates followers of the  x fraternity which the Ultra traditionalist Lefebvre founded in 1970, at Between 60,000and 80,000, with seminaries in France West Germany Argentina Australia and in the United states at Ridgefield Connecticut. Lefebvre and his followers reject reforms particularly in Catholic Church Liturgy which the second Vatican Council introduced in the1960s. Shultz contras Confer on ways to get Aid of san Jose Costa Rica a Secretary of state George p. Shultz ended a visit to Central America Friday and leaders of the nicaraguan guerrillas said they discussed ways to win congressional approval for Aid to the rebels. Alfredo Cesar a Leader of the contras met wit Shultz on thursday and later said the package Dis cussed could include direct . Aid to the leftist sandinista government if it fulfils promised democratic reforms. The United states Cut All Aid to the Nicaragua government in 1981. Shultz spent six hours in san Jose after a flight from Guatemala where another rebel Leader Adolfo Calero said there was discussion on a $30 million Aid package for the insurgents. Calero said there have been informal talks about the possibility of setting aside $7 million and releasing it As military Aid if the sandinista do not meet promises for greater democracy. All sides agreed that no decisions have been made on a Contra Aid package. The Reagan administration has said Only that Congress will be asked to approve a unspecified amount of additional help. The rebels have received no military Aid since feb.29. Congress approved a $17 million humanitarian Aid package in late March after the rebels and the Sandi nistas agreed on a temporary truce. Calero said Shultz responded positively to the idea of a new Aid package in which a portion would be earmarked for military assistance and placed in an escrow account. Coast guard fires on vessel seizes 50 tons of marijuana Seattle up the coast guard fired on panamanian registered vessel 100 Miles off the coast of Washington state boarded the ship and confiscated More than 50 tons of marijuana in what it said sat urday was one of the largest seizures in maritime history an official statement said the coast guard Cutter Boutwell opened fire thursday on the encounter Bay a 180-foot converted Oil Rig Supply vessel after it re fused to follow radio orders to halt. The coast guar first gave word of the incident late Friday. The vessel s Crew members were arrested and the ship was under Tow to Seattle saturday at speeds of 6to 8 knots. It was due to arrive in four to five Days the coast guard  Street value of the marijuana was estimated by the coast guard at $220 million said coast guard  Delong who added the ship s name and Home port had been painted  guard spokesman Craig Herlihy described the seizure As one of the largest in maritime history. In Seattle coast guard it. Paul Ferguson said the ship had been sighted earlier thursday by a c-130 aircraft which directed the Boutwell to intercept it. Team from Page 1 about 3,200 related components including storage an transport missile containers and special hauling vehicles. Army Brig. Gen. Roland Lajoie head of the on site inspection Agency said before departing for mos cow. The soviets Silver and White Aeroflot 11-62, display ing the soviet Flag on its Tail was an Odd sight on the Tarmac at the California air base. The plane stood next to a b-52 bomber and a c-5 Galaxy cargo Craft parked for a july 4 show at the air base 50 Miles Northwest of san Francisco. After a 17-hour flight from Moscow the All male inspection team dressed in civilian suits As required by the treaty looked bemused As reporters clamor Dover each other for a glimpse and to hear their statement. Col. Tom Smalls team chief for the department of defense s new on site inspection Agency said the so Viets would announce later which missile Sites they will inspect besides the one in Utah. Twenty two inspectors Are headed there. The destinations of the remaining 48 soviets Are no required to be made Public immediately by the Sovi ets said it. Col Joseph Wagovich of the on site inspection Agency. The treaty allows the two sides to visit the other country on 16 hours notice and then permits them to wait 48 hours after their arrival before giving notification of the exact Sites they will visit. From Travis Wagovich said the soviets could travel to As Many As five additional Sites located in Sandiego fort Hua Chuca and Davis Monthan fab in Arizona Dugway Utah and Pueblo Colo. The soviets have yet to announce when they will Send inspectors to visit several Sites in the Eastern states. Wagovich said Travis 60th military Airlift Wing will have nine hours after the soviets announce their intended destinations to Fly them to those Sites. The soviet air Crew members Likely will remain at Travis during the base line inspections which under the treaty can Lassa maximum 24hours unless both superpowers agree to extend them another eight hours he said. The base line inspections Are designed to verify the exact number of missiles and related components to be destroyed under the treaty within the next three years. Reporters will not be allowed to accompany the teams. The soviet technicians will be escorted by . Missile technicians and specialists in linguistics and Security. Paisley from Page 1 his Navy Post last year is one of the Central figures inthe current defense procurement fraud probe. Federal investigators contend that after leaving the Pentagon Paisley obtained classified information about defense contracts and sold it to his clients. Munsell declined to discuss the investigations con ducted during her five year tenure As . Attorney. Henry e. Hudson who succeeded her in 1986, an who is managing the Pentagon fraud investigation also declined to comment. Barcella who had worked As a Federal prosecutor for 16 years minimized the significance of Fri agent presenting their investigation of Paisley to a . Attorney that does t necessarily indicate the Fri thought there was a Case be said. There were thousands of Petty things agents came to me with. Barcella also described Durst As a disgruntled for Mer employee whose record on credibility is pretty  addition to naming Paisley Durst implicated James e. Gaines Paisley aide at Boeing in a three letter dated oct. 10, 1983, which he sent to the Gaines who also worked for Paisley As a Deputy atthe Pentagon is accused of supplying classified Materi Al to Paisley when the former Navy official left the service to become a defense consultant according to sources close to the investigation  
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