European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday july 21,1988 news briefs Italy Beach area banned tourists leave coast Massa Italy a More tourists abandoned the tuscan coast wednesday As italia authorities banned bathing along a 6-mile stretch of Beach because of chemical pollution caused by a fire in a local pesticide patrolled the strip from Marina i Carrara to Cin Quale along Italy s Northwest tyrrhenian coast to enforce the ban did not affect the fashionable sea resorts of Forte Dei Marmi Marina i Pietrasanta and via Reggio South of officials decided to prohibit bathing after traces of Rogor a pesticide were found in the spokesman for the pesticide Plant said Rogor can cause irritation to eyes and Throat but has no proven Long term negative health effect. South Africa agrees to angolan withdrawal Pretoria South Africa a the South african government has agreed to principles negotiated in new York to remove foreign troop from Angola and Grant Independence to South West Africa the department of foreign affairs announced governments of Angola Cuba and the United states were expected to make similar announcements agreeing to a list of 14 principles signed by negotiators from the four coun tries in peace talks last principles include acceptance of a withdrawal of cuban troops from Angola and implementation of a . Peace plan for South West Africa that includes South african withdrawal from the territory it rules. 10 feared dead As Rains flood Northern Basque area san Sebastian Spain a at least 10 people were missing and feared dead wednesday after torrential Rains flooded Rivers in Spain s Northern Basque country Spanish National radio Rne heaviest loss of life was feared in Guiyu Zupa province bordering on France where four bodies were recovered Early wednesday the radio said. Damage was estimated by authorities in the millions of dollars in the three Basque province Sand the neighbouring province of Navarre. Goods from Page 1 an extra $95 million a year. The Pentagon now spends about $ 1.4 billion a year to ship household s the reason that the program s Start Date has been delayed until july 1, when fiscal 1989 is three quarters Over said a House armed services commit tee s an entitlement so it has to be paid but it does t look like the appropriations committees Are too excited about funding it the staffer said. So the earlier we Start it the More costs have to be absorbed by the services. Delaying the Start reduces the amount of Money the services have to eat to fund the pro House and Senate appropriations committees often wait until new programs have been up and run Ning for a year or More before deciding whether to fund them the staffer re hoping that the committees appropriate funds for the program for fiscal 1990, after they be had a Chance to see it working for a while she said. . Team sent to set up cease fire in Gulf War United nations a Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar announced wednesday he i sending a team to Iran and Iraq to arrange details of a cease fire in their nearly 8-year-old War. The announcement came after Iraq proposed direct talks with Iran As soon As possible to set up a cease fire. Iraq s Deputy foreign minister Tariq Aziz made the proposal in a message to Perez de Cuellar. Iranian ambassador Mohammad a afar Mahallati asked if his country would agree to direct negotiations replied no we will not accept direct Perez de Cuellar told reporters the team would leave immediately for the Middle East and would be there no More than one week. It will include 10 to 12 Mem Bers of unto the United nations truce supervision organization who will limit their consultations to military aspects of the cease fire he said. I expect the report of the team will allow me to announce the implementation of the Resolution he said. He said that would include naming a Day when the cease fire will go into effect setting dates for the beginning and completion of troop withdrawals an exchanges of War prisoners and setting a Date for the beginning of negotiations on a comprehensive a letter delivered earlier to Perez de Cuellar Iraq proposed opening talks at the United nations and then moving them to Baghdad and announced monday that it would accept . Resolution 598 calling for a cease fire in the Ruhollah Khomeini said wednesday that accepting the Resolution was worse than drinking Poi son but that Iran s political leaders recommended it be Resolution was adopted one year ago wednes on monday declared after a year s delay that it unconditionally accepts the Security Council Resolution which demands an immediate truce and troop withdrawal and sets out a peace plan to end the War. Demos from Page 1 nation As a testament to the struggles of our fathers and the Only suspense was whether the Winner would come to the Hall to acknowledge the cheers of his delegates perhaps with Jackson or whether this methodical Man would wait for his acceptance speech on thursday the convention s final night. Dukakis ticket mate Lloyd Bentsen spent part of his Day working on his vice presidential acceptance speech. His nomination comes thursday night. Dukakis fall opponent vice president George Bush embarked on an eight state Campaign tour in an unusual attempt to steal some of the Media attention during democratic convention week. He claims his nomination next month at the Republican National convention in new Orleans. The Dukakis Campaign asked Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton to place his fellow governor s name in Nomi nation yet another decision that underscored Dukakis Effort to be competitive in the South during the fall Campaign. Jackson s Choice to nominate him was William win Pisinger president of the International association of machinists. Officials urged delegates to be in their seats promptly at the 7 . Starting hour. More than a thousand people were locked out on wednesday night when authorities shut the coliseum doors because of Over crowding. Thus was the stage set for the most peaceful nominating night the democrats have known since 1976 a result entirely unlike the tumultuous brokered convention scenarios that were fashionable in Washington political salons when the Campaign year began. Dukakis made Short order of those scenarios As he did of his rivals. He won the Bronze medal when the first votes were counted in the Iowa caucuses on a freezing cold night in february but won the Gold in the new Hampshire primary the following week and methodically began piling up delegates first by the hand Ful and later by the hundreds. It was a Success that capped a remarkable political comeback. Elected governor of Massachusetts in 1974, he lost a re election bid in a primary Campaign four years later in what his wife termed a Public he renewed himself in his four years out of Power and has twice won statehouse terms since. The Massachusetts governor went into the Roll Call with 2,798 delegates according to the associated pres count to 1,168 for Jackson. That was hundreds More than the 2,082 needed to Day three the convention City had settled Inlo a routine from the Street vendors hawking everything from to shirts to jars of Vidalia onion relish to the demonstrators showcasing their causes in a parking lot set aside for them a few blocks from the Security detail seemed Large beyond numbers from the secret service to the Georgia state troopers to the Atlanta City police to the private Security guards and , the Man at the Center of it All telephoned Jackson to Tell him i thought the speech was said Dukakis had tried to reach Jackson the night before but could t get through. There was Iron Yin that Dukakis said last week he tried and failed to reach Jackson to Tell him of Bentsen s selection As run Ning mate but Jackson believed he had been snubbed when he Learned the news from a result was an outbreak of political tension that was t resolved until Dukakis and Jackson met privately for More than two hours before the convention s opening session on that was then and this time no one seemed to care if Dukakis could t get his Call said Dukakis was polishing the acceptance speech that he will deliver at the convention s final session thursday night and would watch the nominating Roll Call on television in his hotel suite with his the luncheon for his wife he chided her about her smoking habits and said she would make a great first lady a no smoking first added that when he arrived in Atlanta Jast Sun Day to claim his prize he had told her this is a kick. I think it s for real i mean it s in an interview on Abc s today program Jack son said his Mission was to pave the Way for a Black to someday reach the White House. My children and your children will get through those doors he Tol Bryant Gumbel Abc s Black Anchorman. Democrats who fell by the Campaign Wayside admitted to some thoughts of what might have been even though they rallied behind the there Are mixed feelings confessed Illi Nois sen. Paul Simon whose own Campaign ended during the for the hand of your fellow Democrat and hold on tight. We re going to make this country Over again said rep. Richard Gephardt who won the Iowa caucuses but quit the race a month later. Among the delegates the talk was of a healed party and Unity for the fall Campaign and of Jackson s 45 minute speech on wednesday night. Threats from Page 1 attempt to extract testimony from Ham Adi s brother Abbas about the hijacking and explosives. However he told the court he would make a statement Only about illegal methods used by German police authorities in his own Case. Abbas Hamadi 29, was Given a 13-Yearprison sentence by a Disseldorf court in june for helping Kidnap two German businessmen in Lebanon in an attempt to free his brother from German custody and to prevent Mohammed s extradition to the United states to stand trial. The court then was to hear Mohammed Ali Hamadi s motives for smuggling explosives but Hamadi gave a Long speech against israeli intervention in Lebanon with . Support and the ensuing horrors of War. He claimed that was his motive. Asked if he hated the United states Hamadi said Ever since i was old enough to think i have known death and destruction in my country. And every time i ask who is to blame for All this the answer i get every time is America America America. So you can draw your Heinrich Brandtjen of the Federal criminal office in Wiesbaden testified he had interrogated Hamadi More than90 times since his apprehension at the Airport. Brandtjen said he and his col leagues have Seldom had a More cooperative person to work with. According to Brandtjen Hamadi named Many names Dunn interrogation. The official said two 9f the Tele phone numbers in Hamadi s address Book turned out to be those of Hezbollah / terrorists picked up in Paris in 1985. Hezbollah is a Radical pro iranian shiite moslem group suspected of holding for eign hostages in Lebanon. Brandtjen said Hamadi admitted head been a member of the Hezbollah and that a brother was Liaison Between Var ious Hezbollah groups in Lebanon. Brandtjen said he did not question Hamadi about the Twa hijacking be cause a preliminary decision had been made to extradite Hamadi to the United states for that crime
