European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stalls and stripes Friday. September 2, 1988 Aid to quake victims Brussels i Gium athe european economic Community commission id thursday it has approved $550.000 in Emer gency Aid for it victims of the earthquake thai struck India aug. 21. The Aid will reach the stricken populations through he red Cross the commission said in a week the commission of the 1i-nation Trajce bloc already approved 1330.000 in Aid for Vic Tims in Nepal which was also hit by Llic earthquake. Crash in Belgium Helsinki Finland a Pilot error apparently was responsible for the fatal crash in Belgium lust sunday of the Redigo Proto Type training Jet. The head of the investigating team said thursday. The stale owned Val Mcl corp. Said it is determined to display the aircraft at this Wev sir show in Farnborough. England. "1 slave no evidence to support Banning the re dig said sep hams amen. Who investigated the Accident at Etc inc Bro gel. It is Likely that he crash was caused by human error he said in a radio interview. Pilot Ari i Hippo. 44. Died when the four seater plane failed to come out of a spin. The finnish Board of aviation is to decide Friday whether to ban Rodigo s performance at Farnborough. Drug smuggling term Orlando Fla. A a fed eral judge ordered a convicted drus smuggler removed from society and sentenced him to life imprison without parole for his role in importing 150 tons of Colombi an mat. A. Robert Caloro 39, introduced More harm and evil into this society than a murderer . District judge Patricia monday in imposing the har Shest Penally Ever handed Down in Federal court in Orlando the judge also gave Castoro an additional 65 years in prison on drug and lax convictions and fined him $200,000.castoro was convicted in july on a charge of conducting a continuing criminal Enterprise and nine other drug Possession and tax Eva Sion counts. Federal drug agents and other witnesses testified he was one of two major figures controlling a ring that unloaded drug Laden freighters in the Bahamas and smuggled the marijuana in Speed into South Florida fro i a Convoy Rolls out of Camp red log with pcs Hing ii missiles to be scrapped under lit inf Accord. Pershing us leave Germany base in route to missile graveyard Nurnberg Hospital go Dies As car overturns Nurnberg. West Germany a Soldier assigned to the Nurnberg Hospital died after or was thrown from his car in a one vehicle Accident wednes Day night. The 27-year-old private first class apparently was thrown from his car when it overturned about 10 30 . On High Way 14 near Stein Southwest of Nimberg. In was taken to the City Hospital in fun where he died said military Community spokeswoman Elaine Hinsdale. The Soldier s name is being withheld ending notification of next of Kin. Authorities arc investigating it cause of Fth Accident. By Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau he1lbronn, West Germany the first Pershing ii missiles destined for destruction in accordance with the inter mediate Range nuclear forces treaty rolled through the gales of Camp Rcd leg thursday. A Small group of demonstrators clapped chanted and cheered As the sol Diers of buy a 4 id in 9lh Field arty drove nine Pershing ii erector launchers away in a Convoy at 10 a.m., then hauled out nine dismantled missiles in a Sepa rate Convoy 30 minutes later. The erector launchers arc to be destroyed at the s equipment maintenance Center in Hausen near Frank Furt. The missile parts including motor stages radar and guidance sections will go to another facility in West Germany for preparation for shipment to the United Stales. A Pfilf Field arty come spokesman declined to identify the facile y. Once the shipment is completed the 176-member missile firing Battery is expected to disband most of the soldiers will say in the command until their Normal rotation Date said Mai. Michael Griffon a Usak tur spokesman. The systems that remain still have an Active Mission and the soldiers will help carry out that Btry a one of four missile batteries stationed at Camp Rcd log controlled nine of the site s 3b Pershing ii missiles. The United slates maintains 108 per Shing us in West Germany in three locations. The treaty Calls for the removal of All of them by 1991 As Well As All .ground-launched cruise missiles in Europe Brig. Gen. Roger a bean commander of the 561h, said wednesday that the next Pershing ii removals would occur around the end of the year at the other two missile Sites in Wisl Germany Mut Langon and ecu Ulm. Thursday s action fulfils former West German defense minister Manfred Warner s Promise to remove missiles from Heilbronn first in recognition of the Strain a 1985 missile fire put on the City. In a message from his Bonn office Warner s successor Rupert Scholz thanked the Pershing soldiers for their services and the residents of communities near the three missile Sites for their patience. This was a Burden they carried for the entire population of our country Scholz said. Army spokesmen declined comment on what the United Stales would do with the missile . To which the treat does not apply. Following a Long stand ing policy office ils declined to confirm or deny the existence of Pershing ii War Heads. Protesters who Macj the Street across from the Camp red log Gate unfurled a Morrs calling Lor the dismantling of the entire missile site pm the Wald Heide As the plateau North of downtown Heil Bronn is called. Lotze and Kurt 11 utter members of the mril Brinn peace initiative and the German communist party said they veg Del protesting nut fear in i9s8and have demonstrated Many times at Camp red log. Lotto Hutter said the rocket removal Means that our struggle was t for Noth ing. We will continue until the Wald Htide is a recreational area til missile Battery countered with a slogan of its own. The last reel cd launch hot leaving the missile site bore a placard that stated we eave peace a command spokesmen said bean authorized the sign when he inspected the Convoy thursday morning. . Chief names envoy to Mideast talks Geneva a , Sec Alary Genera Javier Perez de Cuellar thurs Day named Sweden s . Ambassador As his special representative to the faltering Iran Iraq peace talks to continue negotiations in his absence. Perez de Cuellar announced his Selec Tion of Jan Eliasson 47, shortly before departing Lor Lisbon the 8-Day-old talks Are deadlocked. The iraqi and iranian foreign ministers have not met together since last Friday because of problems Over formal izing the cease fire and agreeing on Early troop withdrawal and Freedom of Amiga Tion. Negotiations have continued on a lower technical level. In the hour before his dip Ture the . Chief held separate meetings with the two Mizii slurs Tariq Aziz of Iraq and All Akbar vol Amati of Iran to introduce them to Eliasson. Pc Leali later told reporters he was very pleased with the appointment of Eliasson and was glad the Secretary Gen eral will continue his supervision and guidance of that Perez do Custar said he was prepared to return to Geneva on Friday if necessary to continue negotiations in person. These Are very difficult complicated negotiations and it takes time the Secretary general said As he continued last minute efforts to arrange a joint meeting of the iwo ministers. The problem stack of Confidence distrust. Like Sand you cannot build on Sand but he said i am persuaded that both parties honestly Are interested in finding a he said both ministers would remain in Geneva As Long As necessary. Eliasson worked for six years As special in Juan to the Laic swedish prime min ister oof palme on the Iran Iraq problem. Former , Scere iary gone Rel Kurt Waldheim appointed palme As his special representative on the persian Gulf War. Eliasson was appointed by palme shortly before the outbreak of the War in september 1980
