European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday september 14, 1988 Pope arrives in Botswana 89 Africa visit announced Gaborone Botswana a Pope John Paul ii began a Lour of one of Africa s most prosperous and democratic countries tuesday As the Vatican announced a fifth papal visit to the continent next year. South Africa was not included in the itinerary. Botswana is an Island of peace with itself and its neighbors the Pope told an Airport crowd of several thousand among them a choir of Bare breasted school girls. In fact it can be rightly called an Island of peace in a troubled sea the Diamond Rich nation maintains a Western style multiparty democracy in a Region of one party Blade ruled states. Besides conflict Over racial segregation in South Africa the rest of Southern Africa is torn by guerrilla warfare and civil strife. Botswana a largely avoided involvement in these conflicts but South Africa has made several raids against what it claims Are guerrilla centers of the Afri can National Congress which is fighting to overthrow South Africa s government. Botswana has denied that in harbours guerrillas. Before the Pope flew from Zimbabwe for the second Stop on his five nation african tour Vatican spokes Man Joaquim Navarro Laid John Paul accepted invitations to visit Madagascar and Tanzania. There was speculation that the pontiff also would visit Angola and possibly South Africa on the trip in peeled next May. Navarro said neither country was on the program although he confirmed that an Golan Bishops recently invited the Pope. On his current visit the Pope coupled condemnation of South Africa s apartheid policies with pleas for dialogue with South Africa to solve regional problems Navarro said the Vatican play an Active role in regional peacemaking efforts and sent French Cardi Nal Roger Eleh Garray a top aide to the Region three limes in the past year. Etchegaray met with officials of South Africa Angola and Mozambique in May and presented them with a. Letter from the pontiff. The Pope concludes his tour with a visit to Mozambique on saturday. Mozambique National resistance guerrillas in a statement issued in Lisbon Portugal said they would declare a unilateral cease fire around the mozambican cities the Pope will visit Maputo Beira and Nampula. Botha travels to Mozambique son go Mozambique a South african presi Dent . Botha made his first Summit level Mission into Black Africa on monday conferring with leaders of a marxist government that has blamed its country s woes on Pretoria. Mozambique s president Joaquim Chiusano Shook hands with Botha at an Airfield welcoming ceremony then took the South african tender on a jeep ride to Lour the nearby Calora Bassa hydroelectric project. South Africa has signed an Accord to help Reno Valc the project in the Northwestern province of tote. The Power line leading to some Africa from the dam near Songo has been sabotaged repeatedly by guerrillas who Mozambique claims Are aided by Botha s Security forces. Formal talks Between the two delegation began at the of ticks of the project s operating company. Llola later was to travel to Malawi for talks tuesday with president Hastings Amuzu Banda. Malawi is the Only african state maintaining full diplomatic lie Wilh White led South Africa Botha and Chiusano were expected to discuss the nor Mali Accord a Mutual non aggression treaty signed be tween the two countries in 1984. The treaty lapsed in1985 when Mozambique produced evidence that South Africa continued to assist the Mozambique National resistance rebel movement in violation of the Accord. World today High winds foil attempt to scale mount Everest Katmandu Nepal a Strong winds Mon Day foiled a French Alpine guide s Solo attempt to climb mount Everest the world s tall Cal Peak m 24 hours. Mare Batard 37, of verde arc is Houchim was turning Down award his base Camp. Became of unfavourable weather a radio report from his Camp said. Balard had left the Camp sunday morning at 8 15 . For the Solo assault on the 29.02a.rool Mountain. He reached the South col which at a height of 26,191 feet is the jumping off Point for the final As Sault on the Peak by sunday night but then reported that bad weather prevented him from going to the top. Balard also is leading a 19-member French expedition that plans to make several More attempts on the Mountain. Balard and the other team members arc following the traditional Southeast Ridge route pioneered by sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay during their first Conquest of Everest in 1953. China puts tight Clamp on nation s Money Supply Beijing up China grasped the nation s Money Supply with an Iron fill monday ordering All enterprises and government departments to hand in their Cash reserves in an attempt to coot raging inflation and reassert control Over the Economy. The construction Bank of China also announced it was slamming the door on Loans for the rest of the year putting steel behind government warnings about an overheated building Industry. The two major economic move Are the latest planks in a plan announced last month by the stale Council China s Cabinet to Battle skyrocketing inflation and to slow Down China s ambitious program to free the Economy from soviet style Central planning. Back in Public Eye Appe ring in Public for the syst time in three months Sal Doran president amp Olturn Duarte shows us effects of Caneer therapy u be visits tie City of Chalat Enigo in the Northern part of the country. Duarte to suffers from Urr cancer has Wen undergoing extended treatment in the United states swamped British Post office reaches Deal with strikers London not the British Post office and the Union of communication workers agreed monday to Settle a strike that a stopped mail deliveries through out most of the country. But postal officials said it would Lake a week to two weeks to break up the Back log of Iso million letters and packages. The Union and the Royal mail said monday that most workers would be Back to work wednesday. But a Post office spokesman said an embargo imposed on overseas mail last week would not be lined until first class and International mail already in the sys tem had been delivered. The Union and management both claimed Victory on the Issue Over which he strikes began. The Union walked out aug. 31 to protest bonuses of s 12.75 to$34 a week paid to recruit new workers in London and Southeast England when the Cost of living is High. By sept. 5, no mail was moving anywhere except within Northern Ireland. The Union chief. Atari d. Ruflin Laid the agreement reached Over the weekend and ratified by the onion leadership monday provided for negotiation on a system to replace the recruit Mettet bonuses which would continue in the  Cockburn managing director of the Royal mail said both sides had agreed on the use of temporary Etc toy pcs to Clear away the backlog. Canada figures its Chance of being if by arbiter at 3% Ottawa up there is a 3 per cent Chance that a nuclear powered soviet satellite will crash in Canada when it Falls out of orbit near the end of septem Ber. Canadian officials said monday. The Cosmos 1900 satellite which was launched in december and stopped working april 9, is in the same orbit As one that crashed in the Northwest Terri tories in 1978. That satellite also was Given a 3 percent Chance of striking can Ada officials . Roger Eaton senior projects offi cer with health and welfare Canada said the satellite is expected to crash somewhere in the world within 30  scientist will have a better idea of the country three Days before the satellite re caters the Earth s Atmo sphere officials will be unable to pin Point the crash site in  said the United states Canada France and the soviet Union have devel oped emergency response plans while he us. Space Corad through its worldwide network of radar and optical sensors tracks the  satellite designed to track ships on the oceans contains a nuclear Power pack with about 110 pounds of radioactive material. Canadian scientists predicted that the satellite s reactor system will break apart into beryllium fragment Sand fuel particles during re entry. Tow main danger to residents is exposure to radioactive material which can be scattered Over an immense area in amount that can be detected by cleanup Crews