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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes monday october 3,1988 3 of tinted Haiti soldiers hitch Airliner ride to . New Vork a three armed haitian sours seeking political Asylum forced Sci Rvay Rui an Airliner sat urday in Hui hand flew to new York where they War arrested upon arrival officials said. No one was info cd in the incident said american airlines spokesman Jim Brown. The three mar had surrendered their weapons before tile air plane left Haiti. \ Airport Security and the Fri were wailing when the plane with jew Passen Gers and a Crew of nine arrived jul new York s John f. Kennedy Interr Vional Airport about 8 15 . Saturday the three men were arrested without Dent. Brown said. They intended no harm to  in arc was no threat of violence, said James Fox director of the Fps new York office. They just said the wanted to leave Haiti for new York the men were identified us Edo inc Noel 24 Nicolas mormu/23 and Jean Charlston Bei Namie .23, said Fri spokesman Chris Faw ail three were taken to the  correctional Center in new Yor Lucily pending a hear ing monday on a lifer request for Asylum. Fan said. F they Are regular army personnel who wanted to not be part of a communist takeover yid port authority detective William Afi rens referring to the recent coup in Hili. Mace can airlines flight 658 took off at 4 40 . After the three soldiers slipped under a wire Junce that sur rounds port a  air port and ran aboard the plane Airport employees said. Radio Haiti i rift said the plane s Cap Tain agreed Loxy the three men to new York. The Union said the men armed with rifles i fade no political statements passengers were questioned by authorities be Jefe they were let off inc plane. Pilot did a super Job said Pas Send for Cameron Smith. He negotiated a with them. He put them up in first ibs and tended to them the rest of the  Eric Boucic Aull. American airlines director in Haiti said three soldiers on duty entered at the end of the line of passengers Wilh a determined air we uld not refuse i hair Entrance. As a re it of negotiation they deposited All thur arms pistols and rifles in the i Loi Tufa bin. Flight 658 runs daily Between new York and port a Prince a scpft.,17 coup by lower ranking sol Diers led Tacuhe ouster of it. Gen. Henri Namphy. Litvien. Prosper Avril was in stalled As Prifti Donl and the coup Trig gered a huge military uprising that led tothe ouster of Mill Ary commanders Loyal to Namphy arid vie Duvalier family dictatorship that proceeded him Avril has been allowing government and military reforms Ami there is no indication that communist Sec influential in Haiti. The United slate shut expressed optimism about Avril s re Mission specialist John lounge conducts an Experiment aboard discovery. Korean protesters set Fin to olympic welcoming sign Seoul a a band of student protesters set fire to an olympic Welcom ing sign with firebombs and fled before police could catch them a news report said sunday. Yon Hap he South korean news Agency said several protesters hurled about 10 fire bombs Al the 2j-foot-High welcoming sign in front of a government building in West Ern Seoul late saturday night. The billboard collapsed after it was damaged by the fire. The attack followed a Brief Street demonstration by some 3d students several blocks from the sign denouncing the olympics As divisive the report said. Tight Security is in Force in Seoul after a Radical student group threatened to disrupt the olympics unless a jailed Leader is released. The games attracted a record 160countries, including most communist bloc nations. Radical students have demonstrated against them because communist North Korea is boycotting them be cause its demand to co Host them was rejected by the International olympic committee which said the olympics Are awarded to a single City and cannot be shared. Shuttle from Page 1 entry when friction from the Earth s Atmo sphere heals the arbiter s exterior to the glowing Point. In a briefing Friday he said temperatures might reach the High 80s. The Only overheating in discovery saturday came when Hauck and Mission specialist George d. Nelson put on i hair Orange partial pressure suits in a pre Landing rehearsal. They arc warm there s no doubt about that a red faced and puffing Nel son said. The Bulky suits new to shuttle flights must be worn in Case astronauts have to use the orbiter s new bail out system during Landing. Getting the suits on in the weightlessness of space May prove to be one of the most demanding tasks on the Mission. This is probably not a one Man operation As you see John lounge told Mission control. Lounge and David c. Hilmers had to help Hauck climb into his suit and strap h itself into the commander s scat the astronauts also practice install ing the curved pole thai will be their Way out of inc orbit or in the event of serious Landing problems. The trip thus far has been a relaxed one for the Crew who now has Little to do other than routine housekeeping chores. The Crew appears to be in a Good spirits and apparently none is suffering from space sickness that has afflicted some astronauts in the past. The astronauts were awakened at 4 37 . Not with a blaring variation of the Beach boys hit i gel around substituting we orbit round for the Cho rus. Nelson who was wearing the Wake up Headset characterized the serenade As Good  on the work list saturday were several scientific experiments including two de signed by students that were scheduled to be carried out by the Crew of challenger. While University of Missouri student Lloyd Bruce watched from Mission control. Lounge activated a tiny Furnace that heated titanium Alloy filaments to the melting Point. The object of the Experiment is to Sec if the filaments re Solidi fied in the absence of Gravity will be stronger than the original Alloy. That one really tit up lounge said As he alternately steadied the Experiment apparatus and groped for operating instructions that kept floating away. Nelson conducted the other student Experiment developed by Richard Cavoli of Union College in new York. The Experiment involves growing Lead iodide crystals on a fiber membrane and is based on the premise that crystals grown without Gravity will be larger and purer than those grown on Earth. The Crew also paid tribute to their col leagues at the Johnson space Center Dis playing an embroidered Mission control insignia that they carried Inlo space Wilh them. Four of the five astronauts once worked As Mission controllers. Iran Iraq peace talks hit snags Over waterway ship searches United nations a Iran and Iraq s peace talks saturday remained deadlocked Over the Shalt Al Arab waterway along their Southern Border and Iran s policy of searching ships for Iraq bound War cargo diplomats said. Iraq insists thai the waterway be cleared of sunken ships and Silt accumulated during eight years of War before the talks go on to other matters and it says Iran must Stop searching Neutral ships in the Gulf. Iranian foreign minister All Akbar Velamati said As he left that inc talks Are continuing on the terms of the first paragraph of the peace plan passed by the Security Council last year. Resolution 598. That paragraph Calls for a cease fire which both sides have honoured since aug. 20, and for Iran and Iraq to withdraw All forces to the internationally recognized Borders without  Velamati said we have come Berc Al inc invitation of the Secretary general to Complete paragraph one and to finalize other provisions of Resolution 598. Now we have already finished the first round of talks it was Long and serious we Are going to continue talks on monday  asked whether the parties had finished discussing paragraph one Iran s . Ambassador Mohammad a afar Mahallati replied  Iraq Points to language in paragraph one Catling for the cease fire to include All military actions on land at sea and in the  Baghdad considers Iran s searches of ships to be a military act violating the truce. A spokesman for the iraqi delegation said the talks were still on Square  there was no tangible Progress in the iranian Posi Tion since aug. 25, when the talks began in Geneva he added.. Spokeswoman Nadia Younes said Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar will Contact both delegations monday about holding separate talks. Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz had no comment upon his departure and Perez de Cuellar left by a separate exit evading reporters. Vela Yali and Aziz Are leading their delegations. The talks opened with the iranian and iraqi delegations sealed in one room but shifted to indirect talks after reporters left said a source close to the talks. The iranians and iraqis were in separate rooms and Perez de Cuellar shuttled Between them with proposals and counterproposal. The talks lasted about four hours. Kidnappers Promise to free one hostage Beirut Chanon a y kidnappers hold ing three american Edu Caurs and an Indian instructor said saturday they will release one hos Tage to increase  for palestinians in the israeli occupied left stories the announcement Vine in a Handwritten statement in arabic Aon Rva group calling itself islamic jihad for the  of Palestine delivered to a Western jews ageny in Beirut. We shall free of of the hostages. It s a difficult decision for if but we Shay ascertain our Good intentions ant our seriousness in this mat Ter the statement Caid. This should of a Clear signal for Washington to carry out what it should do in the arcs to support the by month palestinian uprising against the israeli military occupation roof the West Bank and Gaza strip the statement wed the four hostages being held by the Groop Are Alan Steen 49, a journalism teacher Jesse  or 41, a professor of mathematics and compiler science Robert Polhill 55, a lecturer in account ing and Indian Milf Ileshwa Singh 60, a or Fessor of finance and a Legal resident alien of i United states  
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