European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 8 the stars and stripes saturday october 6,1983 nicaraguans barred from taking . Aid Managua Nicaragua a National lawmakers have passed a bit bar ring Nicaragua from accepting any assistance from inc . Government including humanitarian Aid. Meanwhile opposition leaders assailed a new emergency Law thai gives presi Dent Daniel Ortega sweeping Powers to curb civil liberties. The new Law consolidates the dictatorial and totalitarian stale and just As in the Chile of president Gen. Augusto Pinochet the nicaraguan people should say no to the sandinista said Erick Ramirez president of the social Chris Tian party. Chileans voted wednesday against letting Pinochet extend his 15 year Rule Ortega s leftist sandinista party controls the Assembly and the government of Nicaragua. The Ami assistance Bill approved thursday by the National Assembly prohibits All Aid approved by the . Congress and destined for opposition groups he roman Catholic Church labor unions and individuals. Violators face Between four and 12 years imprisonment under the Law. A week ago president Reagan signed a $27 million sin month humanitarian Aid package for nicaraguan rebels known As Contra. The sandinista and the Central agreed March 21 to suspend offensive operations but talks aimed at a Perma nent end to the 7-year-old War stand at an impasse. They have repeatedly accused each other of truce violations. The National endowment for democracy an Arm of the . Congress has provided More than s600.000 for civic opposition groups in Nicaragua. They include la Prensa the nation s Only opposition newspaper two anti  labor unions the Superior private Enterprise Council the Nicara Guan conservative party and the nicaraguan democratic coordinate. This leaves opposition parties at a disadvantage including those thai can not prepare for future elections Laid Clemente Guido Leader of the demo cratic conservative party speaking of the Aid ban. The emergency Powers Law approved wednesday by the Assembly gives the president authority to declare a state of emergency for reasons of War economic crisis or National disaster. It allows him to close news Media Block mail take Over private vehicles and businesses make preventive arrest Sand close the nation s Borders to individual. Greek researchers take their papyrus boat out on a practice run. Greeks will paddle Reed boat to repeat ancient Aegean trip Atiles Greece a four greeks will Start paddling a papyrus boat across the Aegean sea this weekend to re create a trading voyage made 10,000 years ago. The trip Aims to determine How Stone age sailors reached the Island of Melos to obtain a volcanic Glass called Obsidian prize in ancient limes As a razor Sharp cutting tool. Glossy Black Obsidian Blades were found by Ameri can archaeologists who coca valid the franch Lii Cave in Southern Greece in the 1910s, they belonged to miso lithic Cave dwellers and were dated to around 8,000 . Obsidian is Only found on Clos so this was the earliest evidence of seafaring in the Mediterranean we wanted to Experiment As to How it was done said Haris Talas head of a greek nautical research Institute sponsoring the voyage. The boat is 21 feel Long and s.2 feet wide. It is padded like a Canoe. Talas said the researchers decided to build a Papy rus Craft after finding that miso lithic Stone toot would have been inadequate for cutting wooden planks for boats. We considered o primitive log boat but the Aegean is a difficult sea. And that kind of vessel could t have handled the currents or winds involved he said. Boats made from papyrus a kind of Reed were built in ancient Egypt from around 5,000 . The norwegian explorer Thor hey Erdahl sailed from Egypt across the Atlantic in a papyrus vessel the ral. The researchers found papyrus clumps growing in a Lake on the Western greek Island of Corfu. Islanders had used the Reed for centuries for building Small fish ing boats Talas said. It look three months to build our boat by trial and error but if we did in again it could be finished in 12 Days he said. The 94-mile Island hopping voyage to Melos will Start saturday from the port of la non Southeast of Athens and probably will take 10 Days Talas said. Wii plane remains of Crew found port moresby Papua new Guinea a a . Transport plane shot Down by japanese fighters during world War ii has been found in dense Jungle along with remains of the five crewmen an australian mining company said Friday. The company Cra said the wreckage was discovered two months ago in rugged terrain near Wau where the company is prospecting for Gold. Wau is about 185 Miles North of port moresby the capital. Word of the find was delayed while the geologist who stumbled upon the wreck researched the plane s history the company said. Papua new Guinea just North of Australia was the scene of bitter fighting during the Pacific War. In his report made available to inc associated press in Sydney Australia geologist Grant Malensek identified inc aircraft As number 1-38658 of the 33rd troop Carrier so of the 374 troop Carrier group . 5th air Force. The Crew reported missing were Pilot 1st it. Robert h. Schwensen co Pilot 1st it. Henry Sherman Engi Neer Cpl. Emit Eckson radio operator pvt. Clifford Fawn and trainee gunner Edward Piekutowski. Their hometowns were not available. Makes Elk said Only Eckson s dog tag was clearly identifiable. Cra s report could not be immediately confirmed independently. A . Recovery team arrived at the crash site wednesday and will remain there until All the remains Are recovered Malenock said. There s not much left a Cra official said. It obviously nosedive into the Side of a Hill. Only the Tail is clicking out of the ground. In All probability the rest was covered by blur  a Knock said in his report that the plane was prob ably shot Down by japanese Zero fighters on feb. 7, 1943. He said it was one of three . Transport plane that had taken off from Jackson s Field in port mores by and was probably carrying foodstuff and supplies. Tie other two planes survived and reported the crash. The National museum in port moresby confirmed that the plane had been shot Down while the Battle of Wau was in its last stages with the japanese being pushed Back Over the mountains to Salamata lit said the file on the plane was closed in 1949 with the five men classified As missing presumed dead other wreckage found in the area include another dc-3 and a b-1t flying fortress according Locra a major Gold explorer in Papua new Guinea. World today 800 Haiti Street workers protest firings by mayor port a Prince Haiti a about 800 Street cleaners and garbage collectors demonstrated in front of City Hall to protest their firings by newly appointed mayor Carmen Christophe radio Haiti inter reported. Other municipal employees joined the demonstrators thursday and went on strike saying the mayor had no right to fire poor people and was incompetent the radio said. Christophe accused the garbage truck driven of being Follower of ousted mayor Franck re main who is reputed to be a Leader of the dreaded Tonton a copies the henchmen of the Duvalier regime. Remain is suspected of being a Mastermind of the sept. 11 attack on the St. Jean Bosco Church that left 12 dead and More than to wounded. Pakistani refugee official awarded Nansen medal Geneva a Syed Munir Husain who headed Pakistan s Relief operations for More than 3 million refugees from neighbouring Afghanistan on Friday was awarded the . Spon scored Nansen medal. A statement issued by the office of the . High commissioner for refugees cited Husain for his consistent display of understanding and compassion his ability to find solutions accept Able to All concerned despite the complexity of issues Al  Husain is the first citizen of Pakistan to receive the medal the International Community s highest recognition of service to refugees. The medal named after norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen who was the league of nations first refugee commissioner has been awarded annually since 1954, electric Power strike continues in Nigeria Lagos Nigeria a much of this West african nation was without electric Power for a third straight Day Friday As Power authority workers continued a strike for higher pay. Mines and Power minister bunk Sherrif Musa went on National television thursday night to urge workers to return hinting that they could be charted with sabotage if they stay out. A 1986 Law defines Power disruption As sabotage and carries a 25-year jail term. Few nigerians were Able to watch the minister or hear his warning As Only the handful of peo ple companies and government agencies with private generators had electricity. The Power cuts also disrupted Telephone and telex communications and created water Short Ages. In the capital of Lagos some hospitals re ported rescheduling surgery because of water shortages. Water Utility officials said they did not have enough auxiliary Power to run continuously