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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Garving out a tradition Page 14 the Siman stripes authorized unofficial publication for ims u.�. Inked Force Good morning vol. 47, no. 238 monday december 12, 1998 so , no  d 8693 a 78 die in crash of Relief plane Moscow pedestrians pus under a soviet lag draped with Black ribbon saturday in memory of the victims or the deadly earthquake in Armenia. Moscow thai it was unlikely that weather problem contributed to the  Airport at Leni Nakan had been re ported As heavily damaged by the quake but was put into service quickly to taken Relief supplies and evacuate some of the 12,000 injured. The soviet press has reported that 300 targe military transport planes were dying Day and night in Armenia As pan of the Rescue operation. Military pilots have created a continuous air Bridge connecting Armenia wit the entire country Tass said saturday. The planes have been used to Fly in badly needed heavy cranes and excavating machinery used to lift the huge con Crete slabs and remove rubble trapping survivors in buildings destroyed by the quake. Supporters of . Force applauded Oslo Norway a the head of the United nations accepted the Nobel peace prize on behalf of , peacekeeping troops saturday and said their Success illustrates a new mood of understanding and common sense in he world. But Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar also said the peacekeepers crucial Mission is threatened because the United states and other nations Don t pay their dues. See related Story  before in history have military Force been employed internationally not to wage War not to establish domination and not to serve the interests of any Power or group of Powers Butr Alicr to prevent conflict Between Peoples Perez de Cuellar told an audience that included King Olav. Despite conflicts and terrible new weapons collective responsibility for peace can be evolved in truly representative International system Perez do cull or said. There is a new mood of understand ing and common  hands appeared to shake with emotion As he accepted the Gold medal and prize certificate from Egil Aarvik chairman of the norwegian Nobel committee the peacekeeping Force is see , on Back Page panel near decision on bases Washington a a presidential panel is hearing a decision on which of 3,800 military bases in the United Stales to recommend shutting a budget cutting move certain to provoke protests from communities that will lose jobs., when we finally come up with the list Well give itto defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and then Well prepare for he attacks that Are sure to come said Jack Edwards a former congressman and co chairman of the 12-Mcrnbcrpanel. For months the Washington based commission has been studying material from the armed services and receiving pleas from congressmen and Community sea bases on Back Page 1 killed in tibetan protest beu1ng a authorities imposed tight Security in the tibetan capital of Lhasa and searched foreign ers hotel rooms sunday a Day after police fired on Independence activists in a Central Square. Western travellers said. China said sunday that a Buddhist Monk was killed and 13 people were wounded when police fired into a crowd during the demonstration in Lhasa. Bui West Ern travellers said they believed two people were killed and another foreign traveler said a tibetan reported. Seeing four bodies at a Hospital. The clash on saturday was the third bloody confrontation in the Remote Region Between authorities and Ami chinese protesters since october 1987. Tourists said chinese police were looking for for. Eigners caught in the protest near he Jorkhang Temple one of the holiest Sites of tibetan buddhism. A Dulce woman wounded in inn left shoulder re ported Complete panic after the shooting began and said everybody started running i Felt a sting in my Arm but i did t realize it was a Bullet said Christa Meindersma of Amsterdam. Thesee tibetan on Back Page Pakistan 400 Miles a Witeof protests Tibet Lhasa a Vindia i of Burma Chicago trip hone map ",.-,  
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