European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday december 24,198b Neef ships Rescue 13 in Mediterranean by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy two 6th Fleet ships were involved in rescuing Crew members from two ships that confronted heavy seas in the Mcdill Rancan this week. The Cruiser Bainbridge rescued a greek Yachtsman from a Sailboat that had Tost its Mast tuesday a Navy spokesman said. A second greek fell from the 30-foot Sailboat an has not been found. One of the Bainbridge s officers and two Crow members were injured during the Rescue i. Dave Morris said. On wednesday the frigate Mcl Nemcy rescued 12mcrchartl seamen after their ship had sunk Morris said. None of the  of the Jennest Almalta 10 poles and two ohanians were seriously injured. The merchant seamen managed 10 transmit a Dis Tress Call before abandoning ship in the life raft from which they were rescued Morris  Jenna Ster Malta reportedly carrying a cargo of Cement Sank As the Mcl Nemcy in route to Naples brought us Crew aboard. The cargo ship s keel May have broken in heavy seas the night before its captains id. The Bainbridge was in route to Toulon France an was operating in to Knol winds and 15-foot seas when Al about 3 30 a.m., a Lookout spotted flares from the boat which had lost its Mast in the heavy seas Morris  rescued Yachtsman and injured  were treated inboard the  ship continued the search for inc second greek for seven Houre until a Navy p-3 patrol aircraft am remand took Over the search Morris said. The names of the injured Bainbridge  being withheld pending notification of next of Kin. The Bainbridge is based in Norfolk a. . Concludes 43rd session United nations a the 43rd general As Sembly on thursday concluded a buoyant sometimes tumultuous session in which Ronald Reagan said fare Well Mikhail Gorbachev made a show stopping debut and the Assembly travelled to Geneva to hear Yasse Arafat talk peace. Before inc session ended the United nations played Host at the signing of an agreement granting Independence to South Wal Africa better known As  was signed thursday by South Africa Angola and Cuba which agreed to withdraw its 50,000 troop from Angola. The 12-week session adopted most Resolution by consensus including for the first time the Afghanistan Resolution recognizing the soviet troop withdrawal.  adopted the . Budget without a divisive note wednesday the first time the financial plan was adopted without a vote since the world Bod was founded 42 years ago. The 1990-91 budget of $1.76 billion was about$22 million less than inc last. Its adoption by consensus and inc lower expenditure were viewed As a Victory far the United Stales. Danilc Capulo the general Assembly president and Argentina s foreign minister old the closing session inc Assembly had benefited from the new International climate of detente and cooperation Between the United Stales and the soviet Union and had contributed to it. Caputo said inc consensus within the 159-Mem-Ber Assembly was unprecedented in the history of the Organ  relations Between the United states and the United nations strained during most of the eight year Reagan administration eased considerably. When Reagan delivered his Tina speech in sep tember he praised the world body Tor its peace keeping and peacemaking in Afghanistan Iran an Iraq and elsewhere. The United slates committed itself during the session to repaying nearly 1500 million owed to the . Budget and peacekeeping forces. The Money had been withheld for years for ideological budget Ary and other reasons Gorbachev delivered a tour do Force of soviet diplomacy at the Assembly this month promising unilaterally to Cut 500,000 soviet troops and Many Jet fighters in Europe and Asia. In december the United states refused Arafat chairman of the Palestine liberation organization a visa to address the general Assembly and discuss his Middle East peace plan. The Plo is an honoured , invitee and if protest the Assembly voted overwhelmingly in move to Geneva to hear Arafat the first Lime i convened outside new York. In Switzerland Arafat explicitly recognized is Rael s right to exist renounced terrorism and called for direct talks with Israel. Angola s Alfonso Van dunce right and Cuba s or. Isi fire Pelt Center sign accords for troop withdrawals. Reagan claims Many Are homeless by Choice Washington a president Reagan said in an interview broadcast thursday that Many homeless people sleep on grates or on the grass from i hair own Choice instead of going Losh Elters. In the television incr View with Abc news Reagan also  possibility of soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev being ousted has to be considered Al though he has seen no indication of it. Abcs David Brinkley asked Reagan Fortis views on the homeless noting that Many of them sleep in a Park about 200yards from the Oval office where the interview was taped on  president responded does t Hal go Back that there arc always going to be people Urey make it their own Choice for slaying out  there arc shelters in virtually every City and shelters Here and Hose people still pre Fer out there on the grates or the Lawn to going into one of Hose shelters he  Snyder a nationally known advocate for he homeless who runs a shelter in Washington reported during a bitterly col spell earlier this month Hal people had to be turned away from shelters already filled. Asked whether the opposition to Gorba Chev in the soviet Union was Strong enough to Force him out Reagan said that up until now the government of that huge country or nation is the communist party which is really a tiny elite of the population of the soviet Union.  still spots Lefor and we be seen u in the past Soviel Leaden to suddenly be ousted Don t see any indication yet or threat of thai bul i think it something that has to be considered if you look Al  in a portion of the interview that was broadcast on aug s wednesday evening news program Reagan said that the United slates and its allies were Dis cussing the possibility of taking military action to destroy a huge chemical weapons factory in  a 1 crashes ii est from Page 1 and a her Sisler were living with the rents on inc farm. But her to incr was Able to catch a bus16 the farm and As the family members said their prayers they asked please Gad bring daddy Home Safe for Christmas. The prayer was answered the next Omingo. Of All the christmases it was the. Most special Schei said  i Lac cd about her prize.  Lany reason to believe he Wou Mucci Home and he  .,.,r. For her Effort the null receive a $100gift certificate rom the local stars and stripes Boot at re.  prize Winner was written by cd. Arnold of the 196th station hos Pital in Mons Belgium who told of snowy Christmas at grandmother s farm in Iowa. 1stranded travellers stalled by the storm were invited to the Home where strangers shared a special Holiday. That memory earned Arnold a $7 5 gift certificate. Eni the birth of her Bat on Christmas Day 197s, Days after if Wimily 5 Home. In destroyed by fire. A the entries were varied i their and substance. Stories of love and Sai ice of lighthearted events and of sad Ness were told. One writer Lold of moan ing about a Christmas to be spent in snowiest warm saudi Arabia but Sud Denly realizing she was near the place where the Holiday started where Jesu was born. " swear an especially Brilliant Star shone. Over cd Daft saudi Arabia that year she wrote. Another writer told of an attempt to bring the family dog in for  a Nice Bath Yow dry and powder Lumen inc dog Flo a fuzzy whirling itching rms Africa.  poignant essay ild of christmases past spent under inc flu Fence of drugs and alcohol. The write Rand her husband have left those habits in the past however and the first straight Holiday they enjoyed together is her Mosi memorable. Secondhand gifts did not mar inc Joy of Christmas for another writer whose family was having a difficult time in 1968. A ,. A a husband remembers spending three hours at the Airport waiting for his wife Slaughter to arrive. The couple endured Thwait for the delayed flight  As or. And mrs. Santa Claus. 7 a " a  wrote of her father s attempt Sta sue a Little girl from a burning to Metott Girt broke the fireman s heart when Jai before she died she held up a piece of of nativity and said look or. Fireman i save baby Jesus just in time for his birth Day.  in Al willing am England a so Ana to Thundal Bolt ii crashed thursday in a Field no r its Home base at  Force officials said. The plane v is on approach to the base when it Crashul Aboul 3 . Said Mas Ter sol. Mikev Evine. A spokesman for3rd air Force k Raf Mildenhall. The Pilot Iszu. Frank a. Avouli of thes Ullh tac filler so ejected from the plane. He was Wilcen to the Lois tac fighter Wing clinic Atli Caiby Raf Upwood for observation Dvine said. One local re Dent  plane Wen Down outside e Village of Willingham Aboul nine Mil cast of the base. The crash t be three week after an a-10 from re people on Theis the first Al since in summer. Deli ii said my Mission Beni Waters crashed inc Mscheid St Germany killing five found and uie Pilot this from Alconbury to crash lived the planes this in plane was on o train it crashed. .