European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday december 28. 1968 the stars and Stripe rep oblique fran aise 22o pour be been Des ave ugles stamp for the Blind this is a Model of he 2.20-Frane stamp for he Blind that France will Issue next month the message in Brnik reads for the Kond of the Blind Guyana opens doors to . For Aid projects Georgetown. Guyana a in another sign that this South american country is for Snong tis pc list and anti us past Domestic reports said Guyana has invited . Soldiers to Drill for water and help eradicate malaria a Cal year. The slate owned Guyana chronicle said in is week end edition thai an Advance contingent of senior , army offic Cis from the Panama based Southern come will arrive in Georgetown Early next month to com Pele details ofic projects. Guyanese and army officials held talks in july on . Aid in drilling Wells along Guyana s 235-mile coast and help in eradicating malaria. The . Soldiers will also conduct dental clinics and real guyanese for intestinal and skin diseases the newspaper said. Defense department spokesman William Caldwell sunday said he. Knew nothing of he project. However he said the holidays May have delayed his notification. The Aid project with , soldiers contrasts sharply with the anti-. And socialist rhetoric of the 1970s and Early 1980s under late president Forbes hum Ham defiant . Minister brings food to Nicaragua Managua Nicaragua a a Baptist minister from new Jersey who came under Contra rebel fire this year has addled . Government policy and brought about 70 tons of food Medicine and supplies to the people for Christmas. The Rev. Lucius Walker arrived on Christmas eve with a caravan of i8 vehicles carrying the goods for the nicaraguans whine country is involved in a seven year civil War with the contras. This feels like a great sense of Triumph because the terrorism Here is supported by the govern ment of the United Stales and we arc representatives of the Goodwill of the people of the United Walker said. Walker of i to nearest. N.j., is the executive Dattor of the new York based inter religious foundation for Community organization which sponsored the Relief Effort called pastors for peace. In 1985, the Reagan administration ordered an eco nomic Boycott of leftist Nicaragua but the ban excludes humanitarian Aid. In july another Convoy of irid crossed the . Mexico Border after a Long dispute with the . Cus Toms service which said taking the trucks to Nicara Gua would violate the 198 5 edict. The government agrees the roughly 70 tons of sup plies qualify As humanitarian Aid exempt from the embargo but says the vehicles arc Aid. Walker s vehicles which crossed the . Border dec 14, were detained briefly by customs officials said Tom Hansen a project coordinator from new york.,. We were forced to Call our lawyers and say the licensing request they wanted was Hansen said. Humanitarian Aid does t require an Export License -., Walker s Organ Iii Ion strongly opposes the contras who with . Backing have fought since 1981 to try to oust the sandinista. When Walker visited Nicaragua in August he said he was slightly wounded by a Comra build fired Dur ing an attack on a riverboat in Eastern Nicaragua but he vowed to return with Aid. " "1 feel a great sense of satisfaction and tightness the Rev. Lucius Walker left and pour Jakubiak celebrate Iligir arrival in Nicaragua with humanitarian Aid. Walker said the goods will be distributed by religious groups said Sharon Haas another project coordinator from Cleveland. Haas said she does t see much Hope for a change in . Policies toward the nicaraguan government after the Jan. 20 inauguration of George Bush As president. Haas said the group planned to travel to the Nicara Guan coastal City of Blued ads to Sec the devastation left by the oct. 12 Hurricane. Walker said he was wounded while travelling from Bluc Fields but rebel activity there has dropped substantially after a cease fire agreement was signed by the government and the Contra in March talks aimed at establishing s permanent peace Bloke Down in september most contras have fled to Camps in Honduras where they receive u , Aid ranging from food to uniforms. Congress stopped . Military Aid to the rebels in february but allowed distribution of non lethal Aid to continue in neighbouring Honduras. Assassination of Indian legislator spurs rampage new Delhi India a mobs set fire to movie Heaters hotels buses and shops in a Southern City monday after a will thing assailants killed a Hale legis Lator of prime minister Rajiv Gand s Congress party reports opened Fife and killed four peo ple the reports said. Five Oiler people also died in the mob violence. The army was deployed to Vijayawada to help police and paramilitary troops restore order and authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew City of 500,000 people the reports said. Police in Vijayawada were ordered to shoot rioters after violence spread to four nearby towns. Vijayawada is about 360 Miles South East of new Delhi and is in Andoni Pra Desh state which is governed by the opposition telegu de Sam party. " rioting clip cd after legislator Mohan was assassinated. Ranga Rao 4&,. Went on a hunger strike thursday saying he was protesting police oppression the press Trust of India said without elaborating. Reports said Raja Rac and some of his supporters had set up a Camp in the to press Trust of India a we coding assailants threw smoke bombs and then attacked and killed the lawmaker and two supporters. Other supporters attacked the assail ants As they were fleeing and two people were killed the news Agency said. It did identify the victims Congress party supporters responded to the assassination by Selling arc to buses movie houses hotels shops and a newspaper office in Vijayawada United news of India said. Rioting was also reported in the towns of Tunali Eli Iru Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad the slate Capi Tal uni said. Congress supporters set fire to three buses m Hyde Barad and attacked the Homes of some of chief minister . Rama Rao s relatives it said
