European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                See related stories on pages 3,5 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 277 sunday january 22, 1989 254 daily and sunday d 8693 a Bush presses hostage bid Washington a president Bush getting swiftly Down to work sent a fresh signal saturday to the Powers holding nine americans captive in the mid dle East suggesting that the hostages release would engender a comparable act of Good will from the United states. The new president greeted tourists visiting the White House sent a letter to Congress asking to address a joint session feb. 9, welcomed a letter of congratulations from the Kremlin and met with reporter during his first visit to the Oval office. With his Mother Dorothy Prescott Bush seated at his Side Bush said he hoped the plea in his inaugural speech for assistance in the hostage matter was hear around the  i want to make Clear to them that Good will begets Good will he said when asked whether he was extend ing an Olive Branch to the hostage holders. His comment echoed what he said in Friday s inaugural address in a Clear Appeal to Iran for help there Are today americans who Are held against their will in foreign lands and americans who Are unaccounted for. Assistance can be shown Here and will be Long remembered. Good will begets Good will. Good Faith can be a spiral that endlessly moves  at the same time Bush said the United states will not make concessions in an Effort to free the . Hostages some of whom have been held captive for nearly four years. Refusing to indicate that any Middle East nation was responsible for holding the hostages Bush said we keep hearing rumours that countries want to have improved relations with the United states. But you can t Finger any one country for holding hostage against their  he added we Are not going to escalate the currency of holding americans hostage. We Are not going to have people feel that we Are going to make concessions in order to free those precious  Bush said he planned to respond to a generous letter from soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The Gorbachev letter was handed to Bush on Capi Tol Hill shortly after his swearing in ceremony. In it the soviet Leader told Bush that the two superpowers have a Chance to bring closer the solution of the most president and mrs. Bush take a turn Onat a Ball held at the pension building. A the dance floor mayor s bodyguard killed by israeli troops arabs say Jerusalem a israeli soldiers accidentally killed a palestinian mayor s bodyguard saturday while trying to defend the mayor from palestinian Stone throwers who accused him of collaborating with Israel Arab reporters said. An army spokesman said a palestinian was killed in the Early morning by soldiers in the West Bank Village of Yatta 10 Miles South of Jerusalem but the spokesman could not confirm whether the Man worked As a body guard. Military sources said an israeli made Uzi machine gun was found next to the body of the palestinian Man. The army routinely gives weapons to pro israeli pales Tinian figures. Arab reporters who spoke on condition of anonymity identified the dead Man As Yasser Naraish 28, and said he was a bodyguard for Yalta s israeli appointed mayor Ismaeel Abu Helmeid. The reports said a group of Young palestinian nationalists gathered in front of Helmeid s Home Early saturday and began shouting slogans accusing him of collaborating with Israel. When the group began to throw stones at his House Helmeid called his armed bodyguards and the israeli army. Israeli troops rushed to the scene saw palestinians Ilia guns in front of Helmeid s Home and opened fire accidentally killing Naraish Arab reporters said. Military sources said israeli troops opened fire after being shot at several times. An army spokesman said the military has sealed off the Village and is investigating the incident. More than a dozen palestinians have been killed by their fellow arabs for cooperating with the israeli Mili tary. On Friday the deaths of two alleged Collaborator were reported. Ahmed Jerodat 36, was killed thursday night by a shot in the face in the West Bank Village of Atil and Mohammed Brut 18, died Friday of wounds sustained in a Jan. 12 shooting in Nablus. Reporters said Jerodat was a shopkeeper who cooperated with the israeli government and Brut was from a family closely linked with the authorities. Also saturday a 60-year-old Man was wounded in the neck in the occupied Gaza strip after troops opened fire with plastic bullets to disperse Stone throwing youths. Last week defense minister Yitzhak Rabin gave troops permission to fire plastic bullets at Stone throwers and arabs setting up roadblocks. Fifteen palestinians were wounded Friday in Vio Lence in the West Bank and Gaza strip. At least 365 palestinians have been killed during the 13-month uprising against israeli occupation of the territories. Painful problems of the present time above All those connected with the need to eliminate the threat  Gorbachev congratulated Bush on his new Job and said he hoped that Bush s tenure will be marked by the stable and diverse development of relations be tween our countries and added that the soviet Union is prepared to work in this  Bush later in the morning sent a letter to the bipartisan leadership of Congress inviting them to meet with him tuesday at the White House to discuss the nation s deficit and its foreign policy. He asked for the Opportunity to address a joint session of Congress on feb. 9. Let me say How much i look Forward to our work ing together on these critical issues Bush wrote according to a text released by the White House. I am sure the american people expect that concerns of such National import should be tackled in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation and am hopeful that we May prove worthy of the Confidence they place in  asked for his reaction to being in the Oval office for the first time Bush grinned and said it s wonderful. I can t wait to get to work. It really feels  Bush also read the note that Reagan had left him in his Oval office desk. It was Handwritten on a note pad with the inscription Don t let the turkeys get  you la have moments when you la want to use this particular stationery Well go to it Bush quoted Rea Gan As writing. Bush also marked his first full Day in office by Wel coming America to the people s House opening the grounds of the White House and leading a tour for a few of the Many who were waiting in the morning chill. The president with first lady Barbara Bush at his Side came outside below the South porch of the White House not usually a tourist Entrance to Welcome about 400 people waiting for a free Public tour of the presidential mansion. This is the people s House and it does seem appropriate on this first Day that we Welcome As Many As Pecan Bush said. While thousands More people waited their turns to see Bush on Back Page 2 towns waging Battle of the burrs Fraser Colo. A the Mountain town of Eraser is willing to give up its title icebox of the nation for $2,500, but the rival cold spot International Falls Minn. In t buying. You Don t buy things like that International Falls mayor Jack Murray said. We Don t think that s the proper Way to handle  Fraser population 500, holds the Federal copy right to the nickname but International Falls with 5,500 residents has challenged the claim into cases before the . Department of com Merce Patent and trademark office. Two years of fighting have been costly to the Colo Rado town. Last month Fraser town leaders offered to Bow out for $2,500 to cover Legal fees. Murray said however that the Minnesota Tow wanted to let the Patent office decide the matter. The Federal copyright is based on the first printed commercial use of the title and International Falls May have the Edge by a couple of months. Ours is 1954," Fraser town manager Claybron said. Theirs is 1953-54. We d been using it longer than that they d been using it longer than that it s just the first time it appeared in  International rills has a mean temperature i january of Only slightly above Zero about 11 degrees less than in Fraser. The year round average is lowering Fraser however